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As an American I am not familiar with Canadian bands. Today I am very interested in learning about some of the most popular bands who are not well known outside of Canada. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
When listening to Home for a Rest by "Spirit of the West, you stopped the song just before it kicked in. You just listened to the intro and didn't actually get to hear the song. Do yourself a favour and listen to more of it.
Talk about a tease, I was all like "Oh you're gonna like this one when it kicks" and then nothing. lol
Exactly what I came here to say. Tyler ... listen to the whole song and make sure we get to see your reaction. 😊
I also came hear to say this. It was such a a tease. PLEASE LISTEN TO THE REST!!!!!
Tyler should do a reaction video for each song, all Canadian bands. They have YT creators who do that alone for their channels. But it'll be better as he has more of an understanding of our Canadians' identity than others who just listen to music and react.
(My fave is watching young Black people first time reacting to Blondie's "Rapture" 😅)
Same with Blue Rodeo... not that it ever hits like Spirit of the West, but most of these songs you should probably listen up to at least the first chorus to get a sense of the song and style.
I’m so Canadian, I didn’t even realize that half these bands weren’t big outside of Canada.
Same, I'm sitting here like "what do you mean this isn't known outside Canada" 😂
same bud
@@TonySpinach LOL. youtube offered translate your comment for me
@@s_m_SL4Y3Rthat’s cause it written in Canadian.
@@s_m_SL4Y3R ahahahahhah I love that, same bud means: no yeah yeah no yeah, fuckn right bud
Imagine only listening to the intro of Home For a Rest and thinking you heard the song. Criminal.
If he listens to the entire song I think he’ll actually be shocked.
@kathypiazza7228 right? That song gives enough energy to fuel me for days! Love it! 😅🎉🎉
Had to pause the video, get a beer, and play the song.
I know right.
To play 4-5 bars of Home for Rest and rate the song....maybe Tyler has ADHD. John Mann was a Canadian icon and he represented the best we have!
The Tea Party's lead leader has a stunning voce.
Not to mention the music is unique, no one else sounds like them.
@@kmacgregor6361 I love the Tea Party; probably one my top five favourite artists of all time. But Jeff Martin's always acknowledged that he's basically channelling Morrison.
Skipping before the chorus of Blue Rodeo is a cursed move
Skipping before the chorus of ANY song is disingenuous.
Same for "Spirit of the West"
Need the whole tune to appreciate..
100 percent!
FACTS
I laughed when you said “I’ve never listened to Canadian Country before” … I think many Americans forget that Shania Twain is a Canadian
Exactly
I literally said that out loud! “Come on! You’ve heard Shania Twain man!” 😂
@@ajtcaps yes, but Tyler may not be all that familiar with Shania as he was likely quite young when she was huge worldwide, around 1996-2001.
@@justylex She's still Huge she had/has a world tour in 2023 Sold Out
The years listed are the year ppl uploaded videos. That Blue Rodeo song is 30+ years old. Also some of these long intros were very common, in my opinion, in the 90s.
Home for a Rest is a fantastic bar song. It’s gets everyone up and singing along. I fact I stopped this video to listen to it lol and then resumed your video. You need to give that song a real chance. It’s so much fun!
The Tea Party makes me laugh. I’m not a fan but they’re from my city (Windsor, On). My cousin, who lives in Alberta loves them. We discussed them via messenger one day and we I’m walking the lead and the drummer were across the street having lunch on a patio. Friends of mine perform with the drummer, Jeff Burrows; who does a lot of charity work here, including an annual 24hr Drum-a-thon with lots of local bands.
Great video 💚
Also, as others have said, please listen to all of "Home For A Rest". Only listening to the intro is a disservice.
justice for blue rodeo too. tea party as well, but blue rodeo first😂
@@emilyblackier2112 Confession... I've never liked Blue Rodeo. 😅 I quite like Tea Party though; I personally would've recommended "Psychopomp" or "Walking Wounded".
I'm so frustrated!
Listening to only a single verse of any song from the Tea Party is to completely miss on what they sound like. Very Doors-like singing, with very odd guitar tunings and interesting harmonies that you probably won't hear anywhere else... and when he sings heavy, all the dirt comes out!
Yeah, you were almost at the best part of the song
Colin James is the most underrated musician in Canada. Fantastic rock/blues guitar player, singer/songwriter, and performer for the past 35 years!
Agreed, he is fantastic!
Saw him open for ZZ Top the day after SRV died in that helo crash
Colin(and mighty top) were very close friends 🧡
Tyler...Tyler...TYLERRRRRRRRRR!
Home For A Rest was a certified *banger*. You noped out before it kicked in!
I'm feeling that same anxiety lol
I think with his impatience with the slow intros, he would have preferred the "Radio Edits", or the versions that appeared on Big Shiny Tunes. I'd also suggest he just skip to around 30-45 seconds in to get a snapshot.
Ideally, he should just listen to the whole song, and then edit it down to his favourite riff or bit.
He hoped out on a lot of them. Blue Rodeo!
he did the exact same with the tea party!!! one song, not kicking in fast enough and up to the next one!
id like to see him react to sister awake, that would be fun! bowie LOVED it.
It actually hurt my soul where he stopped listening to Spirit of the West.
Me too!
Yes, He cut it off before it even got started.
Yes our whole nation is shaking our heads and feeling like he MUST LISTEN TO THE REST!
Saw them @ The Concert Hall in T.O. in the 90s; when this song started the entire place turned into one big mosh pit. We were near the back, and a few feet away were most of the Barenaked Ladies, just dancing along with everyone else!!! RIP John Mann!!!
I'm 😢
Spirit of the West should be heard in full it's a very powerful song. So appreciated at home that a whole collection of major artists covered the song in tribute to the band when the lead singer came down with medical issues.
That tribute is also available to be seen on youtube.
