Your City, Set to Music

[SignalHillHiker]

For this thread, I would appreciate it if we limit ourselves to ONE PHOTO per POST and ONE POST per FORUMER per DAY!

What I would LOVE for you to do is to share a picture - probably of your city, but that's not necessary. ANY picture of ANYWHERE in Canada that speaks to you.

And then share the song that you believe sets the appropriate tone for that picture, of that place.

I genuinely hope you'll participate. I LOVE discovering music I'd never hear otherwise, and having a visual that someone actually thought of it, and consciously decided... you know, this scene needs THIS song to really appreciate it... that excites me.

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So, I'll start...

When taking this picture tonight:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8473/8120351590_fb229333ef_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8120351590/)
Downtown West End (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8120351590/) by SignalHillHiker (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

This is the song I was singing in my head:

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Especially the line, "I am not lonely; I swear to God, I'm just alone." Suits St. John's, and my mood at that moment, perfectly.

[floobie]

Obviously not my photo, but representative enough of what I'm going for:

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4038/4312078727_c8bd5e57ec_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lipbomb/4312078727/)
Calgary Skyline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lipbomb/4312078727/) by LipBomb (http://www.flickr.com/people/lipbomb/), on Flickr

I picked up the new Wintersun album the day it started snowing here. Seemed very fitting to me, and helped me almost enjoy it for a moment. And, well, have a listen to some of the most intricate, epic metal you'll hear:

http://youtu.be/lsWxLQDzJOU

(Warning: It's about 13 minutes long. Not for those with short attention spans!)

[Ruckus]

I'm going to break a few rules with a slideshow (9 minutes) I put together a few years back. The photos are of places I've visited across Western Canada and are consciously synced with music. Photos illustrate the story. Music is how one feels it...errr something like that.

Although I was fortunate enough to experience it, the photos of the Red Mile during the 2004 Flames Stanley Cup run were not shot by me. I collected them while I was a member of the Alberta based Beyond.ca forum. The rest of the photos are from my lens, except the porsche, lotus, jeep, and some of the nissan stuff haha

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I find the anthemic build ups of trance match my approach to photography.

[SignalHillHiker]

I LOVED yours, Floobie. I would have had some smooth jazz or something like that with your picture. Great to look at it and experience something completely different.

And great slideshow, Ruckus. I loved that picture of the frozen grass with the sun behind. Did you make those? Beautiful!

[SignalHillHiker]

Driving to the suburban towns north of St. John's - Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, Torbay, Flatrock, and Pouch Cove - is a favourite of mine because it's very scenic and once you're outside the city's narrow's streets and onto proper, modern highways... it's liberating.

This is one of my favourite drives, and one of my favourite driving tunes:

(The house on the top left, on the hill in the background, is Danny Williams' place).

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7864549756_7ab91c7261_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/7864549756/)
Suburban St. John's (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/7864549756/) by SignalHillHiker (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

He's my modern-day Rod Stewart...

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[RammerDino]

Obviously not my photo, but representative enough of what I'm going for:

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4038/4312078727_c8bd5e57ec_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lipbomb/4312078727/)
Calgary Skyline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lipbomb/4312078727/) by LipBomb (http://www.flickr.com/people/lipbomb/), on Flickr

Here's a remix of a song for the shot(not mine):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7krLCobiTA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Especially the part where she says "It feels so good", reflects my reaction whenever I step downtown, especially at night.

[SpongeG]

http://duanestorey.com/desktops/600x375_sunrise.jpg
duanestorey.com

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[Ruckus]

I LOVED yours, Floobie. I would have had some smooth jazz or something like that with your picture. Great to look at it and experience something completely different.

And great slideshow, Ruckus. I loved that picture of the frozen grass with the sun behind. Did you make those? Beautiful!

