Showing posts with label Best and Worst of Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best and Worst of Canada. Show all posts

Sunday, July 1, 2012

The Best (and Worst) of Canadian Music

Happy Canada Day! In celebration, I've made a list of the finest (and most embarassing) musicians and bands hailing from the Great White North. Make sure you grab a poutine before reading.

The Best:
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - "Taking Care of Business" says it all
Website: www.bachmanandturner.com
Twitter: @randycbachman

Tragically Hip - They're from my university town and they turned out some pretty sweet jams, so what's not to love about them?
Twitter: @thehipdotcom
Website: www.thehip.com

Barenaked Ladies - "But not a real green dress, that's cruel"
Website: http://barenakedladies.com/
Twitter: @barenakedladies

Neil Young - "Bruce Springsteen?! He's like the American Neil Young" - Robyn, from How I Met Your Mother
Website: http://www.neilyoung.com/index2.html

Rush - One word: "YYZ"
Twitter: @rushtheband
Website: www.rush.com

Bryan Adams - Yes, he's got the sappy tunes, but you gotta admit, "Summer of '69" is an awesome song!
Website: www.bryanadams.com

The Tragically Hip's album Up to Here (1989)

The Worst:
Nickelback
Celine Dion
Justin Bieber
Avril Lavigne

I think the above artists need no explanation as to why they are all embarrassments to Canada.
That's about it today. Time to grab a Blue and a poutine and celebrate Canada's birthday!