A cold spring weekend up north drives away all thoughts of baseball. Instead, my mind turns to Lord Stanley's Cup . Hockey is the sport I grew up with, and I relish it all the more for its current underdog status on the American sporting scene. As a francophile (and more of francophonie than of France), hockey makes me all the more fond of Québec, and Montréal in particular. The Habs (short for Habitants , we were here first) -- né Canadiens -- are easily the most storied professional team in North America. And when their fans belt out the bilingual "O Canada" at home on a nationally televised game, there's an audible flash of French broadcast across North America, a rare enough occurrence.do or die for les Glorieux tonight against the reincarnation of the Broad Street Bullies . The Habs barely made it past the Boston Bruins in game 7 -- the two teams having duked it out more than any other pair in North American sports.mon pôte Ghislain Poirier's No Ground Under , especially the video for it's lead single, "Blazin." Chunky bass meets ice hockey and transnational migration, what more could I ask for?! Does k reyol have a word for puck yet? Maybe the
B's got the last laugh, though:
Ghislain Poirier - Blazin (DJ C Remix) .
And don't miss the Québécois rework of Flo-Rida's "Low"
en français !
Here's hoping that they'll still be chanting "Go Habs Go" after tonight and the Montréalais will crank out a few more re-edits for the great white dirty north.
Labels: francophonie , montreal , quebec , rap français , remix , sports
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