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What are some songs that either mention Western Manitoba or Brandon, or are about this region?  
 
Rick Neufeld (known for the song "Moody Manitoba Morning) has a song called "Souris River" on his album "Prairie Dog", what's interesting about this album is that much of the album features members of the Guess Who Burton Cummings, Bill Wallace and Garry Peterson accompagnying him on many tracks, including Souris River. This was possibly one of the last projects of "The Guess Who" before their breakup in 1975. The song mentions the region, including Brandon, with lyrics like "I remember as a youngster, I just could not sit still, and they'd pack us in the car and head up highway 10 and we land in the town of Brandon, and I thought it was such a city then", "ah the city kept developing when I first left my home, i just could not believe it, and the crowd(?) still alone". I have the mp3 of this song somewhere  
 
Neil Young - Prairie Wind.. Neil Young's Prairie Wind album has a general theme of prairies, a majority of the album actually takes place right in our backyard, in Cypress River, Manitoba, which is not far from Glenboro. The title track mentions Cypress River throughout the song "Trying to remember what my daddy said before too much time took away his head. He said we're going back and I'll show you what I'm talking about. Going back to Cypress River, back to the old farmhouse"  
 
The Guess Who - Lie Down.. "Have a disease free winter in Dauphin, and lie down"  
 
Lastly.. Mononc'Serge - Dans l'bois - "En se promenant, en traînant. D'ins rues de Winnipeg. Ou dans les rues de BRANDON. C'est encore pareil. Pas un mot de français. Ces francophones, où sont-ils? Statistique Canada les hallucine-t-il? Ben non, voyons. Ils sont, ils viennent, ils vont. Ils vivent là-bas. Dans l'bois".  
 
This roughly translates to (in the woods by My uncle Serge): "While walking on the trails, in the streets in Winnipeg, or in the streets of Brandon. It is still familiar, not a word of French. These Francophones.. where are they? Statistics Canada.. are they hallucinating? But no.. you see.. they are, they are coming. They live over there, in the woods!"  
What other songs can you think of?  
 
 
Edited by CL, 2009-07-28 23:36:49