Thanks SignalHillHiker. I wish I could say the plate of ice with the grass was mine! It was part of a public art installation during our winter festival. There were a half dozen or so different varieties frozen in those plates scattered along the river. They were a nice piece before the vandals arrived.

[SignalHillHiker]

:previous:

Well, I'm quite sure you got the best picture of it.

[dleung]

I like the first post, so I was a bit self conscious about posting "epic" music until I saw the posts after it haha.... maybe i'm too old and don't "get" how the trance/metal/etc speaks to the location lol. It might be a bit cliche, but when I think maritimes, Sigur Ros comes to mind first.

Anyway, Vancouver...
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/281/47904254af2d5f978eb2qls.jpg
or
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7161/viewfrompalladio2.jpg
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[Andrewjm3D]

Cool idea for a thread.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7179/6949419103_b1c977939d_h.jpg
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[RammerDino]

And for Vancouver it could easily be this, duh!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xMz2SnSWS4

[SignalHillHiker]

Great ones, all. Sponge's made me laugh, ha! Very nice song, and suited the image. And Dleung's was great too (inspired my next, in fact). But Andrewjm3D's was PERFECT. A picture like that would never make me think, "Oh, I want to visit there!" but with the song, now I do, ha! It's an awesome watching-drivers-in-fast-speed song.

[SignalHillHiker]

The thing about the stereotypical RDF (Rain, Drizzle and Fog) weather of St. John's is that it's fully immersive. You just feel like you live inside a snowglobe of dirty, grey water.

But, during those moments when the RDF is just ending... you feel almost like you're opening your eyes for the first time. You realize... oh, this little grey bubble around me that's been a few metres wide, my world, for the past week... it's gone. My world is SO much bigger. St. John's so so much bigger. And we're not alone. The Maritimes, New York, they're all still there too.

That's an aspect of a picture like this one that just doesn't translate because you don't know if I hadn't been able to see across the harbour for a week before taking it and didn't even know the cruise ship was there.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8298/8011828256_129a49eb0e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8011828256/)
Cruising St. John's (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8011828256/) by SignalHillHiker (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

So that's why I think an epic song suits it. And none more perfectly so than "NOW WE ARE FREE!"

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[Andrewjm3D]

There is something very Steam-Punk about the Distillery District, and I've always thought 'A Series Of Unfortunate Events' was a very steam punk movie.

Both images are mine.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7075/7037565181_395c04507d_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7273/7037564023_f4e48a5833_b.jpg

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[dleung]

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9981/orcaso.jpg
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first image is a screenshot from this video... turn off the sound and listen to sigur ros instead ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unc90Zhyuxs

[Kitchissippi]

This song fits Ottawa well except for the couple of lines that mention the States. I shot this footage a while back which captures the "pastoral" quality of the Ottawa-Gatineau riverfront and some of great riding along the cycling paths.

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[kwoldtimer]

I was trying to think of something appropriate for Kitchener-Waterloo but unfortunately all I could come up with was the music for the "Chicken Dance" (with accordian!). I will spare all until I'm in a better mindset and memories of Oktoberfest have faded. ;)

[armorand93]

http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/407533_305291366173930_1760579536_n.jpg

Song: Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

[SignalHillHiker]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8050/8138244305_8d5fd23f2c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8138244305/)
Signal Hill Road (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8138244305/) by SignalHillHiker (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

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[1ajs]

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[Architype]

Strangely I had this song in mind not just because of the cover art.

http://www.pbase.com/image/71438584/original.jpg
photo by me

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[SignalHillHiker]

One of my favourite foggy St. John's songs.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8472/8141252754_5d04703e0f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8141252754/)
St. John's in Fog (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8141252754/) by SignalHillHiker (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

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[SignalHillHiker]

Trinity, Newfoundland - a village of a couple hundred but it's done a fantastic job promoting its annual theatre festival, etc. So it's become quite a tourist draw.

If you go in the off season, when it's deserted... this song by a famous Canadian singer, which happens to have a video filmed in Newfoundland, but not at Trinity, is perfect.

