AC/LeeC - "Dirty Deeds Around the Christmas Tree"

[@omfg_its_dave]

You combined a Christmas song my wife absolutely hates with a band that my wife absolutely hates. I made her listen to it. Fantastic work!

[@BillMcClintockMashups]

🤣

[@duncanjowett5575]

🙏

[@flashman9755]

Who the fuck hates AC/DC?

[@SuperDuperHappyTime]

He means Brenda Lee

[@drewsale7288]

She probably hated it so much that she loved it lol!

[@TheBummashEmpire]

I have spent the last 3 hours sifting through this channel having the time of my life. I had no clue what I had stumbled upon... it was like finding a soulmate. In my 24 years of living so far, and with SO MUCH of that time spent consuming KZbin content, no channel has ever made me feel this way. I am convinced this is the greatest KZbin channel of all time. Thank you, Bill McClintock.

[@SparkleSunflower123]

I approve, and cosign!❤

[@A_Ducky]

Well said.. I completely agree. Bill is a wild genius! Metallica mixed with Men at Work took me out completely, lol.

[@e.f.3735]

100%

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

It's a great channel, the best mashup channel I've ever found that's for sure! I hope you found the Your Jumpin' Heart vid, that's my fave! Another great channel is Moonic Productions. Rather than mashups, he does "If (band name) wrote (hit song by another artist)", recording himself playing the instruments. He's absolutely brilliant at it, particularly with AC/DC. Here's a taste If AC/DC wrote 'We Will Rock You' kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4bTkHethdKNl6ssi=rb99TUpNUHY77rCu

[@JaRule6]

The best combos he has created or anything with Slayer and Slayer with wham ❤

[@kristinadospoy7347]

One of the craziest mashups ever! Still I would've loved to see that one happen when Bon was alive

[@BigMrFirebird-ne1wt]

Totally.

[@hdofu]

You must be new here, this man and DJ Cummerbund are gonna blow your mind

[@kristinadospoy7347]

@hdofu yeah, you can say that

[@tonystevenson26]

Bons shrieks ! I spit out my beer on both screams ! Wasnt expecting the second one.

[@timp1390]

Reminds me of the rik myall show they young ones

[@MichelleGordon-p9r]

You have tremendous talent, turning a very raunchy song that would make you lock up your daughter to a christmas record you could play with the in laws around just after noddy holder and bony M, you are amazing, thankyou so much for posting, this will be on the playlist just after Grandma got run over by a reindeer this year!

[@leokimvideo]

The content ID system will be in a meltdown working this one out

[@SviatoslavKaverin]

Bill Against The Royalty Machine

[@sinnoach]

@@SviatoslavKaverin We need that song to the tune of Bill Nye the science guy.

[@SailorMaxie]

leokimvideo? That's a name I haven't heard in years...

[@perrysoesbee7227]

Man.. Bill is a genius. Other people do this but he is WAY out of everyone else’s league. Pure genius.

[@Scottie_S]

Bill's the best! Wax Audio is another that is in this class. Check him out if you haven't already!

[@Begeru]

William Maranci is pretty great too

[@Scottie_S]

@@Begeru Agreed.

[@nicolerm]

@@Scottie_SI have listened to quite a few of Wax Audio's mashups the last few days and, sorry, but they don't come close to Bill! Bill is THE BEST at this!!

[@nicolerm]

@@Begeru I have listened to quite a few of William Maranci's mashups the last few days and, sorry, but they don't come close to Bill! Bill is the best at this!

[@robertosborne8694]

For those about to rock around the Christmas tree, we salute you. It takes talent and a warped mind to pull this off. Well done

[@SecretAgent-p8x]

It may also take a warped mind to appreciate it?

[@robertosborne8694]

@@SecretAgent-p8x true that, I count myself in that group

[@cathithomas2888]

Warped mind? Nawwww… just a very creative and talented artist.

[@chriskarley384]

Don't know if I should love this or hate it!🤯

[@alexkx8599]

@@SecretAgent-p8x Naaahhhh! Don't say that! 😄

[@nighthawk5295]

This was actually brilliant. The song really works. This should become the next Christmas classic. 😄

[@carlottarobbins7005]

Fun fact: my dad has never liked AC/DC music and never will - but he and I listened to this mashup together and absolutely laughed ourselves sick! Good work, Mr. McClintock 👏

[@jeffreypaul9428]

Bon Scott screaming over Brenda Lee made me spit out my coffee, this is freaking classic!

[@josephmutch6756]

absolutely !!!

[@faustinolicud6855]

1:32 😂😂😂 haha mee too! Actually im looking for someone who noticed it also. 😂 I dying in giggles 😂🤭🤦

[@knowname7289]

Conflicted,,, should not be together , but is GOLD well done again!

