42 thoughts on “Kim Mitchell – Go For a Soda”

  1. Friggin A dude! What a stomper of a track to kick off the week! Kim was big business here in Canuck land in the 80s and is still bringing it live. Caught him two years ago here in town and he’s returning in July.
    For further listening check out his 5 song EP self titled EP from 82. It’s basically a power trip and he rips on the 6 string.

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  2. Definitely a music legend in Ontario at least, Max Webster were friends of Rush and I guess every teen’s dream party band in the ’70s, very popular solo in ’80s then popular rock radio DJ in Toronto in ’90s. I ‘met’ him once having lunch in a mall, went over and said hi.

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      1. Yeah, remarkably I was a suburban guy so I didn’t make it into downtown Toronto all that often, but I did see several local rock stars just walking around town or eating (in Kim’s case) when I did. I wish I’d been a tad less shy & tried to talk more to them

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      2. Well you didn’t want to bother the man but yea…I get what you are saying….he has been crazy successful in anything he does it seems like.

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      5. Lol…a story about that group. The kicker (he’s a really talented drummer who is a session guy in Seattle now) on my high school team who showed up our junior year kicked a state record 53 yard field goal that stood until about 10 years ago was in a group that was chosen as the warm up act for the Flock of Seagulls on their 1st tour of the U.S. in our freshman year. He along with 4 other of my high school teammates played for Idaho State our freshman year (I was playing ball at Boise State) & he left to finish the tour. He told us stories about that group that was pretty sad Max. It’s a wonder that the lead singer is still alive. I actually really liked their music though…lol.

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      6. LOL…well I heard him recently and he sounds better…because I heard him playing something different…not with that 80s slant….so see…I do have an open mind lol. great story dude.

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  7. a Canuck, but confession, I hated that song. he was cursed with that huge hit thing, sort of like a certain Phil Collin tune. You might be familar with patio lanterns….forever he was connected to his lyricist Pye Dubois, last I heard he was working at a radio station in Toronto as a DJ…..I’m digging through my CDs right now, there was an album where he hooked up with a member of the band Coney Hatch (Andy Curran) who helped him with the lyrics that blew me away….I’ve interviewed him a number of time, I’ll throw the TV interview I did with him years ago onto my blog today..he was/is pretty cool…on one of those later albums he had a song called blow me a kiss that should have been a hit, but of course radio stations insisted on playing go for soda or i am a wild party…..another great tune is a big band guitar thing he did which is a lot like Wing’s Rockestra …think it was called that’s a hold……weird thing, like Tom Cochrane (life is a highway) Mitchell is also a pilot

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    1. Warren…at first I thought you were from the UK because we were talking about UK artists…that is cool that you are from Canada… I have a few Candians that comment here. Dave, Randy, and Deke have showed me a lot about the many Canadian artists.
      How do you get to your blog??? I clicked on your name and it takes me to a broken link.

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      2. Thank you for the link. I tried to go there around New Years when I was going to link you in my post thanking all of the readers…but I could never get to yours.
        Cool dude! Thank you.

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  9. Kim Mitchell got a lot of air play where I’m from, for some reason. Go for a Soda, of course, but also Lager and Ale from the same album. It’s a great hard driving rocker, the yang, message wise, to Go for a Soda’s Yin.

    Then, form Max Webster, they had Hangover–a tune I discovered in college radio, There’s definitely a booze theme going here with Kim Mitchell, I love his sardonic sense of humor that he conveys so well through his music.

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  11. A great mid-1980s Canadian tune. I swear during that era, he played every summer at “The Kee” a summer music venue in Ontario’s cottage country. “The Kee” has been a fixture(literally right on the water) for 80 years or so. Going to a concert at the The Kee is a “summer rite of passage.” Imagine – mid-July; hotter than hot and then a unairconditioned music hall full of people. Pretty sure he played there in July 2024!

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    1. OH man…that brings back good/bad memories. In Nashville I drank some wine and went to an unairconditioned music hqll before to see an artist called Webb Wilder in August. Almost got sick but I got out there just in time.

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  14. Great tune Max. He’s almost a local boy as he is from Sarnia, less than an hour from me, not to mention I lived there in the early 80s. Only got to see him a couple times, never saw Max Webster, they had some great tunes.

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    1. He gave me a great memory in the 80s. That is cool that you are that close to where he grew up. I listened to some of Max Webster and yes….I like them. I never realized he was that popular even there.

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      1. Patio Laterns was probably his biggest song around here. Very relatable as we danced on someone’s patio, laterns and all on our grade eight graduation night! Lol what a sight that must have been!

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