50 All-time Canadian Songs....??.....

[ForeverAutumn]

This is a pretty narrow list, IMHO. But it's about what I expected it to be. Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Rush, The Guess Who...all classic Canadian acts well known by the masses. I was a little surprised to see Kim Mitchell and David Wilcox missing from the list. C'mon, Patio Lanterns not a great Canadian Song? Downtown Came Uptown? Bah, humbug! What about April Wine or Loverboy? And Alanis Morissette would never make it onto any list of mine, unless it was "the 10 most annoying voices".

The biggest suprise to me was that there are no Shania Twain or Celine Dion tunes on that list (Celine's tunes may not qualify as "Canadian" but Shania's would).

Martha and the Muffins and Men Without Hats definately don't belong there. I think that the above mentioned Mitchell and Wilcox tunes are far more deserving. And if I were gonna pick a Blue Rodeo song, it probably wouldn't be Hasn't Hit Me Yet (in fact, I can't even think of what that song sounds like). Bulletproof or Diamond Mine were both far more impactful.

I find it interesting that there are only two songs on that list from 2000+. It would be interesting to see the demographics of the people voting. My guess is not to many people under 30.

I'm disappointed in that list. I wish that I had known about this. I would have voted for some much cooler tunes.

[N. Abstentia]

PFHHHTHTHHTHTTT.

Everybody knows the best Canadian song EVER is 'Take Off' by Bob & Doug Mckenzie w/Geddy Lee.

Duhr.

[DarrenH]

I thought they were very popular in Canada.

Rush wasn't mentioned until #33? Aren't they like gods in Canada.

[ForeverAutumn]

I thought they were very popular in Canada.

Rush wasn't mentioned until #33? Aren't they like gods in Canada.

Like Saga, many years ago, The Tea Party have a very loyal following, but I wouldn't call them "popular". Bands like The Tragically Hip and Nickelback are much more mainstream and better known. I would have expected to see Nickelback on that list before I would expect to see The Tea Party (although, Tea Party are far superior IMHO).

Yes, Rush are gods to the many faithful. That's one of the reasons why I wondered about the demographics of the pollees. It's a very Middle of the Road list, eh.

[audiobill]

PFHHHTHTHHTHTTT.

Everybody knows the best Canadian song EVER is 'Take Off' by Bob & Doug Mckenzie w/Geddy Lee.

Duhr.

Good call, eh!! Ya hozer.