I used to listen to the Canadian anthem
everytime the Bluejays came to town to play the Royals.
I always thought it a little bland but this version changes my opinion. I had just never heard it sung right.
Yes Canada has health care and look at the size of that country in comparison to ours.A country this wealthy should be able to do as well if not better than Canada.Of course the bigger you are the more chance of corruption.
I really don't think Americans take enough time to appreciate what a gentle and kind neighbor this country has been to us. We can be real jerks to them, but they seldom complain. And they gave us wonders such as Donald Sutherland. Besides, we wouldn't be North America without them. Oh Canada!
When I had my big dish satellite I used to watch Canada TV.They had great Children's shows which my young grandson used to watch.I actually enjoyed watching along with him.
They also had more olympic coverage than our channels.They would show various countries,where U.S.television showed mostly American athletes.And the news was better too because it wasn't presented with spin and bias.
You know I really miss Canadian TV.Haven't thought much about it lately.
if I'm doing a subject like the Rockabilly night I use wikipedia for a general information. I got the rare names that I wouldn't have known and then look for them on youtube. I'm always amazed how much I can find.
They used to tell newfie jokes which were equivilant to Polish jokes.And before anyone gets offended and complains about political correctness,I am polish and have endured the jokes all my life and laughed right along with the tellers.Of course I would come back with a similar joke with the nationality of the person telling the polish joke.You just have to have a sense of humor and be proud of who you are.
Craig
When I think of Canadians I think of one of my aunts who is Canadians. She is the sweetest kindest gentlest soul I've ever run across. I don't think I've every heard her say anything bad about another person.
Back in the 50's I had friends who wanted to move to Canada because at that time you could get free land if you cleared it.The only problem was that it was very remote without electricty.I bet today it would be worth millions.I would have considered going except for the cold weather.I had grown up with outdoor plumbing and had helped carry in cobs and wood for heating,so although by my teens we had more modern conveniences,it wouldn't have been that hard to do .Not like today with all we have.It would be hard for people to give things up to rough it.Of course the opportunity is no longer available.
There are certain pronunciations of words in English that are considered unique to Canadians - the way they pronounce "house" and "out" (sounds like "oat") and "push" (sounds like ""poosh"). Ironically my mother pronounces them the same way as do some other relatives of mine, and they are from the lower and upper Eastern Shore of Maryland. I've always wondered if there has to be a cultural or linguistic connection between these regions dating back to the original settlements. If any scholar knows, I'd love to hear.
Canadian cuisine? Who doesn't love Eggs Benedict with Canadian Bacon (but not a good idea for room service unless they keep the eggs warm) -- and, of course, the McKenzie brothers love beer:
so is Shania Twain and Ian Tyson and Silvia Flicker (Ian's ex-wife) Back in the 60's they were a hot folk group (Ian and Silvia) a more modern country act is Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. Neil Young comes to mind also.
Jack -- don't know if you are still up...but I had some more country vids and thoughts....I'll post them over in your garden though because I fear aside from Sturge and maybe Doots, they get tedious to others! ha.
Canada's greatest contribution to North America is in Montreal's strip club district.
When 50 cents US could by you $1 canadian, $20 would get you an hours worth of lappers...throw in the 8% beer, a bouncer who tells you that you can touch anything except snapper you really start liking the place.
Then throw in a live show that included a round, king size bed, a jug of baby oil, a table of toys and 3 of the hottest girls you've seen and you'll just grin and bear it...
Remember that while Canada gave us Rush, Degrassi High and the McKenzie brothers, they also tossed us Brian Adams and Glass Tiger...I think Trey and Matt are right when they antagonize our neighbors to the north...and it aboot time you do the same.
I guess on the plus side, Montreal is one of the better cities to get into a bar fight though...most guys there a puny and I saw a couple of locals get their asses kicked by women there...
Now I remember that stores close at 5 PM on a Saturday there...wtf?!?
I think I like Canada when you could go there for a weekend, spend $300 and feel like you're diddy for the trip since it used to be so friggin cheap there...I went to Ottowa for a weekend in 98. I went to a 4 star restaurant with 3 other people. Appetizers, entrees, 3 bottles of wine and desert came to $65 US. The same meal in Boston would have been $300...I want my strong dollar!
Okay, one more hillbilly video. Disclaimer: I despise patriotic songs, jingoism and all that implies. Suffice it to say, Lee Greenwood's 'God Bless the USA" is not a favorite.
HOWEVER -- when I first heard Waylon Jennings sing "America" I damn near cried. It reminded me of when I came home from living abroad, and even though I seriously went through a culture shock, as I watched the horses run in the prairie near my house in Kansas, I reconnected on a deep level. I still hate phony patriotism, but I LOVE this...
What is the only United States city that you must travel south to get into Canada? Detroit. And few realize that just twenty minutes of driving north of Toledo, Ohio, Canada looms just a few miles to the east.
