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In light of the recent election buzz, I thought I would quiz people on political statements/lyrics/rants made by Mr.Downie and the uptown Hip.
Since I am no where near as hardcore as many of you are, and cause I get to go first, I submit:
"War is organized murder, and thats where Steven Harper would have brought you"
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what is it exactly your quizzing us on here? which song this comes from? or what?
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He said it on July 1 2004 at the Ampitheatre show.
Okay, how about this one.
"This song's for Mike Harris. It's about a trophy salesman who knows that as long as there are losers, business is always good"
There's another one I'm trying to find, I'll post later
Cheers
Pat
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ok, now I get it.. how about...."Brian Mulroney thinks Pierre Trudeau is ruining his legacy..."
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is that not Courage from the Ottawa ARA show in '93?
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"I just want to get into the same strip clubs as Brian Mulrooney."
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"All we are saying..is give Meech a chance"
(is that how you spell it? :oops: )
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"we'd like to do a song now if we could about a Canadian Killer, a bald, fat Winston Churchill"
its not what you think (Kings..)
~Will
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oops...I meant to also say that I dont know any of the other ones, they are familiar but as to when he said them and about which song I have no clue.
sorry for the double reply.
~WIll
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I don't know the exact quote, and it was obviously an older show that I was at, but a song was introduced something like;
... this song is dedicated "to Robert Bourassa who sent the military in to attack his own people",
in regard to the Oka crisis.
can anyone shed some light as I always go back to that, and can't remember which song it was before.
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I seem to recall Downie saying something somewhere about Dudley George...
Jeff
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