Why is there no Canadian music tradition?

[Asher]

Canadian Art

[Boris Godunov]

What musical style originated in the UK?

Off the top of my head, glam rock.

Also, English, Welsh and Scottish folk music are all quite distinctive. This is evident when listening to composers like Britten, Vaughn Williams, Holst, etc., who drew heavily on it in their works.

Doesn't mean that there isn't non-crap that comes out or that there isn't an independent musical tradition.

It's not really quality that's the issue. I'm well aware of great Canadian artists, but I've never thought of them as practicing a Canadian style, but rather excelling in other musical traditions.

[KrazyHorse]

Snooze. Evey art form is strongly influenced by somebody before. But anybody who thinks that Go7 painting isn't part of a distinct movement has no eye for style whatsoever.

American rock music comes from blues which comes from celtic/gaelic traditions. Therefore the US has no musical traditions of its own.

[Asher]

Canadian Fashion

[KrazyHorse]

Boris: go listen to some Stan Rogers if you want a truly distinctive Canadian folk sound.

[KrazyHorse]

Boris, English folk music is barely distinguishable from folk music from northern France.

[Drake Tungsten]

But anybody who thinks that Go7 painting isn't part of a distinct movement has no eye for style whatsoever.

I'd never even heard of them, probably because they were just Canadian painters of the Impressionistic landscapes that were being done worldwide.

American rock music comes from blues which comes from celtic/gaelic traditions.

Yeah, those Southern blacks sure did have deep Celtic roots...

[Boris Godunov]

Don't mind Boris. He's trying to troll. He's new to this.

No, I'm trying to learn.

I want to know what the "Canadian Sound" is.

[Asher]

Canadian Film

[KrazyHorse]

You obviously have no ear for music, Drake. The tonal structure of blues music comes DIRECTLY from the Scots Irish influx into Appalachia

[Boris Godunov]

I totally forgot to mention Gordon Lightfoot.

[KrazyHorse]

You'd never heard of the Go7 because you're a nekulturny buffoon.

[KrazyHorse]

Gordon Lightfoot is ****. Stan Rogers is what Lightfoot would be if Lightfoot didn't suck.

[Drake Tungsten]

You'd never heard of the Go7 because you're a nekulturny buffoon.

I'll be sure to send a letter to MoMA and the Met informing them of the shocking gap in their collections.

You obviously have no ear for music, Drake. The tonal structure of blues music comes DIRECTLY from the Scots Irish influx into Appalachia

Dude, I know the history of the blues. It developed from black folk songs, spirituals and work songs, not some Scots-Irish crap.

[Asher]

No, I'm trying to learn.

I want to know what the "Canadian Sound" is.

It's a silly question. Canada's highly regional and its music is as well. Music in eastern Canada is very Celtic because the people there are very Celtic, for example.

There is no distinctive "Canadian sound". Music from the West Coast (Matt Good) will sound different from the music from the central plains (The Guess Who, Burton Cummings) will sound different from music from the east coast (Ashley MacIsaac, that fat old ***** that the CBC plays around Christmas time).

Canadian music is largely "derivative" of other works because that's how art works, and that's how Canada is. There are distinctive Canadian sounds and bands. The Tragically Hip are a good example there of a modern "Canadian" sounding band.

Unlike the US, which forcefully distanced itself from its roots, Canada still has a strong connection to those roots. Canadian music and Canadian culture is more of a mixture of UK/US cultures and arts, so if you want to, you can take any exhibit and say "no, that's American" or "no, that's from the UK". It depends where you draw the line.