vking
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The list is big nonetheless!
Actually... Lake Shore Boulevard.For me it ends at Lakeshore Boulevard.
Wasn't Platinum Blonde just a cover band for Duran Duran? Blech
What do the locals think of this stretch? Aside from a few respectable patches, this section of Yonge seems generally seedy and decrepit. It's a shame, as it could be so much more. I'd like to see it refreshed and cleaned up, get rid of condom shacks, jewelry/pawn shops, and all those scuzzy looking stores that sell nothing but cheap junk. Maybe these add character, I don't know, but when friends and family visit we always walk south from Bloor down University or Bay, through Queens Park, etc, as the Yonge sidewalks on that stretch are often full of vomit and spit and mentally-ill people. Not the best face forward when trying to impress visitors.
Wasn't Platinum Blonde just a cover band for Duran Duran? Blech
Actually, I think they began their careers as a Police cover band. But yea...they were just another 80's New Romantic, synth-pop band that sounded like Duran Duran. Honeymoon Suite was another local one in the same vein.
But there was plenty of local talent in the 80's...
Jane Sibbery
Robbie Robertson
Nash the Slash
Alannah Myles
Kim Mitchell
Alta Moda
Blue Peter
Killer Dwarfs
Blue Rodeo
Martha and the Muffins (is there a more 80's Toronto tune than Echo Beach?)Messenjah
Red Rider
The Pursuit of Happiness
Pukka Orchestra
The Parachute Club
Rough Trade
The Sattalites
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
The Shuffle Demons
Gowan
Toronto
Coney Hatch
Lee Aaron
Rush
Triumph
Handsome Ned
Spoons
Chalk Circle
Teenage Head
The Tragically Hip
Helix
Toronto has had lots of great musical performers/bands, it's just that few of them have had international success. How many of them have reached the top 20 on Billboard? I know Alannah Myles went to # 1 but probably only Rush has had international success. (of the ones listed above) Drake is probably Toronto's biggest world-wide success, although with The Weekend is doing pretty well too.
Toronto has had lots of great musical performers/bands, it's just that few of them have had international success. How many of them have reached the top 20 on Billboard?
Drake is probably Toronto's biggest world-wide success
Since when does not charting in the top 20 on Billboard mean you can't be internationally successful? Besides...I prefer "good" to "top 20". But I'm sure many Toronto acts have been more popular than you imagine.
What a sad thing to think about. Toronto's current claim to fame...a worthless POS mayor and a talentless rapper (a redundant statement I know).
Toronto has had lots of great musical performers/bands, it's just that few of them have had international success. How many of them have reached the top 20 on Billboard? I know Alannah Myles went to # 1 but probably only Rush has had international success. (of the ones listed above) Drake is probably Toronto's biggest world-wide success, although with The Weekend is doing pretty well too.