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the origin story of gens du pays is wild 🧵
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in 1975, for quebec's national holiday celebration, the show opened with… happy birthday.
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vincent
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the crowd booed. hard.
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then vigneault stepped up. “a celebration is a time to give gifts. here’s mine, in the form of a song.”
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they performed gens du pays for the first time.
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vincent
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and just like that, quebec got its own birthday song. a song for all of us.
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