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Code Monkey Like Fritos

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the catchy-songs-in-your-head dept.

Greyjack writes "Jonathan Coulton's latest song in his thing-a-week series, Code Monkey, is an anthem for under-appreciated developers everywhere. From the song: 'Code Monkey get up get coffee / Code Monkey go to job / Code monkey have boring meeting, with boring manager Rob / Rob say Code Monkey very diligent / But his output stink / His code not functional or elegant / What do Code Monkey think?' Like virtually everything he does, he's released it under a Creative Commons license -- go forth, download, and share the goodness!" Update: 04/23 19:23 GMT by SM: Several users have also provided a torrent.

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  1. Coral Cache by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.jonathancoulton.com.nyud.net:8090/mp3/C ode%20Monkey.mp3

  2. Mirror of Mp3 by coolnicks · · Score: 5, Informative
    Download here

    http://data.coolnicks.co.uk/Code Monkey.mp3

  3. Surprisingly good by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 5, Informative

    My God, a Creative Commons song that's actually good. And makes fun of a fat computer programmer. I love it.

    Slashdot has obviously been replaced by bizaro-Slashdot. I won't be able to relax until this story has been duped three times.

  4. Thing a week by isny · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you like this, be sure to check out his thing-a-week podcast. More of the same type stuff. If you're already into podcasting, odds are that you've heard several of his songs already.

  5. Code Monkey Torrent by toby360 · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://static.thepiratebay.org/hashtorrent/3474917 .torrent/Code_Monkey.mp3.3474917.TPB.torrent

  6. Code Monkey Lyrics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Code Monkey
    by Jonathan Coulton

    Code Monkey get up, get coffee
    Code Monkey go to job
    Code Monkey have boring meeting
    With boring manager Rob

    Rob say Code Monkey very diligent
    But his output stink
    His code not functional or elegant
    What do Code Monkey think?

    Code Monkey think maybe manager want to write goddamn login page himself
    Code Monkey not say it out loud
    Code Monkey not crazy, just proud

    Code Monkey like Fritos
    Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
    Code Monkey very simple man
    Big, warm, fuzzy, secret heart
    Code Monkey like you
    Code Monkey like you

    Code Monkey hang around at front desk
    Tell you sweater look nice
    Code Monkey offer buy you soda
    Bring you cup, bring you ice

    You say no thank you for the soda, cuz
    Soda make you fat
    Anyway you busy with the telephone
    No time for chat

    Code Monkey have long walk back to cubicle
    He sit down pretend to work
    Code Monkey not thinking so straight
    Code Monkey not feeling so great

    Code Monkey like Fritos
    Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
    Code Monkey very simple man
    Big, warm, fuzzy, secret heart
    Code Monkey like you
    Code Monkey like you... a lot

    Code Monkey have every reason
    To get out this place
    Code Monkey just keep on working
    See a soft pretty face

    Much rather wake up eat a coffee cake
    Take bath, take nap
    This job fulfilling in creative way
    Such a load of crap

    Code Monkey think some day he have everything, even pretty girl like you
    Code Monkey just waiting for now
    Code Monkey say someday, somehow...

    Code Monkey like Fritos
    Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
    Code Monkey very simple man
    Big, warm, fuzzy, secret heart
    Code Monkey like you
    Code Monkey like you

  7. Name that Tune... by slashturt · · Score: 2, Informative

    Great song! For fun, play it back to back with 'Want You Bad' from The Offspring. The riffs are the identical!

  8. Re:torrent by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 2, Informative

    Er... Sorry, didn't notice there already was one. Use http://static.thepiratebay.org/hashtorrent/3474917 .torrent/Code_Monkey.mp3.3474917.TPB.torrent .

  9. He did a bunch of songs for Popular Science by Dr.+Manhattan · · Score: 2, Informative

    See here I like "Better" and "I Feel Fantastic"; "Todd the T1000" ain't bad either.

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  10. Re:Other songs by the same guy by dodald · · Score: 2, Informative

    don't forget "That Spells DNA", and "Mandelbrot Set"

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  11. Re:Wow! by tiluki · · Score: 3, Informative
    Reminds me of another little ditty a guy I used to work with was prone to hum...

    I'm a code monkey, baby.

    Climb up my binary tree.

    Ten thousand lines to debug.

    So don't fling shit at me.

  12. Re:Poor Jonathan Coulton by BuddUggly · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, let's at least make it easier for folks to discover Jonathan, even if his website no worky poo.

    Here's a Wikipedia article

    http://eventful.com/r/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /Jonathan_coulton

    Here's a page on Eventful with more information and a way for you to "demand" Jonathan come to your town (cool concept!).

    http://eventful.com/performers/P0-001-000000067-4

    And here's a podcast that played three of Jonathan's songs, full length because of Creative Commons.

    http://treehouseconcerts.libsyn.com/index.php?post _id=80711

    The first is about an evil genius (think arch-villian, Syndrome, from The Incredibles) who lives atop a lonely mountain but with much love in his heart. Or maybe that's just the voices in his head.

    The second is a tender ballad about the love of his life...his Apple Macintosh G4 laptop.

    And the last is about a little furniture store called Ikea. Just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen. Selling furniture for college kids and divorced men.