Top 10 Canadian Songs

[Sunsilver]

Just for Canada's 150th birthday, people were asked to pick their favourties.

Hallelujah made the list twice. I am rather surprised they picked the Leonard Cohen version as their #1 hit. Maybe they felt they couldn't do otherwise, as he wrote the song. But his version is raw and unvarnished, and lacks the beautiful harmonies of some of the other covers. Too bad he didn't live long enough to see this.

There's a number of these songs I'm not familiar with, so I'll have to give them a listen. I'm also a bit surprised that Ian and Sylvia's "Four Strong Winds" missed the list.

http://www.everythingzoomer.com/best-canadian-songs/

[lazycat]

"Take off" by Bob and Doug McKenzie and featuring Geddy Lee must surely be included.

[elengil]

Does this count as a Canadian song??

[Sunsilver]

Most definitely!

Here's another Canadian classic:



Edit: birling has become a sport: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/birling

[Jude]

That's the great Kate and Anna McGarrigle!

Here's another early McGarrigle classic - it was later popularized by Linda Ronstadt:



(Does a song by two Montreal girls count as a Canadian song if it talks about places in the U.S.?)

[elengil]

Sunsilver

Jude - Oh, that's lovely!

[Sunsilver]

elingil, love the way the NFB film logo is scratching itself at the start of The Blackfly Song! Someone at the NFB obviously had a sense of humour!

I used to canoe a lot, and have been in situations where you really needed to wear a head net, plus long sleeves and pant clips to protect yourself from the bloodthirsty little buggers!