100 Can-Pop Classics

Already had "These Eyes" though Im with you on American Woman.

R. Dean Taylor started his career in his home of Toronto in 1961 playing piano and singing with various groups at all the big Toronto clubs as well as recording several singles for the Audiomaster label that were poor quality and received little if no airplay.

In 1962 he recorded the single/demo "At The High School Dance" for Amy-Mala Records which gained him a bit of attention to which Taylor took the advice of a friend and pursued his dreams in Detroit.

Motown's Brian Holland offered him a position as a ghostwriter for the label and later he would finally be recognized for this talent on such songs as "I'll Turn To Stone" (The Four Tops), "Love Child" and "I'm Livin' In Shame" (The Supremes), and "All I Need" (The Temptations).

While developing his production techniques, Taylor recorded "Gotta See Jane" on his own which hit the Top 20 in England. Motown Records owner Barry Gordy Jr. decided to take a chance with Taylor on his newly established white artist's label Rare Earth from which they released "Indiana Wants Me" in 1970. The song went to No.1 across North America.

Following the release of his debut album, "Gotta See Jane" was re-released and went Top 10 in Canada. R. Dean Taylor continued writing and producing for various artists throughout the '70's.

Taylor made a brief, unsuccessful comeback attempt in 1981/82.

125. "Even Grable" - Treble Charger

(That and "Anna" made my top singles of the '90s list.)

137. "10 Miles to Go"

(Tuuli are great, Scott. I always meant to get that album.)

(also: #24 owns this list. and that list over there, and all lists)

Kim and me in musical agreement shocker! I'm starting to wonder if I actually liked that song. The Rose Chronicles had nothing worthy, though, sorry. And "Dance Desire" is classic.

i'm going to have to step up for tuuli here, kim. jenny used to live down the road from me, here in the mighty oak town - she's an authentic canuk. sorry.

Sundar, Dance Desire? Good grief! I wonder about Downtime too, but if I hear it, I can't help liking it.

I *would* have nominated Anna's a Speed Freak too, but the last Pure album I bought was so traumatising that I couldn't think back without overwhelming pity. The breaking point for me, IIRC was the song about a tennis ball. I haven't heard the album, but I did think Jordy Birch's recent-ish Moola Moola single was kind of cute.

(Did "Rock You" make the list? Or the Killer Dwarfs? Varga?)

(Everything I List Here) I Mean It, I Really Do

Okay, bad example, but someone should start a new thread of songs you'd swear were Cdn but aren't.
And by someone I mean you Fritz.

you just don't want to have to take back everything bad you ever said about canada, woods

Now, I gather from that quote that the musicians are certainly Canadian, but I'm not convinced Viner is. Some other searches on Google don't reveal much, but none associate him with any other Canadian people or organizations (he was heavily involved in the MGM label). (His Nixon connection suggest American as well.) Also, the song "Apache" was wrriten by Jorgen Ingmann, who was European, and many (all?) of their songs are covers of non-Canadian music (i.e., "Let There Be Drums," "Inna Gadda-da-Vida").

Where it gets confusing is in trying to follow the M/A/P/L guide, as there are obviously no lyrics. But from what I gather (and again, I'm not confirmed on Viner) the breakdown is:
Music: not Can-con
Artist: Can-con
Production: not Can-con
Lyrics: n/a

The other possibility is that the records were produced *in* Canada, and maybe that's what matters.

If anyone else has insight here, I'd appreciate it. I really need to know whether or not hip-hop was invented in Canada, along with reggae (cf. Trooper).

Dream Warriors - My Definition (Of A Boombastic Jazz Style)

and KON KAN - I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You A Rose Garden)

Also, either "I'm a Stranger Here" or "Absolutely Right" by Five Man Electrical Band (but not "Signs").

Can someone recommend a particularly good Buck 65 track? I'm serious about compiling and distributing a CD from some of this list but wouldn't know where to begin with him (them?). Also, Voivod???

