#CanadaDays Day 23
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He soldiers on, and it’s worth listening!
Steven Page - “All The Young Monogamists”
youtu.be/Q-J2zQA3ses?...
#CanadaDays 🇨🇦
Toronto 🍁
The Weight
Robbie Robertson
youtu.be/ph1GU1qQ1zQ?...
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Day 21: Danny Michel - Old Tattoo
I am fond of this little country song from Danny's second album.
I emailed him for help with the chords—there's a modulation in there I couldn't figure out—and he was kind enough to send me a chart.
youtu.be/Is6_F4SblBc?...
This time with the Hashtag!
#CanadaDays 23
#GMsCanCon #MusicChallenge
Quebec Week
🍁Wolf Parade - Montreal, Quebec
Dear Sons and Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts🍁
youtu.be/phGMMSUdN8w
June 10 • Buck 65
🇨🇦🎶🩵 #CanadaDays #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
Wicked And Weird — Buck 65 on "Talkin' Honky Blues" (2003)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjxf...
An avant-garde hip-hop track blending gritty, poetic storytelling with organic, dusty country-blues samples.
#bugsky #insects #macro #metal #photography #garden #nature #wasps
Can’t get over how metal these wasps are!
Here’s a live version of “Everybody Knows”.
youtu.be/xu8u9ZbCJgQ
#CanadaDays Day 22
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Known for her very famous collaborations, I find the settings she chooses for own solo voice interesting
Amy Millan - “Baby I”
youtu.be/xo7uLkY8jFc?...
CanadaDays 23
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Quebec Week
🍁Wolf Parade - Montreal, Quebec
Dear Sons and Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts🍁
youtu.be/phGMMSUdN8w
Madeleine Mu 🇨🇦🏳️⚧️
#CanadaDays 23
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Quebec Week 2/7
🍁Patrick Watson -Montreal, Quebec
Choir in the Wires🍁
youtu.be/NH6Y271dn8g
SaveMeASeat
Jürgen Hermann
𝓖𝓻𝓸𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓽 🍁
𝓖𝓻𝓸𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓽 🍁
𝓖𝓻𝓸𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓽 🍁
𝓖𝓻𝓸𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓽 🍁
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Day 20: Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves - Augusta/ Skye Dance
Is "they're cute and Queer af" a sufficient reason to share? Dunno. They're also both supremely talented, so moot point. 😏
Note: Allison's from the 'peg, so 1/2 🇨🇦
youtu.be/-uijIpy7CCs?...
#CanadaDays Day 20
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An all-time original who does and will endure forever, a catalog that richly rewards your close attention!
Leonard Cohen - “Dance Me To The End Of Love”
youtu.be/8StKOyYY3Gs?...
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Day 19: Lonesome Ace Stringband - Pretty Boy Floyd
Lonesome Ace is just a killer band. Chris Coole is as good a clawhammer banjo player as there is and, as a trio, they are tight and distinctive.
Cdn bluegrass at its most Cdn, imho.
youtu.be/Id0u_y1mPrk?...
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Day 18: rusty - misogyny
The first time I saw the video for this song, I sat with my eyes wide open in shock. It was... so... fucking... queer. I had absolutely no clue what the lyrics were and hoped like hell the title was ironic.
youtu.be/GiGKJCZLOVQ?...
YouTube video by rusty official
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#CanadaDays Day 19
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His solo albums gave me a new appreciation for his style of words and all his different sounds. Drink to him, babe, then!
AC Newman - “Come Crash”
youtu.be/4MSMe8e4upE?...
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Day 17: Andy DeJarlis - Red River Blues
My kid is a serious fiddle player. Growing up, they did contests and home was filled w Métis music, both live and recorded.
Andy, from Manitoba, is a touchstone. Luv this damn funky little rag.
youtu.be/WHMOir87Kck?...
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Day 16: Propaghandi - The Only Good Fascist is a Very Dead Fascist
c.f. What it says in the wrapper...
youtu.be/AP9tomrsw6U?...
#CanadaDays Day 18
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As big a landmark as SYOF is, the upheaval in this one (In Our Bedroom…) really hit me where I lived at the time and it’s stuck. What a group!
