Comments on: Thing a Week 11 - Podsafe Christmas Song

By: Dave Solon

Dave Solon — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:38:14 +0000

Just wanted you to know this one keeps giving, year after year! I’m borrowing it for use on my recent episode (www.twentyfortech.com/?p=43).

Thanks for sharing!

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By: Azlan Ahmad

Azlan Ahmad — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:52:17 +0000

Hi,

I was wondering of what type of creative common license you are using for the song? Can th song be distributed and be edited for commercial use and such?

thanks

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:35:52 +0000

What were the names of the chipmunks, and who was Skyping in from his hellicoptor? You should have added helecopter noises at the end or something.

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By: Murphy

Murphy — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:26:47 +0000

“Out of interest, what is the original mentioned above?”

There are comments on this Amazon page and the full story is here.

By: Anya P. from NJ

Anya P. from NJ — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:00:32 +0000

Just leaving a comment cause I liked the song so much I played it on my show, Alternative Teen Music podcast 04! Great song! If you want to hear my show the website is http://atmpodcast.libsyn.com. Once again, Great song!!

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:18:48 +0000

Brilliant song,

My 8 year old doughter Chica loved it so much, she’s playing it all the time on her mp3 player and going “jesus What”, and she don’t even know what it means, and i am laughing every time i hear the song, especialy the Adam bits are great, ThankZ.

btw, i got the song from C.C.
Again it’s brilliant.

GrtZ Rob

By: PhilB

PhilB — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:07:33 +0000

Fantastic!!

Out of interest, what is the original mentioned above?

Having bought the “other” podsafe christmas song, I’ve sent an additional donation via http://fundable.org/groupactions/podsafeforpeace for this track.

PhilB

By: RJ

RJ — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:55:07 +0000

technical tip: Oh yeah, and why would you try and do it slow. There’s options where you can just change pitch without changing speed.

By: RJ

RJ — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:43:26 +0000

That was brilliance. I listened to it a bunch of times, and had a great laugh.

By: Bazooka Joe

Bazooka Joe — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:10:35 +0000

I blew snot all over my monitor when I Adam said “Jesus!” during the song from laughing so hard.

So simple. So obvious. So brilliant.

By: Eric Ginsberg

Eric Ginsberg — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:30:00 +0000

Does it hurt to be so wonderful?

By: Murphy

Murphy — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:37:34 +0000

Jonathan, I remember when the original came out (we won’t talk about how damned long ago *that* was - and no wisecracks about cryogenic preservation, please), and I’ve always liked it.

But your version - oh, man - I love it - and my wife, who was a HUGE Chipmunks fan as a kid, REALLY loves it.

Thanks for the best laugh I’ve had in a long time. And I’ll be spinning your version at Murphy’s Saloon very soon.

Cheers!

By: kus

kus — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 09:03:58 +0000

i’ll send you a helicopter for christmas

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 02:00:54 +0000

You astound me with how consistently you produce something that is so funny and intelligent. This song will definitely be add to my Christmas playlist! (And I don’t apologize for exclamation marks, either!)

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 02:00:16 +0000

I love this song and I’ll feature it on our big holiday show on Dec 22. Just played Baby Got Back on show 50! You’re loved on The Big Show!!

By: Stacy

Stacy — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 19:20:29 +0000

I LOVE THIS!

I’m totally going to play it on a podcast before Christmas!

By: Len

Len — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:03:02 +0000

This song gets better and better the more I listen to it. I was totally blown away by it when I heard it and I concur with CC…you really did an awesome job!

Thanks again!

By: JC

JC — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 14:12:00 +0000

Hugh: I feel you bro. That’s what I did too, sang it at intended pitch, slowed it down to listen, and then tried to copy how it sounded. Sucked. The comedian Patton Oswalt has a really funny bit about listening to chipmunks records at slow speed, and how it sounds like a bunch of bored guys having a conversation with a horrible demon. You can hear a little in the iTunes preview called My Christmas Memory from his CD, which is very funny.

By: Brooklyn Bluesman

Brooklyn Bluesman — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 06:11:28 +0000

I can’t believe you didn’t tll me about this last night! I’m glad CC gave me heads up today! It’s a scream! I never apologize for exclamation marks-and it’s going in inteview show! Knock ‘em dead with Hodgie!

By: Gle3nn

Gle3nn — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:04:25 +0000

Great song. I’m in the mood for Christmas now. Chipmunks roasting on an open fire and all that jazz.

By: Dana Huff

Dana Huff — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:56:13 +0000

My two-year-son rocked out to it! He even had to throw down, pretending to play my husband’s keyboard along with it.

By: The Almighty Charles

The Almighty Charles — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:47:27 +0000

I’m not yet tapped into the joys of podcasts… but this was still realy enjoyable (though I am a big fan of The Chipmunks, oddly enough.)

By: C.C. Chapman

C.C. Chapman — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:21:57 +0000

I still can’t begin to express how thankful I am that you did this. When I first brough you into the loop it was to WRITE something. Not write, record and make a god damn masterpiece. I’m still laughing and everyone in the podcasting community is loving it.

THank you!

By: jp3z

jp3z — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:22:00 +0000

Great song! My favorite part: “I don’t want to be forward, but I think you guys may have saved Christmas.” XD

By: hugh

hugh — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:36:24 +0000

Unfortunately I do know hhhhooooowwwwww loooooonnnnngggg aaaannnnnddddd ddddrrrraaaaawwwwwwnnnnnn oooooouuuuutttttttttt it has to be. The easiest way I found to do it was to sing a falsetto at my recorder’s highest tape speed (to give me some chance of understanding/singing with it at half speed), then record another track at half speed in normal voice using the slowed-down first recording as a guide vocal. I gained tremendous respect for Ross Bagdassarian after I tried it for myself. It’s actually the parts you don’t/can’t sing correctly (particularly at the beginning and end of words) that make it sound chipmunky. If you did it perfectly you’d just be an octave higher. Fortunately, none of those recordings survive.

I’m looking forward to listening to your interview with Mark Forman when it goes up, btw.

Your song’s a riot. I may have to throw a new podcast together just so I can play it. The only thing I would have done different is to ask Adam, “Are you taking a leak up there again?”

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:30:56 +0000

Rock on!

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:26:59 +0000

Wow, nostalgia — Chipmunks and Adam Curry. I’m so old I remember watching both of those on TV.

Aaaaaaadaaaammm!

Heh.