CANADA is the music capital of the world...

[Hobarticus]

Rush, Bryan Adams, Shania Twain, the Guess Who...when Canada rocks, the world rolls.

[Maple]

1. Abso-

fuckin-lutely! :D

[Boy Interrupted]

2. no Celine Dion?

[Brundle_Fly]

3. and 54-40

wrote almost all of hooties big hits.

[HEyHEY]

8. I love 54-40

[Hobarticus]

13. I left off Rough Trade...

Man, I'm blowing my own thread to hell with my clumsy oversights.

[Placebo]

4. Canada is the capital of Ice, Polar Bears, and SHITE.

CANADA + :nuke: = And the world, would be a better place...

[HEyHEY]

7. ....

:eyes: without Canada we'd still have polio

[yvr girl]

10. But we wouldn't have insulin

[jellybelly]

9. LOL!

:thumbsup:

[HEyHEY]

5. shhh...keep it down those bands suck

except the guess who

[Hobarticus]

18. America, the home of Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson...

has no business telling anyone else their musicians suck.

[yvr girl]

6. How could you leave off Loverboy and Ann Murray?

But seriously, The Hip c'mon.

Those naked ladies from TO.

My personal favourites from the 80's Platinum Blonde. LOL

[Hobarticus]

12. I hang my head in shame...I must turn in my red leather pants now.

How could I forget Loverboy?

[yvr girl]

20. Don't forget the headband

[Hobarticus]

22. Loverboy played a local festival a couple years back...

Time has not been kind to Mike Reno.

[njdemocrat106]

26. Turn me loose! Turn me loose!

I've gotta do it my way! :evilgrin:

[gratuitous]

11. Give me Cockburn or give me death!

No Bruce, no peace.

[Ron Green]

14. Joni Mitchell, The Band, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot...

[tuvor]

15. Leonard Cohen, k.d. lang

[tuvor]

16. Don't forget William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy.

Don't you DARE forget...

[tuvor]

17. Please don't anyone say Barenaked Ladies.

Please. Please DON'T.

[Hobarticus]

21. AAAARGH! You DID IT!!! You HAD TO!!!

Punish thyself by listening to 'Gordon' for ten hours straight....

[tuvor]

23. I DID listen to it for ten hours straight.

I was unfortunate enough to work for HMV when that came out, and our manager had this policy to play the most popular stuff incessantly.

Same thing with the Bodyguard soundtrack.

Yeah, I'm tough.

[Hobarticus]

24. LOL!!!

Dude, you got it on both ends. Whitney on one side, BNL on the other.

You've done hard time, brother.

[DBoon]

19. Avril Lavigne, eh?

Another towering Canadian musical talent.

[artv28]

25. Some good ones not mentioned

Tragically Hip, Cowboy Junkies, Blue Rodeo, Sarah McLachlan, and Crash Test Dummies (1st album only)

[Feathered Fish]

27. Chilliwack, April Wine, Painted Ship

Leonard Cohen, Bent Wind, Five Man Electrical Band, Lighthouse, The Haunted, The Ugly Ducklings, The Sparrows (eventually becoming Steppenwolf). Any many, many more.

[Total Mass Retain]

28. Aldo Nova ! "Life is just a fantasy" n/t

[KamaAina]

29. Almost 30 posts and no Alanis?

It took a plodding USAmerican who has visited TO once to remind you of that?

Aw, take off, eh?

Oh, and no Men Without Hats, either?! Are we gonna have to invade you or something? </sarcasm>

[semillama]

30. Voivod

one of the greatest metal bands of all time.

And they're FRENCH-Canadian to boot.