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Top 6 Songs . . . By Canadian Artists
6. “This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide” - The Kings. Makes the Top 6 in spite of the "mobilize some laughs with just one call" lyric. Brutal. This is a WLUP classic from the early 80's. Couldn't buy it because it was out of print, so you just had to keep listening to the Loop to hear it. Had to put up with a lot of "Amanda" back in those days.
5. “Tom Sawyer” - Rush. Speaking of lyrics, Rush actually let the drummer write all of theirs. Hmmmmmmmm, what could go wrong there? Got to be right up there with the razorblade cod-piece as far as “Worst Ideas In Rock History”. Rockin' good tune, though.
4. “Takin' Care of Business” - BTO. When you break out the karaoke machine at my house, this one's gonna get played. Great for white-guy dance moves. I bet if you search your radio dial right now, you'll find it.
3. “Hallelujah” - Leonard Cohen. I realize that this fits in about as well as me at a Wu-Tang concert, but who cares. Now, most people are familiar with the Jeff Buckley version from the Grace album. That one's pretty strong. But, it's really just an amazing piece of songwriting. Gets the hair on the arms standing up every time I hear it. Hopefully it doesn't affect Ross the same way.
2. “Summer of '69” - Bryan Adams. Fun freakin' song. I'm pretty sure everyone between the age of 25 and 40 can sing the 1st verse word for word. And, "Jimmy quit, Jody got married”? Right? It's Jody? I always thought Jody was a girl’s name, but this came out at the same time that Jody Davis was the Cubs catcher. Huh. What do I know?
1. “The Weight” - The Band. Some great storytelling and legendary harmonies make this a classic. Always wanted to do this one in Teasin' just to get the Dr. to sing the hillbilly "crazy Chester" verse. There's a story that the Band formed just so they'd have an excuse to get together and drink beer . . . What? Who the? That's crazy talk. Would NEVER happen . . . ??