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January 15, 2009

Canada Is Making A Mix Tape For Obama!

by Sara K. Smith  

No Celine Dion plzOh jesus this is the cutest thing in the world. Our hairy-legged neighbors to the north are putting together a collection of songs for Barack Obama as a way of saying, “Would you like to come over and we can watch movies in my basement?” This thoughtful gift shall represent the very essence of Canada, distilled into 49 beautiful songs about being polite, speaking passable French, and having depressoid sex under a pile of blankets 10 months of every year. In other words, it will be 49 songs by Rush. But which 49? You are urged to pick your “favourite” ones here. [CBC Radio]

{ 146 comments }

JohnnyMeatworth January 15, 2009 at 11:22 am

“The Trees” by Rush, natch!

ManchuCandidate January 15, 2009 at 11:23 am

There is no emoticon invented for the level of embarrassment I feel to be from Canada City at this moment.

What no “New Orleans is Sinking” and “Blowing High Dough” from the Tragically Hip?

lenorecutie January 15, 2009 at 11:25 am

Wow. All those songs suck.

TGY January 15, 2009 at 11:26 am

Yeah, yeah, whatever.

Gorillionaire January 15, 2009 at 11:26 am

How could you not vote for Leonard Cohen “Democracy”?

President Beeblebrox January 15, 2009 at 11:26 am

Sara, your experience with Rush must be limited to the songs Rivendell and 2112. What you just described is so obviously Ann Murray it’s not funny. At least Rush left their quasi-Ayn Rand stage a while ago after Neil Peart discovered teh Buddah.

Terry January 15, 2009 at 11:27 am

What about Anne Murray? Doesn’t she epitomize cutting edge Canadian music?

AngryBlakGuy January 15, 2009 at 11:27 am

…”We in the White House” by Rick Ross!

Lascauxcaveman January 15, 2009 at 11:28 am

Didn’t those charming Ontario lads, The Barenaked Ladies, one record a catchy little ditty called “If I Had 850 Billion Dollars”?

That one would be pretty appropriate, at this time.

Larry Fine January 15, 2009 at 11:28 am

After the Canadians get Obama in their basement, they will sacrifice him to the Snow Gods and taxiderm the carcass and put it over their bar with their many hockey trophies.

Baconcat January 15, 2009 at 11:29 am

They specifically broke it up into 4 categories sothat Rush will only win one.

tunamelt January 15, 2009 at 11:29 am

Do they have a government yet? Whatever happened to that brief moment when we all paid attention to Canada’s politics?

Terry January 15, 2009 at 11:29 am

I voted for the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald because it’s so darn cheerful.

DeLand DeLakes January 15, 2009 at 11:29 am

“North American Scum”!

springfield_meltdown January 15, 2009 at 11:30 am

There wasn’t enough Anne Murray on the list.

Dildo Baggins January 15, 2009 at 11:30 am

No Bruce Cockburn, what’s up with that? And why isn’t Leonard Cohen in with the other Quebec artists?–RACIST!

WadISay January 15, 2009 at 11:30 am

If there’s any Celene Dion on it, Obama should send their damn mix tape back to them with a note to get a life.

SayItWithWookies January 15, 2009 at 11:31 am

How ’bout “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” by Neil Young. Oh, and another great Canadian hit would be Shatner’s rendition of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Yeah, Canadia hates me.

tunamelt January 15, 2009 at 11:31 am

THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD! YES.

hockeymom January 15, 2009 at 11:32 am

I’m torn between “The Hockey Song” and “Canada’s Really Big” by the Arrogant Worms.

(though, Raise a Little Hell is good, too)

Tommy Says Ira G is a Tool January 15, 2009 at 11:32 am

I for one would bow to our new Canadian overlords but will wait until I am sure Charlie Crist is not running first.

shanemacgowan January 15, 2009 at 11:32 am

Acadian Driftwood? American Woman? What are they trying to tell us?

Lascauxcaveman January 15, 2009 at 11:34 am

[re=219496]Terry[/re]: Seriously, of all the perfectly fine pop tunes that Gordo recorded, they pick the one about a big freighter going down with all hands. Yay, CBC.

El Pinche January 15, 2009 at 11:35 am

“Snowbird”?? Wrong, surely they ment“You Needed Me”…the quintessential lesbianic Murray.

Nigel January 15, 2009 at 11:36 am

Hmmm. Toronto and Montreal are south of the 49 parallel. Rush and Celine Dion should be DQ’d.

