05-24-2016, 08:33 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sadly not in the Dome.
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Truly one of my favorite bands. I've seen them in big out door concerts, Road Side Attraction, to small little pubs in and around d Toronto and Calgary.
I still remember a young G watching the New Orleans is Sinking video on Much Music and my dad being upset over the but flicking matches at the gasoline can. Such a great catalog of music over the decades.
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05-24-2016, 08:40 AM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Calgary
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f#ck cancer. So much.
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05-24-2016, 08:49 AM
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#24
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Didn't see this, started another thread, I'll close it.
Just brutal, brutal news.
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05-24-2016, 08:51 AM
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#25
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: I don't belong here
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I'm on their emailing list. I woke up and grabbed my phone and started looking, and "Oh, look! More news from The Hip!". Crap, what a kick in the gut.
I'm not so huge into The Hip now like I was 20 years ago, but they're still my favorite band of all time, and my goto music when I can't decide what to listen to.
My favorite concert was An Evening With The Tragically Hip. No opening acts, just The Tragically Hip. I think the show lasted for nearly 4 hours, with a 30 minute intermission. It was great.
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05-24-2016, 08:57 AM
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#26
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Calgary
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this is the e-mail from the band, if anyone wants to see it (nothing new):
Hello friends.
We have some very tough news to share with you today, and we wish it wasn't so.
A few months ago, in December, Gord Downie was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
Since then, obviously, he's endured a lot of difficult times, and he has been fighting hard. In privacy along with his family, and through all of this, we've been standing by him.
So after 30-some years together as The Tragically Hip, thousands of shows, and hundreds of tours...
We've decided to do another one.
This feels like the right thing to do now, for Gord, and for all of us.
What we in The Hip receive, each time we play together, is a connection; with each other; with music and it's magic; and during the shows, a special connection with all of you, our incredible fans.
So, we're going to dig deep, and try to make this our best tour yet.
We hope you can come out and join us this summer - details and dates will be coming this week.
And we sincerely thank all of you, for your continued love and support,
Paul, GordD, Johnny, Rob, GordS
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05-24-2016, 09:00 AM
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#27
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Scoring Winger
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Poorly kept secret. Been hearing rumors about this through friends at sunnybrook for a while. Was hoping this was julius level BS, but I guess not.
Still amazed by Gord D's stage presence. The incredible energy he displaced in their more recent shows was no less than the crazy young band that played the all-ages Ballroom shows in the early 90s. Just powerful. And so iconic.
Hoping for a very high quality of life in his final stretch. #### cancer.
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05-24-2016, 09:01 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Calgary
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Well, I would guess that will be a hot ticket this summer if it happens. One of the greatest in Canada, ever. I hope he celebrates his life with fun and entertainment until the very last day. Seems like what he would do.
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05-24-2016, 09:07 AM
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#29
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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The Hip were the first rock band that I got into as a kid emerging from traditional children stuff. My brother is big into music and is 9 years older than me, so I raided the hell out of his cassette collection to make a mix tape.
To this day I have a hard time getting into music that's lyrically too simplistic, and it's probably Gord's fault.
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05-24-2016, 09:15 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: New York, NY
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I am curious as to what form of brain tumor he has and whether he has explored any novel treatments that are still in clinical trials.
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05-24-2016, 09:23 AM
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#31
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
What is going on this year with musicians dying? Terrible news as that's way too young. What's the scope of their last tour?
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It's going to be happening more and more often. For the Gen-X generation, their heroes are getting close to their 60s+ and a lot of health issues can start appearing. This culture of musicians and popular music and stardom only really started in the last half of the 20th century. For the 1960s generation, they went through this as well. Remember George Harrison passed away at 58 about 10 years ago. Now that 1970s/1980s generation is moving into that phase.
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05-24-2016, 09:25 AM
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#32
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Winebar Kensington
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Very few people have written better songs than Gord Downie, very few people have sung such songs as well, very few people can command a room, as a performer, like he can, very few people have utilized their own success to support lesser known artists and people in need as well as he has, and very few people in a position such as his have been as kind and forthcoming to me personally. If I'm honest, his songs and melodies are always in my head. He's an absolute hero and I wish him, his family, and close friends all the best during this devastatingly sad time. I can't believe it.
- Vish Khanna
dave bidini @hockeyesque 3h3 hours ago words are impossible now. yet, love to the kid we ran with; who led us into a world of wild sounds + strange colours; dark, beautiful, true.
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05-24-2016, 09:30 AM
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#33
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Jane Stevenson @JaneCStevenson
the good news, docs say, is #TheTragicallyHip singer #GordDownie's brain tumour has shrunk since surgery/treatment & "he's doing very well."
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05-24-2016, 09:32 AM
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#34
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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I remember the first time I heard this song in 1987:
I was hooked. The Hip have been the sound track to my life. I may have strayed to other bands, and other music, but I always came back to The Hip.
There is no band who's songs I can hear, and suddenly I am transported back to an event, be is happy, sad or terrifying.
As Downie says "It a sad thing bourbons all around".
I will have to see this band off, I remember seeing them at the Westward club all those years ago.
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05-24-2016, 09:32 AM
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#35
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Domoic
I am curious as to what form of brain tumor he has and whether he has explored any novel treatments that are still in clinical trials.
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The specialist treating Downie, neuro-oncologist Dr. James Perry, will hold a news conference in Toronto on Tuesday morning to discuss the singer's condition, details of which have not been released.
Downie has been diagnosed with glioblastoma, which is the most common and most aggressive cancerous primary brain tumour.
It affects about two to three people per 100,000 in Canada, the United States and Europe, according to information supplied by Sunnybrook Heath Sciences Centre, which is treating the musician.
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http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/art...380618191.html
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05-24-2016, 09:34 AM
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#36
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Retired
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Pacific Ocean
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Oh man what horrible news to wake up to. One of the perks of living in southern California, is being able to see the Hip at the Troubadour and Wiltern theaters. Such an amazing performer, he just mesmerized you the moment he hit the stage
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05-24-2016, 09:37 AM
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#37
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Victoria, BC
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What? Damn
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05-24-2016, 09:39 AM
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#38
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First Line Centre
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Just last night I was listening to Phantom Power and went in to Music @ Work then In Violet Light... Thinking to myself, hot damn these guys have such staying power with me. I was singing tunes that I hadn't listened to in years. Knowing they had a new album, I knew we were going to be getting a summer tour, so I was pretty excited. Definitely not been a good morning.
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05-24-2016, 09:48 AM
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#39
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Monster Storm
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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This is very tough news to digest this morning. We all have a time and place for the inevitable, sadly for Gord that time is on the horizon. Ive been a loyal fan for many many years- I think Ive seen about 14 shows and every time they stroll to the stage it is like having a beer with an old friend.
I was part of the generation that crowned them the Kings of Canadiana and their presence on the Canadian scene will always be iconic. We have not lost our band/friends/icons yet. So perhaps today we should all reach for the catalogue of songs that have told the stories of our youth and let them fill the air once again. I am sadden by the news but I choose to look toward the summer with a teenage giddiness of seeing the band once more time.
I will be there - for Gord.
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05-24-2016, 09:56 AM
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#40
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Franchise Player
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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.
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