Municipal political party听听released a song on YouTube this week; a parody of the Trooper song听We鈥檙e Here For A Good Time.
Written and sung by local comedian and voice actor听Charles Demers, he acknowledges that it鈥檚 鈥渓ike a Weird Al song鈥� and that 鈥淣obody鈥檚 going to be playing it as the first song at their wedding鈥�. Though it should bring some attention to the party and the issue of housing affordability in our city.
Demers鈥� wife Cara Ng is a founding member of OneCity, and had always wanted to do a parody song. As Demers put it, it was one of those 鈥淲e鈥檝e got a barn, let鈥檚 put on a show鈥� ideas, where supporters who wanted to help the campaign (some who are musical and video professionals) were put to work playing music, singing, capturing and editing video, and more.
The project was put together entirely by volunteers, and the party tells us that they鈥檒l be disclosing the professional services provided to Elections BC after October 20th.
The intentionally corny video features candidates and party faithful dancing and singing about the idea of being able to stay in this expensive city. They hoped for a听Tears Are Not Enough听vibe, which they seem to have achieved.
OneCity campaign manager Deanna Ogle tells us that the听children听dancing in the video are in fact a 鈥渟elf-organized club鈥� who go by the name听The OneCity Kids Club. Ranging in age from 2-12, they were founded because the kids of the organizers of the party wanted to have a fun, parallel organization. They 鈥渕ostly just play鈥� but also hand out pamphlets because, as Ogle says, 鈥淭hey know how to campaign鈥�.
Watch the video below. As Demers puts it 鈥淲e want people to be able to stay here for a good time; a long time.鈥�
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