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Get to the choppa
As you get older it gets harder and harder to connect with your inner smirking and stupid 15-year-old—middle age, suburbia, and kids wrap their chains tighter and tighter around him.
So tonight I’d like to say thank you to Austrian Death Machine for bringing me a few glorious minutes of teenage stupidity and making the phrase “Get to the choppa!” pop up uninvited in my head every so often.
Let’s count the wins here, shall we?
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The band name: Austrian Death Machine. Yes!
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The song title: Get to the Choppa. Like Schwarzenneger intended it to be spelled.
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Using an obscure Schwarzenegger sample instead of going with the tired, overdone ones.
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Bringing the twin lead guitars. If there’s one thing the inner 15-year-old always responds to it’s twin lead guitars.
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Apparently not worrying for one single second about how stupid the song is. Crucial, that.
So, without further ado, the video for Austrian Death Machine’s Get to the Choppa:
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Posted Saturday, 06 June, 2009 by Nic Lindh
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