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Another Loser Anthem

By David Topping

The winner of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada Anthem Challenge was announced tonight, and it’s not that kid from Toronto, that savant from Aurora, or that conflict-of-interest-y guy: it’s “Canadian Gold” by Albertan music teacher Colin Oberst! (No relation.) The song’s not bad, but its win over 14,000 other anthems demonstrates that what the CBC—and, we guess, the Canadian public, who picked this song out of the final five— really wanted to replace one of our country’s iconic songs was something safe, a little on the dull side, and more than a little generic. We’re sure that CTV is pretty happy about the whole thing, though.

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  • rek

    Meh. I don’t watch hockey so I’m not going to pretend I care what the new anthem sounds like, but I bet if you wait a few years the winning tune will be revamped into something more suitable.

  • joey

    if it couldn’t be hockey scores, i was hoping it would be oberst’s anthem… i think it’ll age well

  • bberry

    I don’t know about the 14k entries, but I thought the winning song was clearly the best of the 5 on offer. I’m glad it won.

  • reetdoontoon

    it sounds like a mannheim steamroller christmas song to me.

  • Skippy the Magical Racegoat

    I’m hearing a variation on the Star Wars theme with bagpipes. I preferred the kid’s contribution (right after Hockey Scores, of course).