Bruce Cockburn Goin' Down The Road 1970

[outlawlover1]

The song is called, "Goin' Down The Road", Not "Going", From the movie of the same title, A great Canadian masterpiece !!!

[winbetaxp6267]

@outlawlover1 just found out how to fix that. ! Thanks !

[DUBBADUNK1]

Love it

[WilliamAdams47]

Absolutely love this movie and soundtrack. "Here's to the girls on Yonge Street"!

Check out my tribute song and vid if you have a minute or two. It's called 'Going to Erode', find it on my channel!

[JPkanadiz]

A legend in Canadian film-making (has a real John Cassavetes feel to it)

[garycamera]

Sure takes me back home .

[stilleavy]

lord tunderin jesus der boi

[FeldwebelWolfenstool]

The best Qannaddian film ever made, imho.

[mizmite]

the original trailer park boys

[RevolutionaryBrewer]

Have to admit accidentally seen this one when i was home sick in 2000 - watch it every year since then - classic!

[rbairos1]

Just saw the car on a movie shoots for the the sequel currently being filmed. Happy happy joy joy.

[stunned1]

I agree an absolute master piece. I fondly remember my lovely simple country, I was 15 when I first saw this film...it was very, very moving. I found a used DVD at Block Buster...its a treasure.

[stunned1]

I agree, arguably the best film made in Canada, A masterpeice, I remember seeing it for the first time in a theatre on Yonge Steet, I was 15. Just to let you know I found a used DVD copy in a bin at Block Busters for 3 bucks. Its in great shape and best enterainment deal I've ever made. I watch it frequently, and have shown it to a number of people, all to universal praise. God rest Paul.

[denisethepainter]

@stunned1 This film is hard to find! But agreed-Goin' Down The Road -it is amazing..depressing too but a great story. I also loved the film called Stone Cold Dead also shot in Toronto starring Paul Williams. I think he played a pimp. It is hard to find this film online1 Does anyone know where I can find it? CBC used to play it from time to time late at night. I'm from small town & I can relate to Goin Down Road's plot--coming to the big smoke' myself & remembering how that felt-exciting & scary!

[Xeper1979]

thanks I was wondering what that movie was called about the guy who went around killing hookers in Toronto and bubbles the pimp I saw it on City tv late at night (When City tv was good and played movies) but coulndt recall the name of it

[EasilyWowed]

Saddest movie, for me: ever.

[cripescate]

Great Flick. I remember my uncles joking that a scene from this movie taught them how to steal records. Always wondered which town is shown here, maybe Glace Bay.

[moviecodswallop]

I'd love to see this film again! It really is a Canadian cinema treasure.

[bluecatky]

I wish someone would put this entire movie on youtube

[dougat]

All kinds of jobs and not just sweat and dirt all da time!

[Love4SK]

this movie is a gem. one of the best ever made. shouldve won an oscar

[Autostade67]

Probably true about the T.O. club scene in the 70's (I wasn't there). I have heard that the REAL scene was, quel surprise, Montreal, whose only rival was New York, and, well, it goes without saying that New York rivals everyone in everything. Except curling.

[Love4SK]

@Autostade67 , if by scene in the 70s you mean disco, then its not something new york or montreal should be bragging about.

[fearlesssockpuppet]

Too bad you haven't posted the entire movie.

[Love4SK]

nice piece of Canadiana

[wabankik]

..."Uh,You Two Are a Real Laugh!,Five Hundred Buck T.V.,And Not A Pot To Piss In!,...No Color television back there in Chetticamp,...For A Movie with No Kind of special Effects Back in'70,That Dominion Store Clerk sure Looked Like He Really Got The Livin'Piss Beat out of him Towards The End,.I love This Movie,John Candy & joe Flaherty did an Awsome job recreating Thier Melonville Schtick to this Theme,...."YOUNGE STREET!"

[LitterboxDiorama]

My favorite film that my father revealed to me years ago.......I can relate to this film in multiple ways as he did, experiencing the 'Toronto scene' back in the 60s and myself in the 80s. Nowadays, Toronto closes the streets at 10pm but back then you could party all night

[2tuque2]

@LitterboxDiorama well that is more than a bit of revisionist history to put it mildly. In 1979 Carole Pope succinctly and accurately described Toronto ( no doubt with its club scene/nite life in mind) as " a big small-town" and at the time I had to laugh at how true it was. This simply cannot describe the " Toronto scene" today. What this city has to offer now compared to when I first started seeing bands and going to clubs and bars in 1978 dwarfs the Toronto of that period.

[marshamc]

one of the best films ever made. seriously.

[jsilence418]

@marshamc Great movie ,better every time you watch !

[keef186]

Pete & Joey are going to Yonge Street!

[kellyofsiam]

Lordie...but I'd love the see the movie...Craig

[cjthemusicman]

*****

[winbetaxp6267]

not been released on cd or record !! This movie would make a great soundtrack !!!

[jeffkahl]

totally!

[jeffkahl]

@winbetaxp6267 I totally wish they would release this. there hasn't been any collection of Cockburn's that has contained this stuff and it's a damn shame cos some of it is fantastic!

[gristleberry]

has not.

[mishimasword]

I love Bruce Cockburn and I'm just wondering if this song has ever been released on record or CD as I have never seen it. Anyone out there know?

[maydom04]

I heard somewhere that Cockburn didn't like the film and/or the songs !! hard to believe

[Love4SK]

@maydom04 ,not exactly accurate. Cockburn liked the movie, but would not record the song for one of his albums because it did not reflect his experience instead it was about fictional characters. Today he admits he regrets not releasing it because he liked the song and not releasing it created bad feelings between him and Shebib the director. Cockburn blames his decision on stuborness and misguided artistic integrity of his youth. cheers