downzy Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 So this happened...http://www.citynews.ca/2014/12/09/sweet-child-o-mine-pm-rocks-out-at-conservative-xmas-party/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Oe3Y9aQ4QcYep, that's Canada's current Prime Minister Stephen Harper butchering covering SCOM the other night...Sincerely,Canada 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentonneskeleton Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 You're welcome, everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 So that's what it was about! In the car this morning I heard a news headline "Stephen Harper or Axl Rose?". It was one those "wut?" moments, but I didn't get to hear what they were talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Man, I think that was a great performance. Prime Minister or not, he's just another human being who likes rock n' roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Still better than most recent Axl performances. Also, CANADA! FUCK YEAH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kater Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 He has some courage, if nothing else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. DJ Ashba on lead guitar!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Is this a leaked Velvet Revolver audition tape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I used to like that song.j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlsalinger Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Imagine how good he'd be if he rehearsed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner55 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I voted in his favour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturginho Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Imagine how good he'd be if he rehearsed.Axl or Harper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblefeet Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 So this happened...http://www.citynews.ca/2014/12/09/sweet-child-o-mine-pm-rocks-out-at-conservative-xmas-party/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Oe3Y9aQ4QcYep, that's Canada's current Prime Minister Stephen Harper butchering covering SCOM the other night...Sincerely,Canada Axl at 62 will sung like this"Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. DJ Ashba on lead guitar!"well the guitarist is at least on key and know how to play the intro riff (unlike Ashba) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jekylhyde Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 How did it go again? "He sounds bad cause youtube distorts his vocals. If you would've been there, it would've sounded different."But seriously, that was pretty good. Especially when you consider the fact that he's not a professional musician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downzy Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 I can't believe it took 13 posts before we got a "Blame Canada" reference... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 They actually turned it into an okay performance and mellowed the song out nicely. The only part that kind of sucked was his vocals on the outro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downzy Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 They actually turned it into an okay performance and mellowed the song out nicely. The only part that kind of sucked was his vocals on the outro. Yeah, it's not great, but considering the guy runs an actual country (and a good one, might I add) for his day job I suppose we should give him a pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakestar Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I like the guy, voted for him a couple times and will do so again next year...I just wish he'd do something about his hair. Why doesn't someone tell him that he looks like a gray haired lego man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Well I don't know...he seemed to be a good mood and was cracking jokes...looked less bloated, too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunzopolis Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 He's an arrogant knob. He's a great politician too. Not in the sense that his policies benefit most Canadians, but in the sense that he's good at politics: spinning and controlling the narrative.Back in the Reform/Canadian Alliance days, when the narrative was: "One day soon, we'll take back control from the baby killing, gay loving liberals, and install ourselves as puppets of Jesus from now until the Rapture, which is about to happen!", this shit would have never flew. Can you imagine?!But then somehow, they got a minority gov't. To get a majority though, they'd have to drop the whole moralistic/christian/700 club stuff. So they did. People have short memories, and they're also succeptiable to good marketing and the occult arts of "branding". A couple of years later, they had their majority. The evangelical base waited for them to make their big reveal - to go back to talking about Family Values and making veiled allusions to the Rapture. But it never happened. Everything this guy does is calculated. He won't give impromptu interviews to the media, but he starts a cover band? I guarantee there was a conversation about how playing SCOM would increase his likablity among certain demos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 He's an arrogant knob. He's a great politician too. Not in the sense that his policies benefit most Canadians, but in the sense that he's good at politics: spinning and controlling the narrative.Back in the Reform/Canadian Alliance days, when the narrative was: "One day soon, we'll take back control from the baby killing, gay loving liberals, and install ourselves as puppets of Jesus from now until the Rapture, which is about to happen!", this shit would have never flew. Can you imagine?!But then somehow, they got a minority gov't. To get a majority though, they'd have to drop the whole moralistic/christian/700 club stuff. So they did. People have short memories, and they're also succeptiable to good marketing and the occult arts of "branding". A couple of years later, they had their majority. The evangelical base waited for them to make their big reveal - to go back to talking about Family Values and making veiled allusions to the Rapture. But it never happened. Everything this guy does is calculated. He won't give impromptu interviews to the media, but he starts a cover band? I guarantee there was a conversation about how playing SCOM would increase his likablity among certain demos.Bingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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