So, You Wanna Be A Touring Guitar Tech....

[JPL]

So Neil Young is a canadian, eh? . I didn't realise canada could produce such hill billies. Then again, you guys can get pretty isolated up there I suppose. They should reshoot Deliverance in the sub arctic.

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IDK man... neil young is pretty far from a hill billy... his recent stuff is all protesting environmental stuff... any of you guys seent that greendale stuff? it kinda gets on my nerves... and im a pretty big neil young fan too

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I saw the Greendale tour at Red Rocks. While I enjoyed it I won't be running out to get the DVD, it's right out there with "Trans". But that is one thing about Neil, there's no moss growing on him, he just does what he wants and trys new stuff all the time. Some of his stuff just leaves me shaking my head and wondering why he did it and other stuff is pure gold. I'm still waiting for "Prarie Wind" to grow on me but it has a few gems on it.

And Neil ain't no hillbilly, he's just a hick prairie boy.

[CudBucket]

Celine Dione is Satan.

[Southpa]

I've never heard her sing a complete song so I have nothing to complain about. I suspect you guys who are knocking her must secretly enjoy her singing. After all, you DO have the option to change the channel or just run away screaming.

[Kevan]

I tried that once. I was at the grocery store shopping and "My Career Will Go On" comes over the muzak spreakens. I ran screaming like Courtney Love when she runs out of H.

Needless to say, they don't let me shop there anymore.

When every radio station plays it every other song, it's a little tough to avoid.

Someone please dig up that video of her doing "BAD".

[weezerboy]

http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2005/bad-p1.php

[marksound]

It's like a friggin car wreck. You just can't look away, no matter how horrific it gets.

[Kevan]

http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2005/bad-p1.php

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100 Rushes, 100 Triumphs, 100 Jeff Healeys can't make up for that.

Ever.

Do my Canadian friends now understand the mountain they must climb?

(thanks for the link, weezerboy)

[crafty]

Man, I knew her Vegas show had to be pretty um, bad, but I had no idea she was WAAAY beyond anything Liberace, Sigfried and Roy, Wayne Newton, or all the Branson celebrities combined could produce.

That was just awful. Seriously, she needs to dump that sicko pedophile "husband" of hers and get her career and respect back. First he sells her out to Chrysler, then to Vegas. It ain't pretty.

[S.Dodding]

Aaaargh! my eyes! my ears!

Aaaargh!

[Guitarfrenzy]

Er, yeah... Celine is a black mark on our musical reputation.  But don't Rush, The Band, Neil Young and/or Joni Mitchell, more than make up for it?

Besides, I want an apology for Backstreet Britney Agueilra and company.

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Levon Helms the drummer,singer, for The Band was from my home state Arkansas though. Just interesting fact I thought I would throw in there..lol.. Anyway, Rush is one of my favorite bands period and they more than make up for Celine. UMMMM.. we'll after watching the video I'm not so sure.. hhaha

[Saber]

While Céline may be very tacky and "commercial", at least she doesn't lipsync, do a hoedown, and walk off stage during a live TV performance... and then blame the fiasco on her band for playing the wrong song! I think Ashlee Simpson has Céline beat... barely.

Edited December 17, 2005 by Saber

[LGM Guitars]

Hey Kev, you can blame us for Celine, but it's your INS that allowed her to move to and live in your country HAAHAA!!!!!!!

Besides, Celine is just one, when is the US gonna apologize to the world for Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, MICHAEL JACKSON etc etc etc etc....... LOL

Bryan Adams seems to be good at being sued, he was nailed hard a few years ago for not giving credit where credit is due wasn't he? Seems to me he lost a court case for not paying royalties to the people that wrote "everything I do" and "summer of 69" and claiming them as his own songs that he wrote......

[Kevan]

Whoa.....slow down there, funky monkey. If I recall correctly, someone in this thread is DYING to become an American. Hmmm....who could it be?

I can't apologize for Michael. It was unfair; we were out numbered. How could we know that the cute little one of the Jackson 5 would end up being the biggest walking freak show on the planet?

The Backdoor Boys are gone. Pfft...thankfully.

Britney? Come on. Watching self-destruction is the latest past time, and Britney provides us with some stellar stuff. Not as good as "Chicken Of The Sea" Simpson, but still....pretty damn funny.

There's a few more that the Great White North residents need to answer for:

- Corey Hart

- Allanus Morrissette

- The guy that broke up with Allanus causing her to do that "men suck" album.

Oh...there's quite a list. LOL

NOTE: My mom is from Calgary, and if I had a 2nd home it'd probably be in Whistler/Blackcomb. I actually *like* Canada.

[lovekraft]

Give Canada a break - historically, they've always given about as good as they got. Gordon Lightfoot, Leonard Cohen, Buffy St. Marie, Ian & Sylvia, Steppenwolf, the Guess Who, Chilliwack, April Wine, Lighthouse, the Stampeders, Max Webster, Trooper, Red Rider, A Foot In Coldwater and Saga, just off the top of my head, should easily make up for Alanis, Celine, Brian and Corey, and Shania is our own fault, so except for Paul Anka, we're probably about even. And let's not even mention Snow - the less said about that, the better!

[TGwaH]

Give Canada a break - historically, they've always given about as good as they got. Gordon Lightfoot, Leonard Cohen, Buffy St. Marie, Ian & Sylvia, Steppenwolf, the Guess Who, Chilliwack, April Wine, Lighthouse, the Stampeders, Max Webster, Trooper, Red Rider, A Foot In Coldwater and Saga, just off the top of my head

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You know April Wine AND The Stampeders? Dude, that's just awesome.

