Canadian Musical Talent you're proud of.

I'm always so astounded by the musical talent that comes out of Canada. I enjoy the Junos alot more than the Grammys! What are a few of Canadian bands/artists that fill you with pride?...or at least you really really like.

A few of mine:
Tegan and Sara
Hawksley Workman
Sarah Harmer
Crash Test Dummies
Neil Young
Sam Roberts
Bruce Cockburn
Joni Mitchell
Sarah McLachlan
Ashley McIsaac
Joel Kroeker
Chantal Kreviazuk
Metric
Rufus Wainwright
Gordon Lightfoot
Mae Moore
Jann Arden
Randy Bachman (The Guess Who)
*sigh* These are just from the top of my head. I could go on...but I won't.

 

HOW COULD I FORGET The Tea Party????? Okay. Done.

 

there's no accounting for hideous taste, Canada has many good things, music isn't one of them.
without the US and UK, there would only be good classical music.

there were some decent punk bands from vancouver BC.......but then there's Nickleback, Crash Test Dummies, Rush, and that band that sang "its been 5 days since you looked at me...."
EDIT:forgot about Godspeed you black Emperor...I'll give you that one too.

 

dude, that was so rediculously lame, seriously

anyways, some of my favs

Blue Rodeo
The Tragically Hip
Karkwa
The Gandaharvas
King Cobb Steelie
The Rheostatics
The Band
Max Webster
Joni Mitchel
The Sadies
Spirit of the West
Great Big Sea
Ronnie Hawkins
The Irish Decendants
Chilliwack
Rufus Wainwright
Esthero
Broken Social Scene
The Guess Who
Niel Young
Jean Leloup
Leonard Cohen
Bruce Cockburn
Serena Ryder
Stan Rogers
Sloan
Les Cowboy Fringants
Sara Harmer
Hawksley Workman
The Weakerthans
Cuff the Duke
Rascalz
Stompin Tom Connors
The Silver Hearts
Propagandhi
The Trews
Captain Tractor
Sara Slean
K-Os
Andy Stochansky
Sam Roberts
Pilate
Hayden
Nelly Furtado
Buck 65

sadly, I knew that off the top of my head, and the list goes on, and on, and on

 

Nelly Furtado is terrible!


Alright so there a few good ones

i forgot to add also less than Australia and Sweden though......maybe Iceland

 

and less than japan.


You guys didn't even mention DOA...played with a band called the Deadly Snakes from Toronto once, they were OK...there weren't a Hawsley Workman or even a Gordon Lightfoot though.

How come you aren't mentioning Celine Dion?!

 

don;t forget Geddy Lee and the guys from RUSH

 

barenaked Ladies!!!!!

 

I still think my favorite Canadian bands are the Vancouver Canucks and Montreal Canadiennes though....them or Alanis Morrisette

 

billy talent? I'm not like, proud of them, I'm more proud of sarah maclachlin

 

Cryptopsy! Ontario I think.

 

Organized Rhyme (Tom Green's old rap squad)
Avril Lavigne (she's a good musician, just can't listen to it cause it's chick rock)

and i must say this one, most of us here in AB hate nickleback, and all their stupid puns for album names...

 

Nickleback is the worst thing... besides Avril... Likes, oh gawd... It hurts my ears.

And Avril... no, she's not a good musician. Her songs aren't that great.. or even great at all. They're contradicting, immature, and they just plain don't matter. Not to mention the annoying repetitive lyrics again, and again, and again.


"If I had a million dollars... I'd shoot Avril Lavigne, and we could mount her head on your wall."

 

I don't get this mentality, and I'm not referring to your comment exclusively; Why do people find it neccessary to not simply dislike a certain musician (or politician, or athleate, or crazy guy on the street, etc, etc) but go to the extent of demonizing and loathing them. When it comes down to it she's just a young girl with a LOT of personal issues that have come as a result of her fame and the curruptive manner of the industry, and you speak of mounting her head on a wall? get a life dude

 

I prefer DudeTTE

You say that you don't understand why people find it "neccessary to not simply dislike a certain musician (or politician, or athleate, or crazy guy on the street, etc, etc) but go to the extent of demonizing and loathing them. "

You know what I don't understand? Why you would care..
Seriously. I found mounting Avril's head on a wall humorous. It's just an exaggeration of how I dislike her. Get over it. Gawd.

 

how bout the dayglo abortions?
the unicorns?
skinny puppy? (most will probably disagree on this one, but whatever)
the painting daisies?
the be good tanyas?
sarah mclachlan?
annnd...are boards of canada canadian? i assume they are, with "of canada" in their name and all...and they rock.

oh, god. nickleback. the barenaked ladies. i wish these weren't the bands we're most famous for...

 

I've always been a big fan of Our Lady Peace... granted all canadian talent is good, but if I had to pick one, then there you go!

 

Well seriously now, it's a person we're talkin about here, you mention that name and it's synonomos with a living being, that's why I care. It's an automatic reaction, I can't stand it when people put others on pedistools and pervert them into something beyond an individual. Gawd

and sorry, duddette

 

I think if I could only pick one, it would have to be Gordon Lightfoot. His songs are great, and are sometimes overlooked as being other artists just because they were covered by different people (ie. Early Morning Rain).

 

hell sombody has to put in the good word for ole stompin tom conners. never made the radio but 40+years later hes still at it, and a folk music legend for the effort.

i meen where would canada be be without the hocky song, or bud the spud.