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Black Day ranked as greatest Calgary song by Elizabeth Chorney-Booth, freelance writer, former CJSW DJ
Black Day: This is not only one of the greatest songs to ever come out of Calgary, but it's one of the greatest songs ever about being a true fan of music. Lorrie Matheson wrote this after he found out his favourite local band, The Quitters, broke up and it's a song about tragedy and disappointment and feeling like you care about something more than anyone else in the world. I cry whenever I hear it, thinking about poor Lorrie sitting in his bedroom staring at the wall.
Fire Engine Red's "Black Day" is such a great meta-song, capturing the angst we've all felt at some point when we've found out our favourite band broke up. But is it a better song than FER's "Shank Pony"?
-Mike Bell, Music Writer
Recorded at Jeff's House
Recorded by Jeff "Good Coffee" Burns and Jon Chambers (tracks: A1, B4, B5)
Recorded at Jeff Burns' Studio except tracks A1, B4, B5 (basement demos)
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