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Best songs by Canadian Musicians
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The context is: music to give a Korean, that is representative of Canadian music.

Newbie wrote:
Some of you are way too artsy. If someone wants to check out Canadian music for the first time, start with stuff that will tickle their nibblets, and then if they're into, go a bit more "deep"

CANADIAN MUSIC FOR THE MASSES

1. American Woman - Guess Who
2. T.C.O.B - BTO
3. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
4. Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
5. Heaven -Bryan Adams
6. Sunglasses at Night - Corey Heart
7. $1,000,000,000 - Barenaked Ladie
8. After the Rain - Blue Rodeo
9. Bad Timing - Blue Rodeo
10. Fireworks - The Hip
11. Bobcaygeon - The Hip
12. Sister Awake - Tea Party
13. Save Me - Tea Party
14. Home for a Rest - Spirit of the West
15. RANDOM CRAP - Alanis Morisette
16. RANDOM CRAP - Celine Dion
17. RANDOM CRAP - Shania
18. RANDOM CRAP - Sarah McCachlan
19. Crabbucket - K-Os
20. Let Your Back Bone Slide - Maestro
21. Hey Man - Nelly Furtado
21. I'm Like a Bird - Nelly Furtado
22. The Hockey Song - Stopmin Tom
23. Basement Apartment - Sarah Harmer
24. SOMETHING - Diana Krall
25. SOMETHING - Michael Buble

The most relevant, bang-on post of this thread.

Though for Bryan Adams, perhaps Summer of '69 or Cuts Like a Knife instead.

And Canadian music in the eighties cannot be represented without Loverboy, so perhaps a Heaven in Your Eyes (from Top Gun movie soundtrack)
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hollywoodaction wrote:
Hollywoodaction wrote:
RACETRAITOR wrote:
I love Canadian music, but most of the stuff I'd name would probably send your average Korean to hide under their desk.

I will however add a couple:

Age of Electric - Ugly
Headstones - Unsound

If you can get the Hard Core Logo soundtrack, there are a lot of great tracks on there by some of the musicians you already listed.


My friend's old band has a song on that soundtrack.


Or rather the mock tribute album.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tribute_to_Hard_Core_Logo


Nice, which band?
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Hollywoodaction



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RACETRAITOR wrote:
Hollywoodaction wrote:
Hollywoodaction wrote:
RACETRAITOR wrote:
I love Canadian music, but most of the stuff I'd name would probably send your average Korean to hide under their desk.

I will however add a couple:

Age of Electric - Ugly
Headstones - Unsound

If you can get the Hard Core Logo soundtrack, there are a lot of great tracks on there by some of the musicians you already listed.


My friend's old band has a song on that soundtrack.


Or rather the mock tribute album.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tribute_to_Hard_Core_Logo


Nice, which band?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_%28band%29
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khyber



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dudes...SONGS not bands.

Quote:
7. $1,000,000,000 - Barenaked Ladies
"If I had a billion dollars"
hm...


fav. songs?

Ridley Bent - Fruitpickers http://www.ridleybent.ca/ you can download 2 of his songs (sadly, not that one). Read the lyrics....picture hickhop

Tragically Hip - Don't Wake Daddy

Tea Party - Winter Solstice... (it's the instrumental on Splendor Solis)...back when they rocked)

Madbomber Society - WTF you doin' with your life these days

Crabbuckit K-os (i do like that song)

Fred J. Eaglesmith - Freight Train

Gordon Downie - Canada Geese

Metric (has someone SAID this band yet?? - Succexy
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RACETRAITOR



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

khyber wrote:

Madbomber Society - WTF you doin' with your life these days


To help you out a bit, the song is actually called OAO.

An even better Edmonton ska band is the Operators.
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Bulsajo



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

khyber wrote:

Metric (has someone SAID this band yet?? - Succexy

Metric has some great stuff. I posted their "Monster Hospital" in the Video of the Day thread if anyone is interested.
I think Emily Haines is working on a solo album now- I suppose you can google to find out more.
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jaganath69



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dev wrote:
Give him some music that kicks ass!

