Comments on: Thing a Week 5 - Baby Got Back

By: CrumpArt » Lo! How they stand forth! Do they not disgust you?

CrumpArt » Lo! How they stand forth! Do they not disgust you? — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:20:27 +0000

[...] years ago, he pointed me in the direction of this. And just now, he walked into the room and played this to [...]

By: Johnsenclan » Blog Archive » Five Cover Songs - unfinished

Johnsenclan » Blog Archive » Five Cover Songs - unfinished — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:52:52 +0000

[...] Baby Got Back by the musical genius Jonathan Coulton (who also wrote the amazing end-credit song to the new game [...]

By: links for 2007-10-16

links for 2007-10-16 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:47:16 +0000

[...] Baby Got Back - Jonathan Coulton Definitely worth a listen and chuckle. You will find yourself singing along. (tags: music cover) [...]

By: Frivänster.se » Testartikel 1

Frivänster.se » Testartikel 1 — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:33:31 +0000

[...] 2006, under a Creative Commons license. Using a winning combination of moxie, clever songs, unexpected covers and nerd-friendly material, his internet fan base [...]

By: Lee-Sean, Hepnova Multimedia

Lee-Sean, Hepnova Multimedia — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:17:46 +0000

Oops, link didn’t work, let’s try that again: http://leesean.net/2007/09/19/hit-me-britney-one-more-time/

By: Lee-Sean, Hepnova Multimedia

Lee-Sean, Hepnova Multimedia — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:16:44 +0000

I would just like to share my Britney Spears cover/homage: Hit Me Britney One More Time: http://www.leesean.net/podcast/HitMeBritney%2520(128).mp3

By: sex

sex — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:47:56 +0000

Excellent work.

And a note: The Gin and Juice cover that everyone attributes to Phish (or even Dave Matthews, for some unknown reason) is actually by a little known band called The Gourds.

By: hikaye

hikaye — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:42:55 +0000

Phish didn’t do a Gin and Juice cover, moron. That was by the “Gourds.” Phish lack the talent to do something of that caliber.

By: Janae

Janae — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:10:40 +0000

Wow. If i hadn’t know this was “baby got back” i wouldnt have recognized it. I had to listen really closely. Thanks for a really funny song. (^o^)

By: Komik

Komik — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:33:38 +0000

Jonathon Coulton’s rendition of “Baby Got Back” is awesome. Other enjoyable Coulton tunes: “Code Monkey“, “Tom Cruise Crazy“, and “When I’m 25 or 64“.

By: vip people of america

vip people of america — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:18:25 +0000

Through a random linking of clicks today I found This song which I thought was pretty funny/crafty. I can’t imagine it’s easy taking Sir Mix Alot and turning it in to Peter Paul and Mary…but he did it.

By: Massachusetts Coalition for a Democratic Future

Massachusetts Coalition for a Democratic Future — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:17:29 +0000

Why am I reminded of Barenaked Ladies?

Great song!

By: Sevgi Seviyorum Seni Sohbet

Sevgi Seviyorum Seni Sohbet — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:17:04 +0000

HOLY CRAP that’s so good. : )))))))))

By: toplu email toplu eposta

toplu email toplu eposta — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:16:41 +0000

Has anyone ever heard of “Notorious MSG”? A Chinese rap band that specialized in making parody videos of well known rap songs?

http://www.tian.cc/2004/10/notorious-msg-straight-out-of-canton.html

By: Resim Oylama

Resim Oylama — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:45:46 +0000

Damn, that is about as perfect as it can get!

By: Ödev

Ödev — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:41:02 +0000

Phish didn’t do a Gin and Juice cover, moron. That was by the “Gourds.” Phish lack the talent to do something of that caliber.

By: Yemek Tarifleri

Yemek Tarifleri — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:40:36 +0000

ye GODS, man!

You definitely just climbed to the top of the folk-rap cover heap.

It’s a small heap, but a good one. This will bear repeating.

By: islam

islam — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:40:01 +0000

Excellent work.

And a note: The Gin and Juice cover that everyone attributes to Phish (or even Dave Matthews, for some unknown reason) is actually by a little known band called The Gourds.

By: w2

w2 — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:33:16 +0000

heard it for the first time today. great tune. must shop this around for more air play. great melody. Yo.