AngryBlakGuy January 15, 2009 at 11:36 am

…since they are making mix tapes for us does this mean we are dating now?

OffTheRecord January 15, 2009 at 11:37 am

[re=219504]hockeymom[/re]: I was going to make a joke about “The Hockey Song” and then I saw it was actually on the list. Then I voted for it.

Scarab January 15, 2009 at 11:38 am

The Wreck of the Patrick Fitzgerald

tootsieroll January 15, 2009 at 11:38 am

[re=219491]Lascauxcaveman[/re]: WIN

Counting My Toes January 15, 2009 at 11:38 am

Nothing from Pascal Dufour? How aboot “L’homme-grenouille,” eh?

All Quebecois rock, all the time.

S.Luggo January 15, 2009 at 11:38 am

“Frère Harper”

qwerty42 January 15, 2009 at 11:38 am

Oh ya, Gaye DeLorme’s The Rodeo Song would be a great gift from our maple syrup friends to the north (for the NSFW version that was great to drink (lots of) beer with).

BadKitty January 15, 2009 at 11:39 am

I haz a sad for Canada. I can smell the sweaty stench of their humiliation drifting south of the border.

Tommy Says Ira G is a Tool January 15, 2009 at 11:39 am

I take no crap from ANYONE dissing the country that gave us Shania Twain. Until she gets a few more years on her and then the hell with her.

President Beeblebrox January 15, 2009 at 11:40 am

[re=219503]tunamelt[/re]: [re=219496]Terry[/re]: Not as cheerful as Gord’s song “Alberta Bound.” It’s the only song in the history of mankind that comes up with a rhyme for “Toronto.” It’s also possibly the lamest song EVAR.

Oh, the skyline of Toronto
Is something you’ll get onto
But they say you’ve got to live there for a while
And if you got the money
You can get yourself a honey
A written guarantee to make you smile
But it’s snowing in the city
And the streets are brown and gritty
And I know there’s pretty girls all over town
But they never seem to find me
And the one I left behind me
Is the reason that I’ll be Alberta bound.

jokahmon January 15, 2009 at 11:40 am

Sara – you say “49 songs by Rush” as if it were a bad thing -

Mustang January 15, 2009 at 11:40 am

[re=219506]shanemacgowan[/re]: I KNOW! I looked at that and said Whut? I mean Eh? You can’t trust those Canadians and their Trojan Horse tape of I hate freedom songs. Watch out President Obama! Remember they are all French up there. I’m surprised they didn’t include Le Marseillaise.

Godot January 15, 2009 at 11:41 am

Whoa, SKS misspelled Canada as “Canda”. I make that typo every time (it took me like 3 tries to spell it correctly just now) and until now I had never seen anyone else do it.

CLEARLY WE ARE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER.

El Pinche January 15, 2009 at 11:41 am

The list is crap because every song is in the BPM range of 90-130. When I think of Canada, I think of Venetian Snares.

springfield_meltdown January 15, 2009 at 11:42 am

[re=219512]El Pinche[/re]: I thought k.d. lang was the official lesbianic singer of Canada.
[re=219504]hockeymom[/re]: They totally neglected the Arrogant Worms’ “The War of 1812″, but that might for the best.

Canmon (the Inadequate) January 15, 2009 at 11:42 am

This is unnecessary. Obama’s zune is probably already filled up with Stompin’ Tom Connors songs.

problemwithcaring January 15, 2009 at 11:42 am

Canada,

We’re just not that into you.

-America

Miller January 15, 2009 at 11:44 am

Does Obama really need a CD full of Anne Murray, that “Take Off” song by the MacKenzie Brothers featuring Geddy Lee, and Alanis’ greatest hits? It’s going in the dumpster next to the casserole Lieberman baked Barry. Just send a Kids in the Hall DVD and hope for the best.

http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/

Luke Warm January 15, 2009 at 11:44 am

I’m happy to see “Superman’s Song” by the crash test dummies.

ManchuCandidate January 15, 2009 at 11:45 am

Also.

I was hoping to find anything from the cult Hamilton Punk Band, Day Glo Abortions.

Noodle Salad January 15, 2009 at 11:45 am

Barrett’s Privateers!

hockeymom January 15, 2009 at 11:45 am

La complainte du phoque en Alaska – Beau Dommage

I believe this roughly translates to “Complaints about that Fucking Twit Governor in Alaska”
So vote for it!

