Oberst A Rock Star With Students
20/10/2008 02:47
Hockey Night in Canada anthem winner answers some interesting questions
As a regular feature, Canwest reporter Cory Wolfe gets personal with a sports figure. Today, Colin Oberst -- the winner of CBC's Anthem Challenge -- gets cornered. Wolfe caught up with the 37-year-old teacher from Edmonton's Holy Family School.
Canwest: How many times did you vote for your own song, Canadian Gold, in the CBC Anthem Challenge? Oberst: To be perfectly honest, I didn't. But my wife (Natalie) probably put in my share. I really don't know, but probably about 100 times total from the beginning until the final two.
Canwest: Have you phoned to trash-talk that 13-year-old kid who was runner-up? Oberst: No, no, no. The top-five finalists have been e-mailing and Facebooking. We're all actually pretty good friends right now.
Canwest: Just having some fun with you. Choose one group that you'd like to do a re-mix of your anthem.
Oberst: It would almost have to be someone that could do something instrumental. I'd like to hear a mean Rush re-mix of it.
Canwest: That might be good. They could get the synths in there. OK, in addition to the $100,000 prize, you get half of the lifetime royalties. When are you announcing your retirement? Oberst: This is one guy that will never retire, my friend. I've got too many things on the go.
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SWIVEL HIPS SAYS:
While Oberst’s tune is indeed catchy, as he says, it certainly hasn’t sunk into 40 years of collective Canadian hockey psyche. As a young feller’, having grown up in the 60s and 70s, I think the original, iconic Hockey Night In Canada Anthem will be forever tattooed in my psyche.