I salute Canada for a vacation spot I visited, Cape Breton Island , Nova Scotia, a beautiful place. I also love Toronto and Yonge Street...so much to do all on one street. And Montreal, because a baseball scout invited me to try out for the Montreal Expos Baseball Club, at the next year's spring camp in Florida, but Uncle Sam nabbed me and sent me someplace else. Oh well!
Well, first of all, (((Craig))) I am truly touched by this.
Bear, you can't antagonize us. We'd just apologize for stuff that isn't our fault.
We do NOT say "oot and aboot". Our accent is unique but it is nearly impossible to spell it phonetically. (Speaking of same, should't the word phonics be SPELLED fonnix??)
I know that every citizen in a western democracy says they live in the best country, but we truly do. We don't talk about it much, but we have a Charter of Rights and Freedoms that would be the envy of the world. http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/charter/
I was at the first series that Montreal played the Chicago Cubs, in April 1969. The game I saw was on April 13, a Sunday. It was so cool to hear that anthem, and everybody sang O CANADA! , but only those words; we learned the rest of the words later. Also, that Montreal team had the coolest name of a player on their roster, maybe ever...I can still hear the late Pat Piper, legendary Cubs P.A. man , saying "Batting seventh, COCO LABOY!"
Coco was a good third baseman. http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/mlb/photo/photogallery/expos_35/02.jpg
Funny you should mention that...I forgot that I drove 8 hours straight to Ottowa to hook up with a girl for a weekend. I met her in Boston a month earlier, I found out she was as adventurous as I was and she was hot...
She was a tough girl too...she would ride a bike to work year round...she had great legs but I would never be able to do the below zero thing for 1 mile on a bike, let alone 5...
How could a music fan of popular music forget four of the five members of the BAND. Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson. Only Levon Helms who is from Arkansas is the lone American.
Anyone actually know what July 1st is about anyway?
Why, its the anniversary of the creation of Confederation (and, consequently, of the Kingdom...), of course. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec joined July 1, 1867.
Not exactly a bunch of rebels militantly separating themselves from the mother country, but at least it happened. And my father's home town in southern Ontario still has Union Jacks flying and portraits of the Queen in every rink. No wonder he never wanted to move back there from Connecticut.
Still, beautiful country with great people who are basically the same as we are. Only if they really "apologized for Bryan Adams on multiple occasions," as South Park claimed.
And the ferry system in western Canada is spectacular! I highly recommend a trip on at least one of Canada's ferries to any of you who ever get the chance to travel to this side of the North American continent.
Rush? I hate their music, but I'll give a big thumbs up to Gordon Lightfoot, who I saw live many times at the old Pine Knob outdoor music theater in Clarkston, Michigan.
About fifteen years ago Gordon was tired of being flabby and went on a hardcore diet and subjected himself to long gym workouts. He lost a ton of weight and keeps it off.
He played the Toledo Masonic Hall recently and he's very thin and fit...you'd not recognize the 1970s Gordon Lightfoot from the 2008 edition.
Canadian Rockies, Niagra Falls -- I am a little jealous because Canada shares some of our great scenic wonders, and somehow does them even better than we do.
Dan? We're just unarmed Americans with healthcare.
Bear? I'm IN the video for the famine relief song. I was a 'gofer' on the set and during the last chorus, David Foster told me to run in there and sing. I had 80s hair, unfortunately.
And the Falls on the Canadian side are far better, Horseshoe. When I lived in Rochester we went there quite often. In the winter the spray freezes the road along the falls. It's interesting. The colored flood lights on the frozen falls is tres pretty.
You must not be a fan of Sameul Taylor Colleridge's poetry...Iron Maiden set one of his great works to music, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Rush set his other great poem, Kublai Khan to music...This was live in Toronto...
I always loved the story behind the poem, that Colleridge was high ffrom opium when he had his vision Kublai Khan's pleasure done. Unfortunately his high finished before he was done writing the story. Some speculate that he became addicted to opium because he would use it again and again, trying unsuccessfully to get back to the same high to finish the poem...he never could.
To interject a minor political thought...the song appears on Rush's album, "A Farewell to Kings" which could be used as a title for this election season perhaps?
Beautiful video, Craig! Did you excerpt that clip from "Over Canada"? There's a whole series of "Over..." videos, and they're quite incredible. My son, when young, was utterly enthralled with them.
and for my final tribute of the night, how about a flock of Canadian geese flying through a rainbow in North Carolina. Good night all, and thank you Canada for watching our top knot:
I'm pooped. I'm turning in too. Too much jazz and too little time. Change of pace tomorrow night. Just for Laughs honours George Carlin. I know where I'm going to be!
Nite all. And Happy Canada Day! I have hats for all!
and Bear? I don't have any coke stories, but I do have one really good one.
