Pauline Pantsdown

Pauline Pantsdown is an Australian satirist, best known for parodying Pauline Hanson, a controversial right-wing former member of Australian federal parliament. The song "Backdoor Man", a sampled collage of Hanson's voice laid over a disco backing track, was a huge hit on the youth radio network Triple J after its release in 1997, being played almost hourly due to a massive number of requests, and later making it into the 1997 Triple J Hottest 100 list at number 5. However, less than a week after its release, Hanson obtained a court injunction against the song, claiming it was defamatory. In response, Pantsdown released a follow-up single, "I Don't Like It". Once again the song used segments of Hanson's voice to parody her, this time with equally ridiculous but less personal lyrics such as "Why can't my blood be coloured white? I should talk to some medical doctors, coloured blood is just not right." Once again the song was a hit on Triple J. It also made the ARIA Top 20 list. Pantsdown revisited the cutup technique in 2004 to release "I'm Sorry", a parody of Prime Minister John Howard, under the moniker Little Johnny. http://www.pantsdown.wild.net.au