Naked Bunny with a Whip January 15, 2009 at 11:47 am

[re=219541]Miller[/re]: I’ll take it if he doesn’t want it.

Um, for my cats. Yeah.

Paul Tardy January 15, 2009 at 11:47 am

Wonkette for shame, you were supposed to make the prefunctory “sex in a canoe” joke.

EXAMPLE: and having depressoid sex under a pile of blankets 10 months of every year. But it’s OK they have sex in a canoe the other 2 months.

If you want to confrim this note that when googling anything Canada oriented the -Beer flag is usually necessary to get to the info you want. Unless what you want is Canadian beer oriented.

space stout January 15, 2009 at 11:47 am

WHERE IS LOVERBOY? C’mon, Everybody’s Workin’ for the Weekend is a hopey worker’s anthem if ever there was one…

BadKitty January 15, 2009 at 11:47 am

[re=219511]Lascauxcaveman[/re]: HEY! Don’t be dissing Gordo’s song! I live on the shore of the big lake they call Gitchigumee (and its effin COLD up here! -18 with -48 windchill at the moment. Wait. What was my point? I can’t think. My brain fluid is frozen). When “The Edmund Fitzgerald” is played on a jukebox, we are required to hang our heads and cry and our tears freeze and drop onto our frozen beer.

Theodorick Of York January 15, 2009 at 11:48 am

[re=219516]AngryBlakGuy[/re]:
Yahoo!
First date anal…but no kissing on the mouth!

El Pinche January 15, 2009 at 11:49 am

[re=219534]El Pinche[/re]: What Obama needs from Canada is a CD full of dub renditions of Black Sabbath songs. This version of Electric funeral in the Lincoln limo on the morning drive to the whitehouse is a good way to start your day.

wheelie January 15, 2009 at 11:51 am

I would have voted for Arcade Fire, but I don’t want Obama to start cutting himself.

illnoise January 15, 2009 at 11:53 am

CUB CUB CUB CUB CUB CUB CUB CUB CUB. COME ON, CANADA, Cub is the only decent band you’ve given the world since Neil Young. (The Arcade Fire would be OK if they weren’t such twits).

I really love Rush, but I wouldn’t impose them on anyone unwillingly.

How about the Hard Core Logo soundtrack? And I second “Take Off” by the Mackenzie brothers.

Am I blind, or is Alanis not on that list? I hate her, but she’s gotta be the most successful canadian recording artist of the 90s, how soon oui forget. Sad.

Paul Tardy January 15, 2009 at 11:53 am

OK, wonkette I know what 69 refers to, what is 49?

shanemacgowan January 15, 2009 at 11:54 am

[re=219531]Mustang[/re]: I’m surprised they didn’t include “Ohio” or “The Needle and the Damage Done.”

loquaciousmusic January 15, 2009 at 11:54 am

Frankly, I’d rather see this Crash Test Dummies song, about a kid who likes to get his teeth pulled out. Because that’s kind of a metaphor for the Democratic Party sometimes. Also.

shanemacgowan January 15, 2009 at 11:55 am

And why no Triumph?

shanemacgowan January 15, 2009 at 11:55 am

or April Wine?

Tommy Says Ira G is a Tool January 15, 2009 at 11:55 am

[re=219549]space stout[/re]: Mike Reno died in a headband incident after recording Almost Paradise with that Wilson chick from Heart. Who, like Canada, has a big backyard.

Sassette January 15, 2009 at 11:56 am

The website is inexplicably blocked by my work firewall, so I can’t see the list. Someone please tell me if they’ve reserved “You Oughtta Know” for W’s break-up mix tape!

ManchuCandidate January 15, 2009 at 11:57 am

[re=219559]Paul Tardy[/re]:
It’s not a Canada City only sex position.

49 refers to the 49th Parallel which was the agreed upon border between Western Canada City and the US America.

rocktonsammy January 15, 2009 at 11:59 am

Its time to close the border since Neil Young doesn’t live there anymore.

Tommy Says Ira G is a Tool January 15, 2009 at 12:00 pm

[re=219567]ManchuCandidate[/re]: I thought it referred to a “do me, and I owe you twenty” proposition.

Sara K. Smith January 15, 2009 at 12:00 pm

[re=219533]Godot[/re]: Jesus, what am I NOT misspelling today. Anyway yes, obviously we are destined for ONENESS.

