Chipmunks vs. Chipmonks

"Beatlemania" looking around, nervously

June 28, 2011 at 5:05PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Ah, that easily confused public. The fury that might grip someone when they discover they've committed funds to ersatz Chipmunks. As for the error, who was "The Lips"? There's the Flaming Lips, but I don't think the 'monks covered them. The writer probably meant "Lipps, Inc," the name for the studio band masterminded by local boy Steve Greenberg, back when Minneapolis was a pop-music locus.

Can't find the Chipmonks on iTunes; did find "A Piano Tribute to Alvin and the Chipmunks," which includes "Funkytown," but it's all piano. Here's the Chipmunk version.

Here's the Amazon page for the song. Really, really bad cover art. (That's the Alba font, if you're desperate to attempt this level of craptitude on your own computer.)

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