The National :Northwest Passage

[yongadog]

I would give almost anything to hear Loreena McKennitt sing this song.

[AmyCharlotteS]

This is quite possibly the most beautifully patriotic and unique song ever written and sung. Stan Rogers is such an iconic gem.

[rumbolt123]

and to peter mansbridge he tells the story like no other his just one of the best anchorman cbc ever had

[stefansmom]

thank you for posting this song and mini vid from cbc. this song should be our national anthem no offence to Oh Canada. this is about canada truely and not about anythingbut our land..My son knows all teh words to this as well as oh canada and well he likes NWP better. how many 6 yr olds can do that ? have a good one

[brock1857]

I AM CANADIAN!

[atrickpay11]

Stan Rogers kicks ass on this tune!

[BWNadeau]

I remember one summer when I was home fishing cod after a year at STFX - me and my nest friend Jason spent the entire summer listenintg to Nortwest Passage in his old MX3 and drinkin' beer. Probably not pc to post that, but Stan Rogers' music became such a large part of my love for music at that time that I couldn't care less...Scottish for or scotch fog, right Irving...

[smalltownskgirl]

Stan Rogers is the greatest. His songs were alwasy SO Canadian. I love them.

[Sheamusj]

I love this wonderful tale, and I miss Stan. God bless him and the men and women who sail the Northwest Passage.

[berserkelm]

thats my ship and my co-workers. Unfortunately the skipper you see here has retired. Stan is a ship favorite and this song is piped through out the ship as we enter "hard water". Stan was a gift to this planet and is sorely missed

[stefansmom]

Stan Rogers was a maritimer in his heart but he was born and raised in Ontario but his grandparents were from Nova Scotia. He had a way of Painting images in our minds with his voice and words. His son Nathan Rogers is a spitting image of his father Stan in voice as well and hopefully he has the god given talent to pick up where his dad left off when he was just getting started. Stan loved all of Canada not just the maritimes ...God bless you Stan

[hotbbojbud]

One of the best NS'ers ever alive. Taken by AC flight 797 at the age of 33

[Paratrooper177]

No fair, I'm from Calgary, I much prefer the eastern heritage (not quebec) to our own.

[ddtninja]

i agree. atlantic canada is nb, ns, nfld, and pei. we don't want stinky ontario and quebec mixed in with us.

[brianjca]

Amen for petty regionalism!

[LightURP]

Okay, Ontario is not an Atlantic province. It is in the "Eastern" timezone. Saying that Ontario is an Atlantic province is like saying Saskatchewan is a Pacific province. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

[mattjmd]

Onterrible is most certainly not an Atlantic province. I'm gonna rock StanFest so damn hard this summer. Stan was what we call an Honorary Nova Scotian. He knew Ontario sucked, big time, and sang about it passionately. He was the man!

[zach2ethan]

it'sa good song for relaxing

[UdallIn72]

I'd prefer to leave the details to you guys.

[elmoflash]

A couple of countries have been using Canada's backyard (ie. the Northwest Passage) as a shortcut to get where they want to go. Canadians have been aware of this for many years, and the aggravation has been building so it's time Canada "grabbed the bull by the horns" so to speak, and confronted those nations in a friendly manner, while there is the opportunity to be friendly.

[LIONOFTHEBRAVE]

Agreed.

[randommagnum]

The thought of ships sailing around the top of North America, and even the thought of a northern shore of North America, kind of blows my mind.

I remember years ago there was an article in Popular Mechanics that showed an idea for giant freight-hauling submarines going through there - well, under the polar ice cap actually - and getting through year-round that way.

It was an idea...

[ObrienXp]

...until the ice melted...

[uofttrinityboswell]

You are a goof.  Take care. Love from Canada.

[railmogul2]

this song makes me stop hating canadians

[ApocalypsePlough]

Why would you hate a country like Canada in the first place?? Hating Canada...it's like hating Norway.

And, not all of us hate the USA, you know. I don't.