Stars - “Take Me To The Riot”
youtu.be/PFhcBWVaoO8?...
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Day 16: Fred Eaglesmith - Small Motors
Fred has an incredible skill for story songs. He tells these haunting little Southern (Ontario) Gothic tales in three verses, every word perfectly in place.
This one always makes me cry.
youtu.be/VDfny-KK7oA?...
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Day 15: Rheostatics - Saskatchewan
I sent Tielli and Bidini emails the morning after my band released our album. Only fan mail I ever sent?
Martin said something cryptic. Dave asked me to buy his book.
This might be their best song.
youtu.be/jcxOygqqvl0?...
#CanadaDays Day 17
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I know she is mostly known now for crossover into glitzy pop stardom, but her pipes now go a little underrated. A true Canadian queen!
Shania Twain - “Any Man Of Mine”
youtu.be/8N2k-gv6xNE?...
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Day 14: Starling - Don't Deflate
Ontario band with squandered potential, destroyed (as per the cliché) by internicine strife*.
Was quite fond of this album when it came out.
*at almost the precise time my band immolated
youtu.be/N5wC_T6_vn0?...
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Day 13: Levon Ichkhanian - After Hours
The first time I heard Levon, I was floored by versatility.
Whether playing Armenian folk styles, Scofield-inflected fusion, or—as is often the case—an emergent hybrid of both, he kicks ass.
youtu.be/0gvTB2FsKY0?...
#CanadaDays Day 16
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Another group whose spinoffs will show up at some point, but I still remember finding the debut and spinning it over and over - what a moment
Wolf Parade - “I’ll Believe In Anything”
youtu.be/7G1eLTV89dM?...
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Day 12: Colin Linden - Blind River Bound
Linden's a great lyricist and a killer bottleneck slide player. This song, with a guest cameo from Bruce Cockburn, is a killer pop blues.
Also, been to Blind River, so I get the story. :)
youtu.be/uIZAXnushrg?...
#CanadaDays Day 15
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I mean, like with Barenaked Ladies, you knew it had to be happening eventually. I’m not as directly plugged in to the Hip as I am BNLs, but their status and tunes are undeniable
The Tragically Hip - “Fiddler’s Green”
youtu.be/hpA78nVbpQk?...
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Day 11: John Arcand - Grey Owl
John ran an eponynous Métis fiddle festival at his acreage outside Saskatoon for 20+ yrs. Fave parenting memories are watching kiddo, 11, compete in the fiddle contest there
This is my fave Arcand tune.
youtu.be/n2Vn1H1CCNw?...
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Day 10: Matt Osborne - I Want a Girl with Glasses
Matt was a friend and mentor—big guy who let his pisant little buddy play in shows while supressing eyerolls.
He let slip once that he liked her songwriting.
RIP Matt. We miss you.
youtu.be/t0GOH73QDPQ?...
#CanadaDays Day 14
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Another face that has turned up before and hey, could even turn up again! No matter the name on the spine, Emily brings it
Metric - “Black Sheep” (seared into my memory by the Scott Pilgrim movie)
youtu.be/FP6nYVOyFSk?...
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Day 9: The Fretless - Dirty Harry
Top notch progressive strings band. Prog bluegrass-adjacent.
Tight, creative arrangements and some top notch playing.
youtu.be/Gb-GQUG9K9A?...
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Day 8: The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
Always appreciated Neko Case.
youtu.be/zJV2qvVmy-o?...
#CanadaDays Day 13
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I remember a friend telling me how Canada has way more of a punk scene than we ever thought - he wasn’t wrong!
Fu**ed Up - “Queen Of Hearts”
youtu.be/syg6XGbdUkM?...
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Day 7: Neil Young - I am a Child
The first album I loved in an "on repeat" way was Live Rust, at 10.
This simple song, originally recorded a Buffalo Springfield, is chidhood in the form of a musical hug. Pure, uncritical nostalgia.
youtu.be/Dl0SSEUeOYc?...
#CanadaDays Day 12
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Still showing his creative wit and insights in his solo work!
