Have a safe and happy Canada Day…I love you all. And yes…this IS the Greatest Country in the World…even if some of us don’t know it.
Portions of this column originally appeared in FYIMusic, Cashbox Canada, and DBAWIS.
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Segarini: Canadian, Eh? Happy 150th Canada Day!
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags BB Gabor, Blue Shadows, Cadence, Cameo Blues Band, Canadian Music, Cherry Cola's, Courage My Love, Dala, David Celia, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, july talk, Junkhouse, Moxy Fruvous, music, Pagliaro, Records, Sam Taylor, segarini, The Respectables, The Wackers, Tom Wilson, Toronto on July 1, 2017 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – A NEW MUSIC WARDROBE
Posted in Opinion with tags AWOLNation, Big Wreck, Black Keys, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Classic Rock Magazine, Clutch, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Jaimie Vernon, Monster Truck, Rival Sons, Sheepdogs, Taylor Swift, Terry Draper, The Enemy, The Respectables, The Rolling Stones, The Trews, The Who on May 17, 2014 by segarini
I’ve done previous columns about the vacuous business that has become nostalgia-peddling so I have no interest in rehashing that…but I’m fascinated by the idea that people cling to it so desperately. The Boomer Generation has become really good at criticizing the newest trends in music but cannot shine the mirror back on their own sacred cows and say, in all honesty, “Hey, wait a minute. I’m getting half as much entertainment value as I used to at triple the price.” Folks would rather see (and hear) a simulation of The Who’s former selves with its surviving members doing the 32nd anniversary tour of their final show in various stages of disability (Townshend’s deafness and Daltrey’s failing vocal range) for $500 than something new and organic for $10 at the local pub. They’d rather watch the decrepit mummified remains of The Rolling Stones trot out predictable, laughable, cartoonish interpretations of their own back catalog and pay 10x the price for the insult because they copped their first boobie feel during ‘Angie’ in the 1970s.
Segarini: Canadian, Eh? Happy Canada Day!
Posted in Opinion with tags BB Gabor, Blue Shadows, Cadence, Cameo Blues Band, Canadian Music, Cherry Cola's, Dala, David Celia, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Junkhouse, Moxy Fruvous, music, Pagliaro, Records, segarini, The Respectables, The Wackers, Tom Wilson, Toronto on July 1, 2013 by segarini
This is a slightly revised column from November of 2011. Thought I would share it with you gain because, well…even though I am supposed to be taking the week off, I’m not, so there will be a couple of new posts here later this week while the rest of the crew takes some much needed (and deserved) time off. Have a safe and happy Canada Day…I love you all. And yes…this IS the Greatest Country in the World…even if some of us don’t know it.
Segarini: Canadian, Eh?
Posted in Opinion with tags BB Gabor, Blue Shadows, Cadence, Cameo Blues Band, Dala, David Celia, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Junkhouse, Moxy Fruvous, Pagliaro, segarini, The Respectables, The Wackers, Tom Wilson on November 14, 2011 by segarini
Having lived in Canada for the past 39 years (my 40th anniversary here is next November) I proudly call myself a Canarican even though, truth be told, I am more Canadian in a lot of ways than most. A transplant from the lower 48 who moved here with the band I was in (The Wackers) solely on the basis of how much great music you could hear regardless of where you went or what kind of music you liked, how many places there were to play, Montreal radio and media’s acceptance of our music, and how wonderfully audiences reacted to our shows. It didn’t occur to me at the time that part of that acceptance was because we were from the U.S, specifically California, and that (in some mysterious, and completely goofball way) we were believed to be ‘better’ than our local counterparts. Say hello to The Great Canadian Insecurity Complex, boys and girls.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 