What happened to you, Juno?
You used to be so cool in your plucky, indie-girl way!

Wow, Brad Roberts delays one album and the Junos go to crap.

that's racist

Nickelback = today's equivalent of the Beatles...except Nickelback are better musicians.

Nice try, Dread Pirate Slasher. I give that a solid 8 out of 10 on the music troll scale.

Wow, my first greenlight since '07

step one: get them all on stage to present award
step two: blow up stage
step three: burn building to make sure they are dead
step four: rejoice

Come on Canada, you owe us this!

A Fark thread about Canadian music and no one's mentioned Rush yet?

I hate my home country.

Never Trust Robots: step one: get them all on stage to present award
step two: blow up stage
step three: burn building to make sure they are dead
step four: rejoice

Come on Canada, you owe us this!

We don't owe you squat.

We do, however, owe it to ourselves to do exactly what you just said.


Ebenator: A Fark thread about Canadian music and no one's mentioned Rush yet?

So....you're saying it's a good day then.

Hey, Sam Roberts Band are good guys.

Some of their music might not be mind-blowingly awesome but don't put them together with nickelback and celine dion, that isn't fair.

Never Trust Robots: step one: get them all on stage to present award
step two: blow up stage
step three: burn building to make sure they are dead
step four: rejoice

Come on Canada, you owe us this!

If it was being held in Toronto I'd make sure it gets done. Unfortunately I can't afford both the supplies required and a trip to the other side of the country. But if any BC farkers are looking for ideas, there was an avian flu outbreak there recently.

Sam Roberts is awesome.


The Juno Awards still blow, though.

Nickelback is from Canada? Who knew?

/not raising hand

I just came in here to affirm that there is a lot of awesome Canadian music. Maybe it hasn't been mentioned so far....but it's there.

RJames: Sam Roberts is awesome.

this

Tanasychuk: I just came in here to affirm that there is a lot of awesome Canadian music. Maybe it hasn't been mentioned so far....but it's there.

We've put out a lot of good (or at least halfway decent) stuff over the years...

alexisonfire
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Barenaked Ladies (once upon a time, anyway)
Broken Social Scene
Buck 65
Tommy Chong
City and Colour
The Dears
Feist
Finger Eleven
The Guess Who
Howard Shore
James LaBrie (of Dream Theater)
k-os
Matt Good
Metric (mostly)
Nelly Furtado
Tokyo Police Club
The Tragically Hip



However, I'm not sure any of the above--in any combination--is enough to forgive us for exposing Celine, Nickelback, Billy Talent, and Rush of the world.

Well, it's still not as embarrassing as the Grammys... but we're trying.



/very trying
//your favourite band sucks

Best Canadian music dude: Howard Shore.

Canada is always kinda pathetic when it tries to be like the USA, instead of just being itself.

NeedlesslyCanadian: Tanasychuk: I just came in here to affirm that there is a lot of awesome Canadian music. Maybe it hasn't been mentioned so far....but it's there.

We've put out a lot of good (or at least halfway decent) stuff over the years...

alexisonfire
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Barenaked Ladies (once upon a time, anyway)
Broken Social Scene
Buck 65
Tommy Chong
City and Colour
The Dears
Feist
Finger Eleven
The Guess Who
Howard Shore
James LaBrie (of Dream Theater)
k-os
Matt Good
Metric (mostly)
Nelly Furtado
Tokyo Police Club
The Tragically Hip


you forgot:
Our Lady Peace
Neverending White Lights
Arcade Fire

/ disappointed by lack of hatred for Hedley in thread, for shame fark.

leroux: NeedlesslyCanadian: Tanasychuk: I just came in here to affirm that there is a lot of awesome Canadian music. Maybe it hasn't been mentioned so far....but it's there.

We've put out a lot of good (or at least halfway decent) stuff over the years...

alexisonfire
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Barenaked Ladies (once upon a time, anyway)
Broken Social Scene
Buck 65
Tommy Chong
City and Colour
The Dears
Feist
Finger Eleven
The Guess Who
Howard Shore
James LaBrie (of Dream Theater)
k-os
Matt Good
Metric (mostly)
Nelly Furtado
Tokyo Police Club
The Tragically Hip


you forgot:
Our Lady Peace
Neverending White Lights
Arcade Fire

/ disappointed by lack of hatred for Hedley in thread, for shame fark.

You forgot:

JUNO? The internet provider?

Nickelback and Celine Dion leading in the same awards show, eh?

So will the terrorists be able to resist?

/I probably wouldn't.....

frostus: leroux: NeedlesslyCanadian: Tanasychuk: I just came in here to affirm that there is a lot of awesome Canadian music. Maybe it hasn't been mentioned so far....but it's there.

We've put out a lot of good (or at least halfway decent) stuff over the years...

alexisonfire
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Barenaked Ladies (once upon a time, anyway)
Broken Social Scene
Buck 65
Tommy Chong
City and Colour
The Dears
Feist
Finger Eleven
The Guess Who
Howard Shore
James LaBrie (of Dream Theater)
k-os
Matt Good
Metric (mostly)
Nelly Furtado
Tokyo Police Club
The Tragically Hip


you forgot:
Our Lady Peace
Neverending White Lights
Arcade Fire

/ disappointed by lack of hatred for Hedley in thread, for shame fark.

You forgot:

You forgot...

Best Canadian band I've heard this year? Vancouver's Mother Mother... check out their latest album. Alternative sound, but fairly solid.

to poster up there:

you also forgot

Destroyer
New Pornographers
Hayden

They're no Black Mountain, but Sam Roberts is pretty damned good.

I'm voting for Triumph.

/fight the good fight

I'm just glad that someone mentioned Tragically Hip.

Third_Uncle_Eno: to poster up there:

you also forgot

Destroyer
New Pornographers
Hayden

Honestly, it took this long for someone to mention The New Pornographers?

For Shame, Fark.

/For Shame

And Sloan for god's sake.

Sloan.

Geez.

Dread Pirate Slasher: Nickelback = today's equivalent of the Beatles...except Nickelback are better musicians.

For just a second, my face began to turn red with disgusted anger, and then I realized. Well played, sir.

9/10

The Junos are just a way of patting Canadian artists on the back for selling records in the US. I'm not quite sure why it is, but they tend to ignore the best Canadian artists and focus entirely on those who can be heard on the radio south of the border. I wonder on this nice list of excellent Canadian artists how many combined Junos they have. I'm guessing K-Os and IME would have a couple, but most of them probably haven't ever drank from the sweet cup of Juno. Oh yea, and the Juno Cup > the Juno Awards.

Propagandhi FTW.

sonicfluid:

I'm pretty sure that somehow the juno awards people are assuming that 'americans will buy it' means that somehow the entertainment value is better, which is a really difficult assumption to make because "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" has made so many millions of dollars.

Unless they give Protest the Hero the nod.. I don't care.

I hate Canada for Celine Dion alone.

But they also gave us Rush and Triumph, so I can't hate them too much. Oh, and Bob and Doug McKenzie. "On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...a beer."

But then I remember Celine Dion, and I hate them all over again. Hate hate hate.

The Tea Party.