Heh, I too would be very curious to know what the exact criteria are here. Angèle Dubeau is *the* classical crossover act par excellence in Quebec btw, or so it seems to me. A massive step up from the likes of André Rieu in Europe. Irvin Blais does not ring a bell, but that’s to be expected given my usual blind spots.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 28 March 2021 00:08 (three years ago) link
Has anyone already made a definitive playlist of "[this Canadian city/province] sucks" songs?
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Saturday, March 27, 2021 4:22 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
i can get into this, ha!
― Punster McPunisher, Sunday, 28 March 2021 00:59 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_r5zXOnKio
― Kim, Sunday, 28 March 2021 01:05 (three years ago) link
My man Stan Rogers:
Ontario, y’know I’ve seen a place I’d rather beYour scummy lakes and the city of Toronto don’t do a damn thing for meI’d rather live by the sea.
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, 28 March 2021 01:42 (three years ago) link
In "Thoughts on a Rainy Afternoon", Bruce Cockburn asks "Jesus don't let Toronto take my song away".
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 28 March 2021 02:23 (three years ago) link
Joel Plaskett dumps on Kelowna in “I Love This Town”
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, March 27, 2021 4:45 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
isn't grapes of wrath's backward town also about kelowna?
― Punster McPunisher, Sunday, 28 March 2021 03:14 (three years ago) link
this all reminds me that the arrogant worms must have a few contenders for the thread concept
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Sunday, 28 March 2021 03:15 (three years ago) link
also, it seems like most songs about vancouver being crap are about e hastings, so my vote goes to hot hot heat's yvr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOeTRurNG6E
― Punster McPunisher, Sunday, 28 March 2021 03:15 (three years ago) link
Weakerthans One Great City seems almost insincere in its hate, but it still fits the sub theme here I think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLlsjEP7L-k
Main topic - Besides Mitsou, there was also The Box with a few hits that bridged the language border.
― Kim, Sunday, 28 March 2021 04:01 (three years ago) link
One Great City is obviously a love letter disguised as a hate letter. Def still fits the sub theme.
― "The Pus/Worm" by The Smiths (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 28 March 2021 04:08 (three years ago) link
Similar conflicted hate vein from Spookey Ruben - Leave The City. I assume it’s about Toronto.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoPSk92DiwU
― Kim, Sunday, 28 March 2021 04:38 (three years ago) link
Some days this one feels most Ontarian - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97CtEReZEaQ
― Kim, Monday, 29 March 2021 22:14 (three years ago) link
it definitely would not be a french song!
― xzanfar, Monday, 29 March 2021 23:46 (three years ago) link
Glad one of the Three Dead Trolls could join us.
― Just Another Onionhead (Sund4r), Monday, 29 March 2021 23:55 (three years ago) link
Come on you all, it's obviously "The Rodeo Song"
― Lee626, Thursday, October 29, 2020 11:16 PM (five months ago) bookmarkflaglink
i agree with this one
alternatively log driver's waltz
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 March 2021 23:58 (three years ago) link
"Log Driver's Waltz" ("La valse du maître draveur") might actually satisfy both pom and my Albertan friend!
― Just Another Onionhead (Sund4r), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 00:11 (three years ago) link
If we’re going animated, “Black Fly”.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 00:11 (three years ago) link
xp And girls. It pleases them completely.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 00:17 (three years ago) link
OTM
― Just Another Onionhead (Sund4r), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 00:38 (three years ago) link
I'm definitely out of my league here, but for me, this one that Kim posted must be the Most Canadian song.
https://i.imgur.com/isvPOwC.png
― pplains, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 02:39 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOJemHKzRQY
― jmm, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 02:52 (three years ago) link
Questionable track really but it's got some poetic moments, kudos to its songwriter:
Mississauga peopleCarry the weight of common evilAnd go about their lives with a whisper and a whineAbout Mississauga goddam
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 03:04 (three years ago) link
C'est the season: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri0r0_urwo8
― Just Another Onionhead (Sund4r), Thursday, 1 April 2021 01:45 (three years ago) link
I think we found it.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 1 April 2021 01:50 (three years ago) link
powerful stuff
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 2 April 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link
+1 we're done here!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 2 April 2021 17:04 (three years ago) link
holy shit
― rob, Friday, 2 April 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link
absolutely voting for this in the 77, come back and fp me if I don't
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 2 April 2021 22:25 (three years ago) link
i didn't think the perfect song existed.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 3 April 2021 00:02 (three years ago) link
Was Northwest Passage posted?
Because it is Northwest Passage.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 3 April 2021 00:08 (three years ago) link
Did you watch 'Income Tax' tho?
Because it is 'Income Tax'.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 3 April 2021 00:08 (three years ago) link
I never vote for tracks in the 77 but next year I will post a ballot containing only this song, come back and FP me if I don't.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 3 April 2021 00:09 (three years ago) link
Yeah it's Income Tax
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 3 April 2021 00:11 (three years ago) link
Lol
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 3 April 2021 00:25 (three years ago) link
Sublime guitar solo, to boot.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 3 April 2021 00:29 (three years ago) link
this is like if bill wurtz wrote a good song
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Saturday, 3 April 2021 00:37 (three years ago) link
Friggen A
― Kim, Saturday, 3 April 2021 00:46 (three years ago) link
I think the song is from 2020, unfortunately.
― Just Another Onionhead (Sund4r), Saturday, 3 April 2021 00:50 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSffz_bl6zo
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 3 April 2021 01:29 (three years ago) link
year of impact! xp
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Saturday, 3 April 2021 02:16 (three years ago) link
acadian boy summer
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Saturday, 3 April 2021 02:17 (three years ago) link
Jesus that song is amazing
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 3 April 2021 13:17 (three years ago) link
P'tit Belliveau record is p good!
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 22 April 2021 00:45 (three years ago) link
I couldn't figure out where the best place to post this, but somehow I did not know until today that the Canadian supermarket chain No Frills put out a rap album late last year:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDipchuzGnI
― MarkoP, Thursday, 27 May 2021 02:58 (three years ago) link
I did know about this, wish I didn't
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 03:09 (three years ago) link
Someone at head office is trying to take advantage of having to buy public performance licences for their stores. I've never heard this while I've been shopping there, though; grocery shopping is basically my only exposure to the music that most people listen to.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 27 May 2021 03:20 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV3ubZ6fu3I
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 09:07 (three years ago) link
I don’t think it’s going to be a title winner in this thread, but kinda want to give a shout out to the multiple songs by Maestro Fresh Wes that incorporate/sample specifically Canadian rock hits (Haywire, Guess Who, Gowan, maybe more?)
― Kim, Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link
i try to avoid no frills - crap produce, the local one is owned by an infamous slumlord family - although it is the closest grocery store to me and my immediate neighbourhood is a slight food desert, but i do end up going there for necessaries once in a while, toilet roll or that sort of thing. have definitely never heard this music before.
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:48 (three years ago) link
I spoke too soon, I heard "Bag It Up" at No Frills this morning, and I realized I had heard it there before.
I never realized that Maestro's "Drop the Needle" samples "Dance Desire" by Haywire. Though I am not and never have been a Haywire fan, I always thought that it was neat the way the guitar riff and bassline play off of each other in the intro of that song.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 28 May 2021 14:23 (three years ago) link