I totally agree. He stopped it before it got going. I think he would have liked it
@@sandrawright6820 he did like, but agreed he didnt listen when it kicked in... fyi, i am a newfie...
@@1djmercer Hey kind Newfie! you guys make Canadians pass as such nice people. We owe it to the Newfies, the BEST Canadians
I would watch full length reactions to all these songs, and I'd be willing to bet that most of the people that watched this would watch them all too.
@@sandrawright6820 He listened to all of 26 seconds. Lame.
Home for a rest!
Home for a rest!
Haha you’ve got all us Canadians sad all at once
The Trews, Big Sugar, Finger Eleven, Serena Ryder, Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, Matt Mays & El Torpedo, Daniel Lanois, The Watchmen, City & Colour, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, Colin James, Arkells, Arcade Fire.
That should keep you entertained for a long time if you dig into each artists catalog.
Can’t forget 54-40 !
And love seeing Big Sugar one of the most criminally underrated bands ever. Gordie Johnson is such a legend
@@TrevorLazar There are so many other artists that were not mentioned. Not because they aren’t valid or worthy of attention. My goal was to keep it simple and manageable yet diverse and somewhat thorough. I know I am not the only one who is commenting. Other folks will fill in the gaps.
Add in Teenage Head❤
I'd add I Mother Earth, Junkhouse, and Moist to that list.
Don't forget the Rainbow Butt Monkeys. Haha
Me, a Canadian, watching in absolute HORROR as he stops home for a rest before it kicks up.
You HAVE to listen to that whole song. In a pub if possible
I know right? Like.. absolute blasphemy and horrendous.. he did himself and his non canadian viewers a massive disservice
@@MartyNev6 he 100% did that to drive up the comments on this video and I’m so outraged that I came directly here to comment!! 😡 😂🤣
Go to an Irish pub in Ottawa in the 90s. Party all night. Then Home for a Rest comes on and everything goes mental. Repeat each Saturday.
Did the same for Tea Party
Absolutley agree
Doug and the Slugs lol
My jam 😂
54-40
Too bad that he missed it.
Always thought their best song was "Tomcat Prowl".
@christophermerlot3366 so sad that he's not as smart as he thought he was in the first place 😂
I was so fortunate to live in Newport Vermont on the border of Quebec listening to CKGM, CKTS and CHOM throughout the 70's, 80's, into the 90's and was, and still am, obsessed with Canadian acts of that era. Luba, Blue Rodeo, Parachute Club, Roman Grey, (Lisa) Dalbello, Streetheart, April Wine, Ian Thomas, Sue Medley, Bruce Cockburn, Rough Trade, Annette Ducharme, Lee Aaron, France Joli, Chilliwack, Colin James, Platinum Blonde, Sass Jordan, Chantal Kreviazuk, Jann Arden, One to One, Toronto, Martine St-Clair, Véronique Béliveau, Marjo
What about:
- Lowest of the Low
- Cowboy Junkies
- The Northern Pikes
- The Pursuit of Happiness
- The Box
- The Waltons
- King Apparatus
- The Skydiggers
The Northern Pikes aka The Jackfish Five (until they became The Jackfish Four). 😂😂😂
Cowboy Junkies were big in the U.S. too back in the day
The Box!!
Cowboy junkies…..omygosh that woman has a voice like smooth silk
The HIP!!!
… but I think he did video that highlighted them and Gord
14:53 NO NO NO!!! You can't stop "Home For A Rest" on the intro!!! You completely missed the entire spirit and mood of the song and the band! You have to take it to at least the first real verse and hear the complete change of style in the song! Do yourself a favour Tyler and listen to more of this one!
I literally started screaming “give it 10 more seconds!!”
This was horrible. Didnt give the song a chance. Its the best drinking song ever
This is horrible
Totally didn't let it go. 😢
Ugh. Yes!
Blue Rodeo is a class outfit. Progressive country/rock. Great songwriters. Generally don't like country, but Blue Rodeo is different. One of my favorite bands of all time.
Blue Rodeo is awesome! One of my favourites as well.
I'm not into country music at all either, but been a major Blue Rodeo fan since their first album. Saw them in concert last year and they still sound awesome!
Jim Cuddy is a massively underrated singer - his voice is pure gold. And then Tyler listens to a song with Greg Keelor singing lead. 😢
@@Tracey66 Jim is great, and can still hit that high note in Try, but I like BR best when Greg & Jim harmonize. For example like on "Is It You". But my favorite Blue Rodeo songs in concert are still "Hasn't Hit Me Yet," and" Lost Together", which Greg sings. I figure we're just lucky to have Blue Rodeo for all these years. They've written some amazing songs, put on some great shows, and I love their intelligence and sense of humour in interviews. The USA doesn't know what they're missing.
I use to hear “Better Off As We Are” on the school intercom in second grade. years later and I’m hearing it again.
Bro cuts the songs by blue rodeo right before it hits and goes "its too slow" lmao
This guy is so annoying. Why even do music reaction videos if you aren't gonna actually listen to the songs.
April Wine by far the best underrated Canadian back also Burton Cummings and BTO - so please do a second part 👍
Burton and BTO made it big outside of Canada.
I think Triumph was more underrated...nobody in the US knows them. April Wine had a few hits.
April Wine came to mind, but they did do quite well in the US in their heyday. "Song of the Gypsy Queen" is relatively well known down there and other AW songs.
But Canadians do know their full catalogue quite well. :)
@@Veggamattic I have a friend on Calfornia; she's definately heard of Triumph and has seen them on tour. A friend of hers, also in the US, knows that Bonnie is a huge Rush fan (she's seen them in concert several times) asked what's with all those Canadian power trios. So not just a one-off thing.
