Mike Reno

We're gonna hear a little bit of that, uh, a little bit later.

And, uh, and Feist and, uh, l- Mike Reno and, um, [smacks lips] and the gang from Loverboy.

I hope Sam doesn't have to wait until he's my age to get inducted in the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

No.

Well, that's ...

You know, Mike Reno of Loverboy is 72 years old.

Uh, they've been around since the '70s.

What took so long?

Yeah.

Well, Mike Reno looks like me these days.

That's not a good look.

It's, it's-

It, it...

And, and look, I, like everybody else, I, I mean, I sorta like Loverboy.

I, I al- when Mike Reno weighed 160 pounds, he still sounded like he was always getting ready to cry.

So that all-

So before we get out of here tonight, we're going to give you a little taste of some lover boy because they scream metal.

Doesn't Mike Reno and the boys scream metal?

Nothing was more metal than those red leather pants.

And now that those red leather pants are size 50 waist, that's even more metal.

I know what it was about Loverboy that I didn't like.

The long intros? No.

No, it was because Mike Reno always sounded like he was on the verge of crying or whining.

Right, he always did.

The band paid tribute to their late lead singer Gord Downie, who died in 2017 from brain cancer.

The Hip was among four musical acts to receive the honour, alongside Feist, Loverboys Mike Reno and Paul Dean, and French-Canadian artist Roch Voisin.

In Alberta, the Calgary International Film Festival is showcasing some of the country's top talent.

And it's also revealing the very busy double life of one of the stars on screen.

She also reiterated Canada's bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council through a vote expected in one year.

Some of the musicians that best define Canada's music prowess were honoured last night at Massey Hall, with the Tragically Hip, Lindsay Feist, Mike Reno and Paul Dean of Loverboy, and Rock Voisin being inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The crowd erupted for the members of the Tragically Hip in particular, who presenter Jay Baruchel and others said were the quintessential Canadian band.

Tribute performances over the course of the evening, including Charlotte Cornfield's renditions of Feist at the park and Our Lady Peace closing out the night with the cover of the hips locked in the trunk of a car.

We had Brian Adams on last week, and this week we're talking about the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on Toronto Today with Greg Brady.

And on September 26th, a week from Saturday, along with some pretty important Canadian music figures as well, including the Tragically Hip, including Rock Voisin, and including Feist, lover boy bandmates mike reno paul dean are being inducted into the canadian songwriters hall of fame we're lucky enough to be talking to the guitarist paul dean right now um no one ever calls you the better half of lover boy or even a half but but you're uh an integral part of the uh of the duo of uh dean and reno reno and dean whichever way we want to go right

Yeah, well, I'm a fifth.

It's not a half, but a fifth.

It was a magic session, I would say.

I tell you what's so unique about that song, and I was listening to it last night knowing we'd talk today, and I'm like, I'm trying to put my finger on what works so uniquely for even a hit single then.

The song's three minutes, 50 seconds long, and you don't hear Mike Reno until 39, 40 seconds in.

You know that's a long intro for Top 40 Radio.