# Make a Canadian mixtape with me in honor of Canada Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331 "2017-07-02T03:52:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/1 "2017-07-02T03:52:26Z")
In honor of Grandmother’s Land. Buffy Ste. Marie— “[Now that the Buffalo’s Gone](https://youtu.be/maAfW-87tas)” & “[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee](https://youtu.be/_VXF7XzHgoA)” Robbie Robertson— “[Ghost Dance" & "Mahk Jchi](https://youtu.be/B5reZbdkRto)” Ta’Kaiya Blaney— “[Turn the World Around](https://youtu.be/twMWE5z_xUU)” Joni Mitchell— “[Coyote](https://youtu.be/f7MbmXklj3Q)” Neil Young— “[Like a Hurricane](https://youtu.be/eeDADr2M6qo)” Leonard Cohen— “[Hallelujah](https://youtu.be/YrLk4vdY28Q)” Share your favorite Canadian music here. Joyeux Jour du Canada from your south of the border friend! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/2 "2017-07-02T04:30:13Z")
[Phasors On Stun](https://youtu.be/6SO8x_j-4Iw) – FM _“Nothing is a dream until you wake up…”_ ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/3 "2017-07-02T04:31:01Z")
Perhaps some Rush? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/4 "2017-07-02T05:16:43Z")
April Wine, “Just Between You and Me” Alanis Morissette, “You Oughta Know” Glenn Gould, any of Bach’s Goldberg Variations Barenaked Ladies, “Call and Answer” Something by rock guitarist Jeff Buckley Something by folk fiddler Natalie McMaster Oscar Peterson, “Shadow of Your Smile” Triumph, “Magic Power” ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/5 "2017-07-02T05:18:04Z")
The Hip, Barenaked Ladies, April Wine, Bryan Adams, Céline, Shania, BTO, Guess Who, Mitsou, Hart Rouge, Roch Voisine, Luba would all be on mine. Bieber would not ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/6 "2017-07-02T05:22:44Z")
and… Gordon Lightfoot, “The Way I Feel” Bryan Adams, “Cuts Like a Knife” Nelly Furtado, “Turn Off the Light” A L’Oree des Bois, “Plants and Animals” Anything by k.d. lang Canadian Brass, “Trumpet Tune” (Purcell) Celine Dion, “En Attendant Ses Pas” Men Without Hats, “Safety Dance” ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/7 "2017-07-02T05:24:29Z")
“Werewolf” by The Five Man Electrical Band The theme to “The Littlest Hobo” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/8 "2017-07-02T05:26:29Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > Perhaps some Rush? Absolutely. Go with “Fly By Night.” ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/9 "2017-07-02T06:24:37Z")
Teenage Head - [Let’s Shake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UjCzrdzR48) Bruce Cockburn - [Wondering Where The Lions Are](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k_xkhoq7YM) Platinum Blonde - [Doesn’t Really Matter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4SOnBDe7qs) Corey Hart - [Never Surrender](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4pg6Jh94Lo) The Pursuit Of Happiness - [I’m An Adult Now](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkB7UaGnPO0) Kim Mitchell - [Patio Lanterns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILAdKBicMc) Loreena McKennitt - [Samain Night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0TQ4lRZgmw&spfreload=1) Crash Test Dummies - [Superman’s Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihUIPlLw2ZE) Spirit Of The West - [And If Venice Is Sinking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tepxOAEBIE) The Tea Party - [Psychopomp](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMZoiatUQJE) Sam Roberts Band - [Don’t Walk Away Eileen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UJaHRTbfFE) Great Big Sea - [Sea Of No Cares](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aVgLQ2zulg) Simple Plan - [I’d Do Anything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2M7zo8ZziE) Sloan - [Gimme That](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61FGo9pxnz8) Stars - [Your Ex-Lover Is Dead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Or6-HOveg) The New Pornographers - [Sing Me Spanish Techno](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFitaxqa5KI) Amelia Curran - [Scattered and Small](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjJXD4XNrPk) Monster Truck - [Old Train](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfNmc9dvhUw) Chromeo - [Old 45s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY5lgaeki38) Crystalyne - [Secret](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIpVKE7wCog) Tegan And Sara - [Stop Desire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLUDxVezNes) Carly Rae Jepsen - [Cut To The Feeling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD4kkeJv34o) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/10 "2017-07-02T08:32:54Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > Perhaps some Rush? You don’t say, **Rushgeekgirl**. Say hi to By-Tor for me. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/11 "2017-07-02T11:19:58Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > [Phasors On Stun](https://youtu.be/6SO8x_j-4Iw) – FM > > _“Nothing is a dream until you wake up…”_ Nice one! I was listening to Nash the Slash just yesterday. I have American Bandages on my car playlist!. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/12 "2017-07-02T11:26:19Z")
I’d add one that fits the Canadian multicultural theme - it’s a remix of Nelly Furtado’s Powerless by Montreal bhangra duo called JoSH. https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x2ttpe3 ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/13 "2017-07-02T11:26:41Z")
I’ll avoid the obvious (Neil, The Guess Who etc.) to make sure that the very nice guy Craig “Craigtube” Farraway isn’t overlooked. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iqr-syc3liU/hqdefault.jpg "Craig Live Television Performance - 1993") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqr-syc3liU) ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/14 "2017-07-02T17:20:05Z")
Anvil - [Metal on metal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDC2e6i6Quw) ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/15 "2017-07-02T18:03:16Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsHY5XEx_hU) ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/16 "2017-07-02T18:48:34Z")
Ron Hynes - Sonny’s Dream Rankin Family - You feel the Same Way too, and Fare Ther Well Murray McLaughlin- Farmer’s Son Kate and Anna McGarrigle - The Log Driver’s Waltz ---
**Author:** ![KatieCats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@KatieCats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KatieCats)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/17 "2017-07-02T21:04:42Z")
Great Big Sea: Ordinary Day Gordon Lightfoot: Canadian Railroad Trilogy ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/18 "2017-07-02T21:14:17Z")
Jeff Buckley ain’t no stinkin’ Canadian! ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/19 "2017-07-02T21:25:40Z")
[Devin Townsend: “Canada”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snWiInaWaYQ) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/20 "2017-07-02T21:41:10Z")
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - [Having an Average Weekend](https://youtu.be/cmU3FYlRZNM) (This may sound familiar to some of you.) > [@journeyman\_southpaw](#): > > Spirit Of The West - [And If Venice Is Sinking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tepxOAEBIE) I’d have gone with [Home For a Rest](https://youtu.be/crIk87-mPzY), a song I always associate with Canada. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331.md?page=2)