This band is legend.

A: whoever awarded this should totally have expected this kind of response

B: if they're actually doing that whole musical instruments to prisoners thing, that's a super bro thing of them to do

Groovy

we love you so much / our country is fucked.

thass funny

m/

stick it to the man m/

gy!be/

This is brilliant.

What were they expecting?

government - here have an award
awardee - our country is fucked

yes

so great

i hate when bands do this

they hate when you do this

cool

nice

great job!

great job!

so much win.

"they hate when you do this"

what does that even mean

I guarantee bands aren't competing against each other to get this award....the only thing cool about this whole thing is what the band is going to do with the money, that's awesome.

LOL

^... yeah, but often they do

the whole statement is cool, and we probably must have in mind that GYBE have always been politically conscious. So what's to hate in this? There's no fuckin pretension here, only a band which stays true to its beliefs.

this is awesome

Interesting.

Ha! Well said, indeed.

so edgy

Great idea, give a bunch of raving anarchists a government/corporate funded award. Yup, asking for a smarmy reply here.

I guarantee bands aren't competing against each other to get this award

SO I THREW IT ON THE GROUND!

#staytrue

pretentious but ballsy anyway

I thought they might do something like this

brilliant

Yeah to expect different from a band like this is pretty dumb. But then maybe they did and gave it to them anyway, because they deserved it?

it wasn't chosen by the gov bros, voted on by critics and the such

funded in part by**

Godspeed to you, GY!BE.

thread is bound to be great

Expected response from gybe but still awesome

Being an instrumental band, I would've expected their response to be "_______".

Oh, Godspeed. Never change.

yeah i get it but fuck at the end of the award was to recognize all the good work gybe did. I mean fuck i dont think mickey mouse would spring out of the ground and eat africa if you were jus a lil bit grateful.

Basically my thoughts sim, maybe it's just because I haven't grown up on this band but coming from an established and popular act this seems kinda childish.

haha fuckin post rock pussies

lol whoever calls this pretentious

wot a bunch a pansy fairy twats

I heard some not so good things happening in Quebec but didn't know Canada is fucked?

I thought this post was going to be about All Lights Fucked...got my hopes up

"I heard some not so good things happening in Quebec but didn't know Canada is fucked?"

I think they would agree that modern civilization is fucked, but since this is a national award...

Canada has some major issues. Number one being the oil sands.

awesome

gy!be never ceases to impress

sweet.

Everywhere is fucked when you think about it

lol if canada is fucked the US is in meltdown apocalypse mode code black

Other than our outdated social views and horrible mosquito problem we're doing pretty well here in Texas thank you very much.

"lol if canada is fucked the US is in meltdown apocalypse mode code black"

bailout packages will only stop the bleeding for so long

but, party on for the moment!

DEEP FRIED PAIN

I love GY!BE as much as the next guy and I agree with this statement, but "our country is fucked"?

Come down here to South America, you bunch of fucking crybabies. Then and only then you can talk about countries being fucked.

Canada has some major issues. Number one being the Olympic hockey team's goaltending.

Should I insert a generic Beiber or Nickelback joke?

Thumbs up if u agree

"Come down here to South America, you bunch of fucking crybabies. Then and only then you can talk about countries being fucked."

We could easily play this game all the way down the line. You know I could say stop crying about South America and go down to Africa

"Come down here to South America, you bunch of fucking crybabies. Then and only then you can talk about countries being fucked."

you sound mad. are you mad?

If he lives in South America then probably.

i think the people who think this is ungrateful or pretentious are missing the point. their appreciation seems sincere, and to not use an opportunity in the limelight to talk about things that are and always have been important to them was never really an option for a band like this.

and wealthy countries can be fucked too, especially considering their influence in other parts of the world. they didn't say it sucks to live in canada, they said the country is fucked

Haha, good for them.

Fuck the government!

stop crying bout africa treb try new zealand sheesh

Yeah those poor fucks only get to listen to Onward to Golgotha on repeat 24/7.

GOD DAMMIT

so edgy [2]

top 3 award turn-down in kanadian music history

I'm not crying about my country (Chile), 'cause I know there are way more fucked up countries and goverments than mine. Of course you're free to complaint about issues in your place. Every country has a lot of shit in their systems. But saying that a country like Canada is "fucked", like it has no hope? That just doesn't sound right to me. I've been there and I wish Chile was more like Canada.

There will never be hope with government. You need to brush up on your anarchy.

it's almost as though it's entirely relative

almost

*sighs*

america is a third world country

hey Mr_Coffee maybe you just don't understand the edgy

Mr. Coffee only understands one thing: making coffee.

Crass

Lol these guys own so hard

holy shit what

http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/229/files/2013/09/schwartz.gif

Takes money from government
gives to people in prison

Awesome.



we love you so much / our country is fucked

Title of their next record.

I love the casual comedic tone they have to their writing

they should get an award for best award rejection of the year

yeah i smiled reading this

these guys r kool

"Come down here to South America, you bunch of fucking crybabies. Then and only then you can talk
about countries being fucked."

I've been to South America. Really isn't that bad.

Maybe you should go to Africa.


Also I really don't think there's anything wrong in questioning an apparently "developed" country
when the foundations of that development are arguably unsustainable and set up to crash in the
future. A bit stupid to just take it at face value too. i.e. "Canada is richer than most countries
therefore it's fine".

