Canadian Music Thread Redux (one video per post) - Page 28

SignalHillHiker · #**541** Posted **Aug 19, 2015, 9:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by Xelebes

Ran in Sonny's Dream and it places right above Snowbird (Anne Murray), I figure.

Saltwater Joys's is sitting at 108, just behind Oscar Peterson's "Begone Dull Care."

Fascinating. That's really cool. Thanks!

SignalHillHiker · #**542** Posted **Aug 19, 2015, 9:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by Architype

Interesting; not meaning to question your methods, but if you are ranking songs by some sort of popularity (based on multiple factors), a very important parameter is to consider the number and popularity of cover versions as well. Having more cover versions usually indicates more popularity for the song (but not always crucially).

Ken Lee tulibu dibu douchoo. The covers cracked me up.

Xelebes · #**543** Posted **Aug 19, 2015, 12:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Architype

Interesting; not meaning to question your methods, but if you are ranking songs by some sort of popularity (based on multiple factors), a very important parameter is to consider the number and popularity of cover versions as well. Having more cover versions usually indicates more popularity for the song (but not always crucially).

I usually use the "gold leaf standard" to measure the profusity of covers. The quality standards are ranking of one to ten. So a song with lots of covers by established musicians will get a 10. One that only has a few uploaded to youtube means that it is going to lose a few points on that. But I also have to factor in that youtube will not have everything so it does come down to me guessing and that is why I estimate the numbers that go into the Q.

Xelebes · #**544** Posted **Aug 19, 2015, 12:53 PM**

For example the number of covers has to compete against the question of the level of relative greatness of a tune. For example, I have to weigh whether a tune has the greatest solo for any given any instrument. This song scrapes in at the bottom of the minuimum (in the rating system, I cut off at the value of 100) because it quite possibly has the best kazoo solo ever committed to tape.

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davidivivid · #**545** Posted **Aug 19, 2015, 2:50 PM**

Louis-Jean Cormier doing a cover of Félix Leclerc's Le tour de l'Île.

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Acajack · #**546** Posted **Aug 19, 2015, 2:58 PM**

Montreal punk band Groovy Aardvark doing Félix Leclerc's Le Petit Bonheur:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmGmxM-yg58

davidivivid · #**547** Posted **Aug 19, 2015, 3:07 PM**

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SignalHillHiker · #**548** Posted **Aug 19, 2015, 5:24 PM**

Georgeous.

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SignalHillHiker · #**549** Posted **Aug 22, 2015, 3:37 AM**

From awful song, gorgeous video... to gorgeous song, awful video. Live from the 2008 NLFF. But it's Amelia... and it's "Bye bye, Montreal!" It's one of her most famous locally, after Mistress.

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SignalHillHiker · #**550** Posted **Aug 22, 2015, 3:47 AM**

Listening to Geraldine again.

The Once really is my favourite band.

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I remember the time when my Granddad and I
Would sit by the fire at night
And I'd listen to stories of how he once lived
By the glow of the kerosene light

He said Mom and Dad'd send me off to school
Where I learned how to read and to write
And I'd listen for hours as I read from my books
By the glow of the kerosene light

Your Grandma and I we were wed at 16
Lord, she was a beautiful sight
And proudly I placed the ring on her hand
By the glow of the kerosene light

About one year later, your Daddy was born
And your Grandma held my hand so tight
I can't tell the joy as she brought forth new life
By the glow of the kerosene light

But having her child, it did weaken her so
She just wasn't up to the fight
And she looked so peaceful and she went to her rest
By the glow of the kerosene light

Then as now the times they were hard
To succeed, you'd try all your might
And sometimes love bloomed, and sometimes dreams died
By the glow of the kerosene light

SignalHillHiker · #**551** Posted **Aug 22, 2015, 3:53 AM**

Hey Rosetta! at NLFF 2015.

I was dog sitting for a friend nearby... ugh... it was nice being able to hear it but at the same time torture for not being in the crowd.