Skinny Puppy
NoMeansNo
Front Line Assembly
Moev


Finally someone mentions the one Canadian band that rock my tiny mind. Seeing them live almost made me cum in my pants.
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khyber



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oao?
thanks. I was really, really, really "At North Country Fair" (you know what I mean?) when I heard that song and had a weird experience

I've heard of The Operators but didn't see a lot of live music at THAT time.[/code]
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RACETRAITOR



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="khyber"]oao?
thanks. I was really, really, really "At North Country Fair" (you know what I mean?) when I heard that song and had a weird experience

I've heard of The Operators but didn't see a lot of live music at THAT time.[/code]

Yeah, Mad Bomber Society always play North Country Fair. I'm not sure how anyone stays sober enough to perform, let alone concentrate on bands.
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funkywinkerbeans



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sons Of Freedom. Have to be one of the loudest bands ever. Songs such as Call Me, Monkey Cage, Super Criminal are fantastic. The band was great to see live. Not many bands can attain that energy in a show. Records never caught the sound of a live show.



How about tThe Payolas. Their songs, China Boys, Eyes of a Stranger, and Christmas is Coming are great tunes to listen to.

I noticed a lot of other great picks.

Many other songs, but can't recall off the top of my head at the moment.
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Hollywoodaction



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:56 am    Post subject: Re: Best songs by Canadian Musicians Reply with quote

jacktar wrote:
I'm heading back home next week and I promised a korean coworker that I'd make her a cd of Canadian music before I go. This is not supposed to be representative of the country or anything like that but I want it to be a cd of good music. I know that is very subjective, and ultimately I'll decide on what goes on the disc but I'd appreciate it if you'd give me some suggestions on what you think are good Canadian songs. The bigger the pool I have to choose from, the better the selections.

This is what I came up with so far:

The Hip - Wheat Kings/New Orleans is Sinking
Neil Young - RITFW/Powderfinger/helpless/after the goldrush
Joel Plaskett - True Patriot Love/Oh my soul
The Band - Dixie/Up on Cripple Creek/Makes No Difference
Rheostatics - Shack in the Cornfields/Easy To Be With You/Saskatchewan
Arcade Fire - power out/wake up
Joni mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi/carey
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
Blue Rodeo - 5 Days in May
Cowboy Junkies - Misguided Angel
sloan - Underwhelmed/bells on
sarah Mclachlan - path of thorns
bare naked ladies - lovers in a dangerous time (yes, its' better than Bruce's version and you know it)
rush - closer to the heart
hayden - dynamite walls
eric's trip - Behind the Garage
spirit of the west - home for a rest
5440 - i go blind
sarah harmer - escarpment blues


eric's trip - Behind the Garage
(used to talk about music with their drummer a lot...no, not my friend. When the band was still together, he worked behind the counter at Sam's in Moncton (when the band wasn't on tour, of course.)

In any case, I can't believe nobody has mentioned songs by BTO or Guess Who.


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kato



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not specific songs, but some great bands from Canada:

Do Make Say Think
A Silver Mount Zion
Godspeed! You Black Emperor
I am Robot and Proud
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Doogie



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

captain kirk wrote:
Rush is fantastic. I don't know how you could just pick one song out that lot of greats. Joni Mitchell, too. And Neil Young.

I love Rush. Tom Sawyer's a great song, as well. I used to see Geddy Lee quite a lot when I lived in the beaches in TO........"I'm not worthy!! I'm not worthy!!"
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jessiaka



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

matthew good band- "load me up"
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coolsage



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No Maritimers here? OK, I'll step up. The soaring anthem "Rise Again" by the Rankin family. Or just about anything by the Cowboy Junkies, the only band I went to see twice. Margo Timmins, I want you, but since you've been with Lou Reed, I'm not so sure.
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