The Brothman Prophecy January 15, 2009 at 12:01 pm

i believe you’re looking for B.J. Snowden’s seminal “In Canada”.

yankervitch January 15, 2009 at 12:04 pm

Why not 51 for that official 51st state status?

Accordion-o-rama January 15, 2009 at 12:05 pm

I figured 49 was a hint that Canada would like to join the union as the 49th state. Assuming we boot out the old 49th state, this is fine by me.

superfecta January 15, 2009 at 12:09 pm

No Robin Sparkles? I’m confused now.

President Beeblebrox January 15, 2009 at 12:09 pm

[re=219567]ManchuCandidate[/re]: That was after the U.S. Americans tried to do MOAR invasions of Canada City, not being content to get demolished in the Revolutionary War, and got their butts kicked, Iraq-style, in places like Lundy’s Lane and Queenston Heights.

Terry January 15, 2009 at 12:12 pm

“It’s the only song in the history of mankind that comes up with a rhyme for “Toronto.””

Well, that needs fixing right as soon as possible.

How about:

My beautiful Toronto,
street never wandered by Tonto…..

or

Toronto, Toronto,
will you embrace Esperanto?

or

?

DeLand DeLakes January 15, 2009 at 12:12 pm

The BF and I love to listen to Motorhead’s “Bomber” when we’re feeling Hopetardish, because it sounds like they’re singing “It’s Obama, it’s Obama, it’s Obama” in the chorus. They’re British, not Canadian, but who gives a fuck, they’re all the same thing right?

Nigerian Business Executive January 15, 2009 at 12:13 pm

I’m usually quite pleased with the fact that I live in Canada. Today, however, I am mortified.

I’d better go improve my spirits with a delicious, big, artery-hardening poutine.

ManchuCandidate January 15, 2009 at 12:13 pm

[re=219584]President Beeblebrox[/re]:
Forgot to mention the torching of DC and the White House in revenge for US America burned down York aka Toronto (which is still considered a good thing by non Toronto Canada City folks.)

coffeeyesplease January 15, 2009 at 12:13 pm

Oh the shame of being Canadian…
Not only I have to endure Celine Dion’s jokes and now this…
Come on…. so not fair.

sarahconnor January 15, 2009 at 12:15 pm

Hello? Trooper? “Raise a Little Hell?” H.E.L.L.O.?

lousylover January 15, 2009 at 12:17 pm

And the men who hold high places
Must be the ones to start
To mold a new reality
Closer to the heart

lada_sue January 15, 2009 at 12:17 pm

Ha ha, One Great City! from Winnipeglians The Weakerthans made the cut. It contains hate speech against Winnipeg. Vote for it now, won’t you?

For Québec, go with Pierre LaPointe or Malajube.

Eliz17 January 15, 2009 at 12:19 pm

Back to “Blame Canada!”

Joni Mitchell, perhaps?

d4g33z January 15, 2009 at 12:19 pm

[re=219543]ManchuCandidate[/re]: Argh! Fuck! Kill!

Anyway, I voted for Teh Parachute Club because “Have Not Been the Same” by Slow was nowhere to be found.

Gorillionaire January 15, 2009 at 12:20 pm

An oldies station around here used to play an Andy Williams song called “Weekend In Canada” that was the most unintentionally hilarious song on Earth.

protogenes January 15, 2009 at 12:20 pm

As a Canadian, I can say that is the most frightening collection of blandness every brought together in one place.

CBC, you’ve outdone yourself.

d4g33z January 15, 2009 at 12:21 pm

[re=219559]Paul Tardy[/re]: And this is why we should have make a reading list instead.

Nigerian Business Executive January 15, 2009 at 12:22 pm

[re=219602]lada_sue[/re]: Definitely the velvety-voiced, melancholy crooner Pierre Lapointe.

El Pinche January 15, 2009 at 12:24 pm

What about this fuckin guy? What? Living between a KFC and strip club not Canadian enough for you?! This list is obviously sexist.

Hound January 15, 2009 at 12:27 pm

Who the fuck are all those people?

President Beeblebrox January 15, 2009 at 12:29 pm

[re=219594]ManchuCandidate[/re]: The next thing that will happen is Canada City will invade US America again to open Real Canadian Superstores next to every Wal-Mart in the land to economically dominate US America in retaliation for the Battle of Baltimore and that silly US America anthem/British drinking song.

snideinplainsight January 15, 2009 at 12:34 pm

Don’t switch the blade
On the guy in shades, oh-no!
Don’t masquerade
With the guy in shades, oh-no!
I can’t believe it
‘Cause you got it made
With the guy in shades, oh-no!

