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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:41 AM
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What are good Canadian music artists or bands?
I would definitely say Rush. The Guess Who is pretty good too.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:41 AM
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1. Blue Rodeo
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:44 AM
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4. OO good one I forgot
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:48 AM
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22. Great band
The Hip, too.
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:43 AM
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2. maestro fresh wes
K-OS
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:44 AM
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5. You like the Rascalz?
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:46 AM
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11. i have heard of them
but have never heard them...might have to go check them out now
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:47 AM
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19. If you have Kazaa.. get "the Northern Touch"
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:58 AM
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33. Best Rascalz song is the one they did with Barrington Levy and K-os...
I'll be damned if I can remember the name though.

For the cream of the Canadian hip-hop crop, I recommend K-os and Sweatshop Union.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 01:09 AM
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42. All over the world?
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 01:11 AM
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45. "Top of the World" is the name I'm pretty sure...
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:44 AM
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3. 54-40, Pure, Tragically hip - no matter what Canuckamok says
Arcade Fire, DOA, Young Canadian, K-tels, Huevos Rancheros, Shadowy men on a shadowy planet, Rascalz, Loverboy (YVR girl's fav) um what elese.

Gordon Lightfoot is awesome... Ashley MacIssac is okay on occasion. The fables... all I can think of at the moment.
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:45 AM
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6. What about Trooper?
:P


The thing is, I have honestly never heard them.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:46 AM
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10. Don't get them
You downloading?
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:46 AM
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14. No. I am not downloading.
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:45 AM
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8. Yeah, Automan is a pretty cool song, for example.
Edited on Fri May-06-05 12:46 AM by jpgray
It was probably you who recommended it, wasn't it? I remember it was someone on DU.

:o
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:46 AM
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12. Yeah, and you told me about "A place of my own"
Automan is a bitch to find
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:48 AM
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20. Not the best trade
"Place of My Own" is pretty fruity Canterbury psychedelia. I love that crap though.

:loveya:
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:45 AM
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9. I'll fess up to Gordon Lightfoot.
I still listen. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald always gave me goosebumps.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:47 AM
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17. His early stuff is amazing
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:57 AM
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31. Yes. And his early work still holds up very well.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:45 AM
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7. haha good one! funny. n/t
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:47 AM
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16. You kidding?
There's tons of good Canadian acts
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:46 AM
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13. Weren't most of The Band from Canada?
If so, I'll give them that, but they had that one guy from Akransas to help out.
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 07:21 AM
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55. All of them except Levon Helm.
The guy from Arkansas....
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ahem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:46 AM
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15. Neil Young!
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:47 AM
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18. Celine Dion.
:silly:
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:48 AM
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21. Cowboy Junkies...
...my favorite out of Canada.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:49 AM
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23. The only ones who managed a good cover of sweet jane
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Abelman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:49 AM
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24. Barenaked Ladies
My favorite band!
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:50 AM
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25. I admit I hated them when I was young, but they've grown on me
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:57 AM
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30. They irritate me.
I want to throw something violently whenever I hear their music.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 01:08 AM
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41. Haha, I had the exact opposite reaction to them
I liked them pretty well up until that One Week song. That drove me nuts. Everything since that has been garbage.

"The Old Apartment" is a kickass song.
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Ophelia Rising Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:52 AM
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26. I adore Loreena McKennit
And the band the Loriannas as well, they kick ass!
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Ophelia Rising Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 01:03 AM
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38. I forgot Alanis Morissette
She kicks ass as well!
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arikara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:52 AM
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27. We have lots of talent
Barenaked Ladies, Robbie Robertson, Sarah McLachlan, Wyrd Sisters, Kashtin, Taima to name a few of my faves.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:53 AM
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28. Ah, Be good tanias! they're good too
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:57 AM
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29. A list of my personal favourites...
Edited on Fri May-06-05 12:59 AM by primate1
Alexisonfire, Moneen, Belvedere, Billy Talent, Protest the Hero, Wintersleep, Kary, Closet Monster, Death From Above 1979, The Weakerthans, The Constantines, The Arcade Fire, Matthew Good, Tegan and Sara, Choke, Hayden, Hot Hot Heat, Sam Roberts, The Stills, Warsawpak.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:58 AM
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32. Didn't know the Weakerthans were canucks
My roomie loves them
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:58 AM
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36. Yeah, they're from Winnipeg...
The singer used to be in Propagandhi I think.
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Pendrench Donating Member (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:58 AM
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34. Aren't Triumph and April Wine both from the Great White North? n/t
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 12:58 AM
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35. Skinny Puppy
love Rush too
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 01:00 AM
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37. Prairie Oyster. nt.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 01:05 AM
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39. See Pornographers, New. n/t
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 01:06 AM
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40. I already named mine, but nobody mentioned Gordon Lightfoot!....
...geez, where's that Canadian pride from you Canucks.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 01:09 AM
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43. I did, look around!
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 01:14 AM
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47. Shew, thanks man. I knew there just couldn't be a Canuck who could...
...let Gordon down. My bad.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 01:11 AM
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44. what about
natalia mcmasters? and elvis`s favorite singer-the canadian coal miners daughter-anne murray?
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 01:12 AM
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46. Holly Cole Trio, Chalk Circle
the latter only stayed together for a couple albums in the 80's, but I thought they were great.
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 01:18 AM
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48. Joni Mitchell
My beloved Joni Mitchell.

An artist for the ages. Writer, painter, musician.
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Grey Donating Member (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 01:46 AM
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49. Bare Naked Ladies
Jann Arden
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 01:58 AM
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50. RUSH!
What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It’s got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?

:)
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 02:04 AM
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51. Anyone mention Bruce Cockburn? One of my favorites. n/t
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 04:27 AM
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52. crash test dummies
whatever happened to them?
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 06:50 AM
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53. k.d lang!
About time someone mentioned the fabulous Ms. lang.
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 06:54 AM
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54. The Tea Party
I can't believe nobody mentioned these guys yet. I just discovered them last year, and I'm hooked. Spectacular stuff. Kind of "world music"/blues/misc.
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