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Update: TWN has reverted back to the stale local forecast music. Dopes.

Also, coming out of left field a little bit here, recalling the Degrassi discussion in which I was totally lost, I just came across another great Canadian show that I watched when I was younger. Actually had no idea it was Canadian until just now, but anybody remember Daring and Grace? Which was on the air, holy fuck, like 10-11 years ago.

I'm starting to feel like Dwiebe...

But TWN has launched a contest to pick the next local forecast track! Seriously. There are 5 tracks we get to choose from:

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vckj-Razt7Q

2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrAWlyAdoOE

3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTwDn_otII4

4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixnwVt42Qjs

5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9TEEL3ENvE

First impressions of each (since this is probably the only Canadian music contest around for the forseeable future ) :

1) Strings? Really? Alright. Not a bad track, but I'm a bit iffy on how well it suits the LF. It would probably get old fast.

2) What a clumsy sounding tune. Kind of has a "Mr. Rogers" feel to it though with the piano.

3) The Christmas local forecast music, minus the bells in the background. Probably has an advantage over the others since people are likely kind of used to it and had sub-consciously started the mental switch from the old crap. Definitely has a nice hook.

4) This is my favorite. Love the up-tempo beat. The lone comment on Youtube has a valid point though that it would make sense as highway conditions music.

5) Similar to #2 in that it's very jazz. Far better though. Very lounge/elevator type music. Probably the best suited tune for the LF.

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Voting begins on January 18th.

MikiBoi wrote:

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I knew you were going to post about the local songs. I was waiting for it.

I didn't know voting started on Jan 18. I kept on going to the website and couldn't find a link to vote and found it weird cause they were playing all the songs and I was like WTF.

I was in bed last night and flicked on TWN to music I hadn't heard before. I sat up and was like "Local Song #2...WTF?"

And yeah, there's like no PR about the contest anywhere besides Youtube. Dwiebe should get on that.

Shania Twain is a good description for #4. I agree about which choices are acceptable winners. 1 & 2 need to go back in the box.

suckshardcore wrote:

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Also I have a vague feeling smartguy already posted something about this.

Chris Labelle? Aside from being one of my picks for your post-Idol song game, I don't think I've ever brought him up.

Could be wrong though.

"Living on a long Shot" could do really well on the radio, and he could do well because of it if they promote him right. And since he's not with SBMG, he might actually have a shot.