Alicia Mae yes, I love the memories. Even 9 years later, people still listen to this. It plays every Tuesday, for “time warp Tuesday” because it goes back in time to share the memories.
YES. I FOUND IT! Every Friday it was my jam. It’s taken so long to remember why it sounded so upbeat, I forgot it was all done by voices and not instruments. I’ve been searching ‘Oh Canada that ends with CANADA’ and that really doesn’t help 😂
When I was in 7th and 8th grade they played this version a lot, and for whatever reason I always broke out into tears and laughter every time I heard it. Then again, I found everything funny at that age. Still remember getting sent into the hall during English class because the teacher made the absolutely terrible joke: 'What is an English teachers favourite dinosaur? A Thesaurus!' and I just couldn't stop laughing and the whole class was distracted. I miss those days (well, minus the day that ended early because of 9/11, could have done without that one).
I still remember they'd play this at random at my school, and on the last day one year, my class went all out and blew the neighbouring class out of the water by singing all parts on-point. It was glorious.
So happy to find this childhood gem! I remember the original version we had in our elementary (but not high school) to have had a shorter entrance and there was one voice more predominant and sounded a tad more enthusiastic but the same "bom bom bom" in the beginning, melody, and Français twist near the end.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR YEARS OMG!!!!!! I grew up listening to this back in elementary school, kindergarten through fifth grade. I just googled "group of men singing O Canada" and it linked this, I wish I tried that all those years ago but aaaaa I'm so happy I found it now!!
Imagine, you arrive at your school barely on time and you rush into the school. A warm rush of air meets you face as you separate from the cold, frosty air. You arrive in your class and quickly take off your jacket and hang up your backpack. You slowly walk across your class to get to your seat beside the window. You sit down and say hello to your fellow classmate and blankly stare out the window. You just now notice how intense the snowstorm you were just in was. Your mind starts to wander but is violently snapped back to reality when you hear your principal start talking. He goes through his usual doings, he announces the upcoming events happening in the school, such as the upcoming basketball games and soon approaching birthdays. Then just like everyday, the principal says, “Now will everyone stand for our national anthem.” You rise to your feet like everyone else. Some of the lazy kids put their knees on their chair. You wish you could do that too, but you don’t want to get in trouble. You listen closely and hear this cheesy tune.
Before today, I only heard this version of Oh Canada a handful of times when I was in junior high and high school. It was always a treat to hear it. I love the ending at 1:17 . It is perfect in every way.
stood up and listened to this being played every monday morning in the eighth grade at middle school, it was so much better then the opera version of o canada i had to listen to at school the years before, its good to hear it again.
At one point we had this version every day in my elementary school, at least for grade 7 and 8, and I can’t remember how long before that. As an acapella singer myself, it was great 😂.
For anyone looking for the actual version they heard in schools, here is the link to the CD; www.northwestmusic.ca/product/210150741001/ Here is a sample of the music; The Nylons - O' Canada (Amabile, Sample)
I walked out of class when this played, got in trouble a few times until I I finally got a note saying I have “misophonia” after that I was allowed to walk out of the school and sit their until the anthems done 😂
At my Junior High, they played this every day. I remember the whole class trying not to laugh the first time they heard it. Luckily, my older sister had told me about it before hand so I was prepared for it 😂😂
I just want to tell you when I was in Terry Fox public school. I used to hear it in announcements and I want to tell you like six years ago Isis here sometimes every day.
There is another version with the same format to this that was probably sang by black people, which I listened to at school. I can't find it on RU-vid.
My school flipped between this and two other super super serious and one completely instrumental version of O Canada at random... just to fuck with us lol
