Canada just tryin' to be like its big bro

don't pick a specific place and compare the populations, its irrelevant.

a large amount of canadian artists come from ontario, which has a larger population than jersey. see? that has no stake in the quality of artist, as well you just picked a certain area that produces more artists.

why don't you tell me how many artists come from, say, nebraska? not a whole lot im sure, just as not a whole lot come from the Yukon. where they came from/ the populations of said place has little to no stake in the quality of the artist

and another thing, id hardly count a large number of those artists as being deserving of the title of "artist".(alot of canadians arent that much better to be honest, but you get the point.)

this conversation is so stupid.
the facts:  USA has more people than Canada,   thats pretty much the only 'fact' i can find in this discussion. each country has good musicians and obviously the one with more people will have more... DUH.   i cannot believe all Americans dislike all Canadian artists and vice versa so arguing about it is stupid.   and i see no reason to believe that a country with more people is therefore greater. We're both separate countries with good things and bad things and what business do a bunch of sensitive teenagers and young adults have arguing about it? seriously?

"Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it."
-George Bernard Shaw

that was sick

isn't that what this whole thread is about? i chose jersey because i'm from jersey. and i said that jersey has less people than canada, so why does it mater that it has less people than ontario, a province 45 times bigger than jersey? i could have easily chose california, new york, or new england, which would have even more artists, but i didn't need to because jersey suffices.

canada's very popular artist are niel young, rush, nickelback, bare naked ladies, celine dion

jersey has frank sinatra, akon, bruce springstein, whitney houston, bon jovi, george clinton, kool and the gang

i think its safe to say that jersey puts out more rock stars than canada.

rock stars, sure. but that doesnt equate to talent. just look at the Jonas Brothers. They're by no means rock stars, and very popular ones at that, but they are horribly untalented.  United States will have more rock stars based on a larger audience. In Canada it's tough for even the most talented musicians to get recognition.  compare a band like Protest the Hero. amazingly talented, absolutely ridiculous at what they do, but they don't have the fan base they would get if they were from the US. Same with bands like the Mahones or even the most popular rappers like Classified, if they were from the US and had that fan base they would be way more popular. And the fact the Canada is bombarded with US media, which plays US artists, doesnt help at all either. Bottom line, talent-wise Canada is in no way lacking behind the US. Just in recognition. And if you want to pull out the "more rock stars" then let's compare Great Britain to US. They have 5 times less people and absolutely destroy US in the number of rock stars.

Nelly Furtado? K'naan?

this.

i didn't mention the jonas brothers, who happen to be from jersey, for that reason, but the u.s still has more rock stars than great britain. they might have some of the biggest ones, but the u.s still crushes them in quantity.

OP suck a dick

not our fault britain put out some amazing bands that cant be beaten.

this is why the world thinks americans are ignorant, elitist assholes.

Fuck I love Rick Mercer

Can't say that I do but it explained the Canadian parliament system quite well.