@@Taeolas It's ironic you mentioned California because I was thinking of saying "except a few people lucky enough to have seen Cal Jam". Maybe she fits that category,
And because it needs to be said:
- Arcade Fire
- Metric
- Broken Social Scene
- Jeff Healey
- Tea Party
- April Wine
- Triumph
- Max Webster
- The Headstones
And while they don't qualify under the OP rules, no list would be complete without Rush and the Hip. Just 'coz.
Triumph! Awesome power trio. Saw them in Cincinnati Ohio three times in the 80's. First concert I attended by myself. Danced throughout, singing along.
I think Arcade Fire is/was is really popular in the US, but I don't live there so who really knows.
HAVE to add Moist to this list. One of THE best live shows of my teen years.
Metric has a global audience. They've toured most of the free world.
@@Sora029 Thank you! I was waiting for this. And why is no one mentioning Our Lady Peace???
Big Shiny Tunes Compilation CDs were THE Christmas present for any rock loving Canadian kids coming of age in the mid 90s-early 2000s.
The much music double double ....Big Shiny Tunes & Much Dance! Hahaha!
I got one as a free gift when I signed up for my first credit card at university... I think. I might have gotten it with my first cell phone. Either way, I got them both at the same folding table in front of the student pub 🤣
yes!
I still got 96
When I put _my_ music on my friends call it "Big Shiny 90's".
For the record, the years you mention associated with the music videos are likely just when they got added to CZcams. All of these songs are significantly older than 10-15 years. Most of them are played on classic rock stations here alongside Nirvana and Oasis etc.
That’s why they don’t sound like current US music, lest we perpetuate the idea that Canadian music is a couple of decades behind the US.
Home for a Rest was released in 1990, and Brother Down is the only one from the 2000’s at all so it sounds dated because it is.
But we’re glad you enjoyed it.
Blue Rodeo is brilliant.
one of the best
I thought they are well known? They've been around for 30 years.
I've never liked them.... 😅
I am no fan of big commercial canned country music, especially as it sounds Stateside, but I like the roots of it, such as bluegrass. I absolutely love Blue Rodeo. And while we’re at it, Cowboy Junkies! And yes, k.d. lang’s early stuff as well with the reClines!
Songs like "Try", "Diamond Mine" & "Til I Am Myself Again" are all worth listening to.
I feel like as Canadians we should be very grateful to much music. Theres a huge reason why most of these bands listed are from the 90s-2000s. Even if thought I forgot a lot of these bands as soon as those intros hit I knew every song he played. I miss those days of just watching music videos and discovering new music.
💯
Some bands like Helix only skimmed by, but at least got some airplay because of Much. I remember seeing the singer Brian Volmer working at a corner store by Masonville Mall, and I was really saddened by the plight of our music industry. He told me he owned it as a franchise, but that was a lie to save face. I had a band at the time, but I hung up any dreams of making a living of it if a band as big as Helix couldn't make ends meet.
Really it started long before Much, in the 1970s when the Can Con rules came into effect for top 40 radio requiring 35% of air played music be by Canadian writers or performers. The reason that the selections were from the 90s onward was because by then making a music video to be released along with your song was standard procedure and because the person selecting was of the age that they overlooked the music from the 70s and 80s that was popular before their time, thus no April Wine, no Lesque, no Chilliwack, no Stan Rogers, no Crowbar, no Stompin' Tom, no Rita McNeil, no Rough Trade, and many others. So when Much arrived in 1984 there was a core of Canadian acts to draw on that were popular because of CanCon.
@@randymorash7013 my point still stand that a lot of the bands listed were from the 90s and early 2000s because of much music. No one listed acts from 2010s or 2020s because we consume music differently. No one listens to radio and much music became all just reality tv shows (we can blame bell for that). People get playlists from Spotify or searching directly through CZcams. There is nothing as far as I know to directly promote Canadian acts anymore in the way that muchmusic did until like 2006.
If you listen to Canadian radio, and I might point out that radios still come in cars for a reason, then the stations you listen to are required to broadcast a certain amount of Canadian-made content. It was the regulatory approach to how Canadians view and listen to radio and TV that lead to all of these bands (and certain Canadian TV) becoming popular here but unknown basically everywhere else. That's kind of why the government was batting around a bill to regulate Internet content delivery services like CZcams to force their algorithm to comply with the previous Canadian law.
Blue Rodeo, my favourite band for over 20 years and plays 6 seconds of one song out of 16 albums. He owes them more of a chance. Even in the song he was playing, the tempo and instrumentation changes significantly in another 5 seconds or less from the time he stopped it. Give them another chance!
I've seen them in concert, fucking amazing. You are spot on.
Liked Blue Rodeo until they brought their politics to the stage. Haven’t watched them since.
@@wayneandrews1022what are their politics ?
@@lowlifehighroad They're left-wing. Duh. The only type of "politics" people seem to like to say they don't like on the stage.
It's weird, though, because their politics have always been there. God and Country (1989) and Fools Like You (1992), for example. I guess in today's climate, you can't be critical of anyone without someone complaining and telling you to shut up. Sad nights for our democracy, IMO.
Their politics are CBC Party.
This video could be literally hours longer , so many great great Canadian bands missed here. I truly believe the reason many Canadian bands don't get over world wide is that they refuse to sell their souls to the big machine that is the music industry.
Don't let anyone fool you; that's a good thing.
Our Lady Peace has to be on this list
Aren't they well known outside of Canada?
@@1sTEfFaniE1 somewhat yeah.
They were one of the biggest bands in the world. What are you talking about
And Mariana’s trench , hedley though can keep deep underwater 👻💀🫨🤬
And Mariana’s trench , hedley though can keep deep underwater 👻💀🫨🤬
We all Mourned when Gord Downie passed! Canadian treasure!
Seen then live 5 times! Always the best show!
RIP Gord, you are missed by Canada!
I didn’t. The Hip is unbelievably overrated.
@regane.bartko7247 sorry for your poor taste in music.
Any better suggestions?
