Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Non-Canadian Covers of Canadian Jams: Toronto Mike'd #605

Episode Date: March 27, 2020

Mike kicks out non-Canadian covers of Canadian jams with Stu Stone and Cam Gordon.

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Text TORONTOMIKE to 59559. And Banjo Dunk from Whiskey Jack, one of the most celebrated roots country bluegrass bands in Canadian music history. I'm Mike from torontomike.com and joining me for their weekly jam kicking throughout the pandemic, Stu Stone and Cam Gordon. Yes, the big three, baby.

We're back. Yeah, this episode got a lot of buzz on Twitter, I noticed. A lot of people hotly anticipated this episode. So this is exciting stuff, for sure. And I've already exposed myself with already some inaccuracies, already, even before the show has even started. So we're off to a great start. I'll elaborate on that. One of the jams.

So let's start by telling everybody today, the three of us, we've each picked five Canadian songs that are covered by non-Canadians. So it's a very simple premise. If it's a Canadian song and a non-Canadian is performing it, it can be included here. But one of the suggestions from Stu Stone, and I got to say, Stu, I was a little disappointed because I... Oh, I forgot. Yeah, sorry, sorry. There are two things that I got wrong. I'm also counting what I got wrong say, Stu, I was a little disappointed because I... Oh, I forgot. Yeah, sorry, sorry.

There are two things that I got wrong. I'm also counting what I got wrong on Twitter yesterday, but go ahead. Okay, so the one I was going to point out, which was going to stay between you and I but no longer, is for a moment you thought Chris Christopherson was Canadian. Yeah, I was confusing him with Robbie Robertson. People who have like, if my name was Stu Stewart Or something like that

I would confuse that as well So that was the confusion there Robbie Robertson, Chris Christopherson Similar kind of gimmick Willie Wilson, the former center fielder Oh, for the Kansas City Royals, right? That's right, yeah And I think

That's right, Bob Roberts You know know the tim robbins movie do you remember that one yeah sure sure sure of course and i opened with a simpsons clip and i remember a great simpsons episode with sideshow bob roberts i believe uh something to that effect so very good political satire so gentlemen we each picked five uh jams now stew you said you made another mistake. Could you share that one? Yeah, the other one, somebody was like, oh, it's about Keep on Rockin' in the Free World by Neil Young.

And Pearl Jam covered it. I was like, oh, yeah. They said, well, that's not on any album. I said, yeah, it was on the Mirrorball album. And then I was corrected that it isn't. Oh, right, I corrected you now that I remember. I loved, can I say I loved, because I was a big Neil Young, I still am, a big Neil Young fan

and a big Pearl Jam fan. And they had that, okay, so Pearl Jam put out Merkin Ball and Neil Young put out Oh, that's what I called it, I called it Mirrorball. I got so many things wrong. Right, because the Neil Young album was Mirrorball.

Oh, okay. And the Pearl Jam was Merkin Ball, and it had, like, I Got Shit on there. There's some good stuff on there, but I really like this period. But the big hit, as I recall, from Mirrorball, the Neil Young album, was, do you remember Downtown? Yes.

Downtown. When Kim and I saw Pearl Jam live they played that they played that there's another mistake too I've never seen Pearl Jam before maybe it was I had to talk to a terrible

guy today well I mean the main thing is I believe you're wearing a merkin right now so I mean that's kind of interesting thing is I believe you're wearing a merkin right now. So, I mean, that's kind of interesting. I forgot that I left my camera on. I better turn that off. Stu, just a little producer note here is that you sounded better last time we got together.

I don't know if this mic is working for you. Maybe it's better without the mic. Hold on. Hold on. Let me readjust it. Let me see. Maybe. Jeez. And it sounds like you the mic. Hold on. Let me readjust it. Let me see. Maybe... Jeez.

Are you in a wind tunnel or something? I was. I actually just was in a wind tunnel. Now I'm not. Now I'm going to turn off my... How about now? Is this at all better? Let's say something else. Is this an improvement?

Hello, everybody. Check, check. Is this an improvement? Hello, everybody. Check, check. Yeah. Is this an improvement? That's an improvement, but try not to, like, bump into the microphone or whatever you just did.

Like, because I want you to sound as good as Cam sounds. Cam sounds like a professional. So maybe you should... I probably just need to sit still. Right. Right. How about...

This might be better. Yeah, you sound good right now. So Cam Gordon from Twitter Canada, was it difficult to come up with your five songs? You know, one of the criteria for this, and Mike, I think I'm going to make this a best practice for as long as this series lasts. One criteria I'm trying to apply to all this

is in general, feel-good jams. We're all dealing with a lot of stress and uncertainty right now. So, um, just as a baseline, you know, that's what I'm looking for when I'm choosing jams these days, but yeah, it was kind of tough cause there was sort of the funny, ironic covers, but I, I'm actually really happy with my list. Like I, I, these five, uh, cover versions, I think are all great and really unique and interesting. Yes. And they're true gems.

I think your audience, I think they'll really resonate with the Toronto Mike universe for, for different, different reasons. So, yeah, I mean, it was,

it was, it was easy and it wasn't. So I'll say that, but looking forward to counting them down today. Now, Cam, we refer to the Toronto Mike Universe as FOTMs. That's right, FOTMs, of course, and they're everywhere.

I encountered one in Loblaws the other day, I was telling you. But you were staying six feet away, I hope. Well, this was pre-pandemic, but yeah, one of the Toronto Mike Universe. You've been social distancing for as long as I've known you, Cam. That's right, well as I've known you, Cam. That's right. Well, I'm very tall, so similar to the inverse of Peter Gross. I know you and Mark Weisblatt. Sorry, 1236.

We were talking about that yesterday. You can call him Mark, I think. Yeah, hanging out at stables and whatnot. That's definitely not social distancing. And that was last week, and he didn't really think there was much wrong with that. We had to have a heart-to-heart. But he's banned from these premises anyways. But I'm just

looking out for him. As well you should. And what about you, Stu? Did you stew on this decision? Or was it easy for you to come up with your five? Well, you know, I was trying to look for things that don't make you feel good,

you know, because I feel like there's so much feel-good going on right now. No, you know, for me it was a little bit more difficult to put this list together. As you know, I made some errors, both factual and clerical, on my submissions.

So, you know, this was a little bit more challenging for me, but I think, you know, I would say more than half of my picks are pretty hacky, but there's two songs out of the five that I'm pretty proud of. Now, I want to say what I found interesting is, and I'm going to let the people know,

is that, so, Cam, you sent me your five, but you never, Stu hasn't seen them yet, so Stu has no idea what your five are. Neither of you, neither of you know what my five are, and when Stu sent me his five, Cam, you don't idea what your five are. Neither of you know what my five are. And when Stu sent me his five, Cam, you don't know what his five are.

So coincidentally, there's no repeats. These are 15 unique songs. Nobody repeated. Holy crap. That is crazy that there's even 15 songs to be celebrated like this. And that we didn't cross-pollinate at all. I know.

And there's a couple of jams. One of them that you kick out here, Mr. Stone, that I kind of thought maybe we'd all pick, but we didn't. Only you picked it. But we'll get to that in a moment and talk about it. So I'm going to play them in the order that you sent them.

Is that okay? Love it. Okay. So I'm going to start with Cam's jam and then we'll do a Stu jam and then we'll do a Mike jam. We've got to get rolling though because there's 15 jams and we have other

things we've got to do here. Before we begin guys, how are you feeling? Do you guys feel healthy? Strong? Yeah. I think that the stringent Toronto mic testing protocol that takes place before we do these

has been good. But yeah, no, listen, I mean, I'm paranoid sick every night. I'm watching the news. I think, oh my God, I feel a tickle. It's like, you know, there's a, how do I know if I have it? It's like, this is like, hey, you are, the do I know if I have it? It's like, hey, the symptoms are there are no symptoms. You can have it right now.

So, yeah, I mean, I don't feel 100% certain of anything other than I'm going to be here every Friday until this thing clears. I will say I have the same phenomenon where I wake up feeling amazing. And by like 4 p.m., I feel like healthier and stronger than I ever have in my life. But late at night, maybe I'll read a Twitter thread about some healthy 37-year-old who's like clinging to life on a ventilator. And then I'll feel a tickle in my throat. Or I might, heaven forbid, I cough or something and I'll look to my wife

and say, that's it. I'm presumptive. I'm presumptive COVID-19. This is it. This is the end for Toronto Mike. By the way,

a tickle in the throat, not to be confused with a lump in the throat, which is what you feel when goose dies when you watch Top Gun. But I want to say, spoiler there.

