Canada helped us in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, so I cannot disrespect them. They didn't run like the French. So to commemorate Canada Day, I tried to come up with a list of great Canadian bands; however, I need your help to lengthen this list:
- Rush -- My favorite Canadian band. After 34 years of great music, the only question is "why aren't these guys in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame?"
- Our Lady Peace -- One of my favorite bands growing up... they played one October at WHFS's "Blocktober Fest" on the streets of DC, displaying a memorable performance worthy of future radio play.
- Alanis Morissette -- She has some catchy songs, but I never got into her because she doesn't write her own lyrics.
- Joni Mitchell -- Western Canada's finest... this artsy fartsy guitar player ruled the folk rock music scene in SoCal in the 1960's.
- Celine Dion -- Best known for that awful song in Titanic, she sings out of the side of her mouth.
- Cowboy Junkies -- A group of siblings... like Hanson! (best siblings group = The Corrs).
- The Band -- This band has been around for awhile, but never really got popular on mainstream radio.
- Bare Naked Ladies -- The craziest of the Canucks... these guys know how to rock.
- Neil Young -- One of Q Magazine's "50 Bands to see before you die."
Who am I forgetting? If I run out of time today, I'll post some American music on Monday.
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-How about Sherrif? Their song "When I'm With You" holds the record for the longest high note ever held in a pop song by a male vocalist. It's kind of bubblegum, but hey, it's worth mentioning.
The singer went on to be in the band Alias which had a song with "More Than Words Can Say." Some know it as "that 6 o'clock in the morning song."
-April Wine had a huge hit with "Just Between You and Me"
-Punk Rocker Bif Naked
-Chilliwack "Gone gone gone she been gone so long she been gone gone gone so long"
-Cowboy Junkies
-Crash Test Dummies with their mega(?)-hit "Mmm mmm mmm mmm" and "Superman Song"
-The Guess Who with "No Sugar Tonight," "These Eyes" "No Time"
-Members of The Guess Who were also in Bachman-Turner Overdrive which of course was famous for "Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet."
-80s Heavy Metal band Helix with the hit "Rock You"
-One of Rock 92's Eugene Sims' favorite metal bands Kick Axe
-80s metal band Killer Dwarfs
-"Boy in the Box, Mr. Sunglasses at Night" Corey Hart
-Loverboy with "Turn Me Loose" and "Working for the Weekend"
-Nickelback (how can you forget these idiots?)
-Northern Pikes with "She Ain't Pretty (She Just Looks That Way)
-Simple Plan "Addicted" "Perfect"
-"Born to be Wild" "Magic Carpet Ride" Steppenwolf
-Neo Punk band Sum 41
-Bryan Adams!!! C'mon how can you forget Bryan Adams!?!?!?!?!?
-Famous songwriter Paul Anka
-Skid Row's Sebastian Bach
-Standards singer Michael Buble'
-The better version of Rush, also known as Triumph!!
-Bob Ezrin producer of albums by Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper and KISS
-Nelly Furtado
-Composer David Foster
-Recently deceased blind musician Jeff Healey
-Rufus Wainwright
And those are just to name a few!
Didn't notice you had Cowboy Junkies, sorry.
Trivia Tim: you're quickly becoming the star of this blog.
Did not know that the Crash Test Dummies and Steppanwolf were from the Great White North.
Sum 41 is a joke.
Don't diss Rush -- check out Neil Peart's drum riffs -- they'll knock your socks off.
Not dissing them, just saying I think Triumph is better. Actually, Neal Peart is probably my favorite drummer.
And... THAT is why I am Trivia Tim. Especially music trivia! :)
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