Foster posted a sign at the door fo the studio "Leave yer ego at the door." So I'm standing there with a few people, including Ronnie Hawkins (another Arkansas good ole boy, who's now Canadian). Someone asked him if he'd left his ego at the door. He said "I can't even get mine up." I spit coffee on him. hahaha
Canadian geese used to fly in formation over Rochester, NY twice a year, coming & going. They honk A LOT. One time I opened the door at work and plop right in front of me a goose said 'hello'. One more step and I wouldn't have gotten it. Eweeee....
I'm still a Canadian, even though I became a U.S. citizen--I guess I have what they call dual citizenship. Most of my family is still in Canada. I can work there.
I go back to visit all time. I have stayed as long as a year, then I come back to California.
Canada seems to be a kinder, gentler country in some ways than the U.S. People aren't so rushed and are more optimistic, less jaded. I'm making
generalizations here, I know, but it just seems so to me.
There's a more European flavor to Canada--the money still has the queen
of England on it. Many products come from Britain and France. I love that
about Canada. I can buy neat Euro things that I could never find in California.
In most provinces, liquor is only sold at the Liquor commission, never in
stores.
Politically Canada swings more to the left, liberal thinking. Every Canadian
I knew disliked Bush intently.
Few own guns or ever talk about guns. Health care is universal. I was shocked that even though I hadn't been there for quite awhile, when I got
sick, the Canadian medical organization put me right in the hospital for three
days just to test me. It turned out I had nothing serious, but I use this example
to point out that the health care system is a good one. I didn't have to pay a penny for treatment.
As an educator, it troubles me how little most of my students know about
Canada, yet most Canadians know a lot about the United States. A high
percentage of my freshman college students could not even tell me where
Canada was geographically or tell me anything about the country at all.
Thanks for the video Craig, it was very thoughful of you.
Patsi's absolutely right about TO and Red Deer being polar opposites, everything changes at Ontario's western border. Manitoba is like Wisconsin, and Saskatchewan would be like WV or Kentucky, then comes the wild west with the Calgary Stampede in Alberta. British Columbia is probably the most scenic of all the provinces with the ocean and the Rockies.
I have driven back and forth across Canada about 6 times and the most beautiful drive is Highway 3 across the botton of BC.
Everyone I've ever met in Canada, unless they were connected to the oil industry, totally and completely despised(as much as Canadians are able) George Bush. They really are very kind.
How about the contributions of: Keanu Reeves
Dan Ackroyd
Blue Rodeo
Nickleback
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Comments
Please make an effort to use this thread for pleasant thoughts about Canada. We resume our usual programming at 6am.
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| June 30, 2008 11:23 PM
I don't think we will have a national health care plan no matter who becomes president.The drug and insurance companies are way too powerful
Ruth
Posted by: painter
| June 30, 2008 11:23 PM
Sorry Craig
Unable to view video.
But Congratulations to our neighbor to the north
Ruth
Posted by: painter
| June 30, 2008 11:25 PM
Referencing national health care is fine way to honor Canada, Painter
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| June 30, 2008 11:26 PM
I used to listen to the Canadian anthem
everytime the Bluejays came to town to play the Royals.
I always thought it a little bland but this version changes my opinion. I had just never heard it sung right.
Oh Canada! (French) Celine Dion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNlTwaPQQH4
Posted by: whskyjack
| June 30, 2008 11:28 PM
Yes Canada has health care and look at the size of that country in comparison to ours.A country this wealthy should be able to do as well if not better than Canada.Of course the bigger you are the more chance of corruption.
Ruth
Posted by: painter
| June 30, 2008 11:30 PM
I really don't think Americans take enough time to appreciate what a gentle and kind neighbor this country has been to us. We can be real jerks to them, but they seldom complain. And they gave us wonders such as Donald Sutherland. Besides, we wouldn't be North America without them. Oh Canada!
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| June 30, 2008 11:32 PM
When I had my big dish satellite I used to watch Canada TV.They had great Children's shows which my young grandson used to watch.I actually enjoyed watching along with him.
They also had more olympic coverage than our channels.They would show various countries,where U.S.television showed mostly American athletes.And the news was better too because it wasn't presented with spin and bias.
You know I really miss Canadian TV.Haven't thought much about it lately.
Ruth
Posted by: painter
| June 30, 2008 11:35 PM
Well that does it!!
Tylenol do you have a spare room? I want to move.
Hope your holiday is lots of fun and if you overindulge we will wake you on the 4th with the fireworks.
Posted by: Jamie
| June 30, 2008 11:36 PM
Reposted from previous thread
Patsi
It is amazing what is posted out there, isn't it.
if I'm doing a subject like the Rockabilly night I use wikipedia for a general information. I got the rare names that I wouldn't have known and then look for them on youtube. I'm always amazed how much I can find.
Jack
Posted by: whskyjack
| June 30, 2008 11:37 PM
Craig
You are so right about the Canadian people.Those we have met while vacationing in Fla.were the nicest people.
