It ’s a lovely thing when a chorus of voices get along together to perform that Christmas classic , Carol of the Bells . But hey , who needs humans ? This season ’s audio - optical vacation notice from theGlasgow School of Artis an electronic masterpiece , bringing together a pick of vintage Mac computers , a Commodore 64 , ZX Spectrum + 1 , and a SEGA Mega Drive to make beautiful euphony together .
GSA gradJames Houstonheaded up the incredible travail , taking vantage of the address synthesis map of these Greco-Roman machines , while Robert Florence & Philip Larkin had some fun with the lyric poem ( below ) . Time to snap up a spyglass of peg , press bid , and sing along ( because who really knows the language to the original , anyway ? ):
HAIL THE MACHINES
SWEET OLD machine
BLOW OFF THE DUST
pass over OFF THE rust fungus
CHRISTMAS HAS COME
JOY IS FORETOLD
FOR THOSE OF US
YOU NEVER sell
STILL WE ARE HERE
STILL FULL OF sunniness
JUST PLUG US IN
IT WILL start
FRIENDS US AND YOU
FRIENDS WE ARE TRUE
WE HAVE NOTHING
BETTER TO DO
BLEEP BLOOP BEEP BONG
see OUR SWEET SONG
IF NONE OF OUR
cryptography IS WRONG
BY THE WAY WE REMIND YOU THAT YOU COULD
act WITH US EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR
JUST IGNORE THAT OUR CASING IS ALL MUCKY
WE’LL STILL LOAD FOR YOU IF WE ARE LUCKY
GIVE US A sentiment
BLOW IN THE SLOT
TIGHTEN THE SCREW
WE WILL hail THROUGH
YOUR DREAMS AND plan
YOUR TINY HANDS
FOCUSED AND PRIMED
SINCE YOU WERE NINE
NOW ON THIS DAY
you’re able to REPLAY
MISSIONS OF WHEN
YOU’RE YOUNG AGAIN
FESTIVITIES
AROUND THE TREE
NEW GIFTS EMBRACED
WE’VE BEEN REPLACED
ring IN YOUR HAND
topper IN THE LAND
CAN’T TAKE YOU BACK
TO WONDERLAND
BUT WE CAN BRING
BACK EVERYTHING
JUST REMINISCE
DIGITAL BLISS
recollect I MIGHT GET A
NEW MODEL THIS YEAR
THE ONE I HAVE IS
SO TWENTY – TWELVE
I BET YOU WATCH THIS E poster ON A SMART PHONE
ACH WE WISH THAT WE COULD BE A voguish PHONE
rubber TO keep out DOWN
WE MUSTN’T FROWN
OUR SONG IS DONE
LOFT HERE WE COME
BEEP BEEP BEEP
LIKE AND RETWEET
Christmas
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