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SignalHillHiker · #**552** Posted **Aug 22, 2015, 4:11 AM**

I'm sure it's not BY us - but it's a local band (the one I'm named after, lol). One of the only Irish language songs (partially) I can sing verbatim.

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Xelebes · #**553** Posted **Aug 22, 2015, 5:47 AM**

My French is nowhere near good enough to figure out if this is a cover of Bourvil's song from 1964 but the melody isn't the same and I M not sure but the words aren't the same either. If this isn't a cover of Bourvil, then I would be curious to who penned the tune.

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Xelebes · #**554** Posted **Aug 22, 2015, 4:28 PM**

Kind of obscure but really cool dancefloor psych tune.

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Xelebes · #**555** Posted **Aug 24, 2015, 1:01 PM**

In the footsteps of the Allen Sisters (an Edmonton band from a half century ago). . .

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SignalHillHiker · #**556** Posted **Aug 25, 2015, 6:17 PM**

I THINK they're Canadian. There's a Drake remix of this song, so presumably TO.

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Xelebes · #**557** Posted **Aug 31, 2015, 2:58 AM**

All right, I have now exhausted the search the top 40 and now on my way to the regional neo-trad/folk music. What I have so far:

1999 Angel - Sarah McLachlan
1989 Helene - Roch Voisine
1930 Le Jour de l'An - Mary Bolduc
1983 The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
1971 Evangéline - Michel Conté
1930 La Bastringue - Mary Bolduc
1930 Ça va venir découragez-vous pas - Mary Bolduc
1930 La Cuisiniere - Mary Bolduc
1981 Si j’etais un homme - Diane Tell
1966 Suzanne - Leonard Cohen

1974 Le Complainte du Phoque en Alaska - Beau Dommage
2008 Comme des Enfants - Couer de Pirate
1969 Mille Apres Mille / Mile After Mile - Gerry Joly
1999 Silence - Delerium
2000 Seul - Garou
1981 Tom Sawyer - Rush
1995 I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan
1970 American Woman - The Guess Who
1983 Vivre sur video / Living on Video - Trans-X
1980 The Spirit of the Radio - Rush

2011 Adieu - Couer de Pirate
1964 Les Gens de Mon Pays - Gilles Vigneault
1942 L'adieu du Soldat - Soldat Lebrun
1983 Subdivisions - Rush
1932 J'ai un bouton sur l'bout d'la langue - Mary Bolduc
1943 Priere d'une Mere - Soldat Lebrun
1930 La Pitoune - Mary Bolduc
1956 Maple Sugar (Sweetheart) - Ward Allen
1969 The Hockey Theme - Dolores Claman
1973 The Hockey Song - Stompin Tom Connors

1974 Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
1973 Hymne a la Beauté du Monde - Luc Plamondon
2008 Ensemble - Couer de Pirate
1996 Tout - Lara Fabian
1978 Aimer d’amour - Boule Noire
1949 The Blackfly Song - Wade Hemsworth
1966 The Stranger Song - Leonard Cohen
1981 Limelight - Rush
2004 Parce qu’on vient de loin - Corneille
1973 Que la lune est belle ce soir - Julie Daraiche

1973 Un Verre Sur la Table - Julie Daraiche
1998 One Week - Barenaked Ladies
1993 If I Had $1,000,000 - Barenaked Ladies
1970 Ordinaire - Robert Charlebois
1931 Le Sauvage du Nord - Mary Bolduc
1930 Les Maringouins - Mary Bolduc
1978 Chaisse Gallerie - Claude Dubois
1971 Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
1980 Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins
2012 You Exist in my Song - Wanting Qu

1983 When I’m With You - Sheriff
1930 Chez ma tante Gervais - Mary Bolduc
2006 Degenerations - Mes Aieux
1953 C'est le R'venant de Rigaud - La Famille Soucy
1945 Mon enfant, je te pardonne - Paul Brunelle
2004 Femme like u - K-Maro
1976 Sonny's Dream - Ron Hynes
2009 Break - Three Days Grace
2009 Black Sheep - Metric
2011 On va s’aimer encore - Vincent Vallières

