Jonathan Coulton - Chiron Beta Prime - ASL Song

"Chiron Beta Prime" by Jonathan Coulton, performed in sign language by Stephen Torrence. This is Song #4 of December Song Week. Merry Christmas, everyone! Lyrics/gloss below.

This year has been a little
MY FAMILY
Crazy for the Andersons
HAVE CRAZY YEAR
You may recall
YOU REMEMBER?
We had some trouble last year
LAST YEAR, TROUBLE
The robot council had us
ROBOT JUDGES SEND-US
Banished to an asteroid
TO SPACE ROCK
But that hasnt undermined
BUT WE
Our holiday cheer
CONTINUE HAPPY

And we know its almost Christmas
WE KNOW CHRISTMAS SOON
By the marks we make on the wall
HOW? WALL CARVE+++
Thats our favorite time of year
OUR FAVORITE TIME THAT

Merry Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS
From Chiron Beta Prime
FROM {C-B-P}
Where were working in a mine
WE WORK, DIG
For our robot overlords
OBEY ROBOT MANAGERS(?)
Did I say overlords?
I SAY MANAGERS?
I meant protectors
I MEAN GUARDIANS/PROTECTORS(?)
Merry Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS
From Chiron Beta Prime
FROM-FIRST CHIRON BETA

On every corner theres a
CORNER+++ THERE
Giant metal Santa Claus
SANTA CLAUS, METAL, HUGE
Who watches over us
LOOK DOWN
With glowing red eyes
EYES, RED, BRIGHT
They carry weapons and they
THEY HAVE GUNS
Know if youve been bad or good
WE BAD, GOOD, THEY KNOW
Not everybodys good
ALL-OF-US NOT GOOD
But everyone tries
BUT ALL-OF-US TRY

And the rocks outside the airlock
ROCKS OUTSIDE WINDOW
Exude ammonia-scented snow
(SHED) POISON SNOW
Its like a winter wonderland
LOOK-LIKE WINTER (smiling)

[chorus]

[bridge noodling]

Thats all the family news
FINISH FAMILY NEWS
That were aloud to talk about
WE CAN TELL YOU
We really hope youll
WE HOPE YOU
Come and visit us soon
VISIT-US SOON
I mean were literally
REALLY, WE
Begging you to visit us
BEGGING, VISIT-US
And make it quick before they
FAST, BEFORE THEY
{Message Redacted}
MESSAGE BLOCK

Now its time for Christmas Dinner
NOW CHRISTMAS DINNER
I think the robots sent us a pie
ROBOTS SEND-US PIE
You know I love my soilent green
[SOILENT GREEN] LOVE-IT

[chorus]

Category:

Music

Tags:

• christmas
• jonathan coulton
• asl
• american sign language
• sign language
• robots
• santa claus
• soylent green

[ryanscarola]

You signed pizza instead of pie!

[CaptainValor]

@ryanscarola Way I was taught, "pizza" is the bent-2 handshape signed in a Z by the dominant hand.

[AlaniDracon]

@CaptainValor You spelled "Soylent" right. The subtitles and gloss have it wrong. Awesome work, looking forward to seeing more of your stuff! Think you'll be in Atlanta or Montgomery sometime?

[Lord0beron]

@misscanadarain PEOPLE! it's made of PEOPLE!! .. it's from a Charlton Heston movie

[misscanadarain]

what is soy lent green? please tell me.

[Arrghigiveup]

This remains my favourite Christmas song XD

[LaQuijotesca]

Huh. If I keep watching it, the snow piles up and now I understand he's working in a snowflake mine. Fascinating.

[LaQuijotesca]

YouTube, why is there currently a snowflake button? Now I am going to have to watch this video a billion more times.

[27aza1]

GIANT METAL SANTA CLAUS!!!!

[Ray77063]

I love soy lent green, too! Tastes like toenails!

[Christmas4eva]

Does that mean the pie is people?...O.O

[deafornot8]

I just start to learn ASL recently, am hard of hearing. I can sign some simple words now. I joined a great deaf daing site, ----Deafornot dot c om----, and met some good deaf/HOH friends over there. They help me to learn ASL.

[VincentJGoh]

I think this is pretty much my favourite of the JC ASL videos. You really pull off acting nervous and under pressure even though you're happy about Christmas. It's pretty awesome. :D