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Another "I can't believe this hasn't been posted yet"....(maybe it's really uncool to admit you like her at this point but she was massively popular in the 90s and early 2000s)





edited--I don't think I really noticed it at the time, but I do now. I remember hearing that her producer and husband at the time, Robert "Mutt" Lange, allegedly pretty much ripped off some of his previous work w/ Def Leppard. This does sound strangely like a countrified version of "Pour Some Sugar On Me" w/ different lyrics.
 
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One of my favorite pop-rock songs from the formative years of my life.

 
A more recent Canadian Band

Lady In the Water - Alert the Medic

 
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How about we all just get along ...From the same group...:D

This band is one of the few worth seeing live without the original members. Simply masters of the original sound including lead vocals. This along with newer tunes that are very good.
 
Bigboote said:
Ashley MacIsaac from Cape Breton Island:
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Another Canadian band/fiddler, playing a song about a Canadian fiddler.

The Death of Johnny Mooring - Enter The Haggis

 
Song written by Canada's poet laureate Leonard Cohen and performed by Canadian K.D.Lang at the Calgary Olympics.

 
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"Un Canadien Errant" by John and Mary of the "10,000 Maniacs" from their 1991 side project "Victory Gardens" disc.



Also, let's not forget the music and the prolific song writing of Ian Tyson and Silvia Fricker.
 
This thread has been eye opening. Several of these bands/musicians I had no idea were Canadian. Kudos to the OP!
 
This is another "doh!" for me, I'm a fan of this band and knew they were Canadian and totally spaced out on it for this thread. I thought they were defunct but apparently not, they are out on tour this summer.

 
That link to the k.d. lang song didn't work for me. Here's a duet w/ her and Dwight Yoakam (not Canadian).

 
Okay, now I started cheating and looked up lists of Canadian musicians. Quite a few familiar names, some I forgot were Canadian, some I never knew were.

This is a group my brother introduced me to. They have a few original songs but do a ton of covers. They use instruments sometimes but mostly a capella. Their videos are usually pretty fun.

 
nwhoopfan said:
Not the song from "Frozen."

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Dragonette are great! This is my favorite song of theirs, too. I forgot they were Canadian.

By the way, I think it's still cool to like Shania Twain. Uncool people don't do guest spots on Broad City.
 
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Here's an 80's gem I'd completely forgotten about.

 
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I'm not gonna post songs by either, but I don't think Rush or Nickleback have showed up yet have they?

This singer was really popular for a while, then had quite a bit of backlash. Looking back on it I still think some of her songs are fun. I get a bit nostalgic for the 90's, my college and early adult years.




edited--w/ the blonde hair and fauxhawk she's a dead ringer for actress Kristen Bell
 
Oh yea, I forget, Triumph. My sister-in-laws favorite song.

Magic Power - Triumph

 
And a DOH moment for me. One of my favorite bands; they're largely viewed as a California band, but were originally a Canadian band.

 
I don't remember Kate and Anna Mcgarrigle mentioned. Here's one with an all-star cast from the Transatlantic Sessions:

 
Scud49 said:
From the Shadows and Light Tour, Joni Mitchell doing "Coyote" with Pat Metheny and Jaco Pastorious:
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One of my favorites of hers. Jaco Pastorius was such an amazing musician, gone way too young. It was Larry Carlton on the guitar rather than Pat Metheny. I think he must have given her lessons, as she was playing electric by her next album.
 
Bigboote said:
One of my favorites of hers. Jaco Pastorius was such an amazing musician, gone way too young. It was Larry Carlton on the guitar rather than Pat Metheny. I think he must have given her lessons, as she was playing electric by her next album.
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That's Pat Metheny on guitar in this video, maybe Larry was playing on the other tour nights...? I don' t know...
 
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