Celebrity Croakers 2017
Oct 20th 2017, 2:09 pm
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Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017
I will admit to agreeing with the last bit. It has been the grounds for my almost life long appreciation of Dylan. But, quite frankly, Tragically Hip were,,, well just tragic, exactly because their lyrics were designed to appeal to Canadians.
If I was forced to chose a Canadian, it would be Leonard Cohen.
If I was forced to chose a Canadian, it would be Leonard Cohen.
Oct 20th 2017, 2:12 pm
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Re: Celebrity Croakers 2017
I will admit to agreeing with the last bit. It has been the grounds for my almost life long appreciation of Dylan. But, quite frankly, Tragically Hip were,,, well just tragic, exactly because their lyrics were designed to appeal to Canadians.
If I was forced to chose a Canadian, it would be Leonard Cohen.
If I was forced to chose a Canadian, it would be Leonard Cohen.
Oct 20th 2017, 2:15 pm
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Yes....once you take the “Canadianess“ out of it.....the tragically hip are really not that good, most of us on here seem to have the same opinion, we are all Brits that grew up to a different soundtrack...so we are not sold on the memories and Canadian fervour of it all, we hear it for what it is. Average at best.
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Oct 20th 2017, 3:53 pm
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I'd go with Stompin' Tom Connors.....
Oct 20th 2017, 4:07 pm
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Oct 20th 2017, 6:35 pm
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Oct 20th 2017, 8:08 pm
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Oct 20th 2017, 8:13 pm
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Oct 20th 2017, 8:30 pm
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Oh, the good old hockey game... it's the best game you can name...
Oct 20th 2017, 8:34 pm
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Bud the Spud was his biggest hit, I think. There were some darker bits about Tom, but his body of work stands as important, especially from the Maritimes through Ontario, maybe skipping over Quebec. I like the Ketchup Song.
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Oct 21st 2017, 12:14 am
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My neighbor in Toronto had been a bluesman for a long time. When I lived next door he was host of the blues hour on Q107 and had a bar band. He'd toured with Stompin' Tom and complained about having to drink a 2-4 each night. Not the volume but the fact that Tom drank Molson so the backing band had to drink Molson. I'm indebted to him for the knowledge that the roughest bar in Canada in which to play blues is the Wawa Motor Inn, it's on my bucket list.
Oct 25th 2017, 3:03 pm
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Nov 1st 2017, 1:37 pm
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Not a celebrity as such, but a pivotal figure in the history of the British car industry...Red Robbo: Trade unionist Derek Robinson dies, aged 90 - BBC News
Nov 1st 2017, 3:59 pm
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Not a celebrity as such, but a pivotal figure in the history of the British car industry...Red Robbo: Trade unionist Derek Robinson dies, aged 90 - BBC News