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November 24, 2009

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Washington City Paper:

Some of their blog posts have been, to put it lightly, flummoxing. For instance:

“Following up with Danish cheeseballs Aqua releasing their Greatest Hits collection stateside and unveiling the surprisingly dark video for “My Mamma Said” comes news of the foursome’s new holiday jam, “Spin Me Your Christmas.”

Huh? Apparently, I’m not the only one who was confused. After grappling with the above post for a few minutes, I refreshed the page and found that some kindly editor had come along and re-worked the lede:

“It should hardly be a surprise that the artists who once dreamed up “Barbie Girl” still know how to merchandise. Along with the release of their Greatest Hits collection, Danish cheeseballs Aqua released a darkly buzzworthy video for “My Mamma Said” and now comes a nicely timed holiday jam, “Spin Me Your Christmas.” It’s like they somehow knew Christmas was coming.”

Luckily, the originals are still out there! A few blog aggregators have, helpfully, preserved the posts as they were at first publication. I’ve gone ahead and A/B’ed a few examples after the jump…




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