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Indie Celebs Make Ironic Charity Song

  • 12/22/08 at 12:45 PM
Indie Celebs Make Ironic Charity Song

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For Tim Harrington's latest webisode of Beardo, his comedy show on Pitchfork, he does a parody of the big British Africa benefit song "Do They Know It's Christmas" (and its American counterpart by "USA for Africa") called "Cash for Christmas," performed by an all-star group billed as "USA for Affluence." The group — members of Battles, LCD Soundsystem, New Pornographers, and Okkervil River — asks for charity for their trust-fund-hipster neighbors. Moby seems to be aping Dylan, and Andrew W.K. barks over a fierce guitar solo at the end.

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