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The Tragically Hip/Gord Downie (1 Viewer)

johnnyrock62000 said:
Loved The Hip since college. I'm from MN so some may think I'm Canadian.

Just happened to wear a "Fully Completely" concert tee to a draft yesterday (yes, after the season started) and got many comments from people at the restaurant as well as fellow owners. Great band and still bringing people together. 
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Fully Completely was my introduction to them.  Great album.  However, this is my favorite version of Courage.

 
Northern Voice said:
Alright next we're going back to nearly the beginning, with their first album to go platinum in Canada, one which is now 9X platinum, plus whatever bumps it's received in the recent months, I'm talking about Up to Here.

Up to Here was released in 1989, following their less acclaimed (and honestly less good) self titled EP. 

The First single from Up to Here is one of The Hip's most loved rock songs and their first #1 Canadian hit. Instantly recognizable from it's intro, "The shot a movie once... in my hometown," "Blow at High Dough" is the harder rock that first catapulted them onto the Canadian scene. 

Their second single from Up to Here is even more a signature song of theirs. It was named the 16th best Canadian song of all time by CBC Radio and the 24th best rock song of all time by Toronto Alternative station the Edge. The song of course is "New Orleans is Sinking". It's a bluesy-rock song, probably my mom's favourite hip song as a result and you can argue Rob Baker is really the star of it with his signature guitar weaving all over it.

For the several in here who have seen them live, maybe you've had the good fortune as I have, to hear the live "New Orleans is Sinking/Nautical Disaster" version. This is an absolute highlight of their shows. This version I've linked is from 1993 - a year before Nautical Disaster was recorded on an album and one of the first times it would have been played live, you can tell the crowd is losing their minds for NOIS but isn't sure what to make of ND. It's not the best sound quality but I think it's a lot of fun to see the Hip in 1993 grunge type clothing and hair styles but already playing to a huge crowd.

I'll post a couple more songs from Up to Here this afternoon.
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Cranking up some Up To Here right now. Such a great album!

 
Really sad to see two of my favourite Canadian lead singers with major health problems. Gord Downie with brain cancer and John Mann of Spirit of The West having early onset Alzheimers. 

 
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Always meant to revisit this band.  Loved "New Orleans is Sinking" and always always meant to seek out more and never did.  Doing so now.  Just got done with "Fifty Mission Cap" and on to "Courage."

Sounds like I missed a great band, but I will rectify that today and beyond.

 
Try to listen to "Bobcaygeon" without feeling like your floating along the most peaceful of lakes, in the most peaceful of small city, canadian towns...

Majestic

 
God, what a great band.  Been on Spotify with 'em since 1pm.  His voice reminds me a little of the lead singer of Hoodo Gurus, though the music and meaning is far more significant.

What a treasure lost.

 
For those of you that weren't exposed to these guys like us in Canada, you seriously need to. They are Canada. I think every person in every town in Canada knows guys like the dudes in this band. They are just so unique, quirky, subtle but still deep. Get on board and check them out. While you are at it check out other Canadian bands that couldn't crack the US charts to any great degree. You will find a ton more talent, maybe not as amazing as the Hip, but pretty damn close.

RIP Gord.

 
From my hometown and went to my alma mater....I was just 9 years behind and missed out on all their initial gigs at the campus pub  :(

RIP

 
Watching the documentary about the last tour, Long Time Running. 

Do yourself a favour and find this online. 

Incredible that he was able to say goodbye on his own terms. 

 
Soulfly3 said:
Not gonna lie... Had a tear in my eye watching that final show... They are a soundtrack to Canadian life. every time, every where. 

Can't listen to "Bobcaygeon" anymore without shedding a tear... Total reminder of our cottaging as a kid. 

As for CDN bands that didn't make it in the US... I Mother Earth. An absolute TRAVESTY, that they didn't explode. Give their "Scenery and Fish" album a rip... LOUD. It's so vicious and catchy.  This is gonna sound ludicrous, but picture a "poppier" Tool.. the only real way I can describe them... but doesnt truly describe them,

youtube link for the entire album, song by song

:headbang: one more astronaut
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I agree about I Mother Earth and would add Matthew Good and The Odds to the list of Canadian artists that didn't hit it big in the USA, but are worth checking out.

 
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The Duff Man said:
Watching the documentary about the last tour, Long Time Running. 

Do yourself a favour and find this online. 

Incredible that he was able to say goodbye on his own terms. 
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Watching this now as well. I'm very lucky in that I had the chance to see them on the final tour in Toronto. Before that, I saw them in their hometown Kingston on the "Fully Completely" 25th anniversary tour and I actually did see them play a concert in Bobcaygeon. They were just so ####### good live.  

 
northern exposure said:
I agree about I Mother Earth and would add Matthew Good and The Odds to the list of Canadian artists that didn't hit it big in the USA, but are worth checking out.
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There is absolutely NO reason on earth why I Mother Earth didnt absolutely blow up in the US...

One of the true travesties in music... Scenery and Fish is one of the GOAT albums of that era.

 
The Duff Man said:
Watching the documentary about the last tour, Long Time Running. 

Do yourself a favour and find this online. 

Incredible that he was able to say goodbye on his own terms. 
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Where can you find this?

 
Sitting here at the cabin this weekend and my wife have been enjoying the silence except for nature around us. I like my tunes so this is odd not having music on. While making dinner I decided to throw on Up to Here. My wife remarks, that the interesting thing about Gord is that when he got sick he didn't become sick. Great role model even beyond his music.

 
Honus said:
Great thread! I've been a fan since about 2002. I was living in PA and a buddy asked me to ride shotgun to go see the Hip in DC at the 930 Club.  There were probably only 200-300 people there, and most of them were Canadians.  I liked the music a lot, so we got in the habit of driving to see them in Philly or Pittsburgh or wherever anytime they did a US swing. 

It was awesome getting to see them so close. If you got there early, you could squeeze in right up front.  Damn near close enough to reach out and touch Bobby.  I had always heard that seeing them in Canada was a totally different experience.  Finally got a chance to do that last winter in Montreal with 20,000 other people at the Bell Center – as rabid a crowd as I've ever seen at a concert. 

Until a few weeks ago.  I live in Tennessee now, but when news of the cancer came out, I got ahold of my old friend and we were able to come up with two tickets to Ottawa.  I met him there, had an unbelievable night at the show, and then watched the final concert on CBC two nights later.  It's really been an amazing ride.

 I think I will go pop in "That Night in Toronto" now.  Time for a fix. 
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Songs name is Bobcaygeon

 
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