Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage

[rathalos117]

Shit, I'm in school right now and I'm tearing up from this song.

[girgirl09]

This is my childhood lullabye.

[UsernameHasBeenLost]

I have the utmost respect for Stan Rogers. Anyone that can make acapella songs sound this amazing is obviously amazing :)

[Mellisa582010]

He was born just a few years before me. My husband discovered

Roger's music about the time he died in the accident but we didn't know about his death - it was harder to find out what was happening back then before the net. Its a real tragedy .. he's be in his 60s now, think of all the music we lost!

They found some of the remains of Franklin's sailors back in the 90s(?).. read a book about it.

[skyhookCDN]

this song gives me goosebumps....

[jem8298]

Some time ago, CBC did a special report ; Peter Mansbridge was on an icebreaker patrolling the northwest passage. This song was played as a summing-up of the report and it was the perfect ending.

It always leaves a lump in my throat. So beautiful it hurts.

[Hrrothgar]

Thumbs up if this should be the Canadian anthem!

[Driftingthrutime]

From a Virginian view point, this song and his voice moves the soul as does Canada's Northwest. This is the type of song that changes a man... becomes part of him. Stan's songs are a tribute to the vast North that is Canada!

[karstenisbetterthanu]

this is a great song thx

[korokinopio]

if there is such a thing as a "traditional" Canadian song, I think this is it.

[MegaWolfgang]

rest in peace Stan. We miss you.

[sumweirdkid123]

Stan Rogers must've been such a badass.

[AngryIntellectual]

@sumweirdkid123

"Must've"? You say that as if he still isn't a badass. ;P

[RachelEMacD]

Ahh, this is a beautiful song. Look at the power in that man, and how he used it to reflect back to his people who they were. May all of us use our power so well for so much good. Rest in Peace, my Brother.

[TheMegaRon]

I only recently found Stan Rogers, and I have to say that all of the songs I've heard are so soulful, that I can tell that I'll be enjoying his music for years to come.

[atomotma]

A classic for sure

[jeigh3]

This song should be considered for Canada's national anthem. Enough with the standing on guard all the time (-:

[worddoctor1]

Lovely photo animation. But why did you feel it necessary to add electronic film scratches?

[bytor21122112]

@worddoctor1 this was one of the first videos that i made. i was just messing around still figuring things out. :P

[AugustMeteors]

@bytor21122112 I LIKE the electronic photo scratches! This is my favorite Stan Rogers song, and you've made a very haunting and lovely photo album to go with it. Thank you!

[BillCimentEsq]

@bytor21122112 You may have been just "messing around" but when you consider his fate, his untimely passing, now 28 years ago, it adds a historical flavor of something lost long ago...innocence perhaps. Nice job and tribute to a silenced voice who will be heard for a long, long time.

[jillgivler]

@bytor21122112 I like the film scratches. Some people would complain if they were hung with a new rope. ;-)

[mdl80271]

i usually hate folk music, but theres something about this guys music that just grabs u and makes u listen. r.i.p.

[duoglide2008]

A Canadian treasure. Nothing more to say.

[jessiewhisper]

an amazing work of art.

[Jessico09]

Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage...one of the greatest lines ever

[Cthulu7919]

Apparently I'm a little slow in the head. I didn't notice until listening to this a few times, there are no instruments. Respect level just shot through the roof for me! Good luck getting any of the losers pumping out assembly line music nowadays to even try doing that! Stan, you just got another life long fan!

[bytor21122112]

@Cthulu7919 Stan Rogers had a few songs like this. check out the rest of the vids i posted up and you will find a few :)

[Albukhshi]

@Cthulu7919

"Apparently I'm a little slow in the head"

not really: the vocalization is so perfect that one doesn't notice at first. it is as if the vocalization WERE the instruments.

he was clearly pure genius.

[chutoi26]

One sings along. Over and over. Gradually absorbing the resonance of lyrics.

Tears pour down one's cheeks.

Over and over.

No matter how many times one hears this.

[tapbaxter]

northwest [assage.......timeless

[XoxoJennoxoX]

Thumbs up if you've been to the Stan Rogers festival in Canso, Nova Scotia. The bum frig middle of nowhere whoo hoo lol

[amosjess]

Stan Rogers--a world treasure.

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[TheDiarmaidable]

Grand altegether,

[poweroflimits]

great emotions ...and atmosphere:)

[Beekeeper911]

This song gives courage to all who wish to explore and persevere!

[saiscette]

Gosh! This song gives me goosebumps, and make me feel proud. And I'm not even Canadian--yet.

[freddiecintron]

@saiscette

goosebumps here as well.

[enorabv]

@saiscette Welcome:)

[saiscette]

@enorabv Much appreciated.

[harmonblennerhasset]

A great song. The Clipper Adventurer, an adventure cruise ship operated by a Mississauga company , hit a rock east of Klugluktuk (Coppermine) attempting the Northwest Passage a couple days ago. Ironically, Stan Rogers' son Nathan was aboard as an entertainer. No one suffered the fate of Franklin and his men. Passengers and crew were safely flown to Edmonton. Bummer.

[TSM8088]

"...To find there but the road back home again." Beautiful words.

[madtrapper143]

So true now with the world wanting our arctic for shipping as a result of gobal warming....

[bodryn]

HappyJack, that might be a good way to go. Do it when you're young and not tied down. Tom Horn did it. Charlie Russell did it. Follow that dream...

[TheHappyjack1]

sometimes I just want to walk out of my house and keep going and never look back .

[medar93]

@TheHappyjack1 well spoken :) good guy :)

[TheHappyjack1]

@medar93 thank you.

[monsterbikeroot]

@TheHappyjack1 maybe we'll meet out there someday.

[siliggy]

Fantastic. The best reminder that climate gets warm then cold them warm then cold again!

[OscarLimaMike]

yeah keep dreaming and remember your words in 20 years if you live that long