I'll be doing the London show for sure, and likely at least one of the Toronto shows.
I've probably seen the Hip 40 times.
I've seen them 4 times in concert with less than 1,000 people. Twice at Mulcahy's Long Island New York. Those two shows were probably my favourite. Met the band before the show the one time as they were staying at the same hotel as we were and Gord S. and Bobby went out to get some McDonald's. Was outside having a smoke and stopped them as they were walking back. They had all the time in the world to chat with us. Then we met them again after the show and same thing. Both shows I was at the front with my beer on the stage.
I saw them at the Fillmore on Detroit (this may have been slightly more than 1,000, but if it was it wasn't much more) and that venue is fantastic. I was lucky enough that my niece (19 now and a bigger Hip fan than me which is saying something) and nephew and sister got to go as well. My niece had never seen them in a small venue before. Gord came right over to her as she was front and just off centre and sang right to her for a good minute. My niece would sing Hip lyrics before she could even speak growing up.
My buddy won tickets to see them for The Strombo Show right as they were opening up the new studio at CBC, and that was only about 350 people.
I remember Roadside Attraction shows, Edenfest, too many arena show to count, Molson park shows, Live 8, Centennial Hall in London (another small venue), plus they always seemed to come and play the little festivals we have here in London.
As many have said here, they were the soundtrack to my formative years and there is no way I am not going to see them on this tour.
Here's to you Gord! Stay strong!
Awesome!
Two of my high school friends went to school in Texas, saw the Hip at a bar there, the band sat at their table between sets when they found out where they were from. That would have been an amazing show.
So I've just discovered "Tragically Hip Radio" on Jango, an app for the iphone. Was in a restaurant and for the hour I was there I though, man what awesome tunes, brings me back so I asked the waiter and he told me all about it. Every few songs is a hip song and the rest are like I Mother Earth, Weezer, Matt Good, Headstones etc. Just downloaded it, awesome. Sorry if I'm behind the times, lol, but thought someone else might like it too.
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I started University in '87 and I remember people coming back from a show and raving about this band I hadn't heard of called "The Tragically Hip". "Smalltown Bringdown" and "Last American Exit" got played a fair bit. When "Up To Here" was released it was huge - every campus party, pub or even just drinking before would have that playing. I was shocked when I came across people who didn't know most of the songs. "Road Apples" came out and "Little Bones" seemed to bring in a whole new group of fans.
"Fully Completely" seemed to complete their progression into bone fide Canadian superstars. Some friends who had been touring Australia came home and talked about how they saw The Hip in a small club while there and how great it was seeing them in a small venue. Then we went to see The Hip at Another Roadside Attraction in the Markham Fairgrounds (Midnight Oil were also on the bill and were very good).
I've seen The Hip a number of times. I was never a superfan but their albums of the late 80s/90s are deeply woven into the fabric of my memories. I made a point of looking at the CDs last night, just to be sure I still had them.
I'll try to get tickets but I'm sure this will be the most vied for ticket of the summer.
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Agreed with the song "scared" for an underrated hip song, just an incredible acoustic song. But honestly of all the beautiful lyrics Gord wrote that people are coming up with I can't help but feel the last line in that song sums up my feelings with the guitar outro. It may not have the power and lyrical wizardry of others, but you really just have to listen to the song to feel the emotional effect of it after the news.
I gotta go, it's been a pleasure doing business with you
Easily my favourite Hip song. It's a little tougher to listen to right now.
"I am actually more excited for the Oilers game tomorrow than the Flames game. I am praying for multiple jersey tosses. The Oilers are my new favourite team for all the wrong reasons. I hate them so much I love them."
I feel like this is one of those times an exemption should be made them to play McMahon. Need a venue like that for this type of show....damn.
What is the process for an exemption? Can we petition city hall?
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"I am actually more excited for the Oilers game tomorrow than the Flames game. I am praying for multiple jersey tosses. The Oilers are my new favourite team for all the wrong reasons. I hate them so much I love them."