Ruth
Posted by: painter
| June 30, 2008 11:38 PM
They used to tell newfie jokes which were equivilant to Polish jokes.And before anyone gets offended and complains about political correctness,I am polish and have endured the jokes all my life and laughed right along with the tellers.Of course I would come back with a similar joke with the nationality of the person telling the polish joke.You just have to have a sense of humor and be proud of who you are.
Ruth
Posted by: painter
| June 30, 2008 11:42 PM
Craig
When I think of Canadians I think of one of my aunts who is Canadians. She is the sweetest kindest gentlest soul I've ever run across. I don't think I've every heard her say anything bad about another person.
Jack
Posted by: whskyjack
| June 30, 2008 11:46 PM
Then there is
Red Green
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hNxA8JBW8E
Posted by: whskyjack
| June 30, 2008 11:47 PM
Canadian hats for everyone (courtesty, Tylenol):
http://euroross.blogspot.com/Canadian%20Hat.jpg
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| June 30, 2008 11:48 PM
Patsi
My theme song
Travis Tritt - Long Haired Country Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1XurYweiJQ
Posted by: whskyjack
| June 30, 2008 11:50 PM
Canada, America's Hat:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31YCYcs1DeL._AA280_.jpg
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| June 30, 2008 11:51 PM
Craig
LOL
Good 1
Posted by: whskyjack
| June 30, 2008 11:53 PM
Back in the 50's I had friends who wanted to move to Canada because at that time you could get free land if you cleared it.The only problem was that it was very remote without electricty.I bet today it would be worth millions.I would have considered going except for the cold weather.I had grown up with outdoor plumbing and had helped carry in cobs and wood for heating,so although by my teens we had more modern conveniences,it wouldn't have been that hard to do .Not like today with all we have.It would be hard for people to give things up to rough it.Of course the opportunity is no longer available.
Ruth
Posted by: painter
| June 30, 2008 11:54 PM
Montreal Jazz Festival opening parade (June 28, 2008):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnyjPvdVhgM
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| June 30, 2008 11:57 PM
" I'm always amazed how much I can find."
Yep, I was amazed as well, once I had access!
Posted by: Patsi
| July 1, 2008 12:03 AM
The only two places I've been in Canada are Toronto and Red Deer...polar opposites....
Posted by: Patsi
| July 1, 2008 12:04 AM
Nite all
The wife is coming home tomorrow, I need to find a picture of her so I can remember what she looks like.
Jack
Posted by: whskyjack
| July 1, 2008 12:09 AM
did you know that k.d. lang is canadian?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qFKN68GSDY
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| July 1, 2008 12:09 AM
and so is Sarah McLachlan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CbAjj80NIM
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| July 1, 2008 12:14 AM
There are certain pronunciations of words in English that are considered unique to Canadians - the way they pronounce "house" and "out" (sounds like "oat") and "push" (sounds like ""poosh"). Ironically my mother pronounces them the same way as do some other relatives of mine, and they are from the lower and upper Eastern Shore of Maryland. I've always wondered if there has to be a cultural or linguistic connection between these regions dating back to the original settlements. If any scholar knows, I'd love to hear.
Posted by: Ivy Green | July 1, 2008 12:16 AM
Canadian cuisine? Who doesn't love Eggs Benedict with Canadian Bacon (but not a good idea for room service unless they keep the eggs warm) -- and, of course, the McKenzie brothers love beer:
http://www.liquorsnob.com/archives/pictures/McKenzie-Brothers-thumb
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| July 1, 2008 12:18 AM
Craig,
so is Shania Twain and Ian Tyson and Silvia Flicker (Ian's ex-wife) Back in the 60's they were a hot folk group (Ian and Silvia) a more modern country act is Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. Neil Young comes to mind also.
¡yo soy Horsedooty!
Posted by: yo soy Horsedooty!
| July 1, 2008 12:24 AM
" Ian Tyson"
Man-oh-man....what a writer.....
Posted by: Patsi
| July 1, 2008 12:28 AM
Jack -- don't know if you are still up...but I had some more country vids and thoughts....I'll post them over in your garden though because I fear aside from Sturge and maybe Doots, they get tedious to others! ha.
Posted by: Patsi
| July 1, 2008 12:30 AM
Ian and Silvia doin CC Rider in 1963, ole pal Horsedooty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqatXF3bJFk
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| July 1, 2008 12:32 AM
Hey y'all, I'm here but behind.
Parlons-nous le Canada français, aussi?
Are we talking French Canada, also? Eh?
tt
Posted by: tiptoe
| July 1, 2008 12:34 AM
I just joined the dog house group. I don't have a dog.
I used to, though.
tt
Posted by: tiptoe
| July 1, 2008 12:35 AM
Craig,
Canada's greatest contribution to North America is in Montreal's strip club district.
When 50 cents US could by you $1 canadian, $20 would get you an hours worth of lappers...throw in the 8% beer, a bouncer who tells you that you can touch anything except snapper you really start liking the place.
