It's Canada Day, time to get out the good bacon and think about the great music that came from Canadian musicians in the rock and roll era. Rush, BTO, Guess Who, Joni Mitchell, Tragically Hip, Billy Talent... the list goes on and on. Which of your favorite Canadian tunes belong on this list?
- Heart of Gold - Neil Young ~ watch
- Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell ~ watch
- Suzanne - Leonard Cohen ~ watch
- Ironic - Alanis Morissette ~ watch
- Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
- Working For The Weekend - Loverboy
- Tom Sawyer - Rush
- Steal My Sunshine - Len ~ watch
- Takin' Care of Business - BTO
- Fifty Mission Cap - Tragically Hip
- Try - Blue Rodeo ~ watch
- Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder ~ watch
- Raise a Little Hell - Trooper
- Spaceship Superstar - Prism ~ watch
- American Woman - Guess Who
- Patio Lanterns - Kim Mitchell ~ watch
- You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - BTO
- Wake Up - Arcade Fire
- You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
- Doesn't Really Matter - Platinum Blonde
- Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
- New Orleans Is Sinking - Tragically Hip
- Safety Dance - Men Without Hats ~ watch
- Drinking In LA - Bran Van 3000 ~ watch
- Sunglasses at Night - Corey Hart
- Roller - April Wine
- Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
- If I Had a Million Dollars - Barenaked Ladies
- If I Had a Rocket Launcher - Bruce Cockurn
- Intervention - Arcade Fire
- 4 AM - Our Lady Peace ~ watch
- Tangerine - Moist ~ watch
- Gasoline - Moist ~ watch
- Silver - Moist ~ watch
- Push - Moist ~ watch
- The Grace - Neverending White Lights
- Black Black Heart - David Usher ~ watch
- Save Your Scissors - City & Colour ~ watch
- Lightning Is My Girl - Auf Der Maur
- One More Astronaut - I Mother Earth
- Keep on Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young ~ watch
- Bobcaygeon - Tragically Hip ~ watch
- Some Kinda Fun - Teenage Head ~ watch
- Tonight is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love - April Wine
- Paradise Skies - Max Webster ~ watch
- YYZ - Rush
- Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf ~ watch
- Having an Average Weekend - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
- Pain for Pleasure - Sum 41 ~ watch
- Nova Heart - The Spoons
- Switchin' to Glide - The Kings
- Summer Girl - Stereos ~ watch
- Boys In The Bright White Sports Car - Trooper
- New Girl Now - Honeymoon Suite
- Never Surrender - Corey Hart
- Metal Queen - Lee Aaron ~ watch
- Man, I Feel Like a Woman - Shania Twain ~ watch
- Whatcha Gonna Do - Chilliwack
- Turn Me Loose - Loverboy ~ watch
- Echo Beach - Martha & the Muffins
- Working Man - Rita MacNeil
- Snowbird - Anne Murray
- Diana - Paul Anka
- Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) - Glass Tiger ~ watch
- Hey Operator - Coney Hatch ~ watch
- Lager & Ale - Kim Mitchell
- Hold On - Triumph ~ watch
- Closer to the Heart - Rush
- Here Comes the Night - Streetheart ~ watch
- Pop Goes The World - Men Without Hats ~ watch
- Last Song - Edward Bear
- Hasn't Hit Me Yet - Blue Rodeo ~ watch
- Load Me Up - Matthew Good
- No Sugar Tonight - Guess Who
- One Day In Your Life - 54-40
- Nothing to Lose - Billy Talent ~ watch
- I'm Coming Home - City & Colour ~ watch
- New World Man - Rush ~ watch
- Spirit of Radio - Rush ~ watch
- Hey You - BTO
- Make Me Do Anything You Want - A Foot in Cold Water
- Oh What a Feeling - Crowbar
- Old Emotions - Spoons ~ watch
- Romantic Traffic - Spoons ~ watch
- Underwhelmed - Sloan
- The Good is Everyone - Sloan ~ watch
- Run To You - Bryan Adams ~ watch
- Fallen Leaves - Billy Talent ~ watch
- Just One More Time - Headpins ~ watch
- Don't It Make You Feel - Headpins
- Things I Do For Money - Northern Pikes ~ watch
- Sunny Days - Lighthouse
- Blow at High Dough - Tragically Hip ~ watch
- Barrett's Privateers - Stan Rogers ~ watch
- Sudbury Saturday Night - Stompin Tom Conners
- Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf watch
- Today I Hate Everyone - The Killjoys ~ watch
- Home - Chantal Kreviazuk
- Surrounded - Chantal Kreviazuk ~ watch
- Before You - Chantal Kreviazuk ~ watch
- Clumsy - Our Lady Peace ~ watch
- Naveed - Our Lady Peace ~ watch
- Superman's Dead - Our Lady Peace ~watch
- Angel - Sarah McLachlan
- Ice Cream - Sarah McLachlan
- Sweet Surrender - Sarah McLachlan ~ watch
- Angel Eyes - Jeff Healey Band ~ watch
- See the Light - Jeff Healey Band
- I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan ~ watch
- Broken Arrow - Robbie Robertson
- Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm - Crash Test Dummies ~ watch
- Superman - Crash Test Dummies ~ watch
- Somewhere Down the Crazy River - Robbie Robertson watch
Boys in the Bright White Sports Car by Trooper
ReplyDeleteThis song is just about freedom, summer and Canada day cheers!