John K Samson - “When I Write My Master’s Thesis”
youtu.be/_S5UpGx6470?...
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Day 6: Willie P. Bennett - Blackie and the Rodeo King
I learned about Willie from the band that took their name from this song....
And what a song.
Heartfelt, sorrowful, and problematic in all the right ways.
Real storytelling.
youtu.be/CEqJDILaeL0?...
#CanadaDays Day 11
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There are a few of our Northern pals who just happen to oh shucks be among the GREATEST voices ever lent to pop music?! Here’s one
k.d. lang - “Crying” (live at MTV Unplugged)
youtu.be/JNbnFVBVnz0?...
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Day 5: Chris Coole - Old Dog
I first encountered Chris busking in Toronto, then again years later via Lonesone Ace Stringband.
His clawhammer is delicate and intricate, raw and technical. His songwriting is sublime. He's a real joy.
youtu.be/218tAJxg-jA?...
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Day 4: Sarah Harmer - Around This Corner
I knew Weeping Tile/ Sarah Harmer for years, but was a little late to the appreciation society.
This song, with it's jaunty groove and clarinet(!) solo is the song that finally got me hooked.
youtu.be/LTfV03Ad0co?...
#CanadaDays Day 10
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The Reminder might be my most played album by a Canadian artist over the last several years. It just holds together so well w/ the craft, the energy, her voice. It’s a comfort
Feist - “My Moon My Man”
youtu.be/ltYq-jalYm0?...
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Day 3: The Deep Dark Woods - 18th of December
I've lived in SK for close to 20 years and am always impressed with the quality and variety of music this little province produces.
This song rocks. Top-notch stuff.
youtu.be/dtntturqVIg?...
#CanadaDays Day 9
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I scoffed when people pushed me to hear the new thing from the “Call Me Maybe” singer. But the joke was 100% on me. She makes love letters to pop and they are perfect for any audience!
Carly Rae Jepsen - “Run Away With Me”
youtu.be/TeccAtqd5K8?...
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Day 2: Don Ross - Klimbim
Don's combination of technique, creativity, and groove has inspired me for 30 yrs.
I'll never forget first hearing this song—almost single-handedly motivated me to switch from flatpick to fingerstyle.
youtu.be/gBwM9VqmxQE?...
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Day 1: Eric's Trip - Behind the Garage
youtu.be/C2xfTQOnyGs?...
#CanadaDays Day 8
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Community jokes aside, I do still hold them in high esteem! Esp the catalog with the full lineup
Barenaked Ladies - “When I Fall”
youtu.be/X-EQJNydnlg?...
#MayBeNot Day 25 AND #CanadaDays Day 7
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Supergroups that introduced me to many Canadian artists I love at once, pt. 2
Broken Social Scene - “Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl”
“Now you’re all gone, got your makeup on, and you’re not coming back…”
youtu.be/wLaDksDOcE4?...
#MayBeNot Day 24
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“…a thousand dollars won't buy you a Yankee wife, alas”
Elvis Costello - “Deportee (Red Bus Demo)”
youtu.be/MRkzevNiUJg?...
#MayBeNot Day 23
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“Nothing to say
But stay on the phone
I'm sorry I do not know
What else you want from me…”
boygenius - “Ketchum, ID”
youtu.be/5vPcrIsv5rg?...
#MayBeNot Day 22
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“In every word that you say, I feel my freedom slip away
I feel the bars come down around me
And I can't get away
I can't get away…”
Wang Chung - “To Live And Die In L.A.”
youtu.be/bf4x36XKhsM?...
#MayBeNot Day 21
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Maybe the most natural fit for this list of any song I’ve done so far ha ha
Jimmy Eat World - “If You Don’t, Don’t”
youtu.be/Z60VmYSzPyE?...
#MayBeNot Day 20
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“What if to love and be loved is not enough! What if I fall and can’t bear to get up…”
First Aid Kit - “Stay Gold”
youtu.be/veHUZMoKObc?...
#MayBeNot Day 19
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“They say I got brains/But they ain’t doing me no good…”
The Beach Boys - “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times
youtu.be/216YJKbber8?...
