Comments on: New Song – Blue Sunny Day

By: H.N. Worsey

H.N. Worsey — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:02:35 +0000

Does anyone know where I could get the backing MP3 for this (karaoke version)?

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:20:43 +0000

Even my wife, who is fed up with ‘focking vampire’ (quoting a bartender in ‘Tex Arcana’) stuff, liked this.

‘My blood goes cold’ is one of the best jokes I’ve heard for awhile.

This is one of the jerkier things an appreciator of well-written songs can say to a writer of them who repeatedly shows that he knows what he’s about, but here it is, anyway: Whenever I find myself singing this, I find myself substituting ’she’s so sweet’ for ’she’s sincere’, which latter I don’t get (and which former is a cheap joke that might diminish the double-meaning joke I like a few lines later)…do you mind? What if I end up busking it, as does not seem impossible these days?

By: Baxter

Baxter — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:03:11 +0000

I was totally entertained… that’s the point, right ? Thanks.

By: LS

LS — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:09:57 +0000

Is there some way to release your “Aftermath” tracks for Pandora and iTunes Genius? I need to know what they’ll say about this song–the influences and “sounds likes” listed here don’t capture what I want to replicate. Awesome stuff.

By: Scott Fletcher

Scott Fletcher — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:23:44 +0000

That was a lovely thing. It contained every bit of that magic as the TAW’s. Just lovely. Makes me want to write a vampire movie just so that I could use it at the end and pay you $1 million for the rights. I totally see Anne Hathaway and Zac Efron as the leads! I’d call it “The Neck Romancer,” directed by Ron Howard and John Hughes. It would be huge, baby!

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:47:04 +0000

Heard this on Jawbone. Does the chorus remind anyone else of Del Amitri’s “Roll To Me”.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:41:22 +0000

Well done. I love the incongruity of the lyrics and music. I can’t stop playing the song.

By: 2ndself

2ndself — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:18:34 +0000

Amazing JoCo. Really enjoyed that, and the quality bar just keeps rising! Loved the birds at the end too.

By: Ellis

Ellis — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:51:52 +0000

At the end, with the birds and other nature-sounds, I can faintly hear what sounds like a school bell. Is it?

P.S, this song is GREAT

P.P.S, The Aftermath needs album artwork.
MAYHAPS THE JOCO IN A BUSINESS SUIT

By: brookass

brookass — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:43:07 +0000

OMG. It’s genius. The bridge gives me chills of Partridgean wonder. The emo vampire’s lament. Have you read this?

Please, please, PLEASE put it on MySpace so I can add it to my profile playlist? Pretty please? They don’t make you pay for the privilege, do they?

*LOVES*

*Hate* MS but on the rare occasions that I go there, like to show good taste on me profile.

By: Lito

Lito — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:24:40 +0000

Looking forward to a karaoke version being posted. Love the song, excellent work, blah, blah, blah…

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:32:54 +0000

So… when ARE you going to write a song that’s purely bouncy and happy?

Not complaining.
I purchased.

By: David

David — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:43:16 +0000

“Sterner stuff”? Is that an echo from Python’s “Spanish Inquisition”?

By: Ray Tibbitts

Ray Tibbitts — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:39:54 +0000

This is going to sound absurd, but it’s been a long time since somebody wrote a song that I felt must have been about me.
For reasons that made sense at the time, I moved from California to Spain, and got a job working graveyard shift for Nokia-Siemens.
I really connected with the Beach Boys vibe, and now I really, really wish I could go to Denny’s.

By: Literal Man

Literal Man — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:43:02 +0000

I don’t know about the bridge, but I know where the chord progression in the verse came from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM

By: aspir8or

aspir8or — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:28:16 +0000

What can I say that hasn’t already been said, except I couldn’t buy it. I live in New Zealand and not having a credit card, the only way I could pay for it would be wiring it through, which incurs a $25 bank fee. Makes me wonder how come all the banks are going broke when they charge that much for typing a few numbers. Maybe you could write a song about a bank teller who has to defend his bank’s outrageous practices. No wait… Obama’s just doing that.