I always heard the darkest one a lot in second grade. It’s crazy how I only discovered the bands name years after the lead singer died.
I went to all three Another Roadside Attraction tours. They were mindblowing, not just the Hip but the entire lineups. Midnight Oil, Wilco, Daniel Lanois, Ashley MacIsaac, Sheryl Crow, Spirit of the West, Matthew Sweet, Ziggy Marley, The Inbreds, Los Lobos... etc etc etc holy shit they had amazing artists on those bills. Some of the artists like Crash Vegas, Mutton Birds and Change of Heart I'd never heard of and became a big fan. Thank you Gord, Rob, Paul, Gord, and Johnny for everything!
My youngest was about 10 or 11 when Gord died and his teacher was a huge Hip fan. His teacher and I had a few moments of mourning, and my boy was quite intrigued and took in all his teacher's stories and gained a greater appreciation for the Hip.
Best Gr 5 teacher ever!
The Jeff Healey Band, The Crash Test Dummies, Chilliwack, and Biff Naked, all come to mind for me
I feel like the crash test dummies broke out of Canada though
I’m related to Jeff Healey. Incredible talent.
Jeff broke out in the U.S. after Road House.
@@JohannElliottthey did...big in Australia
Bif Naked was in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in Season 4 episode 3
Men without Hats. "I Got the message; Spoons. "NOVA Heart", Stars, "Take me to the Riot"; Our Lady Peace "Naveed", Grapes of Rath "Piece of Mind"
This deserves a part 2 and 3, with longer listens
I think the short listens are do to copyright laws, The guy should have at least cued up the music he was selecting beforehand. For example, cutting off Spirit of the West where he did is criminal.
COLIN JAMES. Hes extraordinary. One of my fav artists of all time.
Do you know there's only three things worth living for? They're chicks and cars and the third world war.
SHE MADE ME DANCE AND SHE MADE ME SANG THEN SHE GAVE ME SOME OF THAT VOODOO THANG
I'm pretty sure Colin broke States side. Just Came Back which reached #3 on the U.S charts. He toured the US and also has recorded in Nashville.
Colin James is a master
@@bovinicusdivinicus the slide guitar on National Steel, moiah!
Great Big Sea is my favourite band, (I'm Canadian, and they're a Canadian band)
They're my mum's fave.
She's half Newfie herself.
Boo
You gave me second grade memories of me listening to donkey riding in music class.
They are great 👍
Great Big Sea should have been included as well as Marianas Trench
There is a ton of excellent music from Canada. Thanks for taking the time to listen. The bands are appreciated here at home.
MATTHEW GOOD BAND
He's big outside of Canada.
Yes!!!
I was just going to stay MGB :)
Hello Time Bomb was all over american airways
One of my favourites.
The Trews is woefully underrated even in Canada but I have seen them live 6 or 7 times. They have at least 20 awesome songs and most of the rest are just really, really, good. Poor Ole Broken Hearted Me, Sing Your Heart Out, Highway of Heroes, Yearning, Fleeting Trust, Ishmael & Maggie, Not Ready To Go......it goes on and on.
I agree. I saw them live at a yearly volleyball tournament which always has big bands. The Trews are awesome and I'd see them again for sure.
Agree I have seen them play a bunch of times so good
Just saw The Trews and the Goo Goo Dolls last weekend at a concert in SW Ontario!!! Trews were fantastic!!!
Not a fan myself. Not knocking you, you're allowed to like what you like. Just adding the counterweight that they aren't beloved by everyone.
I saw them at Calgary Stampede, a bunch of years back. They put on a hell of a show!
Glass Tiger, Honeymoon Suite, Gowan, Alannah Myles to name a few 80s
Yup. Don't forget Aldo Nova.
The Spoons!
Gowan's a 2ish hits wonder. I had no idea Glass Tiger was Canadian, always thought they were Brits, never really looked into them passed their hits
All good bands I seen live at least once each, and a few times for Gowan and GT.
Triumph!
The post said NOT to say the Tragically Hip (colloquially The Hip) because they're the most obvious answer we'd ALL agree with, so get your ears onto their song "New Orleans is Sinking" and a million other Canadians will likely say "NO, LISTEN TO (insert one of their many, many iconic songs here.)"
... listen to Wheat Kings and Boot or Hearts... 😉🎶
Listen to ANY hip tune...there all fantastic
I wouldn't say them because they suck ass.
Try listening to a chorus or even past the intro of these songs, dude! I am FLOORED you didn't jump ahead in some of these songs. Enough to drive decent Canadians MAD, Tyler. Damn Americans!! 😂
I'm shaking with frustration, made it 2 lines in and dipped on all these
thought the same but he also did go into not wanting the music muted. Still though thought he would get into that american psycho chorus lol.
@rad1461 yea understand that part too but if you're only listening to small snippets don't do the first part only, maybe skip ahead like 30 seconds for another couple lines just to actually get into the vibe of the song
I had a friend like that in high school, if he didn’t recognize it in first 15 seconds he “didnt like it”. (Also a hockey player, and thats how they snip songs for sports…no coincidence)
Short attention spans hurt my heart lol. Alot of people missing out on great stuff. But like…thats why mumble rap etc tops charts and jazz is “underground”
Yes! You’re not getting to the choruses even!
54-40, Susan Aglukark, Showdown, The Guess Who, The Tragically Hip....
Totally agree with Susan Aglukark
The Hip were explicitly exempted in the original request. :)
Guess Who, like April Wine, did have some fame in the US so would be DQed by that.
The Guess Who is/was pretty well known in the US. But completely agree with 54-40 and Susan Agluklark. Now that you mention it, I have to listen to O Siem again - never tire of that song!
@@Taeolas probably because they were known in NY state :P
the Guess Who did okay in their time in the US though. American Woman was known even before Kravitz did a remake.
I had no idea literally any of these songs weren't known outside of Canada. That has genuinely blown my mind.
