Re: Your Brains

If I ran a game store I would play the song Re: Your Brains by Jonathan Coulton.

You don't know where you'll be when the zombie apocalypse occurs. There's every reason to believe that some of us will already be in zombie stupors at our day jobs, crossing over without noticing - except for the changes in appetite. Jonathon Coulton draws on that mindset with Re: Your Brains. It's an original rock tune played from the perspective of a zombified office guy (Bob) trying to convince his coworker (Tom), who has barricaded himself in a shopping mall, to open the door allow the zombies to feast upon his brain. Worst case of the Mondays ever.

Jonathon Coulton is a major talent in geek music, having developed a huge web following and touring as the opening act for They Might Be Giants. Re: Your Brains is likely his best known tune. It's easily one of his most played tunes at live shows. The song is attached to numerous YouTube videos with millions of views and it's been covered by other bands and covered in other languages. Basically, Re: Your Brains is a song that any geek worth their salt will recognize and it deserves to be played in game stores – it's a no brainer.

Re: Your Brains was released on Jonathan Coulton's 2006 album, Thing a Week Two.

Re: Your Brains on Jonathon Coulton's store

I'll Eat Yer Brain

If I ran a game store I would play the song I'll Eat Yer Brain by Bill Mills.

Bill Mills, showing that his finger is on the pulse of pop culture, released a zombie song that's a parody of a nearly 100-year-old song at the height of the zombie craze in 2011. A move like that takes guts. This song has guts, the kind of guts that ooze through the abdomen and onto the floor. I'll Eat Yer Brain is a filk song based upon the early 20th century folk standard "Little Liza Jane". Mr. Mills's version is told from the perspective of a zombie singing to its prey. It's a twangy song that is very near bluegrass in style. He keeps the lyrics of the verses quiet (not sure if that's on purpose or not) and brings it up for the chorus, with the effect being that it's easy to overlook this being a zombie song at first. It's not until you find yourself singing along, "Oooh, I'll eat yer, I'll eat yer brain," that you really get a taste for I'll Eat Yer Brain.

I'll Eat Yer Brain was released on the FuMP in 2011.

I'll Eat Yer Brain on the FuMP