On a side note, Lighthouse was supposed to play at Woodstock, but their manager talked them out of it.

The guy that broke up with Allanus causing her to do that "men suck" album

Rumour has it that it was Uncle Joey from Full House that is responsible for that album. But if you want some real entertainment, look up Alanis's teeny bopper stuff before she hit it big time

[Kevan]

Wow.....a Chiliwack reference. Impressive.

I only kid around with Canada. It's great fun to watch LGM wriggle around in his computer chair huffing/guffing at all this...while plotting his escape over the border. If you get the chance to see it in person, buy a ticket.

Oh, and +1 on the Red Ryder.

[crafty]

No, Dave Coulier had nothing to do with the Jagged Little Pill album, even though he WAS about 16 years older than Alanis when they dated. It's a big rumor I heard him personally refute on a local radio show once. And he's from Detroit, not Windsor, so we can't blame his lame comedy act on Canada, either.

[soapbarstrat]

Want to test how good an acoustic sounds ? Just play the intro to 'Fly at night'.

[signguy]

http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2005/bad-p1.php

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100 Rushes, 100 Triumphs, 100 Jeff Healeys can't make up for that.

Ever.

Do my Canadian friends now understand the mountain they must climb?

(thanks for the link, weezerboy)

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One Tragicallly Hip can fix the worst we've thrown out to the world. Maybe throw in a few Barenaked Ladies for good measure!

Anyone remember a band called the Headpins? lol they rocked.

[Marzocchi705]

Canada has whistler bike park, america, well, doesnt.

Thats my argument over. lol

[sepultura999]

The Backdoor Boys are gone

didn't they just release a new album? lol

One Tragicallly Hip can fix the worst we've thrown out to the world. Maybe throw in a few Barenaked Ladies for good measure!

Please don't say that. I'm sick and tired of the Hip and the Barenaked Ladies, probably because 1. The Hip is played here almost 24/7 by my dad and 2. The Ladies though are talented need to stop releasing strange videos with monkies talking about God knows what lol

Canada has had its problems, such as the following you all mentioned, and Avril Latrine, I mean Lavgine. She was so rockish until a year later when she changed her look and now looks like every other female pop star. It's good she got a year and a half after her first album to actually learn how to play a few chords on the guitar and piano, learn how to use a pencil and stop lieing that she writes all her songs.

So Neil Young is a canadian, eh? wink.gif . I didn't realise canada could produce such hill billies. Then again, you guys can get pretty isolated up there I suppose. They should reshoot Deliverance in the sub arctic.

I didn't realise there were hillbillies until Bubba Sparks came along.

Do my Canadian friends now understand the mountain they must climb?

We didn't have to climb that mountain. We just shipped her off to the U.S like how Toronto ships all its garbage to Michigan haha.

There's a few more that the Great White North residents need to answer for:

- Corey Hart

- Allanus Morrissette

Isn't Michael Bolton Canadian? lol oh man he was considered on much more music the worst of the worst before Celine Dion.

Wasn't it the U.S that produced the new kids on the block, vanilla ice and that rico suave guy? lol oh man that was hillarious. Just read the lyrics to Ice Ice Baby, that has to be one of the funniest songs ever, especially since he was serious, unlike Weird Al. If Weird Al was to do a parody on that he'd keep the lyrics the same and just sing and do those dances haha.

[Kevan]

Alright....

NKOTB was from Boston, and we've more than made up for that: Aerosmith, Boston, Extreme, Gary Hoey, just to name a few.

Robert VanWinkle (aka Vanilla Ice)...well...Ok. Strike one for us.

LOL

"STOP! Collaborate and listen...Ice is back with a brand new invention...."

Michael Bolton is from Conneticut. But come on, he never tortured us like Celine did/does. Anyone have video of him doing 'Thriller'? I didn't think so. Being a failed metal head, and having your entire career based on cover songs isn't really all that bad.

Gerardo Mejia III (aka Gerardo, Rico Suave) isn't from the U.S. He's actually from Ecuador.

Nice try though.

[Gorecki]

Alright....

NKOTB was from Boston, and we've more than made up for that:  Aerosmith, Boston, Extreme, Gary Hoey, just to name a few. 

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Gerardo Mejia III (aka Gerardo, Rico Suave) isn't from the U.S.  He's actually from Ecuador.

Nice try though.

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Bravo, in deserving of a golf clap for certain.

Weird, I was just listening to pornograf II on the way home today, I really liked those guys!

[mikhailgtrski]

"Anyway, Rush is one of my favorite bands period and they more than make up for Celine."

+1

Just have to tell my Rush Encounter story...

Last year my wife and I celebrated our 20th anniversary by staying at a nice downtown Seattle hotel. I had to leave for work early the next morning, and she was going to check out later. (This was the day before Rush was playing the White River Amphitheater.) So, she walked out the front door of the hotel and noticed a couple of guys waiting at the corner. One looked familiar and she asked him, "Excuse me, aren't you Geddy Lee from Rush?" He said, "Me? Yes, I am." She went on to tell him how her husband is a huge fan of theirs, etc., and got his autograph made out to "Mike". Then she turned to the other guy and asked, "Are you with the band, too? Can I get your autograph?" They both laughed and he replied, "No, I'm just here to keep him in line." So they said their goodbyes.

A few minutes later my wife realized that the "other" guy was none other my favorite guitarist of all time, Mr. Alex Lifeson.

I should have taken the day off.

Mike

[Kevan]

"No, I'm just here to keep him in line."...Mr. Alex Lifeson.

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Oh the sweet, sweet irony.