Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members at any given time. The group was formed in 1999 by core members Kevin Drew (vocals, guitar) and Brendan Canning (vocals, bass). Alongside Drew and Canning, the other core members of the band are Justin Peroff (drums), Andrew Whiteman (guitar) and Charles Spearin (guitar).
Drew and Canning recorded and released the band's debut album Feel Good Lost (2001), with contributions from Ohad Benchetrit (also known as Years), Evan Cranley, Leslie Feist, Justin Peroff, Bill Priddle, and Charles Spearin. All of these musicians would emerge as key members of Broken Social Scene in future endeavors.
Most of its members play in various other groups and solo projects, mainly in the city of Toronto.
The group's sound combines elements of all of its members' respective musical projects, and is occasionally considered baroque pop. It includes grand orchestrations featuring guitars, horns, woodwinds, and violins, unusual song structures, and an experimental, and sometimes chaotic production style from David Newfeld, who produced their albums You Forgot It In People (2002) and Broken Social Scene (2005).
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from this album in RP library
Well? Going to leave us hanging?
"CanCon" is Canadian Content. It was a huge issue in Canada in the 1980s when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued an order that said X amount of music played on Canadian radio stations must be of Canadian origin. (Sorry, I don't remember the exact percentage, but it was pretty high.)
There was a fair amount of concern at that time that Canada was losing its identity to the cultural imperialists from the south, thus the order. You can argue that that heavy-handed rule gave birth to bands like Rheostatics, Broken Social Scene, the Tragically Hip and others because Canadian radio stations were forced to support Canadian musicians.
If you ask me, we here in the States are beneficiaries of that order.
You turned me onto (Short List): Silver Sun Pickups - Unified Theory - Moby - Florence - Mumford - TOR - Tame Impala - Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree - Snow Patrol - Other Lives - Neko Case - Morcheeba - Hooverphonic - High Violets
Thank you . Thank you. There really are no words to express my gratitude.
I'd love to tell you about the multitude of classic shows I've been to. Pink Floyd -Meddle, DSM, Animals, Wall tours. Who. Yes x5. Dead x 12, ELP, Return to Forever with Procol Harum, Weather Report in Caesarea, Israel, Tull 8x, Allman Bros. 6x, Genesis 2x,
But, I'm sorry...(Sweetest Kill)
This song must be removed from the playlist, PLEASE. It's terrible. Awful. Sad. Want to turn off RP (which I generally do)
Tell you what, go watch the Killing Fields, then listen to Sweetest (want to kill myself), then stand in front of a revving 747 Jet Engine. What comes out is better than this song.
Do I have to get down on my hands and knees?
If there was just one song that should never ever be played, this is it. Would you ever want to play the worst Killswitch track of all time or this?
Thank you for reading.
GG
Don't hold back; tell us what you really think...
I make very little sense of those lyrics. Translation, please.
These guys write in their native language of Canadian, so it's kind of hard to get a direct translation sometimes.
You turned me onto (Short List): Silver Sun Pickups - Unified Theory - Moby - Florence - Mumford - TOR - Tame Impala - Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree - Snow Patrol - Other Lives - Neko Case - Morcheeba - Hooverphonic - High Violets
Thank you . Thank you. There really are no words to express my gratitude.
I'd love to tell you about the multitude of classic shows I've been to. Pink Floyd -Meddle, DSM, Animals, Wall tours. Who. Yes x5. Dead x 12, ELP, Return to Forever with Procol Harum, Weather Report in Caesarea, Israel, Tull 8x, Allman Bros. 6x, Genesis 2x,
But, I'm sorry...(Sweetest Kill)
This song must be removed from the playlist, PLEASE. It's terrible. Awful. Sad. Want to turn off RP (which I generally do)
Tell you what, go watch the Killing Fields, then listen to Sweetest (want to kill myself), then stand in front of a revving 747 Jet Engine. What comes out is better than this song.
Do I have to get down on my hands and knees?
If there was just one song that should never ever be played, this is it. Would you ever want to play the worst Killswitch track of all time or this?
Thank you for reading.
GG
Did you ever notice that anytime someone writes a comment, or makes a statement, and begins a sentence part way through with the word, "But..." that everything that follows it negates what came before.
I, for one, am just very pleased that Bill and Rebecca never seem to take the advice of the "butt" statements. (sp. is not a mistake).
Still, a great song.
Stay away from the video. Don't even be curious, you've been warned.
"CanCon" is Canadian Content. It was a huge issue in Canada in the 1980s when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued an order that said X amount of music played on Canadian radio stations must be of Canadian origin. (Sorry, I don't remember the exact percentage, but it was pretty high.)
There was a fair amount of concern at that time that Canada was losing its identity to the cultural imperialists from the south, thus the order. You can argue that that heavy-handed rule gave birth to bands like Rheostatics, Broken Social Scene, the Tragically Hip and others because Canadian radio stations were forced to support Canadian musicians.
If you ask me, we here in the States are beneficiaries of that the order.
Little piece of trivia here. The 80's/90's Toronto band, Kon Kan, named themselves as a play on the word, "CanCon".
"CanCon" is Canadian Content. It was a huge issue in Canada in the 1980s when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued an order that said X amount of music played on Canadian radio stations must be of Canadian origin. (Sorry, I don't remember the exact percentage, but it was pretty high.)
There was a fair amount of concern at that time that Canada was losing its identity to the cultural imperialists from the south, thus the order. You can argue that that heavy-handed rule gave birth to bands like Rheostatics, Broken Social Scene, the Tragically Hip and others because Canadian radio stations were forced to support Canadian musicians.
If you ask me, we here in the States are beneficiaries of that the order.
Almost the same thing happened here in Oz in the late 80's. After which there was an explosion of homegrown talent. Not sure how much of that was due to content requirements though.
"CanCon" is Canadian Content. It was a huge issue in Canada in the 1980s when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued an order that said X amount of music played on Canadian radio stations must be of Canadian origin. (Sorry, I don't remember the exact percentage, but it was pretty high.)
There was a fair amount of concern at that time that Canada was losing its identity to the cultural imperialists from the south, thus the order. You can argue that that heavy-handed rule gave birth to bands like Rheostatics, Broken Social Scene, the Tragically Hip and others because Canadian radio stations were forced to support Canadian musicians.
If you ask me, we here in the States are beneficiaries of that order.
And that rule gave us all Bob & Doug McKenzie on “The Great White North."
Cool song though. Good band name too.
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Fully agree. Bill plays more CanCon than most Canadian radio stations ;-)
on the top of Abbey Road studio. If you just close your eyes and listen you will enjoy Sweetest Kill more without preconceived notions.
That crash is out of control, it just sounds like digital clipping.
You're right, the mix is quite uncomfortable and I turned it down twice over the same...
I'm glad you got it out of your system, but please.....