[@Frankybroadcast]

You did it again brother. You never cease to amaze me. Bill is the greatest mashup artist on the internet.

[@mikakettunen7939]

May I correct you - on this planet

[@ELEcomments]

There is no one quite like Sir Bill

[@Frankybroadcast]

@@mikakettunen7939 The internet is the WORLD WIDE web. Lol

[@dougspidermanhappy]

WORD

[@mikakettunen7939]

@@Frankybroadcast Truth you speak - amen brother \,,/

[@marciaponci3901]

I just imagine Mercyful fate with something really awesome contrast different and cool. Bill: " Hold my beer".

[@tproudboomer5965]

Pure genius! Bill McClintock for POTUS 2024!

[@amerocker]

This mash-up is not possible and yet here it is for the world to hear. And Bon's screams were edited in sublimely. Amazing.

[@torreydunn7034]

That’s what bill does

[@rickcole6990]

Oh Mr. Scott We salute you,,,, Now Just BEAM US UP!

[@stewartlocklear7366]

My brain can’t take it😂

[@NorseeA]

It is UNREAL!

[@Jskrillaa]

The clips of Brenda Lee almost starting to sing at the start had me howling.

[@charleselmore4707]

Wizardry

[@bh0489]

Her just standing there smiling instead 🤣 😂

[@jlapp]

The vocal rhythm!!! Unexpected mash-up gold.

[@BlackheartCharlie]

The audio engineering done on this mashup is nothing short of brilliant! Thank you for spending what must have been a hundred hours or more to make us all smile. It's Christmas Eve - I shouldn't be watching this, let along laughing my fool head off. Maybe Santa won't notice! 🙂

[@ralphtheheadoflettuce7016]

There is some masterful tweaking going on in this mash-up. Its not just one song over another.

[@KingOFuh]

When I saw this, I said no way it could work, yet I discovered this to be a superior effort. My hard-to-please friend Hilario found it truly hilarious. He also pointed out that many Brenda Lee fans do not realize that she was a big AC/DC fan from early on after touring in Australia in the 1970's.

[@amadorgazquezmoreno1281]

I haven't heard anything this good in a long time, Bon will always be my favorite Santa. ❤

[@Thedrunkfoxgaming]

Omg. That Bon Scott scream in the middle was awesome ❤ Great video!

[@misst1586]

❤❤❤

[@saneiac]

"Have a happy holiday! YEEEAAAAARGH!" had me laughing so hard I missed the second half of the song.

[@jchaze9804]

Im literally WIPING tears out of my eyes...BRILLIANT!!

[@strawbarry7834]

The only Christmas music I'm ever listening to again. Nothing can ever top this.

[@MarkMcArthey]

Every release is an instant classic that I share with everyone. I would love to hear any of these on the radio! Bring back Dr Demento!

[@loma4437]

I heard this song on a Toronto radio station. I've heard them play a few of Bill's mashups.

[@reviewyourownadventure2083]

The Bon Scott bit at 1:30! LOL! Perfection.

[@joeln901]

I never thought I'd hear a Bon Scott acream, fit so perfectly in a Christmas Tune. Man I love this! AND how perfectly does this fit together!

[@phil4986]

Bon screaming at 1:32 was epic. Just a great send up all around.

[@wh1t3drag0n]

This definitely come from ANOTHER DIMENSION. I LOVE this, but it hits me like a TRAIN every time and makes my body SPIN.

[@DocAmitay]

I have been raving about Bill for years, and have made it my personal mission to spread his genius among as many people (particularly my students) as humanly possible. This latest mashupiece proves why he is the master of the craft, as everyone else uses Back in Black, but he not only chose a different song; he mashed it with such a different song/genre.

[@ErikaTBus]

2:40 the guitar riff made me LOL so hard - Amazing, as always!!

[@ALVIEDZANE]

The Brenda Lee Metal Christmas album always ranked right up there with Pat Boone and No More Mister Nice Guy. I mean, when you can get Dio to sing backing vocals while you cover his track….. That album might be the very birth of mashup music. Merry Christmas, Bill!

[@artistwithouttalent]

Don't give me that hope/fear. Link plz

[@SylviusTheMad]

@@artistwithouttalent Pat Boone's metal album: kzbin.info/aero/OLAK5uy_mf_mdzl_BPV2FKBL6VRWCsdUdSOLkLKfI&si=lgdfInk2BhlTtjw2

[@thevoid99]

this is WAY better than what pat boone ever did.

[@FirstLast-nn2bj]

This is THE BEST Christmas song video EVER!