I've never seen Top Gun. Well, I ruined it for you. You're fucked. Toronto, Mike, you have been going off the island a lot more than I have. I've left my place like once, and I was to go to fucking Loblaws. You're like on bike tours. No, I'm out of the house every... You do it all sorts of...

Cam, defend me here. You're the smart one in this trio. Biking's got to be... Are we recording? Of course. Yeah. This is how we argue candidly. Okay, go ahead. I'm the smart one.

Okay. Yeah. I like where this is going. Oh, that's why... Oh, I have to... He wanted to make sure that was on the record. He's going to edit that out

and tweet it. Okay. So, I... Biking... Super safe, biking, super safe, right? I literally, in my driveway, I get my feet on the pedals and my hands on my handlebar of the bike that's been in my basement, and then

they don't leave those areas, and I don't touch any people or come close to any human beings. I just bike by some people, and I come back. That's got to be Uber safe. Am I right? I mean, I'm not. Are you saying that Uber is safe? No, I'm not saying Uber is safe. You're right.

I'm not a medical professional. I think all the same rules apply social distancing, whether you're on two feet or on two wheels or three wheels, maybe you're on like some kind of like a tricycle. Right. But it is good. It's good for you, I think, to get out of the house. Just don't go to... I haven't done that. Yeah, I might be developing some sort of health issues

from not moving around for two weeks. Right, that can be good. Okay, gentlemen, now that we're all feeling good because it's not nighttime when the COVID sets in, we're all good, let us start with Cam's first Canadian Jam by a non-Canadian. Ladies and gentlemen, Liza Minnelli. Thank you. Cam, do you want to give this context while we wait for Liza to get rolling here?

Let's just let this breathe a bit. Okay. What a tale of thoughts could tell Just like an old-time movie About a ghost from a wishing well In a castle dark Or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet

Loves of one-way streets Or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet. Loves of one way streets. Never thought I could feel this way. And I've got to say, I just don't get it. I don't know where we went wrong, but the feeling's gone. And I want to get it back. What have you here? What in the fuck? Okay, Let's bring that down a bit.

Liza Minnelli. Is that Liza Minnelli or something? Yeah, that's obviously, if you could read my mind, the Gordon Lightfoot song cover by Liza Minnelli. Yeah, the great Liza Minnelli. You heard the intro, Stu, come on. I couldn't tell. I didn't realize that that's what they said.

Let's remember that the person who hasn't seen the jam, but in this case it would only be Stu Stone, gets to take a guess on who the heck we're listening to, even though, as Cam pointed out, they introduced her. I didn't hear that. I swear to God, I swear to God I didn't hear that. Well, pay attention, Stu. So anyway, with this song specifically,

my first inclination was to do the Stars on 54 version, if you recall, from the 90s From the movie Stars on 45 also good by the way Yeah well I mean that's a different matter And that's a long one Let's stay focused here This is the Mike Myers movie

That's right Mike Myers And I think Ryan Felipe Was in it about the Adventures in Studio 54 all the adventures in Studio 54, the infamous disco in New York. But yeah, and look at Spotify. I saw, oh, Liza Minnelli

covered this too. And frankly, I like this version better. It certainly has a lot of panache, you know, classic Liza. Well, let's let the big finish here. Here's the big finish here. Absolutely. La la la La la la La la la Oh my gosh

You gotta imagine Yeah You gotta give it to You gotta imagine And this is just speculation But she was probably so socked up She sounded like she was like Putting on a drunken show At a party there but she was probably so stocked up. She sounded like she was like, you know,

putting on a drunken show at a party there. Well, you know, not since Eartha Great, Eartha Kitt. I mean, we should do a showtune episode. That might be fun. This episode's going a while. I mean, sorry, this

pandemic is going to last a while, so we might get to that. Yeah, we'll have time for sure. But thank you, Liza Minnelli, for starting us off. What a great lead-off. As far as that being on the list of the greatest cover songs that have ever been covered by a non-Canadian, I don't know. I guess that

makes the top 15, but sure. I don't judge somebody's taste or jams. Personally, that doesn't make my top 100. No. I will say, Arrested Development did a great deal for her career in that there's a lot of people my age and younger who have great kind of fond thoughts and memories of Liza Minnelli

just based on her being Lucille too in Arrested Development. I think it was great for her career. I don't know if you guys watched Arrested Development. I have no clue what you're talking about. Okay, well you're missing out. It's on Netflix and you have time. Okay. Here's the jam I thought maybe all three of us would pick. So let's kick out

Stu's first jam. Definitely not the radio. It's from Grace. Well, that's a spoiler, I guess. Just let it wash over you. We kind of need this in these troubling times. I heard there was a secret chord That David played and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? Well, it goes like this

The fourth, the fifth The minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah

Cam? Hallelujah Cam That just goes to show you How good of a song that was The three of us You two talk a lot You didn't say a damn word there I mean come on Go ahead Cam

No I was going to say It's almost like It's not religious To talk over This song Yeah I mean It's sort of the myth Of Jeff Buckley No, I was going to say, it's almost like Zach Religious to talk over his song. And yeah, I mean, sort of the myth of Jeff Buckley, you know. It's incredible to see, like, just the breadth that this specific cover has had. Because I remember Jeff Buckley, you know, he'd get played a bit on CFNY back in the day.

And was, you know know always semi-popular but just it's just incredible like you know how he sort of his stature just in the culture has grown and this cover I think is a big big part of that well it also helps to die young like I feel like when you die young then posthumously things will kind of

become like bigger than life if you will I feel like I mean not to you know just based on a conversation's... Well, that's what we... I mean, not to, you know, just based on a conversation we had last time, there's that meme going around of that guy. You know, he died young as well, and his thing... Anyway.

What guy? That's all. You guys have been... There's, like, a coronavirus meme going around with a certain gentleman with a huge appendage. I don't know if you guys have been privy to that guy. No. Cam, do you know what I'm talking about?

I've been trying to ignore the group text about it. I have nothing to contribute to that conversation. Fair, we'll leave it at that. I'm sure some of your listeners know exactly what I'm talking about. But Jeff Buckley, I mean, the fact that 15 times we're picking only one of us chose this, that is shocking. Well, I kind of figured one of you guys would have this, because this seemed like, you know, kind of number one on a lot of, in this category, the first song a lot of people would think of. And rightfully so, although there's so many great covers of this song.

One of them by yours truly, by the way. Really? Yeah. Is that on YouTube? Is that on YouTube? It is but don't play it now I think I'm going to read Cam's thoughts He's about to tell us that one of the great covers Of this song is by another Canadian

And therefore Is not qualified for this Yeah I mean there's a few In that category The Katie Lang cover is very popular I mean there's The Ruf in that category. The Katie Lang cover is very popular. I mean, there's the Rufus Wainwright cover, but then you sort of get into weird,

is Rufus Wainwright actually Canadian? Yes. You know, I think he qualifies as CanCon, but obviously his dad was not Canadian, and he spent a lot of his life in the U.S. It's like a Ben Johnson type of deal. But that's like a Robin Thicke. Yeah, or Kirk McCaskill. Chris Jericho.

Kevin Reimer. Rick Fox. Yeah, exactly. Lennox Lewis. You know there's also a Gord Downie cover of this. Have you guys ever heard that? Cam, I'm going to mute you.

I don't know what to say. Do you have any idea how much I've written and spoken about my quest to find the Gord Downie cover of Hallelujah? Like, I'm literally the worldwide authority on the song you're referencing right now. That's probably why I heard it. It's from like a movie or something. It's from St. Ralph. There's a movie called St. Ralph. And the soundtrack was never released.

I got a hold of the guy who was in charge of the music and he couriered to me a copy of the soundtrack that was never released. And I ripped, there's two versions of Gord Downie's Hallelujah on this soundtrack, a shorter one and a longer one. And I ripped them to MPp3, and I waited five years because he told me, don't share it with anybody,

and then five years later, I said, anybody who wants this, email me and I will send you the mp3, and I basically shared it with the world. I'm the guy when it comes to Gord Downie's Hallelujah. Can you have done that to me, by the way? Yeah, that's what I do.

I send it to people who want to hear it. Because, by the way, St. Ralph is a good movie, too. You should watch it. But, gentlemen, great pick. Yeah? Yeah. I was going to say,

what was that movie with John Goodman, King Ralph? King Ralph, yeah. Don't confuse King Ralph. Completely different film. They had the Clarence Clemons version. Did you know I had Clarence Clemons, I had his nephew on Toronto

Mic'd, the guy who replaced him in the E Street band? That's pretty cool. Yeah, this guy, they call him Little Big Man, the nephew. Okay. I used to be referenced as Little Big Man occasionally from time to time. I can feel it.

