Gift Up

December 11, 2015 6:02 AM

Gift Up is by a Los Angeles-based comedy troupe Local Business and is a re-imagining of Give Up—the Postal Service’s classic album—as a Christmas record:

The North Pole Sleeps Alone Tonight
Such Great Flights
Sleeping In (On Christmas)
Children's Letters [Featuring Mrs. Claus]
Recycled Gifts
Clark Griswold
We Will Munch Gingerbreads
This Workshop’s A Prison
Brand New Christmas Tree
Christmas Anthem

posted by Captain_Science (14 comments total)

This sounds like the kind of half-changed lyrics I sing to annoy my wife and I love that about it.
posted by shakespeherian at 6:32 AM on December 11, 2015 [1 favorite]

I adore this so much.

I love the postal service, but they are pretty much the perfect band to give this treatment to.
posted by mayonnaises at 6:52 AM on December 11, 2015 [1 favorite]

Hey, it's a fun album, I'd love to hear their treatment of it .. but what about This Place is a Prison? "Pretending there's good will, I'm scared of Krampus, when you're building by candle light."

Well played, Local Business, well played.
posted by filthy light thief at 7:21 AM on December 11, 2015 [1 favorite]

Thanks, but I'm still holding out for a second album.
posted by Leon at 10:24 AM on December 11, 2015

yes yes yes yes. Thanks so much for this. I love The Postal Service and this is even more awesome.
posted by numaner at 12:16 PM on December 11, 2015 [1 favorite]

a red outfit with a bag of letters from kids who want presents
That tells your Jew friends I am a visitor here
posted by numaner at 12:18 PM on December 11, 2015

My teeth. This somehow hurts my teeth.
posted by WCWedin at 12:47 PM on December 11, 2015

This Workshop's A Prison is really really well done. holy crap.
posted by numaner at 12:57 PM on December 11, 2015 [1 favorite]

I want my bonus, I want a neeeeeew pooooooool
posted by ckape at 1:24 PM on December 11, 2015

This amazing. They did an amazing job of replicating the sound and singing style too. At first I didn't realize I was listening to a parody.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 4:11 PM on December 11, 2015

Playlist, for fun of repeat playing
posted by filthy light thief at 4:31 PM on December 11, 2015

Two songs in and my wife said, after trying to sing along to the original lyrics, said she was preparing divorce papers, and wanted to make sure I didn't pay money for that.

Parody music success!
posted by filthy light thief at 4:38 PM on December 11, 2015 [3 favorites]

Love this. The songs can be downloaded from SoundCloud.
posted by bluesapphires at 5:57 AM on December 12, 2015 [3 favorites]

If Kanye West decided to make a Christmas album where he believed he is Santa Claus, it would be this: Kreezus, last year's comedy/parody by Local Business.
posted by filthy light thief at 10:05 AM on December 12, 2015