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THIS JUST IN: GLEE IS SHIT, RIPS OFF JONATHAN COULTON
Glee recently covered Baby Got Back (AKA the “I like big butts and I cannot lie” song), a song that famous geek songwriter Jonathan Coulton did an acoustic guitar cover of many years back, and instead of coming up with their own arrangement they just straight up wholesale copied Coulton’s version of the song (Coulton himself is saying that they might even have used some of his audio)
For comparison, here is a stereo track with Jonathan Coulton’s cover in one ear and the Glee version in the other
EDIT: Some people have expressed doubt that this is actually a Glee track, since the episode hasn’t aired yet and whatnot. The answer to that is, it most definitely is a Glee track because it’s for sale on the Swedish iTunes store right now, attributed to the Glee cast and copyrighted to Fox and all
Nobody Loves You Like Me
Jonathan CoultonExperimenting with one of those music-video-in-comic-form thing, using “Nobody Loves You Like Me” by Jonathan Coulton. You can view it all as one image (and not resized for tumblr) here.
glee:joco comparison
For comparison’s sake, here’s JoCo’s version of Baby Got Back with Glee’s version linked up to play at the same time.
Jonathan Coulton Is Taking Revenge on 'Glee' by Beating Them on the Charts
splitsider.comAfter the show Glee ripped off the arrangement and melody for Jonathan Coulton’s cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” and refused to credit or pay him in any way, Coulton has taken to the internet to release a cover of Glee’s cover of his cover. Titled “Baby Got Back (In the Style of Glee)” and complete with a photo of him making the “L for loser” gesture used inGlee’s marketing, Jonathan Coulton has released the song on iTunes, Google Play, and AmazonMP3. The single is tearing up the iTunes charts, currently at #95, higher than any song from Glee is right now. Coulton is donating all proceeds to The It Gets Better Project and The VH1 Save the Music Foundation and has challenged Glee to do the same thing for their songs too, which is totally not a thing that will ever happen.
The Princess Who Saved Herself
Jonathan Coulton’s song about a princess who doesn’t need saving by anyone is soon to be turned into a children’s book with Greg Pak via a stretch goal on this crowdfunding project.
The Cake Is A Lie
Kavalier CalmThis Portal-themed song is in response to a request from Gabs over at the awesome blog The Awkward Gamer. Gabs told me to be sure to reference the infamous “the cake is a lie” line, so I made it the focus of my song. Fans will instantly notice that I borrowed the tune sung by GLaDOS at the end of Portal (“Still Alive” by Jonathan Coulton); I merely rewrote the lyrics from a disgruntled and hungry test subject’s point of view. It didn’t make sense to sing as the ever-silent Chell, so I wrote from our perspective—the many lab rats caught in Aperture Science’s maze. This song is dedicated to Gabs for the great request, and to these blogs with unique/quality Portal content: whatthechell, mathematicalerror, ask-glados-or-cavejohnson, fyeahhumanoidportal, f***yeahv4lve, videogamenostalgia, and gamefreaks. You can download this song for free here, and stream it/subscribe to us on YouTube here. Enjoy! — Kavalier
The Cake Is A Lie
This was a joke. I’m making a note here: EPIC FAIL.
It’s hard to overstate my disappointment.
Lab rat of science—that’s all I ever was.
Because I can, I fought through the maze—trying to find cake.
And there’s sense crying over all of the lies.
You promised cake that doesn’t exist.
But the Science got done, and you made your gun.
And the truth dies with us lab rats.
And I’m angry. I’m being so sincere right now.
You didn’t care for my heart or if you killed me
and tore me to pieces. You teleported my atoms
and they burned as they transformed because I so hated you.
And solving your puzzles may have made me smile.
But I thought Alphas like me earned a treat.
And I’m sad I played your dishonest game
Now that I know the cake was a lie.
Please don’t leave me. I want out of this labyrinth.
I heard at Black Mesa they have brownies.
THIS IS NO JOKE. I WANT TO BE A FAT RAT.
And your fake cake can’t tempt me any longer.
Look at me still solving puzzles like a good mouse.
GLaDOS writes the rules in Aperture’s house.
And I’ll work my way through these test chamber rooms.
Even though the cake is a lie. And believe me the cake is a lie.
The Science and cake is a lie. It feels AWFUL that the cake is a lie.
Fellow lab rats, the cake is a lie. We are dying for a lie.
The cake is a lie.
So, lab rats…uh, I mean gamers, do you think the cake is a lie?
