2000, May Show: Constable Brennan Homecoming — photo by Me.
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Each post I write will include a video from a Canadian band, so I thought it’d be convenient to store them here for your viewing pleasure. These are The Punkish Ones. Feel free to comment on what you like or don’t like. Eventually I’ll leave some mini-bios and links so you can find out more aboot the bands. Where possible I’ve tried to leave direct links to their webpages, so if you like what you hear you can find out more aboot their CD catalogue there.
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I’ve tried to keep the archiving as simple as possible…
If you find a broken link, or the YouTube stuff isn’t loading
properly, let me know and I’ll find an alternative…
I’m Canadian, it’s what we do. Off the ice.
So… click on the artists name to find their video…
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Punkish
Ashley MacIsaac; Big Sugar; K- OS; Steppenwolf; Alanis Morissette; Sloan; The Band; Dumas; Hawksley Workman; The Tragically Hip; Anik Jean; The Pursuit of Happiness; Bruce Cockburn; k.d. lang; 54-40; The Payola$; Rush; April Wine; Loverboy; The Box
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“Sleepy Maggie”; ‘Hi, How Are You Today?’ (1996)
Ashley MacIsaac was born in Nova Scotia in 1975. His music is easily described as Celtic-Punk, which incorporates elements of Rock, Hip Hop, and some electronica, but he has also released several albums of “traditional Canadian fiddle music.” On February 17th, 2007, Ashley married his boyfriend, Andrew Stokes, onstage at a concert at the Imperial Room of the Lord Nelson Hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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“Ride Like Hell”; ‘500 Pounds‘ (1993)
Big Sugar broke up because Alberta is a dirty word in Ontario and Quebec. These guys were, easily, the best power-blues band Canada had ever produced. They were also the first English-Canadian band to release an album, 1999’s “Chauffe A Bloc”, in both “official” languages. Gordie Johnson, lead guitar and vocals, said at the time: “Political systems serve to categorize us by our differences: music serves to illuminate what we share in common… .” Then, in 2003, he was told radio stations would only agree to play his new single — All Hell For A Basement — if he changed the province in the song or deleted ‘Alberta’, his home province, from the song. He had other reasons to chuck it in, his label was treating his band like garbage and he was burnt out after twenty years or so in the same band… but still, what the fuck was that name thing aboot?
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“The Seekwell”; ‘Atlantis‘ (2006)
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“Au gré des saisons”; ‘Fixer le temps‘ (2006)
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“Born To Be Wild”; ‘Steppenwolf‘ (1968)
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“You Oughta Know”; ‘Jagged Little Pill’ (1995)
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“Money City Maniacs”; ‘Navy Blues‘ (1998)
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“I Shall Be Released”; ‘Music From Big Pink’ (1968)
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The Pursuit of Happiness: Canadian
“I’m an Adult Now”; ‘Love Junk‘ (Single: 1986, Album 1988)
–There’s a better version but YouTube took it down because it didn’t suck.
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“Striptease”; ‘(Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves’ (2001)
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“New Orleans Is Sinking”; ‘Up To Here (1989)
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“Tendre Sorciere”; Le Trashy Saloon’ (2005)
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“If A Tree Falls”; ‘Big Circumstance‘ (1989)
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“Hallelulljah [Live At 'The Max' Sessions]“; ‘Hymns Of The 49th Parallel’ (2005)
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“One Day In Your Life”; ‘Show Me‘ (1987)
Fifty-Four Forty Or Fight!
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“Hammer On A Drum”; ‘Hammer On A Drum‘ (1983)
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“YYZ”; ‘Moving Pictures‘ (1997) [Live In Brazil]
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“Sign Of A Gypsy Queen”; ‘Nature Of The Beast‘ (1981)
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“Turn Me Loose“; ‘Loverboy’ (1980)
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“Crying Out Loud For Love”; ‘Closer Together‘ (1987)
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If you find a broken link, or the YouTube stuff isn’t loading
properly, let me know and I’ll find an alternative…
I’m Canadian, it’s what we do. Off the ice.
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4 responses so far ↓
ames // August 5, 2007 at 11:49 pm
in what sense is k.d. lang being classified as punkish?
ames // August 5, 2007 at 11:56 pm
…and what in the heck happened to all your videos???
feartheseeds // August 6, 2007 at 12:21 am
When she first started out she was “cowboy punk”. Plus, I don’t generally use “punk” totally as a music designation, if someone has lived the life I give them the label as well. As a badge of honour thing.
When “YouTube” does their weekly maintenance my site looks kind of empty. It’s mostly a Sunday night thing. I should probably make a note of that somewhere.
ames // August 7, 2007 at 12:26 am
in what way has k.d. lang led a punkish life?
(the question is out of genuine curiousity and by no means meant to be challenging — i know i hassled you about listening to her — i officially eat my words — i can’t seem to stop listening to her right now…and i *really* need to get to bed!)