Canada vs. USA
 

Canada vs. USA... Musically speaking, which country do ya got?

Honestly I would go with New Zealand.

As much as I particularly love Californian artists, I've got to say neither.

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Canada vs Azerbaijan would be a much fairer fight.

Bring the crap on!

I might be biased just because I'm from there, but I have a really deep seeded love for a lot of Canadian artists. I mean if there was some kind of objective way we could measure quality I'm sure the US would win by sheer fact that there's a vast difference in population.

Canada is kind of funny with their perception of themselves from a cultural world view. We know it's pretty hard to compete with the US for cultural influence, so instead we try to make it a little easier for people to gain cultural fame within our own borders. For example, the Government of Canada gives out grants to developing musicians in order to help them get studio time (I don't know the exact specifics of the grant) and it seems all the band has to do is mention that the album was helped funded by that grant. There's also the Canadian Radio Content rule, which dictates that every 10th song played on a music station be a Canadian band. It creates funny situations wherein bands like The Tragically Hip are legends in Canada, but they play at a dingy bar in San Francisco on a Tuesday night.

Hank Snow was the greatest Country artist ever... and he was Canadian.

Yeah I was just going to say the same thing. Very few Canadian artists make it big on the American stage, or even the global stage. Rush is probably the only one I can think of.

Now that is crap, but I did say bring the crap on.

In terms of global recognition from both mainstream and alternative outlets I'd say Rush is probably our ambassador, but I think a few other groups have infiltrated their ways into importance within specific genres. I definitely think the indie scene wouldn't be where it is today without Arcade Fire, and then there's VoiVod for metal. D.O.A was instrumental for hardcore punk and then there's also Neil Young. Hell, Corb Lund is really starting to catch onto the country music circuit down here.

More make it through the veil then you think, I just wish more people would peer through.

Canada's musical ambassador to America is Neil Young.

I would also say The Band, thanks to Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan. Can't believe I forgot about them.

You're in a losing battle man you just don't see it.

Hank Snow, read em and weep


... fyi Anne Murray is better than Dolly Parton and Gordon Lightfoot is better than Willie Nelson.

Canada has tons of great bands. Boards of Canada, of Montreal, the list just goes on.

Alright alright I'm sorry for that one

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You are awesome.

Justin Bieber. :laughing:

Isn't Nickelback from up there also?

Yeah but you have Creed and Hootie & The Blowfish, so it evens out.

Justin Bieber and Nickelback are mere shitstains on the fabric of the Canadian music industry.

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So true bb. Throw Avril Lavienge in that category too.

Oh yeah, lol. And she's getting married to their ugly singer Chad Kroeger like this month or next. She was also married to Deryck Whibley of that mediocre band Sum 41. I used to be so obsessed with her when I was in 7th grade.

Of Montreal are from Georgia (the state, not the country)

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Look up where BoC are from

I liked her music when she first came out, but I was in high school and so did everyone else. I like her hair to be fair. But yuck, who could marry the ugliest person in rock?

Ah, the folly of digital communication. Sorry I ruined your joke

John Kay is one of my all-time front men. Steppenwolf is a "kinda" Canadian-American rock group that has made a prominent influence on rock music.

I know right? He's just so odd looking.

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They probably just skype and get their lighting real perfect.

Lol fair enough with Creed but Darius Rucker is a legend and doing well in the country scene now.

After looking at this for a while I realized that I wanted to see how many Nickelback lyrics I could fit on Chad's forehead. Times font, deleting all repeated phrases.

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Several verses. Not bad.

Two points:

1. Corb Lund is a genuinely fun country musician.

2. You're forgetting the importance of Blasphemy to the black metal scene. You can hardly go to a metal forum without seeing "rbce" (ross bay cult eternal), or discussions of war/bestial black metal. Christ, one of their biggest worship bands (Black Witchery) have somehow become popular to the point I've had several people, in Montana, start conversations with me about the band.

At the same time, though, Neil Young is a very Americana type of artist, and roots himself in a lot of American culture (Lincolns, baseball, country music). Of course his folkiness and mystique seem thoroughly Canadian to me.

And Lionel trains.

See i was going to say this but I didn't know if it was PC to identify trains as purely American.

Drake's Canadian.

"Got to love the Drake!"

Yes,it is politically incorrect to think an American toy company (reference below) is connected somehow with American culture or to say an Americanized Canadian (expect for the folksy mystique part) is an avid fan of said company and to be on the safe side don't mention Lioneltech and Trainmaster Command, that never happened. :bonkhead:

I always liked the band Triumph. As artist they were equal to Rush artistically speaking. Especially Rik Emmett on vocals and guitar. But I agree with you 100% about Rush. ;)

Sloan is another underrated band out of Canada.

Gil Moore's daughter, Holly, was a camper at the camp I worked at a few years ago. So I met him on several occasions simply because I was one of her counsellors. Great guy, super nice.

Wow .. that's an amazing opportunity coming your way BD.

Well Moore is not only a great drummer, but his harmony vocals were the anchor to Rik Emmett's singing.

Great 3 piece band. :)

America's given us Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi guys. America gets my vote

Aerosmith, KISS, Alice Cooper, .. Steely Dan is the greatest band worldwide so why bother? :p: