A Farewell to Kings

April 11, 2023 4:30 AM

Every Canadian Prime Minister as the lead singer of a 1980s metal band (sltwitter)
posted by They sucked his brains out! (34 comments total)

good post title

yes
posted by DoctorFedora at 5:06 AM on April 11, 2023 [3 favorites]

O CANADAI!
posted by chavenet at 6:11 AM on April 11, 2023

dang. saw only two comments and thought surely I'd be the first to praise the post title.

also: I wanna party with Sir Wilfrid Laurier!
posted by martin q blank at 6:22 AM on April 11, 2023

Jean Chretien is giving me Trevor Phillips vibes.
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 6:29 AM on April 11, 2023

John A has some Geddy Lee vibes
posted by Popular Ethics at 6:35 AM on April 11, 2023 [1 favorite]

I'm not sure whether these were done by a human or an AI but they messed up the Harper pretty badly by giving it human eyes. The thing about a Harper is it's got... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When it comes at you, it doesn't seem to be livin'... until it bites you.

Proof. Luckily, AFAICT the kitten survived.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 6:54 AM on April 11, 2023 [15 favorites]

Technically, a Harper also needs to be wearing the signature sweater vest.
posted by bonehead at 6:56 AM on April 11, 2023

10. William Lyon Mackenzie King

I'd class this one as "less metal, more like 'frontman for Les Graines Maudites, a loving tribute to Nick Cave.'"
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 7:05 AM on April 11, 2023 [3 favorites]

That badass version of John Diefenbaker seems like he would make a lovely couple with Rob Halford, perhaps sharing a little row house with a garden in Staffordshire.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:18 AM on April 11, 2023 [1 favorite]

The cheekbones!
posted by Mogur at 7:23 AM on April 11, 2023 [1 favorite]

Hey that's cheating! RB Bennet was actually in Whitesnake.
posted by The_Vegetables at 7:59 AM on April 11, 2023 [1 favorite]

Loggins and Messina and Bowell. they wouldn't have kicked him out if he had a better stage last name.
posted by The_Vegetables at 8:03 AM on April 11, 2023 [1 favorite]

I don't know why, but "Loggins and Messina" has always sounded to me like it should be the name for a restaurant chain.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 8:21 AM on April 11, 2023 [2 favorites]

but "Loggins and Messina" has always sounded to me like it should be the name for a restaurant chain.

It has strong 'steak house' vibes.
posted by The_Vegetables at 8:29 AM on April 11, 2023 [2 favorites]

I'm getting real "dad who's trying too hard to be cool" vibes off of Joe Clark. Some people just can't be made cool, I guess; Joe Clark, bless his heart, was probably one of them.
posted by Johnny Assay at 8:32 AM on April 11, 2023 [2 favorites]

remember when Canadian conservatism was relatively decent? we surely miss Joe Clark

and never forget the Joe Clark fist-with-thumb for emphasis
posted by elkevelvet at 8:44 AM on April 11, 2023 [3 favorites]

Lester Pearson gives shades of Neil Young, rockin in a free world.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 8:50 AM on April 11, 2023 [1 favorite]

but "Loggins and Messina" has always sounded to me like it should be the name for a restaurant chain.


Loggins' Messina Steak House.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:52 AM on April 11, 2023 [2 favorites]

The first thing I thought when I saw these is that I desperately want to write a trivia night and use these as the image round.
posted by jacquilynne at 8:57 AM on April 11, 2023 [1 favorite]

I'm not sure whether these were done by a human or an AI but they messed up the Harper pretty badly by giving it human eyes.

The first of the nasty portraits of nasty people I did was Stephen Harper back in 2015. I focused on making his eyes as a dead as possible, so yes, this comment is spot on.
These feel like AI; there's still a trace of the uncanny valley in the image though some of them, like Mulroney with his non metal synth band hair, are hilarious.

My 'paughtrait' of Stephen Harper.
posted by Phlegmco(tm) at 9:35 AM on April 11, 2023 [2 favorites]

lester b pearson appears to suffer from nonsyndromic holoprosencephaly characterized by a single central front tooth like some extremely litigious actors
posted by logicpunk at 9:55 AM on April 11, 2023

Here for the Jean Chretien skullet.
posted by Sauce Trough at 10:03 AM on April 11, 2023 [4 favorites]

Hmm, Joe Clark is the only one who looks out of place, really. Even that old genocider John A. looks like he could be belting out Metallica covers at your local bar.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 10:37 AM on April 11, 2023

I'm pretty sure Sir Mackenzie Bowell isn't doing 80s metal, more like 70s country-flavored rock, he probably sat in with the Eagles for a session or two.
posted by tavella at 10:37 AM on April 11, 2023

it's cute bc some of these people enabled war crimes and mass human rights abuses and we put them in getups and funny hair haha
posted by paimapi at 10:58 AM on April 11, 2023

Some people just can't be made cool, I guess; Joe Clark, bless his heart, was probably one of them.

He’s cool in an odd uncle kind of way. He’s still listed (or at least, was a few years ago) in the phone book and his low profile means he has said he gets telemarketer calls for “Mr. R. T. Hon.”
posted by ricochet biscuit at 11:12 AM on April 11, 2023 [3 favorites]

Did not realize Joe Clark is still alive. Wow.
posted by brachiopod at 12:24 PM on April 11, 2023

A lot of these look like they could be played by John C Reilly
posted by dismas at 2:04 PM on April 11, 2023 [3 favorites]

I'll just leave this here.
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 6:46 PM on April 11, 2023 [4 favorites]

Justin Trudeau is the first Prime Minister I can imagine listening to rock and roll of any kind, but probably just The Arcade Fire.
posted by rodlymight at 8:12 PM on April 11, 2023 [2 favorites]

Did not realize Joe Clark is still alive. Wow.

It surprised me a little too until I learned that he was the youngest Canadian PM ever — assuming the office the day before his 40th birthday. He's 83 now, about the same age as Brian Mulroney & Paul Martin and five years younger (!) than Jean Chrétien.
posted by Johnny Assay at 4:59 AM on April 12, 2023

I'm not sure whether these were done by a human or an AI but they messed up the Harper pretty badly by giving it human eyes. The thing about a Harper is it's got... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When it comes at you, it doesn't seem to be livin'... until it bites you.

cf Karla Homolka eyes
posted by St. Peepsburg at 5:29 PM on April 13, 2023

Also shoulda put John A with a badass glass of liquor
posted by St. Peepsburg at 6:33 PM on April 13, 2023 [1 favorite]

Follow up: Canadian Prime Ministers as hobbits!
posted by vasi at 1:39 AM on April 15, 2023 [1 favorite]