[railmogul2]

i will admit my hate of canadians is totally unreasonable. Canada is a beautiful place becuase they dont have very many dumbfuck republicunts

[uofttrinityboswell]

Why do you hate Canadians in the first place? We are not all seal hunters ( or whatever you don't like) but we are all Stan Roger's fans. We love animals. We love you too.

[lfbrookman]

I found this while looking at the seekers singing iam Australian.Great song, iused to race a jet dragster and ran a lot in Canada,had a wreck and left my right arm there, spent time in the Hamilton hospital where the folks treated me just great.Always found Canadians to be polite and respectful of us,unlike some places here in the U.S.After i was home i got a letter from a little boy who i showed the inside of our trailer, saying he was glad i was alive.I will never forget that.Thanks Canadians.

[LightURP]

we Canadians and you Australians always get along well. I plan on visiting Australia and Ireland sometime in the future.

[cody186]

i've heard alot of stan rogers but this is one of my faverites

[Aeneas13]

Love the song....Fortress for life!

[dukeish2003]

great song

[duncandenny]

I'm a Canadian but I come from the west and Stan Rogers is from the east and thats fine. Liek Jim Croche, I didn't know he was gone until he was gone. Such a shame.

[milou66]

actually, stan rogers was from hamilton, ontario. he just sounded like he came from the east!

[duncandenny]

I must say that I know very little of Stan Rogers. I certainly enjoy his music and I just watched Nathen Rogers singing 'Nothwest Passage' and one of the comments below was 'good.....stans back'.

[duncandenny]

I read the same thing, very heart felt. Thanks for them that posted it.

[redrosestoo]

Well milou66, to us westerners, anyone east of Winnipeg is an easterner. From my experience anyway... ;)

[UdallIn72]

What do you mean EAST of Winnipeg?

Everything East of Regina's pretty much Atlantic Canada, as far as I'm concerned.

[benjaminlhaines]

That's funny.

[biotch12345678910]

um pretty sure your an eijit (go canada lmao)

Ottawa's region is the most dense populated area in all of canada compared to atlantic which is populated evenly, but no big cities.

atlantic cananda=maritimes

[riderfanszmul]

vancouver is largest density buddy

[ionse]

Don't call me buddy pal

[riderfanszmul]

don't call me pal buddy haha

[My0Blue0Eyes]

My mom is from the same place as stan rogers mother

[pornstarsmom]

Love the voice of Stan Rogers

[avalonangling]

tried to add comment yesterday /turned out toooo loong!! Thanks for replying & I wiil take your DADGBD advice to mind next time I retune Must add though that I never took a lesson in me life /taught meself to play by watching closely/ only know how to change chords if they are placed over the words in a book! /nice to see that you have similar trubble spellin'too!!!!....Andrew

[avalonangling]

Stan is 'da man I have every one of his tunes even try to play some meself at times have been making attempts at "Dark eyed Molly" for sometime now but tryin' to tune a 12 string to DADGAD is a bit tricky to say the least!!!and my versions do little justice to Stans' renditions You are sadly missed Stan!! RIP

[nathanstansson]

Hey, maybe I can help.

I don't know for sure how the boys used to do that one, but I sue DADGBD tuning. It's a bit simpler and you can use more common frettings.

[nathanstansson]

To get a nice variation, use the top two strings of a simple D chord, allowing the former high e to ring D open. Your chord of A can be played the same or with the 7th. B minor is the same but do not bar, use a 4 finger approach, omitting the standard position for the pinky. G is nice using 2 fingers at fret five on the D and A strings.

[nathanstansson]

Thanks very much for your interest in Stan and in the music of Mr. Archie Fisher. Dark-Eyed Molly came from an old welsh lullabye that Archie's mom used to sing. Stan really had a gem with that one and I think It is one of my all-time favourtite love sings. Just enjoy the song and don't worry about doing justice to Stan. Stan would have been tickled pink at your remarks.

Cheers!

Nathan Rogers

[nathanstansson]

Man, you don't have a clue....