What a great list! Adding a few (in no particular order):
ReplyDeleteKeep on Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young
Bobcaygeon - Tragically Hip
Some Kinda Fun - Teenage Head
Tonight is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love - April Wine
Paradise Skies - Max Webster
YYZ - Rush
Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
Having an Average Weekend - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Pain for Pleasure - Sum 41
Nova Heart - The Spoons
Switchin' to Glide - The Kings
and the new classic
Summer Girl - Stereos
:)
I'm so happy that you're acknowledging our musical neighbors to the north, but your list left out all of my favorite Canadian acts like Emm Gryner, Martha & the Muffins, Jane Siberry, Mae Moore, Dalbello, Chantal Kreviazuk just to name a few.
ReplyDelete4am - Our Lady Peace
ReplyDeleteTangerine - Moist
The Grace - Neverending White Lights
Save Your Scissors - City & Colour
Lightning Is My Girl - Auf Der Maur
One More Astronaut - I Mother Earth
Those are the ones that come to mind first thing in the morning before coffee :)
Latest songs added thru Faceboook comments are Roller by April Wine, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot and A Case of You by Diana Krall... keep em comin!
ReplyDeletemost likely the most favourite one in the last 3-4 yrs is "Intervention" by Arcade Fire
ReplyDeleteJust realized there's a serious lack of Barenaked Ladies on this list.
ReplyDeleteIf I Had a Million Dollars
Grade 9
Enid
Yes, more Barenaked Ladies for sure... Brian Wilson, Be My Yoko Ono, Lovers in a Dangerous Time
ReplyDeleteMagic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
ReplyDeleteToday I Hate Everyone - The Killjoys
Home - Chantal Kreviazuk
Surrounded - Chantal Kreviazuk
Before You - Chantal Kreviazuk
Clumsy - Our Lady Peace
Naveed - Our Lady Peace
Superman's Dead - Our Lady Peace
Angel - Sarah McLachlan
Ice Cream - Sarah McLachlan
Sweet Surrender - Sarah McLachlan
List is missing Jeff Healey - Angel Eyes (gone, but not forgotten)
ReplyDeletethanks Sarah and Karen... adding your songs to the list : )
ReplyDeleteConsidering that Canada has NEVER BEFORE had a hot indie rock scene as we do now, here are some indie CAN songs totally worth the mention:
ReplyDeletePiano Piece for Adult Beginners - Woodpidgeon
The Same Things - Band Sinister
Flowers on the Stones - Mark Berube
Body of Years - Mother Mother
14 Forever - Stars
Oceans of Noise - Arcade Fire
(Not) Superstitious - Snailhouse
My Heart is Pinned to Yours ...-The High Dials
Good Days - Fembots
1 2 3 4 - Feist
Nice to see one of my all time favorite singers, Bruce Cockburn, on the list but I'd put Wondering Where the Lions Are and Last Night Of The World. Also for Joni... Coyote is in my all time top 5.
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