On WKRP in Cincinnati, Arthur Carlson was big guy, right? Am I getting my things right? Was Herb Tarlick little guy? Or am I dreaming that? She is. No idea.

Cam was more of a give me a break type of guy. I liked it when Nell Carter would put the vacuum into the aquarium and the vacuum would suck up the water in the fish. That's got to short it out, right? That's going to cause an electrical shortage, right? Like you can't actually vacuum an aquarium.

I have a big influence on Carrot Top, actually. Prop comic. Good for a laugh. Carrot Top, by the way, was in a movie with Courtney Thorne-Smith from Melrose Place. Conan O'Brien had Courtney Thorne-Smith

on the show right after Norm Macdonald. Norm Macdonald basically is probably the funniest... I watched it live. I was a big Conan... I was a huge Conan O'Brien fan because I was loving his work on The Simpsons and stuff. This exchange, if you can find it, huge Conan O'Brien fan because I was loving his work on The Simpsons and stuff. But this exchange,

if you can find it, between Conan O'Brien and Norm MacDonald with Courtney Thorne-Smith there talking about her movie with Carrot Top is the funniest thing I might have ever seen.

So just throwing that out there. Oh, wow. Find that. Is she the girl from summer school who like Mark Harmon Yes. Yeah, okay.

That's her. She was hot. Yep. That's right. That's her. She was hot. Yep. That's right. That's how she got on the Melrose Place. Okay, so we got to move on. 15 songs. We've done two of them here.

Let me go. Let me play you. By the way, also, that is a Leonard Cohen song. He also covered, as you know, the Sopranos theme. Yeah. Let's not get into that. We've established a few weeks back here on the on the show

I'm going to do another Leonard Cohen cover if you don't mind here so my turn I'm also doing I know he's a prolific wonderful songwriter and here's another one often covered piano plays softly It's four in the morning, the end of December. I'm writing you now To see if you're better

Yep New York is cold But I like where I'm living There's music on Clinton Street All through the evening I hear that you're building your little house Deep in the desert You're living for nothing now

Hope you're keeping some kind of record Yes Some kind of record, yes. And Jane came by with a lock of your hair. She said that you gave it to her. Mike, were you a big Tori Amos fan back in the day? You're the real big deal. I was big and like, yeah, I liked her cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit and I like Corn Flake Girl and a whole bunch of the stuff, the little earthquake stuff you'd hear on CFNY.

But this is... Yeah, and I also thought, like many of us our age, that she was like the sexiest person on the planet when she would just like make love to that piano. You know what I mean? Throw that vein of red hair back and gaze out in the crowd.

Get a room you guys. Tory Amos songs have an unmistakable sound to them. I knew that it was a Tori Amos song from the way that the piano was being played in Earthway. And I will say this.

I wonder if Billie Eilish is a Tori Amos fan because I'm hearing a lot of, like, that whispery, kind of, like, delicate vocals. Oh, yeah. Billie Eilish may have been influenced by Tori Amos, and if not, someone should send Billy Eilish some Tori Amos. I bet she'd like it. Do you guys know what

song this is? The same famous Blue Raincoat. Right. What did you say, Kim? Famous Blue Raincoat. Yeah. I wouldn't have got that, but I've heard this song before. FBR. Famous Blue Raincoat. I wouldn't have got that, but I've heard this song before. FBR. Famous Bluerengo.

I did not know of this song until somebody, and I want to give credit to Ed Keenan. I want to give credit to Toronto Star journalist Edward Keenan that he came over

to kick out the jams and he put this on his list. And I loved it. I loved it. I loved it. And then someone else who I should, maybe I'll Google this

during one of the other songs. Somebody else kicked out the same cover of Famous Blue Raincoat by Tori Amos. I love it. So it made my list of five. This is the third time that this song has kicked out. Correct. Wow. And again, it's, you know,

a lot of people will say Bob Dylan is a fantastic songwriter, but it's the other artists that kind of make his songs great, like be a Jimi Hendrix or whatever. And I would say, and some people even say that about Neil Young, although I love Neil Young's voice. But Leonard Cohen, definitely a songwriter that other artists can really bring to life. Like he's just, His covers of Leonard Cohen songs are often fantastic. Yeah, I mean I think his stuff is so timeless too.

I feel like all these songs people are going to be covering until the end of time. Like really. Can I change the order Cam and can I play the next jam from you? Can I make it another Leonard Cohen cover? So it's like bang, bang, bang? Absolutely play the next jam from you? Can I make it another Leonard Cohen cover? So it's like bang, bang, bang? Absolutely, yeah. The big three.

Let's do it. You guys both picking Lenny? Yeah. All three of us picked a Leonard Cohen cover, so we might as well do them all in a row here. So here we go. Different song. Like a bird on the water like a drum in a midnight song.

I didn't even know this was a cover. Really? I swear, I didn't even know. I love this. Horrible movie, but just so good. It was funny. I was saying to Mike, this is from the soundtrack to Lethal Weapon. And it's not. The soundtrack of the movie is the same name.

We're not aware. Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn, I believe. I remember it well. It was like romancing the stone type of vibe. Absolutely. So for listeners, this is the Neville Brothers out of New Orleans. As part of my research, I actually watched

the Neville Brothers performing at Woodstock 1994. Wow. Did they do Burnout of Wires? No, they didn't do Burnout of Wires, but they did a bunch of covers. They did One Love and Come Together. They were all decked out in tie-dye.

Aaron Neville looked like he wished he was sort of anywhere else other than the... He was like a guest rep at SummerSlam. Yeah, I feel like he sang the national anthem at WrestleMania. He did. I would think of Aaron Neville in a similar

vein to the way I think of Los Lobos in that critically acclaimed, great musicians, but their big hit is a cover. Like, you know what I mean? There's a lot of bands like that. We should kick out a list of those gems. But there's two right there. La Bamba and Bird on a Wire. Go ahead.

I can tell you what, though, as far as Aaron Neville goes he doesn't know much but he knows he loves you and that to me is all I need to know that's with Linda Ronstan right I don't know much and can I bring it back to the Simpsons

if I can bring it back to the Simpsons briefly which I like to do, is that Linda Ronstad was a fantastic guest in that Mr. Plow episode of the Simpsons. I forgot that she was on there. Mr. Plow, shout out to Adam Sullenberg.

But inspired choice. It's a great... This is credited to the Neville brothers, but the only Neville brother I was ever able to name was Aaron Neville. There was a Robbie Neville, but he wasn't, uh, the same look at all.

That was C'est La Vie guy, wasn't it? Completely, completely different guy. Robbie Neville. JJ, what you doing? I like that song.

The thing is, this isn't moving. C'est La Vie! C'est La Vie! C'est la vie! That's just the way it goes. That's right. That's right. I remember C'est la vie.

Are you kidding me? No relation, though. No relation. Okay. So, shout out to Leonard Cohen. Yeah, three for three. I had no idea that this was a cover that's interesting

info too I like to hear that because every once in a while you can surprise somebody by saying did you know that's a cover

there's something on my list that I bet you don't know was a cover so maybe I'll play that one next one final thought

about this cover a bit of homework for the FOTMs out there watch the video for this song it's very patriotic a lot of American for the FOTMs out there. Watch the video for this song. It's very patriotic. A lot of American flags and stuff in it, which is

interesting. To add to your point, Cam, this is one of those rare ones where the song is better than the movie. It's not the greatest song to begin with. That song is better than the movie, in my not the greatest song to begin with but that song

is better than the movie in my opinion there's a few songs yeah that happens right especially with sequels like where there's a big you know a big artist

records a big single for the sequel like the title track of a movie you know what I mean like Footloose oh Shakedown Shakedown was a good jam

right was that Bob Seger is that from that's from Stakeout yes that's right Footloose. Oh, Shakedown. Shakedown was a good jam, right? Was that Bob Seger? That's from Takeout. Yes, that's right. That's right. That's right. This is another topic, though. I love how topics emerge from these episodes we do, future topics.

Starship, Nothing's Gonna Stop Us from the movie Mannequin. That's another example. Okay, you know what I found out yesterday from Mark Weisblot? And again, I think, Cam, you've heard this episode so you can't answer this trivia question, but do you guys remember Sesame Street's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 11, 12? I know. I'm really speaking to some FOTMs who aren't as wise as we are. Okay. Who do you think is singing that? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, that? Oh, wow. I think I knew that. Bobby Womack. No, it's a female, a woman singer.