(in no particular order, no artist duplicated)

1. Rheostatics - I Fab Thee
2. Tragically Hip - Grace, Too
3. BTO - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
4. April Wine - Tonight is a Wonderful Night
5. Maestro Fresh Wes - Let Your Backbone Slide
6. Slow - Have Not Been the Same
7. Diodes - Tired of Waking up Tired
8. TPOH - I'm an Adult Now
9. Sloan - Everything You've Done Wrong
10. Grapes of Wrath - All the Things I Wasn't
11. Red Rider - Power
12. Max Webster - Battle Scar
13. Rush - Spirit of Radio
14. Streetheart - Snow White
15. Harlequin - I Did it for Love
16. Northern Pikes - The Things I Do For Money
17. Loverboy - The Kid is Hot Tonight
18. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Having an Average Weekend
19. Young Canadians - Hawaii
20. Lydia Taylor Band - Bitch
21. Kilowatt - Lovers on the Run
22. Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
23. Platinum Blonde - It Doesn't Really Matter
24. Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone
25. Men Without Hats - Where Do the Boys Go?
26. Doughboys - Fix Me
27. Three O'Clock Train - She Said (Be My Baby)
28. Nils - River of Sadness
29. Guess Who - Fiddlin'
30. Rankin Family - Fare Thee Well Love
31. Ian Thomas - Hold On
32. Queen City Kids - Dance
33. Headpins - Turn it Loud
34. Cowboy Junkies - Misguided Angel
35. Dream Warriors - Wash Your Face in My Sink
36. Pukka Orchestra - Listen to the Radio
37. Jane Siberry - One More Colour
38. Toronto - Your Daddy Don't Know
39. Saga - Catwalk
40. Andrew Cash - Boomtown
41. Sweeney Todd - Roxy Roller
42. Payola$ - China Boys
43. SNFU - She's Not on the Menu
44. Crash Test Dummies - Bereft Man's Song
45. Barenaked Ladies - The Old Apartment
46. Aldo Nova - Fantasy
47. Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
48. Box - L'Affaire Dumoutier
49. Coney Hatch - Girl From Last Night's Dream
50. Rational Youth - No More and No Less
51. Klaatu - Calling Occupants
52. Kickaxe - 30 Days in the Hole
53. Helix - Rock You
54. Ron Sexsmith - Strawberry Blonde
55. Bob Snider - A Love to Call My Own
56. Inbreds - You Will Know
57. Great Big Sea - Mari Mac
58. Bryan Adams - Run to You
59. Haywire - Dance Desire
60. Lee Aaron - Whatcha do to My Body
61. Bruce Cockburn - The Trouble With Normal
62. Active Joy - Colourblind
63. Farm Fresh - Space Pts. I and II
64. Deja Voodoo - Monsters in My Garage
65. Dusty Chaps - Yukon Buddy
66. Stan Rogers - Mary Ellen Carter (Rise Again)
67. 54.40 - One Day In Your Life
68. k.d.lang - Turn Me Round
69. Mary Margaret O'Hara - Year in Song
70. Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
71. Leonard Cohen - Dance me to the End of Love
72. Tricy Woo - Fly the Orient
73. Strange Advance - She Controls Me
74. Blue Peter - Don't Walk Past
75. Weakerthans - Watermark
76. DOA - Disco Sucks
77. Odds - Radios of Heaven
78. Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach
79. Spoons - Arias and Symphonies
80. National Velvet - Flesh Under Skin
81. Eric's Trip - Allergic to Love
82. Spirit of the West - Political
83. Eight Seconds - Where's Beulah?
84. Blue Rodeo - Til I Am Myself Again
85. Daniel Lanois - The Maker
86. Trooper - Three Dressed Up as a Nine
87. Rough Trade - All Touch
88. Sarah Mclachlan - Steaming
89. Skinny Puppy - Assimilate
90. Chilliwack - My Girl
91. Prism - Armageddon
92. FM - Phasors on Stun
93. Shuffle Demons - Out of My House, Roach
94. Triumph - Lay It On the Line
95. Leyden Zar - Backstreet Girl
96. Jeff Healey - See the Light
97. Paul Janz - I Go to Pieces
98. Mystery Machine - Ride
99. Superfriendz - Karate Man
100. Northern Lights - Tears are Not Enough

I'd replace that one with Tristian Psionic's Red Dots.

You know I'm teasing - I agree with most of it, generally. 100 songs really isn't enough to cover everything good.

Question to all - does Steppenwolf count as Canadian?