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Old 12-13-2020, 08:24 PM   #1181
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With the announcement of the Cleveland Indians changing their name I figured I'd post this since I love the song and always wondered.

I always thought Gord was indicting the Indians baseball organization in a song that is otherwise a punch to the face of white Canada and our institutionalized racism towards our Indigenous population, without directly naming the team. World Container. I did some searching and couldn't really find any other major musical or political references to Cleveland involving indie smash.
I would think that lyric means be an indie (independent) band smash (success)

Don't think Gord would use the word indie to mean indian.
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