That's it, buddy. Good guess on the Dawn of Summer. I can't. Go ahead. Who is it? Minnie Riperton. That's a good guess. That's a good guess.

I only know one Minnie Riperton song, by the way, which is loving you. It's easy because you're beautiful. Tori Amos. It's before Tori's time, but Grace Slick. Oh, that makes a lot of sense, actually. Tori Amos. It's before Tori's time, but Grace Slick. Oh. That makes a lot of sense, actually.

And that also explains why I brought it up after the Starship. Starship, of course. Mannequin 2 on the move. You guys ready to rock out with Stu's second jam? Sure. Good choices so far, gentlemen. We can talk over this.

Okay, I guess we know it. I feel like my picks are kind of hacky, to be honest with you, but go ahead. No, I want to know, can you, first of all, does Cam know this song? Yeah, I mean, I'm sort of vaguely aware this is a cover. I don't think I knew that it was written by a Canadian. Why don't you fill us in, Stu? No, I think that Mike and Kay get from there. I'm going to agree with Cam in that I knew this was a cover, but I had no idea.

I had no idea that this was a cover of a Canadian song. I just did not know that. The original artist, due to my Wikipedia... From Vancouver, I believe. They're called The Arrows. Yeah, The Arrows, that's right. The Arrows are... Okay, wait a minute. We got to...

Wait a minute here. I'm just looking at the Wikipedia page and it says the Arrows are a English-American band based in London, England. So give me a moment to... No, no, London, Ontario. They got that wrong. Is that...

Are you sure? I'm going to just do a little more homework here. I don't know. A lot of friends of... A lot of people on Twitter were picking this song when they were suggesting to you as well. That's prior to me...

I sent you this list prior to those people tweeting you that. They were... You gotta look it up. Okay, I'm not convinced yet this is actually eligible for this particular jam. Maybe the band that performed it was. What about the writer? What about the writer

of the song? I don't think we're doing... Okay, we didn't really clarify this, but I assumed... I'm gonna do it on my internet machine too. I assumed that it wasn't the writer. It was the original artist that recorded it. It had to be Canadian. Alan Merrill is Canadian. That's the,

that's the writer of the song. Okay. So, Alan Merrill, I'm going into his wiki page, because he is, on his wiki page, is an American vocalist.

He's from the Bronx, New York. Oh, Jesus. I'm actually going to make a ruling now if I may. This is not eligible. Hold on. Let me just make a Hail Mary here. How did this show up on my list?

I don't know. I obviously did some research. I didn't just throw songs on there and other people suggested this also to you. I'm not making that up. I know what happened. I think you confused this with another song which I'm going to kick out next. I think you confused it with the song

I said that would surprise you guys that it was a cover of a Canadian song. You messed up Stu because this is like when you thought Chris Christopherson and Robbie Robertson were the same guy. You have confused Joan Jett with the artist I'm about to play. You guys ready? Yeah.

Yeah. Hit me with your best shot. Correct. Wait, this is a cover? Yep. You're the real tough cookie with a long history Of breaking little hearts like you wanted me That's okay, let's see how you do it

Put up your dukes, let's get down to it Do people say that anymore? When I was a kid, put up your dukes was something we would say. It was classic them fighting words, for sure. Right, but when was the last time you heard somebody say put up your dukes? I think it was right after they said put up the hot for someone. Remember, it right after they said he could have the hot for someone. Remember, it's like, oh, he has the hot for her. Cam. Wait, who is this?

Okay, this is my jam. I will explain. So, I love how Stu's brain, if I may do an aside, I love how Stu Stone's brain works and that he conflates different artists that are similar. This is why, you know,

you think Leonard Cohen did the... This happens all the time, and I love it. But you confused Joan Jett with Pat Benatar. This is Pat Benatar right now, doing her big hit, Hit Me If You're Best Shot, which was originally recorded

by a gentleman named Eddie Schwartz. And Eddie Schwartz, who... Let me see here. Eddie Schwartz is definitely Canadian. He's from Toronto. Yeah. He's still with us. He's 70 years old.

I hope he's in isolation. I don't want COVID to get him. Just doing a bit of, but this is the artist that people were suggesting the song because people don't realize. People are surprised to learn, typically, that this is the artist that people were suggesting the song. Because people don't realize. People are surprised to learn, typically, that this is a cover. My bad, guys.

My bad. Well, this is definitely one of the greatest all-time 80s sports highlight compilation songs. Like a lot of, you know, like NHL hardest hitters. There'd be like, you know, hockey NHL hardest hitters. There'd be like hockey hits set to this. Before I pressed record, you guys were talking about songs you would hear on Global Sportsline with Jim Taddy and Mark Hebbs here.

Absolutely. This would definitely be up there. I'm sure this was on George Michael's Sports Machine too, if you ever watched that. I used to watch that. I was always disappointed that George Michael wasn't the host of that show, the one that I was hoping. Absolutely. Got to have faith, man.

Yeah, it never happened, though. She has this kind of gruff in her voice that sort of makes me think that maybe a lot of Miles was a fan. Yeah. Or FOTM's Sass Jordan, who's been a top fan of the Canadian charts I saw this week.

Josh Jordan's a big Benatar fan. Oh, no doubt, no doubt. And Pat Benatar and Joan Jett were probably often, in your defense, Stu, they were probably often confused for one another, both kind of big at the same time, and kind of woman voices in rock,

a genre that was traditionally dominated by guys. Although I would argue that Benetton was a lot more pop and less punk. I mean, she was still kind of edgy pop, but different kind of things. I would agree. Don't just kick your ass, whereas Pat Benetton maybe could throw the football

around with you, but... No doubt. Put up your dukes. Put up your dukes. I love that. I'm going to bring it back, actually. Put up your dukes. Put up your dukes. I, I, I love that. Put up your, I'm going to bring it back. Actually put up your dukes.

I'm going to look at, I never really thought Joan Jett dancing with like a frilly dress, like love is a battlefield type of thing. You would definitely see Pat Benatar in it. You know, that type of attire. You guys ready for Cam's, uh,

Cam's third jam? Sure. Hell yeah. Here we go. I want to live with a cinnamon girl So I can be happy the rest of my life With a cinnamon girl Okay, so we got the Smashing Pumpkins here covering Neil Young's Cinnamon Girl. This is from the reissue of their B-side collection

Priciest Period. It's not like the reissue of their B-side collection, Pisces, Caryat. It's not on the original CD. I only learned they did this fairly recently, but it's a bit heavier than the original. Very much the pumpkins of that era. Is that Smashing Pumpkins? Hell yeah,

man. I'm like a huge Smashing Pump fan, and I've never heard this. What's up, man? I'll bring it up for you, Stu. Now, it doesn't sound like... That does not sound like Billy Corgan. It doesn't sound like Billy Corgan. Who's on lead here?

Is that Corgan? Is that maybe it's early Corgan, maybe? I think that's still him. I mean, I think he's just trying to do the classic rock vocal effects of which he was so fond of. I don't know about that. It's a little suspect of it.

It doesn't even sound like them how they would play their instruments. Personally, the original was fantastic. One of the first grunge songs, if you ask me. Fantastic, Cinnamon Girl. And I love Smashing Pumpkins too, but I didn't know about this song until Cam

put it on the list, and I'm like, oh, that's interesting. I still doubt that it is a Smashing Pumpkins song. No, it is. I've done a lot of homework to confirm everything, except I didn't obviously do the Joan Jett homework, but it is definitely Smashing Pumpkins. It definitely does not sound like Billy Corgan. Well, you're going to have to get over that, Stu. Stu, it's like when...

Remember early Aerosmith and Steven Tyler didn't sound like Steven Tyler? Yes. Yes. Before he realized, oh, I have a signature sound here that people seem to do. You know, shockingly enough,

you know, Sack of Pupkins are known for their cover of Landslide, but not this one. I've never heard this, and I'm a huge fan. When I went to their concert last year, it was like the best show ever. They played, like, for the first time, and I've seen huge fan. When I went to their concert last year, it was like the best show ever. They played, like for the first time, I've seen them so many times, the last time I saw them was the best

time. Me too. Like they were actually, it felt like he was actually trying and who knew he could play guitar that well? It was just so great. Stu, I don't think, was that a few years ago? Was that a few years ago? Yeah, it was a few years ago. Yeah, I was there. Air Canada Center, right? Yeah, it was an incredible show, start to finish.

