Canadian Music

Posted about 5 years ago
This is from CFNY 102.1 fm out of Toronto:


To celebrate Canadian Music Week in Toronto, the Edge presents “Top 102 Canadian New Rock Songs of All Time.” We’ve used all kinds of data to compile this list. Year-end countdowns, Thursday 30 countdowns, input from the Edge staff, and of course your opinions through the Edge Music Panel. The countdown takes a comprehensive look at the history and heritage of Canadian music.
Top 102 Canadian New Rock Songs of All Time
1 Sloan - Underwhelmed2 The Tragically Hip - New Orleans Is Sinking3 The Demics - New York City4 Arcade Fire - Rebellion5 Nickelback - How You Remind Me6 The Pursuit Of Happiness - I'm An Adult Now7 Billy Talent - The River Below8 Spirit of the West - Home For A Rest9 Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach10 Alexisonfire - This Could Be Anywhere In the World11 Our Lady Peace - Naveed12 Rough Trade - High School Confidential13 Finger Eleven - One Thing14 Gandharvas - First Day Of Spring15 Viletones - Screaming Fist16 Sam Roberts - Brother Down17 Matthew Good Band - Apparitions18 Diodes - Tired Of Waking Up Tired19 The Tragically Hip - Wheat kings20 Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know21 Barenaked Ladies - If Had A Million Dollars22 Lowest of the Low - Eternal Fatalist23 Pure - Anna Is A Speed Freak24 The Extras - Circular Impression25 Blue Rodeo - Diamond Mine26 Tea Party - The River27 Teenage Head - Let's Shake28 Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights29 Moist - Push30 Shadowy Men On a Shadowy Planet - Having An Average Weekend31 Treble Charger - Red32 Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You33 Men Without Hats - Safety Dance34 Odds - Eat My Brain35 I Mother Earth - One More Astronaut36 Payolas - Eyes Of A Stranger37 Neverending White Lights - The Grace38 Econoline Crush - All That You Are39 Doughboys - Shine40 Bedouin Soundclash - When The Night Feels My Song41 City & Colour - Save Your Scissors42 Blue Peter - Don't Walk Past43 The Tragically Hip - Fifty Mission Cap44 Sloan - Coax Me45 54-40 - Ocean Pearl46 Our Lady Peace - Clumsy47 Rusty - Misogyny48 Parachute Club - Rise Up49 Sum 41 - Pieces50 Arcade Fire - Neighborhood # 3 (Power's Out)51 Spoons - Nova Heart52 Billy Talent - Devil In A Midnight Mass53 The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic54 Northern Pikes - Teenland55 k-os - Crucial56 54 40 - Baby Ran57 Vital Signs - Collage58 Nickelback - Someday59 Sum 41 - Fat Lip60 Breeding Ground - Happy Now I Know61 Metric - Dead Disco62 The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon63 Chalk Circle - April Fool64 Our Lady Peace - Starseed65 I Mother Earth - So Gently We Go66 Dream Warriors - My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style67 Sarah McLachlan - Possession68 Tea Party - Temptation69 Images In Vogue - Lust For Love70 Sloan - The Other Man71 54-40 - One Gun72 The Rheostatics - Record Body Count73 Sam Roberts - Where Have All The Good People Gone74 Skinny Puppy - Testure75 The Grapes Of Wrath - All The Things I Wasn't76 Mobile - Out Of My Head77 Nickelback - Photograph78 BB Gabor - Nyet Nyet Soviet79 Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become80 Hot Hot Heat - Bandages81 Jane Siberry - Mimi On The Beach82 The Tragically Hip - Locked In The Trunk Of A Car83 Big Wreck - That Song84 Trans-X - Living On Video85 The Watchmen - Stereo86 Limblifter - Ariel vs.Lotus87 Pukka Orchestra - Might As Well Be On Mars88 Hayden - In September89 Strange Adavnce - Worlds Away90 The Forgotten Rebels - I'm In Love With The System (Not Myself)91 The Weakerthans - The Reason92 Barenaked Ladies - Be My Yoko Ono93 Chalk Circle - This Mourning94 Billy Talent - Try Honesty95 illScarlett - Heaters96 The Pursuit Of Happiness - Hard To Laugh97 I Mother Earth - Not Quite Sonic98 Tea Party - Save Me99 Rheostatics - Claire100 Delerium - Flowers Become Screens101 Death From Above 1979 - Black History Month102 Our Lady Peace - Superman's Dead



I understand most of you may not know most of this music, but to those of you who live in Canada, or [like me] live in a border-town, let me know what you think of this...


Comments (4)

  1. funkybarb says Hmmmm ... there's definitely some good stuff on the list but there also seems to be multiple songs from the same artists which gives the impression that they only had a handful of artists to choose from ... which isn't true ... there's lots of great Canadian talent outside of The Tragically Hip or I Mother Earth or Our Lady Peace who get several mentions. It also seems to be limited to the last 20 years or so ... what about older artists like the Guess Who, for example or Neil Young (I know he lives in the US but so does Alanis Morrisette and she made it)?
    Permalink posted 03/11/2007
  2. CGonzalez says I would have to say that there are certain bands that seem to "take over" a bit with countdowns, this one being no exception... and as for the older bands, this is a countdown of Modern Rock songs, which limit it to the last 20 years [I think].



    So do you think there should be a different song at the top?


    Permalink posted 03/12/2007
  3. funkybarb says Modern rock makes sense given the station that's sponsoring the list ... I love Underwhelmed by Sloan and think it's perfectly deserving of taking top spot ... if this was chosen based on listener feedback, I'm pleasantly surprised.
    Permalink posted 03/12/2007
  4. kristiana says somehow missed this boat! pretty decent list. HAve to agree - even though I evetually got so sick of that Sloan song, it was still pretty catchy at the time, and extra nostalgic value for those of us on the East Coast as it came forth at such an optimistic time in the scene. There was something in the air, which faded and hasn't been seen around here since. Here's to hoping...
    Permalink posted 03/28/2007

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