I know, we always hear that about the Hip but I didn't know it was so common. I did know that the Tea Party is not big in the US but they are big in Australia. In fairness, Bryan Adams really is big in the US and Tyler hadn't heard of him, so it may just be Tyler.
The Tragically Hip is the only correct answer...
lol the fact everyone's like "you didn't get to the good part for Home For a Rest"
“And the joke is when he awoke his body was covered in coke fizz”
I'm 44 grew up loving sloan . Still listen to this day
I remember the day this song was released. I was driving downtown with a friend to pick up a couple of friends from Union Station and this came on Edge 102.1 at 6am and I absolutely loved it. However, "the joke is when she awoke is her body was covered in my jizz." 🙂
Omg I thought they were saying "goat p***"
@@JaneDoe-cf7pn me too lol
I can't stand this song. But it's surely because of all the butt-rock stations that play this one to death. I like Sloan but the radio at work just killed this song by over playing it
The fact that I don't see anyone mentioning The Arrogant Worms is absolutely crazy
They taught us Canada is both really big & made of trees & rocks...seriously some of the best live experiences I've had.
As a lifetime resident of Saskatchewan, I'm offended they're not mentioned.
YESSSS I lovvveeeee them
or hedley.. or Mariana's trench..
"1.5 people per square kilometer." I still quote this
This kind of attention span is why we face-palm... 15 seconds of the intro and it's "Judgment-Time".,,, What a journey... The wisdom!... The insight!.... Truly a pioneer.... hahaha... We're just 'passive' aggressive here.🇨🇦 Maybe listen to the whole song ""edit"... "We're Back... and wow!... I'm glad I listened to the whole thing.",,,hahaha
If you wanna find a Canuck in a bar, just play Home For A Rest.
In Korea me and a bunch of fellow Canucks were singing to stan Rogers - Barrett's Privateers in a bar after playing hockey at mokdong. Cannot get much more Canadian than that.
Or any Tragically Hip song.
A Vancouver brewpub did just that not quite at last call on a midweek evening a few years back. As a visitor from Ontario, i must say I've never been more more in tune with the lyrical content of any sing, ever! :p.
rip John Mann , you are missed :'(
Never heard of it.
Omg. Spirit of the West. You cut it off exactly when it gets good.
Off the top of mind: Chilliwack, Toronto, Great Big Sea, The Tragically Hip, Bif Naked, Five Alarm Funk, The Arrogant Worms, Rush, The Guess Who, Kim Mitchell, Heart, Honeymoon Suite.
Two things guess who were huge in the states and heart is from Seattle they got there break in Canada but went back to the US after the Vietnam war only came here to dodge the draft
Oh my god, someone else who knows bif naked! A Canadian after my own heart 😊
Wow, Chilliwack has been gone gone gone for a while now =)
=)
Rush are definitely known in the U.S.
Some of those may not have made it to the US, their loss. But they did well in Europe. Honeymoon Suite and Rush and Heart were very popular there in the 80s.
You kind of stopped right before every song kicked in with a chorus or time change. This would be interesting for you to do more of a deep dive, with an hour long discussion (getting into the differences between Canadian and American music preferences), and then editing that down to 7 minutes for the American audience. From Canada, we were seriously interested in your take! As mentioned by others, stopping Home for a Rest is a serious offense... could see jail time.
Five Days in July is simply an incredible album.
absolutely true....coming to Calgary and playing the Grey Eagle
The absolute best . We had a pet named Cynthia because of tha album . And Lost Together was the song that Canada chose as our song to sing together during lockdown
What I am still curious about it why the #1 single from that album is "Five Days in May"…
it was their absolute best!
One of my all-time favourites
David Wilcox, Cano, Klaatu, Barney Bentall, Lighthouse, Rough Trade, Kim Mitchell, Great Big Sea, Northern Pikes.
Moist!
'Try' is Blue Rodeo's best song. I'm not a Country music fan, but that song is amazing.
I also like Lost Together
I respectfully disagree. Try is a great song and got them noticed, but I don’t think it’s their ultimate best. But they have such an amazing catalogue, how do you pick one?
Five Days in May.
Bad Timing is my absolute favorite!!!!❤️
Lost Together
My favourite Canadian bands are Big Wreck, Thornley, Three Days Grace (OG with Adam Gontier), Billy Talent, Mother Mother, Ten Second Epic, Evans Blue, Marianas Trench and USS. Favourite artists are Lights and Rezz. Deadmau5, Illscarlet, Hey Rosetta!, Hollerado and City and Colour have some good stuff too. I'm a Canadian...😅 There's probably more but those are the ones I can think of.
This is hilarious!! You are JUST NOW finding every song we had on CDs in our cars! (*I own Big Shiny Tunes 1 - 13 on CD, btw. Worth the $ back before people could burn a mix CD!)
Nice. I only had 3 and 4 (and the original one on cassette).
I need to try to find my old Big Shiny Tunes cd.
Wait big Shiney tunes wasn't released outside of Canada?
@@JuanWonOne BST wasn't released outside of Canada. It was done by Much Music, which is one of the reasons there were so many Canadian bands on them (the other being that there was a ton of amazing Canadian music at the time).
Other bands - most from the 80's, but hey, I am that old! -
Honeymoon Suite, Loverboy, Glass Tiger, Platinum Blonde, Chalk Circle, Northern Pikes, Men Without Hats, Payolas, Frozen Ghost, Cats Can Fly, Luba, Parachute Club, Haywire...
You just listed half the 80s Can-Con on my phone that nobody in other countries recognizes. But we all remember the school dances. 🎉
One- and two-hit wonders, the lot of them.
Don’t forget Luba or Mitsubishi😀
mitsou not Mitsubishi 🤨
Men Without Hats and Loverboy had huge hits in the US (and worldwide in MWH's case). I'm pretty sure Northern Pikes, Parachute Club and Glass Tiger got a decent amount of airplay for their biggest hits too.