[@Sobaire]

Absolutely brilliant!!! The parts with Bon screaming make laugh out loud every time. Adding this to my Christmas song collection!!

[@nicolerm]

Over the last couple of days, I have listened to quite a few other mashups from three other channels and I have to say - none of them - and I mean NONE of them - come close to how amazing your mashups are! I listen to those others and just shake my head at their attempts. You, Bill, ARE the BEST at this!!!!

[@carlgustav945]

I've been doing the same thing, he deserves a tremendous amount of credit. If participation trophies are handed out to everyone, then he deserves an award with a ceremony behind it.

[@patrickbrady519]

Nailed it

[@jasonjohnson9132]

🎄

[@damiworld]

1:33 is terrifyingly gold 😂

[@always_b_natural703]

I loved that too!

[@lazybacon7520]

That made me lose it😂

[@lainfinegan6631]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

[@vadimastprojects8770]

I screamed just as loud!

[@mayhemmcfly4229]

I laughed so hard I triggered a coughing fit. Totally worth it..😂

[@williamanderson6023]

This is the best Christmas song ever!!

[@valkrys9956]

This is one of my new Christmas faves!

[@ALLforROME]

Good job sir! 🎸🎄

[@baxtronx5972]

This is why it finally went #1 on the charts.

[@simonbone]

2:14 Oi! That was brilliant!

[@JK-xr4yp]

Usually when these are released my instinct says “nah I don’t feel like a song right now,” but they never disappoint.

[@Petesworkshop2225]

These satisfy all year long...

[@dananorth895]

Ho, ho, ho, ....done dirt cheap!

[@wceagle4life]

Time to petition for this to get added to the work playlist next Christmas!

[@lordvectron6291]

That was amazing! Really cheered me up! The kettle drum got me every time! 😂

[@sharkymcshizzle7372]

The Christmas present we didn't know we needed...thank you Bill!

[@martinholden2281]

Holy Crap, this is some kind of inspired brilliance ! Bon and Brenda, Forever!

[@animoetprudentia2865]

Eternally entwined!

[@dougparsons8948]

AC/DC really should put out a Christmas album ...

[@aleksanderkik8592]

they released single "mistress for christmas" years ago :)

[@BigDavetheMiddleAgeGamer]

@@aleksanderkik8592 Yeah they did! On the album "The Razor's Edge"

[@WileECoyoder]

The Hot Buttered Elves' "Jingle Hells Bells" (on Bob Rivers' Christmas album) was a glimpse into what an AC/DC Christmas song might sound like. And I agree.

[@BigDavetheMiddleAgeGamer]

@@WileECoyoderFun Fact: The Name of the actual band that did the song was The Hot Buttered Elves.

[@WileECoyoder]

@@BigDavetheMiddleAgeGamer Thanks, I've corrected it for anyone wanting to check it out.

[@mr.j.s.-jz1if]

This is pure genius! LOL! I am so enjoying your Mashups! I love how seamless they are! So many of them look like they're sharing the same stage! Thank you for your hard work in putting these together... I know it can't be easy! 👍

[@dwayneard5997]

Bon Scott...is.... Rolling over. In his..... well you know 😫😂

[@morgansparhawk8410]

Your genius only grows each year. Mariah and Marilyn make room for a new dynamic duo!

[@geoffelder2236]

One thing that's really cool for Brenda Lee is that "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" is currently the #1 song on the Billboard chart (her 3rd #1 of her career)! This makes her the oldest artist (male or female) to top the chart. The song was originally #1 in 1958, but that was on Billboard's separate "holiday" chart, with those songs not being eligible for the Top 40. Billboard modified that rule in 2012, which is also why Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has been #1 for four of the last five years during the holiday season.

[@drewzalo]

Do charts matter anymore? Are they still used to factor in sales of said song? Or is just replay value (KZbin, iTunes music, Spotify, etc)

[@claymccoy]

@@drewzalo Maybe the Top 10 matters. Whenever a new album that hits the Top 3 on the album charts has eight or nine songs in the Top 40. It less to do with radio play as it does with digital sales.

[@drewzalo]

@@claymccoy correct, that’s all I was leading to. Thank you

[@geoffelder2236]

@@drewzalo I kinda think they might, I really don't know for sure. Back in the late 90s/early 00s, thanks to state-of-the-art CD burning technology, I made CD sets with every #1 hit from 1950 to 99 (separated by decade), so obviously I put a lot of stock in them. For some reason around that time, I found myself not liking a majority of what hit the charts (then and since) and I lost interest in making the sets. I can only conclude that either the music dramatically changed or I just got old without knowing it. 😆 (Apologies for rambling on, I definitely didn't answer your question very well.)