By: Sohbet

Sohbet — Sat, 19 May 2007 22:12:50 +0000

Iâ€™m looking forward to the release of that album.

By: nichole

nichole — Tue, 15 May 2007 17:08:35 +0000

while i’m not typically a hiphop fan, Baby Got Back is THE song most likely to be stuck in my head for the past fifteen years or so. i’m delighted to have a new version of it to kick around in my brain :-). thank you!

(heard about you in nyt magazine, congrats.)

By: JAFB :: Jonathan Coulton - MySpace - YouTube - Rock Music - New York Times

JAFB :: Jonathan Coulton - MySpace - YouTube - Rock Music - New York Times — Tue, 15 May 2007 15:33:56 +0000

[...] I myself encountered Coulton by way of Coverville, a podcast of nothing but cover songs, when they played his cover of Baby Got Back, though obviously I’m a big dork and enjoy his nerdy songs as well. My thought about this matter is this: the people who come to Coulton for their fix of DorkMusic aren’t going to be driven away by more standard pop, though it’s certainly possible they may consume it less. However that’s looking at the wrong half of the glass: some of them are going to consume that non-nerd pop and they wouldn’t have consumed it otherwise. [...]

By: The Stolfi Chronicles » Blog Archive » Baby got back.

The Stolfi Chronicles » Blog Archive » Baby got back. — Mon, 14 May 2007 02:37:04 +0000

[...] Through a random linking of clicks today I found This song which I thought was pretty funny/crafty. I can’t imagine it’s easy taking Sir Mix Alot and turning it in to Peter Paul and Mary…but he did it. [...]

By: gÃ¼zel kÄ±zlar

gÃ¼zel kÄ±zlar — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:46:27 +0000

The singer of this cover is awesome. But, by doing a cover to this dumb song, it was a waste of his breathe. Good voice!

By: msn nickleri

msn nickleri — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:00:26 +0000

that has got to be one of the funniest things I have ever heard. thank you

By: Jacoby

Jacoby — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:43:11 +0000

Why am I reminded of Barenaked Ladies?

Great song!

By: Tom Boutell

Tom Boutell — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:23:05 +0000

Hahh! Too awesome.

If I may ask - how are you handling the licensing issues for online distribution of a cover song?

You can do a statutory license and pay nine cents a pop (or so) for copies people actually buy, so that’s not too difficult.

But licensing for when people just listen on your site for free… I almost went blind trying to sort that out. Are you stuck paying a performance royalty on our free listens?

By: trsohbeti

trsohbeti — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:41:41 +0000

That is fucking genius!!

By: A Filking I Hope Never To Hear « Live Granades

A Filking I Hope Never To Hear « Live Granades — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:35:02 +0000

[...] It’s been stuck in my head all morning. It should undoubtedly use Jonathan Coulton’s setting of the song. [...]

By: Chris Hansen

Chris Hansen — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:27:47 +0000

Jason, no I have the same problem… I can get about two minutes of the six minutes using FireFox and then it gets an end of file marker. If I use Internet Exploder I only get about 20 seconds or so.

Jonathan, any chance of uploading a new version or perhaps a zipped up version?

I must say, I’ve gone back through your archives listening to every song and they are simply amazing. I came in for ‘Code Monkey’ but there are so many wonderful songs, both originals and covers. I’m planning on ordering CDs; any chance of an autograph on the disk?

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:51:29 +0000

Am I the only person who only gets 1:04 of this song when I try to download it?

By: J. Smitty

J. Smitty — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:57:32 +0000

The singer of this cover is awesome. But, by doing a cover to this dumb song, it was a waste of his breathe. Good voice!

-J. Smitty

By: OOKEE.com » Blog Archive » Your Brains

OOKEE.com » Blog Archive » Your Brains — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:04:44 +0000

[...] Your Brains Since we’ve been on a zombie kick recently, here’s a music video by Jonathan Coulton, the guy who brought us the acoustic version of Baby Got Back. This one is about a zombie who just wants to get along with his human friends and doesn’t quite understand why they don’t… [...]

By: keisha

keisha — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:45:54 +0000

sup, yo just listened to your song and it was okay, i just dont understand y you be takin really good black songs and makin em’ white? it makes no sense the black people came up wit em’ didn’t they? yeah well thats what i wanted to say and peace out.

