Oh Canada! (music I have loved)

A shout out to The Tragically Hip, Blue Rodeo & Sloan

 

My favorite Canadians:
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush,Blood Ceremony,Rush,Guess Who, BTO
Max Webster,(Spirit of) Christmas,The Haunted,Klaatu,Contraction,Franck Dervieux,Dionne/Bregent
Harmonium,Maneige,Sloche,Joni Mitchell,Ptarmigan,Bent Wind,Paupers,Godspeed You Black Emperor,
Leonard Cohen,Neil Young,April Wine,Et Cetera,Winnipeg Jets

 

A lot of great acts mentioned already including two of my all-time faves, Gordon Lightfoot & Blue Rodeo.

Also a big fan of Great Big Sea (& also Sean McCann and especially, Alan Doyle solo), Honeymoon Suite and FM

More recently, I've really enjoyed The Sheepdogs, a super old school rock band. Going to see them live in a couple of weeks. Can't wait!

 

Vancouver Canucks!

 

Sloan, Rush, Blue Rodeo, Tragically Hip.

And I've got a soft spot in my heart for the first two Crash Test Dummies albums.

 

Also, I recently read the book "Have Not Been the Same: The Canrock Renaissance" about the 85-95 indie rock scene in Canada. Great read.

 

Colin James! Great talent. Lots of good tunes.

 

Gordon Lightfoot for me... the greatest minstrel imho.

 

Just finished this book recently myself. Very informative read and turned me on to some acts I wasn't familiar with. More votes for The Tragically Hip, Sloan and Blue Rodeo plus Broken Social Scene, the Rheostatics, Spirit of the West, and The Northern Pikes.

 

Glass Tiger, FLA/Delerium, Puppy, Lightfoot, Klaatu, Sarah M, Crash Test
Some greats in my collection

 

I have also had a lot of fun in Canada over the last 60 years. I sat in the 19th row on the floor for the afternoon show of the Stones at MLG. Stevie Wonder opened the show and my ticket cost $4.95. Tons of Blue Jay games, Lots of nice golf courses (Glen Abbey - Lions Head), the hostels, the beaches, the record stores (Peter Dunn's), concerts (Air Canada), Hockey Hall of Fame, great restaurants (Ed's Warehouse), The CNE, Niagara On The Lake, etc.
Love Canada but also love my country and am proud of the headlines today!

Also love The Hip, Neil, Joni, Gordon, Bruce, Guess Who, Stampede, April Wine, Blue Rodeo!

 

Voivod
Anvil
Killer Dwarfs
Loverboy
Lee Aaron
Aldo Nova
Priestess (whatever happened to them anyway? They were badass!)
Triumph

 

I am going to have to give a shout out to new artists. There is lots of new(er) bands out there that are making decent music as well as artists you neglect to mention because they didn't come directly out of the late 60s era.

- meghan bonnell
- the trews
- godspeed you black empreror
- kevin breit
- daniel lanois (yup, hes still alive and around)
- blackie and rodeo kings
- stephen fearing
- the be good tanyas

lots of others

 

From the Jazz World

Oscar Peterson
Diana Krall
Kenny Wheeler
Lenny Breau
Gil Evans
Paul Bley

 

MAX WEBSTER


BRUCE COCKBURN

 

Joni Mitchell
Neil Young
Martha & the Muffins
"Tired of Waking Up Tired" by the Diodes
BTO
Sarah McLachlan "Building a Mystery"
Bob and Doug McKenzie

 

For those on campus in the late 80s-mid-90s:

The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir.

wow, what a band.

 

I will just say that as a piece of music (NO POLITICS INVOLVED!!!), Oh, Canada is a superior song to the U.S. anthem. More fun to sing, and as far as pre-game pomp goes, shorter in length.

Off topic: and thank you, Canada, for the great game of hockey.

 

I really like the Collectors!

 

Bob Nolan (Sons Of The Pioneers)

 

headstones

snfu

dayglo abortions

among the others already mentioned

 

Good luck getting this one out of your head:

 

My favourite Canadian artists:
Neil Young
Jane Siberry
Joni Mitchell
Leonard Cohen
The Band
Bruce Cockburn
Ingrid Jensen
Kenny Wheeler
Oscar Peterson
Sarah McLachlan
Gil Evans
Sarah Harmer
Kathleen Edwards
Feist
Frazey Ford

 

Boards of Canada

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