#MayBeNot Day 18
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“I’m not sorry I met you - I’m not sorry it’s over…”
Stars - “Your Ex-Lover Is Dead”
youtu.be/r5Or6-HOveg?...
#MayBeNot Day 16
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Let’s kick it up a notch! Maybe the song of this category I play the most, bc you can’t mess with the Tempts
The Temptations - “I Can’t Get Next To You”
youtu.be/CxH1BYed6xc?...
#MayBeNot Day 15
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The last vibe flipped on its head, but still so tuneful that who’s complaining?
Jens Lekman - “I Know What Love Isn’t”
youtu.be/jQErekXV9Qc?...
#MayBeNot Day 14
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“We didn't think it'd last beyond summer
I met her father, she met my mother
We didn't have anywhere else to go…”
Robbie Williams - “Win Some Lose Some”
youtu.be/PWV2Tdp-5xY?...
#MayBeNot Day 13
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American Football - “I’ll See You When We’re Both Not So Emotional”
The version of a wonderfully remastered reissue!
youtu.be/WtieG0OA8FU?...
#MayBeNot Day 12
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A classic of 90’s radio that I feel like has faded from mass culture (if not crowds like us who do thinks like this), But it’s still so catchy!
Sugar - “If I Can’t Change Your Mind”
youtu.be/wYb9qQ_aaUo?...
#MayBeNot Day 11
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Given the title, this says far more than you’d ever expect!
Bob Dylan - “Ain’t Talkin’”
youtu.be/fcHJsW8V5uo?...
#MayBeNot Day 10
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“And they don't even care
When the church takes a cut
Ain't it bleak when you got so much nothin'”
The Persuasions - “The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing” (orig. Frank Zappa
youtu.be/2c9EfRZXglg?...
#MayBeNot Day 9
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“‘Cause I’m NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT” etc etc - stick it to the man!
Mission Of Burma - “Academy Fight Song”
youtu.be/gbBBl9jjW0U?...
#MayBeNot Day 8
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“Why would he come back through the park?
You thought that you saw him but no you did not…”
Feist - “The Park”
youtu.be/GVljvP5QVuY?...
#MayBeNot Day 7
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I never would have expected who this turned out to be when I looked at the liner notes and saw who sang this tender, beautiful song
The 6ths feat. Bob Mould - “He Didn’t”
youtu.be/-Af6aQoptgE?...
#MayBeNot Day 6
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“…To watch a man with a face like mine
Being chased down a busy street
When he gets caught, I won't get up
And I won't go to sleep”
Wilco - “Via Chicago”
youtu.be/Jepv3fw3kgk?...
#MayBeNot Day 5
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“Gold teeth and a curse for this town
Were all in my mouth
Only I don't know how they got out, dear”
The Shins - “New Slang”
youtu.be/zYwCmcB0XMw?...
#MayBeNot Day 4
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You’d think EVERYONE would have learned this lesson by know. Alas…
John Prine - “Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore”
youtu.be/sRCLHBhZPQ4?...
#MayBeNot Day 2
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Fall Out Boy - “We Didn’t Start The Fire” (orig. Billy Joel)
Updated lyrics for ‘89-2023!
youtu.be/2LkVKCWL0U4?...
#MayBeNot Day 1
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There’s no way better way to say let’s kick things off in the language of this challenge than this nugget right here
They Might Be Giants - “Don’t Let’s Start”
youtu.be/yT8cnAeWKZE?...
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the negative!
#MayBeNot posting starts 10pm UK time, 30/4.
Songs just need the word 'not' in the title/lyrics, or a contraction - don't, aren't, etc.
Songs don't have to be negative themselves - one called "Isn't It Lovely To Cuddle Kittens And Listen To ABBA" would be fine :-)
We Could Send Letters
Let's use May to share musical negativity, but in a good way...
#MayBeNot
Like me, it's wide and simple - just post one song daily with title/lyrics including a not or contraction: isn't, won't, can't, doesn't, etc.
You probably have 60% of all known music to choose from :-)
#MusicChallenge
Alt: Actor Jason Sudeikis in character as Ted Lasso, saying "Maybe... Maybe not..."