Trooper…from the ‘70s and early ‘80s
April Wine & Triumph
@@randytessman6750 both those band appreciated stateside, esp April Wine!
Alongside A Foot in Cold Water.
Yessssss. I feel like April Wine may be more well known? I love Trooper. This whole video just has me updating my playlist
Yes!.....Raise some little hell.🤘
The fact that he doesn't wait for the hook on any of these songs is driving me nuts, you can't judge a song without listening to the hook.
Canada has an insane amount great music that the rest of the world will never hear. Saw Sloan in concert in university. Awesome show. My personal favourite Canadian hidden treasure is Hawksley Workman.
He’s from my hometown St Catharines
Im jealous of your cigarette lol
💯 % for sure
I forgot about them!!!
Hawksleeeeee! Yes
I like the good old Canadian “Fossil” rock. Prism, Streetheart, Trooper.
YES. Much better than what came later.
You only know they exist because the CRTC forced the radio to play them, lol. I'm all for the local bands, but man, Raise a Little Hell is the most generic, mind-numbing song... ug.
I’ve seen all of them; I guess that dates me. 😂
I seen Trooper perform more times than should have been allowed. They were good to play Smooth Herman's Caberet in Cape Breton every couple years. Always a decent show. Still have the autographed "F**k the Americans Tour" autographed T-shirt from their 1994 show.
Marianas trench and Kim Mitchell not being mentioned is almost criminal
Max Webster is so under rated 🇨🇦!!!
Marianas Trench is absolute trash
Listen to Kim Michell greatest hits or whatever it was called very good.
Marianas trench. ❤
@@ericricard3491you should do your own reaction video so people can suggest Marianas Trench songs for you to listen to.
Moist : check out their song "Push"; Econoline Crush ; Check out their song "Nowhere Now"; Doughboys: check out their song "Shine"; Bif Naked: Check out her song "Moment of Weakness"; Big Sugar: check out their song "All Hell For A Basement"; Emm Gryner: check out her song "Summerlong"; I Mother Earth: check out their song "One More Astronaut"; Our Lady Peace: check out their song "Clumsy"; Headstones: check out their cover of "Tweeter and the Monkey Man". Enjoy! 🙂
All Hell for a Basement is stunning, I love that one.
@@kathyd456 Me too! A fantastic Canadian band and song!
Moist has much better songs than Push.
@@bryanmmusic I know. I was just using their first single to be an introduction to the band. It was what made me a fan and want to listen to their debut album.
You didn't even get to the part of *Home for a Rest* where things get going. XD
I nominate Great Big Sea. Just saw Alan Doyle in concert a couple weeks ago and you should have *seen* how excited the auditorium got when the little beeps from *Ordinary Day* started up at the end of the show.
Also, try The Arrogant Worms, just for funsies. They're not super popular even up here, but their songs are *hilarious*. Favourites include *My Cat Sits on Me*, *The Manly Song*, and *When Canada Rules the World*.
I'd second Great Big Sea and suggest "Up!"
@@walshsnl I came here to write this exact comment!!!
Omg! Yes! For both GBS and The Worms. 😁
Someone mentioned Wolf Island today and I've had the Wolfe Island Ferry stuck in my head all day.
Saskatchewan River Pirates
On behalf of all Americans who have been following this band for the past 30-plus years, welcome to the world of Sloan.
The Philosopher Kings, Big Wreck, Serial Joe, Theory of a Dead Man, Walk Off The Earth , Our Lady Peace, Econoline Crush, The Headstones...a few more to add to this list! You should do a follow up to this video with a review of the suggestions in the comments!
You had me till you said Walk of the Earth. They're basically a cover band. Their most viewed videos are songs they didn't even write.
How about Finger 11. They blow walk off the earth off the map.
@@stevea2488 lol not all music is to everyone's taste 😉
@@stevea2488 I 100% agree!
@@stevea2488But Elvis never wrote a note either. He was kinda famous.
Sam Roberts is another quintessential one for me. I actually won and album of his back in elementary school when a local radio station did a Halloween giveaway. I played that CD start to finish until it wouldn't play anymore
BLASPHEMOUS!! YOU MISSED THE DROP IN “HOME FOR A REST!” (spirit of the west) I DARE you to queue that bad boy up in ANY pub/dive/crawl/bar/karaoke night. You WILL NOT be disappointed.
hell yeah, was waitin' for him to get there and just stopped. Thats a killer track.
Being from Buffalo, I can safely say that most of the border towns in the US would be familiar with all of these bands since we picked up many of the big radio stations coming out of Canada. For example, Buffalo, we got stations from St Catherines, Hamilton and Toronto
The one time i actually saw Sloan was in Buffalo. And I know Billy Talent had huge cross border appeal in Buffalo as well. Just doesn't travel much past border towns.
Back in the day of TV antennas, we got a lot of great American television channels from Buffalo.
Being form Niagara Falls (Canada), I grew up listening to Buffalo stations. Kiss98.5, Star 102.5 (which back in the day was Magic 102.5)
As a resident, I am legally obligated to correct the spelling of St CathArines. It's a totally reasonable mistake though; there is no saint Catharine.
I'm in Niagara, Ontario and of Canadian Bands playing Buffalo alot.
Chilliwack, Doug and the Slugs. Another interesting list would be artists that are Canadian, huge around the world, but relatively unknown in Canada. We have a few of those too.
Yes!
Heaven Coming Down is so, so good.
Glad you took the time to jump ahead and see this masterpiece.
Blue Rodeo has a lot songs with more of a rock sound too. Spirit of The West have Celtic roots and a lot of their songs are quite up tempo. I have to chuckle as all of these were my faves. I would add 54-40
Saw Sloan open for Stone Temple Pilots. Amazing show.
