"One Great City!" Live from the Burton Cummings Theatre

John K. Samson of The Weakerthans performs "One Great City!" in front a sold-out Burton Cummings Theatre Crowd in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on December 22, 2007.

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[imcmurtrie]

There's never a bad time for this song (I am always hating on wpg) - I was at this show in December too.

Wish the Weakerthans were slightly less predictable, all their shows look identical.

I was in the 2nd balcony, it looks like we may have been sitting right near each other.

[coastandshore]

we might have very well been!

it was exciting for us to see this song played to a true winnipeg-en crowd. hearing it anywhere else is just not the same.

[hiebs3]

Winnipeg is a strange place. I've lived here for almost my entire life, and Winnipeggers love to trash their own city. We love when we "win" crime capital stats for the year, and the majority of people constantly talk about how much the bombers suck, and when the jets were here it was the same thing. its not that we ACTUALLY hate all this stuff, we just pretend to.

[Goooooaaal]

The name of the song is "One Great City", and the song lyrics, the performance and the hometown crowd reaction are all full of irony. You don't need to have too much of a brain to realize that while he may not like Winnipeg, he certainly loves Winnipeg. And for sure, you would be hard pressed to find Canadians with more pride for their city than Winnipeggers.

[12strawberrylover]

@hiebs3 That's what's so great about the city :)

[blisflix]

@CromwellDamuuga THE JETS be back! Weaker not, but loved as much! Great tune only a 'Pegger could understand! I Love My Town! Go Jets Go !

[Canada9990]

Go Jets Go

[Dow7969]

@Goooooaaal I love Canada but montreal is not something I'm proud of.

[CromwellDamuuga]

@lowbridgehit

couldnt agree more... they may have been a lousy team, but they were our lousy team...we are the only people in the world that can love that franchise...

and now they are not lousy and they wither and die in a desert in front of no one. in a city more "prosperous and better" than Winnipeg...irony.... soon they will realize where their home is, and i will love them again.... and i am sure they will start losing again : )

[manadapanada]

@Goooooaaal the title "One Great City" actually comes from the sign that greets you as you enter winnipeg. It says "Welcome to/ Beinvenue a Winnipeg: One Great City." Or at least it used to. The sign and its motto were changed a couple of years back. And I wholeheartedly agree with everything you just wrote! I'm incredibly proud to be a Winnipegger. You summed it up perfectly; sometimes I don't like Winnipeg, but I always love Winnipeg!

[yearofspaghetti]

I miss my hometown. I will defend it as vehemently as I have complained about it.

[toddsmitts]

You gotta have at least a bit of a pair to sing "the Guess Who suck" in a place called the Burton Cummings Theatre. ;)

[iusedtohaveabeard]

*slurpee

:)

[CommanderSalamander0]

We are very proud of our crime ridden, sport failing, slushie capital city :D