Hot Dog: the Music Video

February 4, 2015 2:11 PM

Shred Kelly, a "five-piece "stoke-folk," banjo-driven band from the ski-bum town of Fernie, B.C" have just put out a video for their song Sing to the Night, which may not be the most Canadian video of all time, but it's still a lot of fun, and a bravura piece of one-shot backwards-skiing stoke-folk film-making.
posted by Flashman (19 comments total)

Their rafting trip with CBC Radio's Grant Lawrence is also entertaining.
posted by Flashman at 2:12 PM on February 4, 2015

I should have gone skiing this year. I should have gone skiing dressed like that.
posted by postcommunism at 2:17 PM on February 4, 2015

I should have gone everywhere dressed like that.

Great video, fun song! Thanks Flashman.
posted by Lemurrhea at 2:25 PM on February 4, 2015

Most Canadian Video of All Time?

and a close second
posted by MOWOG at 2:35 PM on February 4, 2015 [6 favorites]

stoke-folk is the greatest name for a music genre EVER!
posted by OHenryPacey at 2:36 PM on February 4, 2015

my nominee
posted by OHenryPacey at 2:40 PM on February 4, 2015 [3 favorites]

Pretty sure this one was linked here a while back. Reminds me of the part of Canada I grew up in, so it has my vote as Most Canadian ever.
posted by Hoopo at 3:00 PM on February 4, 2015 [7 favorites]

I wanted more shredding!
posted by GilloD at 3:05 PM on February 4, 2015

While it can't compete with some of the other videos nominated here, I'll always have a soft spot for this one.
posted by flyingfox at 3:19 PM on February 4, 2015 [3 favorites]

Shred Kelly's a super fun band to see and you all should go see them if they come to your town. They play here a few times a year and I always try to get out.

Things I noticed about the video:
- One take, that was pretty awesome.
- I used to ski on those skis?!?!?!
- Holy cow, Fernie's grown a lot since I was last there.
- no shotski?
posted by sauril at 3:47 PM on February 4, 2015 [1 favorite]

I'm in awe that that could have been done in one take, and filmed so well and so smoothly, presumably by someone facing backwards. Can that possibly be real? /notadownhillskier
posted by Miko at 4:37 PM on February 4, 2015

omg log drivers waltz!!!!

My entry.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 5:13 PM on February 4, 2015 [1 favorite]

Actually I gotta take that back. Stompin Tom. Anything by Stompin Tom Connors.
posted by Hoopo at 6:51 PM on February 4, 2015

the most canadian song:is here in how it combines economic desolation with romantic heartbreak:

will also take:

1) Anne Murrary's Snowbird
2) kd lang's cover of the Valley
3) Corb Lund's Tell Alberta I Say Hello
4) Stompin' Tom Connor's Bud the Spud
5) Buffy St Marie's Starwalker
6) Tanya Tagaq's Fracking
7) DOA Expo Hurts Everyone
8) Rita McNeil Working Man
9) Mitsou's Bye Bye Mon Cowboy
10) Hank Snow The Gold Rush Is Over
posted by PinkMoose at 7:39 PM on February 4, 2015

2) kd lang's cover of the Valley Hallelujah

All the other covers of that song can suck it.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 7:43 PM on February 4, 2015 [1 favorite]

(an argument could be made for a tribe called red, prooghandi!, the weakerthans, ac newman, dean brody, snow, rufus wainwright, the mcgarigle sisters, carole pope, gordon lightfoot, trooper, celine dion, every countrypolitan album made in rural quebec in the 1970s, nelly furtado, joni mitchell, the rankin family, dayglo abortions, martha and the muffins, ashley mcisaac, gilles vigneault, the smalls, dr jay the soca prince, owen pallett, anyone singing is the by in fort macmurray, or trooper)
posted by PinkMoose at 7:49 PM on February 4, 2015 [1 favorite]

a) the comments section on that article is like 70,000 comments long
b) fantastic retro ski stuff; spyder skintights and salomon step-in boots. wowzers! also, all the jumps they did were totally 70s/80s style.
posted by lalochezia at 7:57 PM on February 4, 2015

Thanks Flashman. Stuck here in a hotel in Houston, that's some light at the end of the tunnel!


(One take!)
posted by bumpkin at 9:26 PM on February 4, 2015

That was the idea bumpkin. I'll never pass up the chance to spread some Canadian goodness.
posted by Flashman at 12:29 PM on February 5, 2015