SPIRIT OF THE WEST - Home For A Rest

[lemonade7479]

well....im proud to be canadian! (:

[shaneq21]

now i'm no canadian, but i appreciate these guys, but i think if you like these guys, check out the pogues!! You just cant beat the poetic rhyming of a drunk man!!

our most proud export!

[timotg91]

@0:21-0:28 I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left *pshht* lol CANADIAN!

[naneek9986]

Canadians ftw god what are we bad at come on.

[BigBryanG]

@naneek9986 Driving lol !!!

[mylifeispointless]

@BigBryanG

Oh come on haha, that's only the Asians.

[Potts132]

@naneek9986 Having a standing army... We are good at self detrimental humor too

[Mohawk697]

see, just shows us canadians are boozers, Im native canadian(mohawk) and I'm proud to say, im aboozer :)

[rsmothersjr]

I'm an american living in Canada and I want you natives to know how much I love this country and how glad I am to be here. I can't say I'd die for the USA, but I can say with all honesty I'd give my life for Canada because it's actually worth dying for. I'm going for my citizenship and I'll be so proud on the day I can say : I'M A FUCKIN CANADIAN!

[TECHhelpWITcomputers]

@rsmothersjr Amen to that, friend.

[stupid2monkey]

if you are Canadian and don't know this song and older that 10 you do not deserved to call you self a Canadian

[DBDMotorsports]

Haha there was a Canadian cover band playing at resorts in Cancun. So i requested this song. They KILLED it! And you could tell who the Canadians were lol. A "little" beer driven mosh started and this song was about 4 minutes longer than it is normally haha. FUCKING LOVE BEING CANADIAN!

[Chaid512]

my anthem



[Crazygirl17ily]

I f*ck!n love bein Canadian. <3

[RetroKimmie]

YAHH FROSH WEEK MEMORIES!!!!

[goron152]

@RetroKimmie Wrong answer. You should not have any memories of Frosh week!

[Laoch86]

What a tune...heard this for the first time as an Irish man in toronto this week,,,,,unreal!!! Mad for trad!

[lissie2332]

i cant download this song! can someone help me plzz thanks....

[cormermusic]

june 28 is my bday!

[sorum]

I fucking love Canada.

[scriptgoddess]

28 people never saw Spirit of the West at the old Commodore with the bouncy floors... if they had the would NEVER have pressed that down thumb...

[bearcan44]

28 people are not Canadian

[snaphappyexpat]

A proud Englishman who loves his beer and now lives in, and is proud to love Canada. This song checks all my boxes!

[tokiohotelkicksass]

best live show everrr anyone at the mississauga waterfrount Fest can tell you the same thing meeting them was AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE and John thxx for saying hi to my dad he really liked it :)

[pepperman03]

OH MY GOD SOOOOOOO Proud to be Canadian! They have been the great Canadian Band for many years. Listen to the lyrics and know that they've paid their dues, delighted 100s of thousands from pubs to stadiums. When I talk to my Bolivian wife about Canada, they are always part of the soundtrack.

[cavalry87]

The best song... ever

[75BoyBad]

Heard this in a club in Canada in 96, nearly as bad as the chick i pulled!!!!

[cormermusic]

@75BoyBad Well a shitty taste in music will do that to you. 

[HappynessYa]

somehow ,it reminds me Ireland...and now I wanna go to Ireland, to a real irish pub, and to have fun d:

[23surrea1]

proud to be canadian!

[jskazakis]

just heard this song for the first time today.... i need a beer :D

[MaxNuclear]

Agree with Cankus4us

[jackJber]

Awsome song!

[GBCR001]

this is the national anthem of newfoundland

[littlejosh911]

@GBCR001 national i think you mean provincial

[veelovesnmc]

HAPPY SAINT PATRICKS DAY ALL!!!!! Only the best song ever to celebrate with!

[Rorschach667]

@veelovesnmc Went to see concert last nite in Winnipeg for St. Paddy's Day weekend, was soooo good!

[SuperCanadiana]

Great song to hear before I leave Canada for a bit.

[Bt3am]

Vancouver March 19th!!!

[luvdastuf]

Great tune but I get knackered trying to dance to it.

[ArmoredKingyo]

there music is so freaking chill. i keep listening to new songs and i keep thinking they won't be as good as the last, and they always are

[fubar50cat]

this song was on the radio today, and I had forgotten it! Just cracked me up again, really, it is my typical vacation, so much fun. Hey, send them to Toronto for a change, we need some real music here.