The Maple Leaf Forever is the most Pro-British **** I've ever heard. It makes no mention of anyone else and it's a song that only limeys could relate to. It ignores the French, native and other great influences that have charged our country with massively beautiful music. Every Canadian can relate to "tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage". You can play both NWP and CRT on the pipes. I've done it numerour times with many different pipers.

[fcmwebmaster]

Not to mention it also sounds great as a chorus song, with instrumentation, or even solo. Gotta love a song that holds its power under any arrangement.

[Gaelforce10]

Great singer of a fine song for a wonderful country..(I'm a Scot)but have worked in Ca many times home from home.

[silvananoir]

First time I heard that was the last episode of Due South. Love this song.

[belueberry]

Yeah, me too...though it's been about 10 years...could that be the same recording? I think I recognise the voices and particularly the highest of the voices singing the counterpoint...as Righton says above it really does sum up Canada. Wonderful.

[silvananoir]

I think it was, it sounds the same.

[thedeviluknow]

Yeah it is the same version, there was only the one major recording of it before he died.

[MikeBatten]

stan rogers is the man..

[Righton2000]

Yes....yes he is.

[Righton2000]

This song pretty much sums up Canada almost as good as the national anthem. I love it.

Also, if you pause the video at 10 seconds, Peter Mansbridge looks like a stoned Jim Lahey.

[fcmwebmaster]

LOL.  He does look like Lahey a bit.

[belueberry]

Don't you think the second verse of the English version of O Canada would have made for a better national anthem? The words are so much prettier, much less blah and dry. My Canadian boyfriend agrees with me anyway!!!

[Gillhoolee]

Our anthem should be "The Maple Leaf Forever" hands down!

[nathanstansson]

WHAT!!!!

Get a grip!

If our national anthem wasn't Oh Canada it should be Canadian Railroad Trilogy or this song (NWP). Having met Gord Lightfoot last year and being Stan's son, there are few songs which have encapsulated the canadian experience so perfectly....The Maple Leaf forever???

BAH!!

[Gillhoolee]

Lord love a Duck!

A trilogy? That would delay the Hockey game! There is more to it than "encapsulated the Canadian experience". You can nae play a Trilogy on the Bagpipes...and live to tell about it..... But ye can play THE MAPLE LEAF FOREVER!lol

[GhastlyH]

Hey Nate! How's that Northwest Sausage tasting?

[nathanstansson]

Wha??

Who is this anyways?

NR

[GhastlyH]

It's Crackers, man. From Hamilton.

[hognoxious]

As long as it's in the key of Eh, it doesn't matter.

[mapollo]

roger that! ur...i mean I agree :) Actually Oh Canada in French is even more emotional. In my opinion anywho.

[fcmwebmaster]

I cringe whenever I hear O Canada, but to each their own...

[mapollo]

I'd rather listen to Stan. :)

[jofacuda]

Perhaps I'm taking your comment out of context. But, if you cringe when you hear O Canada, why don't you leave?

[fcmwebmaster]

You're definitely taking it out of context.

[My0Blue0Eyes]

Are you from Canada because if you are than your an ass if your not than whatever

[fcmwebmaster]

I'm glad you chose to take part in this discussion, but if you're going to act like a child, then there's no place for you here.

[My0Blue0Eyes]

Are you from Canada?

[fcmwebmaster]

I am, but that isn't the point.

[My0Blue0Eyes]

Oh i'm sorry what is the point then?

[rakshasa7]

Hey, I got to sing "O Canada" at a minor league baseball game two years ago between the Everett Aquasox and the Vancouver Canadians! Proudest moment of the year for me - and the Canadians stood at smart attention and the whole field went silent when I sang it.

That said, I'd still vote for NWP or CRT and the official FOLK song(s) of Canada.

[Righton2000]

This guy rocks and this song gives me goosebumps.

[blurrybigfoot74]

I had this on vinyl as a kid and would listen to it over and over.

This one and "The Idiot" are my favorite Stan Rogers tunes.

[fcmwebmaster]

LOL

[Marzipan19]

Also, that dude is vaccuming the couch!

[Marzipan19]

This is the mad sweetest song ever.