Ukulele covers of Jonathan Coulton's "Still Alive" from Portal

Posted by Cory Doctorow, September 13, 2008 12:10 AM | permalink

Check out these awesome ukulele covers of Jonathan Coulton's Still Alive, the closing song from Portal, one of the most original and genuinely witty games I've seen since Katamari Damacy. I'm especially fond of the mop-haired kid in the Cyberdog tee, and the lady below is no slouch, either, she's the Angus from AC/DC of videogame uke covers!

“Still Alive” ukulele covers (via Wonderland)

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#1 posted by pepsi_max2k

, September 13, 2008 1:43 AM

yay! molly gets boing boing'd again! best uketuber ever. check out her other stuff (inc loads of JC covers) at http://www.youtube.com/user/sweetafton23/ .

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#2 posted by hernco , September 13, 2008 1:52 AM

Here's Molly with Coulton, Paul & Storm in Seattle last April doing "Tom Cruise Crazy."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oOErBjY6HU

Wish I'd gotten video of her doing "Road Trip," her original number about Lisa Nowak. Stupid battery ran out.

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#3 posted by slida , September 13, 2008 6:33 AM

Wow,what an amazing song.:)

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#4 posted by RobDubya , September 13, 2008 6:55 AM

Here's a video of Road Trip from someone else at the concert that night.

Great, great song.

o/` I don't tell my parents and I don't tell my friends o/`
o/` I just grab some rubber tubing and I pull on my DependsTM o/`

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#5 posted by Enoch_Root

, September 13, 2008 7:45 AM

While spying on our phones it looks like ATT learned that the kids these days love Still Alive

Here's Coulton himself playing the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxNmeMklFk8

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#6 posted by jesushootscores , September 13, 2008 8:21 AM

sweetafton rocks!
thanks Cory!

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#7 posted by Baldhead , September 13, 2008 8:56 AM

Here's the thing I don't get: ukulele always sounds bad. Even when played well it just always sounds bad. So why are there so many internet videos showing people playing it? I'd be embarrassed to own one.

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#8 posted by booticon , September 13, 2008 9:42 AM

#7: I don't know, maybe because not everybody thinks they sound bad?

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#9 posted by gpeare

, September 13, 2008 12:52 PM

Cory, Cory. UkUlele, please. Hasn't Mark taught you anything? ;-)

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#10 posted by Decay , September 13, 2008 1:03 PM

I know that mop-haired kid! He is delightful and his name is Tom Milsom :) You can see more of his bits and pieces here: http://www.tommilsom.com, go and have a look at his drawings and music and comedy sketches.

Aww, I was so surprised to see him here on BB :D

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#11 posted by freethis , September 13, 2008 1:29 PM

Sweet Afton is one of my favorite musicians. Too bad she doesn't post more.

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#12 posted by Antinous , September 13, 2008 1:34 PM

#9,

Fixed.

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#13 posted by GaryInMiami

, September 13, 2008 5:24 PM

It's so cool you featured Tom here. This isn't even one of his best songs. Internet Love Song probably holds that title. But it's damned good. Tom is an all around great kid. Musician, storyteller, comedian, short movie-maker, social commentator. Very talented. He deserves this kind of exposure. Thanks Cory.

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#14 posted by error404 , September 14, 2008 3:06 AM

sweetafton23's song My Hope is brilliant.

Cheers to BB for introducing her music to me.