S.Luggo January 15, 2009 at 12:37 pm

[re=219613]El Pinche[/re]: My gawd. That’s Joe the Rapper, renaissance plumber. My admiration grows.

Counting My Toes January 15, 2009 at 12:39 pm

This is like Regis and Kelly picked out USAmerica’s great hits. In Alabama, we get way better Québecois stuff off XM — even the Malajube song isn’t necessarily their best.

Don’t mean to be so confrontational. It’s just the maple syrup talking.

Crow T. Robot January 15, 2009 at 12:39 pm

OK, so Sara–you’re covering for everybody else this morning aren’t you? Where are they–something gay friendly & involving pork, I’ll bet.

Also: Free Will, Red Barchetta, 2112–there’s all sorts of good stuff. I got to co my first serious feels of you wymen folk to 2112–c’mon, show the love.

& Johnny–The Trees dopes rock pretty hard, but it’s a little too libertarian/harrison bergeron-y for my taste.

sarcasticusername January 15, 2009 at 12:41 pm

all celine, all the time! that tape would surely destroy u.s./canada relations and ensure that barry never goes to canada ever again; in fact he’ll make sarah palin ambassador to canada just for some extra cruel and unusual punishment.

DarkSynergy January 15, 2009 at 12:47 pm

Could we somehow sneak Rick Astley’s epic ballad “Never Gonna Give You Up”? Please?!? Canadian or not (NOT), why not Rick roll El Presidente?

queeraselvis v 2.0 January 15, 2009 at 12:47 pm

“Flip, Flop, Fly?” Surely they meant “Fap Fap Fap.”

PsycGirl January 15, 2009 at 12:50 pm

When I saw “Rush” my first thought was “Rush Limbaugh is a musician?” I feel ashamed.

A Geek Tragedy January 15, 2009 at 12:51 pm

No Rufus Wainwright= CBC are homophobes.

Giant Robot January 15, 2009 at 12:51 pm

Jesus Tapping Christ! I’ve spent one filthy night on George Street and I could put together a better play list than this. Only one song by Great Big Sea??? WTF.

DieOnTheTurnpike January 15, 2009 at 12:57 pm

No Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet?!

lada_sue January 15, 2009 at 12:57 pm

[re=219610]Nigerian Business Executive[/re]: Tough call. They’ve chosen my least favorite song that Pierre Lapointe album. Very Hawaii Five-O, for some reason. And then there’s the video of it where he’s riding Tron motorbikes, for some reason.
Somehow, I like the idea of Obama listening to the shrieking french-canadian Queen sounds of Malajube.

Norbert January 15, 2009 at 1:04 pm

[re=219565]Tommy Says Ira G is a Tool[/re]: headband incident! HA! fuckin’ EH!

as for the list… whatT!?! no Spoons? no Rough Trade? no Platinum Blonde? no The Box?!

fuck the CEEB. luckily I was just putting together my own Canadian early 80s mix-tape and I can step up to fill the void. Barry, call me.

Counting My Toes January 15, 2009 at 1:15 pm

Best graffito ever — circa 1980 in a bar in Lubbock, Texas — “So, what will it be: pea soup or Canada?”

What indeed?

Mr Blifil January 15, 2009 at 1:17 pm

Everything ever recorded by Joey Shithead and D.O.A. from Vancouver, especially their early ’80s hits.

stopmebeforeitypeagain January 15, 2009 at 1:19 pm

[re=219531]Mustang[/re]: You’ve got it. Canada does, in fact, “hate our freedom” ™

That’s why they sent us curling.

Lascauxcaveman January 15, 2009 at 1:20 pm

[re=219550]BadKitty[/re]: Swell! Good times.

(I actually like the song, and can even play it on my guitar, but its is pretty damn depressing.)

Lascauxcaveman January 15, 2009 at 1:24 pm

[re=219564]shanemacgowan[/re]: No Trooper, no Thin Lizzie, no Chiliwack.

Lascauxcaveman January 15, 2009 at 1:30 pm

Oops. OK one Trooper song. But I could pick some better ones from that band.

Min January 15, 2009 at 1:32 pm

Aww, I think that’s sweet. Maybe they could tie the compilation CD around the neck of a bottle of really good Canadian whiskey.

