67 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  5. Wrong again lance. Trooper? Really? God there are probably a dozen or more bands better than those clowns.
    BTW here’s an amazing stat a friend related to me yesterday:
    Nickelback is “…the second best-selling foreign act in the U.S. of the 2000s, behind The Beatles”
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelback
    Fifty million albums. They get no respect.

  7. Why the hate for the Hip? Gord Downie was an honest guy who cared about what was important to him.
    He did not get any “artist grants” from the government. He paid his way. He was an honest poet and singer.
    Fine. You did not buy his music. Many of us did. And not everyone is an engineer or firefighter(basement savers) or plumber. The classic noblemen around here.
    He earned his living and his fame and the respect he received from Canadians for his work.
    This is different than making fun of someone for liking and voting Liberal. Don’t hate.

  8. I totally agree with you. I don’t like ”Tragically Hip” type of music. But I do like people who devote their lives to a worthy cause.

  12. I’m not a fan of the Tragically Hip either.
    Trooper is OK, but I’d rather have April Wine or Harlequin any day.
    Oh and have you forgotten about BTO? Shame!

  15. My adult daughter and I just had a discussion about Tragically Hip. She worked for 5-6 years in NYC (making her mark) … and ended up falling in with a group of very close friends who were all Canadians … my daughter, being a really honest, straightforward, friendly, type … resonated well with the Canadian boys (and girls). Well, she just told me that her Facebook was a weepy mess from all her Canadian buds who,she keeps up with. They were all HARD HIT by Gord’s passing. She said they were virtually inconsolable. My daughter (who has a broadly diverse knowledge and love of music) said she never really “got” their love of Tragically Hip … which they played constantly … but really respected their devotion to this Canadian Band. I guess her friends all have the emotional constitutions of PM Socks … I wonder if anyone of them knows what a rock solid conservative she is? I’ve met her Canadian friends on several occasions … (great people) and would never mock their emotional reaction to TH … but they aren’t PM … which is another matter altogether.

  16. Prism
    Barney Bental
    Streetheart
    Rush (greatest Canadian band ever, with the world’s best drummer and lyricist)
    Tom Cochrane (Red Rider and Tom is without a doubt a great poet)
    Trooper
    April Wine
    The Guess Who
    Chilliwack
    Mashmakhan
    Toronto
    Headpins(or any band with too loud McLeod, rip Brian)
    Loverboy
    Pepper Tree (Brian again)
    Jeff Healy
    My apologies to the many, many talented musicians I have left out.
    All of these bands were/are superior in talent and ability than the Hip. Gen Xers are the most musically stunted generation of all time. Gord Downey’s bleating voice was cringeworthy. His song writing skills mediocre. His performance at Live 8 set my nerves on edge.
    Sympathy to the family, but Canada’s greatest? Not by a long shot.

  17. Jordan Peterson: Las Vegas Shooting and Gun Control
    PhilosophyInsights
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2yeFWNyLKw
    ————————————————————-
    Larry- A concise summary of what we know so far with a rational
    analysis.
    The Las Vegas shooter designed a scenario to maximize
    publicity and notoriety.
    The MSM ate it up like the low I.Q. sharks that they are.
    The advice to not sensationalize/publicize the identity
    of the culprit is similar to that given after the FBI psychiatrist
    analysis after interviewing surviving skyjackers in the 60s when
    that phenomena occurred.
    At the time many TV news editors followed his advice and there was
    a major drop in the phenomena.

  19. Greg from Calgary beat me to it…
    I don’t think it’s even close, best Canadian band ever is Rush.
    Most albums sold. Most devoted fans. Most gold albums.
    Generally, no respect.
    The only worthwhile thing Steven Colbert ever did was have them on his show and give a great big WTF? as to why they weren’t in the hall of fame.

  21. “‘How could I burn fellow believers?’
    Read a real-time account of the Auschwitz gas chambers, hidden for more than 70 years
    ‘A person produced only about half an okka (640 grams) of ashes, bones that the Germans forced us to crush, to then press through a coarse sieve'”
    http://nationalpost.com/news/world/how-could-i-burn-fellow-believers-read-a-real-time-account-of-the-auschwitz-gas-chambers-hidden-for-more-than-70-years
    …-
    “Spanish newspaper: Europe got Muslims for Jews”
    “The truth must be told! All European life died in Auschwitz
    By Sebastian Vilar Rodrigez*
    I walked down the street in Barcelona, and suddenly discovered a terrible truth – Europe died in Auschwitz.
    We killed six million Jews and replaced them with 20 million Muslims. In Auschwitz we burned a culture, thought, creativity, and talent. We destroyed the chosen people, truly chosen, because they produced great and wonderful people who changed the world.”
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1531607/posts

  22. Well, these Totally Hip threads have proven what I have thought for decades now.
    The absolute BEST kept Canadian rock’n’roll secret is SAGA. They have created an immensely diverse body of work over many decades so even a couple songs won’t tell you much, but here’s two of my faves of their more recent tunes…
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v7Mo4qrCU0
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn5Ce7IpeXo
    And, as with most of the bands discussed here, if you’re not going to crank up the volume and bass, don’t bother listening.
    Autoguy, Rush are indeed Rock Gods.

