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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Not a Nickleback fan either, but they have probably had more success internationally than they had in Canada. They blew up fast in the States before the CRTC could really prop them up (having a song on the Spiderman soundtrack probably did more for them than anything). Although being a popular Canadian rock band with international success does make the easy go-to CRTC filler.
Canadian music acts likes Justin Beiber, Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Michael Buble and Nickleback seemed to do it without the CRTC.
Does anyone outside of Canada actually care about The Tragically Hip? I actually don't hate them... I find them OK, but I do think they are really lucky to have had the career and longevity they did due to the CRTC.
Sort of OT, but a couple of years ago I was overseas and met some Australians. They were going on about how awesome Australia is, as Australians tend to do. After naming off the 10 or 15 most famous Australian bands, they asked me what music groups ever came from Canada. I was really surprised that they knew of Sloan and Our Lady Peace but they never heard of the Hip.
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This is just a personal observation and while dated, it should have some validity in the discussion.
In the Autumn of 1999 myself and "Madam eX" did a month long tour down the Pacific Coast Highway from Washington State to Central California. Done in true Canadian "style". Camping #### in the back of the Nissan 240SX, $4000 in the bank and away we go...
Every evening, we get into the campground, set up, head into the bush to scavenge up the deadfall (true Canadians don't PAY for firewood), get the burn going... and fire up the stereo.
An interesting social experiment... as it was always grooving Canadian music that Americans had NEVER heard. There were always those other folks in the camp grounds that gravitated to what we had going on- and felt
drawn to come and check it out. It became a game for us and it was a hella pile of fun to move it 100 K's every day and do it all over again.
The Soundtrack was centered around "Road Apples"/"Fully Completely", Kim Mitchell's "ITCH"/ "Shaking like a Human Being" and a couple of Jack Semple discs that I bought, back when he used to do the Melrose etc on 17th ave.
Many American jaws hanging down to the ground. The common comment?
"Wow bro, this is awesome music...why have I never heard this before?"
Time and place must be taken into consideration here but these people were BLOWN AWAY by music that we generally take for granted. And it was the same thing every night...like I said? We made a game out of it.
It always went on until the last beer was gone and the last doob was down to a roach.
And it was fun.
And they loved the tunes.
And there was much rejoicing...
