formally , the longest songever releasedis " The procession and Fall of Bassanova , " a 13 - plus - hour electronic epic that came out in 2016 . Yet somehow , a new song relinquish for Christmas 2018 experience so much longer that that . " The 179 Days of Christmas , " introduced to us byThe A.V. Club , is almost nine hours of nonstop , frightening lyric poem bopping along to a cartoony woodblock musical rhythm .
We ca n’t advocate the song , per se , but we certainly appreciate its dedication to the construct . Created by illustratorJoren Culland musicianAJ Ing , it ’s a shimmer on " The Twelve Days of Christmas " that considers what else someone could receive for the holidays — with a sense of humor straight out ofSouth Park .
play along by precious living from Cull , the lyrics are a jumble of odd , random , and now and again topnotch - dark concept to harp on . The list begins with things that conceivably could be OK to receive as gifts — say " 14 singingFurbies"—and then it produce weirder . Suddenly , you ’re up to " 35 aspiration that crumbled , " " 66 dancing nightwalker , " " 70 unpaid interns , " and " 94 hypersensitive reaction . " To get a horse sense of the writer ' sensibilities , you need only know that the entry for the number 69 is simply a chatter of laughter .
Last year , the Port of Vancouver — as in , the transit authority for Canada ’s largest port — hireda choirto sing a three - and - a - half - hr - long birdcall about the 6000 - unmated items that passed through its command in 2017 , labeling it the reality ’s tenacious vacation song . This video takes the concept to a whole other level .
All of this is to say that if you really require to play a prank on your family this holiday time of year , stick this line on your Christmas party play list . We play — really , promise — you wo n’t be able-bodied to sit through the whole thing . Listen below if you dare .
[ h / tThe A.V. Club ]
