The Weakerthans
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, The Weakerthans have produced four full albums with a variety of unusual subjects; a couple of songs are sung from the point of view of John’s cat Virtute (Ver-tu-tay). The Weakerthans are popular in their home city of Winnipeg; their song “One Great City!” expresses their love/hate relationship with the problems and attitude of Winnipeg. No matter their methods, though, one thing is clear: The Weakerthans are not afraid to venture into lyrical styles uncharted by their contemporaries. On their third album, Reconstruction Site, Samson penned three songs, “(Manifest)”, “(Hospital Vespers)”, and “(Past Due)”, in Shakespearean sonnet form.
One origin story for the band’s name, as quoted in the liner notes of Fallow, is a line from the 1992 film The Lover: “Go ahead, I’m weaker than you can possibly imagine.” The band’s name may also refer to a Ralph Chaplin quote from “Solidarity Forever”: “What force on Earth can be weaker than the feeble strength of one?” The band alludes to this line in the song “Pamphleteer” from the album Left and Leaving.
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Reconstruction Site
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BringMeTheCalm
Does anyone know any bands that are as good as "Sounds Familiar?"
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olipenguin
Best lyricist ever. A new name for everything! :)
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juanXbravo
Reunion tour is so damn flawless
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alakazam9891
this is the only band that matters tbh
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morticiagurl
Brilliant and poetic!
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alakazam9891
i feel
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mccuemike
Hard for me to describe how much the Weakerthans mean to me...every single song is excellent. By far my favourite band.
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gregorymichael
Listening to "Left and Leaving", that album, for the first time... once "Garage Sale" was the opening word I was hooked.
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northernbeach
Just discovered Samson's band. God songs.
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findpeace
"...like me remembering the way it could have been" John K. Samson is my favourite poet. Ever.
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brentastic
Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one
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alakazam9891
make your face the flag of a semaphore
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EpidemiKKK
oh god so good.
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lissssten
had i known about the Propaghandi sooner..i would have checked these guys out a long time ago
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timsears
@eddiemb As do I.
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eddiemb
I do like discovering bands by accident. :-)
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KNIFE_ME_IN
Another band with great lyrics: Karate
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alakazam9891
@decapit8hookers check out michael jordan touchdown pass
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FleckNATION
Ohio's on the way from CA to NY. Just sayin. If you need a place to crash or feel the urge to throw a show!
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