Then throw in a live show that included a round, king size bed, a jug of baby oil, a table of toys and 3 of the hottest girls you've seen and you'll just grin and bear it...
Remember that while Canada gave us Rush, Degrassi High and the McKenzie brothers, they also tossed us Brian Adams and Glass Tiger...I think Trey and Matt are right when they antagonize our neighbors to the north...and it aboot time you do the same.
Posted by: Bear
| July 1, 2008 12:36 AM
And why isn't Canadian Bacon just called ham? Is it wrong to expect that when you order bacon it comes out crispy and melts in your mouth?
Posted by: Bear
| July 1, 2008 12:37 AM
Canadian Neil Young, "Imagine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3T8xr274q8
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| July 1, 2008 12:39 AM
I did go to the Olympics in Montreal.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jBnF08Xn06g
En français près Celine Dion:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kNlTwaPQQH4
My son, the doc, would carry ONLY the Canadian flag when they did a review of the nations in pre school. I still don't know why.
tt
Posted by: tiptoe
| July 1, 2008 12:43 AM
I guess on the plus side, Montreal is one of the better cities to get into a bar fight though...most guys there a puny and I saw a couple of locals get their asses kicked by women there...
Now I remember that stores close at 5 PM on a Saturday there...wtf?!?
I think I like Canada when you could go there for a weekend, spend $300 and feel like you're diddy for the trip since it used to be so friggin cheap there...I went to Ottowa for a weekend in 98. I went to a 4 star restaurant with 3 other people. Appetizers, entrees, 3 bottles of wine and desert came to $65 US. The same meal in Boston would have been $300...I want my strong dollar!
Posted by: Bear
| July 1, 2008 12:43 AM
Okay, one more hillbilly video. Disclaimer: I despise patriotic songs, jingoism and all that implies. Suffice it to say, Lee Greenwood's 'God Bless the USA" is not a favorite.
HOWEVER -- when I first heard Waylon Jennings sing "America" I damn near cried. It reminded me of when I came home from living abroad, and even though I seriously went through a culture shock, as I watched the horses run in the prairie near my house in Kansas, I reconnected on a deep level. I still hate phony patriotism, but I LOVE this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGz_xSSgjY0
Posted by: Patsi
| July 1, 2008 12:44 AM
Tiptoe,
Curse you for mentioning Celine Dion...
These guys are much better...
http://www.myspace.com/johnbrownsbody
Posted by: Bear
| July 1, 2008 12:44 AM
patsi,
here is a guy that lives pretty close to Carl's Corner that used to be signed to Warner Western when Warner had a Western label.
Don Edwards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D-456BT0A8&feature=related
¡yo soy Horsedooty!
Posted by: yo soy Horsedooty!
| July 1, 2008 12:44 AM
What is the only United States city that you must travel south to get into Canada? Detroit. And few realize that just twenty minutes of driving north of Toledo, Ohio, Canada looms just a few miles to the east.
I salute Canada for a vacation spot I visited, Cape Breton Island , Nova Scotia, a beautiful place. I also love Toronto and Yonge Street...so much to do all on one street. And Montreal, because a baseball scout invited me to try out for the Montreal Expos Baseball Club, at the next year's spring camp in Florida, but Uncle Sam nabbed me and sent me someplace else. Oh well!
Posted by: Dexter
| July 1, 2008 12:45 AM
oh don't forget Gordon Lightfoot tambien
¡yo soy Horsedooty!
Posted by: yo soy Horsedooty!
| July 1, 2008 12:46 AM
This was their famine relief song...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=i-KC9BxSibg
I like Gordon Lightfoot...Craig, is it me or did you steal your hair style from Anne Murray? Say it ain't so dude
Posted by: Bear
| July 1, 2008 12:47 AM
Well, first of all, (((Craig))) I am truly touched by this.
Bear, you can't antagonize us. We'd just apologize for stuff that isn't our fault.
We do NOT say "oot and aboot". Our accent is unique but it is nearly impossible to spell it phonetically. (Speaking of same, should't the word phonics be SPELLED fonnix??)
As I write this there are fireworks going off in the Old Port of Montreal: http://www.montrealcam.com/en-svpm.html
I know that every citizen in a western democracy says they live in the best country, but we truly do. We don't talk about it much, but we have a Charter of Rights and Freedoms that would be the envy of the world. http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/charter/
And my fave Canadian, whom I am proud to call my friend: Gordon Lightfoot: http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Lightfoot%2C+Canadian+Railroad+Trilogy&search_type=&aq=f
Merci a toutes mes ami(e)s.
