Social Gathering/Off Topic Thread

[MadJohnFinn]

Ahahah, yes! Spreading Fearing love wherever I go!

And, ooh, that's a bit of a toughie. There have been a lot of really great new artists to come onto the scene in the past decade, in my opinion, and some great standbys. In answering your question I came up with a long list, so, uh, I'm just going to hit you with youtube links now. :P
Blue Rodeo (country/rock) - Trust Yourself, This Town, Hasn't Hit Me Yet.
Tragically Hip (rock) - It's A Good Life if you Don't Weaken, Music at Work, Poets
Great Big Sea (maritime/rock)- Goin' Up, Lukey, Sea of No Cares, Boston and St. John's
The Weakerthans (indie rock/punk/pop) - Left and Leaving, Watermark, Aside.
Sarah Harmer (folk/pop/rock) - Oleander, Almost, Basement Apartment
Sarah Slean (pop/rock) - Get Home, Universe, Mary
Feist (pop-ish) - 1 2 3 4, My Moon My Man, I Feel It All
Arcade Fire (indie rock/punk/pop) - Rebellion (Lies), Wake Up, My Body is a Cage
City and Colour (acoustic/folk/pop) - Save your Sissors, Sleeping Sickness, Comin' Home
Sam Roberts (indie rock) - Where Have All The Good People Gone?, Don't Walk Away Eileen, Them Kids
Metric (indie rock/pop/new wave) - Help I'm Alive, Combat Baby, Poster of a Girl
Joel Plaskett (folk/acoustic rock) - Through and Through and Through, Nowhere With You, Deny, Deny, Deny
Bedouin Soundclash (reggae) - Walls Fall Down, 12:59 Lullabye, St. Andrews
Matthew Good (alternative/acoustic rock)- Alert Status Red, Weapon, Born Losers, A Silent Army In The Trees
Kardinall Offishal (hip hop/reggae fusion) - Dangerous ft. Akon Clear, Numba 1 ft. Keri Hilson
K-OS (alternative hip hop) - Crabbuckit, Man I Used To Be, 4 3 2 1
Classified (hip hop) - Anybody Listening, Trouble, Up All Night
Shad (hip hop) - The Old Prince Still Lives At Home, Now a Daze, I Heard You Had A Voice Like An Angel

Some old classics:
Stan Rogers - Bluenose, Barrett's Privateers, Northwest Passage
Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (Bonus! Johnny Cash Version), I'll Be Alright

Any Canadians out there want to add to list, add away! I know I've completely bypassed Quebecois music, but I'm not familiar enough with the french-language stuff to make any good recommendations.

Excellent! Thanks for these links. I feel a musical investigation evening coming on. Now, where did I put that deer-stalker?

[agatha marlowe]

Now, where did I put that deer-stalker?

*LOL* Oh man. I, uh, got a bit carried away there.

[MadJohnFinn]

*LOL* Oh man. I, uh, got a bit carried away there.

Not at all! Great list, and just what I was looking for. Plus, I start my on-call week tonight, so I'll be effectively stuck in the house every evening, waiting for the phone to ring. A good long list like this is just the ticket to help wile away the hours.

[MadJohnFinn]

*LOL* Oh man. I, uh, got a bit carried away there.

Eep! Double post. Dratted internet connection!

[MadJohnFinn]

Eep again! Triple post.

[MadJohnFinn]

Ahahah, yes! Spreading Fearing love wherever I go!

And, ooh, that's a bit of a toughie. There have been a lot of really great new artists to come onto the scene in the past decade, in my opinion, and some great standbys. In answering your question I came up with a long list, so, uh, I'm just going to hit you with youtube links now. :P


Blue Rodeo (country/rock) - Trust Yourself, This Town, Hasn't Hit Me Yet.
Tragically Hip (rock) - It's A Good Life if you Don't Weaken, Music at Work, Poets
Great Big Sea (maritime/rock)- Goin' Up, Lukey, Sea of No Cares, Boston and St. John's
The Weakerthans (indie rock/punk/pop) - Left and Leaving, Watermark, Aside.
Sarah Harmer (folk/pop/rock) - Oleander, Almost, Basement Apartment
Sarah Slean (pop/rock) - Get Home, Universe, Mary
Feist (pop-ish) - 1 2 3 4, My Moon My Man, I Feel It All
Arcade Fire (indie rock/punk/pop) - Rebellion (Lies), Wake Up, My Body is a Cage
City and Colour (acoustic/folk/pop) - Save your Sissors, Sleeping Sickness, Comin' Home
Sam Roberts (indie rock) - Where Have All The Good People Gone?, Don't Walk Away Eileen, Them Kids
Metric (indie rock/pop/new wave) - Help I'm Alive, Combat Baby, Poster of a Girl
Joel Plaskett (folk/acoustic rock) - Through and Through and Through, Nowhere With You, Deny, Deny, Deny
Bedouin Soundclash (reggae) - Walls Fall Down, 12:59 Lullabye, St. Andrews
Matthew Good (alternative/acoustic rock)- Alert Status Red, Weapon, Born Losers, A Silent Army In The Trees
Kardinall Offishal (hip hop/reggae fusion) - Dangerous ft. Akon Clear, Numba 1 ft. Keri Hilson
K-OS (alternative hip hop) - Crabbuckit, Man I Used To Be, 4 3 2 1
Classified (hip hop) - Anybody Listening, Trouble, Up All Night
Shad (hip hop) - The Old Prince Still Lives At Home, Now a Daze, I Heard You Had A Voice Like An Angel