  23. AGW RIP.
    …-
    “Africa’s Largest Wind Power Plant Rejected By Kenya”
    “… Kenya is proving to be a very difficult place and besides the grid is too weak to absorb all the power produced and therefore mini-grids is the solution right now.”
    Kenyan officials are reported to have seen issues with the plants viability. The officials argued that the power plant would leave the country with excess power thus forcing consumers to pay billions annually for under utilized electricity. According to the official, it would defeat the purpose of clean cheap energy.”
    https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/africas-largest-wind-power-plant-rejected-by-kenya/

  24. I drove from Timmins to Toronto several years ago with a Russian colleague who asked to listen to “Canadian” music. Luckily the radio stations in Northern Ontario played almost entirely Canadian content. Jan Arden, Rush, the Hip, Trooper, Anne Murray, Neil Young, Celine Dione, April Wine, Tom Cochrane.
    Also some Foreigner, Styx and other bands he hadn’t heard of (I know these are not Canadian).
    When we hit Toronto he went out and bought a lot of music.
    The Hip were good but Rush is a world class band with an amazing drummer.
    More recently I listened to an interview with an apparently famous Canadian band I had never heard of. Their music was excellent. One comment they made was that 15 years ago they would release CDs and the checks (not huge) would start rolling in. In their latest release on iTunes they had over 1 million hits and $4,000 in royalties. They haven’t figured out how to make money in the digital online world so they reverted back to a Toronto band.

  25. BTW, another kick-ass Canadian rock band that got NO mention here is The Tea Party. Bonham style heavy drumming, extremely creative writing, a lead singer who looks AND kinda sounds like Jim Morrison, they have been described as a cross between Led Zeppelin and The Doors. They broke up years ago but reformed recently, having had some great hits in the 90’s, here is one of them…
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuKwRLJUrEY
    Ha, my taste in rock music is definitely “harder” and more adventurous than most my fellow SDA’ers. In my almost 15 yrs visiting here, I don’t believe a single one of my fave bands has ever been featured in all the selections the Reader Tips have offered. Personally, I have had little patience for commercial rock that still seems to be constructed around making radio stations happy.

  27. HillBilly Show.
    h/t AGW RIP. Da!
    …-
    “Report: Bill Clinton Asked Permission from Hillary’s State Dept. to Meet with Russian Nuclear Officials at Time of Uranium Deal” (bloomberg)
    …-
    “Thirty-one degrees below zero in Siberia”
    “In Evenkia’s capital, Tura, the temperature dropped to -26°C in the morning. However, the lowest temperature in Russia over the past 24 hours, -31°C, was recorded at the weather station of Kerbo, located slightly south of Tura.”
    https://www.iceagenow.info/thirty-one-degrees-zero-siberia/#more-23252

  29. PET POT Cemetery Report.
    Justine Liberal ask, Is anyone mourning with Moi for Moi’s late FMin Morneau this morning? Do $65Million/year qualify for pogey?
    …-
    “Morneau’s firm doing work for the feds
    Has contract with Bank of Canada worth more than $8M
    New details uncovered by the Toronto Sun show that Morneau Shepell — the firm founded by the father of Finance Minister Bill Morneau — has a contract with the Bank of Canada worth over $8 million.
    A spokesman for the Bank of Canada confirmed this relationship in an email exchange with the Sun.”
    http://www.torontosun.com/2017/10/20/morneaus-firm-doing-work-for-the-feds

  30. And let’s not forget Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush, Chilliwack, Northern Pikes, Crowbar, McKenna Mendelson Mainline, Downchild, Big Sugar, Lighthouse, The Paupers, 54-40, and Max Webster, just to name a few off the top of my head.

  33. ‘Gord Downie was an honest guy who cared about what was important to him’
    Who here has accused Downie of being dishonest or put the hate on him?
    I think you might have missed the point. Musical acts and artists who use their stage as a platform to declare their political beliefs risk alienating their fans and supporters. The fans pay their money to hear the music not some musician’s woolly headed opinions about the topic of the day.