By: Avi

Avi — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:45:13 +0000

Great song! The birds at the end remind me of Blackbird.

By: spanky

spanky — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:58:40 +0000

Were you perhaps humming Button Moon to yourself as you composed this one? It keeps reminding me of the theme…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu0o6u1VmGE

Another great song though!

By: Liese

Liese — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:56:37 +0000

Though, yeah, it totally makes me think of the Dracula musical in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

By: Liese

Liese — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:55:26 +0000

I like it — poppy, happy, but a little overproduced for my taste. JoCo, you are best when your ability to spin spare, creative tunes combines with your subtle, witty, cunning lyrics.

By: Oz the Swede

Oz the Swede — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:50:10 +0000

Completely fell in love with the song, Jonathan.

Absolutely fantastic. You, my good man, have earned yourself another dollar.

By: Sean Aubin

Sean Aubin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:15:12 +0000

So, I’m figuring out the piano chords right now and might post a video later teaching them. Has anyone already done this?

By: Paul R. Potts

Paul R. Potts — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:51:14 +0000

Mark: as an English major, I totally agree with you… but unfortunately the subjunctive seems to be disappearing from actual usage, the way “whom” is. Most people will probably not even hear anything wrong with it.

OK, I feel I should also make some non-smartass comments, so here they are:

I _really_ like the instrumentation. I know the drums aren’t recorded in the home studio, but they sound stellar; the vocal performance is fantastic, the choruses too, and the guitars sound _amazing_. Basically, you’ve just plain gotten REALLY good at this solo production thing. You’re raising the bar for what can be done in a basic home studio and inspiring your fans like me who also play and record music to keep on doing it!

I played it for my wife and she thought it was fantastic as well. She completely heard the Queen and ELO, although I don’t think she knows who XTC were (sadly enough) so could not pick up on that influence.

Well done!

By: Eric Ginsberg

Eric Ginsberg — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:54:44 +0000

This song ought to be either the theme song to a sitcom (shortened, of course), or the background music to a montage from a Farrelly Brothers or Judd Apatow movie. Way to knock one out of the park.

By: Mark Egli

Mark Egli — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:43:09 +0000

I really really love the song.

I just wish that it said “I’m wishing she WERE you” instead of “she WAS you”. It’s always jarring to me to hear the irregular conjugation of “to be” for past subjunctive neglected. I understand using “was” is colloquial to some but for me it always just sounds wrong.

By: Brett Glass

Brett Glass — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:31:46 +0000

I also hear a bit of ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky” in this…. No surprise, given the title.

By: Rob Davidoff

Rob Davidoff — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:43:51 +0000

I just found this two days ago and have been showing it to all my Couton-loving friends. The vampire is such an interesting character and the melody is so jaunty, everyone I’ve played it for has liked it.

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:51:27 +0000

Love the new songs. This and Space Doggity are my new favorites. Keep it up.

By: Walt Schmerz

Walt Schmerz — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:58:02 +0000

I really, really like this song! It has it all: Catchy melody, interesting harmonic progression, and the wonderful disjunction between the musical “messsage” and the lyrical content. I’m just finishing up Palahniuk’s “Rant.” This tune seems to mesh with the Palahniuk vibe. Great job!

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:56:54 +0000

Love it! Your upbeat songs always get into my head and I have to listen to them a hundred times

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:23:16 +0000

I don’t think I know another artist who can give a glimpse into the life and emotions of his characters in approximately three minutes like you can. And when I say characters I mean strange, unexplainable characters from zombies, to vampires, to giant squid, to test tube embryo. You have a way of personifying through song that is unmatched. Keep it up!

By: NotNits

NotNits — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:06:48 +0000

Fell in love with this song when you trotted it out in Chicago. Absolutely beautiful – you take what could have been a silly novelty song, and instead you walk a fine line between genuinely funny and genuinely touching. Pure Coulton. Thanks.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:17:22 +0000

It sounds like “Revenge of Out of the Blue” and I am lovin it!”

