Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Obama's Playlist The Top 49 Songs

My post is in honour of our friends to the south on this historic day in U.S. history.

From January 5th-16th, 2009, CBC Radio 2 invited Canadians to help select the top “49 songs from north of the 49th parallel” that would best define our country to the incoming U.S. President Barack Obama. Please take the time to click on each link and listen to some wonderful music. You may rediscover some old favourites and discover some new loves. Here is what we voted for:

  1. Affairs of the Heart: Marjan Mozetich
  2. American Woman - The Guess Who
  3. Barber: Violin Concerto: James Ehnes
  4. Bobcaygeon - The Tragically Hip
  5. Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
  6. Brother (Watching) - Shad
  7. Canada's Really Big - Arrogant Worms
  8. The Canadian Dream - Sam Roberts
  9. Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Gordon Lightfoot
  10. A Case of You - Joni Mitchell
  11. Closer to the Heart - Rush
  12. Dégénération - Mes Aïeux
  13. Democracy - Leonard Cohen
  14. Departure Bay - Diana Krall
  15. Évangéline - Marie-Jo Thério
  16. Four Strong Winds - Ian & Sylvia
  17. Goin' Up a Yonder - Measha Brueggergosman
  18. Goldberg Variations - Glenn Gould
  19. Hallelujah - k.d. lang
  20. Helpless- Neil Young
  21. The Hockey Song - Stompin' Tom Connors
  22. Home - Michael Bublé
  23. Hymn to Freedom - Oscar Peterson Trio
  24. If I Had $1,000,000 - Barenaked Ladies
  25. J'ai quitté mon île - Daniel Lavoie
  26. Jolie Louise - Daniel Lanois
  27. La complainte du phoque en Alaska - Beau Dommage
  28. Mario Takes a Walk - Jesse Cook
  29. Mon pays - Gilles Vigneault
  30. Montréal -40C - Malajube
  31. Northwest Passage - Stan Rogers
  32. One Great City! - The Weakerthans
  33. Ordinary Day - Great Big Sea
  34. Oublie-pas - Karkwa
  35. Place St. Henri (from Canadiana Suite) - Oscar Peterson Trio
  36. Pour un instant - Harmonium
  37. Quand les hommes vivront d'amour - Raymond Lévesque
  38. Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
  39. Rêver mieux - Daniel Bélanger
  40. Rise Again - The Rankin Family
  41. Rise Up - Parachute Club
  42. Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young
  43. Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
  44. Swingin' Shepherd Blues - Moe Koffman
  45. Universal Soldier - Buffy Sainte-Marie
  46. We'll Gather Lilacs - Ben Heppner
  47. Wheat Kings - The Tragically Hip
  48. Wondering Where the Lions Are - Bruce Cockburn
  49. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

2 comments:

  1. Ana, You have no e-mail listed here so I am posting to let you know you won the Robot Nine Puzzle this week! Congrats. Now go pick out a book and e-mail your mailing address to oddlyso@yahoo.com.

    Alan

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  2. LOL, this is great fun for us Yankees who don't live in Washington! Actually I live due west of you, along the same parallel. I plan to explore this playlist.

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