The Guess Who suck, the Jets were lousy anyway…
I hate Winnipeg
–The Weakerthans, “One Great City!”
Yes, Winnipeg has awoken to a jollier future than the one Manitoba’s brilliant John K. Samson ironically wrote about in 2003.
The reconstructed Jets are playoff-bound, and Winnipeg is singing a new song.
Titled “The Playoff Anthem” and set to the tune of Eminem’s “Without Me,” Virgin 103.1 radio host Ace Burpee released this fun playoff parody rap Friday — with a video to boot.
Sample lyric: “It’s tragic / You got stopped by Pavelec.”
“It took me ages to write. Like, weeks and weeks. I would sit there watching Jets games with my laptop trying to make things fit, delete everything, and start again,” Burpee writes on the station’s blog. “I probably picked one of the hardest songs ever to parody but I thought it might work if I stuck with it and think it turned out ok.”
There’s a catch, however.
The same Marshall Mathers’ smash was parodied back in 2002 (the year the song was actually released) by fans of the Detroit Red Wings (Eminem’s hometown team). To be fair, Slim Shady’s hits have a bit more mass appeal than Mood Ruff. (Much respect to Mood Ruff, though.)
The code says no biting allowed, but the “Without Me” hockey parody does carry some good luck. The Wings won the Cup the spring “Without Stanley” dropped.
Sample lyric: “And Irbe? / You can get stomped by Sergei.”
