[direwolf74]

" I have always wondered why, even as a kid, I never thought of Canada as a country – It’s not a popular thought; you keep it to yourself – I never wrote of it as so. The next hundred years are going to be painful as we come to know Chanie Wenjack and thousands like him – as we find out about ourselves, about all of us – but only when we do can we truly call ourselves, "Canada." "

That's some pretty heavy stuff right there.

Especially when you consider so many people wrap themselves up in the canadian flag over the band's music and his lyrics...

I was reading an article about his new project earlier, and I noticed a few dumb comments along the lines of "I wish Gord would keep politics out of his music", etc...

Clearly those folks have never actually looked closely at Gord's lyrics over the years. They just hear him sing "that night in Toronto" or "won the Leafs the Cup" and they pump their fist and go "Yea! Canada rules!" But anybody who follows the Hip closely knows that Gord has touched on politics throughout his entire career as a songwriter, and quite often he's been critical of this country in various Hip songs. Gord speaking out about certain issues is nothing new.