Someone set us up the bomp

One of my favorite things to listen to as a young child was the White Album at 45 rpm. Unfortunately, most modern music technology lacks that handy option for playing a recording 35% faster than it was meant to be played. YouTube does offer something roughly similar, though. Click on the "settings" icon, and you can adjust playback speed to, among other values, 1.25 (42.7 rpm) or 1.5 (50 rpm).

This isn't quite the same as playing a 33.3 record at 45, though, because YouTube uses some newfangled technology to increase the tempo without making everything higher pitched -- which, unless you happen to be an Alvin and the Chipmunks fan, is generally a feature rather than a bug.

The optimal playback speed for "Who Put The Bomp" is 1.25 -- or sometimes 1.5 or even 1.75, if I happen to be in a particularly manic mood.

The Me First and the Gimme Gimmes version, on the other hand, is best listened to at a playback speed of 0.75.