Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Song of the "Happy Canada" Day - Last American Exit - The Tragically Hip



Today is Canada Day, formerly known as Dominion Day, so I'd like to wish my former neighbors from the North a happy Canada Day. I'm not Canadian, I'm a Buffalonian and growing up in Buffalo, NY, there was very little that separated us from our Ontario cousins. We love hockey, Canadian Lager, donuts and understand all too well long, freezing-cold winters. A friend of mine used to say that the only difference between a Buffalonian and a Canadian from Ontario was that while the Canadians use the expression "eh?”, a Buffalonian would say "huh?". If you pay attention, more often than not, he’s right.

Canada - "Going to the game, eh?"
Buffalo - "Going to the game, huh?"

and so on!

Today's SOTD features The Tragically Hip, arguably Canada’s most successful rock band. Taken from their self-titled EP, “Last American Exit” lends itself to life on the road, and the return home. In the video it appears that they exit from Detroit, Michigan, but before ever seeing the video I thought (or hoped) he was perhaps singing about Buffalo, since from one or two directions, it would be the last exit.

Video taken from youtube.com, originally posted by The Tragically Hip

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Arguably Canada's most successful rock band? Take off, you knob. Rush!

bflo said...

Definitely no slight to Rush! No question Rush is also, arguably Canada's most successful rock band.