We keep counting down and chewing up James Miller's list of the Top 50 Canadian songs ever -  in this episode we go from numbers 24 to the much-anticipated Number One song! Listen to your intrepid hosts risk their Canadian citizenship  to knock some mythical Maple Leaf musos off their high horses (or mooses?)! Corey Hart impressions! 2002 women singer-songwriter anthems!! A Neil Young song sung by a (different) CAVEMAN?!?!? All this, plus we play some Canadian garage and soul classics, and add our own picks. We stand on guard for thee, Pastronauts!!

Episode 101 features our heroes discussing James Miller's list of the top 50 Canadian songs of all time. If you're a Canuck, listen to us revise our nation's musical history! If you're not from the Great  White North, then you'll hear about a host of hosers who had hits you've never hitherto heard !! What songs should move up the list, or down? Which songs should be on that weren't? And which tunes should be off? (Part 1 goes from 50-25).

After almost two years at the crease, we at In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast are proud to celebrate reaching  our first century: 100 episodes. And we've never missed a week since we started!  To mark this achievement, we've selected four songs to discuss our own dogged determination: two of them are 80s anthems, and two are garage rockers from the snarling 60s. The usual crucial digressions and textbook musical theory are in play. Get a delicious beverage and come celebrate 💯 with us!!

Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now - David Pomeranz (0:00)

It's Been a Long Journey - The Roots (39:08)

There's No Stoppin' Us - Ollie & Jerry (1:07:30)

Here to Stay - The Mal T's (1:45:26)

We return to The Hollies'  1965 tearjerker, "So Lonely" because there are so many good versions we couldn't fit in our June 19 episode! The first in part 2 is The Henchmen,  who created a garage derangement of the song in 1966, with organ and cool-dude-attitude vocals (2:07) That same year, The Ashes  produced a haunting folk-rock take (34:49). Sparse, subdued and Cowboy Junkies-esque, with lonesome harmonica, shaky tambourine and  forlorn female vocals.  The Fugue were up next in 1968:  their version is really slow, really loud, with a really heavy Hammond which will put you in an un-Bachlike fugue state (1:10:52). This would be the Phantom of the Opera's version. We leave you with a super bonus version from Miriam Linna, whose 2014 version proves the song is still going strong (1:08:15)!

A small but determined pressure group has been ... well ... pressuring us  to finally talk about some obscure orchestral pop psychedelia. Worried for our lives, we capitulate and chat about J.A. Freedman's 1969 slice of Piccadilly Sunshine,  "Dance with the Man in the Teapot" (2:15). No three-chord garage rocker this! An account of a crazy costume party which throws in everything but the kitchen sink - piano/organ, trombones, oboe, bass, and Beach Boys "ba ba ba"'s! Should we have waited to do this song for our Halloween episode? If Freedman's is too twee for you (it ain't for me!), then you might prefer the version by The Fire (48:06). They heard Freedman's demo and recorded a spiffy, hipper stripped-down version which keeps the whimsy, subtracts the horns and piano, and altogether sounds kinda Move-y.  Now everyone shout!!

In this episode, we chew on a sweet piece of 1966 bubblegum, "Stop! Get a Ticket" by The Clefs of Lavender Hill(1:11). People say it's Beatle-esque, but we think it's better described as Hollies-esque, The handclaps (and drumbeats) will be what you remember the most, but don't sleep on the "race for your love" lyrics or you're gonna lose your baby! In 1967, Cleveland's Statesmen paid the fare and released their version of the song (36:02). It's slower and less peppy, BUT they add organ and FUZZ, as well as some va-va-voom vibrato on the vocals. That same year, Nederbeat high numbers The Groovy's heeded the train whistle and their ride kicks off a la "Last Train to Clarksville" (49:48). This one'll get the guitar gearheads feelin' groovy - a fast and fun ride with jittery rhythm guitar and lotsa hooks! Catch it!!!

In 1940, bluesman Bukka White recorded "Parchman Farm Blues," a lament about being imprisoned in the infamous Mississippi State Penitentiary (2:30). Insightful lyrics, impassioned vocals, great slide guitar, and some nice accompaniment from Washboard Sam to boot! Even though he denied it, jazzman Mose Allison adapted White's song in 1958, titling it "Parchman Farm" and giving the song a controversial punchline (43:43). His version was an unlikely dance hit amongst the British Mods, with an insistent piano riff, solid rhythm section backing, and lots of hipster irony. In 1966, The Blues Breakers took the song on, with John Mayall's harmonica in place of the piano, another great rhythm section (including future Fleetwood Mac-er John McVie on bass), and Eric Clapton in the back, reading his Beano comic book. Finally, back to the States to hear The Traits,  with Johnny Winter, who shreds on guitar and vocals mere months before he finds fame at Woodstock (1:38:59).  Drink some wine, sit on Number 9, and open your textbooks ...

In this episode, we prescribe Buffy Sainte-Marie's 1964 beautiful folk-drone masterpiece "Cod'ine"(1:08). It's a harrowing tale of opiate addiction, and Buffy delivers a hair-raising, frightening vocal performance that'll scare you straight. Dare we say "it's as relevant today ..."? We also discuss her immense legacy,  especially her incredible appearances on Sesame Street in the 70s. The first garage verzh we present is by Matthew Moore Plus Four, who retitle the song "Codyne (She's Real)" and seem to make the song about a girl?!?! (1:03:02).  These guys set the song in a Stones-y streetscape and we like it. The third dose comes from The Leaves,  those folk-rockers who gave you "Hey Joe" and "Too Many People"  (1:34:25).  Their take is jazzy and space-y: stand-up bass and a lot of kick drum keep this one heavy. The boyish vocals in this one really contrast with Buffy's wizened howls, but they are effective. It's real, three times!!

Listen in this week to a textbook discussion of the process of garagification:  the transmogrification of Fred Neil's "That's The Bag I'm In" from a corny folk ditty to a  titanic garage tune. Casey Anderson gets us started with the first released version of the song , way back in 1962 (5:18). A very Greenwich Village rendition, from the era represented by "Inside Llewyn Davis."  In 1965, the mysteriously and awfully-named Dalek/Engam: The Blackstones rearranged the song and made it ROCK, even giving it some Beatles-esque chords and "Woo"'s! : a crucial step in the alchemy of garagification (56:37)  In '66, Billy Lee Riley crosses the song with "Hallelujah I Love Her So" and reveals a strange connection between the two songs (1:19:47). Oh, and there's bongos! Fourthly, The Fabs finalized the process in September of the same year, adding a cool bass riff, FUZZ, and ORGAN (1:36:08). If you know it, you love it, and if you haven't heard it, you gotta!

Prepare to cry,  because this week's episode centers on the sad & spangly song "So Lonely", originally done by The Hollies in 1965 (1:21). A perfect pop tune! The riff is beautiful & bright, sad & sharp, but it's underpinned by heavenly harmonies and some surprisingly groovy drum fills by Bobby Elliott. The Everly Brothers essayed the number in 1966, and those Kentucky kids sing for their supper (and our tears) ... the vocals are so incandescent that you'll git a funny feeling (46:25). Finally, in 1967, The Fyrebirds tinkered with the song in the garage and souped it up somewhat, which simply means they added ORGAN & retitled it "I'm So Lonely" for added emphasis (1:01:28). These'll keep you satisfied forever, but we plan to do a Part Two because there's so many other  great versions of this song!!