# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/21 "2017-07-02T22:26:48Z")
Just about anything from A Tribe Called Red like [MoombahWow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy5tcBbZlqQ). ---
**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 3, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/22 "2017-07-03T00:23:42Z")
“To It and At It” by Stompin’ Tom ---
**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 3, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/23 "2017-07-03T01:16:47Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Jeff Buckley ain’t no stinkin’ Canadian! Ha! I meant Jeff Healey. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/24 "2017-07-03T01:24:57Z")
[Let’s Go to the Mall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY_bhVSGKEg) Okay, okay. [Ian and Sylvia - Four Strong Winds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjfTDPhMdTk&list=PLPMEUZvQ04eHWuvD1DVUbufy_2v0s8-RA) ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/25 "2017-07-03T02:52:19Z")
I’ll limit myself to the NFB/ONF [ul] [li][Moon Man Newfie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uon8ebgIU8g)[/li][li][Log Driver’s Waltz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srp7k-9oCkw)[/li][li][I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjK4pnbW-6o)[/li][li][The Cat Came Back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d05R1maYhTY)[/li][li][Blackfly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2q8jEuH3nk)[/li][li][Alouette](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksro2OCbWdU)[/li][/ul] ---
**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 3, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/26 "2017-07-03T04:25:32Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > [Let’s Go to the Mall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY_bhVSGKEg) You know, I just realised that rhyming “Tori” and “sorry” is supposed to be funny for Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/27 "2017-07-03T06:35:57Z")
The Irish Rovers: [Unicorn Song](https://youtu.be/_EPsuOEH1fY) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/28 "2017-07-03T13:14:50Z")
A few oldies but goodies: Aldo Nova- [Fantasy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPQgfaB3S1c). Red Rider- [Lunatic Fringe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTFVMMCwsss). Trooper- [Raise a Little Hell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NowqPTLAtAk). ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/29 "2017-07-03T13:44:56Z")
You need something by Anne Murray - maybe [You Needed Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6nfpxZ2Nz4)? Apparently her personal favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/30 "2017-07-03T14:24:49Z")
The obvious final track needs to be the greatest Canadian song of all time: [Take off!](https://youtu.be/hLzcRl6VLH8?t=107) ---
**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 3, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/31 "2017-07-03T14:59:17Z")
[Child of The Novelty](https://youtu.be/6FtKVC1JM08) – Mahogany Rush And let’s not forget **Anvil**! [Metal on Metal](https://youtu.be/vxHy2Bu1Juw?t=1m23s) ---
**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 3, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/32 "2017-07-03T15:04:24Z")
I always wanted to do a cover of _O Canada_ to the tune of Laurie Anderson’s _O Superman_. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/33 "2017-07-03T18:57:26Z")
Sublime [fiddling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-IWt6vyqbc) by the late, great Jean Carignan. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/34 "2017-07-03T19:42:56Z")
Wordburglar [Croque Monsieur](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQcoc28ZhRI) ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/35 "2017-07-03T21:50:10Z")
The Band - [Acadian Driftwood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te7KW4K-00E) ---
**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 4, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/36 "2017-07-04T22:38:09Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > [https://youtu.be/jsHY5XEx\_hU](https://youtu.be/jsHY5XEx_hU) Not exactly “O Canada!” ---
**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 4, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/37 "2017-07-04T22:39:38Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > The Band - [Acadian Driftwood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te7KW4K-00E) Thank you! I was hoping somebody would post that one! ---
**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 4, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/38 "2017-07-04T23:16:22Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > The obvious final track needs to be the greatest Canadian song of all time: [Take off!](https://youtu.be/hLzcRl6VLH8?t=107) Bob and Doug’s Canadian national anthem is pretty awesome, too. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JtgUSSN0lb8/hqdefault.jpg "SCTV - The Canadian Anthem") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtgUSSN0lb8) ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/39 "2017-07-05T00:08:13Z")
[quote=“hogarth, post:38, topic:790331”] Bob and Doug’s Canadian national anthem is pretty awesome, too. [/QUOTE] Well done! That’s a whole mix tape in one go. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331/40 "2017-07-06T05:59:18Z")
Here are a few suggestions, not already mentioned, with a sampling from each. There are many more songs I love from each, but I restrained myself. Tried. **Mary Margaret O’Hara** : [“My Friends Have”](https://youtu.be/IsqRAQWvvH0) [“Dear Darling”](https://youtu.be/LQRZgpNljac) [“Anew Day”](https://youtu.be/3oJBWLk1a0A) [“Not Be Alright”](https://youtu.be/bfq7JVCaZIQ) **Jane Siberry** : [“Symmetry”](https://youtu.be/rTt1BYwu3wM) [“Bound By The Beauty”](https://youtu.be/JK_piS-Q0Ls) [“Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog”](https://youtu.be/MfZIaPSv4W0) [“The Gospel According To Darkness”](https://youtu.be/Y7oljfNc6c4) **Sarah McLachlan** : [“Possession”](https://youtu.be/eF53q1Dcyo4) [“Touch”](https://youtu.be/O3sCYX81xs0) [“I Will Not Forget You”](https://youtu.be/K6XjOO1EEes) [“Ben’s Song”](https://youtu.be/tIEwv829r9Q) Lindi Ortega: [“When All The Stars Align”](https://youtu.be/k7ZJ0NqD-q4) [“Murder Of Crows”](https://youtu.be/XdYZ5aoEdd8) [“Jimmy Dean”](https://youtu.be/c0KTOJSiCKI) [“Voodoo Mama”](https://youtu.be/_QoGauN1v3E) **Holly Cole** : [“Little Boy Blue”](https://youtu.be/H4zYiP0fAMA) (Tom Waits) [“Get Out Of Town”](https://youtu.be/ftiSHBW2L1I) (Cole Porter) [“I Can See Clearly Now”](https://youtu.be/WfQD3aUfHsw) (Johnny Nash) (audiophile vinyl) [“Dark, Dear Heart”](https://youtu.be/1YxOWCho6_Q) (Mary Margaret O’Hara) **Feist** : [“When I Was A Young Girl”](https://youtu.be/knDfCElChjc) [“Inside and Out”](https://youtu.be/NmG0sPyZJBg) [“Mushaboom”](https://youtu.be/0TMIe7P9gcI) [“One Evening”](https://youtu.be/X3F3swXZ96g) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331.md?page=3)