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Grex > Music2 > #32: THE GRAB BAG: Musical Meandering | |
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anderyn
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response 350 of 416:
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Dec 29 23:29 UTC 1997 |
Last night I recieved a made CD (aka a mix CD, made for me by a friend) which
contained Cool Canadian Bands with Weird Names -- Moxy Fruvous, Captain
Tractor, and several others which I'm not recalling at the moment. Very cool,
very good. I'll talk more about it when I'm through digesting the sound.
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teflon
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response 351 of 416:
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Jan 4 14:14 UTC 1998 |
CANADIAN BANDS WITH WEIRD NAMES! HURAAAY!!!
-hmm, I suppose you can't exactly e-mail that to me, can you?
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mziemba
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response 352 of 416:
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Jan 4 18:05 UTC 1998 |
Any Courage of Lassie on there?
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krj
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response 353 of 416:
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Jan 5 14:06 UTC 1998 |
Humphrey and the Dumptrucks?
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diznave
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response 354 of 416:
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Jan 6 21:16 UTC 1998 |
Buffallo Springfield?
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teflon
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response 355 of 416:
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Jan 11 22:49 UTC 1998 |
what are we talking about? <Cricket's lost track>
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orinoco
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response 356 of 416:
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Jan 13 03:18 UTC 1998 |
Canadian bands with weird names. You said it yourself.
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krj
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response 357 of 416:
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Jan 13 15:48 UTC 1998 |
Bob's Your Uncle. I think they are extinct; the lead singer went on to
become a Much Music VJ or something like that.
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bruin
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response 358 of 416:
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Jan 13 15:53 UTC 1998 |
How about the Canadian band that caused a stir by naming themselves
"Dropkick Me Jesus?" The name actually came from a 1970's era Country
Gospel song.
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anderyn
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response 359 of 416:
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Jan 13 16:46 UTC 1998 |
The bands on this CD that I was given are:
Great Big Sea (wonderful! KRJ can give a better description than I, since he
has more of their CDs, but I can only say that I like them a whole lot!)
Moxy Fruvous
The Arrogant Worms (the songs on here are all funny songs, so I can't
say whether or not I'd like their more serious stuff. The song about not going
into politics because it will kill you is quite good, thoguh.)
The Splendour Bog (some gorgeous evocative songs about Canada (duh!) but
probably my third fave band on the CD)
Captain Tractor (again, wonderful, these guys are just neat! Funny and
hilarious but serious underneath it all. And the lead singers voice is quite
enjoyable.)
Bare Naked Ladies (well, either you've heaerd them or not. I hadn't before,
but I am planning on putting them on my to-be-acquired list)
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orinoco
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response 360 of 416:
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Jan 13 20:45 UTC 1998 |
The Tea Party? Econoline Crash?
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krj
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response 361 of 416:
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Jan 14 06:40 UTC 1998 |
I didn't think the Arrogant Worms *had* any serious songs.
My favorite is still "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate."
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mziemba
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response 362 of 416:
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Jan 14 07:42 UTC 1998 |
Twila- if you own one Barenaked Ladies album, let it be _Gordon_, their
first. Truly a classic.
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mziemba
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response 363 of 416:
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Jan 14 07:50 UTC 1998 |
I was half-listening to the radio while doing other things, and I heard this
quirky, soulful tune that sounded like it was done by David Byrne, but instead
turned out to be a tune off Lyle Lovett's album _Joshua Judges Ruth_. I've
been interested in checking out his stuff, but put it on the back burner, for
a while. Sometimes it's nice just to come across things by surprise. And
surprised is what I definitely was. Very nice...
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mcnally
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response 364 of 416:
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Jan 14 18:37 UTC 1998 |
re #361: I suppose "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate" must be the song
whose title I've been trying to figure out.. I saw the video on some
Canadian music video channel when staying in Toronto last year and was
amused..
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anderyn
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response 365 of 416:
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Jan 14 20:31 UTC 1998 |
The last Saskatchewan Pirate is by Captan Tractor, and it is quite funny. I'd
love to see a video, but I doubt MTV or VH1 would show it.
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krj
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response 366 of 416:
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Jan 15 14:04 UTC 1998 |
Captain Tractor covered it; it was written by the Worms.
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anderyn
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response 367 of 416:
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Jan 15 22:57 UTC 1998 |
Ah HA! I should tell you, Ken, that I am getting two Captain Tractor CDs
AND a CD by the Splendour Bog.
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mcnally
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response 368 of 416:
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Jan 16 03:25 UTC 1998 |
I'm thinking that the version I saw the video for was Captain Tractor --
that name comes closer to ringing a bell..
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teflon
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response 369 of 416:
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Jan 20 23:59 UTC 1998 |
Y'know, we should have a whole item on Canadian Music... Hmm...
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mziemba
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response 370 of 416:
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Jan 29 17:25 UTC 1998 |
COOL UPCOMING CONCERT ALERT
THU 19 FEB/Joe Jackson @ Royal Oak Music Theater/Royal Oak, MI
FRI 27 FEB/Chantal Kreviazuk @ Royal Oak Music Theater/Royal Oak, MI
WED 8 APR/Rent begins its run @ Fisher Theater/Detroit, MI
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mcnally
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response 371 of 416:
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Jan 29 17:39 UTC 1998 |
Who's Chantal Kreviazuk?
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mziemba
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response 372 of 416:
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Jan 29 17:52 UTC 1998 |
"I am 32 Flavors and then some," cooly proclaims Alana Davis in her
current radio single, and believe me, Baskin-Robbins has got nothing on
her. Equal parts Joni Mitchell and Aretha Franklin, Davis spins twelve
very cool, very solid, very funky tunes on _Blame it on Me_. Dig it on a
cone...
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mziemba
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response 373 of 416:
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Jan 29 17:56 UTC 1998 |
Chantal's current single is "Surrounded". She's also responsible for
unapolagetic "The Way God Made Me". I'm not big on the angry young female
singer thing, but she seems to have a little more going for her. Plus, she's
got a cool name...
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scott
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response 374 of 416:
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Jan 30 13:01 UTC 1998 |
Anybody interested in a trip to see Joe Jackson?
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