Sometimes I wonder, if the kids of today will look back at 2000’s Canadian music like we look back at 90’s Canadian music.
Will Edgefest 2027 feature Broken Social Scene, Metric and Stars and all them adults will be like yeah! I listened to these guys in my formative years!
I really don’t know.
Zuckerbaby was some Calgary band I recall liking for a very short period of time in my first year of university. I think I saw them in concert. I don’t know why I thought of them but I did. I think I actually purchased their CD at one point off Columbia House. Remember them? 13 cd’s for 1 cent as long as you bought 3 cds for the rest of the year. I totally did Columbia House and BMG. It was pretty weird business model they had. Think about it:
– 13 CD’s for Free – if you purchase 3 cd’s for the rest of the year or something.
– CD’s are priced at like 15-20$, but then you just had to wait for 2 for 1 or 3 for 1 deals.
– If you introduce a friend, you get 4 cd’s for free. So you make a deal with your friend to join and give him 1 free cd out of the four
– I found out if you complain to them about sending you a wrong cd or a broken cd case, they will resend you the cd and also give you free ones. Obviously you don’t do this all the time, but..
Anyways, how is that a good business model?
The weird thing is, it was actually hard to pick 13 cds for free at once, specially if you didn’t know a whole lot about music. Why do I have the Dumb & Dumber soundtrack, for example.
Back to this Zuckerbaby band. I think they were only popular out west, because they are from Calgary and I was in Edmonton at the time. This might have been their only hit song and like most Canadian bands at the time, they probably took themselves too seriously and wanted to pepper all their tracks with grandiose metaphors. I really just don’t know what they are saying. Take a look at these lyrics
You paint your body beautiful
All the colours of the sky
Blinded by bubblegum
I never asked you why
If this is heaven we’ll be alright
If this is hell it’s way past midnight
It’s a mistake now Andromeda
It’s much too late for Andromeda
Can’t see through this cloud of euphoria
It’s a mistake now Andromeda
Don’t choke on the stardust baby
WTF?
Have a listen
The band broke up sometime around Y2K but reformed in 2006 at Coachella. But really, in Calgary somewhere. I don’t know where they are now.