A Talk with George

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A Talk with George
ReleaseThing a Week Two
Length3:04
Release date03-03-2006
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"A Talk with George", a tribute to American journalist and author George Plimpton, is the tenth song on Jonathan Coulton's fifth album, Thing a Week Two.

History[edit]

"A Talk with George" was released as the twenty-third Thing a Week on March 3rd, 2006. Jonathan wrote the song for a contest run by the Plimpton Project. The song won the prize of $400.00.

Live performance[edit]

"A Talk with George" is occasionally played at Jonathan Coulton concerts. Because of the track's lean arrangement, mostly Jonathan with a guitar, the live version sounds essentially the same.

Trivia[edit]

  • "A Talk with George" is classified as a sweet song on the Listening Suggestions page.
  • Jonathan has said in interviews that this is one of his favorite songs.

Availability[edit]

Downloads[edit]

"A Talk with George" is currently only available for purchase in the Jonathan Coulton MP3 Store as an individual track, as part of Thing a Week II, or as part of JoCo Looks Back. Of course this song is also included as part of the "Everything" playlist.

Downloadable FLAC versions of the above are available in the Jonathan Coulton FLAC Store.

CD[edit]

"Thing a Week II" is available for purchase as a CD here.

Other versions[edit]

A karaoke version of "A Talk with George" is available on the Jonathan Coulton Karaoke Store.
An in-production version was released with a blog post by Coulton on February 21st, 2010.

Themes[edit]

Thing-a-Week Two
1. Flickr · 2. Resolutions · 3. You Could Be Her · 4. I Will · 5. Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance · 6. So Far So Good · 7. Curl · 8. Chiron Beta Prime · 9. Take Care of Me · 10. A Talk with George · 11. Don't Talk to Strangers · 12. Stroller Town · 13. Re: Your Brains
JoCo Looks Back
1. Code Monkey · 2. Ikea · 3. I Feel Fantastic · 4. Mandelbrot Set · 5. Tom Cruise Crazy · 6. Shop Vac · 7. Chiron Beta Prime · 8. I'm Your Moon · 9. My Monkey · 10. Skullcrusher Mountain · 11. I Crush Everything · 12. When You Go · 13. A Talk with George · 14. You Ruined Everything · 15. Creepy Doll · 16. Mr. Fancy Pants · 17. Baby Got Back · 18. First of May · 19. Re: Your Brains · 20. The Future Soon
Best. Concert. Ever.
1. The Future Soon · 2. Ikea · 3. Shop Vac · 4. I'm Your Moon · 5. Baby Got Back · 6. Kenesaw Mountain Landis · 7. Chiron Beta Prime · 8. Tom Cruise Crazy · 9. Code Monkey · 10. Creepy Doll · 11. Still Alive · 12. Mr. Fancy Pants · 13. I Crush Everything · 14. Skullcrusher Mountain · 15. Mandelbrot Set · 16. You Ruined Everything · 17. Re: Your Brains · 18. A Talk with George · 19. I Feel Fantastic · 20. First of May