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Post by imec on Jun 20, 2009 23:34:53 GMT
Canada day is just over a week away. The many free concerts will largely feature Canadian artists. No one can fill a dance floor with a crowd of crazy Canucks like these guys... The Tragically Hip have pretty much ruled the Canadian rock music scene for more than 20 years now. Here's one of their first big hits from the 80's - still a big show closing tune.
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Post by BigIain on Jun 21, 2009 0:25:13 GMT
May I add some more Cannuck tracks?
Crash Test Dummies
Bryan Adams, One night Love Affair
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Post by imec on Jun 21, 2009 0:35:32 GMT
BTW, CTD - from Winnipeg!
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Post by BigIain on Jun 21, 2009 0:58:58 GMT
yup, I remember them in the mid 90s, I was at college then.
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Post by BigIain on Jun 21, 2009 1:02:42 GMT
Jeff Healey Band. Hell Yes!!!!!
That uses up my cannuck music knowledge, sorry!
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Post by bjd on Jun 21, 2009 12:03:04 GMT
"Fill the dance floor"?? Are you kidding, Imec? Canadians don't dance. At outdoor concerts, they all bring folding chairs and sit there.
Last year I went to an outdoor concert of Fela Kuti and his band in London, Ontario. The whole area in front of the stage was filled with people sitting in their Canadian Tire folding camp chairs. My son has been in Canada for 2 years now and says he has seen the same thing at any concerts he has been to in Montreal or Ottawa.
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Post by imec on Jun 21, 2009 13:41:57 GMT
bjd, have you been talking to bbt? (Billy Bob Thornton)?
Maybe you (and your son) are going to the wrong concerts. You'll find narry a soul seated at a Hip concert -as the following video will show. (Mashed potatoes without gravy indeed!)
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Post by bjd on Jun 21, 2009 16:39:36 GMT
You're right, they're not seated -- many of them are lying down.
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Post by imec on Jun 21, 2009 16:44:45 GMT
You're right, they're not seated -- many of them are lying down. There you go... exhaustion from dancing. |
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Post by imec on Jun 21, 2009 16:57:05 GMT
Another of our national treasures is Jann Arden. I thnk this is my favorite of her songs - the only video I could find of it is a tribute to some guy I gather is an actor of some sort.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2009 17:52:02 GMT
These are great imec,thanks. Loved the first video.
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Post by imec on Jun 21, 2009 18:02:51 GMT
Can't get enough of this song. First time I heard it was at a live performance in Vancouver. I cried.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2009 18:21:19 GMT
I am mad about Diana Krall. I remember the very first time I heard her and have been smitten ever since. She's Canadian?
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Post by imec on Jun 21, 2009 18:25:30 GMT
Yep. From Nanaimo on Vancouver Island (still has a house there). Married to Elvis Costello... wouldn't ya love to be invited to their Canada day neighborhod BBQ?
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Post by imec on Jun 25, 2009 12:28:14 GMT
More Canadiana for ya - not exactly top 40 and even a bit avant garde. Very creative lady and, yes, she's 8 months pregnant in this video.
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Post by imec on Jun 25, 2009 15:28:00 GMT
I was actually quite surprised to find this on the web. It's always been very difficult to find as it was never released commercially but only as a promo disc distributed to radio stations. Shortly after its "release" it was pretty much banned due to the controversial subject matter. It's a live version of one of their first songs, but with one of Gord Downie's trademark weird monologues inserted into the middle. It's a somewhat tense, disturbing story which has a somewhat surprising and darkly funny ending - and the song really kicks ass!
(It's not actually a video - just a soundtrack with a picture.)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2009 18:31:01 GMT
Jan Arden. At 17.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2009 18:32:52 GMT
Celine Dion - Titanic
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 29, 2009 5:59:26 GMT
Nickelback are Canadian and they're quite good!
I once went to a department store with a friend who wanted to buy a new doorbell. While we were having a look at the newest models he wandered off without me noticing. I thought he was still standing beside me and gave the person standing beside me an elbow in the ribs and asked 'this one has a chime called "Oh Canada", want to listen?'. You can imagine his surprise...
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Post by imec on Jun 29, 2009 13:53:12 GMT
Nickelback are Canadian and they're quite good! There are two camps on that - I'm in the other one. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2009 23:28:39 GMT
My favorite Made In Canada Lady, Shaina Twain, (and she was almost a local): 'Any man of mine'
Link:
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 30, 2009 4:17:31 GMT
Oh, ja. Forgot all about her. I like her too.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2009 14:29:52 GMT
Joni Mitchell-Just Like Me. Another Made in Canada Lady:
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2009 14:32:19 GMT
Bryan Adams - 18 Till I Die
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2009 9:30:40 GMT
Dixie Chicks - Cowboy Take Me Away
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Post by hwinpp on Jul 22, 2009 10:09:48 GMT
The Dixie Chicks are Canadian? You sure? I thought they were from Dixieland, you know, somewhere in Tennessee or Georgia or so.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2009 10:21:07 GMT
oops, yes, I think you are right. For some reason I thought they were from Alberta. hmm...
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