  34. And not to freakin’ mention the very fun and talented Kim Mitchell…. or Montrose. I’ll bet there are still more Canadian notables not yet named on this thread.
    I have been a huge fan of Canadian rock, it is truly stunning the depth of talent in this comparatively wee country.
    Maybe the bestest proof of all of Canada’s superior rock heritage…. name one Canadian disco band. 🙂

  36. Always thought TP was derivative and pretentious, overrated. Copycat Cherrana overhype.
    Oh yeah, Rush, BTO and for those that don’t know Trooper was YUGE on the West Coast. Canadian bands in decades past, tended to be regional in popularity, Vancouver and Toronto are obvious, but Winnipeg put out its fair share too.
    As for the Hip, the manufactured grief is something to behold. Yes, I wore out my Fully Completely tape, their best Album, it’s 20 years old. Lots of good songs to hum along, and went to their Vic concert last year. All good times. But sorry, I’m not crying or sad, I was far more moved by the death of Tom Petty, and played his library for days afterward.
    Sorry, hated Downie’s politics, and especially Turdoughs craven politicking of it all.

  39. Oxford English Dictionary:
    “Pathetic”: Adj., meaning 50 and 60-year old men who grew up in 1970s Canada arguing that my band is better than your band.

  40. Oxford English Dictionary:
    “Pathetic”: Adj., meaning 50 and 60-year old men who grew up in 1970s Canada arguing that my band is better than your band.

  41. Not a big music connoisseur but the Tragically Hip was a non-entity for me. Feeble lyrics sang over a generic rock beat? Are they even in the top 10 selling Canadian rock acts, itself a weak field? Top 20?
    Splunge – Pathetic – sure – but only half as pathetic as someone who takes time out of their day to criticize them.

  42. Profiling works…
    ————————————–
    A 28-year-old man who won a lawsuit against police after being racially profiled and is currently out on bail is once again in trouble with the law.
    Jordan Noel, awaiting trial for allegedly pimping his girlfriend, was charged by Ottawa police last week with possessing cocaine and crack cocaine for the purpose of drug dealing, possessing a loaded .357 Smith & Wesson Magnum handgun, possessing money obtained by crime and breaching conditions of his release.
    http://www.ottawasun.com/2017/10/19/man-who-won-lawsuit-against-police-and-is-out-on-bail-arrested-again

  44. PET POT Cemetery Report.
    Chief Day: “… we are in darkening times when it comes to sunny ways of this prime minister”.
    Liberal Justine say haltingly, Indian, er, chiefs, uhuhhu, not Moi, uhuhuh, friend.
    …-
    “Words fail Trudeau in response to Quebec’s ban on face coverings” (G-M)
    …-
    “First Nations leaders break with Ottawa on environmental policy”
    “First Nations leaders have halted their collaboration with Liberal government on developing environmental legislation,…”
    https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/first-nations-leaders-break-with-ottawa-on-environmental-policy/article36670002/

  45. Sales don’t lie. I think the hip seemed to annoy no one. But no one loved them enough to actually buy their albums. I don’t mind the hip – they are just massively overrated and could be accused of being can con whores.

  47. A little late to this post but…
    I was only a fan of Tragically Hips first couple albums. The sound softened after them.
    I was saddened more by the passing of Streetheart singer Kenny Shields this summer. They noticed something wrong when he started forgetting lyrics and seemed overly exhausted during a concert so he got checked out. It turns out one side of his heart had been doing 90% of the work for a long time and he didn’t even know it. Well that side finally got tired. He passed away with family around him in a Winnipeg hospital on July 21, 2017.
    Fun fact, after releasing a couple albums the guiter player and drummer left to form a band called Loverboy. I think they made the right choice! Haha
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetheart_(band)

  48. “Rush (greatest Canadian band ever,”
    The most overrated by Canadians band ever.
    “with the world’s best drummer”\
    John Henry Bonham says hello.
    “and lyricist)”
    Not even by Canadian standards, Neil Percival Young beats him by order of magnitude.
    Rush fanboys never die, … but you can tune them out.

  50. PET POT Party Cemetery Report.
    Herewith Justine Liberal’s Morneau Swan Song: “a deepening outcry”.
    …-
    “Pressure Mounts on Morneau to Ditch Canadian Pension Proposal”
    “Finance minister accused of conflict amid Trudeau tax reform
    Bill would allow creation of plans family firm pushed for”
    “Canadian labor groups are calling on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to kill a proposed law allowing so-called target benefit pension plans amid a deepening outcry over his personal finances.”
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-20/pressure-mounts-on-morneau-to-ditch-canadian-pension-proposal

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