El Pinche January 15, 2009 at 1:35 pm

[re=219625]S.Luggo[/re]: Yeah, he and Sam the Sham are both fakes, but Chuggo is funnier.

G. Friday January 15, 2009 at 1:42 pm

Who could be more appropriate for Barry the Muslin than Mecca Normal?

“They keep you wanting more, more, more…”

sike101 January 15, 2009 at 1:45 pm

do you really need two hockey songs?

get a life, losers

dougbob January 15, 2009 at 1:53 pm

saw rush in puerto rico (hey, not too many concerts there) loudest show i’ve ever seen.

Tommy Says Ira G is a Tool January 15, 2009 at 1:53 pm

[re=219673]Lascauxcaveman[/re]: In the frozen tundra that is the Midwest, Chilliwack is apropos.

shanemacgowan January 15, 2009 at 1:56 pm

[re=219673]Lascauxcaveman[/re]: Double oops. Thin Lizzy was Irish.

josereyes.theroof January 15, 2009 at 1:59 pm

“Steal My Sunshine” would be my no. 1 for this project, though “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”* is my no. 1 all-time.

*Seriously, Mars Volta, get on it. You need to cover this bad-boy.

Nigerian Business Executive January 15, 2009 at 2:00 pm

[re=219654]lada_sue[/re]: Someone needs to make a Canadian type for Dubya that contains exactly one song: “Bye-Bye Mon Cowboy” by Mitsou.

josereyes.theroof January 15, 2009 at 2:01 pm

Also: Bryan Adams’s “Anything I Do (I Do It for You)”.

Nigerian Business Executive January 15, 2009 at 2:02 pm

[re=219697]Nigerian Business Executive[/re]: Canadian tApe, p’tit con.

CivicHoliday January 15, 2009 at 2:08 pm

49 songs north of the 49th parallel, my ass! I know what this is – it’s code for “Hey USA, you’d really be cooler as the 49 states of America! Why don’t you let us annex Alaska and take that snowbilly off your hands? We could use the oil, and frankly, you’re better off without them.”

assistant/atlas January 15, 2009 at 2:11 pm

Just when you think Canada can’t get any more adorable, they go and do something like this.

In the North American neighborhood, America is totally the redneck family with the rusting Dodge Charger in the front yard, next to the gay Canadian couple with their immaculate lawn topiaries.

BigDupa January 15, 2009 at 2:15 pm

[re=219701]josereyes.theroof[/re]: Bravo! Had to read very far before a Bryan Adam’s reference. “Summer of 69″ now that the gays are allowed in the military might be a new anthem

gjdodger January 15, 2009 at 2:17 pm

Max Webster. “Hangover”. That is all.

Campbell Brown January 15, 2009 at 2:19 pm

Come on folks, let’s make the The Hockey Song by Stompin’ Tom Connors on the top of Obama’s mix tape.

ALIVE! January 15, 2009 at 2:25 pm

Arcade Fire, Feist, Weakerthans … I never know XM Radio’s “The Verge” was just a channel full of Canuckistani music. I guess they are closer to the satellites up there and all, but hell.

Terry January 15, 2009 at 2:30 pm

[re=219713]assistant/atlas[/re]:

That certainly explains the relatively low population number north of the border.

Servo January 15, 2009 at 2:38 pm

For the housing crisis, RUSH’s ‘Subdivisions’ seems appropriate.
“Be cool or be cast out.”

qwerty42 January 15, 2009 at 2:38 pm

No, no, no. This should include The Rodeo Song. Canadian author (Gaye DeLorme). Used to be popular in college bars (and still probably is in C&W ones). I heard it at a local lesbian/biker/redneck/fratkid bar (interesting how those groups managed to coexist; it involved a lot of drinking).

josereyes.theroof January 15, 2009 at 2:41 pm

[re=219717]BigDupa[/re]: Seemed so obvious, too. Should have been no. 1a, after Celine.

Also: Leonard Cohen’s needs to be there for “The Future”. I prefer Songs of…, though. (Got me thru many a chill nite in Romania. That, & Back in Black (which is about as far from Canadian as one can get).)

lada_sue January 15, 2009 at 2:52 pm

[re=219702]Nigerian Business Executive[/re]: I can’t vote for Les Breastfeeders? This is racist against women.
I will use my secret Fortran script to vote for both Malajube and Pierre LaPointe.

