Jonathan Coulton - All This Time (Official Video)

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  • Опубліковано 28 бер 2017
  • From his new album Solid State, out April 28.
    The album has a companion graphic novel written by Matt Fraction and drawn by Albert Monteys. It's a science fiction story about the internet, the future, artificial intelligence, and how probably only love will save us.
    The book, CD, Vinyl, Tshirts, and deluxe bundles of fantastic things can be pre-ordered right now at solidstate.jonathancoulton.com/
    Digital pre-orders available at iTunes and wherever else digital music is sold these days.
    Jonathan Coulton made this video all by himself. Hooray!
    The display was done using an app called Cathode: www.secretgeometry.com/apps/ca...

КОМЕНТАРІ • 391

  • @user84074
    @user84074 7 років тому +182

    ">just, please"
    I'm glad this didn't turn into a tragedy. Thanks for having mercy, All This Time

    • @leus
      @leus 5 років тому +12

      that's a heartbreaking moment :-/

  • @MattDiMarco
    @MattDiMarco 4 роки тому +86

    This.... this was not video to watch while mindless processing work from home widgets in the middle of a lockdown where all we have is all this time.
    but also, it was. *wipes away tears*

    • @warlockd
      @warlockd 2 роки тому +3

      Its even worst when your at home, doing work, making JavaScript widgets:P

    • @ryomichael
      @ryomichael 2 роки тому +2

      I didn't start tearing up until I started reading these comments. They're much better that the usual ones on UA-cam.

  • @chillcreep4926
    @chillcreep4926 6 років тому +374

    I'm here at 4am agonizing over the death of a fictional robot and grateful to the person who told me the story.

    • @horndogrob
      @horndogrob 5 років тому +18

      I literally started crying when it said couldn't help robot supervisor right now. Jonathan's songs almost always speak to me in this weird way. So grateful.

    • @lolaphilologist
      @lolaphilologist 5 років тому +5

      This song really gets to me as well.

    • @laurasutherland2352
      @laurasutherland2352 5 років тому +6

      "It's 4 in the morning...."

    • @ZaraAxelrod
      @ZaraAxelrod 4 роки тому +5

      @@laurasutherland2352 The end of December

    • @clockworkNate
      @clockworkNate 3 роки тому +4

      It's 4 in the morning, the end of December, I'm writing you now just to see if your better.

  • @ArtichokeHunter
    @ArtichokeHunter 7 років тому +487

    If JoCo wants to start writing text adventures, I would back the hell out of that Kickstarter.

    • @mygaffer
      @mygaffer 7 років тому +8

      Don't give him any ideas.

    • @OneMoreStoryGames
      @OneMoreStoryGames 7 років тому +23

      Better yet, we'd be happy to make graphical story adventures with him! :D Next JoCo cruise?

    • @ArtichokeHunter
      @ArtichokeHunter 7 років тому +54

      "Better yet"? I think this video is evidence of his ability to tell a compelling, thought-provoking story in text adventure form, and I'm not at all convinced it would be as effective as a graphic adventure. (Totally do what you do, and self-promote, but don't knock this medium. We who love text adventures do so fiercely.)

    • @prophetzarquon1922
      @prophetzarquon1922 5 років тому +9

      I was scrolling down, hoping to see someone saying "This is an actual playable text-based adventure game now!"

    • @littleleakyleakythere
      @littleleakyleakythere 4 роки тому +2

      @@prophetzarquon1922 i mean if you pay me id make it

  • @narutoninjastorm1
    @narutoninjastorm1 7 років тому +372

    "Are you sure?"
    No.
    "Too bad. Some decisions are hard."
    Blurring the distinctions between doing what's right and doing what's necessary. Looking forward to this new album.

  • @mxg75
    @mxg75 7 років тому +290

    I got so distracted with the text adventure I didn't listen to the song.
    /me hits replay.

    • @networkMCN
      @networkMCN 7 років тому +4

      lmao same

    • @rodfalanga3770
      @rodfalanga3770 7 років тому +14

      I know what you mean. I spent the whole time pausing the video so I could read the user's interaction with the text adventure. Will have to watch it again and pay attention to the song.

    • @faner117
      @faner117 5 років тому

      It’s a great history :3

    • @LavLightKnight
      @LavLightKnight 3 роки тому

      I do this every time I look up this video

  • @Achedb0b1
    @Achedb0b1 7 років тому +33

    >Take feelings
    You already have "feelings"
    >You're damn right I do ; _ ;

  • @carver7585
    @carver7585 6 років тому +90

    Love that his music is getting away from being comedy and into just really good songs. He's a great song writer.

