Comments on: Thing a Week 35 – Soft Rocked By Me

By: Cattie

Cattie — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:50:46 +0000

Jonathan posted it.

And this song makes me crack up, for the record (no pun intended). Especially the crying part, haha.

By: J. N.

J. N. — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:53:37 +0000

I know this is an old topic…but whoever originally posted this obviously doesn’t know Jonathan Coulton at all. All of his songs are parodies. They’re supposed to be somewhat unsettling…and he happens to be excellent at it.

Rock on, JC!

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By: Joon (the other JC)

Joon (the other JC) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:48:42 +0000

Great song. I discovered your stuff through the “Still Alive” ending in Portal, but you have quickly become one of my favorite artists. Looking forward to your next show in NYC.

By: Scott Mercer

Scott Mercer — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:04:25 +0000

A perfect pastiche. You are The Man.

Extremely funny concept, yet musically still extremely respectable as a pop song. Best of both worlds.

By: Terri C

Terri C — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:25:26 +0000

Utterly funny! I am listening to Alan Almond’s Pillow Talk right now. Partly because it’s relaxing (It must be built into the female psyche to respond this way to soft brush snairs and a thumpy slow bass guitar) and also because I am so fascinated by this guys gig – The intrigue, the mystique, the resonating voice. But it all makes me laugh sooo much!!
Well crafted song.

By: bryce

bryce — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:53:30 +0000

It’s true that the premise of the song is borderline creepy, but the tune is really catchy I must admit.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:23:18 +0000

Do you even know what carpe diem means anyway? I kninda am hating this song because soft rock scuks compared to real rock.

By: Steve H

Steve H — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:45:38 +0000

Loved the song. The super-sensitive doormat creeped me out.

By: ric seaberg

ric seaberg — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 05:06:11 +0000

i am a big fan of all your stuff jonathan. if anyone ever says anything disparaging about your tunes, they are out of their minds. r

By: New Orleans

New Orleans — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:46:23 +0000

It was well-made, for soft rock. Yyyuck! It’s a funny topic, but the music is hard to enjoy. Overall, the music feels the same as that guy thinks, so it works.

By: Kodamakitty

Kodamakitty — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 03:55:13 +0000

PS – I think adding bass would have completely thrown it off, so it worked out!

By: Kodamakitty

Kodamakitty — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 03:54:38 +0000

Oh man…

I was an introspective geeky kid and spent a lot of time listening to “Pillow Talk with Alan Almond,” (clearly, I was a very lonely kid and this was in the 80’s when Adult Contemporary was everywhere). This song is the bastard stepchild of Christopher Cross “Sailing,” the aforementioned Dan Folgelberg “Longer,” Chris DeBurg “Lady in Red,” Stephen Bishop “It Might be You (Theme from Tootsie),” and the David Wilcox version of “Missing You.” Maybe even a bit of Air Supply for good measure. It’s so bad it’s good!

Maybe Owen Wilson could be in the video?

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:30:52 +0000

Hmm.. Fogelberg uses those funkyweird chords too, and those harmonies..
I sense a conspiracy theory coming on.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:02:05 +0000

Paul, if you want a Buffett parody, you should check out Paul and Storm’s song “Buffett Night (Tonight, I’m a Parrothead)”: http://paulandstorm.com/sounds/buffett.mp3

Unless you yourself *are* the Paul of Paul and Storm, in which case I feel kinda silly now.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:19:06 +0000

I dunno, I kinda like it. It’s pretty and made me laugh a couple times. Don’t be hard on yourself, I liked it. And that’s what really matters, of course, Whether or not I like a song.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:33:19 +0000

This song made me cry… in a manly way.

In defense of Fogelberg – I saw him in concert and he CAN rock. They just don’t play those tunes on the radio.

Please, JC – do a Jimmy Buffett parody. It’s just BEGGING to be done and I think you’re the guy to take it on.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:32:10 +0000

Whats funny is there are sensitive guys out there that are very much like that guy.

By: Roar

Roar — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:32:10 +0000

It may just be me, but I don’t think this is too bad morality-wise.

Shrug. I like it.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:28:29 +0000

I ramble all the time, sorry about that.

By: jpez

jpez — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:51:16 +0000

Alex said: “I think its a real achievement when an artist is able to make someone feel a certain emotion about the person thinking still that the person singing it is actually the person and not just an artist singing a song in 1st person and simply pretending to be the artist there singing about.”

Most confusing statement EVER.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 15:01:22 +0000

Haha, for some reason, my mom just adores this song.

What I’m impressed with is that you went the path of the artist and let your creativity carry the song to a form that you hadn’t even considered. You do it a lot, and it always makes me giddy.

By: fred

fred — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 06:47:37 +0000

Cheyenne, good call!

I think if a little Barry White was added at the end it would be perfect.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:50:45 +0000

I love it, i think it’s hilarious, and I can’t stop listening to it. I think its a real achievement when an artist is able to make someone feel a certain emotion about the person thinking still that the person singing it is actually the person and not just an artist singing a song in 1st person and simply pretending to be the artist there singing about.

By: Cheyenne

Cheyenne — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 20:02:28 +0000

It’s great — Fear not the Satire! It’s just taking Tenacious D’s “Hard F—ing” to the other extreme. It’s the Anti-D!

By: bizrey

bizrey — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:08:53 +0000

Hmm, I don’t get this one. It sounds just like — hey! * cries *

And on my birthday too! * cries harder * ;P

By: Barby

Barby — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:06:47 +0000

JC, I’m sorry on behalf of everyone who’s insulting your work.

By: jpez

jpez — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 17:22:23 +0000

Ewwww…

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 15:05:15 +0000

Did you write this after a 24-hour Dan Fogelberg binge?

By: saw

saw — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:57:06 +0000

Im disgusted too….

By: Barby

Barby — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:15:19 +0000

Almost sounds like an ex I had only he was more rough and considered me as an object as opposed to a human. But the whole crying thing makes me go “Yikes!”

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:30:55 +0000

> whatever the opposite of carpe diem is

“cede noctem” perhaps?

“I use the passive voice to show how gentle I’ll be.” Hee hee, I love grammatical humor!

By: Carin

Carin — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:23:46 +0000

Ug. that so sounds like a guy I know.