One cool thing about them is they switch instruments all through the concert. Every member is a songwriter and singer and whoever is singing takes centre stage.
Sloan is my Dad's favourite band. He's seen them so many times
Sloan are dynamite.
Sloan are amazing. I've met and talked to them on several occasions and they're all really nice to talk to, especially Chris Murphy! I've seen them at least 10 times, plus they've got a new album in the works and I am so excited to hear it and see them whenever their next tour is going to be.
Sloan is so awesome. I thought that they would have been more recognized in the u.s. especially with the song the other man.
Was coming here to say this...Sloan are amazingly talented folks, not to mention really nice, friendly dudes.
Jeff Martin of The Tea Party has a very interesting haunting voice. Big Wreck, while considered an American-Canadian band, is all Canadian now and has always been fronted by amazing guitarist and principal songwriter Ian Thornley. "That Song" was the most played song on Canadian rock radio between 1995 and 2016 (although I thought it was released in 1997?).
I had a chance tooo see them here in Nova Scotia months ago but i passed on it because i would have rather bought tickits closer to the venue date but i forgot to. well i hope they come back here again. in my life time and in the bands life time. I need to hear Blown Wide Open live
Yes Tea Party, totally underrated and only got popularity after Tryptych which was way down hill imo. Just radio rock.
Their first few albums were like The Doors and Led Zeppelin had a bastard child, fantastic albums.
Also I don't see ANYONE saying I Mother Earth, my personal favourite.
As a side note for people to check into my buddies growing up are still doing their thing from Vancouver, big shout out to Ninjaspy. LOVE their live shows.
He just got to Tea Party, teach me to comment while watching the video, but he played a new song and not one of the classics.
Sister Awake
The Bazaar
Save Me
Anything off the first 3 albums.
@@AskTheBeardI love "Release" and "Psychopomp," but I can appreciate that "Psychopomp" is a slow burn.
@@walshsnl I would probably like them more if it wasn't such a change from my expectation I admit.
Subversion of expectations really impacts our opinion. With that in mind I would never call them bad songs (or a bad album, just a lil boring compared to the others for me).
HELIX! They were awesome, when they came to town, I noticed Paul Hackmans necklace had fallen off of home and no one noticed! After the gig, I waited around and they were all loading their gear into their V
Cube van! I approached one of the members who were loading up the guitars! I had hollered to one of them saying Paul dropped his necklace, fist feet from the table in the front row! I picked it up as they were leaving! lol
So anyway, he came over I told him about the necklace, and brought me to the back to meet Paul! So I told Paul the story, he thanked me and said I could have it! Then I asked if they wanted help to haul their gear to the van! It was epic, after the loading, we ended up at (the Ditch)Our nickname for this hotel, and I was basically their ice boy at first, they’d laugh but after a few beer Idgaf!Buddies who were down the hall, who opened up for them couldn’t get near their room. Lmao! I ran into them down the hall as I was getting some ice! They didn’t believe me i was partying with Helix! Hahaha!
So, at about 4am or so, they headed out, driver eas dove though, and I sat with Brian Vollmer, as they drove me home! And on their way !
Evidentially, they got in accident and they lost Paul Hackman! I still have his necklace to this day!
RIP Paul Hackman
The Stampeders, Headpins, Martha and the Muffins
Yes! Darby Mills: IMO best Canadian female rock singer.
Echo Beach, iconic song!
Teenage Head, Parachute Club, Men Without Hats
The Spoons - Romantic Traffic, Old Emotions
Martha and the Muffins also did okay in the US, but more so under their name M + M.
I JUST saw Sloan in concert! They were playing with Metric and City and Colour, who I believe have broken out of Canada. That was an awesome concert! Other great bands that haven't broken out internationally have been Great Big Sea and I also believe Marians Trench. We have a LOT of great talent here in Canada. Great musicians, bands, actors, actresses, authors, an so on. Take the time and really explore the music. As a Canadian I highly enjoyed watching this video!
I was there too - live right across the street so sat on my upstairs porch and basked in the Canadiana!
American who hopes to someday spend the summer following around all the great Canadian bands. I have a playlist called "Eh to Zed". How about The Dears? Joel Plaskett? Too many great ones to mention.
One that almost always gets overlooked (even here in Canada) is The Pursuit of Happiness. Great band with some great songs.
I don't wanna be dead in the ditch somewhere like some cheese eating highschool kid. I don't write songs about girls, I write songs about women.
Awesome band!
It's hard to laugh... at that
Ya man. That was a great band.
My guy. As a Canadian who loved all of these. ...Absolutely killing me by stopping before the chorus on all of these lol make sure you listen further. All the ones you say are "sleepy" pick up so much
Fun story about the singer of Treble Charger: their lead singer produced the early Sum 41 albums.
Also wrote or co-wrote alot of songs for them and other Canadian artists.
Loverboy from Vancouver. Try these two bands The Ugly Ducklings - Gaslight / Mandala - Opportunity, Loveitis
Their biggest hit did get out as Stephen Colbert referenced it in an adlib to one of his monologues earlier this year. Truer words have never been spoken, "Everybody's working for the weekend."
Loverboy was known, they were darlings of MTV
Loverboy broke the American market. Bruce Fairbairn produced most of their albums, which he did for a lot of American bands as well. So he knew how to get them into the American market, for which they had very good success.
Great Big Sea and Arcade Fire. Also, it physically hurt me when you didn't listen to Home for a Rest's chorus. Every white wedding I've been to gets the dance floor full with that song XD
buddy.. Arcade Fire was huge worldwide... Great Big Sea pretty big abroad too, maybe not "great" big though
Arcade Fire was well known in its genre globally
You have to listen to more than just the intro to the Blue Rodeo song, it picks up. They're one of my faves.
