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Think they did something similar on flickr. If I remember it correctly it was Jonathan Coulton that made a song based on a bunch of random pictures.

Just found the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=328QT3AoVCg

Kick ass, man, great song - thanks!

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To your 7th guest reference listen to the secret song here

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"Still Alive" written by Jonathan Coulton (visit http://www.jonathancoulton.com/store/downloads and listen to more of his music! and maybe buy some!) I recommend "Mandelbrot Set" and his oddly creepy cover of "Don't Talk to Strangers".

Also, the second-most popular Jonathan Coulton song on the Internet is Code Monkey, so watch that Sifted video too.

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I'm surprised there aren't more Jonathan Coulton fans here...

Yeah. I totally agree. Though I've known composers who don't play instruments well, and I know he has friends/significant others who usually back him on records.


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I'm not sure why he doesn't get a band to play with him when he tours, but then again there's something charming about him playing the songs solo acoustic. You have to think that the other music you hear in the recorded versions is stuff he wrote, so he really is a decent guitarist, but you can't really play any sort of lead line while singing without a chord progression to back you up. He does have an absolutely great voice though, that's for sure.

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The streaming was jumpy for me, in a way youtube is not. That is, it's midnight here, and I can watch even that HD youtube flash without pause now. But I can't watch this video without it just stopping dead for a sec or so every now and then.

I don't think I've ever seen Jonathan Coulton sing without other instruments backing him before. I hadn't noticed...well, the nice way to put it is I hadn't noticed how much better his singing is than his guitar.

The streaming was jumpy for me, in a way youtube is not. That is, it's midnight here, and I can watch even that HD youtube flash without pause now. But I can't watch this video without it just stopping dead for a sec or so every now and then.

I don't think I've ever seen Jonathan Coulton sing without other instruments backing him before. I hadn't noticed...well, the nice way to put it is I hadn't noticed how much better his singing is than his guitar.

Upvote for Jonathan Coulton... does anyone else love the song at the end of the video game PORTAL?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYLVb2FcAas&feature=related
He wrote that too.

Live Version

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