G-Man Bruce Springsteen - "Atlantic City"
Bruce's music can help you travel through time or save your soul. It's timeless and ageless. "Atlantic City" might not be one of his smash hits, but it's haunting and soothing. Thanks Boss.
Doug Steve Aoki - "Delirious (Boneless)" feat. Kid Ink
Rob Matthew Good - "Haven't Slept In Years" (Version II)
Mr. T Foreigner - "Waiting For A Girl Like You"
G-Man The Offspring - "Gone Away"
Everybody owned Smash, you owned it! Don't lie. Maybe you didn't buy it but it showed up in your house somehow. Not everybody owned the follow up Ixnay On The Hombre however, and it's a shame because there are some real gems to be found. Smash is great don't get me wrong, but I wish more people were familiar with the songs on The Offspring's fourth (!) album. Love videos with swinging lightbulbs too
As most of you i'm sure have heard the Canadian music world was dealt a huge blow this week when Gord Downie, lead singer of The Tragically Hip, announced that he had terminal brain cancer. On of our contributors, Doug, has been a lifelong Hip fan and felt it was right to honour him this week. Here are some of the Song Of The Day Fridays crew's favourite Tragically Hip songs.
Rob The Tragically Hip - "The Rules"
Mr. T The Tragically Hip - "Bobcaygeon"
G-Man The Tragically Hip - "Morning Moon"
I went with a newer track for my pick. The Hip have always had a knack for great songwriting and Gord's lyrics can always whisk you away to another place in memory or venue. "Morning Moon" is that perfect Spring morning song. Next to a lake. A little cool. Maybe just a couple mosquitoes buzzing about. The rest of the world so far away. Especially you...
The Tragically Hip - "Nautical Disaster"
Ok I picked 2 songs! There is just so much cool stuff to talk about with "Nautical Disaster". The ambiguous lyrics. The fact that there is no chorus. And The Tragically Hip were one of the first Canadian bands to perform on SNL. When Dan Akyroyd hosted back in 1994 he brought along his fellow Kingston Natives and this is the song they performed
Doug The Tragically Hip - "The Inevitability Of Death"
Dano The Tragically Hip - "Flamenco"
The Tragically Hip - "Thompson Girl (Live)"
However you choose to leave us Gord, we hope it's on your terms. Thank you for existing.
G-Man Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - "Lean On Your Peers"
Although I consider this song one from my youth, it rarely played on the radio and Much Music. I did first hear it on Much Music, but it being CanCon i'm sure helped it see one or two more plays. Lead singer Tom Wilson is kind of a chameleon of the Canadian music scene, from Junkhouse to Lee Harvey Osmond to the Rodeo Kings he can transcend almost any music style. "Hamilton punk king swinging to his own disaster..." always wondered who he was referencing
Doug Spirit Of The West - "Save This House"
Dano Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Ain't No Easy Way Out"