    • @GldnClaw
      @GldnClaw 8 місяців тому +1

      I decided to randomly see who sang the Rifftrax intro song. Glad I did.

  • @dusanobradovic752
    @dusanobradovic752 7 років тому +97

    Making a note here
    Huge success

    • @CaptAmazo
      @CaptAmazo 4 роки тому +8

      It truly is hard to overstate my satisfaction

    • @felix56p
      @felix56p 4 роки тому +3

      @@CaptAmazo glad to see people are still watching this video

    • @shnacallanan2656
      @shnacallanan2656 4 роки тому +10

      @@felix56p we're just doing what we must, because we can.

    • @thisdoesntwork7521
      @thisdoesntwork7521 3 роки тому

      Now there is no sense crying over every mistake.

    • @epikitee2186
      @epikitee2186 3 роки тому

      @@thisdoesntwork7521 You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake!

  • @zsandmann
    @zsandmann 7 років тому +83

    Oh why is the Internet so dusty tonight? I'm not crying! You're the one that's crying.

    • @Gleamings
      @Gleamings 6 років тому +1

      ME TOO DAMN

    • @Yotarnn
      @Yotarnn 5 років тому +1

      Why you gotta call me out, of course we're all crying

    • @laurasutherland2352
      @laurasutherland2352 5 років тому +1

      are you making a lasagna for one? (Flight of the Concords referrence)

    • @stevo43068
      @stevo43068 4 роки тому +1

      Me too...

  • @sethzard
    @sethzard 7 років тому +38

    I'm not going to lie. That video made me tear up.

  • @zenhydra
    @zenhydra 7 років тому +54

    When I was a kid, I played Zork on the Commodore 64 so much that I started to dream of text screens. This song helped me remember that. Thank you.

    • @-GuitarZero
      @-GuitarZero 7 років тому +7

      I recently introduced my 14 year old son to Zork. He really got into it. Those games have the power to really capture your imagination.

    • @-GuitarZero
      @-GuitarZero 7 років тому +1

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork

    • @prophetzarquon1922
      @prophetzarquon1922 5 років тому +1

      I just had "The **NEW** Adventure! Game" on 5-1/4inch floppy disks, formatted for CP/M.

  • @ohaRega
    @ohaRega 5 років тому +36

    The part where the lyrics synced with the display got me teary eyed. Wonderfully creative narrative. Very sad, but magical.
    I could praise it for paragraphs. So inspiring. Also, the end reminded me of Portal 2's final scene.
    So moving.

  • @noazdad
    @noazdad 7 років тому +21

    @2:39 when the video syncs with the song lyrics - FTW. Holy crap this is amazing stuff...

  • @jeffnoxon
    @jeffnoxon 7 років тому +37

    Infocom games defined my childhood. This is amazing.

  • @NathanRiveraMelo
    @NathanRiveraMelo 7 років тому +65

    Wow, what a beautiful way to combine music and the lost art of text adventures! They worked together super well even though they were only approximately referring to each other. And they were both super emotional in the same way. Really cool, Jonathan.
    You know, one of my big regrets was not submitting a hand clap to the last song of the week. I followed those religiously and showed them to all my friends in high school. Not sure why I didn't submit a clap.
    Anyway, thanks for the great tunes all these years!

  • @87Gaming
    @87Gaming 7 років тому +18

    this makes me feel Still Alive

  • @infantivore1727
    @infantivore1727 7 років тому +96

    If your bothering to read the comments JoCo, you are a goddamned genius. There aren't very many modern songwriters that make me smile so quickly or widely as you. You paint melody like Rembrandt and sculpt lyrics like Michaelangelo. Let all the compliments go to your head, you deserve it.

  • @skepticalJones82
    @skepticalJones82 7 років тому +17

    >search online for "picture of the moon"
    Google images returns PICTURES OF THE MOON. For the first time in your life you notice that it is beautiful.

  • @moonmothman
    @moonmothman 6 років тому +18

    Was at the Aimee Mann concert in Glasgow last night when Jonathan Coulton came on as support and ( I imagine) most people , like me , had no idea who he was. What a treat. He was brilliant. Especially this song which had Aimee doing the backing vocals. I heard this and thought bloody hell. Thats a really, really great song.