Some old classics:
Stan Rogers - Bluenose, Barrett's Privateers, Northwest Passage
Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (Bonus! Johnny Cash Version), I'll Be Alright

Any Canadians out there want to add to list, add away! I know I've completely bypassed Quebecois music, but I'm not familiar enough with the french-language stuff to make any good recommendations.

Must say, I'm having a great time working through this list
Arcade Fire and Metric are favourites so far, but I've still got plenty more to try. And nice to finally hear Gordon Lightfoot's original version of "If You Could Read My Mind", a song I've known for years, but somehow never heard from the mouth of its writer. Hope you don't mind if I say though, I still like Johnny Cash's version a little bit more. He was always The Big Man of American music to me, and damn, I miss him so much.

By the way, ever heard of Scott Walker? Massively talented (and so good looking you want to punch him out of sheer jealousy ) American singer / songwriter, who came over to the UK in the 60's, had huge acclaim in The Walker Brothers with pop ballads like "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", then went solo, exploring the best of European songwriters and his own writing talents - such as his masterful English version of Jacques Brel's "If You Go away", and this lovely little thing.

[agatha marlowe]

Ooo, that's a beautiful rendition of 'If You Go Away'. No, I hadn't heard of Scott Walker 'till now, I absolutely will dig 'im up, though! Great tip.

And as for the Lightfoot song... *LOL* I'm embaressed to admit, every time I hear that song - no matter who is singing it or how - this disco rendition from '98 is the first thing I think of. I can't help it! I was 14, and it just... stuck!

[MadJohnFinn]

Ooo, that's a beautiful rendition of 'If You Go Away'. No, I hadn't heard of Scott Walker 'till now, I absolutely will dig 'im up, though! Great tip.

And as for the Lightfoot song... *LOL* I'm embaressed to admit, every time I hear that song - no matter who is singing it or how - this disco rendition from '98 is the first thing I think of. I can't help it! I was 14, and it just... stuck!

Glad you liked him. A quick word of warning though. If you do start buying his stuff, start with the 60's and early 70's material. From the late 70's on, he gets more and more experimental, and more of an acquired taste. I'm not saying don't go for the later stuff, just be aware that it's about as far away from classic pop / rock as you could get.

[JumpingJupiter]

Hell yes! Tragically Hip!

More Canadian goodness.

Grim Skunk and Groovy Aardvark are pretty awesome bands from Québec. Also Bran Van 3000 aka Bran Van. Also, from the Maritimes, check out Sloan, Eric's Trip, Elevator, Peter Parkers.

Also Rheostatics, Voivod, Guess Who, Rush, Neil Young,

If I think of anymore I'll post 'em.

[MadJohnFinn]

Hell yes! Tragically Hip!

More Canadian goodness.

Grim Skunk and Groovy Aardvark are pretty awesome bands from Québec. Also Bran Van 3000 aka Bran Van. Also, from the Maritimes, check out Sloan, Eric's Trip, Elevator, Peter Parkers.

Also Rheostatics, Voivod, Guess Who, Rush, Neil Young,

If I think of anymore I'll post 'em.

Cool! Thanks for the tips!

[JumpingJupiter]

Broken Social Scene, Bare Naked Ladies, Thrush Hermit,

lots more...

[MadJohnFinn]

Hell yes! Tragically Hip!

More Canadian goodness.

Grim Skunk and Groovy Aardvark are pretty awesome bands from Québec. Also Bran Van 3000 aka Bran Van. Also, from the Maritimes, check out Sloan, Eric's Trip, Elevator, Peter Parkers.

Also Rheostatics, Voivod, Guess Who, Rush, Neil Young,

If I think of anymore I'll post 'em.

Great stuff! Thank you!

[MadJohnFinn]

By the way; "Bonk", "The Man Who Married Music" and "Dead Witch Walking" all arrived from Amazon yesterday. I'm looking forward to piling through them, once I'm off-call (I find I just can't concentrate on anything when I'm waiting for the phone to ring - still the overtime's good...)

[cale]

Grim Skunk and Groovy Aardvark are pretty awesome bands from Québec. Also Bran Van 3000 aka Bran Van. Also, from the Maritimes, check out Sloan, Eric's Trip, Elevator, Peter Parkers.

[Gail Simone]

I just bought the DJ HERO game last night despite not having much interest in hip hop. It is a BLAST. Way more fun than the last Guitar Hero.