Comments on: Holy Fuck! Destroying Canadian Culture?

By: Trendwhore » From: Chad VanGaalen To: You

Trendwhore » From: Chad VanGaalen To: You — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:00:29 +0000

[…] You may think I rigging the TW poll (look to the right) but I’m not, I’m totally unbiased. If it were up to me I’d give the Polaris Prize to Fucked Up, since it would be simply poetic to have a band with such an “explicit” name win the most respected prize in Canadian music ( *ahem* besides a Juno ) after what happened to Holy Fuck last year. […]

By: isaac

isaac — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:18:39 +0000

the first thing i think when listening to politicians is how bad THEY represent their country.

By: felipe

felipe — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:36:41 +0000

the last thing i think when i listen to a band is how good/bad they represent their country.

By: rgsc

rgsc — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:47:24 +0000

sweet merciful crap. just as canadian music is at the cutting edge the canadian government is 20 years out of date. Someone needs to tell Harper that the culture wars and the debate over the National Endowment of the Arts funding Mapplethorpe and Serrano’s ‘Piss Christ’ happened in the states 20-fucking-years ago (and the Republicans didn’t come out looking to good on that score). Its the exact same goddam argument. This is so retrograde its laughable. Holy Fuck were nominated for a Juno and the Polaris and you can hear them on the soundtracks of loveable tv shows…argh. this makes feel ill. Elected officials defer all the time to experts (heaven knows that most ministers aren’t exactly authorities in their field - particularly when the cabinet gets shuffled more frequently than I get the oil changed in my car… and don’t even get me started on lobbyists) why should they feel qualified to be the arbitrar of taste here? (you make this point in your post but i felt it was worth repeating).

This is the first I heard of this story. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

By: wildwildwes

wildwildwes — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:12:06 +0000

Anne Howland, a spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Minister David Emerson, said this:

“Certainly we felt some of the groups were not necessarily ones we thought Canadians would agree were the best choices to be representing them internationally.”

And this:

“I don’t even want to say it (their name) on the phone. Holy F , that was one that was flagged.”

I’m disgusted in this decision and its justification.

By: wildwildwes

wildwildwes — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:29:05 +0000

Maybe she does! After all, Ozzy played at her Golden Jubilee.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:13:42 +0000

You’re right, wildwildwes. I saw these guys at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in June, and apart from giving me several eargasms, they completely destroyed Canada’s reputation (as boring, prim and proper folk, that is).

I wonder how they treat bands with naughty names elsewhere?

It’s quite possible that the Queen of England spins the Fuck Buttons record while sipping her afternoon tea….