The Headstones

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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,975
    Hugh just posted a short video on social media talking about the 25th anniversary of Picture of Health. SWEET. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,975
    their show on the weekend was fucking awesome. they actually tagged Pink Floyd's Time during Oh My God! that was mind blowing. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,975
    Picture of Health 25th Anniversary reissue and tour (playing the album front to back) this fall. VIP packages also available. Two Winnipeg shows and meet and greet and soundcheck at one of them. I'm finally going to meet my namesake! 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,975
    Brian Johnson of ACDC recorded a congratulatory video to the band on 25 years of music. Had no idea Headstones would even be on his radar. Who knows, maybe they paid for the spot! LOL
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,975
    I've been bugging Hugh Dillon for (among many other things) a live record. He mentioned at a show a few years back during one of their songs "this will be track 3 on the live record" which never came out and then at the Kingston show a couple years back he said "we're recording this show for posterity" and I asked him about it and he said he'd do his best to get me a copy. that was 7 years ago. 

    Now I hear a radio interview with him recently where he says he hates live records and dvd's. 

    first: I've known for a long time that the self-professed "no bullshit 100% authentic punk rocker" is usually full of shit, on stage and in interviews; he often repeates the same old tired lines, telling the interviewer/audience what a special relationship (insert city) has always had to the band, etc. it's easy to pick this out going to several shows in different cities over the years. it's one thing that has bugged me about one of my favourite front men of all time. it's obviously 70% performance/audience placation and 30% real. which is fine, it's still intense and a great rock show. 

    second: for a band that so heavily relies on their live shows to keep/gain an audience, why the fuck wouldn't they want a live record that their fans obviously want? they are tight live, so there's no issue there. he acknowledged the contradiction that he thinks the live show is the best place to see a band, but at the same time he hates live records and loves the recorded song, but I still don't get it. if you are confident in your live performance, and it might even get you a bigger audience (people hearing how awesome the live show is and will want to go), what is the downside?
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,856
    edited November 2018
    I know people who hate live albums, and it seems that their reasoning is completely based on a desire to just have a really nice, sharp, clean and fully produced recording without all the crowd noise and stuff, which I actually do understand. That is the sound that most people grew up on and are used to, what they always heard on the radio all their lives, and it does generally hit the ear more "gently" ... a live recording can sound kind of messy to them. But obviously they don't understand (or care about) what they're missing while they're avoiding that part, such as the extended jams, all the covers and shit, the improvs, and every other bit of creativity that only happens during live shows. I'm not saying High Dillon doesn't know what's he's missing though. Obviously he does. But I wonder if he doesn't like live albums for the exact same reasons anyhow.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,975
    PJ_Soul said:
    I know people who hate live albums, and it seems that their reasoning is completely based on a desire to just have a really nice, sharp, clean and fully produced recording without all the crowd noise and stuff, which I actually do understand. That is the sound that most people grew up on and are used to, what they always heard on the radio all their lives, and it does generally hit the ear more "gently" ... a live recording can sound kind of messy to them. But obviously they don't understand (or care about) what they're missing while they're avoiding that part, such as the extended jams, all the covers and shit, the improvs, and every other bit of creativity that only happens during live shows. I'm not saying High Dillon doesn't know what's he's missing though. Obviously he does. But I wonder if he doesn't like live albums for the exact same reasons anyhow.
    that's actually exactly what he said, that he prefers to be able to hear each crisp, clear note on the record, I'm guessing rather than a possibly muddied up sound of 5 instruments and the crowd not mixed properly. but that isn't the point of the live record for me. I hate bands who play the same as the record, which is why I never went to see the Eagles. Everyone says "it sounds exactly like the record". my response is "ok, then I guess I just saved myself $300". Headstones do amazing tags during Oh My God, including New Orleans is Sinking, House of The Rising Sun, Low Rider, Takin' Care of Business, Pink Floyd's Time, and their own Swingin'. it usually clocks in at close to 8 minutes live. it's fucking epic and I look forward to it every show. obviously not everyone wants to hear that, but I don't personally get that.

