Revealed: 49 from North of the 49th

A few weeks ago I wrote about a contest that CBC Radio 2 was putting on to come up with a play list of songs for Barak Obama. They announced the winners last week and presumably an MP3 player with the 49 tunes is on its way to the President.

The final list is an interesting mix, even if "I Lost My Baby" didn't make the cut:

Affairs of the Heart – Marian Mozetich
American Woman – The Guess Who
Barber: Violin Concerto – James Ehnes
Bobcaygeon – The Tragically Hip
Bost Sides Now – Joni Mitchell
Brother (Watching) – Shad
Canada’s Really Big – Arrogant Worms
The Canadian Dream - Sam Roberts
Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Gordon Lightfoot
A Case of You - Joni Mitchell
Closer to the Heart – Rush
Dégénération - Mes Aïeux
Democracy - Leonard Cohen
Departure Bay - Diana Krall
Évangéline - Marie-Jo Thério
Four Strong Winds - Ian & Sylvia
Goin' Up a Yonder - Measha Brueggergosman
Goldberg Variations - Glenn Gould
Hallelujah - k.d. lang
Helpless- Neil Young
The Hockey Song - Stompin' Tom Connors
Home - Michael Bublé
Hymn to Freedom - Oscar Peterson Trio
If I Had $1,000,000 - Barenaked Ladies
J'ai quitté mon île - Daniel Lavoie
Jolie Louise - Daniel Lanois
La complainte du phoque en Alaska - Beau Dommage
Mario Takes a Walk - Jesse Cook
Mon pays - Gilles Vigneault
Montréal -40C – Malajube
Northwest Passage - Stan Rogers
One Great City! - The Weakerthans
Ordinary Day - Great Big Sea
Oublie-pas - Karkwa
Place St. Henri (from Canadiana Suite) - Oscar Peterson Trio
Pour un instant – Harmonium
Quand les hommes vivront d'amour - Raymond Lévesque
Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
Rêver mieux - Daniel Bélanger
Rise Again - The Rankin Family
Rise Up - Parachute Club
Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young
Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
Swingin' Shepherd Blues - Moe Koffman
Universal Soldier - Buffy Sainte-Marie
We'll Gather Lilacs - Ben Heppner
Wheat Kings - The Tragically Hip
Wondering Where the Lions Are - Bruce Cockburn


To be honest, there are a lot of songs that wouldn't make it on my list. Come to think of it, that sounds like a good idea for a future post. I think I'll take the next couple of days to come up with my own play list of 49 songs from north of the 49th. In the meantime, check out some of the songs on the "official" list.