Poll
Question:
What's your favorite Canuckleheaded band or artist?
Option 1: Rush
votes: 8
Option 2: Crash Test Dummies
votes: 1
Option 3: Nickelback
votes: 1
Option 4: Neil Young
votes: 3
Option 5: Celine Dion
votes: 1
Option 6: Shania Twain
votes: 0
Option 7: Sarah Maclachlan
votes: 0
Option 8: kd lang
votes: 0
Option 9: The Band
votes: 3
Option 10: Bachman-Turner Overdrive
votes: 2
Option 11: Joni Mitchell
votes: 1
Option 12: Steppenwolf
votes: 1
Option 13: The Guess Who
votes: 0
Option 14: Bryan Adams
votes: 1
Option 15: Alanis Morissette
votes: 4
Option 16: Barenaked Ladies
votes: 1
Option 17: Anne Murray
votes: 0
Option 18: Leonard Cohen
votes: 6
Option 19: The Tragically Hip
votes: 2
Option 20: Feist
votes: 0
Option 21: ZOMG how could you leave off Mounty Sam and Meeses to Pieces!?(Other, please list)
votes: 2
Option 22: Jaron Bieber
votes: 0
This was an easier decision before I discovered Cohen was Canadian, but still going with Crash Test Dummies.
Bryan Adams I mean Rush.
They are not on that list, nope. :lol:
Summer of '69 > any Rush song
The Band man.
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 26, 2013, 11:53:04 AM
They are not on that list, nope. :lol:
Then vote for Mounty Sam.
Feist is sooooooooo skinny. She needs to eat a sandwich.
Surprise, I voted Alanis - though I also would say Tegan & Sara would have been my runner up, as the only decent thing to come out of Alberta.
Boards of Canada, Dandi Wind?
Quote from: garbon on September 26, 2013, 12:18:33 PM
Surprise, I voted Alanis - though I also would say Tegan & Sara would have been my runner up, as the only decent thing to come out of Alberta.
:weep:
Quote from: Barrister on September 26, 2013, 12:23:40 PM
Quote from: garbon on September 26, 2013, 12:18:33 PM
Surprise, I voted Alanis - though I also would say Tegan & Sara would have been my runner up, as the only decent thing to come out of Alberta.
:weep:
Aren't you from Manitoba? :P
My man Lenny, without a doubt.
That is a pretty dated list. No love for Arcade Fire? To name just one of many who should be on the list.
But of that list - Cohen.
I think the answer is obvious. Canada's greatest poet.
That doesn't explain why you left off Trooper!
Nickelback, of course. :rolleyes:
Probably the greatest thing to come out of Canada period.
Quote from: Jacob on September 26, 2013, 01:07:01 PM
That doesn't explain why you left off Trooper!
If I was going to include an Iron Maiden song, it would be Fear of the Dark. :D
Neil Young with Crazy Horse.
Some sorry ass choices. But it's Canada.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 26, 2013, 02:06:26 PM
Some sorry ass choices. But it's Canada.
Not as sorry ass as a list of great, or even good, Canadian movies.
Max Webster. :P
Bill Shatner should be on this list.
Neil Young
:hmm:
Someone else voted for Alanis.
Voted Neil Young, but then someone said Arcade Fire is Canadian, and as hipster as that might make me I've enjoyed all their 3 albums, and besides those I've only really listened to Harvest and Songs of Leonard Cohen from that list.
EDIT: And Gordon thanks to Kain.
Arcade Fire is so dull and bland though. They're like the Matchbox 20 of the 21st century. :(
Quote from: garbon on September 26, 2013, 06:19:40 PM
:hmm:
Someone else voted for Alanis.
I was going to go with Sarah, but feel Alanis has a more robust and varied body of work.
Not much to choose from, a lot of the list is bullshit redneck beer rock, so hey.
I don't know Jack about Sarah's music, but she is nice looking for a big-boned girl.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 26, 2013, 07:05:40 PM
Quote from: garbon on September 26, 2013, 06:19:40 PM
:hmm:
Someone else voted for Alanis.
