Canada's Top Ten Most Iconic Brands

[betplom]

10. CN Tower






9. Via Rail








8. Petro Canada








7. Montreal Canadiens






6. Toronto Maple Leafs






5. Air Canada






4. CBC






3. Tim Hortons

2. Canadian Tire

and the winner is...

1. Canada Post





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[jellobiafra]

I misread the title and thought you wrote "BANDS" and not "brands". I was thinking Rush would have to be #1. Then.... well I couldn't think of anybody else. Bare Naked Ladies, I guess. Is it true that Canada has only produced 2 bands that anyone outside of Canada has ever heard of?

Well without further adieu, I present Canada's Top 10 Most Iconic Bands:

1. Rush
2. Bare Naked Ladies
3-10. (NA)

[Matt Rain]

No Jays?

[Willie Bee]

Is it true that Canada has only produced 2 bands that anyone outside of Canada has ever heard of?

No, at least it's not true with me.

Neil Young/Crazy Horse
Steppenwolf
Bachman Turner Overdrive
The Guess Who
Crash Test Dummies
Nickelback

[Deuce]

[jellobiafra]

No, at least it's not true with me.

Neil Young/Crazy Horse
Steppenwolf
Bachman Turner Overdrive
The Guess Who
Crash Test Dummies
Nickelback

See, I didn't know any of those guys/bands were Canadian....the sneaky fvcks.

I would say Neil Young is the only one of those that are truly iconic. Well.... OK I'll give them BTO. Soild band there. Few others were one hit wonders to be honest. And Nickleback is just plain bad music.

[betplom]

I misread the title and thought you wrote "BANDS" and not "brands". I was thinking Rush would have to be #1. Then.... well I couldn't think of anybody else. Bare Naked Ladies, I guess. Is it true that Canada has only produced 2 bands that anyone outside of Canada has ever heard of?

Well without further adieu, I present Canada's Top 10 Most Iconic Bands:

1. Rush
2. Bare Naked Ladies
3-10. (NA)

Tragically Hip
Nickleback
Blue Rodeo
Sum 41
April Wine
Neil Young
The Guess Who
Triumph
Finger 11
Our Lady Peace
Stampeders
Brian Adams
BTO - Bachman Turner Overdrive
I Mother Earth

[Willie Bee]

Forgot about Adams and Tragically Hip, plommer. Also, wasn't that queer-ass 80s group Loverboy from somewhere up north?

[betplom]

Forgot about Adams and Tragically Hip, plommer. Also, wasn't that queer-ass 80s group Loverboy from somewhere up north?

We pretend Loverboy was an American band.

Almost forgot Torontos own "Shuffle Demons"

A wild romp through the streets of Toronto with the Shuffle Demons rapping about their favourite form of public transit. Was a big hit on MuchMusic in Canada

Spadina Bus:

[Matt Rain]

I like Sloan. Is Sloan known?

Oh, them Simple Plan queers are a bunch of frogs.

[jellobiafra]

Tragically Hip
Nickleback
Blue Rodeo
Sum 41
April Wine
Neil Young
The Guess Who
Triumph
Finger 11
Our Lady Peace
Stampeders
Brian Adams
BTO - Bachman Turner Overdrive
I Mother Earth

Some of these I've never heard of - Blue Rodeo? We are talking about "iconic" here and you give me Blue Rodeo? Triumph? I remember Triumph. Not in a good way either.

I do want to amend my statement about 1 hit wonders. In the case of Steppenwolf they were a 2 hit wonder. I forgot they did "Born to be Wild" too. The Guess Who - all I'm coming up with is American Woman. Crash Test Dummies - that ridiculous song that I think was actually titled "Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm". What assholes.

[pavyracer]

I thought the UN Canadian peacekeepers are the most iconic brand of Canucks.

[betplom]

Triumph was awesome, don't diss Triumph, pal.

[Matt Rain]

I thought the UN Canadian peacekeepers are the most iconic brand of Canucks.