[iramiam]

Going to see them in Moncton NB on St. Patty's Day!!!!! So EXCITED!!!!

[yamexcel85]

love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[4frntstl177]

Just found this song... St. Pattys Day here I come!

[Utikwawa]

there band should be called spirit of the north

[krwblue]

wow  how epic is this

[Danthemanhan]

I had no idea. I've been singing this song since I was a kid. This song has literally been my family's theme song for as long as I remember, and I just now learn that they're Canadian. I'd always assumed they were English or something.

[scottspook]

you clearly are not a true canadiaan u think great big sea is from australiaa too right???

[Kilerchuk]

Went on a roadtrip from Ottawa to Nfld. Was so upset we didnt hear it once. We were at 3 to 4 bars everynight and even asked for it in Nfld, where they hadnt heard of it. In Ottawa this song is played AT LEAST once a night anywhere booze is sold. Even the "top 40" clubs.

[McCallahanIndustries]

@Kilerchuk

Especially at some of the southern bank street parts, Toucan, Patty's I'm lookin' at you.

[CabWall]

@Kilerchuk Very Odd. You'd probably most likely hear it in someone's basement or shed with a bunch of guitars & whatnot in Newfoundland if you don't hear it in a pub. BUT.... Spirit of The West is not a Newf band. Even though the sound is there, doesn't mean it's Newf or Irish. I listen to & play this on my guitar at least once a day though. Not cause I'm a Newf, just cause it's a wicked friggin tune.

[Crawf10]

TDOT

[Elturtle1]

I had no idea that there was even a video for this song. Best drinking song EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mindspring20]

I requested a bar at Cancun to play this during the holidays, All the canadians were dancing on the floor, Everyone else was like WTF???

[gbobbyjones]

HAMILTON We still don't have an NHL team ONTARIO!!!

[mcnoobert]

better check your beers, they are Canadian =p

[hairybush1001]

SUDBURY ONTARIO!!!

[VOZ01]

NOVA SCOTIA!

[LadyFullMoon71]

We happened to be in Toronto that year and saw this on Much Music. Now I own everything they put out. Thanks for putting this up.

[r0k3r101]

It songs like this that make me proud to own and play a bodhran

[CF314]

Kawartha Lakes, Cottage Country Ontario :P

[ambercullenxoxo]

SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO <3

[RestofWar7]

OTTAWA FOREVER!

[VlCKERS]

HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIAAAAA!!!

[mongo0606]

KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THE FRESH WATER SAILING CAPITOL OF THE WORLD!!!!

[BorednDisturbed]

Screw the East, Canada's heart lies in the West :D

[Donnison27]

KITCHENER, ONTARIO!

[Joelchulo1809]

TORONTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[IMSwimmer19]

REPRESENTING THORNHILL, ONTARIO!! 

[hhhxxxhhh]

WESTCOAST reporting in

[SubZeroXtreme1983]

CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO!

[thedark098]

@SubZeroXtreme1983 Seconded!

[WarWithPeace]

this song screams out "Ireland" to me

[z28134]

GRIMSBY ONTARIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Epyon94]

20 people need to drink more so they can go home for a rest

[simon482]

great song.

[MelissaTicky]

leaving Vancouver... soon i will be home.

looking forward to sleep... this vacation requires a vacation.

[deepeddy42]

You know, you can't download this on amazon or iTunes? Anyone have an idea where I can legally get the mp3 for this?

[Krackonis]

@deepeddy42 Off my Harddrive?

[metcalfe87]

WINDSOR ONTARIO!!

[Bluepants69]

I love this song. When I was in London England, I went into a pub there and was greeted not only by this song, but also the Australian bar tender.

[TheSandsie13]

who hasn't gone on a trip with mates and spent the entire time propping up pub bars? i know i have in a few places.

[zregoob]

I would learn how to play the pan flute just to do this. SOOOOO amazing

[ausomeful]

love this song

[Malakian720]

Who said it wasn't?!?!!?1 Of course they are canadian, THIS SONG CRIES canadian....If you can't tell you've never been up to Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, all those places.

[Canadabacon09]

@Malakian720 go PEI haha

[Canucks4us]

The 20 people who disliked aren't at their best.

[GiantsHky]

@Canucks4us I'm never "at my best" and I love this.

