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Jesuis desoleBut why would I want to steal a priest's shoes? 
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okay, y'all knew that I had a bunch of real titles stuck in my hip pocket:
o How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?
o I've Been Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart
o I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You
o My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend And I Sure Do Miss Him
and, of course...
o Drop-Kick Me Jesus Through The Goalposts Of Life
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Country-Western songs have such great titles ... to me they are so *American* (Forgive me Canadian friends.)
Oh, and is there a similar genre of Canadian songs?
How about other countries? Anyone?
C-W songs make the Pop and Classic titles seem so ...well, ordinary.
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Jesuis desole
But why would I want to steal a priest's shoes? Oh, dear, I misread this. I thought he was desoleil - you wanted to keep the priest in the dark 
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[hide head in shame emoticon] I have to admit I have no idea if there is similar C&W type music in Canada. In Québec we mostly have "voice of the people" singers who sing in "joual" - the oral slang used by the common man.
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Country-Western songs have such great titles ... to me they are so *American* (Forgive me Canadian friends.)
Oh, and is there a similar genre of Canadian songs?
How about other countries? Anyone?
I think that the spawning of that particular evil was indeed a uniquely US'n crime [Max-knows-he's-a-dead-man-walking-emoticon]
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>>[Max-knows-he's-a-dead-man-walking-emoticon] Max, I think you'll find the syntax is 
Hope that helps
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Of course Canada has county music! You even have your own "coal miners daughter" Anne Murray.
Her father was a coal miner in Nova Scotia-- where the mines run out under the ocean-- and a cave in mean drowning.
and any number of "american" country singers are really canadians (Gorden Lightfoot, etc).. but it is country music, not Country/western -- well I only know of country music .. I don't much like c/w, here and there a song, but its not in my top ten list of favorite types. There might well be Canadian C/W music available on station in centeral canada--(never been there) and never looked for it.
Country music, old style (my preference) or more modern country-- is an extention of "folk music"-- and american folk music is as old as the ages-- "Barbara Allen" is still sung.
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People tend to groan when they hear the name Anne Murray, mostly because she's the only singer from the East Coast that everyone's heard of, and people keep giving her awards all the time, as if there will never be another famous East Coast singer!
I don't think we have an equivalent of Country and Western the way the Americans do it, but we do have famous singers who sang about Canadian stuff during that same era, and likely in that same style. Stompin' Tom Connors comes to mind. (Of course, he's from the East Coast, so you can't really call him Country'n'Western). Wilf Carter? I think I've just exhausted my C'n'W knowledge base.
The problem is that many Americans don't know which of "their" famous people are actually Canadian. And then we get much of our entertainment from the US, so they don't tell us. So then we don't know either. And we find out years later that so-and-so was actually Canadian.
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Oh Bean. I LOVE Stompin Tom. He is such a gem. I remember listening to his show when I was young. Thanks for the memory boost.
Great big C is a fabulous East coast / Maritime band.
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