But I was also surprised with the amount of covers that they did. You know, they did like Space Oddity, and I believe they did some other kind of like Beatles song or something. But it was just funny to see, because you don't think of them as a band that would play covers. I believe they were supposed to open for Guns N' Roses at the Rogers Center This summer Which I assume is on hold now

But yeah They're still out there still jamming It seems like they've sort of dropped a lot of the Pretense and just playing more of the hits Than the crowd pleasers I get sad though You're really involved with NWA wrestling now Absolutely Hitting people with guitars and what not I get sad though I get sad when I think though

that I think Darcy Retsky has fallen on some pretty darn tough times she's not with the band and every time I get an update on her it's not very good for her it's always very mysterious and just her

status at any time seems to... They have a new bass player that plays it like... It kind of looks like the way that Axl went out with Buckethead. Right. Right.

I remember that. By the way, I put those two bands, Guns N' Roses and Smashing Pumpkins are two bands I've seen in the last five years where they gave like three hours of everything and it's like

they're sort of having a resurgence almost. Like, they're too, you know, it's just still out there giving their all. You know what I mean? I almost felt like

the Guns N' Roses gave too much. Like, you know, they certainly don't believe in lessons more as far as they're set. You know what I mean? I almost felt like the Guns N' Roses gave too much. They certainly don't believe in lessons more. No, they never did though. And I couldn't think, after that show, which was like three hours, I couldn't think of a single Guns N' Roses single that was left on the cutting room floor.

I think they literally played everything that got any kind of radio play at all. I mean, They were only around six years or so during their original iteration. How long were Beatles around? Beatles start their big

time in 63 and they're done by 70 when they release Abbey Road or whatever. But you're right. And Guns N' Roses, I think it's 87, I think, when Appetite for Destruction comes out. And their last hurrah was the spaghetti incident. I think that was like 93 or something like that. Yeah, and even that was like covers

and odds and ends. They really only had three proper studio albums, I believe, Guns N' Roses. I know they had some EPs and some other stuff. Right, but Use Your Illusion was really two. So you could theoretically four. But you're Use Your Illusion was really two. Yeah. So you could theoretically four, but you're right.

That's like a comet, man. It's here for a short time, but it's going to shine very bright. Absolutely. And on that note, here's an American covering a Canadian classic from Stu Stone. You can skip my list the rest of the way. Yeah, this is awesome.

I don't even want to hear this. How do you just skip this jam? Wait a minute. First of all, your last jam wasn't even qualified for this episode. Yeah, I was just saying, I'm like... At least this one's qualified. I just don't even... It's such a happy choice that I apologize to my fans.

Why did you choose it, if I may ask? I don't know. I couldn't. It was tough to put this list together. He's dealing with anxiety over the pandemic, so he just wasn't thinking. Yeah, this was not... I love Lenny Travis.

I don't like this song. Interesting you chose a song you don't like. Yeah. I got to agree, Stu. This is brutal. One of those things, the first time I. Yeah. I gotta agree, Stu. Like, this is brutal. Like, one of those things, the first time I heard it, I'm like, no.

Yeah, I agree with you. It's just such an unnecessary cover. You know what's even more unnecessary? I expect so much more out of you, Lenny. Can you name the other... Lenny's whole career has kind of been like one big cover, but... Aw, I like the old stuff,

like Mr. Cab Driver and... No, the best, the best. Let Love Rule. The first couple albums are really incredible, to be honest with you. Right. But I think by the time he's in this era, he's already doing the great American songbook type of vibe,

but the great Canadian songbook in this album. Hey, if I may make a comparison between another big cover of a song with the word American in it, that the first time I heard it, I just was like, this was so unnecessary and this is so awful. Why is this even existing? Do you want to guess what song I'm referring to? We're an American band by Grand Funk Railroad.

Okay, Stu, do you have a guess? It's actually easy if you think about it. I was going to go with American Males by Scotty Riggs and Marcus Alexander Bagwell. Wow. I'm referring to Madonna's cover of American Pie. Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah. That's a seeming pile of... I think that this Lenny Kravitz song, it belongs with all those songs. That's why I was going to throw in the towel for the sake of the listeners, but I guess the banter could be funny here. I just wasn't a fan of this song, and I love Are You Gonna Go My Way. That album was huge. I was in high school during that time,

and that was a really huge culturally shifting moment for him. He was the top dog for that period of time. Yeah, like this cover I feel like was around the same time he put out that song Fly Away that has some of the worst lyrics ever in a Top 40 song. Possibly written by R... It has like R. Kelly type of lyrics involved in there. I get it.

I gotta fly away. I need to fly away. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, come on. Like, it's great. Song artist. I gotta fly away I need to fly away Yeah yeah Like come on But the man could rock a scarf And I think today One of the most good looking human beings That's ever existed

Right In the future Stu If I may could you stop picking songs You hate Well I guess I'm saying that this was a difficult, that could be a future episode, songs we hate. That would be really great. Oh, yeah, we should do that.

Our biggest challenge is what will be the next topic because there's so many good topics we could do. Yeah, listen, this was a difficult list for me to put together. Clearly, I didn't even, like one of my suggestions turned out to not even be accurate. I think we need a right of refusal from the Toronto Mike Porter directors. No, no, but I want to say, though,

I was forthcoming in the introduction of this program where I said some of my songs were hacky and I only liked two of the five of them. I said that. I was up front with the audience. That is true. We appreciate your transparency. That is for sure. I mean, I'm definitely transparent.

I am, like, always honest with the audience. Okay, I'm going to roll out a Lenny into my jam, so prepare your songs. I got a gun. American woman. Oh, God. Oh, je. American women. Oh, God. Oh, jeez. Yeah.

Oh, no. Oh, no. When I walk beside her I am the better man When I look to leave her I always stagger back again Once I built an ivory tower So I could worship from above When I climb down to be set free Once I built an ivory tower so I could worship from above.

When I come down to be set free. She took me in her arms. Cam, did you know this was a cover? Yeah, I did, because I remember the original song. Because I used to play it so much music. And it was played on whatever I was listening to. CFTR or something was playing the original as well. This was a CanCon, I don't know if I called a hit, but it was certainly in the mix.

No, that was a hit. I remember that song. The CFTR version you're talking about. This is interesting. I'd like to hear some information on this song. Okay, so this song is called the original, of course. That one, by the way, that is of course Eddie Vedder, if it wasn't obvious.

Is it Ordinary People? No, that's Men Without Hats. Ordinary People, right? That's the safety dance guys, right? No, no, no, that's The Box. Oh, The Box. Oh, Pop. I'm thinking of Pop Goes the... Don't quote me. I'm usually wrong.

But Pop Goes the World, that's the song I'm thinking of. That's Men Without Hats, right? So this band is called, or this musician the World, that's the song I'm thinking of. That's Men Without Hats, right? Okay. Yeah. So, this band is called, or this musician, I think it's just one guy, he goes by the name Indio. So, he had one album. His real name is Gordon Peterson, because

all great Canadian musicians are named Gordon, as you might know. So, he's from Hamilton. He had the one album, and it was called Big Harvest, and it was released in 89 and the big hit off the album of course is Hard Sun and it sounds a lot like Eddie Vedder

covers it here for Into the Wild the Sean Penn movie that I actually really liked but the what else can I tell you about this except that there was some some lawsuit here because Eddie changed the lyrics to tell you about this except that there was some lawsuit here because Eddie

changed the lyrics of Hard Sun for his version and apparently without permission from Universal Music or something this causes some kind of illegal issue or something. I guess you can't cover a single you can't modify it without permission. Do you guys know anything about the law?

I know that you can't modify it without permission? Do you guys know anything about the law? Yes, I do, but not surprised. I know that when I covered Gordon Lightfoot, I added a couple F-bombs, and they were not happy. Is that a true story, that they weren't happy? It's not a true story about them being happy, but it is a true story that I covered a Gordon Lightfoot song. But let's move on. Can I guess?

I have one very specific memory of this song. I always remember the music videos. The music video for this song, from what I recall, is very similar to the music video for R.E.M., Orange Crush. Yeah, that effect. Right around the same time. Right. And sort of like vague environmental imagery and whatnot.

Yeah, that's sort of one of my memories of this tune. It's very brooding. It's a very brooding tune. But very, I know what you mean. It's kind of haunting, but very. No, it is, yeah. It's got like a cinematic. You can see why it would be on a movie soundtrack.

