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Vote 2009: The ‘Cooper Rap’ video and more campaign oddities

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You know it’s going to be a weird holiday week when the first thing you see Monday morning is “Cooper Rap,” a pro-Patrick Cooper music vid. Birmingham comedy troupe Vacant Overload Manifesto produced the parody spot.

The group claims no association with the Cooper mayoral campaign, and vice versa.

Update Nov. 24: Vacant Manifesto contacted us with more information. The group — Michael, Adam and Michael — makes videos for fun and entertainment: “We certainly didn’t think the ‘Cooper Rap’ would generate such a response. We thought it was a very funny idea, but we sort of threw it together over the weekend, and didn’t realize what it would do.”

The group can be found on YouTube, Twitter (@VacantManifesto) and Facebook.

Video: “Cooper Rap” by the Vacant Overload

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It gets even weirder when a sharp-eared listener remembered the source: “Ninja Rap,” a Vanilla Ice cut from the soundtrack to the 1991 sequel, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze.”

Video: “Ninja Rap” by Vanilla Ice

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As a bonus, we include this little gem from Eric McGinty of Birmingham rock band the Exhibit(s). It’s actually a holdover from the 2007 campaign, a little ditty advocating our mutual friend Jim for mayor (who wasn’t even running).

But Eric updated it for 2009: Check out the ending, where you’ll see bios from … our series, Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks.

Video: “Vote for Jim”

If you spot any other wacky campaign videos for this season, let us know in the comments.

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More Vote 2009 coverage.

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    Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 5:26 am
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    […] Birmingham funny people have made a video rap encouraging folks to vote for Birmingham mayoral candidate Patrick Cooper. The video info notes […]

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    Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 5:57 am
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    Social comments and analytics for this post…

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  4. Cooper for Mayor video | flashpoint
    Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 6:15 am
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    […] And kudos to Wade for pointing out that the song is a cover of “Ninja Rap” by Vanilla Ice.  Go watch that video for some  hilarity. […]

  5. Dennis Pillion
    Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 7:48 am
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    “Ninja Rap” was such a big part of my childhood, I assumed everyone would get the reference. He still performs that song at his live shows, by the way.

  6. Wade
    Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 9:10 am
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    Ah, generational cultural differences …

    Back in my day, we used to play Stare at the Sun.

  7. Vacant Manifesto
    Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 2:02 pm
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    Vacant Manifesto is the name of the group that made the Cooper Rap. TheVacantOverload is the name of their second channel on youtube. We have no association with Cooper or his campaign. We just make funny videos that make us laugh.

  8. Wade
    Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 4:03 pm
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    Thanks for the info. I’ve updated the post with the new info on Vacant Manifesto.

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