{"id":2776,"date":"2009-12-15T16:41:19","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T21:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=2776"},"modified":"2015-01-07T13:54:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T17:54:50","slug":"screw-christmas-riddim-meth0d-repost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=2776","title":{"rendered":"screw christmas (riddim meth0d repost)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This is the first in a series of several reblogged posts from the now defunct Riddim Meth0d blog<\/a>. I figured I’d start with some seasonally appropriate fare, so look for a couple more X-mas related things to follow. This post was originally published<\/a> on Dec 21, 2005.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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not to be a humbug, but it occurred to me that screwing (or is it unwinding<\/a>?) one of the chipmunks’ christmas tunes would be a funny way both to reverse-engineer the song and to tap into the ’05 zeitgeist<\/a>. <\/p>\n

wayneandwax vs. the chipmunks, “christmas don’t be late<\/s> slow”<\/a>
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despite its novelty, ross bagdasarian’s one-man band<\/a> has proved an enduring cultural phenomenon, and the ‘munks christmas songs (and x-mas special) are as unavoidable as any other seasonal pap. somehow, at least for the first few encounters, i still find the chipmunks’ routine, especially on this song in particular, to be rather delightful. the way alvin pines for a hula hoop always makes me laugh, and the tight (extra tight when sped-up) barbershop harmonies never fail to strike a chord – even when dave claims that alvin is flat.<\/p>\n

on this screw (but, sorry, no chop), the chipmunks’ “real” voices are revealed, though dave’s adult register, never sped-up to begin with, slurs along like houston’s finest. and don’t those horn blasts at the beginning sound sweet? chop-worthy to be sure, though working in 3\/4 time would be a challenge for even the swishest<\/a> of screwdrivers.<\/p>\n

more holiday hijinks to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[This is the first in a series of several reblogged posts from the now defunct Riddim Meth0d blog. I figured I’d start with some seasonally appropriate fare, so look for a couple more X-mas related things to follow. This post was originally published on Dec 21, 2005.] not to be a humbug, but it occurred […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[93,421,298,214,411],"class_list":["post-2776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-humor","tag-remix","tag-riddimmeth0d","tag-screw","tag-seasonal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2776"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8317,"href":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776\/revisions\/8317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}