I was going to go with Sarah, but feel Alanis has a more robust and varied body of work.
That's true. Sarah had some nice songs but I don't think I know anything about her post-2003ish.
Everyone with a modicum of taste should pick Mr. Cohen.
Cohen.
Quote from: The Larch on September 26, 2013, 07:33:20 PM
Everyone with a modicum of taste should pick Mr. Cohen.
Based on what I've heard, the dude can't write a melody to save his life.
Leonard Cohen wins, unsurprisingly.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 26, 2013, 07:37:18 PM
Quote from: The Larch on September 26, 2013, 07:33:20 PM
Everyone with a modicum of taste should pick Mr. Cohen.
Based on what I've heard, the dude can't write a melody to save his life.
What we can surmise from this comment is you couldnt identify the writer of a good melody if your life depended upon it.
:jaron:
I actually never realized BTO was Canadian. Regardless, my favorite Canadian group (Enter the Haggis) is not on that list.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 26, 2013, 08:21:53 PM
:jaron:
You seriously thought you could throw shit at a music great and not get some blowback?
All this poll shows is there are 26 idjits here on Languish.
Quote from: katmai on September 26, 2013, 08:29:07 PM
All this poll shows is there are 26 idjits here on Languish.
You mean 25.
I didn't vote. :smarty:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 26, 2013, 07:05:40 PM
Not much to choose from, a lot of the list is bullshit redneck beer rock, so hey.
:angry:
I like Alanis, actually, and have her recent output as well. I did end up voting Rush because I grew up with that band and have seen them on every tour since 1982. But there's a few artists on that list I like, Sarah McLachlan, Joni Mitchell...was Triumph on that list?
Leonard Cohen....I don't know. I never got into him much, but i appreciate his appeal to many.
Quote from: Josephus on September 26, 2013, 08:58:12 PM
I like Alanis, actually, and have her recent output as well. I did end up voting Rush because I grew up with that band and have seen them on every tour since 1982. But there's a few artists on that list I like, Sarah McLachlan, Joni Mitchell...was Triumph on that list?
Leonard Cohen....I don't know. I never got into him much, but i appreciate his appeal to many.
It is true, although she has garnered no votes, Joni is a strong contender. :)
Cohen is good, Alanis is good, but I had to go with Rush.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 26, 2013, 02:09:52 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 26, 2013, 02:06:26 PM
Some sorry ass choices. But it's Canada.
Not as sorry ass as a list of great, or even good, Canadian movies.
The Barbarian Invasions.
...
Well, The Barbarian Invasions.
Anyway, I don't think Feist is too skinny.
I think her big head makes her cheekbones look sunken, making her look skinnier than she is.
Tough choice here. :hmm:
I'm torn between Rush and Alanis.
Quote from: Ideologue on September 26, 2013, 09:10:15 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 26, 2013, 02:09:52 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 26, 2013, 02:06:26 PM
Some sorry ass choices. But it's Canada.
Not as sorry ass as a list of great, or even good, Canadian movies.
The Barbarian Invasions.
...
Well, The Barbarian Invasions.
Not a Canadian movie.
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 27, 2013, 07:23:49 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on September 26, 2013, 09:10:15 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 26, 2013, 02:09:52 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 26, 2013, 02:06:26 PM
Some sorry ass choices. But it's Canada.
Not as sorry ass as a list of great, or even good, Canadian movies.
The Barbarian Invasions.
...
Well, The Barbarian Invasions.
A Canadian movie with some French money used to finance it.
Corrigé !
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on September 27, 2013, 07:34:02 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 27, 2013, 07:23:49 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on September 26, 2013, 09:10:15 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 26, 2013, 02:09:52 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 26, 2013, 02:06:26 PM
Some sorry ass choices. But it's Canada.
Not as sorry ass as a list of great, or even good, Canadian movies.
The Barbarian Invasions.
...
Well, The Barbarian Invasions.
A Quebecois movie with some French money used to finance it.
Corrigé !