It's got a cinematic sort's good for you can see why it would be on a movie soundtrack because it's got a cinematic sort of vibe where you hear a song and it sort of paints a picture for you beyond just a song right it's a cinematic experience

sort of for you like reading a good book that's what a good song like this will do for you right and earlier we referenced Pearl Jam covering Rockin' in the Free World

I just want to say that I was at the Air Canada Center when he pulled Bono, of all people, on stage to do a duet. They together sang Rockin' in the Free World, one of

Eddie's favourite songs. Why was Bono in Toronto at that time? I think U2 was either playing the next night or the night before or something. Because on stage, to the side of the stage, you could see Bono and The Edge on the stage watching the show. So it was quite the...

Fun fact, in order to rhyme Bono and Toronto, you would have to say Toronto like someone who's from the city. Bono and Toronto, like Candice did. Which is offensive to the many proud Torontonians from the Caribbean who like to hit that T. They like to hit the final T in Toronto. So I do not agree. Are you Toronto Mike or are you Toronto Mike? Brother, I like the nail that second T. I don't care what that says about Brother, I like the nail that second T.

I don't care what that says about me. I like to hit that second T. I like the nail it too. I hit it all the time when people accuse me of being American. True story. When Roger Ashby was replaced by Jamal, Jamar O'Neal. Got to make sure. Is it McNeil or O'Neal?

Is it McNeil? Jamar? I should know Jamar. He's an FOTM. Anyway, Jamar... I heard about Roger Rick in Maryland. Rick Hodge was on Toronto Mike very recently. So, okay. So Roger Ashby was replaced by Jamar.

Jamar came from Chicago, but he's originally from New York. And Jamar was hitting that second tee. And a lot of people were writing in on my blog and tweeting at me that he was showing himself to be an outsider hitting that second tee, and I was offended because I hit

the second tee. Interesting. Speaking of Jamar, do we have any updates on his baby? That was yesterday's episode of Jamar. I'm only halfway through the 1236 episode. I'll say this about it.

I'm glad we're still doing it. The content is still great. But man, do I prefer the sound of you guys on these Rode Procaster mics connected to my board versus the way you sound coming through the internet pipes. I know it's a pandemic. We've got to do what we have to do. But I can't wait for this to be over just to get the audio quality back to TMDS standards

I think it's just a different vibe when we're in your basement we're in the environment, we're soaking it up we're making eye contact and gestures we're winking at each other social distancing from one another right alright, let's kick out another

Cam Jan have I been drinking? from one another. Right. All right. Let's kick out another cam-chan. Jan. I've been drinking. Cam-chan. Oh, yo. You know, it should be called

Cam-con. And I also like the idea of the cam-jam. Like, it rolls off the tongue, actually, if I could get it right. Here we go.

It's a cam-jam. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.

Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. It's a cam jam. Nice. So there's like the six-minute part to this. Okay, can I... I don't know if... Okay, I can't... I hear you. Maybe talk about it

and I'll bring it way down and then bring it up. Do you have six minutes of things to say about this? Tell... I don't think Stu has a guess. Stu, do you know what you're listening to?

No. I thought it was Progenitor for a second, but it's clearly not. I was going to say, well, Mike kind of works the board. So what this is going to turn into, this is a medley of songs from Catherine Wheel, the British band, a big CFNY favorite back in the day. And I'll just, you know, spoiler alert, it's going to turn into their cover.

I'm going to just go to YouTube and see if there's something with just that. Hold on here. Yeah, absolutely. Do you remember Eden Music Fest, Catherine Wheel playing on the final day during that I do remember. I was there.

I do remember. The show of a third day. I remember Catherine, it was one of the bands played as... Oh, nice. Nice. Nice. Sounds like the Joe boys are covering Rush or something. Yeah, it's got a Doughboys feel.

This was on one of the big CFNY compilations as well as a bonus cut. I remember this song was sort of hard to come by before. Not even a bonus cut. Dude, I had it. Spirit of the Edge, Volume 2. That's right. It was not even a bonus. It Dude, I had it. Spirit of the Edge, Volume 2. That's right. It was not even a bonus. It was just on the album.

I feel like if you're going to cover a Rush song, you need to have a drummer that can do that. I feel like I saw Foo Fighters, and they can do Rush whenever they want. This feels like a... I don't know. I don't know. No, I liked it. I feels like a... I don't know. I don't know. I loved this cover.

No, I liked it. I liked it because... I liked it because CFNY was playing it when I was listening and they weren't playing Rush. Like, so it was really... You got to hear this great song.

It almost really made me fall in love with the song was this cover, actually. I was a big fan. We're talking like mid-90s. By the way, that... Well, that's the thing. Like in 1995 or whenever

they were... Like, covering Rush was probably the least cool thing you could do if you were a quote-unquote alternative rock band. So I think this really helped, you know, kind of drop a lot. Like, you know, we all wear masks, you know, in our personal lives. This really dropped

a lot of the pretense of just, hey, it's okay to like classic rock much in the same way as the Smashing Pumpkins covering Neil Young's Cinnamon Girl around the same era. You know, it's okay. It's all guitar music. A great song's a great song regardless of the genre, and I think that's qualified.

Can I shout out the Spirit of the Edge Vol. 2? Because this compilation, which I owned and had this on it, ready for some of the jams that were on that compilation? Yeah, run them down. James Laid. One of my favorite songs of all time. Only two and a half minutes, by the way. My favorite.

The Laws, There She Goes. There she goes. That's basically the American Pie soundtrack. And Joy Divisions, Love Will Tear Us Apart is on this thing. Ah, Donnie Darko. Talk about birding. Donnie Darko, that land. I love that, you know, the

friend in that, man, that guy did a great job. He should have got an Oscar, man. Okay. Bauhaus, Bela Lugosi's Dead is on this thing. A little gothic. Don't know that one. Oh yeah, it's classic. Pixies, Wave of Mutilation, which I love.

Wow, yeah. Kind of love that song for today. There was some Charlatans UK, The Only One I Know, which is a classic. Is Charlatans UK called that in the same way Bush X is Bush X? I believe so. Yeah, there's a San Francisco 60s band called the Charlottesville.

I like the way how Michael J. Fox couldn't just be Michael Fox because there was another Michael Fox. Yeah, who recently died. The original Michael Fox died earlier this year, I think. But Love and Rockets is on here. New order. Happy Mondays. It's quite the...

a cover of How Soon Is Now. It's quite the album. I wanted to point out that much like Cam had mentioned Edenfest and the Catherine Wheel, and I would say that ironically, me guessing Pearl Jam

and it becoming a Catherine Wheel song, very much like Edenfest when we were promised Pearl Jam and we were delivered Catherine Wheel. That would be disappointing. So that's quite ironic that I was able to find that sort of poetic. Guys, Catherine Wheel is, what's the great metal act that's associated with... Isn't his brother Rob Davidson? Rob Dickinson from Iron Maiden. Right. Yeah, or his cousin or something.

I thought it was his brother or something like that. Maybe it's his cousin. Maybe it's his brother, yeah. I don't know. Catherine Wheels was one of those bands that always seemed a lot more popular in Toronto. Right. You're right.

Probably because of this cover. And the CFNY knew it was all about them, so they played the hell out of it. Here's my problem with your picks, Stu, is that you're picking covers that are far inferior to the original. No, I said that I hate my list. At least, you know, I do like Life is a Highway as a song, but it feels like I'm watching an American Idol episode

and, like, Canada's Wonderland singers are coming out or something. I'm not a fan of this song. Okay, because, I mean, you started off so strong with Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah. Well, that's what I'm saying. It's like I fall off a cliff after this. It's like that Brady Anderson season when he had 50 home runs

and then see ya. Right, right. Who else? Joey Bell did that too, right? Albert Bell. Didn't he have a big 51? I think he had a few more. He put together a few more campaigns.

It's great. Right, Brady. That was a juice season. Brady Anderson's now like a higher up with the Baltimore Orioles organization. He's like maybe the vice president of baseball operations or something. Wow.

Wow. Okay. I want to just say that the original, which was a massive Canadian hit, I don't think it was a big... I don't know. Maybe it wasn't. No, it was big everywhere.

You are wrong. It was a worldwide... Okay. So that's why when you do trivia games that are based out of the States, they call Tom Cochran a one-hit wonder. In this country, he had many, many, many big hits. But this cover...

He's not always going to play in the big leagues. I love that song. I love that. I love The Boy Inside the Man. You go back to that stuff, which that title makes me laugh. But yeah. Okay. Lunatic Fringe that stuff, which that title makes me laugh. But yeah. Okay.

Lunatic Fringe. Yeah, Lunatic Fringe. Exactly. Which I saw in an episode of Mindhunters. Yeah, but that was actually a worldwide hit too. Are you sure?

