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Greetings goons far and near, young and old! It is time for the...  SOMETHING AWFUL XMAS ALBUM MUSIC THREAD THINGY mk 2021!!  Yes, that's right; the moment Halloween ends, Awful Xmas season BEGINS! Here's a bit of a Q and A for those of you just joining us:  Q: What is this about? I've heard of it but never really looked into it. A: Since 2009, every year, goons both musical and not come together to create an entire album of both awful and awesome home-grown Christmas music!  Q: I don't have any instruments. A: I don't care! You can still join in! Collab with someone else! Do artwork! Come up with lyrics or song ideas! It's worked in the past! Hell, even posting ITT and cheering everyone on is a wonderful idea!  Q: Ok, so I made a thing, what do I do now? A: You upload it to Soundcloud or even google drive, but there are two important rules to this! Rule 1: When you post your song, include the words Kristopher Kringle says hello in your post. It helps me separate the submissions from the 'oh man, this song was great!' reposts (which are fine, but I don't want to start downloading old songs) Rule 2: Speaking of downloading, MAKE SURE YOUR TRACK IS DOWNLOADABLE. This is extremely important! Every year, I take all of the tracks, compile them, order them, and then upload a zip file that gets shared around. I WILL be putting last year's and this year's album up on my site.  Q: Where can I listen to older tracks? A: https://saxmas.bandcamp.com/ and also my personal site, https://saxmas.robotcousin.com/ (yes, I need to also put 2017-2019 up, I'll get to it).  Q: Does this have anything to do with Ernest? A: No, I just love Jim Varney  THE DUE DATE IS THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT IN YOUR CHOSEN TIME ZONE, DECEMBER 21st 2021 Also... If you all could provide FLAC files from the get-go, that really, REALLY helps later on, as I convert them. So get to it, goons! It is my favourite time of year, sort of partially maybe because of you all. Also, sometimes I tweet about this stuff, and I always use #awfulxmas so feel free to do the same, and we can be donned with gay apparel together. I'll update the OP as stuff moves along. If anyone wants to provide some links to either past threads, OR favourites, I don't mind posting them here. SPECIAL NOTE: I'll be compiling tracks as they're uploaded/posted, so I won't be leaving everything to the last drat minute like last year. This means that shortly after the last track is uploaded/posted, I should have the album pretty much ready to go! This is massively informative! Flipperwaldt posted:It's the most wonderfult time of the year! Lucky number 13. Thanks Rupert Buttermilk for hosting once again! Another special note from Flipper... Flipperwaldt posted:Yes! This is all about having a go. Any genre, any level of musical or technical ability, any length, any tenuous tie in to the holidays season. You upload a thing you made, you're a winner. Reread that as many times as you need to. Just. Post. Your. Attempt. Merry Christmas, you maniacs. Rupert Buttermilk fucked around with this message at 14:30 on Nov 15, 2021 |
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Is this the year someone finally tops “Ho Ho Ho It’s Christmastime”? Probably not.
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Nov 2, 2021 02:26
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Szyznyk posted:Is this the year someone finally tops “Ho Ho Ho It’s Christmastime”? Probably not. This will always be my vote.
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Nov 2, 2021 02:30
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Kristopher Kringle says hello Tracks for the Track God! Song of the Volga Ho Men https://soundcloud.com/genghis-don/song-of-the-volga-ho-men I Got a Present For Ya https://soundcloud.com/genghis-don/i-got-a-present-for-ya Every one of these threads is special because there's usually at least one new person who finally decides to participate in this cacophonous choir every year. That said, there's been some absolutely beautiful work in these threads as well and I always look forward to seeing what's new after work on winter nights.
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Nov 2, 2021 02:40
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Grammarchist posted:Kristopher Kringle says hello Excellent! Thank you for being first out of the gate once again! Where's that "I got a present for ya" sample from?
