tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post742051485214161906..comments2024-02-17T03:22:53.951-05:00Comments on No Dogs or Anglophones: Quebec Summer Festival Stands Firm - English StaysEditorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699783315783642466noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-41212636962229546702011-01-04T23:33:15.660-05:002011-01-04T23:33:15.660-05:00I think Quebec City has decided not to play second...I think Quebec City has decided not to play second fiddle to Montreal. They seem to be aiming at turning their city into a major world city by attracting these big names bands. Good or bad, they are certainly big name groups. Montreal's whinny plateau clic doesn't want to see that happen. They want their separatists/francophone/communist society safe from any outside influences. Sorry, but not everybody wants to be tied down to that ideology. Rock on Quebec City. Rock on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-43664591489359933802011-01-04T19:21:21.025-05:002011-01-04T19:21:21.025-05:00Justin said...
"But don't pretend for on...Justin said...<br /> "But don't pretend for one minute that this is about "excellence in music," the big names you mention are no original or excellent in musical performance than Marie Mai is, they are all equally average, it merely comes down to stage performance and celebrity sycophancy. "<br /><br />It's not as simple as that. You've mentioned considering "Madonna" or "Lady Gaga" excellent is purely a matter of taste and not a fact, I'd have to agree but local talent hardly compares to what international stars have to offer. Even if we were to forget the obvious difference in languages being used, one can't ignore the huge gap in terms of overall music/song production, stage presence and actual performance quality of an international star vs government subsidized "Quebecois" artists.TheLinguisticMinoritynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-38378963062004720142011-01-04T17:03:51.554-05:002011-01-04T17:03:51.554-05:00"Anglo-Canadians are just window shoppers for..."Anglo-Canadians are just window shoppers for a musical pop culture they can't produce on their own."<br /><br />Are you kidding???! English Canada has produced a huge number of top-notch singers and bands. <br /><br />Check out the following link at wikipedia:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_rockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-28556079335391171592011-01-04T15:31:28.159-05:002011-01-04T15:31:28.159-05:00You offer no criteria as to judge what is excellen...You offer no criteria as to judge what is excellent music. <br /><br />Are you really telling me that Lady Gaga and Madonna are "excellent" musicians. Do you really want us to believe that it is their command of music that draws crowds or the stage show. They are big acts, they are international pop stars. The language of international pop music is English and has been for a long time. These are facts, and obviously the Festival D'Ete wants to have a bigger profile than Quebec musicians. <br /><br />But don't pretend for one minute that this is about "excellence in music," the big names you mention are no original or excellent in musical performance than Marie Mai is, they are all equally average, it merely comes down to stage performance and celebrity sycophancy. <br /><br />It is also telling the to make it big in any sense musicians have to come to the United States. Anglo-Canadians are just window shoppers for a musical pop culture they can't produce on their own. Not that this is a bad thing, because 90% of what is popular in the USA is pandering to the lowest common denominator.<br /><br />So, I fail to see this is a battle between "excellent" American musicians and sub par Quebecois acts. It is merely a battle between the American musical juggernaut, and regional acts in the French language.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600763700354684130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-50445039016873093222011-01-04T14:20:45.595-05:002011-01-04T14:20:45.595-05:00Saw Gregory Charles in Laval a few years ago, he&#...Saw Gregory Charles in Laval a few years ago, he's a lot of fun. Ariane Moffatt is pretty good, so are Cowboys Frignant and some of Gilles Vigneault's stuff. Who on earth is Marjo?louisianiennenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-89613206304114504442011-01-04T14:03:20.975-05:002011-01-04T14:03:20.975-05:00Kinda makes you wonder whether our province’s pere...Kinda makes you wonder whether our province’s perennial cultural “struggle” is most faithfully represented using a David versus Goliath narrative, or if it’s more fairly depicted by imagining an overindulged sixteen year old with a “queen bee” attitude who thinks she’s prettier than she really is…Apparatchiknoreply@blogger.com