  • @kjlop14
    @kjlop14 7 років тому +25

    Holy shit. I was not expecting to get the feels from this. I just sat in my chair stunned. I can't even form the words to discribe my feelings yet

  • @shankly7
    @shankly7 7 років тому +282

    Sounds like blue pill would make me feel fantastic, does it also make my steak taste better?

    • @Sirenhound
      @Sirenhound 7 років тому +75

      no, you'd need some sort of... steak tastes better... pill.

    • @richardavelino7383
      @richardavelino7383 6 років тому +34

      Wait wait wait! Are you saying that that pill makes you feel as fantastic as you did that day when you felt that way that you do right now?

    • @avizinder616
      @avizinder616 5 років тому +2

      @Jack Bowman its a reference to the Joco song "I feel fantastic"

    • @masonstubbs2075
      @masonstubbs2075 3 роки тому +5

      I think sometimes you need to slow things down...enjoy the moment..I understand that because when I look the moment is gone

    • @flipmarley9973
      @flipmarley9973 2 роки тому +2

      You know it isn't real, but it tastes so good you don't care

  • @illithid75
    @illithid75 7 років тому +13

    You are not ready... hit play... then at the end, hit replay... and repeat...

  • @rustydove
    @rustydove Рік тому +13

    Ten thousand seven hundred days
    We've been accident-free
    Practice my confident face
    My pod's depending on me
    Working hours fill the day
    Spending credits when we stay
    At home
    So long since anyone has seen
    Out past the edge of our zone
    One of the friendlier machines
    Says I should leave it alone
    But I wonder anyway
    'Bout some things I shouldn't say
    What if Kurzweil doesn't make it?
    What if all the switches get stuck on destroy?
    When the shuttle goes, we won't take it
    When the final counter-measures are deployed
    All we'll have is all this time
    All we'll have is all this time
    All this time
    Red's for focus, blue's to not get upset
    Wasters and complainers get what they get
    All eyes watching, no one's noticed me yet
    I'll tell the secret if I speak
    It's what I'm smiling about
    I keep it tucked into my cheek
    'Til it's safe to spit out
    Things are stranger than they seem
    Now I remember what I dream
    What if Kurzweil doesn't make it?
    What if all the switches get stuck on destroy?
    When the shuttle goes, we won't take it
    When the final counter-measures are deployed
    All we'll have is all this time
    All we'll have is all this time
    All we'll have is all this time
    All this time

  • @lunch96box
    @lunch96box 4 місяці тому +1

    Still listening to this at least once just about every week, after almost a decade. Thank you brother your music is moving 🙏

  • @drakocarrion
    @drakocarrion 5 років тому +15

    I can never listen to this song just once. It always gets an almost immediate repeat play.

  • @alfonsomapolon9482
    @alfonsomapolon9482 4 місяці тому +4

    If they ever make a Portal movie, this should be used for the end credits.

  • @MousaThe14
    @MousaThe14 6 років тому +6

    I have been listening to the album nonstop for the past few days but never seen this and this video has made "All This Time" more sad than I ever thought it was.

  • @LittleBitVic
    @LittleBitVic 2 роки тому +9

    W H O A.
    I'll never stop being amazed by JoCo's Yale and coding background on top of being a musician and witty-as-hell songwriter.

  • @faner117
    @faner117 5 років тому +4

    When I listen this song in first time... it was 2 years ago when I was in Chicago... I was having a existencial problem (because the unknown future and other problems) and now i am here in Chicago... now I miss that days more than anything... If i know how much time I lost... probably i can change things and finally enjoy my life... the time I still have... I will use it to be happy... finally

    • @Mach327
      @Mach327 4 роки тому +1

      It's ten months later, and I hope you're walking that path!

    • @faner117
      @faner117 2 роки тому

      @@Mach327 yes... i am finally happy :”3

    • @ripped181
      @ripped181 3 місяці тому

      🥰

  • @adamchristensen2648
    @adamchristensen2648 7 років тому +11

    Just saw Johnathan Coulton on TableTop. This is amazing. Music and video.

  • @davebaker
    @davebaker 6 років тому +10

    It's been 13,892 days without a single fatal accident for me.

  • @Jensonjustpickadamnusername
    @Jensonjustpickadamnusername Рік тому +3

    I swear every time I need a cry this is like a homing missile to my tear ducts.

  • @christianscott8889
    @christianscott8889 7 років тому +14

    I wasn't ready for this

  • @Carattica
    @Carattica 7 років тому +20

    This breaks my heart. A song paired with a great music video will do that to you
    I dig it

  • @MrDuneedon
    @MrDuneedon 6 років тому +12

    I LOVE the Infocom-style video!