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4012/4492940999_e822909f28_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjproduct/4492940999/)
Trinity, Newfoundland (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjproduct/4492940999/) by Product of Newfoundland (http://www.flickr.com/people/rjproduct/), on Flickr

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Especially: "All of life is this longing to lay your body down..."

Every time I hear that line, my mind flashes to my memories of visiting Trinity. So bizarrely perfect.

[MonkeyRonin]

http://i.imgur.com/RlsI4.jpg
Photo by Funktion_D (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=202231)



Kensington in the summer sounds like this:

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Also, just a suggestion, but I think this thread would work better if we were able to post a short sequence (say, 3 or 4 pictures) of pictures instead of only a single frame.

[SignalHillHiker]

Go for it. :)

[The Gibbroni]

This really reps the hispanophone nature of my neighbourhood in Villeray bordering Mile End and Rosemont. Much of it was filmed in my immediate hood on St-Hubert, Marché Jean-Talon etc.

Full disclosure: Poirier is a hero of mine.

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[MonkeyRonin]

There's something about foggy, grey, wonderfully dour November days...


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http://i.imgur.com/kNh3M.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BTGf3.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/x6gIm.jpg
http://500px.com/photo/1284400

[bulliver]

Not my city....but I made this slideshow of stills from a previous trip to Vancouver which is set to music. Tracks are:

'Switch' by Amon Tobin
'Gone to Earth' by American Analog Set
'You Can't go Home Again' by DJ Shadow

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[SignalHillHiker]

Copying MonkeyRonin's series idea (BTW, there is a famous Newfoundland folk song with that exact title, Grey Foggy Day, ha!), a few photographs that I took tonight and the song I was listening to as I did...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8486/8155597462_efc44a3b27_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8155597462/)
The Unique Beauty of St. John's (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8155597462/) by SignalHillHiker (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8066/8155556583_28f416c385_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8155556583/)
The Intersection of Prescott, Queen and Flavin Streets (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8155556583/) by SignalHillHiker (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8155626366_51407e20d8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8155626366/)
The Basilica Gate (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8155626366/) by SignalHillHiker (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

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You need to listen to the whole thing to get into the right mood, but from 2:25 on is... perfection.

And there's this burning
THERE IS THIS BURNING!!!
Where's the soul I want to know
New York City is evil
The surface is everything but I could never do that
Someone would see through that
And this is our last time
We'll be friends again
I'll get over you, you'll wonder who I am
And there's this burning
Just like there's always been
I've never been so alone alone
And I've, and I've never been so alive

[Architype]

http://www.pbase.com/image/111133732/large.jpg
(photo by me)
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[Architype]

http://www.pbase.com/image/43889854.jpg
[photo by me)
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[RammerDino]

I stole this from Wikipedia, so please forgive me.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Calgarynight9.jpg
And here's the song I strangely found fitting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNt3pOx25cQ

[The_Architect]

Toronto:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8062/8186465367_730caa32dc_k_d.jpg
view from the distillery by ronnie.yip, on Flickr

What immediately comes to mind from most of lucci or tomms' pictures:

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[SignalHillHiker]

Gorgeous!

[The_Architect]

Gorgeous!

Toronto at night or Ellie Goulding? :tup:

[SignalHillHiker]

I was going to type, "I was talking to RammerDino" just for badness, ha! But I meant both, Toronto at night WITH Ellie Goulding.

[SignalHillHiker]

St. John's on a chilly (-1C) Sunday afternoon.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8343/8198264756_07e7da579b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8198264756/)
Old St. John's (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8198264756/) by Signal Hill Hiker Photos (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8197160163_98dabfc2e4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8197160163/)
Water Street (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8197160163/) by Signal Hill Hiker Photos (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8487/8198223408_c5ca82abec_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8198223408/)
Water Street (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8198223408/) by Signal Hill Hiker Photos (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8490/8198168266_e8a5744581_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8198168266/)
View from The Rooms (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8198168266/) by Signal Hill Hiker Photos (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

And this song, a cover by a St. John's band...

