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The Other Man (song)
"The Other Man" is a song by Canadian rock band Sloan. It was released as the second single from the band's sixth studio album, ''Pretty Together''. "The Other Man" was one of the top 35 most played songs on radio in Canada in 2002. Inspiration The song was inspired by Chris Murphy's relationship with Leslie Feist, which describes a love triangle between the two and Broken Social Scene member Andrew Whiteman David Andrew Patrick Whiteman is a Canadian musician and songwriter. Forming the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir in Toronto out of high school, he eventually left the band in 1993 after eight years. Whiteman went on to record ''Fear of Zen'' in 1995 ..., whom Feist was also seeing while dating Murphy. References 2001 songs 2001 singles Sloan (band) songs Songs written by Chris Murphy (Canadian musician) {{2000s-rock-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloan (band)
Sloan is a Canadian rock music, rock band based in Toronto and originally from Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Sloan have released thirteen full-length albums and have received nine Juno Award nominations, winning one. Between 1996 and 2016, Sloan was among the top 75 best-selling Canadian artists in Canada and among the top 25 best-selling Canadian bands in Canada. The band is known for their sharing of songwriting and lead vocals from each member of the group and their unaltered line-up throughout their career. History Formation (1986-1991) Chris Murphy (Canadian musician), Chris Murphy was introduced to Jay Ferguson (Canadian musician), Jay Ferguson through Matt Murphy (Canadian musician), Matt Murphy in 1986. The three played together in a band called "The Deluxe Boys". The band disbanded in 1987 and Ferguson and Murphy formed the band "Kearney Lake Rd." with Henri Sangalang in October of that year. In 1989, Murphy met and befriended Andrew Scott (drumm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty Together
''Pretty Together'' is the sixth studio album by the Canadian rock group Sloan. While the album still has the 1960s and 1970s influences of Sloan's previous albums, it is more melancholy with fewer of the upbeat songs found on previous albums. " If It Feels Good Do It" and " The Other Man" were the two singles released from the album, with the latter being a melancholy plea by Chris Murphy which marked a departure from the usual upbeat songs Murphy provides the group with. The album entered the Canadian Albums Chart at #12, and both singles received notable radio airplay in Canada. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album The Grammy Award for Best Rock Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the rock music genre. Honors in sev ... at the 2002 Juno Awards. Track listing Japanese bonus tracks B-sides * "Pretty Together (demo)" (''Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstream or commercial rock or pop music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to musicians influenced by the musical style or independent, DIY ethic, DIY ethos of late-1970s punk rock.di Perna, Alan. "Brave Noise—The History of Alternative Rock Guitar". ''Guitar World''. December 1995. Traditionally, alternative rock varied in terms of its sound, social context, and regional roots. Throughout the 1980s, magazines and zines, college radio airplay, and word of mouth had increased the prominence and highlighted the diversity of alternative rock's distinct styles (and music scenes), such as noise pop, indie rock, grunge, and shoegaze. In September 1988, Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' introduced "alternative" into their charting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murderecords
Murderecords is an independent record label that releases the music of the Canadian rock band Sloan. Originally formed in 1992 to produce just the records of that band, it later released work of other bands including Eric's Trip, The Hardship Post, Al Tuck, Stinkin' Rich, Hip Club Groove, The Inbreds, Thrush Hermit, and The Super Friendz, and was Canada's best-known indie label in the 1990s. Later, the roster was stripped bare, and released Sloan albums exclusively for nearly a decade. In 2008, however, albums by Will Currie and the Country French and Pony Da Look were released by the label. Releases and artists mur001 Sloan – Peppermint EP (cd/cass) mur002 Eric's Trip – Peter EP (cd/cass) mur003 Hardship Post – Hack EP (cd/cass) mur004 Thrush Hermit – Smart Bomb EP (cd/cass) mur005 Eric's Trip/Sloan – Stove/Smother (split 7-inch vinyl) mur006 Al Tuck and No Action – Arhoolie (cass only) mur007 Hardship Post – Why Don't You and I Smooth Things Over (7-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BMG Music Canada
BMG Music Canada was the Canadian division of BMG, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. History BMG was formed in 1970. In 1986, it acquired RCA Records. In the acquisition, the company acquired RCA Victor Ltd. to form BMG Music Canada as part of a worldwide renaming of RCA's international division to BMG. The next year BMG created a Canadian division of Ariola Records with BMG International, N.V. Previously working for Henri Dès albums, it acquired the Lanoraie, Quebec-based Interdisc Distribution Inc. to form BMG Québec, in 1990, originally as BMG Musique du Québec under the direction of Nicolas Ferrier. In the 1990s BMG released a number of dance compilation albums. In 1995, Paul Alofs was appointed President of BMG Canada, and former artist manager Keith Porteous was promoted to Vice President. Soon after, BMG arranged to be the Canadian distributor for the band Treble Charger. In 1998, Lisa Zbitnew who had served as General Manager the previous year, was appointed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Murphy (Canadian Musician)
Chris Murphy (born November 7, 1968) is a member of the Canadian rock band Sloan. Early life Murphy was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. His family later moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where his father obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. He later moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he attended Halifax West High School and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Musical career Murphy originally formed Sloan with Jay Ferguson. Murphy is the band's primary bassist, occasionally switching to drums or guitar, and is one of the band's two main singers; he sings lead on about 40 percent of the band's songs and backup harmony vocals on most of the others. Murphy has written several Sloan songs that have been released as singles, including "Underwhelmed" (from the album ''Smeared''), "Coax Me" (from ''Twice Removed''), "G Turns to D" (from '' One Chord to Another''), "She Says What She Means" (from '' Navy Blues''), " The Other Man" (from ''Pretty T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If It Feels Good Do It
