Each year at our annual party, we set a challenge for our boojers. This year it was “The Battle of The Bands”. We created 10 teams and mixed them up so they comprise of boojers that do not work together often. We made sure each team had at least one musical talent. The song could be about ANYTHING, use any musical instruments and fall under any genre of choice.
I must admit that at first we were slightly worried about what the outcome would be...but that's crazy! I mean these are boojers after all…and what they came up with was nothing short of amazing!
Scoring these songs and defining a winner was almost impossible, so much so that we ended up with a tie for first place. We ended up with a rap and a country song taking the lead. We all thought that was very fitting. I hope you enjoy them as much as we did.
We will be creating music videos for the top three spots. Also, keep a lookout for the upcoming CD (let us know if you want to be on the preorder list).
Here are the winners:
1st place tie
into the heart of booj
bold original
Lyrics
Original O
O for OK
J for Joy
B O O J - BOOJ!
Welcome ev'rybody to the office of Booj
Mile High, out in Denver with those microbrews
Office dogs, booj babes, and a table for foose
With innovation, have you heard the news
Our code, o-ri-gin-al, written thick and heavy
Slick, smooth, and ready, (pause) mom's spaghetti
Not nervous- my changes will pass QA
Now somebody come pour me an IPA
B Double O J you know that you can’t touch this
Be original or jealous and get out of my way
Cause the standard that we set
With our real estate hotness
Enterprise adoption
Can we get down to business
This ones for the realness
All my boojers from North Glen
who were back before 0’10
Represent like you feel this
We crush that CODE!
Chmod NO!
Bootstrap, Link back
Auth rout, no attack
Working hard, with the best of the best
Play’n hard, there ain’t no contest
Puppy love’n, all over the place
Put’n a smile, on everyone’s face
Name's RP, on week three
Started last month, yo, I'm the Booj newbie
Though I'm new to the team, here, I'm livin' my dream, clear-
-ly, I'm so free, I can be-come a better me
QA with the best of 'em, I am the foos champion
Block your shot, pass and pop, game will end I'm the first to ten.
Growin' ev'ry day at work and at play
Booj so amazin that I'm here to stay
The name's Brian, data's where I sits.
Downloadin properties, pushing those bits
Building sites that'll make you click
Written in python, our code is slick
We've got servers to hold that cache
So those properties download like the flash
You've seen our work, you know we're zealous
So its your choice, be original or jealous
light that fire (it's back to work)
rocky mountain brushfire
Lyrics
From back end to the front end
s’where our talent does extend
Ya’ll other tech firms best beware
Here, if you got a bone to pick
We’ll talk it out until we click
We are the boojers and we care
Unique in our ability
Adept in creativity
Workin’ with booj you can’t go wrong
Value is our passion
And our time we never ration
We are the Boojers, and we’re strong
We got cold beer and smoke breaks
Good cheer and never half-baked
And friendly faces all around
But when the clients light that fire
...it’s back to work
It’s like we’re on vacation
As we streamline innovation
We are the Boojers, and we're proud
Imitators gonna hate
But we aint gonna duplicate
Ya’ll ain’t got nothin’ on us, ya silly clowns!
We got cold beers and smoke breaks
Good cheer and never half-baked
And friendly faces all around...
We got cold beers and smoke breaks
Good cheer and never half-baked
And friendly faces all around
But when the clients light that fire
...it’s back to work
3rd place
booj music
html5
Lyrics
I love foosball and booj y'all
And that's what counts!
I write jquery plugins
And then sell 'em by the ounce
I'm not a businessman,
I'm a business, bro!
I write php functions
And drink guinness, yo!
I'm an expert
When it comes to css
Increase your bra padding
So i can see your breasts
My markup formatting
Is tab delineated
So you'd better keep it clean
Or you’ll wind up defenestration
Luck is something that
The skilled already know
Like fortune 5000
3 years in a row
Running so many go-lives
We don't know what to do
Phase 1 is phase done
Phase 2 is phase through!
This is booj music let us show you fellas
We're original so don't be jealous
We’re gonna show you how to hustle
Gonna show you how to code
How to flex programmer muscle
How to make your site load
We’re on our way up, but we’re already huge
Don’t you know, nothing rhymes with booj?
We’re gonna show you how to hustle
Gonna show you how to code
How to flex programmer muscle
How to make your site load
Yo! just call me Dub3C
I'm gonna validate this verse
While you're evaluating me
I'm on an MVC--so check me out!
Dropping flows like tables rows
Until the PM shouts:
"Hey what's this all about?!"
I'm repping BOOJ like a gangsta
Director of Deployment
I'm the man with the answer
To your query; no one is my equal
If you liked the original then
You're gonna love the sequel
It's DEPLOYMENT 2: RISE OF THE SHRUB CHILD!
Steady pushing envelopes
And going extra miles
Now i’ve got more monitors
Than facebook's got 'likes'
That’s the end of the song
Drop star from mic!
Special Shout-out
There is one song that I want to make a particular fuss about. We got this submission without explanation and so initially we thought it was a chaotic mix of “music”. As such it didn’t make our top three. However, on the day Matt Emrick (a super talented Deployment Specialist) explained the theory behind the madness. This team wanted to create a song that not only represents booj, but is booj.
“We had no idea how we were going to do that, or frankly what that even meant, so we turned to our company website for ideas,” Matt commented. “We looked at the booj biography, all the descriptions of our departments, the lists of our clients...then it hit us…the code!”