Fix
You forgot Gordon Lightfoot; he's the Elvis of Canada. :P
Hard choice between Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. I went with Joni. :Canuck:
Quote from: Savonarola on September 27, 2013, 01:45:38 PM
You forgot Gordon Lightfoot; he's the Elvis of Canada. :P
Hard choice between Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. I went with Joni. :Canuck:
Gordon Lightfoot played at last year's 100th Grey Cup.
He looked much what I imagine Vecna to look like. :hmm:
Quote from: Barrister on September 27, 2013, 01:55:53 PM
Gordon Lightfoot played at last year's 100th Grey Cup.
He looked much what I imagine Vecna to look like. :hmm:
I saw a Geddy Lee interview before Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He looked like a balding Wicked Witch of the West. Maybe all Canadian rockers are cursed to look like fictional monsters in time.
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 27, 2013, 07:23:49 AM
Not a Canadian movie.
Quebec is in Canada. Thus, anything from Quebec is Canadian.
Quote from: Savonarola on September 27, 2013, 02:30:21 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 27, 2013, 01:55:53 PM
Gordon Lightfoot played at last year's 100th Grey Cup.
He looked much what I imagine Vecna to look like. :hmm:
I saw a Geddy Lee interview before Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He looked like a balding Wicked Witch of the West. Maybe all Canadian rockers are cursed to look like fictional monsters in time.
Neil Peart looks normal.
Quote from: Savonarola on September 27, 2013, 02:30:21 PM
I saw a Geddy Lee interview before Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He looked like a balding Wicked Witch of the West. Maybe all Canadian rockers are cursed to look like fictional monsters in time.
Geddy Lee looked like damaged goods in his prime.
A lot of bands I enjoy, but only The Band is worthy is top honors.
BTW, what kind of name is Geddy? Any sort of ethnic connection?
Geddy Lee balding? Seems to still have all his hair. Lots of it.
Quote from: Savonarola on September 27, 2013, 02:30:21 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 27, 2013, 01:55:53 PM
Gordon Lightfoot played at last year's 100th Grey Cup.
He looked much what I imagine Vecna to look like. :hmm:
I saw a Geddy Lee interview before Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He looked like a balding Wicked Witch of the West. Maybe all Canadian rockers are cursed to look like fictional monsters in time.
*takes a quick look at Neil Young, Gordon Cummings and Randy Bachman recent photos*
You might be on to something.
Quote from: Josephus on September 27, 2013, 02:38:38 PM
Geddy Lee balding? Seems to still have all his hair. Lots of it.
Okay, how about:
I saw a Geddy Lee interview before Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He looked like the Wicked Witch of the West with a receding hairline. Maybe all Canadian rockers are cursed to look like fictional monsters in time.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 27, 2013, 02:38:14 PM
BTW, what kind of name is Geddy? Any sort of ethnic connection?
There is a good story there.
His name is actually Gary. But his mother (who had a very strong Polish - iirc- accent) pronounced it Geddy and that is what he used as his stage name.
edit: I looked it up.
QuoteThe story goes: my mother is Polish and she has a very thick accent. When I was about twelve years old, I had a friend who, whenever he heard my mother pronounce my name, he thought she was calling me, 'Geddy'. He started calling me 'Geddy', and eventually, all of my friends started calling me 'Geddy', and eventually my mother started to call me 'Geddy', for real. And eventually, I changed my name legally to 'Geddy', so that's the story and that's my name, Geddy
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on September 27, 2013, 02:36:53 PM
A lot of bands I enjoy, but only The Band is worthy is top honors.
I knew there had to be one other sane person.
Quote from: katmai on September 27, 2013, 06:42:01 PM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on September 27, 2013, 02:36:53 PM
A lot of bands I enjoy, but only The Band is worthy is top honors.
I knew there had to be one other sane person.
The guy from New York who roots for the Cleveland Indians? :lol:
His last name is not Lee either. It's some Yiddish name. Weinrib, i think. There's actually a good story around about him being the son of Holocaust survivors.
