Favorite song from a band you know sucks

[Huggy]

What!???! When It's Over is awesome, man! So is Turn Me Loose.

Turn Me Loose is a great song

 

[Huggy]

My cassette case in the late '80s/early '90s showed a weird affinity for Canadian rock for a kid from the lower midwestern US. Honeymoon Suite, Triumph, April Wine, Kim Mitchell, the Headpins, Alannah Myles, Sass Jordan.

Very cool. So much of that was the soundtrack to our life here in Toronto in the 80s. It wasn't a summer if you didn't see Kim Mitchell at least once (I had his first solo album cranked up the other day, still sounds great) and I remember a show in the summer of 1984 with Honeymoon Suite (local heroes who won the Q107 Homegrown Contest) and Corey Hart opening for April Wine. One of my first dates with my wife was at a Sass Jordan concert.

 

[Batman]

Yeah, this shit talk about Loverboy will cease.

Not until Carl chimes in.

 

[garrow]

Triumph were Toronto boys who were huge in Canada - and in some areas in the US - and one of the biggest bands when I was in high school. They were fucking shit, warmed over Zeppelin riffs and a thoroughly unimaginative cover of Rocky Mountain Way.

But they also had this rave up:

Lay It On the Line is their magnum opus. And it was cool that Rik Emmett used to perform in a Detroit Redwings jersey.

 

[I Should Coco]

Lay It On the Line is their magnum opus. And it was cool that Rik Emmett used to perform in a Detroit Redwings jersey.

Someone made a Rush/Triumph comparison earlier. Always thought the cheese-tastic "Magic Power" was Triumph's attempt at "Spirit of Radio."

 

[garrow]

How about Saga....and their hit "On the Loose."

 

[justgladtobehere]

Life in Canada seems awful, stuck with all these crappy hands.

 

[I Should Coco]

How about Saga....and their hit "On the Loose."

That and "Wind Him Up" are among the most unintentionally hilarious early music videos.

 

[DanOregon]

Oh Canada.....

 

[Spartan Squad]

Radiohead's Creep. God that band is so far up its own asshole but that song is pretty good.

 

[Huggy]

Supertramp was another band that was really big in Canuckistan compared to the US, my brother was a big fan and played that shit all the time. They have one good song: Goodbye Stranger

 

[Twirling Time]

Supertramp was another band that was really big in Canuckistan compared to the US, my brother was a big fan and played that shit all the time. They have one good song: Goodbye Stranger

They were pretty big in the US too for a hot minute.

Wanna wind up a Canadian, tell them the Hip sucks.