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[dleung]

Here's a really cliche nighttime/urban/electronica combo, but posting mainly for the awesome music video:

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6073/6098223809_2d95d76b5c_b.jpg
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6073/6098223809_2d95d76b5c_b.jpg

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[MonkeyRonin]

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http://i.imgur.com/t9eAJ.jpg

[highforthis]

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9981/orcaso.jpg
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first image is a screenshot from this video... turn off the sound and listen to sigur ros instead ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unc90Zhyuxs

^^This is amazing... the music and picture totally captures the light/climate/aura of the west coast. And these orcas are downtown! I saw a full-on whale in False creek while living there for 4 months... left my heart there. Truly a magical place.

[SignalHillHiker]

:previous:

Agreed. That's a great match.

[Ruckus]

Here's a really cliche nighttime/urban/electronica combo, but posting mainly for the awesome music video:

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6073/6098223809_2d95d76b5c_b.jpg
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6073/6098223809_2d95d76b5c_b.jpg

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That video is my kind of weird.

Nice combo!

[dleung]

^^Thanks all. I should have put NSFW under the last post...

^^This is amazing... the music and picture totally captures the light/climate/aura of the west coast. And these orcas are downtown! I saw a full-on whale in False creek while living there for 4 months... left my heart there. Truly a magical place.


And it seems with Sigur ros, the poorer quality the image the more "ethereal" ;)

[SignalHillHiker]

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That's my red car, there... :) I AM HOME! I still can't believe it. When the plane landed, and everyone clapped, and I thought... other cities don't do that. And I stepped outside, and the salty air hit me like a soft slap across the face... I really did kiss the ground. And I heard all the other people around me say, "Awww!"

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8223074293_7130e3b4fa_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8223074293/)
First Significant Snowfall of 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8223074293/) by Signal Hill Hiker Photos (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

[dleung]

^^You consistently seem to take the best photos here, I've noticed. Or at least very selective about posting just the good stuff.

[dleung]

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4130/5170521487_1cfbca50cb_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gord99/5170521487/sizes/l/in/photostream/

can't decide between mountainous urban nightscape or cherry blossom girl... but here's another awesome song
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3643/3451091016_550c3c9c6b_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3643/3451091016_550c3c9c6b_o.jpg

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[dleung]

What?! No compliments on my taste in music this time?!

[MonkeyRonin]

http://i.imgur.com/i48b1.jpg

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http://i.imgur.com/kBVY7.jpg

[SignalHillHiker]

^^You consistently seem to take the best photos here, I've noticed. Or at least very selective about posting just the good stuff.

Aww, thank you! :)

I don't think it's being too selective. I actually have about as many Flickr pictures in the past few months as I do posts here, ha! So I'm thinking I might need to narrow it down a bit...

And your taste in music is brilliant. ;-)

[SignalHillHiker]

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http://i47.tinypic.com/3zo6p.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8275844566/

[dleung]

http://i.imgur.com/kBVY7.jpg

Here's another take:
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[Andrewjm3D]

Sugar Beach
By: Andrew Snow on Flickr.com
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4070/5080472888_b28ec37063_b.jpg

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[SignalHillHiker]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8061/8277567363_96e0ce7386_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8277567363/)
Cape Spear (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8277567363/) by Signal Hill Hiker Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

Fittingly, it's a hauntingly good St. John's band.

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[davidivivid]

:previous: Nice choice Andrew.

[davidivivid]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8464/8095442500_e159a8eaf5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/faque/8095442500/)
365-053-20121016-Matiné (http://www.flickr.com/photos/faque/8095442500/) par Fel_c (http://www.flickr.com/people/faque/), sur Flickr


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[MonkeyRonin]

Summertime dusk.