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/23003/how-the-holocaust-rocked-rush-front-man-geddy-lee/
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 27, 2013, 02:38:14 PM
BTW, what kind of name is Geddy? Any sort of ethnic connection?
According to Wikipedia, he used to be Gary Lee Weinrib. His parents were both Jewish refugees from Poland. As for "Geddy", his mother had a thick Polish accent and one of his friends misheard his name as "Geddy"; that became his nickname, and it stuck.
asoka
I'll be damned if I praise Canadians. :mad:
Quote from: katmai on September 27, 2013, 06:42:01 PM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on September 27, 2013, 02:36:53 PM
A lot of bands I enjoy, but only The Band is worthy is top honors.
I knew there had to be one other sane person.
... :unsure: :(
Quote from: katmai on September 27, 2013, 06:42:01 PM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on September 27, 2013, 02:36:53 PM
A lot of bands I enjoy, but only The Band is worthy is top honors.
I knew there had to be one other sane person.
I didn't imagine it was possible to make Seeds look young and hip.
Quote from: garbon on September 27, 2013, 07:48:22 PM
Quote from: katmai on September 27, 2013, 06:42:01 PM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on September 27, 2013, 02:36:53 PM
A lot of bands I enjoy, but only The Band is worthy is top honors.
I knew there had to be one other sane person.
I didn't imagine it was possible to make Seeds look young and hip.
Like any of the people picking Rush and Cohen are Hip? :lmfao:
Cohen is happening with hipsters and I recall lots of kids listening to rush when I was a teen.
Cohen's been happening with hipsters since Cohen was a hipster. That's a lot of generations of hipsters.
Quote from: garbon on September 27, 2013, 08:09:22 PM
Cohen is happening with hipsters and I recall lots of kids listening to rush when I was a teen.
:lmfao:
Quote from: katmai on September 27, 2013, 08:21:48 PM
Quote from: garbon on September 27, 2013, 08:09:22 PM
Cohen is happening with hipsters and I recall lots of kids listening to rush when I was a teen.
:lmfao:
Yeah facts, so funny.
Garbon's eyes and ears are social constructs. :(
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 27, 2013, 06:43:38 PM
Quote from: katmai on September 27, 2013, 06:42:01 PM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on September 27, 2013, 02:36:53 PM
A lot of bands I enjoy, but only The Band is worthy is top honors.
I knew there had to be one other sane person.
The guy from New York who roots for the Cleveland Indians? :lol:
:glare: The Tribe is still alive in the post season chase! Also, The Band has quite a following amongst my friends in the area of roughly the same age (25-35 range). Lots of Rambles at Levon's place attended and The Last Waltz watching.
I'm into none of these but I'm sure there are some Canadian bands I like.
BTW, not sure that Steppenwolf counts as a Canadian band. It's 2 Canadians, 2 Americans, and a German who moved to Canada as a teen, and the band was actually formed in LA.
The list seems incomplete. Where's Kataklysm, Annihilator or Voivod?
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on September 28, 2013, 04:38:07 AM
Also, The Band has quite a following amongst my friends in the area of roughly the same age (25-35 range).
Yeah but when does upstate New York reflect any broader social trends?
Quote from: Syt on September 28, 2013, 06:04:39 AM
The list seems incomplete. Where's Kataklysm, Annihilator or Voivod?
Really now.
Soviet Canuckistani deth metal, eh?
Quote from: Syt on September 28, 2013, 06:04:39 AM
The list seems incomplete. Where's Kataklysm, Annihilator or Voivod?
:yes:
Not to mention Anvil, the real-life Spinal Tap.
Anvil's cool.
I know of Voivod only cause they covered Floyd's Astronomy Domine, and I saw them doing that opening up for Rush in the early 90s.
Gotta go with Bachman Turner Overweight.
Quote from: garbon on September 28, 2013, 08:12:39 AM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on September 28, 2013, 04:38:07 AM
Also, The Band has quite a following amongst my friends in the area of roughly the same age (25-35 range).
Yeah but when does upstate New York reflect any broader social trends?
Depends on where in "upstate" New York you're talking about. A more or less point though.