    I guess I don't get why, when you try so hard to make your fans happy with his "this is our favourite town!" nonsense, why deny them this just because he doesn't like live records? 
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,856
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I know people who hate live albums, and it seems that their reasoning is completely based on a desire to just have a really nice, sharp, clean and fully produced recording without all the crowd noise and stuff, which I actually do understand. That is the sound that most people grew up on and are used to, what they always heard on the radio all their lives, and it does generally hit the ear more "gently" ... a live recording can sound kind of messy to them. But obviously they don't understand (or care about) what they're missing while they're avoiding that part, such as the extended jams, all the covers and shit, the improvs, and every other bit of creativity that only happens during live shows. I'm not saying High Dillon doesn't know what's he's missing though. Obviously he does. But I wonder if he doesn't like live albums for the exact same reasons anyhow.
    that's actually exactly what he said, that he prefers to be able to hear each crisp, clear note on the record, I'm guessing rather than a possibly muddied up sound of 5 instruments and the crowd not mixed properly. but that isn't the point of the live record for me. I hate bands who play the same as the record, which is why I never went to see the Eagles. Everyone says "it sounds exactly like the record". my response is "ok, then I guess I just saved myself $300". Headstones do amazing tags during Oh My God, including New Orleans is Sinking, House of The Rising Sun, Low Rider, Takin' Care of Business, Pink Floyd's Time, and their own Swingin'. it usually clocks in at close to 8 minutes live. it's fucking epic and I look forward to it every show. obviously not everyone wants to hear that, but I don't personally get that.

    I guess I don't get why, when you try so hard to make your fans happy with his "this is our favourite town!" nonsense, why deny them this just because he doesn't like live records? 
    Yeah, that's why I like live shows too. It's all the unexpected shit that makes a show great. I have no interest in seeing a band that doesn't get creative on stage.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,734
    I think HFD needs to start up a tribute band.  Maybe call yourselves The Hughstones.  :smiley:
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,975
    brianlux said:
    I think HFD needs to start up a tribute band.  Maybe call yourselves The Hughstones.  :smiley:
    funny I said this exact same thing on Twitter the other day, since the band won't be touring for another 2 years after this. I will go through withdrawal. I suggested The Hardstones. My old band, called the Dime Sized Drops (after one of their song titles) used to play some Headstones tunes. They were the favourite band of 3 of the 4 of us. The other one was the drummer, so it didn't matter. :lol:
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,975
    headstones in the studio again for an anticipated fall 2019 release. man, can you imagine if PJ had this kind of turnaround for studio work? it's insane. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,975
    new song this friday: a cover of Gordon Lightfoots "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". they have occasionally covered this live in various tags during songs, I don't know if ever in full. But this will be a studio version, as Hugh tells me, "just for the fans" (i.e: not being sent to radio as a single). 
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  • willbarclay
    willbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    Not part of a new album either?
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,975
    don't think so. new album in september
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,975
    Headstones, Pursuit of Happiness, Trews, Tom Cochrane, and 3 surviving members of the Tragically Hip playing Canada's oldest (now closed) penitentiary, Kingston Pen, to benefit United Way. 

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,856
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Headstones, Pursuit of Happiness, Trews, Tom Cochrane, and 3 surviving members of the Tragically Hip playing Canada's oldest (now closed) penitentiary, Kingston Pen, to benefit United Way. 

    Rockin' The Big House

    rockinthebighouse.com
    Do you know what the Hip members would be doing exactly? Playing with the other bands listed? Or doing something on their own?
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,975
    not sure. maybe Tom Cochrane's backing band?
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,975
    edited May 2019
    maybe they won't be doing anything except making an appearance, hard to say. Paul Langlois's wife is the organizer. or maybe each individual will make appearances with different bands. sounds super interesting though. I'd love it if I lived closer to Kingston. 
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  • willbarclay
    willbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    Hey @HughFreakingDillon
    did you hear the headstones are playing with the Trews in Kingston at the old penitentiary?
    thats epic (and I don’t normally use the word epic)
    im going 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,975
    willbarclay said:
    Hey @HughFreakingDillon
    did you hear the headstones are playing with the Trews in Kingston at the old penitentiary?
    thats epic (and I don’t normally use the word epic)
    im going 
    haha, yeah, the last 4 posts were about it. enjoy the show!
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