1968 Lindberg - Robert Charlebois
1970 Snowbird - Anne Murray
1972 J'entends Frapper - Michel Pagliaro
1967 Le Sentier de Neige - Les Classels
1973 Wildflower - Skylark
1977 Xanadu - Rush
2008 Francis - Couer de Pirate
1952 Un Coin de Ciel - Marcel Martel
1949 Les fraises et les framboises - La Familie Soucy
1977 Heureux d’un printemps - Paul Piché

1930 Le Bonhomme et la Bon Femme - Mary Bolduc
1979 Boys in the Bright White Sports Car - Trooper
2005 Embarque ma belle - Kain
1988 Winter Games - David Foster
1930 Ah! Oui on en a légumes - Mary Bolduc
2012 Oblivion - Grimes
1978 Mes blues passent pu dans porte - Offenbach
1964 Ton Amour a Changé ma Vie - Les Classels
1984 Ils s’aiment Daniel Lavoie
2002 Toune d’automne - Les Cowboys Fringants

1936 Les Colons Canadiens - Mary Bolduc
1997 Building a Mystery - Sarah McLachlan
1990 More Than Words Can Say - Alias
1979 Log Driver's Waltz - Wade Hemsworth
2008 C'était Salement Romantique - Couer de Pirate
1971 Stay Awhile - The Bells
1978 Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder
1949 There's a Bluebird on Your Windowsill - Elizabeth Clark
1993 Possession - Sarah McLachlan
2008 Help I’m Alive - Metric

1992 Tue-moi - Dan Bigras
1946 Je Chante a Cheval - Willie Lamothe
1978 Northwest Passage - Stan Rogers
1994 Insensitive - Jann Arden
1991 Life Is a Highway - Tom Cochrane
1971 One Fine Morning - Lighthouse
2006 Montreal -40°C - Malajube
1984 Lovers in a Dangerous Time - Bruce Cockburn
1989 Les yeux du coeur - Gerry Boulet
1991 1990 - Jean Leloup

Some notes: it looks like I way invert the ratio by chance. I could very well run into the issue of having 60% French, 40% English. Which, in a way kind of makes sense. The share of French Canadians in the wealthy Francosphere is greater than the share of English Canadians in the wealthy Anglosphere.

Acajack · #**558** Posted **Aug 31, 2015, 3:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by Xelebes

All right, I have now exhausted the search the top 40 and now on my way to the regional neo-trad/folk music. What I have so far:

1999 Angel - Sarah McLachlan
1989 Helene - Roch Voisine
1930 Le Jour de l'An - Mary Bolduc
1983 The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
1971 Evangéline - Michel Conté
1930 La Bastringue - Mary Bolduc
1930 Ça va venir découragez-vous pas - Mary Bolduc
1930 La Cuisiniere - Mary Bolduc
1981 Si j’etais un homme - Diane Tell
1966 Suzanne - Leonard Cohen

1974 Le Complainte du Phoque en Alaska - Beau Dommage
2008 Comme des Enfants - Couer de Pirate
1969 Mille Apres Mille / Mile After Mile - Gerry Joly
1999 Silence - Delerium
2000 Seul - Garou
1981 Tom Sawyer - Rush
1995 I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan
1970 American Woman - The Guess Who
1983 Vivre sur video / Living on Video - Trans-X
1980 The Spirit of the Radio - Rush

2011 Adieu - Couer de Pirate
1964 Les Gens de Mon Pays - Gilles Vigneault
1942 L'adieu du Soldat - Soldat Lebrun
1983 Subdivisions - Rush
1932 J'ai un bouton sur l'bout d'la langue - Mary Bolduc
1943 Priere d'une Mere - Soldat Lebrun
1930 La Pitoune - Mary Bolduc
1956 Maple Sugar (Sweetheart) - Ward Allen
1969 The Hockey Theme - Dolores Claman
1973 The Hockey Song - Stompin Tom Connors

