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December 22, 2005

Merry Christmas from the 9th Circle of Hell

Patton Oswalt's got this great bit about playing the Alvin & the Chipmunks Christmas album at the slowest possible speed, so that the chipmunks sounded like spacy monotonous guys schlepping through a carol. The hillarious side effect is that "Dave" ends up sounding "this demon from, like, the ninth level of traitors and murders, just screaming at them." It's really funny, and easy to imagine, but I always wondered what it sounded like. Mostly because I was too lazy to do it myself. I mean, you see my lazy posts. You get me.

Well, thanks to Patton fan Kevin "Time on My Hands" Roache, you can hear it in weirdly enjoyable mashup format. Is there a little Queen in there? Are they the cilantro of mashups?

Posted at 2:07 PM




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this is THE christmas jam of the year. we used to do this as kids, only with the "chipmunks sing the Beatles" record.

Posted by: chris at 12/22/05 2:44 PM | Reply
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Chris, you got any mp3s?

Posted by: jim at 12/22/05 2:46 PM | Reply
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not a bad mashup. i didnt know what he meant about screaming until, ALLLVVIIINN. it scared me a little bit.

Posted by: robert at 12/22/05 2:47 PM | Reply
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Hahaha... if queen is the cilantro of mash-ups... Michael Jackson is the parsley of bootlegs.

Posted by: Preston Craig at 12/22/05 3:44 PM | Reply
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Wow. I am normally not a fan of mash-ups and the thought of Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas will probably undo years of therapy. but it has all been worth it to hear this. Thanks.

Posted by: sir geets at 12/22/05 3:52 PM | Reply
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The main musical portion of the mash-up in this track (when the piano comes in through the finish) is Royksopp's "Triumphant" from their recent album The Understanding.

Posted by: drake at 12/22/05 3:54 PM | Reply
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That is... if anyone was wondering (or cared ;)

All in all, it works pretty well together.

Posted by: drake at 12/22/05 3:59 PM | Reply
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the mashup is okay. um does anyone know where 2 get more? not like this, but just mashups in general?

Posted by: alexis at 12/22/05 4:16 PM | Reply
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I feel much better about the fact that I used actual money to BUY the Chipmunks Christmas song on iTunes last week.

Posted by: the management at 12/22/05 5:11 PM | Reply
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Rad.

FYI... the main song in the mix (besides Chipmunks) is Röyksopp - "Triumphant" ( http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009RQRP6/amb )
Check it out, good stuff.

Posted by: dten at 12/22/05 11:51 PM | Reply
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Weezer is the chipotle of mashups - found everywhere these days, always sounds like a good idea, but just gives you a tummyache.

Posted by: mike at 12/23/05 12:28 AM | Reply
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dten, 8 hours before you called, it wants its post back.

Posted by: matt at 12/23/05 9:01 AM | Reply
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fcuk me. 's what I get for surfing past my bedtime.

Posted by: dten at 12/23/05 1:33 PM | Reply
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