Song 13!
“They Don’t Get the Real Superbowl Commercials In Canada”
Tonight’s suggestion comes from Maxine, who booked me at one of my first ever college shows (at UMass, circa 2005 I think…)
She wrote: “I grew up in Dorchester, MA and lived in MA for the majority of my life. Recently I moved to Canada with my hubs. When the Superbowl came along, I was very excited. He’s Canadian so he doesn’t understand but he went along with all the Superbowl preparations and to get him excited I told him about the Superbowl commercials. I was mad excited. We had grub, homemade nachos, pizza, wings, soda…
But Canada doesn’t show the American Superbowl commercials!!!! So while my Boston peeps were enjoyin’ the funny commercials and tweeting me about it, I was stuck staring at Tim Horton and Swiss Chalet commercials.”
So that’s where today’s song originated. I felt like this was the type of song Mike Doughty would write, so it’s a big ripoff of his style.
Lyrics: They Don’t Get the Real Superbowl Commercials in Canada 20 chairs, lined em up- the 50 yard line of my living room They don’t get the real Superbowl commercials in Canada Peggy slips, chips and dip all over the floor next to my flat screen They don’t get the real Superbowl commercials in Canada Give em the boot, Give em the boot, Give em the boot,
Climb the stairs and down the hall if you want a part of the fun
Everything spiced to taste just like back home in America
But there’s one major difference up here
When the TV cuts to break it’s Timmy Hortons and Labatts beer
They don’t get the real Superbowl commercials in Canada
But somehow the party foul is overlooked in all of the fuss
It’s not the same kind of game when all the advertisers are local joints
Cause there’s a big difference up here
When the TV cuts to break it’s Timmy Hortons and Labatts beer
They don’t get the real Superbowl commercials in Canada
Give em the boot, yeah
Give em the boot, Give em the boot, Give em the boot,
Give em the boot, yeah
What’s it all about? What’s it’s all about? Give em them boot…
They don’t get the real Superbowl commercials in Canada
They don’t get the real Superbowl commercials in Canada
