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- Marky Dread
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Shit mustn't forget The Nils they're fucking great.
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I do like about 4 Rush songs. I tried to get into them as a young heavy rocker, but his absurd voice and their 13 minute songs put me off straight away. Spirit of Radio is legit great.
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I don't mind the Grace Under Pressure album.
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I fully accept there will be good Canadian bands out there, but if we're thinking of bands that have left a big mark in the musical world, it's scraps. It's quite puzzling if you think about it.
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But you don't need to leave a big mark to make good music and affect a few people. You of all people should know the importance of that.
I swear if your band had been around in '78 '79 you would've sold bucket loads of records.
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Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet were cool. Mostly instrumental, mostly surf rock, their most famous song was used by Kids in the Hall:
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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I get your point mate, but as a large country, Canada hasn't really delivered the musical goods. I'm sorry if it sounds disparaging but their track record really isn't the greatest.Marky Dread wrote: ↑21 Jan 2021, 9:20pmBut you don't need to leave a big mark to make good music and affect a few people. You of all people should know the importance of that.
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It's true. But I like a fair few bands from Canada that haven't really set the workd on fire.Heston wrote: ↑21 Jan 2021, 9:39pmI get your point mate, but as a large country, Canada hasn't really delivered the musical goods. I'm sorry if it sounds disparaging but their track record really isn't the greatest.Marky Dread wrote: ↑21 Jan 2021, 9:20pmBut you don't need to leave a big mark to make good music and affect a few people. You of all people should know the importance of that.
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Another band I like...
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I dig some Buffalo Springfield also.
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Hey, the North East is the Canada of the UK. I think our biggest claim to fame is Sting and Jimmy Nail. I've no right to talk.
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One has to wonder how bad the other two's voices were.
As for big name Canadian artists, I know you dont like him but Neil Young. And Rush were huge in the US in the 80s.
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Also, while Canada covers a lot of territory the major population centers are mostly in the southern part of the country and not far from the US border and make up a fraction of the entire land mass.
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I’m just happy He’s correctly identifies Arcade Fire as American.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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I had a friend in high school in the 80s who was an absolute Bryan Adams fanatic. He had a black mullet with short spiky gelled top, walked around in a Leafs windbreaker, and his favorite hobby was shoplifting.