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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: Jonathan Coulton Sticking It To Glee

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:30 pm, January 27th, 2013


The saga that is musician Jonathan Coulton vs. FOX/Glee continues (read up if you’re not familiar). Coulton has released his original cover version on iTunes, Google, and Amazon under the name, “Baby Got Back (In the Style of Glee).” He’s going split the proceeds between The VH1 Save the Music Foundation and The It Gets Better Project and even joked Glee should do the same. As of publishing this post, Coulton’s song has surpassed all the other songs from that episode of Glee on the charts. (via Geekosystem) 

Going into my possible-future-cosplay file. (via Carnival of the Random)

  • io9 has collected videos from what they consider to be The 36 Greatest Supervillain Musical Numbers of All Time. Enjoy.
  • Esquire does a quick piece on the female Secret Service agent watching President Obama and family at the inauguration. (via tipster Jim)

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  • Marysol Pino

    Damn GLEE. Always making twisted abominations out of EVERYTHING

  • http://twitter.com/cartoon_sara Sara Franks-Allen

    I’m wondering if 36 supervillain musical numbers is a few too many. If you have to include songs from “Thumbelina” and “Rock-a-Doodle,” it probably is. And what kind of crazy criteria are they using where “Hellfire” from “Hunchback of Notre Dame” is a runner-up?

  • http://twitter.com/LauraTruxillo Laura Truxillo

    What an odd, unorganized pile of villain songs. Props for remembering “Every Little Piece” and digging up the would-be Yzma song (which…huh), but sheesh, if we’re throwing in everything but the kitchen sink (and a number as random as 36 seems to indicate more of a “All of the villain songs I could remember” instead of “greatest”), might as well add “No More Mr. Nice Guy” from Swan Princess. And, oh, every villain song ever, I guess. (“B Movie Show” from Brave Little Toaster, anyone?)

  • http://twitter.com/LauraTruxillo Laura Truxillo

    What an odd, unorganized pile of villain songs. Props for remembering “Every Little Piece” and digging up the would-be Yzma song (which…huh), but sheesh, if we’re throwing in everything but the kitchen sink (and a number as random as 36 seems to indicate more of a “All of the villain songs I could remember” instead of “greatest”), might as well add “No More Mr. Nice Guy” from Swan Princess. And, oh, every villain song ever, I guess. (“B Movie Show” from Brave Little Toaster, anyone?)

  • http://twitter.com/nellydreadful Nelly Dreadful

    Oh ho ho boy. XD

    Will Fox rise to the bait? It’s like he’s just daring them to sue and escalate this mess.

  • http://wrongsirwrong.blogspot.com/ Magic Xylophone

    And “Be Prepared” from The Lion King!

  • http://www.commonplacebook.com electrasteph

    So purchased.

  • http://twitter.com/HoopyHobo HoopyHobo

    Daring Fox to sue him? For what? For re-releasing a song that he legally obtained the right to sell in 2005? That doesn’t make any sense. Arrangements of cover songs are legally owned by the original artist because that’s how the Harry Fox licenses are structured. Only Sir Mix-a-Lot is in a position to sue over a Baby Got Back cover, and he has nothing to gain because he’s already recieving royalties for both versions.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Anna-Sophia-May/100000092990769 Anna Sophia May

    Nostalgia Critic did a top 11 villain songs, and Hellfire was, as it should be, number one.

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