December 3, 2006

1:27 PM

With the Christmas season upon us, I think it's time to call attention to PinkStainlessTail's classic—which will live forever—Jingle Rock Bell.
posted by interrobang to MetaFilter Music at 1:27 PM (38 comments total)

Originally posted here, this superb earworm is now a part of my holiday season. Let it become part of yours, too.
posted by interrobang at 1:27 PM on December 3, 2006

Surely a candidate for metafilterhistory.
posted by grouse at 1:36 PM on December 3, 2006

This is truly awesome. I included this track on my 2006 Holiday Christmas CD "MRE Christmas".

I still have friends and relatives who won't speak to me.
posted by ColdChef at 1:37 PM on December 3, 2006

Yeah, this really sticks in your head once you hear it. I think of it every now and then.
posted by bob sarabia at 1:44 PM on December 3, 2006

Is there a word for "friends who won't speak to me"?
posted by Kirth Gerson at 1:44 PM on December 3, 2006

Is there a word for "friends who won't speak to me"?

Yes, but only in German.
posted by grouse at 1:51 PM on December 3, 2006 [2 favorites]

I played this for my family on Christmas Eve. They loved it. My ten and twelve year old nephews like to call me up and sing it, too. Definitely a classic.
posted by frecklefaerie at 1:51 PM on December 3, 2006

PST doth rock. He jingles and he bells, too.
posted by iconomy at 1:53 PM on December 3, 2006

I metafilterhistoried it.
posted by jessamyn at 2:02 PM on December 3, 2006

Here's everything tagged with "christmas" on our music site. We need more!
posted by interrobang at 2:02 PM on December 3, 2006

That took 2.3 seconds to download, it's encoded at 128 bits per second and lasts 153 seconds. Thanks interrobang for bringing this to a my attention. But mostly thanks PinkStainlessTail for making it, quite lovely. I shall, in my joy at being alive right now, be throwing cake from a window. And I shall be letting them eat it. Quite Lovely.
posted by econous at 2:19 PM on December 3, 2006

Jingle Rock Bell has been in regular rotation here at Casa LeeJay since it was unleashed upon the world. It never fails to get me in the holiday spirit.
posted by LeeJay at 2:42 PM on December 3, 2006 [1 favorite]

It was sent to me on a MeFiSwap CD. I've inflicted it on many people who now won't speak to me any more (known in German as schadenfreunden).
posted by scrump at 2:49 PM on December 3, 2006

Outstanding. Bravo.
posted by Kwine at 3:17 PM on December 3, 2006

nyxie's giving me a dirty look all of a sudden.
posted by mendel at 3:30 PM on December 3, 2006

And don't forget Hall & Oates' new/updated version of 'Jingle Bell Rock' on their recently-released Christmas CD - 'Home for Christmas.'
posted by ericb at 3:46 PM on December 3, 2006

Oh wow. Jingle Bell Rock Tota77y PwnEd!! LOLZ.
posted by BrodieShadeTree at 3:51 PM on December 3, 2006

I always get PinkStainlessTail and ThePinkSuperhero mixed up. Always.
posted by mathowie at 3:52 PM on December 3, 2006 [1 favorite]

ThePinkStainlessTailSuperhero. I'm down.
posted by ColdChef at 3:54 PM on December 3, 2006

With all due respect, why the fuck isn't this uploaded to MeFi music by now?
posted by Eideteker at 4:07 PM on December 3, 2006

Really, it's 10% me, 90% the late great Lenny Dee.

I always get PinkStainlessTail and ThePinkSuperhero mixed up. Always.

ThePinkSuperhero is the one who actually can sing.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 4:16 PM on December 3, 2006 [1 favorite]

Oh. My god. I love you guys. (Petition to officially change song's title to "Ringle Bell Jock.")
posted by steef at 4:24 PM on December 3, 2006

This is pretty damn great, no doubt about it.
posted by jonson at 6:24 PM on December 3, 2006

Fuck you, you bastard. I had forgotten about this, and now ... AAAAAAAAAHHHHHGGGHHGHGGGHHHHH
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:46 PM on December 3, 2006

He said "jock," right? I think he said jock.
posted by textilephile at 6:58 PM on December 3, 2006

Heh, I was singing this in the shower yesterday.
posted by jefbla at 7:20 PM on December 3, 2006

When you scrobble, get your tags right.

And if you need a multimedia experience ...

Just remember. PinkStainlessTail is the man now, dog.
posted by dhartung at 7:24 PM on December 3, 2006 [1 favorite]

Of course he said "jock." That's the part everybody waits for.

I favorited it 8 times and completely fucked up my proper ratio.
posted by wryly at 7:29 PM on December 3, 2006

ThePinkSuperhero is the one who actually can sing.

Awww, thanks :-D
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:07 PM on December 3, 2006 [1 favorite]

Just remember. PinkStainlessTail is the man now, dog.

Actually, PST is always the man. That's the main way to tell us apart- PST is the man. I am the woman.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:12 PM on December 3, 2006 [1 favorite]

Aww, now I know it's xmastime! Bingle Jock Rell! Ringle Bock Jell!
posted by SassHat at 8:20 PM on December 3, 2006

Damn you. This popped up while I was shuffling through songs on my way to class last week and it took me a long time to get it out of my head.

You can tell he really had fun while recording this. Bastard. ;P
posted by kosher_jenny at 9:23 PM on December 3, 2006

My favorite part has always been the part at about the halfway mark, you just know he was doing jazz-hands while he sang it - his voice kinda starts doing a vibrato.
posted by brain cloud at 10:11 PM on December 3, 2006

Heh, I was just telling a friend about this yesterday. My boss absolutely hates Christmas music, so I queue this up every once in awhile just to mess with him. It's probably my #2 christmas song, right after the Pogues "Fairytale of New York"
posted by fishfucker at 8:49 AM on December 4, 2006

I despise holiday music, and this somehow managed to both make my day and get stuck in my head. I don't know whether I love or hate you people.

"jock."

Hee.
posted by Space Kitty at 10:47 AM on December 4, 2006

Who on earth is John Ringle?
posted by Brittanie at 3:44 PM on December 4, 2006

Well, this scrolled off the page pretty damned fast.
posted by interrobang at 12:03 AM on December 5, 2006

Not that anyone will see this, but I just wanted to mention that this has begun to spread throughout my high school, viral-marketing style. Really. People sing it in the hallways. It's on a couple shared network drives. There's no escape.

*evil laugh*
posted by niles at 6:55 PM on December 17, 2006