My son just played me a song he can't get out of his head, "Still Alive". It's the closing-credits music of the 2007 computer game Portal, sung by a heavily vocoded Ellen McLain. As it turns out, the song was written by science fiction pop songster Jonathan Coulton, whose excellent love songs about robots and zombies I have heard on the Escape Pod podcast. And here's Coulton himself performing "Still Alive".
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Jonathan Coulton - "Still Alive"
My son just played me a song he can't get out of his head, "Still Alive". It's the closing-credits music of the 2007 computer game Portal, sung by a heavily vocoded Ellen McLain. As it turns out, the song...
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Jonathan Coulton - "Still Alive"
Category: Gaming • Music
Posted on: September 20, 2008 7:13 AM, by Martin R
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Sweet. I just showed my son - he's beaten Portal too.
I have to admit, the game is fun, and the concept is interesting. We're waiting for the next version.
Posted by: Dean | September 20, 2008 9:22 AM
Portal is seriously one of the best games of all time, possibly even THE best. You have to try it out! And Still Alive rocks.
Look at me still talking when there's science to do...
Posted by: Felicia Gilljam | September 20, 2008 10:09 AM
Coulton is my hero. Does his Ikea song offend you or fill you with pride?
Posted by: megan | September 21, 2008 3:57 PM
Haha, I hadn't heard that before, fun song!
Posted by: Martin R | September 21, 2008 4:03 PM
I love that song! Now I finally know where it was from!
"I'm doing SCIENCE and I'm still alive!"
Posted by: scicurious | September 22, 2008 9:37 AM
Now look what you've done. I played that video, and now it's stuck in my head. My kids watched it and now it's stuck in their heads too. My oldest played it on a streaming loop for about an hour the other day, and printed out the lyrics. This is the worst earworm I've had in awhile. Good thing it's a great song.
Posted by: Ubi Dubium | September 26, 2008 8:19 AM