Ringle Jock Bell December 25, 2011 5:06 PM   Subscribe

Merry Christmas to all and too all a Jingle Rock Bell, User PinkStainlessTail's mefi xmas classic.
posted by troika to MetaFilter-Related at 5:06 PM (28 comments total) 7 users marked this as a favorite

It is the true spirit of the season. I have it on good authority that if it isn't played by at least a hundred MeFites every midwinter, the sun doesn't return in spring.
posted by Kattullus at 5:09 PM on December 25, 2011 [2 favorites]


Aka the viking myth of Jingle Ragnarok Bell.
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:19 PM on December 25, 2011 [9 favorites]


they say the Ragnarok Bell is the last thing a Viking hears before perishing in the cold embrace of the world sea.
posted by The Whelk at 5:26 PM on December 25, 2011


If anyone sees any ringle jocks, send them my way.
posted by yellowbinder at 5:38 PM on December 25, 2011


Wiggle Jock Bell
posted by The Whelk at 5:48 PM on December 25, 2011


WTF? 364 days to go....
posted by pompomtom at 5:50 PM on December 25, 2011


This is the best thing ever.
posted by ColdChef at 6:28 PM on December 25, 2011 [1 favorite]


Yeah, I'm pretty much infamous at the holidays for sending PST's song around to the members of women's choirs at work. I still listen to it, though. Sometimes on repeat. Usually but not always before xmas.
posted by vers at 6:34 PM on December 25, 2011 [1 favorite]


Bell Rock Jingle Rock Bell Rock Bell Bell Bell
posted by subbes at 6:57 PM on December 25, 2011


It has become part of the rotation of "normal" Christmas music chez biscotti/xenophobe. As in, not something we acknowledge as a novelty song... it's just Christmas music.

In the car, I sometimes sing my own version along with it, which I call simply "Bell."
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 7:02 PM on December 25, 2011 [2 favorites]


...and added to the holiday playlist.
posted by jquinby at 7:03 PM on December 25, 2011


Yes Yes Yes! I set out to find this just a few days ago and all I came up with was the bizarre fucking insanity that is Nylon's Ringle Bock Jell. But I knew this existed and I didn't just hallucinate hearing it on the Christmas podcast two years ago.

As a bonus, going back to get that link just now I got to hear what it sounds like when the two play simultaneously. I dare you.
posted by mannequito at 7:20 PM on December 25, 2011


Nice. Part of my holiday sountrack for a few years now.
posted by Sailormom at 7:31 PM on December 25, 2011


And just to confirm, yes, this is Eraserhead's Dark Side of the Moon
posted by one_bean at 9:19 PM on December 25, 2011




Thanks! This and Linus & Lucifer are my holiday classics.
posted by moonmilk at 10:05 PM on December 25, 2011 [1 favorite]


Off topic perhaps, but could OP in that 2004 thread have been thinking of the scene in Clue where Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Kahn et al attempt to hide murder victims from a curious cop by pretending to make out with their lifeless bodies? I believe Rockin Around the Christmas Tree is playing in the background. Could be wrong, can't find the clip online to check.

It's funnier than it sounds.
posted by Lieber Frau at 10:40 PM on December 25, 2011 [1 favorite]


No, that song is Shboom. I can't find a movie clip either, but here's a clip from a local theatre renactment!

I knew all the time I spent watching local theatre versions of Clue and some Clue musical the other day wasn't a waste!
posted by yellowbinder at 10:58 PM on December 25, 2011


*local theatre re-enactment!
posted by yellowbinder at 10:59 PM on December 25, 2011 [1 favorite]


Would PST's comment with a link to that mp3 be deleted for being a non-answer if it were a response to an AskMe thread written today?
posted by crunchland at 12:09 PM on December 26, 2011


Good question crunchland. I only noticed on revisiting it that it was an AskMe that more or less got hijacked by a ridiculously awesome song, turning into an appreciation thread.
posted by mannequito at 12:21 PM on December 26, 2011


If it were done today it'd be perfect for a post to Music. Kind of a whole different world compared to 2004.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:39 PM on December 26, 2011


When did music start up?
posted by mannequito at 1:17 PM on December 26, 2011


June 30th, 2006.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:24 PM on December 26, 2011


I have it on good authority that if it isn't played by at least a hundred MeFites every midwinter, the sun doesn't return in spring.

Either way, though, it will be our victory over the sun.
posted by daniel_charms at 1:35 PM on December 26, 2011 [2 favorites]


My Christmas gift to you guys is a post on what Forbes thinks a starving member of the French proletariat should do.

SPOILER: Eat more cake.
posted by mccarty.tim at 8:08 PM on December 26, 2011


Fuck Wales, man. Leeks? Fuck 'em.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 10:58 PM on December 26, 2011


I think you could do a really good non-seasonal version of this titled Scissors Rock Paper. You could use it to decide stuff based on when the participants stop singing.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 9:35 AM on December 28, 2011


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