Toronto was a short lived group that was formed in 1979 and lasted only until 1984. Unsurprisingly, the band was created in Toronto, the city. Their most well known song is the one linked here, “Your Daddy Don’t Know”, which breached the top 5 charts of Canada and the top 100 in the US.

Reading about this music in writing about this post led me to a new sub genre of rock, “Arena Rock” otherwise commonly referred to as corporate rock. The name is often intended as an insult/critique to the genre because it is seen as being a completely sterilized verson of rock music that was adopted/created by corporations to be suitable for a mass audience – think tv or radio advertising, or, to be played in a stadium. The idea was that the song would be so completely inoffensive, that no one could be upset by it. An interesting phrase so be sure! I can think of quite a few bands and music genres that are under siege from corporate interests who want to sterilize any impact of the music by making as inoffensive to anyone as possible – all for profit, naturally.

So if you got anyone in your life that was around in Canada during the early 80s, they probably got real sick of hearing this song on the radio.