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 12:47 AM
Bear, there's a YouTube for everyone. ;-)
BTW, you seem to have lead a colorful life., especially in Canada. I've never had those experiences. *L*
tt
Posted by: tiptoe
| July 1, 2008 12:48 AM
Craig.. I posted but it had too many links.. can you release it please? xx
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 12:49 AM
Dex, I've lived in both Detroit & Toledo at different times in my life. I remember when the dollar value was reversed. Oh, so long ago.
tt
Posted by: tiptoe
| July 1, 2008 12:52 AM
oh patsie, waylon nails it: "and the men who could not fight in a war that didn't seem right, you let 'em come home, America" (from Canada, of course)
that is a tear jerker
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| July 1, 2008 12:53 AM
tylenol, you are hereby released from the pending comments penalty box:
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/06/happy-day-canada.html#comment-109278
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| July 1, 2008 12:55 AM
haha! thanks craig
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 12:57 AM
I was at the first series that Montreal played the Chicago Cubs, in April 1969. The game I saw was on April 13, a Sunday. It was so cool to hear that anthem, and everybody sang O CANADA! , but only those words; we learned the rest of the words later. Also, that Montreal team had the coolest name of a player on their roster, maybe ever...I can still hear the late Pat Piper, legendary Cubs P.A. man , saying "Batting seventh, COCO LABOY!"
Coco was a good third baseman.
http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/mlb/photo/photogallery/expos_35/02.jpg
Posted by: Dexter
| July 1, 2008 12:58 AM
Natalie MacMaster - now here's a Canadian who can play a fiddle if there ever was one...
http://www.nataliemacmaster.com/
And Gordon Lightfoot? YES! Still loves touring, he says - saw/heard him in February...still the same.
Posted by: Ivy Green | July 1, 2008 12:59 AM
Tiptoe,
Funny you should mention that...I forgot that I drove 8 hours straight to Ottowa to hook up with a girl for a weekend. I met her in Boston a month earlier, I found out she was as adventurous as I was and she was hot...
She was a tough girl too...she would ride a bike to work year round...she had great legs but I would never be able to do the below zero thing for 1 mile on a bike, let alone 5...
Posted by: Bear
| July 1, 2008 1:00 AM
BTW, I was the English announcer in the Montreal Forum when Nadia Comenici scored her perfect 10s.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K4n0x1hijHE
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 1:00 AM
How could a music fan of popular music forget four of the five members of the BAND. Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson. Only Levon Helms who is from Arkansas is the lone American.
¡yo soy Horsedooty!
Posted by: yo soy Horsedooty!
| July 1, 2008 1:02 AM
wow, this video of Montreal is soooo cool (click the play arrow when loaded):
http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| July 1, 2008 1:03 AM
You're a colorful Bear, you are. *L*
I always like the Canadian "play" money. Very pretty.
tt
Posted by: tiptoe
| July 1, 2008 1:04 AM
Anyone actually know what July 1st is about anyway?
Why, its the anniversary of the creation of Confederation (and, consequently, of the Kingdom...), of course. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec joined July 1, 1867.
Not exactly a bunch of rebels militantly separating themselves from the mother country, but at least it happened. And my father's home town in southern Ontario still has Union Jacks flying and portraits of the Queen in every rink. No wonder he never wanted to move back there from Connecticut.
Still, beautiful country with great people who are basically the same as we are. Only if they really "apologized for Bryan Adams on multiple occasions," as South Park claimed.
Posted by: Dan | July 1, 2008 1:05 AM
sigh.. Robbie Robertson..
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 1:06 AM
For Canada...
k.d. lang's Hymns of the 49th Parallel is probably my favorite music in the whole world...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iQDVu-QWnw
And the ferry system in western Canada is spectacular! I highly recommend a trip on at least one of Canada's ferries to any of you who ever get the chance to travel to this side of the North American continent.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_HKB0mbaKGS8/R0oLyp6gQAI/AAAAAAAACRo/ZUfPslT75XA/100_1259.JPG
Posted by: harborwoman
| July 1, 2008 1:06 AM
" you let 'em come home, America" (from Canada, of course)"
Yes, indeed! From Canada! (Who took them in...)
Posted by: Patsi
| July 1, 2008 1:08 AM
tylenol. very impressive. I watched that girl in awe.
Don't forget 08/08/08 in Communist China.
tt
Posted by: tiptoe
| July 1, 2008 1:08 AM
Rush? I hate their music, but I'll give a big thumbs up to Gordon Lightfoot, who I saw live many times at the old Pine Knob outdoor music theater in Clarkston, Michigan.
About fifteen years ago Gordon was tired of being flabby and went on a hardcore diet and subjected himself to long gym workouts. He lost a ton of weight and keeps it off.
He played the Toledo Masonic Hall recently and he's very thin and fit...you'd not recognize the 1970s Gordon Lightfoot from the 2008 edition.
Posted by: Dexter
| July 1, 2008 1:09 AM
The Weight
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Weight%2C+the+Band&search_type=
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 1:09 AM
Canadian Rockies, Niagra Falls -- I am a little jealous because Canada shares some of our great scenic wonders, and somehow does them even better than we do.
