OT: Oh Canada (yep another music thread)

[UpstateNY]

Yea, but the whole point of these thread is to mention some of them.

Anne Murray :

 

[UpstateNY]

Yea, but the whole point of these thread is to mention some of them.

Gordon Lightfoot:
Gordon Lightfoot - The Best Playlist Ever - YouTube

 

[nwhoopfan]

Nice thread. I may be a hoser but I'll play along, eh. I'm a fan of several bands from Canada. Also a few songs w/ a title or lyrics about our northern neighbors.

 

[nwhoopfan]

A song from NGDB about a journey across Canada by train. I think it's probably a bit metaphorical for the journey through life as well.

 

[Bigboote]

I have a few instrumentals. First, from Bruce Cockburn who's right up there with Leo Kottke and John Fahey in his acoustic guitar prowess:

 

[Bigboote]

Now on to my one-time occasional flute teacher:

 

[nwhoopfan]

Toronto based band I believe. They have a few songs that are fairly well known, I'm going w/ with something else. Saw them (finally) last year.

 

[nwhoopfan]

2/3 of the vocalists from the Wailin' Jennys are Canadian, they have a token American too.

 

[Bigboote]

Here's an 80's band called Touchstone with a Nova Scotia waltz:

 

[nwhoopfan]

She's had a number of big hits. This is the first one I can remember.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Fun live band from Vancouver, BC, used to see them all the time back in the day. It's been years though. Apparently their lineup has completely changed several times over, except for the lead singer.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Some good electronica or EDM or whatever from Canada. I think Grimes marches to the beat of her own drum, she's a bit of an odd duck. Her early stuff was really out there but she's gotten closer to mainstream, while still maintaining some uniqueness.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Saw her recently, fun show, really energetic.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Not the song from "Frozen."

 

[nwhoopfan]

I like pretty much everything off their last album, hard to pick which one to use.

 

[nwhoopfan]

And now for something completely different. My musical tastes keep jumping around the last several years. My latest kick has been goth/symphonic metal. The vast majority of the bands are European, but this one is from Canada. A bright cheery name for the group...

 

[Bigboote]

And now for something completely different. My musical tastes keep jumping around the last several years. My latest kick has been goth/symphonic metal. The vast majority of the bands are European, but this one is from Canada. A bright cheery name for the group...

I was gonna say, "I thought Looking Glass was a US band," but I listened to the song and concluded it couldn't possibly be the Jersey band that did "Brandy."

And kudos to your eclectic taste. I'm not crazy about a lot of songs you post, but I love how varied it is.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I was gonna say, "I thought Looking Glass was a US band," but I listened to the song and concluded it couldn't possibly be the Jersey band that did "Brandy."

And kudos to your eclectic taste. I'm not crazy about a lot of songs you post, but I love how varied it is.

Looking Glass is the song title, The Birthday Massacre is the band.

As for the second part, vive la difference!

 

[Bigboote]

Looking Glass is the song title, The Birthday Massacre is the band.

As for the second part, vive la difference!

Oops! I had it backwards; and ditto.

 

[Bigboote]

I'm a little surprised I'm the first ringing in with Loreena McKennitt.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I'm a little surprised I'm the first ringing in with Loreena McKennitt.

I was aware of her, but didn't even know she's Canadian.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I keep thinking of more. There are Canadians everywhere. Some fine fiddlin' from Cape Breton Island.

 

[nwhoopfan]

This was a fairly big hit in the 90s.

 

[nwhoopfan]

There are just a ton of musicians or bands I never would've discovered w/out Pandora. Somehow I found music before I started using it but it's so much easier now. A couple songs I really like I found that way.

 

[nwhoopfan]