[kejeof14]

@Canucks4us that would mean we'd have to excuse them ;)

[DBDMotorsports]

@Canucks4us either that or they are so drunk they missed the like button lol

[mickddp]

@Canucks4us wouldn't it be that they are at their best? Because the song says that he's not at his best. So it would be 2000 people not at their best.

[EasilyWowed]

A Canadian anthem.

[Lorjorsmells]

I was playing music in blarney castle and a canadian lady called cindy gave me this link and shes right! i really enjoy it! :D Class bai!! :) heheh!! :)

[BlueBombers4Life]

not quite a month, but going on 17 days now and no sign of slowing down. and it's true, I really do need to rest,

[UncleStumpy]

@BlueBombers4Life go Bombers!

[noquartersavvy]

I need home for a rest... Take me home. best line.

[zeenapaco]

vive le Canada :-)

[NerdyCanadian]

@zeenapaco Oui, oui!

[GiantsHky]

last weekend of summer we all need to get drunk.

[blackmatt33]

London is a place worth visiting...but, would rather be home in Nova Scotia.

[rudeger66]

3:18 on is absolutely sublime. :)

[AndresLdn]

Wow there is a point in Canadian people. Well 4 Canadians anyway. Awesome tune, heard it for the first time last night getting hammered.

[morgpt]

Wise words :D já n ouvia isto a algum tempinho :DD It still has that awesomeness :)

[warrenrood]

yeah, eh!

[1RodeToAsaBay]

who fucking cares what country they are from? The music is awesome. Them being Canadian has nothing to do with anything.

[Intoxilyzer5000]

@1RodeToAsaBay True... but they are Canadian

[JeremyHill89]

@1RodeToAsaBay Its called being proud of your heritage. If they were American, all these little american childrens would be screaming "Yeah! Go America!" or something derivitive of the same. Dont play it down like its nothing because this is the exact genre of music inspired by history and heritage. They are Canadian, As are We, and We are Proud of it. Get use to it B'y ;D

[Utmostcone]

@JeremyHill89

hell ya CANADA! FUKINEH!

[blackfrancis55]

it's weird. a band from vancouver doing a maritime/east coast song-where songs are influenced from scotland/ireland..it really is a twice removed brilliant, bastard of a song. guess a fever caught them the same way it did stan rogers at one point. being from nova scotia, i can't understand why this song came from the west. i've always had a feeling that this is not their song! they found it in some pirate chest, or something...

[PopHistory]

@blackfrancis55

I hope that more pirate chests like that can be found.

[somegalfromcan]

@blackfrancis55 Geoffrey Kelly (the one who plays the flute as well as singing) was born in Scotland, so I would guess that they all caught the fever from him - lol!

[cccraigify]

hilarious not a good song but funny thumbs up XD

[Vickycool2]

i love how it sounds irish

[maddog187killa]

Hell ya they are Canadian. From my home city, Vancouver. Going to see them on Saturday, July 24th at 8:00PM as part of ShoreFest. Free for anyone living in Vancouver at the Fireworks at English Bay.

[coolbot113]

i love canada im 110% canadian no other bakround

[nmcm7]

@coolbot113 really? no other background? well, isn't that something..

[Angus565777]

Canada! Home of spirit in a bottle!

[TheFactoryReject]

Of course they are Canadian. They're singing about drinking in a happy-go-lucky beat and they fuckign rocked it.

[uberdeater]

kills me to see this only has about 400 000 views, but lil wayne and fucking justin bieber have millions,

THATS how i know 2012 is coming

[retardkidsintheback]

@uberdeater i wish i could vote up more than once

[contro1urdestiny]

@uberdeater BAHHH HAHAHA, cheers

[scoobydoo898]

im seeing them live tonight, cheers! 

[lacednotes]

tin whistle

[CeilsRoxUrSox]

im sorry, canadians have more spirit then anywhere else if you ask me :)

[hppyadam]

@CeilsRoxUrSox we do.

[arissani1]

damn right they are!!!!!!!!

[jasperminer]

every Canadian knows the lyrics by heart

[OmniEulogy]

@jasperminer Amen to that! this was my song when I was in ireland after a month of the "vacation" I was ready to go home for a rest haha

[mxzrules]

CANADA FUCKIN RULES!!!

[blakerwalk]

This could qualify for our anthem if the one we already have were not so awesome.

[Galodude]

What instrument is the one on that crazy solo?! What kind of flute i mean? 

