In the Before Times, when music on the radio was not analogous to commercial interruption, a band of musicians had a three-minute window to set the world on fire. Many groups took this responsibility with great gravitas, crafting an introduction to their big number that would grab listeners by the scruff of the neck and pull them uncomfortably close for the duration. These were songs that made turning the dial impossible.
And to state the utterly obvious, they don’t make ’em like this no more.
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What better proof of the niceness of Canadians could you ask for, than three dudes getting along well enough to perform together for forty years?
This song in particular got me through some lonely teenage nights:
As did this one:
And for crying out loud, to any red-blooded man, this song is utterly indisputable:
That’s why guys like me and Bubbles look beyond the songs about trees talkin to each other and the wordy 90s stuff. You’re lucky I outgrew my “Show of Hands” phase, however.
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