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Chipmunk Punk

March 27, 2007May 5, 2021 by Erich Scholz

I remember this record back when I was a kid. They had a pretty extensive marketing campaign for it with lots of commercials on TV. “Chipmunk Punk,” for those punters out there who had a hankering to hear some late ’70s-early ’80s Top 40 tunes recorded with annoying, speeded-up vocals. I guess that’s what a chipmunk might sound like. Sounds more like a methhead on helium. How they figured that covering songs by Billy Joel, Queen, Tom Petty and two — count ’em — two The Knack tracks qualified as “punk” I’ll never understand. Maybe something to do with the mainstream tastes back then identifying all new music as punk rock — sorta the way people called anything with a guitar “alternative” back in the ’90s. If you’re genuinely curious you can log on to eBay and bid on a copy. Not available on CD.

Tracklist

  • Let’s Go
  • Good Girls Don’t
  • How Do I Make you
  • Refugee
  • Frustrated
  • Call Me
  • You May Be Right
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  • My Sharona

1 thought on “Chipmunk Punk”

  1. Anonymous says:
    November 17, 2008 at 3:02 am

    Actually, this IS available on CD, but only at chipmunks.com

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