Barenaked Ladies at Iceberg Alley Performance Tent (selections), Quidi Vidi, NL

Lovers In A Dangerous Time 00:00 / Odds Are (snippet w. hands) 04:04 / What Do We Need (new) 04:43 / Big Bang Theory 07:43 / If I Had $1,000,000 snippet (Cape Spear in a t-shirt!) 09:53 / Finale snippets: Take On Me, Climb Every Mountain, Sound Of Music 12:55

[LovesLakes]

These guys were from our neighbourhood in Toronto, actually Scarborough. Two of the band members are now gone, Steven Page, who was married to some neighbours’ daughter, and one of the two Creegan brothers. The other one is still there playing the bass, or is it a cello? .The drummer, Tyler, was a close friend of another neighbourhood girl, as was Ed, the current lead singer. So we’d hear their news firsthand from various acquaintances.
One of their first big gigs was playing at the opening of a new wing at our local hospital. Imagine! People loved them and got a big kick out of the name; however, when they were supposed to perform in the big square in front of Toronto City Hall, the mayor at the time, June somebody or other, (whose name I can’t recall now). was offended by their name and cancelled the booking! She became a laughing stock, of course.
We met a couple of the parents at a party, and they asked whether we thought the boys should stick with it! They were concerned the band might not come to anything and their boys would’ve wasted important years and not got on with their real careers! LOL! I’d love to have seen their reaction to The Ladies’ incredible and lasting success.