[MiniMunchMoron]

@Galodude it was I believe flute/picilo meybay a oboe, it was an awesome solo

[somegalfromcan]

@MiniMunchMoron It's not a piccolo or an oboe (piccolos are much smaller and have a higher pitch and oboes look more like a clarinet with a reed instead of a mouthpiece).

I think it might be an alto flute. Regardless, like you said, it's an awesome solo!

[Anthony1116]

@somegalfromcan exactly its a Tin Whistle

[decojuicer]

Awesome tune by some neighbors to the north. It makes me want to drink some malted barley beverages right now!!!

[xanthein22]

i never saw them live and they didnt play this one... :)

[justjoshenaround]

this song makes me sooo proud to be CANADIAN!!! EH??

[AllRequired]

Only a Canadian band would dream up something like this.

[ryanmb23]

@AllRequired Well Drop kick Murphies think of some of the stuff and they are from Boston. But they are both kick ass bands!

[theitgirl25]

100% Canadian!!!!

[aoffan23]

That is by far the most badass fluting I have ever heard D:

[lambchopIRA]

This song isn't canadian i saw this band in Dublin . . . . .their home town

[kurdtss]

You better check your facts, they are Canadian.

[1RodeToAsaBay]

@kurdtss

indeed they are. still trying to figur eout why that matters

[clouds64]

@1RodeToAsaBay 1. because alot of people think their from ireland and 2. its bc Canadains are ftw eh?

[AABINVESTIGATIONS]

they're Canadian!!!

[iMac90]

@lambchopIRA "The band began in 1983 as a Vancouver-based folk trio called Evesdropper, consisting of John Mann, Geoffrey Kelly and J. Knutson. They soon changed their name to Spirit of the West" Geoffrey Kelly is Scottish but the band itself is Canadian

[evilbillgates]

and i saw them in Calgary their (sort of ) home town. Although one of them is Scottish none are Irish.

Canadian.

[GriffinD41]

you stupid? this band is canadian...definition of canada in this song

[1234567891011twelve]

arnt these guys from Vancouver?

[mitwaugh19]

it is the song of Grey Cup no matter where it is or when she be Canada lives and bleeds this song.

[ratherBEaREDNECK]

They say this is the song of Grey Cup weekend!

[mycalaS]

We play this at our camp. it brings back so many memories. :].

[agamemnon67]

For anyone who has listened to this song for the last 20 years, know we should have made this the HNIC anthem.

[Blahblerdeda]

love it

[mrfartnutz]

wat?? this song is canadian? i thought it was irish LMAO! thats so awesome

[genchandy]

The Spirit of the West has gotta be from one of the west places in Canada....

[LockeDarkheart]

The Great Canadian Drinking Song....

[canadianreefersmoke]

WHOOOOOOOOOO!

[annozero74]

Just love the song. Helped me through the Canadian winter - together with a few beer.. it is the PERFECT drinking/partying song. Fantastic live band by the way!

[RaventailBlacktalon]

This song is currently keeping me... well, not sane, but it's keeping me from being homicidal. I love it.

[032adjutantreflex]

Love this song. It makes me want to drink an obscene amount of Irish Whiskey and dance the night away <3

[BenMcCarvill]

This song gives me shivers it's so amazing.

[cuscurusco]

que chimba

[tictixtiv]

the most awesome song ever

[TheFlamingItzy]

I think this is one of the greatest drinking songs ever. I'm happy that this song is Canadien and no one else's!!

[oldglenndog]

@TheFlamingItzy Yes! This is, without question, the greatest Canadian drinking song ever. (A close second, though, is "The Night that Patty Murphy Died" by GBS

[fabrizi0g6]

um...i'd say best song ever!

[Shane6666Ramrod]

3rd canadian national anthem ...Drink a beer bros and enjoy.GOD BLESS CANADA

[kanadiankopite]

whats the 2nd and dont say new orleans is sinkin

[riderfanszmul]

the hockey song

[blakerwalk]

maybe so; shouldve had the cbc hear of it (they pulled it recently). s'all bloody politics i contest!

[Cereghini]

@Shane6666Ramrod

What's our second one? The hockey anthem I'm assuming. GOD I'm proud to be a Canadian! These guys are awesome!

[litteringisfun]

@Shane6666Ramrod u gotter bud

[Shane6666Ramrod]

to me this is some scottish canadian music ,Tif it ain't scottish it's crap ..GOD BLESS CANADA