[@prophetzarquon]

Weird, I had one of those collections of every Billboard Top 100 (& Top 30 for those years prior), & didn't like most of the top songs for any year, ever. I think the standout for me, from the oldies, was _If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake._ Most of the top selling '70s & '80s & even '60s & '90s stuff, was pablum or dreck.

[@FiZ]

Holy heck, this is INSTANTLY a holiday classic!!! 😂🤣🪦

[@chrisrj9871]

Nice to see Peggy Lee in the mashup multii-verse now; she had a hit in 1960 with "I'm Sorry" :)

[@michaelmcneal1642]

Definitely a fan of your mashups. The way you seamlessly mix them together is totally amazing! This creation however, is clearly the capstone. Your handiwork on it is unbelievable. The way you have taken two polar opposites and made it work, blows my mind. I think the highlight is hearing ACDC sing at this tempo. I especially love the very ending and how well it works.

[@Foma_Stuppa]

My music theory is very, very rusty but it appears that you did some modal magic by taking an ominous minor key melody and playing it over a different major key rhythm. Thus making AC/DC sound...dare I say...holly and perhaps even jolly! You truly are a wizard

[@Dasein23]

Keep in mind every major key has a “relative minor” key, where the notes comprising each key are actually the same. Eg the notes that make up C major are exactly the same as those that make up A natural minor. Same for F major and D minor etc. jump down a minor third from any major key and you’re there (only works for natural minor). That could be what he did here.

[@mattmorgan2525]

​@@Dasein23 If you did that the melody would still stress the "wrong" notes. Luckily with modern software it's easy to maintain the same tonal centre and just pitch shift the relevant notes - minor thirds into major thirds etc.

[@Backoffboogaloo]

I think you might be right here. I can hear the pitch shifting going on.

[@torredduster]

Thanks Bill, This will be a Christmas classic for years to come😃

[@monkymonk6]

I mean, it's one thing to mix music together seamlessly, but to mix the video as well? Very impressive! To mix Brenda Lee and AC/DC together is something even I thought you would not do! Cannot wait to hear what else you come up with!

[@magicmulder]

It's not just the seamless mixing that is typical for a mashup, this includes so much pitch changing that it must really be one hell of a work.

[@iFixJunk]

X2

[@stefantsarev4442]

I've made a list with "not your typical" Christmas songs. It features "The Season's Upon Us" by Dropkick Murphys, "Heavy Christmas" by 220 Volt, "Mistress for Christmas" by AC/DC, "Valhallelujah" by Nanowar of Steel, "Run Rudolph Run" by Lemmy Kilmister and "Christmas in Hollis" by Run DMC. This song was just added to the playlist. Thank you.

[@tomtompkins7546]

The way that these melodies and riffs resolve is so satisfying. The way the chorus resolves and the chord changes ... It's all just so perfect.

[@worldz_of_visions]

The well placed screams kill me. This is unreal, man!

[@AdamBragg]

Again, a creative and true blending. It's so far beyond the simple "song A vocals on top of song B music" mashups that most everyone else does. Bill's technique takes all elements from both songs to create a third. Brilliant!

[@No_one_in_particularr]

Finally!! AC/DC, mashed up by the Master! Thank you! And what a masterpiece. Again!

[@liamjonasscale]

It makes me happy that 1:34 is the most rewatched part of the video acording to the little bar at the bottom.

[@stevo88071]

You need all of your work on Spotify!

[@censorshipsucks9493]

We set up our tree Sunday. I played All I Want for Christmas is the Beautiful People. I thought to myself Bill hasn't released a Christmas hit this year. Again, he did not disappoint.

[@bud8167]

If this doesn't put a smile on one's face, I don't know what will!. That's Gold!..

[@mikeandcheryl1885]

Just when we think you have topped out, this mashup is brilliant. Who would have thought Brenda Lee & AcDc amazing work!

[@Tom-t2s]

Bons wail is priceless!!!👍👍👍

[@Skullfocher]

This is the Christmas tune I didn't know I needed. 🤣

[@catellisbristol]

Once again, this has no right to work so well! You are a master of your art, Mr McClintock.

[@cashmoney2493]

This is easily my new favorite Christmas song of all time! THIS is what I want to hear when I'm walking around Wal-Mart!!

[@cjk5115]

Once again proving you are a musical mad scientist with no equal. Outstanding!

[@ignarskjolvjentski7809]

Can we all just appreciate that ACDC has a song about being crime for hire and they’re clearly the better moral choice

[@jonathansherlock]

This is just simply amazing! I never expected Dirty Deeds to be a lounge number. You've made it work so well.