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http://i.imgur.com/m7DB5.jpg

[SignalHillHiker]

February 2, 2013

Today, it is clearly, vividly, this:

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http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v65/p1411212724-5.jpg (http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/p449705475/e541d65b4)

http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v69/p1411210050-5.jpg (http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/p84113295/e541d5b42)

http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/img/s2/v73/p1411210054-5.jpg (http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/p84113295/e541d5b46)

[davidivivid]

To Build a Home is a great song indeed.

[SignalHillHiker]

March 11, 2013

The atmosphere in St. John's today was electric. It was mild, the sun felt warm on the skin, there was no wind, the snow is mostly melted, and people - for the first time, en masse - started participating in spring activities.

The walking trails were easily three, four times as busy as I've seen them all winter. Lots of people were smiling. And the joggers were out of their spandex suits and in proper shorts. :D

So, a nice, upbeat tune for today...

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http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v81/p1473219248-5.jpg (http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/p41579206/e57cf8ab0)

[headhorse]

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[SignalHillHiker]

This morning my ankle felt better enough that I decided to go for a walk downtown to try a new cafe.

I had coffee - black, of course - with a hummus/pepper bagel. It was delicious. And, while I sat admiring the view of the city, I noticed that I could see the steeples of the Basilica poking out from behind the rowhouses.

Right at that moment, this song came on my MP3 player and I sat there listening to it on repeat for some 30 minutes, just feeling... wonderful... and thinking, "Yep, this is who I am. Colourful, clapboard buildings, a chilly spring day, a busy cafe, my little city bursting with music and art and vitality and... distinctness. I'm so grateful this is my life."

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http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v84/p1521672814-6.jpg (http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/p815087224/e5ab2e26e)

http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/img/s2/v71/p1521673124-6.jpg (http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/p815087224/e5ab2e3a4)

http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v91/p1521824266-6.jpg (http://ryancrocker.zenfolio.com/p815087224/e5ab5320a)

[thomax]

I found this song about Hamilton from 1960. I couldn't stop laughing, it's so cheesy :haha:


Video Description: Promotional record produced for Hamilton, Ontario radio station CKOC in 1960 by the US advertising firm of Richard Ullman and Associates.

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[SignalHillHiker]

:previous:

So cool. :)

[kwoldtimer]

Hamilton, home of retro chic. ;)

I have no idea how to post it, but I'd like to offer up "The Battle Hymn of the City of Kitchener, Ontario" by the band Destroy all Robots. It includes the memorable refrain "The city is so bombed out, it looks like Berlin. Circa 1944".

http://music.cbc.ca/#/play/artist/Destroy-All-Robots

[lake of the nations]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3236/2797699391_1b3a094c48_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike9alive/2797699391/)
Downtown Montreal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike9alive/2797699391/) by Michel Filion (http://www.flickr.com/people/mike9alive/), on Flickr

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[Black Star]

I found this song about Hamilton from 1960. I couldn't stop laughing, it's so cheesy :haha:


Video Description: Promotional record produced for Hamilton, Ontario radio station CKOC in 1960 by the US advertising firm of Richard Ullman and Associates.

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Dam is that cool. Of Course now this song will be logged deep into my mind forever lol.

[SignalHillHiker]

Great Montreal post. :)

And now I will have that Hamilton song stuck in my head all day AGAIN.

It's so Jetsons, I love it.

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Two for today, taken facing opposite directions from the Southside Hills.

Looking East...

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http://www.newfoundland-photos.com/StJohnsScenes/The-Top-of-My-World/i-X2XWZQS/0/XXXL/IMG_5921_edited-IMG_5923_edited-L.jpg (http://www.newfoundland-photos.com/StJohnsScenes/The-Top-of-My-World/29631826_qjRFhf#!i=2535727282&k=X2XWZQS&lb=1&s=A)

And looking West...

