Here are the worst offenders:
"Photograph" - Nickelback (I don't get it. Americans lap this shit up. In Canada, we hear it on radio because it's the fucking law.)
"Santa Monica" - Theory Of A Deadman
"On My Own" - Hedley
"When The Night Feels My Song" - Bedouin Soundclash (sucks SO hard)
"Bad Day" - Daniel Powter (AAAAUGH! Someone make it stop! Shake a jar of pennies at it!)
"Run" - Rex Goudie (does the term "fucktard" mean anything to you?)
"Single" - Kalan Porter (Canadian Idol needs to go away. Now.)
"Old Skool Love" - Divine Brown (Great. Not only are we recognizing stolen melodies, but also poor spelling.)
previous rants about the machine of Canadian musical mediocrity:
Bed-o-win Sound-torture
I'm not the only one...
I'm not alone:
craptastic.com
"I want to destroy Nickelback" - Kickass!
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Maybe though, I'm just lucky.
Thanks for your comments btw, you are too kind as always.
The reason I don't listen to the radio.
Because I'm too cool for school.
I HATE THEM!
I HOPE THAT THE POLAR BEARS IN CANADA BIT THEIR FACES OFF FOR EMBARASSING CANADIA!
I do however dislike award shows ('cept for the MTV Movie Awards 'cause they're always funny)
Feist's album is amazing, though. I highly recommend it.
I got my first real six string
Bought it at the five and dime
Played it til my fingers bled
Was the summer of '69
Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far
But when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you - ya
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Back in the summer of '69
Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no...
And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six string
I think about ya'n wonder what went wrong
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Back in the summer of '69
Canada ROCKS, not.
There is this nuts guy who imitates him in a Tv late night show, he makes himself called: Michael chiclé! and that is coz we do have a chewing gum brand over here very similar to his last name
jajajaja! and chewing gum in spanish is "chicle", so yeah...that makes it Michael chewing gum!! ;-P
Michael, it's what the rest of us are doing when we hear your rendition of "Save the Last Dance For Me"
btw
I never "project." I simply engage in passive-aggressive behaviour, laced with long episodes of avoidance-coping...
They're just an average rock band -- so why do people like Barrett say that they despise them? They at least deserve the respect that they made this all happen for themselves -- not relying on a record label to release their first album (which went on to sell a ridiculous number of copies).
And what is wrong with Bedouin Soundclash? Again, I'm not a huge fan, but their sound is definitely a refreshing alternative to the status quo.
But, ignoring all this, why are you bothering to enumerate the songs on CD anyway? After all, without even looking, one can infer from the Juno in Juno Awards 2006 that the CD is going to blow. Do the Juno Awards ever commemorate any artists worth a second glance?
I despise Nickelback because I can't stand their sound. Plus, I want several large clipper-wielding lesbians to sit on Chad Kroeger and give him a fucking haircut.
Bedoin Soundclash are exactly the type of Toronto-spawned dreck that the Shuffle Demons were in the '80s. They're contrived, and sound like alleycats fucking.
As for past Juno winners, some that I'd say are second-glance worthy (or have proven themselves to be) include Ron Sexsmith, Sam Roberts, The Tragically Hip, Sarah McLachlan, Rush, Blue Rodeo...
See for yourself at http://www.junoawards.ca/ARC_results.php
But that's what I don't understand. They sound just like every other average rock band out there, yet for some reason everyone seems to pick on them. Don't get me wrong -- I'm by no means a Nickelback apologist. But I'm just curious. Very much agreed on the hair issue, though.
"As for past Juno winners, some that I'd say are second-glance worthy (or have proven themselves to be) include Ron Sexsmith, Sam Roberts, The Tragically Hip, Sarah McLachlan, Rush, Blue Rodeo..."
True on all accounts. But it seems that, more often than not, artists like Simple Plan are taking home awards rather than those actually meriting an award.
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In what may fall under the category of "flogging a dead horse," I might not ever donate money to my alma mater again.