Highway Girl

Artist: The Tragically Hip

Album: The Tragically Hip (1987)

Why Its Great: To hit you with an appropriately Canuck-ified simile, this one is like seeing Wayne Gretzky taking practice shots – it’s really cool to hear the very beginnings of what would go on to become such an incredible band.

Best Listened To: On a car CD player during a cross-Canadian road trip.

Key Lyric: Throwing rocks at her window what could she do/If you throw enough rocks one might break through