Portal Gave Us The 2 GREATEST Video Game Songs Of ALL TIME

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Favorite memory from Portal 2 "Well this is the part where he kills us" "Hello, this is the part where I kill you" CHAPTER 9 THE PART WHERE HE KILLS YOU Achievement Unlocked The Part Where He Kills You

"I know it's been 17 years since this game came out" -- I feel old

The fun thing is that there's a secret third Portal song called You Wouldn't Know (courtesy of Lego Dimensions), where GLaDOS is trying to make Chell jealous by claiming to be friends with Batman

I love the Jonathan Coulton appreciation around here. His non-Portal stuff is just as good and just as quirky. It’s awesome.

The consistency of GLaDOS being proud, sarcastic, and making fun of Chell is what makes GLaDOS such a good antagonist, especially during the credits. Portal is such an amazing series. Edit: My Operating System Brian got the best of me

I've always felt that Still Alive is musically, melodically written as if an AI program wrote it, as if it was trying to imitate cheerful pop songs. In other words, it sounds a bit artificial, like those AI generated pictures nowadays. And the best thing is that an actual human composer wrote it like that for the game.

I believe the word you’re looking for to describe GLaDOS’ attitude is “sardonic,” which I consider intentionally rueful or dark sarcasm.

Well - "Turret Wife Serenade" and "Cara Mio Addio" are bangers as well!

GLaD to see some love for the sequel song. It gets forgotten a lot, and I think it's amazing.

I like "Still Alive" because the lyrics can be taken both literally (in game) and also metaphorically (as the best breakup song ever). The line "Even though you broke my heart and killed me..." and then leaning into all the ways Chell tore GLaDOS apart is such a funny way to quickly make boring lyrics memorable. You would expect the next line to be something like "Even though you broke my heart, I knew it from the start" (dies of cringe), but the level of anger that is on display is really something else.

It's the combination of Jonathan Coulton's comedic writing and Ellen McClain's (GLaDOS) deadpan delivery that really bring home these songs. And that doesn't even touch on the melodies and harmonies (which are great).

8:04 Surprise Enya! Jonathan Coulton also did the amazing folk cover of Baby Got Back that was later used without permission or attribution on Glee (including the line "Jonny C's in trouble" which only makes sense when Jonny C's the one singing it)

The 8-bit big band cover of all 3 Portal songs are also amazing if you have not heard them I recommend giving them a listen.

fun fact: glados makes a cameo in cyberpunk 2077 as one of delamain's rogue personalites

I love Jonathan Coulton I’m being so sincere right now

The 8-bit big band has some great jazz renditions of the Portal songs. Very well done

Finally JoCo getting the love and praise he deserves. Back in 2005 and 2006 he made a bunch of goofy songs and i still listen to to this day. Lyrically this man is a freaking genius as well.

There's actually a third song called You Wouldn't Know, which was in the game LEGO Dimensions, and it's just as fantastic

The lyrics of "Want you Gone" is probably the most consise summary of GLaDOS' character possible. The [Redacted] part is so weirdly sweet. "When I delete you maybe I'll stop feeling so bad" is probably the most vulnerable we ever see GLaDOS, which makes sense since this song talks about her entire existence, from being human to being murdered twice to deleting her old self. Caroline wasn't a major part of the game but she was important in the lore. You don't need to know who she was to appreciate GLaDOS' decisions in the game (ie saving you and letting you go free), however, it does explain why she does these things and it even humanises her. It was the perfect way to end GLaDOS' arc as a villain, it's both memorable and impactful no matter how much you've picked up from the dialog. That's why I loved the Portal games, they don't waste your time or make things more complicated than they need to be, it's like they know what the Player cares about in a story and they put extra effort in making sure the whole story comes through.