  • @deletethis3897
    @deletethis3897 7 років тому +9

    Great...
    I'm gonna cry now
    Thanks john

  • @sizur
    @sizur 5 років тому +2

    My natural baseline is optimistic. It is very difficult to make me depressed. This video and song nail existentialism.

  • @emmamaria8979
    @emmamaria8979 Рік тому +3

    I never watched this video til now, even though this is one of my favourite albums and I've been coming back to it since it released. This was such a wonderful read. Reminds me of when Clarisse McClelan makes Montag recall that he can't even remember the last time he'd looked at the moon in Farenheit 451.
    I've been looking into the mythical symbolism of the moon these last few days so it's nice to experience a synchronicity by running into this.
    I suppose a lesser appreciated symbolism that the moon carries (that I've not seen written about) is that of a reminder to be woken up to a previously ignored / forgotten beauty and realm beyond the systems we exist in. I imagine this is derived from the fact one of its main properties is that it provides light during times of darkness.

  • @theemeraldjester5351
    @theemeraldjester5351 Рік тому +2

    Six years later and this is still in my top five favorite music videos. It's such a beautiful story, and it very well may have changed my life.

  • @LevynTheVariantYT
    @LevynTheVariantYT 7 років тому +9

    Man, this hit me hard in the feels. As I sit at work.

  • @glowfishin1
    @glowfishin1 Рік тому +2

    How am I just now finding this work of art?
    I'm just happy I found it.

  • @Thiefree
    @Thiefree 7 років тому +4

    Oh my heart. I wrote games like this. I'm taking a month off work, on the bus home now from my last shift for a while. Hope my robot supervisor will be ok...

  • @GhostedJackal
    @GhostedJackal 5 років тому +4

    I come back to this song when I feel trapped.

  • @lisablacker3102
    @lisablacker3102 3 роки тому +4

    Joco videos are one of the few places where "don't read the comments" doesn't apply. Seeing the love and appreciation for his musical masterpieces warms my heart ❤️

  • @OliviaNeil
    @OliviaNeil 7 років тому +3

    Words can't express how much I love this song.

  • @DaWombatGaming
    @DaWombatGaming 2 роки тому +1

    man this is criminally underwatched

  • @rubenmoreno99
    @rubenmoreno99 7 років тому

    Beautiful

  • @Rutilant
    @Rutilant Рік тому +1

    here for tears

  • @KingKongWTF117
    @KingKongWTF117 7 років тому

    I can't wait for this album

  • @Luckmorne
    @Luckmorne 2 роки тому +2

    This is perhaps the greatest music video ever made. And I say that knowing Biggie's Hyponotize is a thing.

  • @JohnVance
    @JohnVance 4 роки тому +3

    This still makes me feel things that I have difficulty describing.

  • @BinaBianca
    @BinaBianca 7 років тому +20

    yes yes yes yes yes

  • @stevenjewniverse
    @stevenjewniverse 7 років тому +6

    Absolutely beautiful. i cant stop listening to this

  • @Dingleberries
    @Dingleberries 7 років тому +3

    man i love this song so much

  • @DanielRenfroMusic
    @DanielRenfroMusic 7 років тому +5

    This song is amazing and somehow the video is even better....

  • @soulmonarch
    @soulmonarch 7 років тому

    The feels.

  • @rouenpucelle
    @rouenpucelle 3 роки тому

    Such an amazing song and video.

  • @sharp11girl
    @sharp11girl 7 років тому

    I'M CRYING THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL

  • @OttScott
    @OttScott 7 років тому +2

    That. Was awesome...

  • @MusicbyAnthem
    @MusicbyAnthem 7 років тому

    Holy cow!! Wow. Love it.

  • @Josh123benja
    @Josh123benja 7 років тому +6

    I LOVE THIS, HOLY CRAP

  • @mariojumpman9638
    @mariojumpman9638 7 років тому +3

    thats...so amazing. thanks JoCo

  • @ericdimarzio5756
    @ericdimarzio5756 Рік тому

    What a great video. Thank you

  • @user-ld4ti2eg6s
    @user-ld4ti2eg6s 6 років тому

    I've listened to the song so many times, but never seen the video until now. Awesome!!

  • @anniekate76
    @anniekate76 7 років тому +1

    Really really really great.

  • @12outland12
    @12outland12 2 роки тому

    This is awesome. Mind-blowing

  • @jdaltair
    @jdaltair 6 років тому +2

    I keep coming back to this song almost every day, thanks for making music with such heart, for lack of a better word.

