Weakerthans – Tournament of Hearts

I am sitting in a hotel in New Westminster, BC, watching the Tournament of Hearts on TV, live from St. Catharines, "peeling off the label as they peel a corner guard," and the Weakerthans' song keeps going through my head.

Undoubtedly the best song ever written about curling, arguably the most Canadian sport of all, "Tournament of Hearts," a track on the fourth album from Weakerthans, is an extended metaphor between the sport of curling and a relationship.

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• the original album version
• the Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre version

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Personnel

• Greg Smith – bass, vocals, keyboards
• Stephen Carroll – guitars, vocals, pedal steel, keyboards
• Jason Tait – drums, percussion, vibes, glockenspiel, keyboards, banjo, loops
• John K. Samson – vocals, guitars, keyboards

• Weakerthans – Reconstruction Site (album)
• Weakerthans – Left and Leaving (album)