"If It Feels Good Do It" is a song by Canadian rock band Sloan. It was released as the lead single from the band's sixth studio album, ''Pretty Together''. The song was first made available online in August 2001. The song was nominated for Best Single at the 2002 Juno Awards. The song is featured on the soundtrack of the EA Sports video game Triple Play 2002 and is also featured in the 2004 film '' The Girl Next Door''. Music video The music video for "If It Feels Good Do It" was directed by Noble Jones. There are two different versions of the music video. The original version, known as the "People Version", which aired in Canada features a transition between the band playing and commentary of several people expressing their opinion on what rock and roll is about (in reference to Chris Murphy's opening line of the song). This version also features a cameo by Canadian rock musician Danko Jones. The other version, known as the "Performance Version", which aired in the U.S. feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rest Of My Life (Sloan Song)
"The Rest of My Life" is a song by Canadian rock Rock music of Canada is a wide and diverse part of the general music of Canada, beginning with American and British style rock and roll in the mid-20th century. Since then Canada has had a considerable impact on the development of the modern po ... band Sloan. The song was released as the first single from the band's seventh studio album, '' Action Pact''. The song received notable radio airplay, being the #1 most added single at radio by the Canadian Music Network. References 2003 singles Sloan (band) songs 2003 songs Songs written by Chris Murphy (Canadian musician) RCA Records singles Song recordings produced by Tom Rothrock Canadian patriotic songs {{2000s-rock-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Rock
Rock music of Canada is a wide and diverse part of the general music of Canada, beginning with American and British style rock and roll in the mid-20th century. Since then Canada has had a considerable impact on the development of the modern popular music called rock. Canada has produced many of the genre's most significant groups and performers, while contributing substantively to the development of the most popular subgenres, which include pop rock, progressive rock, country rock, folk rock, hard rock, punk rock, heavy metal and indie rock.Requires running a searches for Artist or year Background Since before Canada's emergence as a nation in 1867, the country has produced its own composers, musicians and ensembles. From the 17th century onward, Canada has developed a music infrastructure, that includes concert halls, conservatories, academies, performing arts centres, record companies, radio stations and national music video television channels. The success of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Murphy (Canadian Musician)
Chris Murphy (born November 7, 1968) is a member of the Canadian rock band Sloan. Early life Murphy was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. His family later moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where his father obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. He later moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he attended Halifax West High School and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Musical career Murphy originally formed Sloan with Jay Ferguson. Murphy is the band's primary bassist, occasionally switching to drums or guitar, and is one of the band's two main singers; he sings lead on about 40 percent of the band's songs and backup harmony vocals on most of the others. Murphy has written several Sloan songs that have been released as singles, including "Underwhelmed" (from the album ''Smeared''), "Coax Me" (from ''Twice Removed''), "G Turns to D" (from '' One Chord to Another''), "She Says What She Means" (from '' Navy Blues''), " The Other Man" (from ''Pretty T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feist (singer)
Leslie Feist (born 13 February 1976), known Mononymous person, mononymously as Feist, is a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. Feist launched her solo music career in 1999 with the release of ''Monarch''. Her subsequent studio albums, ''Let It Die (album), Let It Die'', released in 2004, and ''The Reminder'', released in 2007, were critically acclaimed and commercially successful, selling over 2.5 million copies. ''The Reminder'' earned Feist four Grammy nominations, including a nomination for Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Best New Artist. She has received 11 Juno Awards, including two Artist of the Year. Her fourth studio album, ''Metals (album), Metals'', was released in 2011. In 2012, Feist collaborated on a split EP with metal group Mastodon (band), Mastodon, releasing an interactive music video in the process. Feist received three Juno awards at the 2012 ceremo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene is a Canadians, Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed by Kevin Drew (vocals, guitar) and Brendan Canning (vocals, bass) in 1999. Alongside Drew and Canning, the other core members of the band are Justin Peroff (drums), Andrew Whiteman (guitar) and Charles Spearin (guitar). Most of its members play in various other groups and solo projects, mainly in the city of Toronto. These associated acts include Metric (band), Metric, Feist (singer), Feist, Stars (Canadian band), Stars, Apostle of Hustle, Do Make Say Think, KC Accidental, Emily Haines, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, Amy Millan, and Jason Collett. The group's sound combines elements of all of its members' respective musical projects, and is occasionally considered baroque pop. It includes grand orchestrations featuring guitars, horns, woodwinds, and violins, unusual song structures, and an experimental, and sometimes chaotic producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
