Updated: May 2, 2022
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MUSIC VIDEOS SHOOT IN THE TORONTO
LOVERS IN DANGEROUS TIME
The video for the Barenaked Ladies song Lovers in a Dangerous Time had to make the list with all it’s iconic Toronto spots they drive past. The opening shoot is of a lightly snowy road, the second is of a church “ Toronto the city of churches” someone once called it. We cut to a pan shoot of the band in the back of a pickup truck driving throw a strip mall with a Club Bingo, their used to be one in every neighborhood in Toronto. Shoots of brown bricked Scarborough apartments & a burger joint. The band continues on their drive down random bungalow housed street where they drive across a street hockey game the classic “Car, Car” comes across the screen. They make it to their in store at A&A records on to have a two fans show up, the rest where their to buy rap tapes. The Band stops to jam in one of the cites many power line parks next the train tracks.
Lovers in Dangerous time - Written by Bruce Cockburn released in 1984 on the album Stealing Fire, Barenaked Ladies covered Lovers on the Bruce Cockburn tribute album Kick at The Darkness. It reach No. 16 on the week of February 15 1992 on the Canadian Charts.
The Video was directed by Tim Hamilton
Awards:
MuchMusic VideoFact Award
MuchMuch Video for People's Choice
At the time
The Barenaked Ladies
where
Ed Robertson - Vocals, Guitar
Steven Page - Vocals, Guitar
Jim Creeggan - Double Bass
Andy Creeggan - Piano
Tyler Stewart - Drums
Track Information
Published Time: 4:04
Measured Time: 4:05
Traktor Peak dB: 0.767
Traktor Perceived dB: 4.989
Mix Information
Mixmeister BPM: 137.9
Traktor BPM: 140.1 (100.0%)
Mixmeister Key: B m
Links
The Barenaked Ladies Chronology - Google Books