Harry P. Posted March 23, 2016 Posted March 23, 2016 Ok, music lovers... what bands/artists from the Great White North do you like? My personal favorites... Guess Who, BTO (actually an offshoot of Guess Who), Cowboy Junkies, Neil Young, and Tragically Hip. My all-time favorite Guess Who song...from 1969...
Harry P. Posted March 23, 2016 Author Posted March 23, 2016 I can't post my favorite Tragically Hip song here because they use a naughty word in the lyrics. But I also really like this one of theirs...
Petetrucker07 Posted March 23, 2016 Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) RushNickelbackTriumphBachman Turner overdriveNeil YoungI guess that would be my top 5 in no particular order.Others would beThe BandSteppen WolfSome modern bands...Redlight KingsThousand foot CrutchThree Days Grace Edited March 23, 2016 by Petetrucker07
Crazy Ed Posted March 23, 2016 Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) Think I'll toss in Joni Mitchell. Maybe not Rock n Roll, but an Icon of the Era none the less. Edited March 23, 2016 by Crazy Ed
Snake45 Posted March 23, 2016 Posted March 23, 2016 Steppenwolf was Canadian? Who knew. Put them down as my favorite, then.There was a band out of Vancouver called Odds. They served as Warren Zevon's backing band on one of his tours in the early '90s, which is how I heard of them. (They did an awesome cover of Leonard Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan.") Got their CD Bedbugs, which isn't horrible. Dunno if they're still around or not.
1972coronet Posted March 23, 2016 Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) Mynah Birds , which was a 60's Toronto area band whose members included Neil Young and Rick James . Edited March 23, 2016 by 1972coronet
Can-Con Posted March 23, 2016 Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) Doug & the SlugsBlue RodeoGreat Big SeaAnd there's several Canadian '80s new wave style bands I liked. such as the Payolas, Strange Advance, Blue Peter. etc. Edited March 23, 2016 by Can-Con
RAT-T Posted March 23, 2016 Posted March 23, 2016 Ok, music lovers... what bands/artists from the Great White North do you like? My personal favorites... Guess Who, BTO (actually an offshoot of Guess Who), Cowboy Junkies, Neil Young, and Tragically Hip. My all-time favorite Guess Who song...from 1969... THIS IS MY FAVORITE GUESS WHO SONG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJbFVJvRqOQ
mikemodeler Posted March 23, 2016 Posted March 23, 2016 What, no Shania Twain fans? LOL ! My favorites have been listed here already, great topic Harry!
Can-Con Posted March 23, 2016 Posted March 23, 2016 What, no Shania Twain fans? LOL ! My favorites have been listed here already, great topic Harry! They've all moved on to Justin Beiber
Harry P. Posted March 23, 2016 Author Posted March 23, 2016 Yup, Steppenwolf was formed in Toronto, so even though all the members aren't Canadian (John Kay was born in Germany, for instance)... technically a Canadian band. Forgot about that. Put them in my list of favorite Canadian bands. Also Joni Mitchell. Forgot her, too!
Harry P. Posted March 23, 2016 Author Posted March 23, 2016 Oh! What a brain fart! Forgot Gordon Lightfoot. One of the all-time greats in the folk-rock genre and still going strong. So many great songs... too many to list. He's a national treasure. But my favorite...
Harry P. Posted March 23, 2016 Author Posted March 23, 2016 PS: Just in case anyone's interested... My favorite Tragically Hip song is "Locked in the Trunk of a Car" from the Fully Completely album. Their best album by far. There's a word in the lyrics that's not allowed here... but do a youtube search. It's a great song... maybe their best one ever. Don't forget to turn the volume to 11...
Mark Posted March 23, 2016 Posted March 23, 2016 Mynah Birds , which was a 60's Toronto area band whose members included Neil Young and Rick James .Has anyone actually heard any of the several tunes they recorded? As far as I know, one or two appeared on a CD that was a giveaway item at a Motown 50th Anniversary event. (The Mynah Birds were signed to Motown's Canadian branch, but supposedly nothing was released owing to James having been arrested trying to re-enter the USA). Only a couple hundred copies of the giveaway CD were pressed from what I was able to gather.
Snake45 Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 They've all moved on to Justin Beiber I can't image that Shania fans and Beeper fans would even know who the other one is.
Harry P. Posted March 24, 2016 Author Posted March 24, 2016 I knew somebody would mention Rush. But OMG... Geddy Lee's voice? Yeesh! Nails on a chalkboard are less annoying!
1972coronet Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 Has anyone actually heard any of the several tunes they recorded? As far as I know, one or two appeared on a CD that was a giveaway item at a Motown 50th Anniversary event. (The Mynah Birds were signed to Motown's Canadian branch, but supposedly nothing was released owing to James having been arrested trying to re-enter the USA). Only a couple hundred copies of the giveaway CD were pressed from what I was able to gather.There's one or two videos of their recordings floating around on YouTube . I first heard The Mynah Birds some-time in the 90's ; either on some bootleg demo or on some 60's Garage Comp (perhaps a later iteration of Nuggets) . It's beautiful stuff ; the combo of Neil Young's playing and "Ricky" James' vox (along with the other band members' contributions) is too cool !
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