It’s a certified Canadian national treasure that Americans never connected with the Tragically Hip

New Order and the Cure suck live

Lloyd Cole is under appreciated as he continues to release poetic, tuneful albums every year or two

Re: Lloyd Cole, Tragically Hip

Those are a couple of great albums. He has a greatest hits album too. Same with Tragically Hip. start with their hits..... great rabbit holes to dig into.

The first time i saw the Cure, it was an outdoor venue....i was 17....it rained....they sang their songs with no connection to audience....as i am leaving, i see my recently ex-girlfriend make out with another guy.....oh, did i mention i had mono ??? i saw them at Coachella too, same performance. But i am loving digging deeper into their older albums lately. Primary...the Forest...dang !

New Order ... saw them 3 times (i was and am a huge fan) but last time, at Coachella, Bernard Sumner hurt his leg backstage, did the whole concert on a stool while biting his fingernails..

literally my 2 favorite British bands of the moment

Argue against the greatness of any of these 80's bands....
The The, Prefab Sprout, Blue Nile, Talk Talk, Squeeze, Hothouse Flowers

whoa! you are getting a little esoteric here. i like the cut of your jib. that is a difficult album and gets the least play in my house . He just released the album "see without being seen" which is BEFORE "Burning blue soul" Even more inaccessible, trippy and tough.

for me, its Dusk with my all time favorite song "Bluer than midnight"

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you cant go wrong with "Soul Mining", "Infected" and "Dusk" - trifecta of greatness

Nakedself is also excellent but not at the level of those 3. And his cover album of "hank Williams" tunes never really connected with me.

"Burning blue soul" is a challenge. even as a huge fan, it requires a "mood". i'm spinning it tonight.

Original version of “I go blind” is my preference. Most people think it’s a Hootie and the Blowfish original. A deep dive into 54*40 is rewarding and long. 10+ albums

54.40 is part of what is called the "Can-Rock" renaissance of great Canadian artists from 1985-1995. I happens to coincide with my youthful years of 15-25.
So many great Canadian bands came out of this time period, many of which have been mentioned in this thread

Tragically Hip
Sloan
Barenaked Ladies
54.40

Honourable mentions: Images in Vogue, Spoons, Blue Rodeo, Northern Pikes, Grapes of Wrath and one of my personal favorites:
Teenage Head (if you like the Ramones or the Clash, highly recommend)- although they were pretty much done by 85....and are still touring

54.40 has, and continues to, put out albums every couple of years. Of course, those 80s and 90s albums are my favorites. Inoffensive, folky rock/pop songs

But as a product of the 80s, why haven’t I connected with the Replacements. 3 songs to start with ?

Ween has been a hoot to discover and clan of Xymox brings back memories (only knew 1 song from back in the day)

Riding the school bus in the 80s as the lone “new wave kid” was no easy task (small, rural Canada)
Listening to Depeche, OMD and the like meant a salami sandwich hurled to the back of yer head
35 years later, the metalhead pinsiders still torment me....Iron Maiden pinball, Metallica pinball. (I actually had these games for a bit but just couldn’t )
AC/DC and GNR are good fun (wouldn’t call that metal in any way)

If you’re a Depeche fan, I highly recommend you watch the doc “ spirits in the forest”. It’s excellent