  • @fwootbat
    @fwootbat 3 роки тому +3

    How has nobody commented on this in 3 years?? It's still one of my favorite videos ever...

  • @ktsmurf
    @ktsmurf 7 років тому +6

    This video is beautiful!

  • @SugarFang
    @SugarFang 7 років тому

    So good! I love your music.

  • @Oniyokox
    @Oniyokox 7 років тому +1

    It was worth the wait.

  • @gabriellastauffer
    @gabriellastauffer 3 роки тому +1

    this is such a masterpiece of a music video. just omg

  • @flental6708
    @flental6708 5 років тому +2

    really appreciate the "Global Thermonuclear War" listed in playable games

  • @justsergei5356
    @justsergei5356 5 років тому

    JoCo, thats fantastic!! That you for your music!!!!

  • @Stegeln
    @Stegeln 7 років тому +1

    Best music video ever.

  • @herlocksholmeshasautism
    @herlocksholmeshasautism 7 років тому

    I am getting more excited for this album by the second.. WOO!

  • @spookydann
    @spookydann 4 роки тому +1

    I just watched this for the first time on a break at work. I wasn't prepared, please undo.

  • @fjzucco
    @fjzucco 3 роки тому

    Genius

  • @Ping653
    @Ping653 7 років тому +7

    never imagined i'd ever see a zork music video

  • @schok51
    @schok51 3 роки тому +1

    God I love this, it's amazing. So simple, yet so perfectly synced to the flow of the song.

  • @voxvolhynia5400
    @voxvolhynia5400 Рік тому +2

    I'm glad of all of the things I could have done with my free time, I watched this specific entertainment in my pod's domicile tonight. Although it does make it harder for me to mindlessly process widgets when I can't ignore existential crises as easily, I forgive you.

  • @jamiesimpson1827
    @jamiesimpson1827 2 роки тому

    thank you for making this

  • @thenotsogreatintelligencei1425
    @thenotsogreatintelligencei1425 5 років тому

    still amazing

  • @jotakux7489
    @jotakux7489 7 років тому +2

    Wow, I could see it all clearly. Bravo my friend. I shed a digital tear for that one.

  • @LazyDogJumper
    @LazyDogJumper 7 місяців тому +2

    I know you are supposed to identify with the "1st person" perspective but...
    Identifying with the Supervisor makes the image at the end hit really hard too.

  • @trudi1962
    @trudi1962 4 роки тому +1

    Joco, you're so clever. I'm learning the words to all your songs. It's great therapy!

  • @phdworm
    @phdworm 7 років тому +2

    Excellent, I can't wait for the new album! Hopefully it'll have a couple smiles hidden in their too!

  • @IntoTheWeeds71
    @IntoTheWeeds71 Рік тому +1

    Still my favourite music video.

  • @CarrollHome
    @CarrollHome 7 років тому +1

    That was XYZZY great!

  • @stonedhomer621
    @stonedhomer621 5 років тому

    I love you and the music you create 😊

  • @chidambaramthillairajah8331
    @chidambaramthillairajah8331 6 років тому +1

    I am lowkey crying right now.

  • @aaronrobinson2121
    @aaronrobinson2121 6 років тому +5

    First thing I looked for when I saw this was a playable version of the game. Didn't find it, so I made one here: github.com/bl4ckmesa/AllThisText
    Enjoy!

  • @maxaroni39
    @maxaroni39 Рік тому +2

    The song already is incredible, but the addition of the video and its story make me tear up every time. You're an amazing storyteller, Mr. Coulton. Keep doing what you're doing.

  • @WIMMine
    @WIMMine 7 років тому +4

    Holy hell. This is really good.

  • @angj6857
    @angj6857 3 роки тому +1

    SO reminds me of playing Adventureland on my Commodore Vic 20. Never did master that game. Thanks for all you do, Jonathan. Much appreciated.

  • @csebastian3
    @csebastian3 13 днів тому

    I never realized that this amazing song had an even-more-amazing music video. Probably the best music video I've ever seen.

  • @mumbdaddy
    @mumbdaddy 4 роки тому +2

    First time I’ve teared up during a computer text adventure game. Rest well, Robot Supervisor 🤖😔😢

  • @noahwolfe7071
    @noahwolfe7071 7 років тому +1

    Ya still got it JoCo!

  • @elliotarts-heathcote2264
    @elliotarts-heathcote2264 7 років тому

    wow, great song and great text video, hits you right in the feels.