Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Connie graduated from Campbell Collegiate in Regina in 1972 and the University of Alberta in 1976 with a BFA degree in theatre. She performed with various theatre groups, including Theatre Passe Muraille, The Mummers, and 25th Street House Theatre, until 1979, when she gave it up to start a full-time music career.
In 1981, she founded her own independent record label, Coyote Entertainment, and has released fourteen albums. In 1997 she was featured performer in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan on the last broadcast of Peter Gzowski's CBC national radio program Morningside.
She has won the Juno Award for best children's album three times. She won it in 1989, 2004, and 2005. However, most of her music is for adults. She co-wrote a song for the animated television series based on the comic strip For Better or For Worse, which debuted in 2000.
She is married to music producer and Hart-Rouge member Paul Campagne. They live in Montreal.
Her song "Wanderlust" was covered by Cosy Sheridan.
In 2003, her television show Wood River Hall debuted on VisionTV.
In 2006, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
Slug Opera
Connie Kaldor Lyrics
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No, they’re not fond of us like they are of other bugs
Nobody likes us ‘cause we’re slugs
No, they’re not fond of us like they are of other bugs
But it’s not our fault
That we’re slimy and brown
It’s not our fault
It’s not our fault
But nobody wants to play
With the kind of bug that Mother Nature made this way
But it’s not our fault
There’s slime wherever we go
It’s not our fault
We’re embarrassed too, y’know!
It’s not our fault
But nobody seems to see
That we’re the kind of bug that’s got personality
Ah, but when the moon is clear
And the night is right
We grow little feet
And we dance all night
We got a little slug singer
She’s got a little slug song
We got a little slug band
We play all night long
Well, our skins turn blue
And we lose our slime
And some of us even sparkle
Some of the time
But at the first sight of sun
They disappear
And we’re back to being slimy and brown
Way down here
And nobody likes us ‘cause we’re slugs
No, they’re not fond of us like they are of other bugs
Nobody likes us ‘cause we’re slugs
No, they’re not fond of us like they are of other bugs
The lyrics of Connie Kaldor's "Slug Opera" tell the story of slugs who are saddened by the fact that they are not liked by humans as compared to other bugs. The song starts with the chorus, "Nobody likes us ‘cause we’re slugs, No, they’re not fond of us like they are of other bugs." The slugs sing that it's not their fault that they are slimy and brown, and they cannot do anything about it. They express their sadness over not being able to play with humans and other bugs and how they are the kind of bug that Mother Nature made that way.
The slugs also want to show their fun side, which humans and other bugs might not know. They sing, "But when the moon is clear and the night is right, we grow little feet and we dance all night." They even have a slug singer and a slug band, and they play all night long. They also transform themselves at night, where their skins turn blue, and they lose their slime, and some of them sparkle, but it's only temporary as the first sight of the sun makes them go back to being slimy and brown.
Line by Line Meaning
Nobody likes us ‘cause we’re slugs
People don't have a liking towards us because we are slugs.
No, they’re not fond of us like they are of other bugs
People don't find us attractive as compared to other bugs.
But it’s not our fault
We are not responsible
That we’re slimy and brown
We are that way naturally slimy and brown.
It’s not our fault
We are not to be blamed.
That we’re stuck on the ground
Our life cannot go beyond being stuck to the ground.
But nobody wants to play
People don't want to interact with us.
With the kind of bug that Mother Nature made this way
This is how God made us and nobody seems to accept that.
There’s slime wherever we go
We carry slime wherever we move.
We’re embarrassed too, y’know!
We get embarrassed with our own slimy presence.
But nobody seems to see
People turn a blind eye towards us.
That we’re the kind of bug that’s got personality
We are unique bugs having personalities too.
Ah, but when the moon is clear
When there is the right environment like a clear moonlit night,
And the night is right
And a conducive atmosphere exists,
We grow little feet
We show a completely different side- growing tiny feet.
And we dance all night
We dance all night long.
We got a little slug singer
We have our very own singer which is rather unique.
She’s got a little slug song
Our singer has a unique song that we love to play.
We got a little slug band
We have a band consisting of slugs only.
We play all night long
We jam all night long and enjoy ourselves.
Well, our skins turn blue
Our skins become blue.
And we lose our slime
We lose the slime which we carry around.
And some of us even sparkle
Some of us shine and sparkle like stars.
Some of the time
However, this doesn't happen all the time.
But at the first sight of sun
The moment the sun rises,
They disappear
All our uniqueness and shine goes away.
And we’re back to being slimy and brown
We are back to being our natural selves- slimy and brown.
Way down here
Confined to the same ground.
Lyrics © Évangeline/APEM
Written by: Connie Isabel Kaldor
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