Hardcore hockey fan sings Oilers-themed parodies to spur support during playoffs
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Like a hockey-crazed version of 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Adam Zuniga has been posting parodies of hit songs in an attempt to fire up members of Oil Country.
A gregarious young Edmonton hockey fan is getting attention on social media for creating extremely extroverted videos aimed at hyping up hardcore Edmonton Oilers supporters during the NHL playoffs through humour, song and dance.
“(The reception has been) mainly positive,” 24-year-old Adam Zuniga told Global News from his home in Alberta’s capital on Thursday as he — and the Oilers players, of course — mentally prepared for a crucial Game 6 in the team’s opening-round series against the Los Angeles Kings.
“We went down 2-0 to L.A. and then the sky was falling to everyone else — not me.
Like a hockey-crazed version of “Weird Al” Yankovic, Zuniga has been posting videos of himself in Oilers-themed outfits, singing parodies of hit songs where he changes the words in an attempt to fire up members of Oil Country and put a smile on people’s faces at the same time.
Examples of his work are “Hey Nuge,” a reinterpretation of The Beatles’ Hey Jude to show respect for Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, “Zachary Hyman Baby,” which is a reworking of The Human League’s 1980s hit Don’t You Want Me Baby to honour the hardworking Oilers winger, and “Boosh Boosh Boosh Boosh” about Oilers defenceman Evan Bouchard, which is a new version of Boom Boom Boom Boom by the dance-pop group Vengaboys.
Zuniga said putting together the parody songs usually takes him less than 20 minutes and said his recipe is to use the catchiest or the most annoying songs that everyone will know.
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