Allllsooo Chile is like the least fucked country in South America so lol.

Noice

fish is right

the wealth of a country is really related to it's sustainability and self-sufficiency

Was the Constellation dude in on this? Because he accepted the award for them, and was really humble and grateful about it. Seems like he set the public up for this great letter from the band

If so it's genius

if you wanna talk about fucked up countries, you 've got my greetings from greece

Have the golden dawn summoned mehrunes dagon yet?

The joke isn't nearly as funny when you post it twice.

Honestly the one thing Canada could really use is some global warming.

good band

if you wanna talk about fucked up countries, you 've got my greetings from greece

imagine not living in a first world country

just accept the award

Agreeing with fish on this, can't believe some of you guys are reacting like this...

"just accept the award "

that's not edgy enough

TY!BG

lol

to the guy who said "come to south america". coño, marico ¿cuando se convirtió en una competición esta verga? es 2013, todos estamos jodido. yo soy Venezolano ¿crees que estoy feliz con ese payaso de Maduro encargado con mi país? por supuesto que no. pero no me lo voy a pasar comparando mi puto país con los de los otros. seriously, man. quit your whining.

holy shit, I love this.

the whole canadian music heirarchy, crtc, etc... - are all such lazy listeners of music. they read an article about a band, listen to a 30 second clip of a song, and expect their opinions to be gospel.

more power to artists with integrity.

"the whole canadian music heirarchy, crtc, etc... - are all such lazy listeners of music. they read an article about a band, listen to a 30 second clip of a song, and expect their opinions to be gospel.

more power to artists with integrity."

honestly i think since they voted godspeed the winners of the award they have more integrity than most

the usa gov award would prob go to miley cirus let's get real here

This band is reading too much into it. Just be happy that anyone cares.

Wrong, NonApplicable. You don't accept awards, and definitely not funds, from a group (in this case, the government) which has a conflicting point of view of nearly everything you stand for.

I guess you could say the results of the Polaris Prize Awards were quite polarizing
*insert YYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH sound*

fuck yea buddy

horrible jokes itt

Are we talking about the same country someguest? The government gives out cash like this to different people/organizations all the time. What they choose to do with it is their decision, but just be happy that good music is being recognized. That's the point of the award.

additionally, the melting ice caps statement is incredibly hypocritical. He points out that there are bigger causes that deserve our attention, yet he's overly critical of one of the least corrupt Countries in the world.

you're reading too much into nothing why don't you go outside and play

holy shit i wish all bands said stuff like this

you're reading too much into nothing why don't you go outside and play

Nothing? Pretty sure GY!BE outlined enough material for it to be considered "something".

No reason to throw insults. I also suggest that you have something to add to the discussion next time.

Interesting response, totally expected. Although I laugh every time I hear Canadians complain about their country. If they think it's so fucked they must not be paying attention to all the shit going on underneath them.

"I also suggest that you have something to add to the discussion next time."

I suggest that you suck deez nuts

we in north america use the term "fucked" as more than meaning "hopeless" or "doomed for failure." we use it to mean messed up, sometimes short for fucked up. that's what they meant by "fucked." i don't see anything wrong with this at all? they received the award, made a statement about how they feel the award should have been handled, then said what they are going to do with the money instead. seems pretty noble to me.

F**king Beautiful.

One of the most boring and overrated bands on this planet, as i said before, a poor man's Mogwai.

that's like saying iron maiden is a poor man's judas priest. WTF

Canada has some major issues. Number one being the Olympic hockey team's goaltending. [2]

USA and Finland are stacked when it comes to goaltending

1 out of 1 thought this rant was well written.

"A poor man's Mogwai."

Get out.

cinaedus you didn't even have to say "who gives a shit." we know your lack of shits based purely on "Digging: Ninja Sex Party - Strawberries and Cream"

They aren't exactly easy going guys apparently. Who knew?

even if you think it's pretentious or whatever you can't deny that it's beautifully written. i mean jeez it's fucking poetry

" 'Come down here to South America, you bunch of fucking crybabies. Then and only then you can talk about countries being fucked.'

We could easily play this game all the way down the line. You know I could say stop crying about South America and go down to Africa"

Bro, Antarctica is fucked. We only have a few houses, and the economy doesn't even exist anymore.

To the shocking amount of people who think you aren't allowed to say anything bad about canada because other countries are worse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kc3hhsd5JM&feature=youtu.be&t=20m33s

additionally, the melting ice caps statement is incredibly hypocritical. He points out that
there are bigger causes that deserve our attention, yet he's overly critical of one of the least
corrupt Countries in the world.

I love this band too much.

It's cool they're gonna do that instruments for prisoners thing.

Awesome lol

I lol'd so many times

epic thread

funniest shit ever. Respect x40000

meh

y so apathetic ford ?

They pretty much did what Fiona apple did. It was their time up there and their moment so they used it how they wanted to. I don't think this was pretentious at all. If u have a sense of humor, it's actually quite funny lol

This whole thing is an almost unbelievably self-important statement but I guess they probably got the reaction they wanted from the music community

'america is a third world country'

good pick up


also shut the fuck up none of you give two shits about the starving children in africa and if chile goes down where you gonna get all your chili from thats more important to you self-serving assholes than the poor starving children in africa so shut the fuck up