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Hand me down world: the Canadian pop-rock paradox
Hand me down world the Canadian poprock paradox Author:Greg Potter "The Canadian pop-rock paradox is simply stated: in a quest to win international celebrity, Canadian musical artists have gradually and unwittingly lost their Canadian identity. Twenty-five years ago it was obvious that Ian Tyson, Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray, The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive were Canadian acts. Today that distinctio... more »n is irrelevant unless you work for the CRTC. With rare exceptions that prove the rule, music from Canada - as opposed to Canadian music - has emerge as a melting pot rather than a mosaic; whatever is marketable at the moment is parroted to a populace weaned on international media saturation." - from Hand me down world. Greg Potter pulls no punches in his review of the Canadian rock scene. He casts a critical eye on the internationally famous, from Paul Anka to Celine Dion; he saves his praise for those who make it big but hang on to their identity and/or integrity. Hand me down world is a personal polemic, bristling with opinions and backed up by the facts. This wild ride will take you through five decades of Canadian music and leave you smarting but plenty wiser.« less