1974 Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
1973 Hymne a la Beauté du Monde - Luc Plamondon
2008 Ensemble - Couer de Pirate
1996 Tout - Lara Fabian
1978 Aimer d’amour - Boule Noire
1949 The Blackfly Song - Wade Hemsworth
1966 The Stranger Song - Leonard Cohen
1981 Limelight - Rush
2004 Parce qu’on vient de loin - Corneille
1973 Que la lune est belle ce soir - Julie Daraiche

1973 Un Verre Sur la Table - Julie Daraiche
1998 One Week - Barenaked Ladies
1993 If I Had $1,000,000 - Barenaked Ladies
1970 Ordinaire - Robert Charlebois
1931 Le Sauvage du Nord - Mary Bolduc
1930 Les Maringouins - Mary Bolduc
1978 Chaisse Gallerie - Claude Dubois
1971 Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
1980 Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins
2012 You Exist in my Song - Wanting Qu

1983 When I’m With You - Sheriff
1930 Chez ma tante Gervais - Mary Bolduc
2006 Degenerations - Mes Aieux
1953 C'est le R'venant de Rigaud - La Famille Soucy
1945 Mon enfant, je te pardonne - Paul Brunelle
2004 Femme like u - K-Maro
1976 Sonny's Dream - Ron Hynes
2009 Break - Three Days Grace
2009 Black Sheep - Metric
2011 On va s’aimer encore - Vincent Vallières

1968 Lindberg - Robert Charlebois
1970 Snowbird - Anne Murray
1972 J'entends Frapper - Michel Pagliaro
1967 Le Sentier de Neige - Les Classels
1973 Wildflower - Skylark
1977 Xanadu - Rush
2008 Francis - Couer de Pirate
1952 Un Coin de Ciel - Marcel Martel
1949 Les fraises et les framboises - La Familie Soucy
1977 Heureux d’un printemps - Paul Piché

1930 Le Bonhomme et la Bon Femme - Mary Bolduc
1979 Boys in the Bright White Sports Car - Trooper
2005 Embarque ma belle - Kain
1988 Winter Games - David Foster
1930 Ah! Oui on en a légumes - Mary Bolduc
2012 Oblivion - Grimes
1978 Mes blues passent pu dans porte - Offenbach
1964 Ton Amour a Changé ma Vie - Les Classels
1984 Ils s’aiment Daniel Lavoie
2002 Toune d’automne - Les Cowboys Fringants

1936 Les Colons Canadiens - Mary Bolduc
1997 Building a Mystery - Sarah McLachlan
1990 More Than Words Can Say - Alias
1979 Log Driver's Waltz - Wade Hemsworth
2008 C'était Salement Romantique - Couer de Pirate
1971 Stay Awhile - The Bells
1978 Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder
1949 There's a Bluebird on Your Windowsill - Elizabeth Clark
1993 Possession - Sarah McLachlan
2008 Help I’m Alive - Metric

1992 Tue-moi - Dan Bigras
1946 Je Chante a Cheval - Willie Lamothe
1978 Northwest Passage - Stan Rogers
1994 Insensitive - Jann Arden
1991 Life Is a Highway - Tom Cochrane
1971 One Fine Morning - Lighthouse
2006 Montreal -40°C - Malajube
1984 Lovers in a Dangerous Time - Bruce Cockburn
1989 Les yeux du coeur - Gerry Boulet
1991 1990 - Jean Leloup

Some notes: it looks like I way invert the ratio by chance. I could very well run into the issue of having 60% French, 40% English. Which, in a way kind of makes sense. The share of French Canadians in the wealthy Francosphere is greater than the share of English Canadians in the wealthy Anglosphere.

Are you looking for suggestions?

Xelebes · #**559** Posted **Aug 31, 2015, 4:02 PM**

Yup.

Won't hurt.

Acajack · #**560** Posted **Sep 1, 2015, 2:52 PM**

First of a bunch for consideration by Xelebes. Not sure if they fit the criteria but these will all be classics of French Canada.

Jours de plaine - by Franco-Manitoban Daniel Lavoie

Awesome sense of place IMO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjaAZFJen6c