[@maxoleson962]

Wow instant Christmas classic a thing of beauty🎉😮😊

[@OldeTyme69]

Amazing! The isolation of bon Scott vocal!!! And that’s the best saxophone solo ever recorded!

[@joshuaburba1048]

Dude, the editing in this is just amazing. The guitarist suddenly rolling on the floor? LOL.

[@SSMLivingPictures]

The guitarist?!?! Angus Young newb! How is there a human out there that doesnt know his name?

[@joshuaburba1048]

@@SSMLivingPictures No shit sherlock. I knew who Angus was before you were born. Nothing I said in my comment indicated I didn't know who he was. I said it was hilarious how the editor cut to him rolling on the floor. Pay attention dumbass, I mean NEWB!

[@shiroibasketshoes]

@@SSMLivingPictures How do you know Joshua didn't know his name? The phrase is funnier when worded that way, "The guitarist suddenly rolling on the floor."

[@SSMLivingPictures]

@@shiroibasketshoes Respectfully disagree. Angus suddenly rolling on the floor was the funnier line haha

[@shiroibasketshoes]

@@SSMLivingPictures OK. Santa gives Angus a new guitar, but slips and falls on red, green and white marbles Angus rolled across the floor.

[@Spruce_Bingsteen]

We always hear about The Beatles and a mysterious '5th Beatle'. .... Well I think we've solved the '5th AC/DC' .. It's Little Miss Dynamite herself - the legendary Brenda Lee!

[@gingerty9628]

That "AHHHHH" had me laughing so hard lol

[@havacomment]

I remember this song pumping out of the stereo console, coming in over the sweet, sweet AM waves, as a kid. Huddling around the tree, waiting with anticipation for the Dunder Chief to bring us gifts for our big holiday balls, which were always bouncing of course.

[@boccs9925]

I am glad I'm not the only person who heard the words Dunder Chief as a kid. I somehow thought Dirty Deeds was some kind of pulp hero and the Dunder Chief was like... the bad guy of this issue. I was not a clever child.

[@shiroibasketshoes]

Balls were always bouncing; longtime AC/DC fans saw what you did there...

[@NigelFortune]

This is pure genius and absolutely fucking hilarious 😂😂

[@Baby_boodle]

This is hilarious, this is high art, and this is wonderful I'm in awe.

[@BSS22193]

I didn't see what i was clicking on on my phone's touchscreen and i was very surprised when this song started 😂😂😂 i actually hope to see more videos like this. 👍😊

[@donaldjackson9366]

AC/LeeC - "Dirty Deeds Around the Christmas Tree" NAILED IT both song and title

[@NexxuSix]

1:34 I lost it here! 😂😂😂 Nice one, Bill! And always, another masterpiece!

[@jimkid1392]

Twas a hell of a time for me to be sipping some eggnog.

[@flowerdogs]

Came to say the same! OMG lol.

[@jjcaron72]

Bon was just letting out some mid song rage.

[@jacksquat2067]

"YAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!" 🤣

[@buckybeen1]

exactly

[@jotairpontes]

I was not ready, at all, for 1:33 🤣 As always, superb mashup 👏

[@misst1586]

❤❤❤

[@lordioris]

I shouldn't be laughing this hard, but I am! This is pure gold

[@paulmckinney8141]

Now I don't want Christmas to end!

[@justinprizant1980]

Brilliance! So clever whoever did these!!🍉🪇🍀🩵

[@ShadowsOnTheScreen]

It is that time of year again. Breaking out your greatest creation!

[@stevetayler9518]

01:19 is a great example of just why this mashup is so brilliant. The guitar riff actually improves the original song. Makes it seems less without it.

[@Bluesrockguy]

I lost my shit when Bon did his "arghh" over Lee's vocals! 😅😂

[@markogf4965]

Eine super witziges Stück, mal was anderes als das ganze Weihnachtsgeschrammel, weiter so! 😊

[@johnRpico]

The audio mashup is priceless. The video mashup is priceless -priceless!

[@bpabustan]

How appropriate! The #1 song on the Billboard hot 100 this week is Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree. No joke! Bill had done it again!

[@dmontes133]

🤣🤣🤣 omg, this is awesome! AC⚡️DC is my favorite band! Great job!

[@BrooklynZBoyz]

Instant Classic. What a way to celebrate the season, thanks Bill and have a great holiday season yourself brother

[@jironthunder7519]

I can't wait to play this at the office Christmas party and see the rip in the space time continuum forn

[@denajens2086]

Ohhhhh, this is great! It's amazing how those songs work together - so much fun!