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"Nobody Loves You Like Me" is a song on [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s eighth studio album, [[Artificial Heart]].
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"Nobody Loves You Like Me" is a song on [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s eighth studio album, [[Artificial Heart (album)|Artificial Heart]].
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
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This song is entirely a cappella, and in concert Coulton uses a laptop running Ableton Live and his iPhone to control vocal harmonies. In response to fan curiosity, he wrote a [http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2011/06/22/nobody-loves-you-like-me/ blog post] that details how he creates the live effect using Ableton plugin [http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/powered-by-reaktor/the-mouth/ ''The Mouth''] and an iPhone app called [http://hexler.net/software/touchosc ''TouchOSC''].
  
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During sound check for their show at Manchester Academy 2 on 10 June 2011 [[Paul and Storm|Storm]] unofficially renamed the song ''''The Song That Will Haunt Your Mind For The Next Month'''' due to its incredibly catchy harmonies. Cernoise [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijNd12PkPLU&NR=1 captured the remark on video] (approx. 3 mins in.)
  
 
== Live performance ==
 
== Live performance ==
This song was debuted in concert in Bristol, UK on June 9, 2011. Instead of playing guitar, Coulton performed it a cappella, using his iPhone and laptop to control vocal harmonies. A recording of the performance is available [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvqDJpUkB80 on YouTube].
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This song was debuted in concert in Bristol, UK on June 9, 2011. Instead of playing guitar, Coulton performs it a cappella, using his iPhone and laptop to control vocal harmonies. A recording of the first performance is available [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvqDJpUkB80 on YouTube].
  
 
== Availability ==
 
== Availability ==
"Nobody Loves You Like Me" is now available for purchase on Artificial Heart.
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"Nobody Loves You Like Me" is available on the album [[Artificial Heart (album)|Artificial Heart]], which can be ordered through [https://secure.jonathancoulton.com/ArtificialHeart/ Coulton's website] or on iTunes.
  
Unofficially re-named by [[Paul and Storm|Storm]] to ''''The Song That Will Haunt Your Mind For The Next Month'''' during sound check for their show at Manchester Academy 2 on 10 June 2011. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijNd12PkPLU&NR=1 Video by Cernoise]  (Approx 3 mins in.)
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==Fan Interpretation==
 
 
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This song could be sung from the perspective of a rockstar or low end celebrity with a terminal illness (Maybe the late stages of lung-cancer) singing in a bar on their last day alive.
 
This song could be sung from the perspective of a rockstar or low end celebrity with a terminal illness (Maybe the late stages of lung-cancer) singing in a bar on their last day alive.
 
The "you" he refers to could be a romantic interest or someone who has passed away previously.
 
The "you" he refers to could be a romantic interest or someone who has passed away previously.
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== Themes ==
 
== Themes ==
* Love *Death *Terminal Illness
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* Love  
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* Death
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* [[Break-ups]]
  
 
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Revision as of 20:50, 3 September 2011


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Nobody Loves You Like Me
ReleaseArtificial Heart
Length2:19
Release date06-09-2011
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"Nobody Loves You Like Me" is a song on Jonathan Coulton's eighth studio album, Artificial Heart.

History

This song is entirely a cappella, and in concert Coulton uses a laptop running Ableton Live and his iPhone to control vocal harmonies. In response to fan curiosity, he wrote a blog post that details how he creates the live effect using Ableton plugin The Mouth and an iPhone app called TouchOSC.

During sound check for their show at Manchester Academy 2 on 10 June 2011 Storm unofficially renamed the song 'The Song That Will Haunt Your Mind For The Next Month' due to its incredibly catchy harmonies. Cernoise captured the remark on video (approx. 3 mins in.)

Live performance

This song was debuted in concert in Bristol, UK on June 9, 2011. Instead of playing guitar, Coulton performs it a cappella, using his iPhone and laptop to control vocal harmonies. A recording of the first performance is available on YouTube.

Availability

"Nobody Loves You Like Me" is available on the album Artificial Heart, which can be ordered through Coulton's website or on iTunes.

Fan Interpretation

This song could be sung from the perspective of a rockstar or low end celebrity with a terminal illness (Maybe the late stages of lung-cancer) singing in a bar on their last day alive. The "you" he refers to could be a romantic interest or someone who has passed away previously.

Another possible interpretation of the song is that it is about divorce, apparent from various lines that imply breakup and a sense of abandonment, and especially from the verse: "I won't sign a thing, or else if I do I'll use a pencil so I can show you How nothing lasts, how nothing is free Nobody loves you like me."

Themes

Artificial Heart
1. Sticking It To Myself · 2. Artificial Heart · 3. Nemeses · 4. The World Belongs to You · 5. Today With Your Wife · 6. Sucker Punch · 7. Glasses · 8. Je Suis Rick Springfield · 9. Alone at Home · 10. Fraud · 11. Good Morning Tucson · 12. Now I Am An Arsonist · 13. Down Today · 14. Dissolve · 15. Nobody Loves You Like Me · 16. Still Alive · 17. Want You Gone · 18. The Stache