Colindele de Crăciun nu vin întotdeauna sub formă de colindători care bat din ușă-n ușă. James Houston, un artist experimental din Glawgow, dovedește prin lucrarea sa „Season's Greetings From The Glasgow School of Art” că jingle-uri de sărbători pot fi platforme pentru experimente creative bazate pe tehnologie.Din computuere Mac vechi, un Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum +1 și o SEGA Mega Drive, a compus o interpretare unică pentru „Carol of the Bells", inclusiv cu versuri cum ar fi „Hail the machines/sweet old machines/blow off the dust/wipe off the rust". Dar tot mai tare e partea cu „Beep, beep, beep/like and retweet."„Am descoperit că unele [mașinării] au capacitatea de a sinteza vorbirea, așa că urmatorul pas a fost să-mi dau seama cum asamblez un cor din ele.", a declarat Houston la Glasgow School of Arts. Totuși, chiar nu cred că de Crăciun o să vină vreun cor din ăsta să colinde din ușă-n ușă.Acesta nu este primul proiect al artistului în care a transformat calculatoare într-un ansamblu de canto. În 2008 a remixat într-un mod similar piesa „Nude” de la Radiohead.Versurile colindului de mai sus le găsești mai jos. Sărbători e-fericite!HAIL THE MACHINES
SWEET OLD MACHINES
BLOW OFF THE DUST
WIPE OFF THE RUSTCHRISTMAS HAS COME
JOY IS FORETOLD
FOR THOSE OF US
YOU NEVER SOLDSTILL WE ARE HERE
STILL FULL OF CHEER
JUST PLUG US IN
IT WILL BEGINFRIENDS US AND YOU
FRIENDS WE ARE TRUE
WE HAVE NOTHING
BETTER TO DOBLEEP BLOOP BEEP BONG
HEAR OUR SWEET SONG
IF NONE OF OUR
CODING IS WRONGBY THE WAY WE REMIND YOU THAT YOU COULD
PLAY WITH US EVERY DAY OF THE YEARJUST IGNORE THAT OUR CASING IS ALL MUCKY
WE'LL STILL LOAD FOR YOU IF WE ARE LUCKYGIVE US A THOUGHT
BLOW IN THE SLOT
TIGHTEN THE SCREW
WE WILL COME THROUGHYOUR DREAMS AND PLANS
YOUR TINY HANDS
FOCUSED AND PRIMED
SINCE YOU WERE NINENOW ON THIS DAY
YOU CAN REPLAY
MISSIONS OF WHEN
YOU'RE YOUNG AGAINFESTIVITIES
AROUND THE TREE
NEW GIFTS EMBRACED
WE'VE BEEN REPLACEDPHONE IN YOUR HAND
BEST IN THE LAND
CAN’T TAKE YOU BACK
TO WONDERLANDBUT WE CAN BRING
BACK EVERYTHING
JUST REMINISCE
DIGITAL BLISSTHINK I MIGHT GET A NEW MODEL THIS YEAR THE ONE I HAVE IS SO TWENTY–TWELVEI BET YOU WATCH THIS E CARD ON A SMART PHONE
ACH WE WISH THAT WE COULD BE A SMART PHONESAFE TO SHUT DOWN
WE MUSTN’T FROWN
OUR SONG IS DONE
LOFT HERE WE COMEBEEP BEEP BEEP
LIKE AND RETWEET
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SWEET OLD MACHINES
BLOW OFF THE DUST
WIPE OFF THE RUSTCHRISTMAS HAS COME
JOY IS FORETOLD
FOR THOSE OF US
YOU NEVER SOLDSTILL WE ARE HERE
STILL FULL OF CHEER
JUST PLUG US IN
IT WILL BEGINFRIENDS US AND YOU
FRIENDS WE ARE TRUE
WE HAVE NOTHING
BETTER TO DOBLEEP BLOOP BEEP BONG
HEAR OUR SWEET SONG
IF NONE OF OUR
CODING IS WRONGBY THE WAY WE REMIND YOU THAT YOU COULD
PLAY WITH US EVERY DAY OF THE YEARJUST IGNORE THAT OUR CASING IS ALL MUCKY
WE'LL STILL LOAD FOR YOU IF WE ARE LUCKYGIVE US A THOUGHT
BLOW IN THE SLOT
TIGHTEN THE SCREW
WE WILL COME THROUGHYOUR DREAMS AND PLANS
YOUR TINY HANDS
FOCUSED AND PRIMED
SINCE YOU WERE NINENOW ON THIS DAY
YOU CAN REPLAY
MISSIONS OF WHEN
YOU'RE YOUNG AGAINFESTIVITIES
AROUND THE TREE
NEW GIFTS EMBRACED
WE'VE BEEN REPLACEDPHONE IN YOUR HAND
BEST IN THE LAND
CAN’T TAKE YOU BACK
TO WONDERLANDBUT WE CAN BRING
BACK EVERYTHING
JUST REMINISCE
DIGITAL BLISSTHINK I MIGHT GET A NEW MODEL THIS YEAR THE ONE I HAVE IS SO TWENTY–TWELVEI BET YOU WATCH THIS E CARD ON A SMART PHONE
ACH WE WISH THAT WE COULD BE A SMART PHONESAFE TO SHUT DOWN
WE MUSTN’T FROWN
OUR SONG IS DONE
LOFT HERE WE COMEBEEP BEEP BEEP
LIKE AND RETWEET