By: johnson weed

johnson weed — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 03:40:39 +0000

HAH! this came out on my birthday!

By: Flottfamily.com » Look’s like someone’s got a case of the "Mondays"

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:35:55 +0000

[...] I’ve been listening to this guy Jonathan Coulton so I thought I’d link to him. He has some mp3s for free if you dig into his site a little bit. Some are quite bizarre, but I find humor in most of them. My particular favorite is a song called “Re: Your Brain” which is about a zombie trying to negotiate with a co-worker or something. It’s very strange, Michelle HATES it but to my warped sense of humor it’s about the funniest song I’ve heard in quite some time. Also of particular interest is his “white-boy” rendition of “Baby Got Back.” [...]

By: Hip, Hopped up and still swollen… « Travels with Shiloh

Hip, Hopped up and still swollen… « Travels with Shiloh — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:45:22 +0000

[...] As a rule, I don’t like coffee. Just never acquired a taste for it. If you but a lot of chocolate in it though, I’m all over that. Today I figured I’d treat myself with a Starbucks gingerbread latte. Since my diet doesn’t have a lot of caffine in it though, the result is that I end up hopped up and twitchy like a meth addict all day long. Here’s my part 2 of How to be Hip: Jonathan Coulton runs a great blog and tries to compose a song every week. If you do nothing else, check out his brilliant version of Baby Got Back. I’m not kidding, it’s brilliant! Well, Botox Boy seems to be fading into the background. My lip looks better but still feels a bit weird. There still must be something in my system though because I’m more itchy than usual. And no, I don’t fleas (I checked). [...]

By: Nat

Nat — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 10:33:25 +0000

dude.. you’re so gay i don’t even know where to start, like.. seriously! you white folks take it to the extreme! you completely ruined a classic one hit wonder song. you took away the spunk and made it.. “blah”. if you’re gonna cover songs.. do it right. don’t just steal the lyrics and add your own sound to it and gay style, it defeats the purpose. wow.. this is not fun. not fun at all.

By: Benjamin Tegarden » Blog Archive » Coolest Cover Ever

Benjamin Tegarden » Blog Archive » Coolest Cover Ever — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:24:47 +0000

[...] Jonathon Coulton’s rendition of “Baby Got Back” is awesome. Other enjoyable Coulton tunes: “Code Monkey“, “Tom Cruise Crazy“, and “When I’m 25 or 64“. [...]

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:08:27 +0000

This is sooooooooooooooooooooo funny!!!

By: yogan

yogan — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:51:25 +0000

WTF

By: yogan

yogan — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:50:46 +0000

hello

By: macy

macy — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 15:01:48 +0000

bye

By: macy

macy — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:56:18 +0000

yor r stupid

By: bob

bob — Sun, 07 May 2006 01:19:18 +0000

fuck you bitch

By: atari princess

atari princess — Fri, 05 May 2006 21:55:08 +0000

That has got to be one of the funniest things I have ever heard! Job well done!

By: dannyboy

dannyboy — Thu, 04 May 2006 18:40:16 +0000

The start of it kinda sounds like american pie by Don Maclean… or maybe that’s just me.

By: miby

miby — Thu, 04 May 2006 02:01:04 +0000

its good, a little desterbing but good, you should have the original for reference though

By: Mayra

Mayra — Mon, 01 May 2006 17:44:00 +0000

hahahahahhahahaha!!!!, its funny!!!!! and its souns pretty!!! hahahahahahahaha!!!! but you missed the “ohhh my god… blah blah…” x’D…
very good

By: Dan Kuykendall

Dan Kuykendall — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:11:43 +0000

I saw the slashdot article about Code Monkey and after falling in love with that song, I started reviewing your archives and found this… WOW this rocks, and is FAR better than the original!

Your brilliant!

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:43:55 +0000

Wow! What an awesome cover! I would go so far as to say that your version is better than the original. Your song has been stuck in my head since I first heard it yesterday, and I’ve been walking around my house singing it like a madman. I ended up DLing the rest of your songs on iTunes, and I’ve definately become a huge fan. Keep up the great work!

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 17:14:53 +0000

I really like your version, great job