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Summer of Change Your Mind: Day 3


Editor’s note: Canadian of the Week has taken on the task of joining two massive and seemingly destined musical forces: “Glee” and Bryan Adams. The Kingston, Ont., native reportedly is the last major holdout among pop artists who have been asked to make their music available to the show. Can we make it happen? You can’t tell us it’s not worth fighting for. We can’t help it — there’s nothing we want more. Thus, this is the “Summer of Change Your Mind.”

It’s Day 3 of the “Summer of Change Your Mind” and it might be time to consider a new campaign name.

As we told you almost immediately after the first “Summer of Change Your Mind” post was published, Bryan Adams tweeted back in March that he’d never been contacted by the show.

And last night, Bryan took to Twitter again, and it appears we’ve ignited an all-out Twitter battle. Here is what Bryan posted last night:

“Message to Ryan Murphy / Glee: Please stop telling the press I rejected your show, when we’ve NEVER spoken. Be polite and pick up the phone.”

There you have it. The Twitter feud rages in true Canadian style, with a plea for politeness and an invitation to chat via telephone.

For starters, Canadian of the Week is going to choose to believe last night’s tweet was in response to the “Summer of Change Your Mind” campaign for two reasons.

1. Because Ryan Murphy’s quote about Bryan Adams’ alleged rejection came out last night and we’re pretty much the only site still talking about it, including a tweet from our @canadiansrule account Wednesday afternoon that mentioned @BryanAdams.

2. Because it makes us feel good.

So, it appears this could all just be a big misunderstanding. Adams clearly feels like “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy has been a bit reckless in his comments to the media. Let’s hope this hasn’t triggered any bad blood, because if there’s one thing we can all agree on it’s that we’d love to see Bryan’s songs performed by the “Glee” kids, and that’s what this is really all about.

Because, Bryan, the only thing that looks good on ‘Glee’ is you.

Could this be a moment to stop and consider a new name for the “Summer of Change Your Mind”? Perhaps not. It wouldn’t bode well, and we can’t stop this thing we started. But one possibility could be the “Summer of Who’s Been Lyin’?”

For our part, Canadian of the Week is leaning toward Team Bryan on this one, but we can’t think of a reason why Ryan Murphy would have pulled Bryan’s name out of the clear blue sky if there had never been an attempt to connect in the first place. Of course, this could be a case of someone’s “people” talked to someone else’s “people” and the message never got all the way to Bryan, himself.

We’re still trying to figure this thing out. Another update tomorrow…

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Summer of Change Your Mind: Day 2


Editor’s note: Canadian of the Week has taken on the task of joining two massive and seemingly destined musical forces: “Glee” and Bryan Adams. The Kingston, Ont., native reportedly is the last major holdout among pop artists who have been asked to make their music available to the show. Can we make it happen? You can’t tell us it’s not worth fighting for. We can’t help it — there’s nothing we want more. Thus, this is the “Summer of Change Your Mind.”

As you may have read yesterday, there was an immediate update on the “Summer of Change Your Mind” campaign when an astute reader pointed out that Bryan Adams tweeted back in March that no one from “Glee” has ever approached him for songs on the show.

The direct quote: “Just to set the record straight, no one from Glee has ever approached me for songs on their TV show…”

Needless to say — but I’ll say it anyway — this could change the scope of the entire effort. We need facts, and then we need for this union to be consummated. (OK, saying it like that sounds a little gross, but you get the point).

Canadian of the Week’s investigative team is on the case. We’ve reached out to Fox representatives for comment and are waiting to hear back. COTW will continue to pound the virtual pavement to get to the bottom of this they-sang-he-said situation.

In the meantime, which of Adams’ songs would you like to see done on the show, and who would sing them? Comment below!

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Summer of Change Your Mind: Get Bryan Adams on ‘Glee’


UPDATE: Just hours into the “Summer of Change Your Mind,” we’ve already got an update that could change the face of the entire campaign.

Canadian of the Week reader Kelly MacKinnon gave me the heads up (see below) that Bryan Adams tweeted back in March that he’d never been contacted by anyone from “Glee.” It’s true! At least it’s true that he tweeted it. Here’s what he said back on March 14: “Just to set the record straight, no one from Glee has ever approached me for songs on their TV show…”

So, why would “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy have said Adams rejected the show’s request? We’re going to get to the bottom of this.

Meanwhile, here’s the original “Summer of Change Your Mind” Day 1 post:

The news cut like a knife.

It should have been a joyous day last week when Billboard reported that Coldplay agreed to let their songs be used on “Glee” after having held out since the show premiered last May. Instead, it was anything but heaven when we at Canadian of the Week read what “Glee” creator and executive producer Ryan Murphy had to say about the only other outright rejection he received when looking for songs for the show.

“At the beginning,” Murphy said, “a lot of people didn’t know what we were and asked to see pages [in advance], but I refused because I didn’t want to set precedent of them having any involvement. My favorite rejection was Bryan Adams. Coldplay and Bryan Adams were really the only rejections. But Coldplay called a week ago and said, ‘We’re sorry, you can have our catalog.’”

That’s right. Kingston, Ontario’s own Bryan Guy Adams is the last to withhold his music from the kids at William McKinley High School, who have a show choir and they try real hard. They just lost to Vocal Adrenaline. Without your songs, they’ll never get far.

So, today marks Day 1 of what we’re calling the “Summer of Change Your Mind.”

We’re gonna run to you, Bryan, and make a request that’s straight from the heart: Change your mind and let the kids from “Glee” sing your songs.

Get on board! Comment below to let Bryan Adams know you want to hear the “Glee” sing his songs.

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Canadian’s ‘Bad Day’ Ruled the Decade


Daniel_Powter595Daniel Powter might have had a bad day, but it made for a good decade.

Billboard named Powter’s “Bad Day” as the one-hit wonder of the decade, topping Terror Squad’s “Lean Back” and Crazy Town’s “Butterfly,” among others.

The 38-year-old Vernon, B.C., native had a smash hit with “Bad Day,” which topped the charts all over the place and made him the first solo Canadian male artist to top Billboard’s Hot 100 since Bryan Adams did it in 1995. It was also Billboard’s Single of the Year in 2006.

Billboard describes a one-hit wonder as an act whose second hit did not reach the top 25. For this list, they only included acts from 2000 to 2007, since someone from last year might just be taking a break, according to the AP.

Any fan of “American Idol” is already humming the sad-but-uplifting tune, which was played over the montage each week when singers were voted off during the show’s fifth season.

If it still isn’t ringing a bell, click below to listen to it.

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Canadian's 'Bad Day' Ruled the Decade


Daniel_Powter595Daniel Powter might have had a bad day, but it made for a good decade.

Billboard named Powter’s “Bad Day” as the one-hit wonder of the decade, topping Terror Squad’s “Lean Back” and Crazy Town’s “Butterfly,” among others.

The 38-year-old Vernon, B.C., native had a smash hit with “Bad Day,” which topped the charts all over the place and made him the first solo Canadian male artist to top Billboard’s Hot 100 since Bryan Adams did it in 1995. It was also Billboard’s Single of the Year in 2006.

Billboard describes a one-hit wonder as an act whose second hit did not reach the top 25. For this list, they only included acts from 2000 to 2007, since someone from last year might just be taking a break, according to the AP.

Any fan of “American Idol” is already humming the sad-but-uplifting tune, which was played over the montage each week when singers were voted off during the show’s fifth season.

If it still isn’t ringing a bell, click below to listen to it.

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