There are some songs about Canadian cities that every Canadian knows. We all recognize "YYZ" when we hear it, or "Running Back to Saskatoon," or "One Great City," or pretty much any Stompin' Tom song ever.
These aren't those songs. These are the weird history lessons, the songs that use the city, or part of it, as a metaphor for something; the songs about traffic patterns and development and slavish devotion to local sports teams. Some of them are songs that trade on deep local knowledge, while others are instrumental tunes inspired by a city's vibe. In short, they are weird, they are surprising, they are occasionally uncomfortable, and we love them for it.
Listen to the playlist of weird Canadian city songs below while you flip through the stories behind them in the photo gallery above.
by Chris Dart via Electronic RSS
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