This Song About A Hamster On A Piano Is Really Distracting Me From “Chinese Democracy”


If you had told me, 10 years ago, that I would be unable to focus on the release of the new Guns N’ Roses album because I was transfixed by a song that was pretty much the equivalent of a Wesley Willis track about a popcorn-eating hamster sped up to 45 and attached to a video of said hamster performing that act–while on a piano key–I would have laughed. And yet, here we are. (And I don’t think the Wesley Willis comparison is all that inaccurate when you look at the other songs from Parry Gripp Song Of The Week, which have titles like “Cat Flushing A Toilet,” “Old Man Telling It Like It Is,” and “Chimpanzee Riding a Segway.” Parry Gripp’s repetoire of beats is a little wider than the late Chicagoan’s, but the intent, and the overall effect, are pretty similar at the core.) [YouTube / Parry Gripp Song Of The Week]

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11 Responses to “This Song About A Hamster On A Piano Is Really Distracting Me From “Chinese Democracy””

  1. by Defenestrated at 2:18 am

    The hedgehog is my favorite.

  2. by Nutzrpoppin at 2:27 am

    That hamster is way more charismatic than Axl Rose, and no braids.

  3. by Ted Striker at 3:06 am

    Didn’t the anono-engineer say that using a vocorder was hard? A freaking rodent seems to have nailed it.

  4. by BawstonSean at 3:11 am

    Somebody needs to do a version called “Hipster on a Piano” and use footage of a shirtless Ben Folds rolling around in a giant tub of popcorn…

  5. by MayhemintheHood at 3:24 am

    Awesome.

  6. by BigRicks at 3:41 am

    Parry Gripp’s repetoire of beats is a little wider than the late Chicagoan’s

    Your beat repetoire is pretty limited when all you do is yell over the auto-play setting on a Technics KN1200 keyboard.

  7. by at 4:24 am

    Parry Gripp’s music is the best thing I’ve heard in a long time. Seriously, the guy can sing.

  8. by Nutzrpoppin at 4:30 am

    @BawstonSean: Only if it is you rolling around on a piano with a PBR.

  9. by Chris Molanphy at 5:58 am

    Crazy Frog: The Sequel.

  10. by ObtuseIntolerant at 10:43 am

    The Jonas Brothers need to cover this when I see them in Vegas next week.

  11. by at 9:26 am

    A little shaky - still popcorn - no worries.
    Upside downy - still popcorn - no worries.
    Fallen! - Gasp! No popcorn - worries! worries!

    Ehm…to make this comment more relevant and less youtubeish…I don’t know, blablabla Axl Rose, blablabla mortage crisis, etc.

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