Comments on: I’m Back

By: Andrew T. "The Clinger" Coleman

Andrew T. "The Clinger" Coleman — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:34:56 +0000

“My daughter went through a phase where she asked constantly for this YouTube video (which, incidentally, is a blatant violation of copyright) of a National Geographic show about octopuses.”

It isn’t against copyrite. It was on the actual National Geographic channel, so it was released by the producing company.

By: Luna

Luna — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:37:55 +0000

I drew a picture about this song.

http://lunajurai.deviantart.com/art/Octopus-some-kind-of-Octopus-83070993

By: Brain Scavenging Zombie Slugs at The Fuzzy Slug

Brain Scavenging Zombie Slugs at The Fuzzy Slug — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:17:20 +0000

[...] is how it happened… Someone posted on Twitter that Jonathan Coulton had a new song out called Octopus. So, being the curious type, I went over to JoCo’s site to check it out. Turns out a guy [...]

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:12:18 +0000

JoCo! This is amazing!! Like seriously just sososo good… I’m so happy you got a new song up.. it’s gorgeous!

By: cephalopodcast.com » Blog Archive » Cephalopodic Melodic: New Music from the Tentacles of Johnathan Coulton

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:47:44 +0000

[...] Coulton has released another song about love, life, relationships and cephalopods. Octopus is his first public song since his celebrated Thing a Week ended last year. Nice to hear from him [...]

By: Last Auk Standing

Last Auk Standing — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:07:39 +0000

reminded me of an earlier cephalopod intensive internet classic . . . behold the fishy triumphant!
http://www.threebrain.com/dailies2.php?daily=168

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:30:49 +0000

Hmmm….. there’s ‘Furry Old Lobster’, ‘Seahorse’, ‘I Crush Everything’, and now ‘Octopus’.

A few more songs like that and you’ll have enough for a “Jonathan Coulton: Under The Sea” compilation album. Ka-ching!

Or, if you don’t want to wait, you can throw in ‘Code Monkey’, ‘My Monkey’, ‘De-Evolving’, ‘Under The Pines’ and ‘Cobras’ and release a “Jonathan Coulton: A Day at the Zoo” compilation album right now instead.

By: Dyre42

Dyre42 — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:28:28 +0000

If your daughter ever fixates on anything from the Discovery Channel drop me a line.

By: Scott Haley

Scott Haley — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:56:03 +0000

I guess that an octopus’ garden wouldn’t be quite as much fun as we have been led to believe.

By: CinemaslaveJoe

CinemaslaveJoe — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:13:47 +0000

I paid my dollar. Woohoo!

One of your best, JoCo… thanks so much for continuing to share the music via Creative Commons. I am continuously amazed at what your fans do with your songs.

-CSJ

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:16:05 +0000

Long time listener first time writer and all that jazz…is it just me, or did the website go down again yesterday afternoon? It wouldn’t load for a while on my computer.

Anyways, three or more huzzahs for octopi and metaphors!

Now if I could just quit slacking off on my creative output…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:56:18 +0000

Awesome song JoCo. Glad you’re back! Im gonna have this friggin song stuck in my head for days…i can feel it.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:17:13 +0000

Woot! New JoCo song! Sounds great!

The inspiring video makes me wonder: first, I see a shark taken out by an orca (not surprising), then an octopus. Could sharks really be this overated?

By: Colleenky

Colleenky — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:35:24 +0000

Cool! Great to finally hear it since I wasn’t able to tune in on UStream. Now it’s time for me to announce this to everyone in my address book. Let the viral marketing begin!

Martin F: If you’re just dying to throw your hard-earned cash at JoCo, which I strongly encourage, you can always buy bananas, monkeys and robots on the home page.

By: Mattie

Mattie — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:05:14 +0000

Also: I think it’s fantastic that your daughter is already watching YouTube and is so interested in natural history and in underwater battles between titans of the deep. Clearly, you are raising her well. ^^

By: Mattie

Mattie — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:57:24 +0000

Awesome! It’s been forever. In return for once again giving me something melodious and geeky to hum you can count on a cut of my paycheck in the form of a banana or two.

