In case you were not aware, Harrison and I, your (hopefully) esteemed hosts here at Pass it to Bulis, are both musically inclined. Harrison once fronted the incredible funk band, Cinnamon Toast Funk, while I am in the rock band Minnesota Nice. We've combined our musical efforts in the past on the blog, with "Song for Nelson Ong."
During the NHL lockout, Harrison wrote two parody songs that I got the chance to contribute to. "Lockout Man" was our first effort, a parody of the Elton John classic "Rocket Man." Then Harrison and Sean Gentille of Sporting News got the idea to parody Robyn's "Call Your Girlfriend," switching it to "Call The Union." It led to a ludicrously precise music video parody that featured Harrison wearing obscenely tight yoga pants.
When news came out that Brian Burke was suing a host of internet commenters for defamation, we quickly realized that the whole situation was ripe for parody. The defendants were listed only by their usernames, including gems like "Sir Psycho Sexy," "cambarkerfan," and "Slobberface," but the name that really stuck out was "Poonerman."
Harrison recruited myself and his former bandmate in Cinnamon Toast Funk, Bryan Binnema, to come up with the perfect parody song about Poonerman and his legal troubles. Unfortunately, it turns out that the situation is too ripe for parody and we just couldn't land on a single song.
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