Rebel Countess January 15, 2009 at 2:54 pm

[re=219496]Terry[/re]:

Me too, it talks about the days when there was actually iron ore in Minnesota and water in Lake Superior.

And steel mills to pay for my kids’ tuition and boilermakers on payday!

Good times, O Canada!

Thanks for the memories.

lada_sue January 15, 2009 at 3:08 pm
bitchincamaro January 15, 2009 at 3:10 pm

“Gimme A Smoke”, by Doug & Bob McKenzie. How come it’s not there, eh?

jbd January 15, 2009 at 3:24 pm

[re=219543]ManchuCandidate[/re]: Haha, Hamilton thinks its a real city even without a hockey team. Having been there last month, I will confirm that it is in fact not.

Also, what’s up with Ontario liquor laws?

jbd January 15, 2009 at 3:29 pm

[re=219616]President Beeblebrox[/re]: And Tim Hortons. In massive quantities.

(And seriously, Nuckistanis, what the fuck is up with the whole Tim Horton thing?)

jbd January 15, 2009 at 3:33 pm

[re=219679]Min[/re]:

Aww, I think that’s sweet. Maybe they could tie the compilation CD around the neck of a bottle of really good Canadian whiskey.

Actually, no, they couldn’t. There is no such thing as good Canadian whiskey. It all tastes entirely too….

I was going to same bland, sameish, unoriginal, and uninspired, but perhaps just “Canadian” would do?

iburl January 15, 2009 at 3:35 pm

The Rhythm Method (Drum Solo) [Live]
Roll the Bones
The Enemy Within, Pt. 1 of “Fear”
The Big Money
Mystic Rhythms
Lakeside Park
Red Barchetta
Lessons
Distant Early Warning
New World Man
A Passage to Bangkok
Territories
Chemistry
Limelight
I Think I’m Going Bald
Closer to the Heart (Live)
Different Strings
Working Man
Fly By Night
The Spirit of Radio
Anthem
La Villa Strangiato
Tom Sawyer
Countdown
Manhattan Project
Xanadu
Jacob’s Ladder
The Body Electric
The Trees (Live)
Freewill
A Farewell to Kings
The Weapon
Time Stand Still
The Analog Kid
Twilight Zone
Farewell to Kings
Entre Nous
Spirit of Radio
Digital Man
2112
Finding My Way
Losing It
Bastille Day
YYZ
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
Subdivisions
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Cinderella Man
The Temples of Syrinx (Retrospective Edit)

Jukesgrrl January 15, 2009 at 3:35 pm

In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia,
Down in the dark of the Cumberland Mine,
There’s blood on the coal
And the miners lie ….
Bone and blood is the price of coal.
Bone and blood is the price of co-alllll.

Take that, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

lada_sue January 15, 2009 at 3:36 pm

Also, if BTO wins I swear to god I’m leaving the country to go to Canada. No… wait. No, not Canada. That other country I’m always fleeing to.

sanantonerose January 15, 2009 at 3:42 pm

Oooooo! Goldberg Variations – Glenn Gould!

UNZIPPEDFLY January 15, 2009 at 4:04 pm

A few points to think aboot:
1-How come no love for “I’m a going up Yonder”?
2-Can we get Rosanne to sing “Oh Canada”?

3-”I wanta go-ta Owatta
So I’m leaving Toronto pronto.
But if you wanta be a cruiser
you should go to Vancouver.”

Canuckledragger January 15, 2009 at 4:44 pm
imissopus January 15, 2009 at 5:06 pm

In a fit of seriousness no doubt brought on by horrid memories of all the Anne Murray songs my parents used to play on our Datsun 210′s eight-track, I’m going to nominate the Rural Alberta Advantage. Unsigned but awesome. The Deathbridge in Lethbridge would make a fine addition to any mix tape.

PsycGirl January 15, 2009 at 5:45 pm

Is there a chance that Canada isn’t serious and that this is a ploy to get to second base?

bathalax January 15, 2009 at 6:22 pm

n’importe quoi

empirecookie January 17, 2009 at 4:36 pm

Now, be nice or we’ll come down and sack the White House again…

jeffcanuck February 22, 2009 at 1:24 am

One of Gordon Lightfoot’s best songs is Canadian Railroad Trilogy, where he sings about the Chinese temporary immigrants our government worked to death. And uses the word “verdant” :)

And the CBC (government owned), commissioned the song!

Man I love my frozen country :) No, really :)

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