Post and Jam: We're Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time) by Trooper [1977]

[delphi]

Fandom 50 #1

I'm trying another March to March round of Fandom 50 (the challenge where you try to make fifty themed posts in a year), and this time around I thought I'd focus on Canadian music. As a bit of extra fun for myself, I'm going to try to find one song I love per year from the past fifty years—and as it happens, 1977 gave us one of my all-time faves.

We're Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time) by Trooper

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Comments

[pauraque]

I like this idea! I predict a lot of "I didn't know that band was Canadian" on my part.

[delphi]

I'd love to hear if there are any "Oh, they're Canadian?" surprises along the way!

My hypothesis for the moment is that Canadian musical acts fall into four broad categories:

1) Big enough and/or controversial enough internationally that they get news coverage and people exchange trivia about them, so non-Canadians learn they're Canadian.

2) Decently big internationally but not a paparazzi-hounded-celebrity, so everyone assumes they're American.

3) Only big in Canada and no one else has heard of them. (The exception being something like The Tragically Hip, who in recent years have gotten coverage for being That Famous Canadian Band That Was Never Famous in the U.S.)

4) Even Canadians haven't heard of them unless they either listen to CBC Radio or are personally related to the lead singer.