Just checked here: https://goo.gl/maps/xinMSC8BwMM2
to see if there was a sign saying "where the great plains begin". Left disappointed. Any Brandonite's want to erect a sign?
Just checked here: https://goo.gl/maps/xinMSC8BwMM2
to see if there was a sign saying "where the great plains begin". Left disappointed. Any Brandonite's want to erect a sign?
Scared and Wheat Kings often get thrown out there as the Hip's best mellow songs, but in my opinion Long Time Running and Fiddler's Green are far far superior. If you like the former two and aren't aware of the latter two, listen to them now.
Long Time Running
To me this song is about a man going through a nasty divorce. My second favorite Hip lyric comes from this song, "We don't go anywhere, just on trips".
Fiddler's Green
To me it's about a mother who loses a child. They rarely play this song live but did at Fort Calgary a couple years ago. I lost my ****. SO happy to have been able to see it live just once.
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I still can't believe this is real. I think a big part of it for me was the fact the Hip was my favourite band since I've basically been old enough to buy music and my own taste in what I liked.
I still remember being so young and stupid, walking through Kildonan Place (a mall in East Winnipeg). I just got a cd player for the first time and my first discs were Green Day Dookie and Aerosmith big ones. I bought Nautical Disaster and Fully Completely after seeing the Hip on SNL. I remember thinking "well, they're good but no one can be good as Aerosmith'. Lol ... 13 year old me. This almost belongs in the young and stupid thread.
anyway I started listening to the Hip and it just felt right. how can music feel right? with the hip it just did. As I got older I began to appreciate their music more for their lyrical gymnastics Gord pulled... to their distinct Canadian brand. Nothing makes me feel young and Canadian like putting on a Hip Mp3. It instantly takes me back to my teen years and also makes me swell with pride to be a Canadian. It's not just in their lyrics, it's in the music. The very soul of the Hip as a band is Canadian.. what it means to be Canadian and what it feels like to be Canadian.
And the range... you can get in a super dark place listening to Nautical Disaster, or, throw on Road Apples and think you're in a dank Albertan dive drinking a pitcher of beer. I hope I can get tickets to the show in Calgary.
These tumours are all different as well. You can live a long time if they figure out a treatment that works well for you. I'm hoping that's the case here.
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These tumours are all different as well. You can live a long time if they figure out a treatment that works well for you. I'm hoping that's the case here.
#### it, I take it all back.
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I've been thinking about the Day For Night album today. In my eyes that's the one that took The Hip from a meat and potatoes rock band to a new level. Something a bit darker and heavier. Not as brooding as some of the other bands of that era, but not 54.40 straight ahead either. It was just a perfect album for its time. As mentioned, he's an amazing lyricist...but I swear, every song on Day For Night is lyrically brilliant.
Interesting and sophisticated,
Refusing to be celebrated,
It's a monumental big screen kiss,
It's so deep it's meaningless.
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I've been thinking about the Day For Night album today. In my eyes that's the one that took The Hip from a meat and potatoes rock band to a new level. Something a bit darker and heavier. Not as brooding as some of the other bands of that era, but not 54.40 straight ahead either. It was just a perfect album for its time. As mentioned, he's an amazing lyricist...but I swear, every song on Day For Night is lyrically brilliant.
Interesting and sophisticated,
Refusing to be celebrated,
It's a monumental big screen kiss,
It's so deep it's meaningless.
For me Day For Night is where they became, dare I say, post apex. At least in terms of song quality and feel. I just think everything up to and including Fully Completely, and to some degree Day for Night, was better musically and more "rocking". After that was the transition to the more poetic sing songy phase. The lyrics were better, but I don't think the music was. Then again, maybe I'm just that grumpy old man clamoring for the old stuff because "kids these days".
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I remember that night being so warm, no wind, the music carried perfectly, and the whole crowd was just mesmerized. Pretty awesome Stampede memory.
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