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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
I respect the band, Gord and the gems in their catalogue, but i'll never understand the accolades Canadian media so willingly give the Hip.
Some think their music represents Canada but people I know of my parents age mostly know the group by reputation and they mean little or nothing to them.
Their artists were the Guess Who, Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot, etc, and its hard to argue those.
They're a good group, I'm just not sure who elected them to be canada's group and why we should agree with it.
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I suspect the Hip evolved into Canada's group because they never really made it out of Canada, unlike Rush or The Band, it gives them cachet that no one has heard of them, it allows us to feel smug about them