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Nov 2, 2021 11:42
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Excellent! Thank you for being first out of the gate once again! The Commando voice lines from Command and Conquer - Tiberian Dawn. Was kinda trying to ape the C&C soundtrack vibe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlsSiEpZMQY&list=PLQGm88aU9WILa4QizU3BOvBVAz1fxRNwh&index=2
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Nov 2, 2021 14:09
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It's the most wonderfult time of the year! Lucky number 13. Thanks Rupert Buttermilk for hosting once again! I collected some links last year. There's some overlap with what's in the OP already. Previous threads: 1st (2009): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3224294 (archived) 2nd: (2010): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3366726 (archived) 3rd: (2011): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3451851 (archived) 4th: (2012): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3516742 (archived) 5th: (2013): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3585618 (archived) 6th: (2014): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3681788 (goldmined) 7th: (2015): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3749494 (goldmined) 8th: (2016): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3797981 (goldmined) 9th: (2017): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3839261 (active forums) 10th: (2018): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3873186 (active forums) 11th: (2019): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3903086 (active forums) 12th: (2020): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3946206 (active forums) Downloads with thanks to the goons giving up server or cloud space for this. 2009-2016 on Rupert's site 2017 on Google Drive 2018 on DropBox 2019 on DropBox 2020 on Google Drive "Best of" Torrent magnet link (with thanks to Edward Mass) Playlists 2009-2015 on Bandcamp 2009-2019 playlist on Youtube (659 out of 666 tracks, presumably minus what gets content matched) 2020 whatever was available on SoundCloud that year (44 out of 61 tracks, more or less) These tracks from 2020 didn't quite make it to the archive coming in past the deadline, maybe they can be included this year: ThePopeOfFun posted:
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Nov 2, 2021 14:20
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I heard a stripper rendition of Rudolph the red nose reindeer. It was very unsettling
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Nov 2, 2021 17:48
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Does anyone have an application to convert FLACs to MP3s? I want to upload last year's album to GBS-FM, and the files are too darn big. Also, yes I will do a song this year.
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Nov 2, 2021 18:36
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Edward Mass posted:Does anyone have an application to convert FLACs to MP3s? I want to upload last year's album to GBS-FM, and the files are too darn big. VLC can probably do it out of the box. Or MediaMonkey. For a small number of files, you could probably use one of the cloud service websites that come up when you google flac to mp3.
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Nov 2, 2021 19:36
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Edward Mass posted:Does anyone have an application to convert FLACs to MP3s? I want to upload last year's album to GBS-FM, and the files are too darn big. I don't have an answer for you, but I will, just for GBS-FM, export two versions this year; mp3 and FLAC. Speaking of! If you all could provide FLAC files from the get-go, that really, REALLY helps later on, as I convert them.
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Nov 2, 2021 19:43
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I don't have an answer for you, but I will, just for GBS-FM, export two versions this year; mp3 and FLAC. Should I reupload my submissions as FLAC files or should that just be the practice going forward? Not sure if I'll have time to do much else this year, but I'll keep it in mind.
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Nov 2, 2021 21:36
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Grammarchist posted:Should I reupload my submissions as FLAC files or should that just be the practice going forward? Not sure if I'll have time to do much else this year, but I'll keep it in mind. Nah, you're good, and I'm not going to hold anyone's stockings to the fire if they mess this up; I'm just asking for it to be done, as it REALLY helps, but I'll still accept tracks regardless. The only thing that'd suffer would be the quality.
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Nov 3, 2021 00:21
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Merry Christmas, you maniacs. Oh, you know I'm in. I must continue the tradition of Odin Claus, plus Santa needs to return to give you all another gift of information!
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Nov 3, 2021 06:18
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This is the only part of Christmas that is allowed to happen before December 1st.
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Nov 3, 2021 09:02
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I have an idea but I need help writing it. Please PM me your favorite fun fact, preferably in the form of a single short sentence.
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Nov 3, 2021 16:02
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To hell with PM 600 people die every year from alcohol enemas. There is no way to verify that I've even tried looking it up I just heard it years back and accepted it as truth
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Nov 3, 2021 18:20
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Beefed Owl posted:To hell with PM that seems low (yay xmas album!)
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Nov 3, 2021 20:03
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Beefed Owl posted:600 people die every year from alcohol enemas. I feel the seed of an album cover in this.
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Nov 3, 2021 22:07
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danjal posted:I heard a stripper rendition of Rudolph the red nose reindeer. It was very unsettling Well we all know that Sexy Santa is a Sexy, Sexy Man, who needs a sexy reindeer, to fly across the land.
