With CanCon laws for radio broadcasters and the likes, there are certain to be songs we know and adore here in Canada that, when brought up to those in the U.S. or elsewhere overseas, bring a confused shrug on their mention.
When talking about music to others across borders, what song were you surprised to find that reaction to?
Basically anything Tragically Hip.
Crabbuckit by k-os was played so much on the radio here back in the mid-2000s, yet I feel no one outside of Canada has ever heard it.
This one is new to me! Giving it a listen and I love it ha.
Answering my own question, lol, but to throw my own hat in the ring and participate, there used to be this radio station in Edmonton called Capital FM that I would listen to every so often at home and also be the only station my workplace would play over their intercom system. Bunch of classic rock stuff.
I remembering hearing “Go for Soda” and “Patio Lanterns” a tonne those days, and was shocked when I brought it up to some American friends who liked classic rock, and they told me they never heard of either of those songs. Apparently Kim Mitchell isn’t that big a name outside Canada.
