'Y2K' Song Parody of 'YMCA' Distributed for Free Over Internet for Airplay/Webplay

Business Wire, Dec 28, 1999

Entertainment/High Tech Writers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Dec. 28, 1999

THUMBNAIL:

--"Y2K" song (CNET; Dr. Demento Show; Playboy (June, 1999 issue):
--("YMCA" parody). FREE DOWNLOAD of stereo version (mp3 file) for
   press/radio/TV at: http://members.aol.com/BKerrLaw
   (lyric sheet, also)
--or hear it in mono (no download) at:
    http://www.broadcast.com/shows/loosebrucekerr
--for airplay and press coverage now through New Year's Eve, 1999.

"Y2K" the song parody which garnered coast-to-coast airplay/webplay and press coverage during 1999 (CNET; Dr. Demento Show; Playboy, June issue) has been released for free download over the Internet, just in time for New Year's Eve, by its writer/producer, nationally-known song parodist ("O.J.-oh," "The 12 Days of Clinton") and high tech attorney at Sun Microsystems "Loose" Bruce Kerr. (the URL is: http://members.aol.com/BKerrLaw)

"Y2K," is a take-off on the 70's song, "YMCA" by the musical group, Village People. It jokingly warns of the coming, often-exaggerated prediction of a total breakdown of critical computer networks, power grids, and communication and distribution systems, which some people think is due to hit the entire world this coming weekend, caused by the so-called "Millennium Bug."

SAMPLE LYRIC:

         "Young man, might your server go down? I said, young man,
         will your customers frown? Your business - will it still be
         around When it turns 010100?

         Y2K, I JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT Y2K
         AT THE NEW YEAR'S EVE BASH
         CAN I ACCESS MY CASH
         OR WILL THE ATM STATE
         I'M A HUNDRED YEARS LATE?"

Kerr's employer, Sun Microsystems, liked the song enough to produce a broadcast-quality, MTV-style music/comedy video of the tune for internal use at Sun, to help raise awareness of the issue, and as an icebreaker at corporate meetings within the company. At the time of this release, ZDNet TV is preparing a news segment using Sun's "Y2K Video" (Jennifer Linden, prod.).

About the "Y2K" song Kerr says, "With the Internet, I don't need to deal with a major record company, and months of work and waiting to get this topical song heard. We just uploaded it onto a web page, and now it instantly can be heard anywhere in the world, anytime, twenty-four hours a day." He wistfully adds, "Of course, then there's the issue of not getting paid for it. " Kerr says, "With an MP3 player, also available free on the Internet, anyone with a computer with a soundcard is now able to download and play an MP3 audio file of the Y2K song, all available for free through this website (members.aol.com/BKerrLaw).

Kerr also has been heard recently on the "Rush Limbaugh Program" (12/21/99) when his song from the presidential campaign of 1992, "The Twelve Days of Clinton," was replayed on that radio program, which reportedly reaches twenty million listeners per week (E.I.B. Network, Kit Carson, prod.). lyric sheet viewable at: http://members.aol.com/BKerrLaw