In the fall of 1988, the band released their sixth album Victory Day which contained the track "Big League," about the death of a young hockey player. The young man's father approached Cochrane on the day of a concert, mentioning that his son was a big fan of Red Rider's song, "Boy Inside The Man." Cochrane asked the man if his son was going to be attending the concert, and the man responded that his son had recently died in a car accident. Another note about "Big League" is that Cochrane played it at GM place at the start of the 08/09 hockey season to commemorate the passing of Luc Bourdon, a member of the Vancouver Canucks who died eerily like was described in the song (by a truck doing 70 in the wrong lane). (Thanks
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Zifnabsays...This song brought a tear to my eye when Tom Cochrane and Red Rider performed it at the start of the Canucks season this year as a tribute to Luc Bourdon.
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Zifnabsays...Not even one vote? Don't think anyone gave this great song a chance... *promote!
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Zifnabsays...I'm going to keep *promoting this one...
Zifnabsays...Via *promote of course...
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budzossays...Maybe if you lay the song over some stupid anime video more VS folk will give you a vote.
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Zifnabsays...One more go... *promote
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shanedawg2k7says...Upvote for Luc Bourdon respect! In all honesty, I'm not a fan of the song (Boy Inside the Man, I am....) after hearing it constantly at the BC Summer Games baseball venue during every inning break during the 4-day event... Oog.
But, yeah, respect for Bourdon --and Cochrane!!
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