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Radio 1's top 50

I was trying to find great songs and albums for Canada day in Galway, and remembered a few years ago I heard on CBC radio 1 counting some of the best ones down. I don't know the number 1 hit, but the rest seem pretty representative!

1. ‘Four Strong Winds' by Ian and Sylvia (1963)
(3850) 4%


2. ‘If I had $1000000” by the Barenaked Ladies (1992)
(3814) 4%


3. ‘Heart of Gold' by Neil Young (1971)
(3761) 4%


4. ‘Northwest Passage' by Stan Rogers (1981)
(3598) 4%


5. ‘American Woman' by The Guess Who (1970)
(3531) 4%


6. ‘Canadian Railroad Trilogy' by Gordon Lightfoot (1967)
(3397) 3%


7. ‘Both Sides Now' by Joni Mitchell (1969)
(3105) 3%


8. ‘Suzanne' by Leonard Cohen (1967)
(3067) 3%


9. ‘Big Yellow Taxi' by Joni Mitchell (1970)
(2998) 3%


10. ‘Early Morning Rain' by Gordon Lightfoot (1966)
(2798) 3%


11. ‘Lovers in a Dangerous Time' by Bruce Cockburn (1984)
(2782) 3%


12. ‘The Hockey Song' by Stompin' Tom Connors (1973)
(2701) 3%


13. ‘Life is a Highway' by Tom Cochrane (1991)
(2586) 3%


14. ‘Try' by Blue Rodeo (1987)
(2581) 3%


15. ‘The Weight' by The Band (1968)
(2553) 3%


16. ‘New Orleans is Sinking” by The Tragically Hip (1989)
(2534) 3%


17. ‘Summer of '69' by Bryan Adams (1984)
(2509) 3%


18. ‘Takin' Care of Business' by Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1974)
(2251) 2%


19. ‘Snowbird' Anne Murray (1970)
(2234) 2%


20. ‘Angel' by Sarah McLachlan (1997)
(2207) 2%


21. ‘Constant Craving' by k.d. lang (1992)
(2113) 2%


22. ‘Home for a Rest' by Spirit of the West (1990)
(2062) 2%


23. ‘These Eyes' by The Guess Who (1969)
(2054) 2%


24. ‘Rockin' in the Free World' by Neil Young (1989)
(2006) 2%


25. ‘Sundown' by Gordon Lightfoot (1973)
(1929) 2%


26. ‘The Universal Soldier' by Buffy Sainte-Marie (1964)
(1910) 2%


27. ‘Courage' by the Tragically Hip (1992)
(1859) 2%


28. ‘You Oughta Know' by Alanis Morissette (1995)
(1846) 2%


29. ‘Wondering Where The Lions Are” by Bruce Cockburn (1979)
(1659) 2%


30. ‘Mon Pays' by Gilles Vigneault (1965)
(1648) 2%


31. ‘Raise a Little Hell' by Trooper (1978)
(1616) 2%


32. ‘Hasn't Hit Me Yet” Blue Rodeo (1993)
(1569) 2%


33. 'Tom Sawyer' by Rush (1981)
(1424) 1%


34. ‘I'm Movin' On” by Hank Snow (1950)
(1258) 1%


35. ‘Echo Beach' by Martha and the Muffins (1980)
(1166) 1%


36. ‘The Safety Dance' by Men Without Hats (1982)
(1118) 1%


37. ‘Crabbuckit' K-OS (2004)
(1043) 1%


38. ‘High School Confidential' by Rough Trade (1980)
(1055) 1%


39. ‘Brother Down' Sam Roberts (2001)
(1003) 1%


40. ‘Diana' by Paul Anka (1957)
(994) 1%


41. ‘Sonny's Dream' by The Wonderful Grand Band (1981)
(941) 1%


42. ‘Tower of Song' by Leonard Cohen (1988)
(924) 1%


43. ‘Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)' by the Crew Cuts (1954)
(890) 1%


44. ‘Rise Up' by The Parachute Club (1983)
(874) 1%


45. ‘Coax Me” by Sloan (1994)
(832) 1%


46. ‘Let Your Backbone Slide' Maestro Fresh-Wes (1990)
(809) 1%


47. ‘I'll Never Smile Again' by Ruth Lowe, performed by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (1940)
(619) 1%


48. “Fly By Night” by Rush (1975)
(552) 1%


49. ‘Disco Sucks ' by D.O.A. (1978)
(366) 0%


50. ‘My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby' by Wilf Carter (1933)
(250) 0%

Blackbeard lies to read too!

I just wish he's get his own book and stop reading over my shoulder!

Mixin' it up a little

And old logo I made a few years ago, and a new list of songs that I dig right now (in no particular order)...

1) Slow Disco - Izabo

2) Jerusalem - Matisyahu

3) Sota - Shantel

4) Joyeux Calvaire - Les Cowboys Fringants

5) How Can I Protect You - Aslan

I'm neither proud nor ashamed of anything is this list! They're all songs that I like, some I hear all the time, others that I've only heard a couple of times. Hopefully some of them you've never heard either and like what you hear! Let me know which of the 5 you like best!

Decison Time

Have I gone too far?

Should I keep it growing?

I need guidence!

Puppets rule!

I had been told that I hadn't missed much by not watching 'Hell Boy II' but I wanted to see it anyway. It was good enough (and as it turns out the Elves ACTUALLY speak old Irish!!) but missing it wouldn't have been a terrible loss to me either.

What it did do was get me very excited for the Galway arts festival! Especially when they go to the Troll Market! Here, have a look...

This is Hellboy...

And this is the parade in Galway...

Okay, so the pictures I found don't ACTAULLY contrast the 2 as well as I'd wanted to, but whatever, it's the best I could do!

The parade is done by a group called Macnas (if we're lucky) and their website is here...

http://www.macnas.com/index.php

Also... I don't know why the pictures go under the rest of my blog info. I don't now how to change that! Oh well!

Pictures are worth... making up for not posting?!?

Well I don't have the internet very often! So it's not easy!

But here's a quick snapshot of what I've been up to these last few weeks...

I was filmed for channel 5 and the BBC...

It was a travel show around some of Europe's more eccetric locations. I got to be in it at a monkey sanctuary where I had been volunteering. I think they're going to make it look like there is an ostrich there who's in love with me!

This is a garden that I've landscaped for fun and profit out in Connemara. This isn't the best picture of what I've done but it's better because it's got the mountain in the back!

And this is me enjoying one of the 3 new toilet plungers I've recently purchaised, so that I might juggle them!

But now I have to go to a VIP concert down at the docks. I won tickets on a radio show Fiona signed me up for! The band is from Dublin and are called Aslan. I have no idea who they are, but food and drink is provided!!