Posted by: labber
| July 1, 2008 1:10 AM
hey Dan, no hard feelings about Bryan Adams -- especially after performing with Tina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBv-jI0h9hs
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| July 1, 2008 1:10 AM
Aren't ALL American comedians from Canada?
tt
Posted by: tiptoe
| July 1, 2008 1:11 AM
tylenol...just don't mention Robbie Robertson around Levon Helm....very bad blood there....
Posted by: Dexter
| July 1, 2008 1:11 AM
Let us not forget this man. "Clarence Eugene Snow" He is better known for the song "Movin' On" of course, Hank Snow.
I have used my 10 or so posts tonight so I am Movin' On also
nite all
¡yo soy Horsedooty!
Posted by: yo soy Horsedooty!
| July 1, 2008 1:12 AM
Dan? We're just unarmed Americans with healthcare.
Bear? I'm IN the video for the famine relief song. I was a 'gofer' on the set and during the last chorus, David Foster told me to run in there and sing. I had 80s hair, unfortunately.
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 1:14 AM
And the Falls on the Canadian side are far better, Horseshoe. When I lived in Rochester we went there quite often. In the winter the spray freezes the road along the falls. It's interesting. The colored flood lights on the frozen falls is tres pretty.
tt
Posted by: tiptoe
| July 1, 2008 1:15 AM
Also, Niagra Falls in winter is better in that there aren't millions of tourists.
tt
Posted by: tiptoe
| July 1, 2008 1:19 AM
Dex.. same thing happened to Lennon and McCartney.. hard to have two stars in the same band..
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 1:19 AM
Always liked Bryan Adams. Nice guy.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RTf52IsksKI
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 1:21 AM
On July 20, 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide with the approval of the Civil Marriage Act.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Canada
Posted by: BrianInNYC
| July 1, 2008 1:23 AM
"Don Edwards"
Doots -- that's some great music. Thanks! I'll have to make a trip to amazon.....
Posted by: Patsi
| July 1, 2008 1:23 AM
haha..Craig.. i just remembered something after I saw the "canada - america's hat' logo...
Rick Mercer http://www.rickmercer.com/ once said "Cmon, we're bigger than they are and we're on top. If we were in prison they'd be our bitch!"
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 1:24 AM
Doots -- I partied with Rick Danko one night....couldn't keep up and had to go home.
Posted by: Patsi
| July 1, 2008 1:25 AM
haha..patsi..no one could keep up with Danko..
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 1:29 AM
Dexter,
You must not be a fan of Sameul Taylor Colleridge's poetry...Iron Maiden set one of his great works to music, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Rush set his other great poem, Kublai Khan to music...This was live in Toronto...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gSropm0CpFA
I always loved the story behind the poem, that Colleridge was high ffrom opium when he had his vision Kublai Khan's pleasure done. Unfortunately his high finished before he was done writing the story. Some speculate that he became addicted to opium because he would use it again and again, trying unsuccessfully to get back to the same high to finish the poem...he never could.
To interject a minor political thought...the song appears on Rush's album, "A Farewell to Kings" which could be used as a title for this election season perhaps?
Posted by: Bear
| July 1, 2008 1:30 AM
just FYI.. Geddy Lee (Rush) has the weakest, most humid handshake I have EVER experienced.
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 1:33 AM
isn't Danko dead now? God's way of saying you need to slow down? Going home might have been a good move Patsi.
¡yo soy Horsedooty!
Posted by: yo soy Horsedooty!
| July 1, 2008 1:34 AM
I sure as hell couldn't keep the pace with Rick....my scotch to whatever he was doing didn't poll even.
But I adored him anyway. What a peach of a human being. I think he was basically a genuinely kind soul.
Posted by: Patsi
| July 1, 2008 1:34 AM
Tylenol,
You're in the video? That's awesome! I guess you can tell us who the biggest coke head was on set then? lol
Craig, I hear Anne Murray's hair dresser is going to send you a cease and desist...lol
This was the best famine relief song of the time though...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P7eqxg92YG0
Posted by: Bear
| July 1, 2008 1:34 AM
Beautiful video, Craig! Did you excerpt that clip from "Over Canada"? There's a whole series of "Over..." videos, and they're quite incredible. My son, when young, was utterly enthralled with them.
Posted by: harborwoman
| July 1, 2008 1:35 AM
and for my final tribute of the night, how about a flock of Canadian geese flying through a rainbow in North Carolina. Good night all, and thank you Canada for watching our top knot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZE_6Q3Ydv0
"Bear Claw Chris Lapp: Watch your top knot.
Jeremiah Johnson: Yep, watch your'n."
Posted by: Craig Crawford
| July 1, 2008 1:35 AM
By the way, tylenol -- this is the funniest line I've read in years:
"We're just unarmed Americans with healthcare."
