RODEO SONG -best lyric

guitar is kinda hot on this lol. never heard. voted the opening line cos it seems very memorable

Interested in how widely known this is (outside Canada)

It definitely made it to my corner of the U.S. - my roommate at the time had a cassette that sounded like at least a third-generation copy with loads of tape hiss, but it was a hit when he played it at parties and it quickly spread around my circle of friends. We knew it was called "The Rodeo Song" but had no idea what band it was. I assumed they were from Texas or something, wouldn't have guessed they're Canadian.

Never heard this before but i have a premonition "he's a one ball man" is gonna stay with me

My dad had this on 45! Oh how cool and funny I thought all the swearing was. You kids have no idea how good you have it these days. You know, back in MY day this and “The Garden Song” by Filthy McNasty was all you had if you wanted to get your swearing-in-a-song fix. Anyway got to go with “Well it’s forty below and I don’t give a fuck”

I am most fond of the narrator bitching about someone's terrible square dancing skills

I assumed they were from Texas or something, wouldn't have guessed they're Canadian.

― Lee626, Tuesday, March 19, 2019 5:05 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, that's understandable.

there are some very canadian aspects to the song tho:

- it's 40 below and he's going to a rodeo, pretty canadian
- the use of "goof" as a harsh insult
- some of the "R' sounds - such as in "jerk" - are very rural canadian (to me)

One ball man gets the vote since the odds of the second verse being nearly as strong as the first verse should've been insurmountable

Written by Gaye Delorme, whose other big hit was "Earache My Eye" by Cheech and Chong. Also one of the most technically brilliant guitar players I've ever seen.

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Ya piss me off

Ya fuckin' jerk

Get on my nerves

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