But that was technically Red Rider. Right. Right. I mean, listen, there's going to be some topics when we're kicking out jams during this pandemic

that are going to expose weaknesses in all of us. I think this week I am exposed for not being somebody who's well-versed on songs that are Canadian

covered by other artists. Or how do you speak? I'm weak, but I'm still punching above my weight and still hanging with you guys.

Love it. But this was an awful choice. All is forgiven during the pandemic as far as I'm concerned. I'm sorry. Now... I'm sorry,

who are we listening to? Can someone say the other thing? This is Rascal Flatts. Rascal Flatts, who actually, they made a career off of this song

and it's from the Cars movie, I believe, which I didn't see, but, you know, this was like the big song from Cars. Wow. Can I tell you,

I saw it because my boy who's 18 now, he was in the sweet spot for Cars and he loved it and I watched it with him saw it because my boy, who's 18 now, he was in the sweet spot for Curse, and he loved it. And I watched it with him, and it was basically a remake of Doc Hollywood. Speaking of Michael J. Fox. And if you could think of one movie that just should have been remade,

it's Doc Hollywood. American Woman and Life is a Highway are two songs, covers that make me angry because the originals are so much better than these covers. And I know you've already apologized and you've already owned this. I just want to hammer you and hit you while you're down. Terrible choices.

You are kicking me while I'm down which is fine. I deserve it. These are terrible choices and again I was very forthcoming about that when we started this mess. It is interesting. Often the terrible covers

are tied to a movie. That seems to be a formula. Right. Right. It's like paint by numbers. Get a popular... Yeah, exactly. You're right.

Pass some checks, get a big name artist. American Pie. You're right. You're right. American Woman, American Pie. These covers are. American Woman, American Pie. Maybe American Woman was for Austin Powers, right?

That's right. There's a pattern emerging here, gentlemen. Let's not kid ourselves. It's all crystallizing as we talk it through. I love it. Let me see how much time is left in this terrible song. I just skip it. I mean, throw it the effing towel.

I refuse. Pull an Arnold Scullins. Oh, in heart, if you will. Oh. Rest in peace. I would sit at the bread, Cam. No, I put it in the back of the sheet, you asshole. Okay, we're going to come out of rascal Flats into my penultimate jam in this episode.

Before you, you know, just back on this moment, Cam, if you remember so greatly, we're talking about this match at Survivor Series, Brett the Hitman Hart versus Bob Backlund. I don't know if you remember this one, Mike. Yeah, we watched it together. Owen Hart is in the,

he grabbed the towel from Brett's mom. Yeah, he's like, look at your son. He's suffering. He's suffering. And they throw him the towel in the back of the wings, and then they hot shot the tail of the beetle. We didn't need that. Well, all I know is, like, 94, 95,

we were all getting victimized by so many chicken wings. Like, I'm sure, like, all our rotator cuffs suffered permanent damage because we're all like 16. We'd have the likes of Ryan Scully and Lonnie Schwartz locking in chicken wings left, right, and center. Wow. Brutal. That's the Bob Macklin finishing hold is the chicken wing,

the cross-baked chicken wing. Sorry, Mike. I tasted a Thornhill there. No, but also I tasted Thornhill there. No, but also, I find that conversation fascinating because it's many years after I left the world of wrestling, so I'm hearing all these names I'm not familiar with, so it's always entertaining. You don't know Bob Backlund?

Nope. I don't. I mean, was he one of the... You know Bret Hitman Hart? Of course, of course. You know Owen Hart? Listen. Well, I only know Owen Hart from the fact he died,

and then I did a lot of research into him when he died, but I actually don't remember Owen Hart from watching WWF. Wait, here's like a crazy fun fact that just came in my brain right now, Tim. And for any wrestling fan that's listening, I know there's a few. The two times in WWF where they did the throw in the towel gimmick to change the title, ended up the person that won the belt lost the championship within like two weeks. I think he won the championship from Bob Backlund with the throw in the towel

so that Hulk Hogan could beat him like two weeks later. And Bret Hart lost it to Bob Backlund so Kevin Nash Diesel could beat him. It's also one of our friend Ryan's best impressions of all time. Diesel's reaction when he won the title. You know, knees bent, arms sort of pointed

backwards, head bobbing. It's classic. It's on the internet I'm sure. We'll see what that looks like. That angle was used twice. Both times the same thing. You'll see what that looks like. So there you go. That angle was used twice and both times the same thing. So you can see that even in wrestling

they double dip on stories all the time. Anyway, this was a good palate cleanse from that horrendous tub of stew. Now to make stew

feel better because I like stew stone a lot, here's a pretty awful jam I've chosen. So I like this but I would call this a guilty pleasure.

Let's listen together. Shut them down. Correct. I've got a cover of this going on too. No lawsuit from this, as far as I know. Elwood. Elwood. Oh, by the way, I should now confirm that Elwood's not Canadian. That would make it ineligible, and I will feel great shame.

Hold on. I have to Google this. So I like the song. It kind of was in that era of like Ba-Wit-a-Ba, you know what I mean? Where you could kind of like this kind of song. It sounds more like a Beck. Oh yeah. It's a Beck meets

Kid Rock maybe, like early... I'm going to... Hold on. There's a lot of Elwoods on Wikipedia. I've got to find the right one. People. I can think it's more Beck than anything else okay he's american so i thank goodness this does qualify it's um yeah so gordon lightfoot did the original of course proud canadian and uh this is um uh an american who named elwood and his only hit i'd say but i did uh i would say definitely a guilty pleasure. This came out

in 2000 and I dug it, man. So feel free to rip into me, guys. Well, Mike, I was just saying, I feel like the original nugget of why we're doing this episode is you and I talking about Curtis Blow, the classic hip-hop

artist, doing a very straightforward cover of Taking Care of Business on his first album. Right. Like, it's like a hip-hop song. Like, it's really weird.

It's the same album where he did The Break. Like all his, you know. That's his big hit probably. And he also did Basketball, right? I'd like to pull that one out

once more. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Basketball is my favorite game. Right, right. But the breaks is like, that's the definitive Curtis Blow jam, I think.

Yeah, give it up, give it up. It's really like Nile Rogers. Now, there's also the I Mother Earth song, Basketball. Do you remember that? No, but I loved I Mother Earth. Yeah.

In fact, this is Elwood, and of course he would go solo and be Edwin. Not that they're the same name, but they both start with E. You know what, though? If you want to hear, we've already established that I've covered one of the songs on this list before,

but now this one as well. This is a bit of a deeper dig. So I'll help people if they want to hear my cover, which is not, I'm not familiar with this Elwood version, so I think that it might have sort of been the same sort of spirit as his, but it's under the Stone Movement. Dude, could you tweet those out this afternoon after this episode? And then I'll retweet them and let the listeners know.

At this time, 2000, I was still listening to 102.1, primarily as for my music, and this song got heavy rotation, so that was one of the first... And like, if you listen here, this is kind of cool. Listen. I'm very Jeff Buckley. Introducing a new generation to Gordon Lightfoot.

Yeah. Kind of a blend of styles here. I mean, when I was a kid in school, which is interesting because I wouldn't have been an adult maybe in school, but when I was a kid in school, I was, I mean, when I was a kid in school, which is interesting because I wouldn't have been an adult maybe in school, but when I was a kid in school,

one of our teachers made us study the wreck of the Edmonton show. It was part of, like, okay, I'm going to play you this song, and everybody has to learn the shit out of this and write an essay on why it's so fucking good. It's like, what? I don't know if anyone else experienced that. No, no. I remember there were stories of American history teachers

going through the lyrics of We Didn't Start the Fire as the basis for lesson plans to make learning cool, I guess. But when you did record the Edmund Fitzgerald stew, were you allowed to listen to the real statics version? Wow, lucky. No, I mean, were you,

I didn't have such luck, but you guys, that is a great cover. I do that. That album is fantastic too. Mel. I think it's on Melville. Yeah.

Shout out to FOTM, Dave Bedini. Are you guys ready for a cams final jam? I'm excited. Absolutely. This is quite the eclectic collective. It's a good content for me. I always wanted to know what this was. Whoa! I always wanted to know what this was. I feel down My heart But nothing

Someone Like Harry Styles, but who is it? So this is John Legend with a little help from a band you might have heard of called The Roots Covering Arcade Fire That's great I've never heard this cover, it's fantastic help from a band you might have heard of called The Roots, covering Arcade Fire. That's great. I've never heard this cover. It's fantastic. It's great. What's it from, Cam? Is it from some kind of special event?

I think John Lutton and The Roots did an entire album together and this was on it. This is probably at least 10 years old now. Right. I mean, Arcade Fire is another one of those bands because some of them were not from Canada.

