To end on a lighter note: my merry men in the vanguard report that we shall soon find ourselves further in the Northern Lands of Kingdom Can Con. One day, I hope to muster the courage to actually sit down and listen to this thing and try to analyze it on its own.īut, right now, with a wife and son, I don’t want to tempt fate. But I just can’t shake it with this song. I would like to think that this stuff does not get to me (portents, premonitions, that sort of thing). Since, there were two more occasions where this song was playing in the background as I got my heart broken. I thought we would be together for that summer and for all of Grade 7 and beyond. I am slow dancing with my crush to this song. The mythology of a “prince of thieves”, as I understood it from the books and my own imagination, was nowhere to be found.įast forward to Grade 6. It was a disappointment to 7 year old me.
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Saying “we’ll see.” I never did get to see the movie in the theatres.īut my parents bought me the VHS when it was first released. Was an ad on the radio that blew my mind: Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves. I remember running around in the back yard with green cap, green t-shirt made to look like a tunic, makeshift bow and arrow, when, suddenly, there Side note: the previous summer that gas station had a cool Italia ’90 soccer ball, which in the summer of ’91 now served as a cannonball against the Sheriff of Nottinghams’ forces. There were medieval themed Legos around that time, and the Robin Hood-esque sets were my favorite.įurther, one of the major gas stations around Toronto had a set of kids’ books, which you could collect as part of a loyalty program/points thing.
Since Christmas 1990, I was obssessed with Robin Hood. Did you read Mark Lanegan’s book? If so, replace every story about drugs and violence and replace with all things hockey (scores anecdotes, prophecies, etc.) It’s awesome.Īs for this tune, here goes. The Canadian version of Our Band Could be Your Life.ģ. Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk. Have Not Been the Same: an easy read of a tome, summarizing Alt Rock in Canada from 1985 to 1995.Ģ. Should you require a palette-cleanser, please see the following:ġ. I will begin with my obligatory patriotic duty. Thank you everyone for the warm welcome on Monday.
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