Sweet Thing was a Canadian alternative rock band based in Toronto who have been signed to EMI Music Canada since 2008. They are best known for their singles "Dance Mother" and "Change of Seasons".
11-504: (Redirected from Sweet Things ) Sweet Thing ( s ) may refer to: Music [ edit ] Sweet Thing (band) , a Canadian pop rock group Clydie King & The Sweet Things Albums [ edit ] Sweet Thing (album) , a 1997 album by Boney James Sweet Things (Georgie Fame album) , a 1966 album by Georgie Fame Sweet Things (ThaMuseMeant album) , an album by ThaMuseMeant Songs [ edit ] "Sweet Thang",
22-581: A sketch comedy website, skitfaced.com, which features dozens of videos and enjoys a cult following. King, Scherman and Gray came to know Waters when they were hired to write and produce episodes of Waters' Gemini Award-winning CBC comedy series, The Morgan Waters Show (2006). Morgan had been a host on the CBC's The X before creating The Morgan Waters Show . Scherman and Waters later worked on MuchMusic hidden camera show, Screwed Over (also produced by Tricon Films and Television) with Scherman as writer/director of
33-648: A song by Nat Stuckey , also covered by Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn, Gene Summers "Sweet Thing" (Rufus song) , also covered by Mary J. Blige "Sweet Thing" (David Bowie song) , suite of songs written by David Bowie "Sweet Thing" (Keith Urban song) , a 2008 song "Sweet Thing" (Van Morrison song) , song on 1968 album Astral Weeks "Sweet Thing" (Mick Jagger song) , a 1992 song "Sweet Thing", by Yazoo from You and Me Both "Sweet Things", song by Indiana Gregg "Sweet Things", song by Tiësto from Elements of Life See also [ edit ] Sweetest Thing (disambiguation) Sweet Sticky Thing ,
44-465: Is a Canadian English language mockumentary television series originally produced for IFC and later broadcast on Showcase . The series documents the lives of members of the fictional rock band Cock'd Gunns, as they try to become the biggest band in the world. The show is a production of Tricon Films & Television, and it was directed by Samir Rehem . Lead singer/songwriter Reggie Van Gunn and bassist Dick Van Gunn are brothers living together for
55-483: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sweet Thing (band) A demo version of "Change of Seasons" is featured in the teen comedy film Easy A . Band members are originally from Ottawa and Lindsay, Ontario , and Victoria, British Columbia . Bassist Morgan Waters , guitarist Nick Rose, and drummer Tyler Kyte all had acting careers in Canada prior to
66-602: The album "is full of chiming guitars and chugging rhythms, recalling other guitar-based groups searching for a danceable groove like Franz Ferdinand ." Critic Ben Rayner of the Toronto Star wrote, " 'Lazy Susan' and 'Lorraine' prance like Spoon after a '70s soft-rock bender, while 'Winter Night' makes a run for the children-of- Coldplay club and succeeds with a smashingly universal and emotive girly-boy chorus." Sweet Thing toured Canada in 2010 to promote their debut album. Cock%27d Gunns Cock'd Gunns
77-699: The dialogue and character confessionals to the camera are improvised. Morgan Waters composed all of the original Cock'd Gunns songs and much of the other music and score for the show. TV shows and films to which Cock'd Gunns is often compared: This is Spinal Tap! ; Trailer Park Boys ; The Office (UK); Fubar ; Arrested Development ; The Hills ; Flight of the Conchords . Andy King, Leo Scherman and Brooks Gray met and became friends as first-year students at McGill University in 1993. The three have collaborated on several film and video projects since then and created (with two other friends, Daragh Sankey and Andrew Prior)
88-479: The episode, "On The Road, Part 1". Cock'd Gunns was an original creation by Morgan Waters, Andy King and Leo Scherman. Brooks Gray was brought in later as the fourth producer/writer/actor. Produced by Tricon Films & Television, IFC (Independent Film Channel) Canada ordered 13 episodes of the show and the show premiered on IFC Canada on December 1, 2007. Cock'd Gunns was also shown on Showcase. Cock'd Gunns scripts consist of scene-by-scene outlines, but all of
99-461: The first time since they were kids. The Van Gunn brothers form the nucleus of Cock'd Gunns, while novice drummer Barry Ciccarelli tries to keep the beat and rookie manager Keith Horvak provides leadership. Together, these four form a rock band with no brains, no fans and no record deal, only high hopes as they try to become the biggest band in the world. Cock'd Gunns also features the regular performers: Director Samir Rehem won best TV direction for
110-539: The formation of Sweet Thing. (Waters won two Gemini Awards for the television series Cock'd Gunns and one for The Morgan Waters Show .) The band took their name from the song by Van Morrison . They cite such influences as The Beatles , The Band , Stevie Wonder , Creedence Clearwater Revival , Michael Jackson , Sloan , and Ted Leo . They worked with producer Rob Schnapf ( Elliott Smith , Beck ) in Los Angeles for their debut album. Billboard wrote that
121-601: The name of a popular song by funk band Ohio Players Sweet Young Thing , a song by the Monkees Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sweet Thing . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sweet_Thing&oldid=1009898108 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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