Who is the greatest/best Canadian musician of all time?

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namkcuR said:
Alanis Morissette?
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I'm a fan, but she is in dire need of a album to get her career back on track. She's already exhausted live dvds, greatest hits, unplugged, Bside compilations and re-recording an acoustic version of her biggest album.

There's one huge Canadian artist who I can't even remember her name. She wrote a wackload of hits for Sinatra.
 
And not the best by a long shot, but I always loved Denny Doherty's voice. In a lot of ways, he was one of the prime voices of the 60's for me.
 
socceroo said:
The Tea Party/Jeff Martin ... Hell yeah! #1
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They were actually pretty good :up: Lead by the Canadian Jim Morrison! They were one of the first bands I saw in a club. Almost blew the roof off.

snowbunny00774 said:

i cannot stand neil young. I know I fail at music for this but I.just.hear.it.like.nails.on.a.chalkboard.
The lyrics are fine...just the singing :coversears:
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Yeah, I can see how he'd be an acquired taste for some :wink:

Interesting that you mention the lyrics, however. It's one of the biggest reasons I'm a fan. So direct, personal, and many times, political. This song was written years ago, but it really resonates today, in my opinion. At the beginning, I think about September 11th...and it just branches off from there into something very powerful.

It's also about the guitar for me, and the cadence and rhythm of his songs while he's playing it. The first Neil song I ever heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKq21GaXURM

"The little creatures run in from the cold..." :drool:
 
Since we're posting clips now...

Quietly stealing the show in The Last Waltz, backed by guests of honor The Band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZcK48cTiU

Also from The Last Waltz, doing background vocals for a totally zonked-out Neil Young. Amazing. Fans of either will love this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxGcAm0EkTU

Not for everyone, but if you know the song (which supposedly inspired Zeppelin's Going to California) you'll def love it. On the Johnny Cash show...the voice, the playing, the lyrics...fantastic.

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

And a later-period, sexy performance from an Amnesty International concert:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU_qzTpoqpo
 
lazarus said:
Since we're posting clips now...

Quietly stealing the show in The Last Waltz, backed by guests of honor The Band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZcK48cTiU

Also from The Last Waltz, doing background vocals for a totally zonked-out Neil Young. Amazing. Fans of either will love this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxGcAm0EkTU

Not for everyone, but if you know the song (which supposedly inspired Zeppelin's Going to California) you'll def love it. On the Johnny Cash show...the voice, the playing, the lyrics...fantastic.

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

And a later-period, sexy performance from an Amnesty International concert:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU_qzTpoqpo
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Great clips, lazarus :up:

I've never seen the Helpless clip before. :drool: Neil does look somewhat artificially happy in that one. :wink:

The Joni clips are also amazing. I can really hear a Zeppelin connection. As I was listening, I was also thinking about Heart...Nancy Wilson sounds like she may have been influenced by her, as well.

One more Neil-related clip: Radiohead, covering After The Gold Rush. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDXi6mCNzp8 It cuts off just before Everything in Its Right Place kicks in...but I love it. :heart:
 
"When filming the motion picture The Last Waltz, Young appeared on stage with one nostril clearly filled with cocaine. Bandleader Robbie Robertson later had to pay several thousand dollars for the cocaine to be Rotoscoped out of the film, lest rock audiences be "offended." Robertson called it "the most expensive cocaine I've ever bought." When asked about the incident many years later, Young replied, "I'm not proud of that.""

Link: http://www.canadiancontent.net/people/music/Neil-Young.html (nothing exciting in the link. Jus crediting the source.)

"The cocaine booger hanging on to Neil Young’s nose hair is particularly impressive, as is the illegal smile, which couldn’t have been wiped of his face with a belt sander." (hollywood hangover)
 
TranceEnding said:



yay, somebody here likes 'em too :hyper:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCye7v79Tz0

one of my favourite videos :)
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wow - I never even thought of looking these guys up on youtube.

I've seen them live about 15 times, and I don't watch much so have never actually seen a video.


big big fan of them live :drool: they leave you with an undescribible (sp) (but hot) feeling :drool:
 
snowbunny00774 said:



wow - I never even thought of looking these guys up on youtube.

I've seen them live about 15 times, and I don't watch much so have never actually seen a video.


big big fan of them live :drool: they leave you with an undescribible (sp) (but hot) feeling :drool:
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may I commend you on your excellent taste :wink:

I've been a huge fan for years, and lucky for us down here in Aussie, it was like the Tea Party's home away from home, so I also got to see them live a number of times .. absolutely brilliant .. and yes :drool: When the band split, I was sooo disappointed, mainly because I knew I'd probably never see them again in concert :sad:

I recommend checking out Jeff Martin's shows if you ever get the chance ... seen him a number of times in the past year or so, and it's good to see him developing a solo career :D

Anyway, nice to meet a fellow fan! :)
 
I was reading a posting in more than one thread at a time.

I was supposed to reply that in the "Should Bono follow the Silverfox Adam with hairdye" thread.
 
snowbunny00774 said:


no need to be so judgemental :tsk:
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I think I've got a right...let's see...first performance of his I saw was...1986/7...my high school gym in Bracebridge...and yeah, he was hammered..then again, so was I.

I think they have him in permanent residence at The Kee...hooked up with an IV drip of Johnny Walker

:lmao:


(im just kiddin, he's a great performer)
 
lazarus said:
Since we're posting clips now...

Quietly stealing the show in The Last Waltz, backed by guests of honor The Band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZcK48cTiU

Also from The Last Waltz, doing background vocals for a totally zonked-out Neil Young. Amazing. Fans of either will love this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxGcAm0EkTU

Not for everyone, but if you know the song (which supposedly inspired Zeppelin's Going to California) you'll def love it. On the Johnny Cash show...the voice, the playing, the lyrics...fantastic.

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

And a later-period, sexy performance from an Amnesty International concert:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU_qzTpoqpo
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THose clips are worth reposting....

Robbie looks pretty lit up too!

Awesome stuff, thanks!
 
Neil Young
Tragically Hip
Matthew Good
Tom Cochrane and Red Rider
Bruce Cockburn
Robbie Robertson - his debut solo record was deadly
Sam Roberts - only 2 cds so far but he is fucking awesome!!!!!
Glenn Gould
Sloan
Chiliwack, April Wine, Loverboy and Trooper had some fun tunes too
 
elevated_u2_fan said:


Chris Isaak is not Canadian but the Cowboy Junkies are...

Their version of Sweet Jane = :drool:
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Oops. Somehow I got the idea that Chris was Canadian. :reject:
Anyway, yeah... the CJ version of Sweet Jane is one of my all time favorite songs.
 
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