Tyler, you really need to listen to more than the first 30 seconds of a song to get a feel for it. Most songs ever written start off slowly and build, so you really can't tell what it's going to become if you don't give it a decent chance. Check out the signature sound of 54-40, one of the 50 top-selling bands in the country and inducted into Canada's music hall of fame.
He definitely needed to keep it short to not get copyright claimed though 🤷♀️
@@sadiek8785he could have used headphones. Or listened to the rest and edited it out, giving his opinion after on camera.
@@liamr6672 I don't disagree with you on that. But in terms of including the actual clips, copyright definitely would need to play a role.
I get the impression that he doesn't do much editing and kind of does this on the fly, so 🤷♀️
@liamr6672 him using headphones does nothing for his American viewers though. Pointless to show Canadian music without actually showing Canadian music lol
Home for a Rest played at every bar wedding and St Patrick's Day celebration. My irish dancing daughters have danced to this more times than I can count
every frosh week too
Um HOW DID GREAT BIG SEA NOT MAKE THE LIST?! 😱
They are THE iconic Canadian band!
I've never met anyone outside of Canada that knows about them!
Also Stompin Tom Connors! Come on, "Bud The Spud" and "The Hockey Song". Peak Canadian music! 😂
I loved this! Please do another one of these! ❤
My Music Teacher used to play Donkey Riding in Second Grade.
@@okjeffy6581Omg I almost forgot about that song! Used to hear and sing it all the time as a kid!
Thank you for unlocking that memory! 😂
In Canada there’s a law where 50% of the music played on the radio has to be Canadian so I grew up hearing all these songs they are engraved in my head.
I think now it is 30%; 3 out of 10 songs. Love ❤️ that 🇨🇦 content!!!
Canadian rock radio still plays all the great Canadian bands like Our Lady Peace, Big Wreck, Sum 41, Treble Charger, Sloan, I think the rest of the world missed out due to the terrible music industry at the time.
Or CRTC rules saved them
Money City Maniacs used to drive me crazy because it would come on the radio when I was driving and always had me looking for emergency vehicles. Got to see Sloan play Harris Park in London (Ontario). Fun band.
How many times has Sloan played here in London? I still haven't seen them live, mainly because I don't get to many concerts.
The Jeff Healey band is another. if people aren't familiar with them. They were the band in the original Road House movie. That's where I found them and man could Jeff healey could play that gituar better than most people that can see.
He’s not bad, for a blind, white boy…
Jeff Healey was my first concert at age 13
Jeff Healey was featured in the original Roadhouse movie
@@GiGi-lg1dl Yes. That's what I said.
@@EastCoastGamingHFX oops, I was too excited about talking Canadian music, I didn’t even notice! 😆
Money city Maniacs has to be at least twenty five years old. Sloan is amazing in concert. One time when I saw them it was like they played musical chairs as each guy spent time on each instrument. Very cool.
I think why there are so many 90's bands on the list is because of Much Music (Canada's MTV). The owner of Much invested money into producing quality music videos and putting them into the daily music rotation. It gave us casual music fans a chance to see some real talent that may have otherwise gone unnoticed. The owner sold the station in the early 2000's (?). Also, try The Odds, "Crabbucket" by K-os and the Matthew Good Band.
Good point. I think you nailed it. There are lots of *current* hit makers in Canada, but they are so not-well-known that unless you have a tween or teen in your family, you won't know of them.
the 90s were Canada's decade.
@@Kieop So were the 70's and early 80's (Rush, Triumph, et al)
@@KarstenJohansson very true. Ask any English speaking rock band who the listened to, and Rush almost always comes up as an influence
Aaahhh it's killing me that you aren't getting to the HEART of any of these songs!! Every one of these songs get so much better!!
TEENAGE HEAD (our version of the Ramones), the Lowest of the Low, Our Lady Peace, the Skydiggers, Alanis Morrissette, April Wine, Barenaked Ladies, Broken Social Scene, City and Colour, Kathleen Edwards, Rheostatics, Alvvays, Sarah Harmer, Skinny Puppy, Tokyo Police Club, the Watchmen, the Weakerthans, 54-40.
April Wine going to see them August 31st and I can't wait ❤😂
They had some US crossover.
Won't be the same without Miles Goodwinn. I saw them at the Montreal Forum along with Loverboy
April Wine without Myles Goodwyn? What's the point?
Man my mind is warped by Canadian Radio. I can't believe you havne't heard these songs that atre literally played daily in Canada rock radio.
FM96 in London, Ontario. They still have a lot of 90s Canadian rock regularly in rotation lol
Firstly: I gotta put Mother Mother into the hat - they did get pretty popular on Tiktok during the pandemic years. They're great to see live - really put on a good show.
Secondly, Sault Ste. Marie is pronounced 'Soo Saint Marie'
That reminds me of another good one, I Mother Earth
Drugs is my fave by them. ❤
it's actually "SO" Ste Marie
Canada has something called the CTRC and they took their jobs very seriously about music in the 90s and early 2000s. They were responsible for preserving Canadian culture from US influence, and during those years of radio being popular, there was laws that a certain amount of Canadian artists had to be played within each hour. This is why we had a lot of bands that were huge here and they weren't in the U.S. It came down to media exposure requirements.
That all being said, Our Lady Peace, Moist, I mother earth who's lead singer left and created Edwin, and a blind guitarist and singer named Jeff Healey is worth a good listen
The Rascalz are an iconic Canadian hip hop group that never seemed to blow up in the states
The dreaded first from the Northwest! - I was hoping they'd be mentioned here. The best hip hop to come from Canada.
@@DarinK so many groups - what about k-os, ghetto concept or classified, sonreal, swollen members (well i guess they were semi-popular) i know i missed a ton
Buck 65 best hip hop!
@@1q3er5I still listen to Man I Used to Be & Crabukkit. Love K-os. K'aan is also great in his early days, Classified & Shad too. Then there's even the Swollen Members. We have a lot of good hip hop bubbling under.