Best Canadian Song Of All Time?

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Scornfire

The Shade - Metric

I like Metric but Pagans in Vegas was a total letdown for me.

[CliffFletcher]

Best Canadian Songs:

Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Gordon Lightfoot

Helpless - Neil Young

Sudbury Saturday Night - Stompin' Tom Connors

Wheat Kings - Tragically Hip


Best songs by Canadian artists:

Clouds - Joni Mitchell

Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young

No Sugar Tonight - Guess Who

Hasn't Hit Me Yet - Blue Rodeo

Home for a Rest - Spirit of the West

Fully Completely - Tragically Hip

Letter from an Occupant - The New Pornographers

I Feel It All - Feist

A Mirror Without - Royal Wood

Blurry Nights - Hayden

[Coach]

It may not be the greatest, but certainly one of the most popular.

[troutman]

[OMG!WTF!]

Originally Posted by MattyC

It may not be the greatest, but certainly one of the most popular.

That video still influences my sunglasses purchases to this day.

[KTrain]

Paul Anka is a legend.

Put Your Head on My Shoulder
You Are My Destiny
Lonely Boy
Diana

[macker]

Have seen all of these songs live at one point or another in Calgary :
Brian Adams : Cuts like a knife
Treble Charger : Red
Sam Roberts : Brother Down
Tariq : Chevrolet Way
The Rural Alberta Advantage : The Ballad of the RAA
Elliott Brood : Without Again
Japandroids : Wet Hair
Blue Rodeo : Rose Colored Glasses
Pure : Anna Is A Speed Freak
Sloan : The Other Man
Hayden : As Bad As They Seem
Kim Mitchell : Easy To Tame
Platinum Blonde : Standing In The Dark
Honeymoon Suite : Stay In The Light
The Tragically Hip : Nautical Disaster
Corey Hart : Never Surrender
Wil : Roam (Travel Alberta Promo Song)
Tom Cochrane : Big League
54-40 : One Gun
Neil Young : Unknown Legend
Gowan : A Criminal Mind (At Calaway Park)
Rheostatics : Claire

Richer for having seen them

Not on the live list Joni Mitchell, The Grapes Of Wrath, Northern Pikes, Corb Lund, Chalk Circle, Frozen Ghost, Rush, Joel Plaskett, Dan Mangan

[direwolf]

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Asking for the best is such an unfair question. Music is so subjective.

I love how posters were saying The Tragically Hip without putting a song until someone said "At The Hundredth Meridian" at which point they got jumped on as "that's not even the best Hip song" as the previous posters knew that would be the response.

Some of my favourite Canadian songs that have yet to be listed:

"Courage (For Hugh MacLennan)" ~ The Tragically Hip
"Rebellion (Lies, Lies)" ~ The Arcade Fire
"Your Ex-Lover is Dead" ~ Stars
"The Island" ~ The Barra MacNeils
"Good in Everyone" ~ Sloan
"Highway of Heros" ~ The Trews
"Brian Wilson" ~ The Barenaked Ladies

Basically the entire Ashtray Rock album by Joel Plaskett

Does "Wagon Wheel" by Matt Andersen count? Yes it's over played, and yes it's written by Bob Dylan, but Matt's is the best version, the website www.StopPlayingWagonWheel.com agrees. I can understand why it wouldn't.

That's off the top of my head, excluding songs already listed.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

oh goodness no

I threw that song in on purpose as I knew a senior member like yourself would spot it

[snootchiebootchies]

Here are a few more. Again, just focusing on songs from bands/artists who have not yet been mentioned in this thread.

Handsome Furs - I'm Confused
Handsome Furs - Serve the People
Pluto - Paste
Junior Boys - In the Morning
You Say Party! We Say Die! - Don't Wait Up
National Dust - Tragedy Ann
A Silver Mt. Zion - Sitting in the Middle of Three Galloping Dogs
Islands - Volcanoes
Kiesza - Hideaway
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
Sunset Rubdown - The Empty Threats of Little Lord
Glueleg - Heroic Doses
King Cobb Steelie - Rational
Mac Demarco - My Kind of Woman
Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in LA
Tricky Woo - Liberty Drawl
Local Rabbits - Play On
Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars - Dance Music
Earthquake Pills - Invisible/Invincible
Plumtree - Scott Pilgrim
Straight - Vacant
Peaches - Lovertits
D.O.A. (w/ Jello Biafra) - Full Metal Jackoff
Sarah McLachlan - Hold On
Purity Ring - Bodyache
METZ - West Blanket
Bahamas - All the Time
Born Ruffians - The Ballad of Bruce Moose

[Party Elephant]

Helix was a f***in awesome concert, f*** I sold a lot of dope there. They got these lyrics like "Gimme an R O C K", and the crowd yells "ROCK" really loud. Now that's a f***ing rock concert!

[Timbo]

What no mention of I'se The B'y!

Spoiler!

I'se The B'y that builds the boat and
I'se The B'y that sails her and
I'se The B'y that catches the fish and
Brings 'em home to Liza

CHORUS:
Hip-yer-partner Sally Tibbo
Hip-yer-partner Sally Brown
Fogo, Twillingate, Morton's Harbour,
All around the circle
Sods and rinds to cover your flake,
Cake and tea for supper
Cod fish in the spring of the year,
Fried in maggoty butter

CHORUS

I don't want your maggoty fish
They're no good for winter
Well I can buy as good as that,
Way down in Bonavista!

CHORUS

I took Liza to a dance,
As fast as she can travel,
And every step that she could take,
Was up to her knees in gravel

CHORUS

Susan White she's outta sight,
Her petticoat wants a border,
Well old Sam Oliver in the dark,
He kissed her in the corner!

CHORUS

I'se The B'y that builds the boat and
I'se The B'y that sails her and
I'se The B'y that catches the fish and
Brings 'em home to Liza

[OMG!WTF!]

I just came across this beauty at a rare album auction...a 1960's psychedelic band from Quebec with a rollicking cover of Kentucky Woman by Neil Diamond...



16:18 for Kentucky Woman. Can't say it's my fav but it's new to me.

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by Party Elephant

Helix was a f***in awesome concert, f*** I sold a lot of dope there. They got these lyrics like "Gimme an R O C K", and the crowd yells "ROCK" really loud. Now that's a f***ing rock concert!

"I'm not givin' ANYONE a f***in' 'R'..."

[Hockey_Ninja]

[Muffins]

I almost forgot about these guys..

[Magnum PEI]

Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja

I like the In Living Color parody.

[V]

Has there not been a Matt Good mention yet? I'll go with Avalanche.

Also Ian Tyson - Four Strong Winds

[FlamesAddiction]