Like the singer Wynn Butler was from Texas, I believe. Still qualifies as CanCon, but has certainly had some riffs elsewhere. But obviously one of their signature songs. And kind of interesting because I think this cover came out Fairly shortly after the original Like it was maybe three or four years And certainly a different look For John Legend and The Roots

Covering a hot indie rock band Of the day and one from Canada Of all places But yeah, fantastic song, fantastic cover I love it, like again A real sort of uplifting song and I think a good song for today. Message of positivity and whatnot.

If I ever... Oh, Cam, absolutely. If I ever kick out the jams, that Arcade Fire original of Wake Up is guaranteed to be there. I adore that song. Every second of that song I love. Wait a minute.

Are you grinding coffee beans, Stu? Yes, sir. It's that time, folks. I'll turn it off. Watch this. I'm going to pour some Joe, man. That's a good song, that last one. You redeemed yourself for all of my terrible mistakes.

Oh, he redeemed you. Hey, if I may take a break. It is a great jam. Yeah, John Legend and The Roots doing Arcade Fires Wake Up. We have two more jams left in this episode. We got the final jam from Stu Stone, and then we got my final jam. I can't wait to play Stu's because it's just fun,

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So, yeah, absolutely. Let's all give back. Luckily, podcasting is considered an essential service. An essential service. Thankfully, Mike is still paying Cam and I through these tough times. So we appreciate that. And here's Stu's final jam. Baby, you're all that I want

When you're lying here in my arms You're finishing strong, Stu. Way to go. come to the stage. So tell us, unless Cam wants to guess, Cam, could you name the artist? I'm going to say like Ultra Natte or like the Captain Hollywood project. I'm trying to think of all the great kind of Euro trash. Right.

In the 90s, much dance. 94 artists, Black Box, Hathaway, Wigfield. Hathaway, that would be it.

What is up? Who's that? I was thinking about you. Who's that? I was thinking about you. I was thinking about you. London Beat. Oh,

London Beat. Okay. Can we, I would rather hear that song. Charles and Eddie. Thinking About You. London Beat. Oh, London Beat. Okay. I would rather hear that song. Charles and Eddie. Charles and Eddie. I like Two Unlimited. I thought Two Unlimited was the best of the bunch.

Well, actually, you know what? There's an artist called Corona who did This is the rhythm of the night. Oh, right.

Corona. That was really I thought Rhythm of the Night. Not the bunch. Yeah, Dancing to thehythm of the Night. Not The Barge. Yeah, dancing to the rhythm of the night. Yeah, yeah, El DeBarge. Who's Johnny? Remember, Who's Johnny?

Was Who's Johnny from the Short Circuit soundtrack? Or no? Of course it was. Now, I just want to... And that's another example of a song that's as good as the movie. But I will say that the original song of this is much better than the cover.

A classic. Well, it's hard to compare them. It's hard to compare them. Probably Bryan Adams' best song. Oh, fight me. Fight me. I like Cuts Like a Knife. It's pretty damn good. There's a lot of good ones in the early days. Run to You?

You know, I don't know. Heaven is Pretty Aw good. There's a lot of good ones in the early days. Run to You? You know, I don't know. Heaven is pretty awesome. It is great. But what about Run to You? That was pretty awesome. I mean, Summer of 69ers, I'll start to Brian Adams hit, but Heaven is on a different level.

Right, right. It's often overlooked too, so I'm glad you shone a light on it. I don't think you can compare the two because of course, that, you know, Brian Adams is like a bit of a ballady kind of rock thing, but you got

this is just full throttle dance. This was made for Master T's Extend-a-Mix. This is like dance revolution. I feel like I should be like stepping on arrows when I hear this song. Should we tell Cam who this is? Maybe you should do

the honors. You should because I have no fucking idea. This is credited to DJ Sammy. Yeah, of course. Not DJ Sammy Cone. No. Oh, I could hear this alongside like stereo or something, like a dance remix. A boneyard tree.

Sammy. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your Toronto Maple Leafs. Oh, man. It's better than Cotton Eye Joe. That's for sure.

That's for sure. Yeah. I would say that my list was pretty fucking awful, guys. But I like this one. I hope the listeners... Yeah, this is a good one, too. I think I will redeem myself in general

because I'll post me doing the cover songs of those things and then people will love those. And then they'll be like, okay, all is forgiven. Anything's possible. I enjoyed all your jams, except that Joan Jett was ineligible, so that's sort of a black mark.

But I would say you opened strong with Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah, and you closed... I opened strong and I closed strong. And that's all that matters. People don't remember the rest. Hey, just like an every-bit filmmaker, you know, you gotta open the movie strong and then get to a big ending.

Are you ready for my final jam? This is, again, a cover, a Canadian song being covered by a non-Canadian artist. September 17 For a girl I know it's Mother's Day The sun has gone and lit And that's where he will stay Scott Wiley?

Nope. Tearing blue eyes Sailing in As false I've seen As I For a friend For a boy In fiddler's green Do you, Stu, do you know the original song?

I'm still trying to catch on here. How about you, Cam? do you know the original song? I'm still trying to catch on here. How about you, Cam? Do you know the original? I know both the original and I know who this artist is. I'm very familiar with this whole story of this band and their interest in the artist they're covering. Right, quite the story. So I will say that this happens to be My very, the original

Is my very favourite song From possibly my favourite band Of all time So That's quite the teaser there But this of course everybody listening knows already Because they listen to Toronto Mike And I recorded the

The Fort Gordy episode on the day I learned of his passing. I'm not doubting that this is tragic. I'm just trying to catch on to the song that I haven't picked up on yet. This song's called Fiddler's Green. So, um... Road Apples.

Fiddler's Green is the name of the song. And, Cam, you might even be better to tell the story, but it is by a British band. Do you want to tell us, Cam? Yeah, well, they're actually from Wales. The Serial Phonics, who are a pretty massive band in the UK and they're still touring and still quite popular. They were playing Wembley Arena

and stuff in the early 2000s. And I remember for years, every time they would play in Toronto, all they'd want to talk about is how much they loved the Tragically Hip, which seemed very random considering you don't think of the hip in the United Kingdom much in the same breath.

But yeah, it covered this. They've done Blow It High Doe in concert. There's a real backstory. Uh, I, I feel like the stereophonics played on the last show at Molson Park in Barry that the tragically. I was there.

I was there last bash in Barry. Yeah. So like this goes back years. Uh, there's this weird connection between these, uh, seemingly mismatched bands, but,

uh, yeah, good, good cover. Uh, stereophonics have some decent jams in their own bands. But yeah, good cover. Stereophonics have some decent jams in their own right. But yeah, good choice, Mike. Thank you. Yeah, I've always loved the cover.

And of course, I love the original. Stereophonics had a big radio hit in this city with Pumpin' on Your Stereo, right? Do I have it right? I thought that was Supergross. Oh, yeah. By the way, I also must confess, like in Stu style,

there was that Brit... Yeah, I know my Blur and my Oasis, but there was a whole bunch of other bands where they started to bleed together. Supergrass and Stereophonics are examples of that. Yeah. Stereophonics don't like to hit songs. I definitely know the name.

Yeah, they have this song called Pick Apart that's new. I mean, they were mainly big in the UK. They were sort of like a... Yeah, I think they had like one or two songs. They really were a pretty small blip over here, yet massive in their

homeland and other parts of the world. Gentlemen, that's it. Honestly, that was a blast. We're going to do this again next Friday. Stay healthy. We'll discuss on Twitter, DM,

what the topic will be next Friday because we don't know yet. Do you want to throw one out there and just make that the topic, Cam? Let's take this offline. I have some ideas, but I want to leave that I want to apologize to the listeners

I think that you know I'm like one of the bigger members of the big three today I was a little big man I don't feel like I delivered the hitch you're sort of the Chris Bosh and the Mike LeBron and I'm Dwayne Wade.

Yeah, and you know, any given night, the Bosh can drop 30 on you, so that might be next week. Wow. Please don't be disappointed, people. I still love you all. And I've embarrassed myself, again, but it's all good. It's all in the name of entertainment.

At least you have some fresh coffee now. That's the main thing. Oh, yeah. I forgot about that. And love means never having to say your story, Stu. So thanks so much, guys. And that brings us to the end of our 605th show. You can follow me on Twitter.

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Yo, Japan. No, Japan. Return to learn. Last signs, balls of fire. I'm telling you right now, I listen to orders from chaos. I rise the world. Yeah. Nobody rise the world better than him.

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