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http://www.newfoundland-photos.com/StJohnsScenes/The-Top-of-My-World/i-bBmTWgH/0/XXXL/IMG_6046_edited-L.jpg (http://www.newfoundland-photos.com/StJohnsScenes/The-Top-of-My-World/29631826_qjRFhf#!i=2536575635&k=bBmTWgH&lb=1&s=A)

[lake of the nations]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7269/7040719721_db6a6f5593_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyriam/7040719721/)
Stone in focus (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyriam/7040719721/) by sherbypictures (http://www.flickr.com/people/kyriam/), on Flickr

This song is by Rock Forest, a band whose members are from Sherbrooke ("Rock Forest" was one of our suburbs before it merged with Sherbrooke in 2001).

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[SignalHillHiker]

June 20, 2013

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http://www.newfoundland-photos.com/StJohnsScenes/St-Johns-in-the-Summer-Sun/i-fCWTCGd/0/XXXL/IMG_6534_edited-L.jpg (http://www.newfoundland-photos.com/StJohnsScenes/St-Johns-in-the-Summer-Sun/29883630_qfQbdH#!i=2586777694&k=fCWTCGd&lb=1&s=A)

[dleung]

I stumbled on an old Akira soundtrack in my phone playlist while driving across the Lions Gate Bridge yesterday, and thought it matched the setting perfectly

play right video when left video is around the 24s mark
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[MonkeyRonin]

:previous: Nice one, Akira had such an amazing soundtrack.

[MonkeyRonin]

Don't need any pictures here, this music video just captures that quintessential Toronto summer vibe perfectly.


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[logan5]

I always found d&b/jungle gave the best representation of an urban vibe.


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[HomeInMyShoes]

Regina needs no other song.

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[Acajack]

It's a been almost 30 years but Gatineau is still haunted by this song. Even today there are occasional reports of people in other regions of Quebec that bring up this song/band when people say they are from Gatineau.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXip-WvG8_E

[Acajack]

Present-day Gatineau is more like this, or at least like to fashion itself in this way. BTW this singer is not from here, he's from Montreal. It's still kind of Gatineau-esque, circa 2015.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC-efJBSkd4

[davidivivid]

L'Île d'Orléans, such a presence in the psyche of Quebec City. Here's Louis-Jean Cormier doing a cover of Félix Leclerc's ode to this beautiful Island: Le tour de l'Île.

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https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3429/3703445533_c107a0424b_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/6Dg8kc)2009_05_038_a (https://flic.kr/p/6Dg8kc) by ccpoirier (https://www.flickr.com/photos/57609464@N00/), sur Flickr


https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3194/2940015593_a5c95f1cfa_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/5tNmd2)Journée à l'Ile d'Orléans (https://flic.kr/p/5tNmd2) by Pierre-Olivier Fortin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pofortin/), sur Flickr

https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6177/6169478800_a80118b4ea_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/apbc79)Vue sur les Laurentides (https://flic.kr/p/apbc79) by André AUGER (https://www.flickr.com/photos/46911404@N07/), sur Flickr


https://farm1.staticflickr.com/335/19194145535_b49ac35355_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/vf81KH)Île d'Orléans (https://flic.kr/p/vf81KH) by Alexis Gros-Louis Houle (https://www.flickr.com/photos/awastoki/), sur Flickr

[Cyro]

Every time I think of Winnipeg and music it usually comes to my 1st personal choice, "Takin Care of Business" by BTO.
Played with Turners son for several years and he wouldn't let me forget this is the Peg, and our music scene is second to none. It pretty much sums up the cities attitude at the time..

Sorry for the old 74..non HD version..
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[SkydivePilot]

https://youtu.be/7WvXn8WS33g

Here's Regina's 1971's re-videoed version of the original Regina 1964's Wonderful Town, which is similar to Hamilton's.

Regina's has better linguistic flow though. Lol! ;)