Is this a sign of things to come? I sure hope so.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:39:54 +0000

Excellent. and, ahem, shouldn’t You Oughta Know also be in the Aftermath?

By: Luke M

Luke M — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:16:29 +0000

Yes. Awesome.

By: Janet

Janet — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:38:59 +0000

Oh, this is a happy happy week! Birthweek for a new album, birthweek for new online recording experiences, new online illustration/recording/publication formats — I am off to buy a couple of bananas.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:12:16 +0000

So is that an album title, then, on the Music page? “The Aftermath” seems like a great title for a Coulton compilation, evoking both broken relationships and geeky Mandelbrotian academia.

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:57:09 +0000

Ahhh…. a new Coulton track. Perfect addition to a Friday.

By: Kerrin

Kerrin — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:16:36 +0000

I didn’t know octopi had more than one heart.

By: Bassguy

Bassguy — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:15:18 +0000

I really dig this song. I’ve been jonesing for some new music.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:08:02 +0000

Octopuses have three hearts but it sounds like this particular one lacks any at all…

By: CarrieP

CarrieP — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:05:52 +0000

Mmm…extended metaphor….very cool song.

By: Martin F

Martin F — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:01:46 +0000

Oy, one last comment and I’ll shut up. I’ve been singing just the chorus of “Octopus” since yesterday – as my wife left for work this morning, she was humming…”Octopus, some kind off Octopus” having not even herd more than my creaky warbles of the tune. That’s what I call an “infectious” riff.

By: Martin F

Martin F — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:59:40 +0000

Whoops. Missed the “Update Cart” feature – carry on.

By: Martin F

Martin F — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:58:22 +0000

Mr. Coulton,

Since I enjoyed the making of the song so much, I attempted to buy 3 copies of it, so as to pay what I feel is a fair price for the more than a song experience I got, however, the sopping card system automatically reduced my “quantity” to “1″ – so I ran through two more transactions. But your songs are worth more than a buck to me. In fact, if you had let me :name my price” I would have probably paid $5.00 for “Octopus”

By: Go Listen: Octopus · All the Billion Other Moments

Go Listen: Octopus · All the Billion Other Moments — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:17:52 +0000

[...] Listen: Octopus Jonathan Coulton released a new song. What are you waiting for? Go listen! Tags: Asides , Jonathan Coulton , [...]

By: Gle3nn

Gle3nn — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:32:52 +0000

Wow. What a great song and a fun ride along with it. Thanks for letting us in on the process.

By: Kerrin

Kerrin — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:27:38 +0000

Len, you beat my record on the video of 1 day!

I like this song already…probably because I’ve heard it lots already before it was released.

By: Wings For Wheels » Blog Archive » New Coulton!

Wings For Wheels » Blog Archive » New Coulton! — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:33:36 +0000

[...] end of the Thing A Week project last September.Â It’s called “Octopus” (download here) and was recorded over the past week.Â Coulton set up a live stream of the recording and allowed [...]

By: witten

witten — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:55:13 +0000

This is me jumping up and down like a fanboy. Awesome song.

By: Len

Len — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:53:48 +0000

As promised, here is the video. This may be the fastest video ever done for a JoCo song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE84HH8wNwY

By: JY

JY — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:24:56 +0000

You put Octopus together so fast it didn’t have a chance to tear stuff apart!

By: ruthling

ruthling — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:06:28 +0000

That’s awesome, especially “you make my insides, outsides” !

By: Sujin

Sujin — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:03:16 +0000

Sounding good! You’re right–it would make a pretty good breakup song.

By: Glenn Peters

Glenn Peters — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:01:05 +0000

Technically what an octopus will to a crab is liquefy it and suck it out of the shell, but that’s pretty gruesome too.

By: Len

Len — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:33:04 +0000

I drew a visual response to Joco recording the song. You can see it here. I also recorded myself creating, a la Monster By Mail. I will edit the video and link it when I am done.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:16:05 +0000

I found the octopus video and turned the sound down on it and pretended that was the music video for it. Good times!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_6jQ6b-Tqg

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:13:13 +0000

WOO! Sounding good!