Canadians - recommend good Canadian tunes the Yanks don't know

[HEyHEY]

I've always loved "When she was happy" by Pluto.
Or ANYTHING by "Pure" Anna is a Sped Freak, Denial ...fuck the whole Generation SIx pack cd is awesome.

Natch 54-40...no matter what Wat tyler says.

[Sufi Marmot]

1. "Go For Soda" by Kim Mitchell...

Half the fun of being an expat in Canada is listening to all the delightfully cheesy 70s' and 80's Canadian pop music that never got played much in America but gets played on Canadian "classic rock" stations to fulfill their CanCon content.

[Valerie5555]

2. How about "Rise Up" by the Parachute Club or "Strength In Numbers" by Luba

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[CanuckAmok]

3. Wat Tyler is right (again): 54-40 blows.

But Pure is passable entertainment.

I think the Rheostatics (from Etobicoke, Ont) are one of the most interesting bands in the world.

And, hey, just for pure entertainment value, you can't beat Skinny Puppy.

[HEyHEY]

4. What the FUCK is your problem with 54-40????

Have they revoked your BC residency permit yet?

[CanuckAmok]

12. Because they started out as an REM wannabe clone...

which is offensive enough, but then they got all hippie, whick also offends me deeply, and more recent shite like "Ocean Pearl" makes me want to go back in time and murder their ancestors.

[HEyHEY]

16. They were around WAY before R.E.M. was popular

Yeah the whoel album with OCean pearl sucks..what about SMilin' Buddha caberet?

[CanuckAmok]

19. doesn't matter.

Ocean Pearl was written, so I have to go back and kill their ancestors, which means Smilin Buddha is never recorded.

But, wait...that means Ocean Pearl is never recorded, so I wouldn't go back in time afterall... so Smilin Buddha and Ocean Pearl are recorded...which means I would go back in time...uh...

hmmm....


Maybe I should call the number on the card that guy just gave me.

[CanuckAmok]

21. doesn't matter.

Ocean Pearl was written, so I have to go back and kill their ancestors, which means Smilin Buddha is never recorded.

But, wait...that means Ocean Pearl is never recorded, so I wouldn't go back in time afterall... so Smilin Buddha and Ocean Pearl are recorded...which means I would go back in time...uh...

hmmm....


Maybe I should call the number on the card that guy just gave me.

[JVS]

5. Any great music of Quebec?

[HEyHEY]

6. Tricky Woo - fucking rocks

But, do you mean French music?

If so let me know...I'd have to think about it. I haven't lived there in four years.

[CanuckAmok]

17. "The Box", "Disappointed a Few People", "My Dog Popper"

That's all I can think of from PQ

[Sufi Marmot]

7. Also "Fly At Night" and "My Girl" by Chilliwack...n/t

[Bluebear]

10. Gone gone gone she's been gone so long.....

Some Yanks know Chilliwack :)

[Sufi Marmot]

18. Yeah, I heard it a few times on the radio when I was a kid...

...then when I moved out here was amused to find out there was actually a town in BC with that name...

-SM

[Bluebear]

13. Also "I believe" by Chilliwack nt

[Bluebear]

8. Fabienne Thibeault

Anyone remember her?

[6000eliot]

9. I'm just a lowly USer

But I think Klaatu rules!

[HEyHEY]

11. Also, first one to mention Roche Voisine gets on ignore

[CanuckAmok]

15. Roche Voisine!

[Sufi Marmot]

14. Also, "Right By Your Side" by Oh Susanna, who...

...I wouldn't kick out of bed for eating crackers. :-)

[Sufi Marmot]

20. I've never heard anything by Sloan that sucks...

-SM, who apparently watches too much "MuchMusic"...

[enigmatic]

22. From An Expat American In Canada:

The "Up To Here", "Road Apples", "Fully Completely" and "Day For Night" CD's by The Tragically Hip

"The Gradual Moment" CD by Old Reliable

"Treehouse" CD by The Grapes Of Wrath

"No Cities Left" by The Dears

That's for starters..