NO101 Chapter Notes -The Guess Who, Anti-Americanism, Collective Identity
Document Summary
Describes the usa in negative light: las vegas lights, vietnam war draft. A drive for canadianness- remove american influence/ control. Canada is a male overpowered by the female usa (odd) Canadian culture defined by who we aren"t *american. There is a growing music production scene in canada. The song is key because there is nothing like this (iconic, political) at the time and even still: lyrics can be interpreted (simple enough they can have many meanings) Is the song relevant today: collective identity, continued anti- americanism, canadian culture rejects usa (true or untrue?) Music today is based on beats not lyrics (clubs, etc don"t play music with words very often) Against mainstream music (smaller band singing about meaningful things: sells to canadian audience which is rare (better/ easier to make it big in usa- artists constantly moving to la to find fame- selling out?)