By: Jason C. Brand

Jason C. Brand — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:45:20 +0000

Another awesome song by one of my favorite internet artists…

Thanks for the new track JoCo!

By: Rikku

Rikku — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:58:23 +0000

Blue Sunny Day, noun: see ‘awesome’
Also see ‘catchy’, ‘jaunty’, and ‘happy but not’

By: Luke M

Luke M — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:37:55 +0000

Very nice. Looking forward to hearing this live next time you’re in SF!

By: Judi

Judi — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:26:17 +0000

Love Blue Sunny Day!

Just curious…how do the early numbers for downloads/purchases compare to pre-twitter song releases? I hope lots and lots of people buy the song.

By: JonathanL

JonathanL — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:35:57 +0000

I hear this song and at first it sounds great for my baby-friendly playlist, but the more I listen to it, time and time again, the more I’m sure it’s not quite right.

And yeah, that small bat sounds like a Space Doggity 2 if there ever was one.

By: Katie C

Katie C — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:18:59 +0000

Love the new song!! Let’s see… zombies, robots, vampires… all we’re missing now are the werewolves, I think. Keep up the amazing work!!

By: Paul R. Potts

Paul R. Potts — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:23:38 +0000

FUTURE JOCO SONG SUBJECT ALERT: bat (perhaps a vampire bat?) clings to shuttle fuel tank, rides out the launch:

http://www.livescience.com/space/090317-sts119-bat-shuttle.html

“The tank is very big,
a cold enormous rig…”

By: JSug

JSug — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:15:15 +0000

The Jeff Lynne influence is obvious. First thing I thought of when I heard the verse melody and rhythm was “Mr. Blue Sky.” Maybe that was intentional, given the title of the song?

By: Dobblesworth

Dobblesworth — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:44:19 +0000

A fantastically upbeat song Mr. Coulton. Keep up the good work!

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:05:26 +0000

Fantastic JoCo! Great new song, come to Atlanta!

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:16:02 +0000

Really love it! The arrangement is very ear-catching. I can’t remember you ever using piano before, is it you playing?

By: Bengt

Bengt — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:55:48 +0000

Just want to be dorky and say hi from sweden and congratulate on yet another lovely song.. ( another one for my JoCo playlist ^^ ) Thanks

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:51:23 +0000

Someone’s been hanging out with the dream king again.

By: Roman V.

Roman V. — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:28:32 +0000

whoops, big-band style, not big bang style. Sorry, I am so used to typing big bang and do not find myself typing big band very often. Force of habit, I suppose.

By: Roman V.

Roman V. — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:22:13 +0000

I dig it, very cool. Very cool piano action – we don’t hear that too often. There’s almost a “this can conceivably be performed in a ‘big-bang’” style to it. American Idol here this song comes?

BTW, have you read this piece from the recent WSJ “The Perils of Being Internet Famous,” which alleges it’s all one giant stalkfest (and not the good kind).

I was wondering, does your songwriting change now that you’ve been doing this live performance deal for a few years, like do you think “Ugh, if I write it like this I will have to perform it live like this… no way” or “Hey, Paul and Storm can sing this” even subconsciously?

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:55:38 +0000

It’s some kind of awesome mix of Queen and Beach Boys. The vocals are especially Wilson-esque.

It’s been fun to watch JoCo get more and more skilled in songwriting

By: Miriam

Miriam — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:49:21 +0000

This song has some significance for me now. My friend’s mommy died yesterday, and today it’s a gorgeous sunny day- but so blue.
Thanks, JoCo, for continuing to write all the highs and lows of my life’s soundtrack.

By: Prisoner06

Prisoner06 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:19:44 +0000

Woohoo! FLAC worked for me now! I loved this song at the Chicago show and love it even more all prettied up! Keep up the good work JoCo!

By: Carriep

Carriep — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:37:05 +0000

1. Loved this song, especially the complex and multilayered arrangement.

2. I also hear Ben Folds in it in places, among the other influences mentioned.

3. Yes, please do make an updated Presidents song.