Posted by: Patsi
| July 1, 2008 1:36 AM
How about a crease & desist?
tt
Posted by: tiptoe
| July 1, 2008 1:37 AM
Dont forget.. it's not too late to make plans to drive (fly) up for Just for Laughs
http://www.hahaha.com/en/
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 1:39 AM
Doots -- I was famous for starting fast and stopping faster.
Posted by: Patsi
| July 1, 2008 1:39 AM
I'm pooped. I'm turning in too. Too much jazz and too little time. Change of pace tomorrow night. Just for Laughs honours George Carlin. I know where I'm going to be!
Nite all. And Happy Canada Day! I have hats for all!
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 1:42 AM
Happy Canada Day, tylenol!
I loved your line about being "unarmed Americans with healthcare", too. Good one!
Posted by: harborwoman
| July 1, 2008 1:42 AM
Craig -- thanks for the Canadian geese....wonderful footage.
Posted by: Patsi
| July 1, 2008 1:43 AM
and Bear? I don't have any coke stories, but I do have one really good one.
Foster posted a sign at the door fo the studio "Leave yer ego at the door." So I'm standing there with a few people, including Ronnie Hawkins (another Arkansas good ole boy, who's now Canadian). Someone asked him if he'd left his ego at the door. He said "I can't even get mine up." I spit coffee on him. hahaha
Posted by: tylenol
| July 1, 2008 1:45 AM
Canadian geese used to fly in formation over Rochester, NY twice a year, coming & going. They honk A LOT. One time I opened the door at work and plop right in front of me a goose said 'hello'. One more step and I wouldn't have gotten it. Eweeee....
And with that, I'm off......
tt
Posted by: tiptoe
| July 1, 2008 1:51 AM
William Shatner & Leonard Cohen. Two great treasures! Happy Canada day!
Posted by: Politics of Utopia
| July 1, 2008 1:54 AM
"sn't Danko dead now?"
I'll say something very un-PC -- isn't it America's new way to kill people off before they can collect social security or medicare?
Sounds like a smart ass comment until you think about it.
Posted by: Patsi
| July 1, 2008 1:55 AM
Craig,
Thank you so much for saluting my other country!
I'm still a Canadian, even though I became a U.S. citizen--I guess I have what they call dual citizenship. Most of my family is still in Canada. I can work there.
I go back to visit all time. I have stayed as long as a year, then I come back to California.
Canada seems to be a kinder, gentler country in some ways than the U.S. People aren't so rushed and are more optimistic, less jaded. I'm making
generalizations here, I know, but it just seems so to me.
There's a more European flavor to Canada--the money still has the queen
of England on it. Many products come from Britain and France. I love that
about Canada. I can buy neat Euro things that I could never find in California.
In most provinces, liquor is only sold at the Liquor commission, never in
stores.
Politically Canada swings more to the left, liberal thinking. Every Canadian
I knew disliked Bush intently.
Few own guns or ever talk about guns. Health care is universal. I was shocked that even though I hadn't been there for quite awhile, when I got
sick, the Canadian medical organization put me right in the hospital for three
days just to test me. It turned out I had nothing serious, but I use this example
to point out that the health care system is a good one. I didn't have to pay a penny for treatment.
As an educator, it troubles me how little most of my students know about
Canada, yet most Canadians know a lot about the United States. A high
percentage of my freshman college students could not even tell me where
Canada was geographically or tell me anything about the country at all.
Posted by: prof marcia
| July 1, 2008 2:08 AM
Thanks for the video Craig, it was very thoughful of you.
Patsi's absolutely right about TO and Red Deer being polar opposites, everything changes at Ontario's western border. Manitoba is like Wisconsin, and Saskatchewan would be like WV or Kentucky, then comes the wild west with the Calgary Stampede in Alberta. British Columbia is probably the most scenic of all the provinces with the ocean and the Rockies.
I have driven back and forth across Canada about 6 times and the most beautiful drive is Highway 3 across the botton of BC.
Everyone I've ever met in Canada, unless they were connected to the oil industry, totally and completely despised(as much as Canadians are able) George Bush. They really are very kind.
How about the contributions of: Keanu Reeves
Dan Ackroyd
Blue Rodeo
Nickleback
Happy Birthday Canada!!!
Posted by: politicallypissed
| July 1, 2008 4:05 AM
the best time i ever had playing music in bands was a month in the Royal Hotel, on River St. in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan...............
Posted by: sturgeone | July 1, 2008 5:57 AM
a joke i heard iin the bar at the royal.....What do you call a paki at the calgary stampede?
Turban Cowboy.
Posted by: sturgeone | July 1, 2008 6:14 AM
I put up my salute to Canada with Gordon Lightfoot doing Canadian Railroad Trilogy.
Posted by: Jamie
| July 1, 2008 11:26 AM
Oh and my canadian story on Lardo's G rated sex site.
Posted by: Jamie
| July 1, 2008 11:26 AM
NEW THREAD
Posted by: Jamie
| July 1, 2008 11:29 AM
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