Life's A Canadian Rock - Jaimie Vernon

It's only fitting to launch the Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia YouTube channel with an homage to Canadian music. Here's a retool of Reunion's 1973 hit "Life Is A Rock" as "Life's A CANADIAN Rock". Lyrics & Vocals by Jaimie Vernon (performed, produced and arranged by Brian Gagnon)

LIFE'S A CANADIAN ROCK (BUT THE RADIO ROLLED ME)
New lyrics: October 10, 2006

B.B. Gabor and The Extras
Major Hooples and Wes Dakus
Andy Kim and Anka Pauly
Edward has a Bearfoot "Molly"
Got "The Buzz" out of Haywire
Sarah M's "Into The Fire"
Guy Lombardo, Big Band honcho
El Mocambo in Toronto
Boogie, Oogie, Danca'
And Wood Holly be the new romancer
Burton Cummings, Bachman Randy
The Hip is Tragically still standing
Harmonium and Charlesbois
Pagliaro's got "Rainshowers"
Allen Chad and Allan Barry
Junkhouse, Uzeb, Doucette Jerry
Now which way did Billy go?
Terry Jacks is seasonal

CHORUS: Life's a Canadian Rock but the radio rolled me
Gotta turn it up louder
So my DJ told me
Life's a Canadian Rock but the radio rolled me
At the end of my rainbow...ride
Lies a golden oldie.

FM phasors are just stunning
To Saskatoon the Guess Who's running
Reo, Sparton in the '50s
Red Leaf, Roman, in the '60's
Gisele MacKenzie, I behold her
The Metal Queen's a jazz reformer
Colin James and Colin Linden
Lords of London weren't from Britain
Kon Kan, Jerry Jerry, Bill & Bills, and Dave with Gary
Long John Baldry, Boogie Woogie
B.N.L. and Moxus Froovy
Luke's Apostles in the "Market"
Poor "Incensitive" Jann Arden
After Four, you know, It's Happenin'
Lado and PeteTraynor's amping
Dave The Rave, a Teenage Head
The Rebels aren't Forgotten yet

REPEAT CHORUS

54 can count to 40
Hawkins Robin, Ron and Ronnie
Davies Frank and Yorke so Ritchie
Downchild Blues's Rick and Donnie
Sass & Marc & Keven Jordan
Mitchell Kim and Mitchell Joni
Gordon Lightfoot, Murray Anne
Neil Young worked with Stills & Crosby
Frank Marino, Bryan Adams
Carole Pope, Marshall Amanda
Her heart goes on Dion Celine
Cockburn finally heard his tree
Alanis says "You Outta Know"
"Sweet Thing" is a "True Life Hero"
KD's, Kick Axe, Helix, Anvil
Stompin' Tom's a spud potato
Bullseye and the Sonic Unyon
Bongobeat and all the others

REPEAT CHORUS
...Roger Ashby's oldies

[Little Darlin'....ooh...ooh....Little Darlin']

Listen! Remember!
They're playing CanCon

Moxy and Santers, a Honeymoon Suite talkin'
A Foot In Coldwater then they tried walkin'

[Make Me Do Anything you want....Signs, Signs, everywhere a sign]

Esquires, Townsmen, Ottawa got Staccato'd
And then we'll have to Rush into "The Spirit Of Radio"

Steppenwolf rock and roll
Gino's got a lot of soul
Peter Foldy, Segarini
Rheostatics' Dave Bidini
April Wine, BTO, Loverboy, Blue Rodeo

[Oh, What A Feeling...what a rush]

Stampeders, Big Sugar
Ian & Sylvia
Kd lang,Terri Clark
Paul Brandt, Skylark
Nickelback, Arcade Fire
Alannah Myles and Emm Gryner

[SHANIA !!]

Harem Scarem, Grapes of Wrath
The Beau Marks clapped their hands
Hank Snow, Wilf Carter
Gordie Tapp & Marty Butler
Abe's Children, Seb Agnello
Little Caesar & The Consuls

[Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on]

Garth, Rick, Levon & Robbie
Ian Thomas, Doug McKenzie
Dream Warriors, Maestro, Satellites and LAZO
Walt & Stan and the Crash Test Junkies
Graham, Cochrane, Hunter....
They're all Tommy's

[CA-NA-DA....1 little, 2 little, 3 Canadians....we love you]

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[filmstreetprods]

Whoa! Thanks for the mention, man. You rock.

[CanadianMusicTV]

Hey Jaimie looks godd!

[whiteash1ca]

Brilliant work Jaimie! I have the original version of this tune and when I first saw the posting I didn't realize you re-did the lyrics as well. Hats off, a great tribute to our Canadian musical heritage!. Chris.

[ZEST123]

Awesome and WOW !!!! Great Canadianized tribute to all the great bands that Canada produced and ruled the world with. Canadian Music ROCKS!