I think that was a list made by Canadians for Canadians. There's no way the Canada Post logo is the most iconic Canadian brand worldwide.

[betplom]

I think that was a list made by Canadians for Canadians. There's no way the Canada Post logo is the most iconic Canadian Brand worldwide.

[jellobiafra]

Triumph was awesome, don't diss Triumph, pal.

No. They weren't. There were a lot of bands making awesome music in the late 70's, but Triumph didn't make the list. Sorry

[Deuce]

When I think of Canada, I think of this...

[betplom]

No. They weren't. There were a lot of bands making awesome music in the late 70's, but Triumph didn't make the list. Sorry

NOT!

[jellobiafra]

When I think of Canada I think of Rush and Neil Peart. Not necessarily in that order.

[jellobiafra]

Plommer those clips look like they could be outtakes from This is Spinal Tap.

[betplom]

Plommer those clips look like they could be outtakes from This is Spinal Tap.

I liked Triumph back in the day (maybe the drugs made them sound better), used to go see them at Maple Leaf Gardens when they played here, NEVER missed a RUSH concert in Toronto.

[buztah]

When I think of Canada, I think of this...

Deuce, if Cherry were holding a Tim Horton's cup you could put that image on the flag and noone here would object.

[jellobiafra]

I've seen Rush quite a few times. One of my favorite shows - great live band. Triumph was a little before my time, but my brother liked them. He also liked Styx and Rainbow though. In his defense, he was a big KISS fan too.... but who wasn't back then?


Once I came of age and started refining my own musical taste, I became much more interested in the punk invasion of the late 70's than the hair bands that were playing on some alternate musical landscape. I think bands like The Clash, The Replacements, The Ramones.... just to name 3 (I could go on all day with this subject) have stood the test of time and aged well. I'm not so sure about some of the other bands we've been talking about.

[smarmy]

but they forgot Maple Syrup, Elks, William Shatner and Snow! What kind of list is this??

[Matt Rain]

[sickler]

Fukk you, Plommer.

[jellobiafra]

[betplom]

Fukk you, Plommer.

Phuck me Sickler?

Funny stuff, only people in the Ottawa valley know who's logo that is, and the chances of them being around in a few years don't look so good, didn't you guys have a CFL team that quit a bunch of times?

[DwightShrute]

that's all from an easterners viewpoint Betplom.

Top 10 Brands from a West coasters point of view ....

#1.




#2. Whistler



#3.

#4. Salmon


#5. The OIL sands of Alberta


#6 Jasper Nation Park

#7. Niagra Falls


#8. FRESH CLEAN WATER



#9 Tim Horton's Coffee



#10 . Beautiful girls



#11 Beer



#12 Back Bacon


#13. EH

[dwaechte]

lol @ Air Canada being on there.

[Willie Bee]

We pretend Loverboy was an American band.

I can understand why. What's amazing is I guess they still make the rounds. Love how the talk show host says something about "one of their all-time classics" in the intro, and the lead singer apparently found the 40 pounds that I lost.

[jpete1966]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leMm4F4NAJ0

[PuckOff]

I misread the title and thought you wrote "BANDS" and not "brands". I was thinking Rush would have to be #1. Then.... well I couldn't think of anybody else. Bare Naked Ladies, I guess. Is it true that Canada has only produced 2 bands that anyone outside of Canada has ever heard of?

Well without further adieu, I present Canada's Top 10 Most Iconic Bands:

1. Rush
2. Bare Naked Ladies
3-10. (NA)

No Helix???

[PuckOff]

When I think of Canada, I think of this...

Douche,

GFY!!!

[DwightShrute]

Ya Cherry is kind of a bigot. His "Canadians are the Best and everyone other hockey player sucks" theme got old fast for me personally. Hard to take him serious after that.

Loved to watch Coaches Corners until about 10 years ago. Now, I change channels now when he comes on.