Yeh, Muzzy is right about the song. Everyone here in Canada knows what it means, it's one of the biggest rock songs ever in Canada. Its anti-americanism probably has a large factor as to its lack of success in America; even though it was a big hit there too.
Bachman and Cummings probably just didn't want Canada to head down the same road as America, which is somewhat did.
Anyway, gotta love Canada... and yeah, America's now toooo bad either.
@SimpleKindOfBoy There was no lack of success in the US. It was a #1 hit, it was covered by American artists and charted again in the US, it is well liked and well remembered in the US. The closest thing to a backlash that you could mention is that the band was asked by First Lady Pat Nixon not to play the song when they performed at the White House. However, they were still invited to play at the White House despite not being American. It was a sign of how well liked they were in the US.
@SimpleKindOfBoy There was no lack of success in the US. It was a #1 hit, it was covered by American artists and charted again in the US, it is well liked and well remembered in the US. The closest thing to a backlash that you could mention is that the band was asked by First Lady Pat Nixon not to play the song when they performed at the White House. However, they were still invited to play at the White House despite not being American. It was a sign of how well liked they were in the US.
Yeh, Muzzy is right about the song. Everyone here in Canada knows what it means, it's one of the biggest rock songs ever in Canada. Its anti-americanism probably has a large factor as to its lack of success in America; even though it was a big hit there too. Bachman and Cummings probably just didn't want Canada to head down the same road as America, which is somewhat did.
Anyway, gotta love Canada... and yeah, America's now toooo bad either.
@SimpleKindOfBoy There was no lack of success in the US. It was a #1 hit, it was covered by American artists and charted again in the US, it is well liked and well remembered in the US. The closest thing to a backlash that you could mention is that the band was asked by First Lady Pat Nixon not to play the song when they performed at the White House. However, they were still invited to play at the White House despite not being American. It was a sign of how well liked they were in the US.
@SimpleKindOfBoy There was no lack of success in the US. It was a #1 hit, it was covered by American artists and charted again in the US, it is well liked and well remembered in the US. The closest thing to a backlash that you could mention is that the band was asked by First Lady Pat Nixon not to play the song when they performed at the White House. However, they were still invited to play at the White House despite not being American. It was a sign of how well liked they were in the US.