Canadian Rock

[exaN]

You guys forgot Pat Travers! Snortin' Whiskey is one of my favorite songs :headbang:.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVIL5Ns1dhY[/youtube]

And Phil X, the guy from the Fretted Americana videos, is Canadian too, and he's awesome :headbang:.

 

[Superlizard]

What no Kick Axe?  :icon_scratch:

Heavy Metal Shuffle:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dis39LcsbCU[/youtube]

On The Road To Rock:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdEQa1Q983I[/youtube]

 

[DangerousR6]

Sorry, but they must take the bad with the good...

Case in point:

Neil Young?  Sure.  How 'bout some Anne Murray with that?

Bagman
[/quote]No wonder I've never liked Neil Young.... :laughing11:

 

[Graffiti62]

WTF?!  NO JEFF HEALEY?

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikHI7_PMFNc[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0HFT-lHutc[/youtube]

There was also Colin James:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJyprEtjAiI[/youtube]

 

[Graffiti62]

Don't forget that there was life after Max Webster:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QylncpJy5Rc[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQIWsOO5Qpc[/youtube]

 

[DangerousR6]

Don't forget that there was life after Max Webster:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QylncpJy5Rc[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQIWsOO5Qpc[/youtube]

Those are two great songs, forgot about Kim being from Canuckland...."Go for a soda" was always a cool song, but I do admit fist time I heard it back in the day I thought it was the Tubes.... :dontknow:

 

[Crappy]

Well we can't forget RUSH
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnrT5KOwTv4[/youtube]

 

[exaN]

Well we can't forget RUSH
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnrT5KOwTv4[/youtube]

Baaah, Rush is a given :icon_thumright:

 

[erogenousjones17]

As promised...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyZTTkMPavE

Though there is a definite shortage of Headstones clips on the 'tube... :tard:

 

[GoDrex]

As promised...



Though there is a definite shortage of Headstones clips on the 'tube... :tard:

that song sounded a lot better back when it was called Welcome To The Jungle and It's So Easy by Guns 'N Roses :laughing7:

 

[Mor Paul]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJh3KaIKDAw&feature=related
That was my introduction to Healey, maybe a year or so ago.

 

[AutoBat]

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Bachman Turner Overdrive doesn't exactly stengthen the list.  Why is it Canada's population is most concentrated near the U.S. border?  Why do these Canadian bands come to the U.S. to make it?

Isn't Neil Young Canadian?

 

[GoDrex]

a hot soft pretzel? yum!  :laughing7:

 

[bagman67]

Bachman Turner Overdrive doesn't exactly stengthen the list.  Why is it Canada's population is most concentrated near the U.S. border?  Why do these Canadian bands come to the U.S. to make it?

Isn't Neil Young Canadian?

Re: BTO -- I agree.

Why near US border?  Because the major transpo routes (Great Lakes, St. Lawrence waterway, etc.) are along the border, and because much of Canada is not hospitable to large population centers, what with the brutal winters and iced over ports.

Why come to US to make it?  Large markets = large dollars.

Yes, Neil Young is Canadian.  So's Joni Mitchell.

Bagman

 

[mayfly]

you all play nice now or I'll put some Loverboy up!  I also have some Spoons that I can add if anyone else acts up around here...



Speaking of playing nice, if anyone can find a real video of this one, that would be great:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWAVp990pKQ&feature=related[/youtube]

 

[mayfly]

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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXtqcL_utZ8&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiI0ydrw_QU[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH2Bu8wr_EE[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLGMHii0b80&feature=related[/youtube]

 

[Paul-less]

So, from what I've understood, we agree that the only Canadian bands worth a shit are

1: Rush
2: The Band
3: Neil Young

 

[mayfly]

So, from what I've understood, we agree that the only Canadian bands worth a shite are

1: Rush
2: The Band
3: Neil Young

Sadly, I disagree!  :headbang:

BTW, The Band kinda sucks IMHO.  But maybe that's just me.

 

[Graffiti62]

Why is it Canada's population is most concentrated near the U.S. border?  Why do these Canadian bands come to the U.S. to make it?

I get the CBC here in Michigan, and they recently had a show on about the history of rock music in Canada. A lot of it has to do with something called CanCon, or the Canadian Content law. In the sixties and early seventies, Canadian bands had a really hard time cracking even their domestic markets, mainly due to the negative mindset Canadians had in their own identity around that time. This also partially explains why so much of the Canadian population is so close to the border. Canada was simply a consumer market for much of the 20th century. Nearly all of your goods, appliances and furniture came from the States. Any real manufacturing in Canada was nearly always to support the American market (Ford built the famous 351 Windsor in, well, Windsor, Ontario, and the Chevy Lumina, for its entire run, was made in Oshawa, Ontario), with Canada being the afterthought. American bands were the norm on Canadian stations solely for being American. This explains why the population is so concentrated near the border--the farther north you are, the pricier things are to ship. Also, its a little more temperate in southern Canada than it is in the north. Around the early-to-mid seventies, two things happened to help the Canadian music scene. First, was CanCon--this forced radio stations to broadcast a certain percentage of Canadian-based music. CanCon was later branched out to television, which gave the world these gems.....

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0d_KEiIHiU[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bougw9J7Wmg[/youtube]

In addition, the drinking age in Canada was bumped down from 21 to 19, allowing a younger crowd to patron live music bars. This is when bands such as Rush, April Wine and Max Webster developed a following, were signed to record deals, and the American parent companies of the record labels in Canada put then on playbills to support bigger acts. This still wasn't a cakewalk, and this is exactly the reason why so many of these bands were so good--just because it be came easier didn't mean it was easy. As the rock bands from Canada were more recognized, you saw the next generation (Colin James, The Tragically Hip, Jeff Healey) have an easier go at it due to the fact that there was more self-awareness of their own domestic product. To this day, its been successful enough where you have groups like Nickelback that were immidiately overplayed in both the Canadian and American markets.

And Yes, Neil Young is from Winnipeg.