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Nov 3, 2021 22:51
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The Soviet Union briefly banned Santa Claus, but Stalin pardoned him and ordered his presents be given on New Years instead. That's my fun fact, in a long sentence.
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Nov 3, 2021 23:54
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Yay I'm so excited for another year of holiday classics!! I remember that towards the end of the last thread there was a movement to rename the 2014 album from Hollycaust to the much easier to swallow Hollycyon Days, and I'd love if that came to be so I could safely share GOAT classics like Otamatone Auld Lang Syne and others
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Nov 4, 2021 02:44
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Fawf posted:Yay I'm so excited for another year of holiday classics!! Here's the cover, go nuts Flipperwaldt posted:
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Nov 4, 2021 06:46
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This is my favorite thread. Nothing has ever infuriated my friends more than "Enter Jingleman" so you can be sure I bump it every year
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Nov 4, 2021 11:49
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Haschel Cedricson posted:I have an idea but I need help writing it. Please PM me your favorite fun fact, preferably in the form of a single short sentence. Ray Jay memes are funny now, somehow, it's an xmas miracle
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Nov 4, 2021 14:32
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At this point I know more Goon Christmas songs by name than anything on the radio. I usually refer to songs by the one lyric I can remember, but my knowledge of "We Wish You an Adequate Festive Period" includes trivia about a short-lived original name.
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Nov 4, 2021 14:51
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I've only listened to one song that someone posted in one of these threads and it was a woman singing the same thing over and over again but it blended well so it didn't seem like it. He said he'd play it at parties and people would slowly go, "Hey, wtf is going on with this song?" It made me laugh.
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Nov 4, 2021 15:10
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Weihnachtsmannlied by Glühwein is from last year, but such an evergreen banger imo. Perfectly threads the needle.
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Nov 4, 2021 16:30
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I really appreciate Kruxy's Yule Log video of the 2017 playlist. Hope they're doing well, their collaboration projects were really fun and were the highlight of some tough years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phJ-IM-CRbo
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Nov 5, 2021 01:39
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Flipperwaldt posted:Weihnachtsmannlied by Glühwein is from last year, but such an evergreen banger imo. Perfectly threads the needle. Oh, it was. That track was amazing.
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Nov 5, 2021 02:34
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Is there a midi file of "Ho Ho Ho It's Christmastime"? I think I need to get Mitri and Pteri involved again...
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Nov 5, 2021 02:50
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Pennywise the Frown posted:I've only listened to one song that someone posted in one of these threads and it was a woman singing the same thing over and over again but it blended well so it didn't seem like it. He said he'd play it at parties and people would slowly go, "Hey, wtf is going on with this song?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPH87XrHgLE Is THIS your card?
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Nov 5, 2021 04:57
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I plan to participate again this year but waiting for inspiration to strike. Still pleased with my last few efforts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeDrc70IPVQ Jingle Jingle Ya (Old Dirty Bastard tribute) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9S1OxrYNOw Snow Glove It (Kanye tribute) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMBHIeCyX_8 Santa Rap (Kap G (whoever that is) tribute) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmzHiFkL-Ak Why cant you be real santa - Original awfulness
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Nov 5, 2021 17:20
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 Inspiration has yet to strike, but also I haven't been at the station because i don't have one. New outlets going in this weekend should fix that!
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Nov 5, 2021 17:27
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I ask this year and then try to make a note of it somewhere but does someone know which Awful Xmas song is the one that's basically just the last statements of people facing execution? That poo poo is loving dark and also hilarious in xmas song format.
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Nov 5, 2021 22:56
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EvilJoven posted:I ask this year and then try to make a note of it somewhere but does someone know which Awful Xmas song is the one that's basically just the last statements of people facing execution? That poo poo is loving dark and also hilarious in xmas song format. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxGO-G7RMgk
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Nov 5, 2021 23:16
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Nov 6, 2021 01:04
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Ernest P Worl is a hero gently caress you OP
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Nov 6, 2021 02:40
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Also we are week away before Thanks giving.
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:Also we are week away before Thanks giving. Awful Xmas begins immediately after Halloween, per honored tradition. "EXPECT THE FIRST POST WHEN THE BELL TOLLS "ONE!"  Edit: "Posts of Christmas Past" or some variation might be a good album theme at some point, or a song idea for someone with more talent than I.
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