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Originally Posted by HighlandHeart
You have never heard of Gord Downie for the same reason lots of younger Canadians have never heard of Paul Anka. Different generations. Never to late to discover new music, Downie's or Anka's.
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^ This.
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Originally Posted by NCC
I was with a group of 5 people from our Calgary office the other day and mention Ian Tyson; not one of them knew who he was. Ages ranges from 25-45.
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I'm only vaguely aware of the name, and I'm 41. I just looked him up, the guy's 84 years old and had two folk hits in the early 1960's. So yeah, what HighlandHeart said.
The Tragically Hip were practically gods on the Canuck music scene in the 90's. They never really broke into the US market (perhaps somewhat intentionally and somewhat due to Canadiana references in their lyrics), and Canadians loved them for it.
If you like folk/country stuff, try "Wheat Kings" (references David Milgaard):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB965aUPsmM
Sundown in the Paris of the prairies
Wheat kings have all their treasures buried
And all you hear are the rusty breezes
Pushing around the weather vane Jesus
In his Zippo lighter he sees the killer's face
Maybe it's someone standing in a killer's place
Twenty years for nothing, well that's nothing new
Besides, no one's interested in something you didn't do
Wheat kings and pretty things
Let's just see what the morning brings
There's a dream he dreams where the high school is dead and stark
It's a museum and we're all locked up in it after dark
Where the walls are lined all yellow, grey and sinister
Hung with pictures of our parents' Prime Ministers
Wheat kings and pretty things
Wait and see what tomorrow brings
Late-breaking story on the CBC
A nation whispers, "We always knew that he'd go free."
They add, "You can't be fond of living in the past,
Cause if you are then there's no way that you're gonna last."
Wheat kings and pretty things
Let's just see what tomorrow brings
Wheat kings and pretty things
That's what tomorrow brings