Pieces of code working together create the website you see just like individual notes come together to form a song. They decided to translate booj.com’s code into notes to allow you to hear our company’s website. The process was complex and pure genius! I am going to try and convince Matt to explain the methodology in a dedicated blog post.
The resulting song became a multi-faceted representation of booj. Built on notes translated directly from the code of our website and featuring representations of all the departments that make up our company, it ultimately reflects the increasingly complex and frenzied nature of a booj go-live. I still think we made a mistake in scoring this prematurely. This song IS booj and always will be!
booj transcoded
booj transcoded
While the rest of the songs did not win, they certainly did not lose. The creativity, execution and originality just oozes out of our teams and can be heard in the remaining songs.
A Different type of Adorbs
a booj above the rest
This song does not have lyrics published, however our boojers have developed a soundboard out of the samples used for this song.
b.o.o.j.
a booj above the rest
Lyrics
Your job, I know it makes you feel down
I said, your job would make a happy man frown
I said, your job there’s no need to stick around
You don’t need to be unhappy
Our job, there’s a desktop for you
I said our job, a bunch of monitors too
You can play foos, most of the balls you will find
Just as long as it’s not meeting time.
It's fun to work at the B-O-O-J!
It's fun to work at the B-O-O-J!
We have everything to get your job done
You can hang out and just have fun
It's fun to work at the B-O-O-J!
It's fun to work at the B-O-O-J!
You will lose track of time... you can joke, that’s just fine
And you’ll never hear clients whine
Your job, you listening to me girl?
I said, your job, it’s not the end of the world
I said, your job, let go, grab onto your dream
And it helps to know this one thing!
No team, has the skills that we have
I said, our team, makes rivals jealous and mad
They can’t keep up with the B-O-O-J
So set up your interview today.
It's fun to work at the B-O-O-J!
It's fun to work at the B-O-O-J!
We have everything to get your job done
You can hang out and just have fun
It's fun to work at the B-O-O-J!
It's fun to work at the B-O-O-J!
You will lose track of time... you can joke, that’s just fine
And you’ll never hear clients whine
ticketstrophe
voodoo booj
Lyrics
I can’t take this I can’t breathe
The pressure builds inside of me
I can’t imagine this thing ending
Because the status just reads pending
And even once I’ve done my chore
My dashboard’s always home to thirty more
Thirty more
Denied parole for bad behavior
As Brenden labels me a failure
The reason couldn’t be more maddening
‘It looks like it could use more padding’
No tiny detail is ignored
Our quality is certainly assured
Assured
Oh I make my stand now
QA don’t understand now
But I can’t win
The ticket train has left station
With only half the information
Defying lack of explanation
It still must reach its destination
Oh I make my stand now
PM don’t understand now
But I can’t win
No I can’t win
I know I finally got you done
You damned Ebby 1901
The problem is you aren’t unique
And I’m not a sadistic freak
The client’s needs can’t be ignored
And though I can’t take anymore
At least I can say I’m not bored
Cuz my dashboard’s always home to thirty more
So give me one more
speering people is rue'd
booj it or lose it
Lyrics
What do agents dreams of?
When they take a little agent snooze
Do they dream of selling houses
Or John Sable in his snuggie from booj?
Don't you worry your pretty agent head
Were gonna get you back on top and in your cozy agent bed
And then were gonna find our best friend booj..ug
And then were gonna give them a best friend hug
booj booj Oh booj booj boojie booj booj/
What do agents think of?
When they wake from their agent snooze
is this the day they make a big sale?
Of course it is, you’re now with booj!
Don't you worry your pretty agent head
Were gonna get you back on top and in your cozy bed
And then were gonna find our best friend booj..ug
And then were gonna give them a best friend hug
booj booj Oh booj booj boojie booj booj
But if you're not a boojer because you're a big loser.....then your just out of luck.
boojelectric
boojelectric
Lyrics
There comes a time when we heed a client call
When booj comes together to prevent the fall
Three screens are dying we must lend a helping hand
The greatest gift of all is responsive in our land.
We are boojers we build real estate sites
We are boojers be original or jealous if you will
You know who we are when you see are sick work
What can we say but we rock.
We are boojers designing and coding are just what we do
Our clients are badass too
PM, Data, Dep and R&D, Design and Mobile
Are just a few you'll see
When your sites are down and there seems no hope at all
Don't give up, there are boojers you can call.
We are boojers
We are boojers
We are boojers
Be Original or Jealous!
gypsy got a day job
don't be the same
Lyrics
They told me that my website sucks on their mobile device.
The links are broken, text is small, and that just won’t suffice.
They said I should give booj a call for their technology
“Cuz I know they’re good at designing and developing.
Don’t be the same, booj is the name.
Don’t be the same in this real estate game.
Don’t be the same, booj is the name.
Don’t be the same in this real estate game.
From Agent rebrands, CRM to the latest market tools.
They did it all and even more, now i can say my website rules!
The best part is that everything is fully responsive
To better help my customers search for a place to live.
Take my advice, and call booj for all your website needs
‘Cuz the agent of the future -- won’t be killing any trees.
Don’t be the same, booj is the name.
Don’t be the same in this real estate game.
Don’t be the same, booj is the name.
Don’t be the same in this real estate game.
Thanks again to all our super talented boojers!!! We couldn't have asked for more.
Born in Israel, Ido moved to the UK at the age of seven and spent most of his youth in London. After studying in Manchester, he quickly discovered his passion for web development. As managing partner of booj, his attention to detail is down right frightening. In his free time, you can find him winning poker tournaments, driving really fast and spending time with his beautiful wife and daughters.