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  • Child Of The 90s
    Child Of The 90s Posts: 526
    Great night!

    I just arrived in Toronto last night for a new job that started today. After I got home from work I got word that The Hip were playing in Kensington Market. I rushed down there and found myself watching them play in a little bar. The first time I saw them (my first concert ever in 1996), I was in the very back row of a stadium. It was pretty cool to see them all these years later at such a small place. Might try to go see them again tomorrow!
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Gord's interview on Q from this morning:

    http://www.cbc.ca/q/popupaudio.html?clipIds=2286012190
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • CTD10
    CTD10 Posts: 351
    Another great album from The Hip.
    ctd
  • Child Of The 90s
    Child Of The 90s Posts: 526
    Going for round two tonight... hopefully I'll get in.
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Live stream happening right now! They're performing the entire album and then some:

    http://www.livestream.com/nowforplana
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Goddamn, I hope someone is capturing the audio from this. Absolutely EPIC version of Grace, Too.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • Child Of The 90s
    Child Of The 90s Posts: 526
    Child Of The 90s wrote:
    Going for round two tonight... hopefully I'll get in.

    Damn, didn't get in tonight.

    I see that Jack White is playing the next two nights, RNDM is coming to soon, The Wallflowers are playing this month, and Social Distortion is coming up soon as well. I think I need to be careful not to go broke... bit of a different town than Ottawa
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    hahaha, this is awesome.....glacier movement.. an inch an hour, two feet a day. so perfect.

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=823_1349216459
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II, Sea I+II '24
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    Child Of The 90s wrote:
    Child Of The 90s wrote:
    Going for round two tonight... hopefully I'll get in.

    Damn, didn't get in tonight.

    I see that Jack White is playing the next two nights, RNDM is coming to soon, The Wallflowers are playing this month, and Social Distortion is coming up soon as well. I think I need to be careful not to go broke... bit of a different town than Ottawa
    I've lived here all my life; you really need to pick and choose which concerts are important to you or you'll drop every hard-earned dollar on shows.
  • CTD10
    CTD10 Posts: 351
    I can not get enough of Now for plan A....what an amazing album
    ctd
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    CTD10 wrote:
    I can not get enough of Now for plan A....what an amazing album

    Agreed. Hands down the best thing they've done since Music@Work in my opinion. Even the songs I wasn't too keen on at first have grown on me (About this Map, Done and Done). It's just brilliant from start to finish, and it's quickly becoming my favorite album of 2012. I can't get enough.

    Oh, and remember that kick-ass version of Hundredth Meridian I posted earlier in this thread? Well this one is even better:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPu7HJ-sSaw
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    Modern Spirit = Unbelievable

    About this map
    Plan A
    We Want to Be it



    those are the highlights for me.....i could take or leave transformation , streets ahead, man machine poem....

    the rest are good

    My vinyl
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEPrX7jWSNg

    sarah harmer sounds beautiful on her tracks, will these songs be played live without her i guess?

    overall, I am happy with the album.. to say its the best since Music @, no way for me!! In Between Evo is in top 3 for me...violet light up there too. that being said, im pleased....sound great.
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II, Sea I+II '24
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    I picked up the vinyl as well. I need to have both: CD for the car, and vinyl for home.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Amazing interview with Gord Downie on CBC the other day. Never seen him so candid and personal before, especially when discussing his private life, which he rarely does. Turns out his wife had a scary bout with breast cancer as the band was in the middle of making the new album, which ended up inspiring some of the lyrics on the new songs (Transformation, The Lookahead, Man Machine Poem in particular). It certainly puts things in perspective and gives even more emotional weight to these songs:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4k57AZ92tM
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    saw Bobcaygeon yesterday. Good watch, not great. I wish there was more intimate stuff with the band....

    I really dont like when Gord YELLS grace too as opposed to singing it.



    here is a QandA with filmaker Andy Keen after our viewing.

    Some questions may not make sense without seeing the movie.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtUmiIEXoF8

    Enjoy in the future perhaps....
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II, Sea I+II '24
  • Parksy
    Parksy Posts: 1,852
    1st: Now for Plan A is EXCELLENT!!!!

    2nd: Ironically... I keep seeing and hearing reviews that are like "best Hip since Phantom Power... or best Hip since Music @ Work" My affinity and love for We Are The Same cannot allow this. :)

    But... N4PA is probably one of their most 'beautiful' albums. The arrangements, the lyrics, and Sarah Harmer... beautiful.

    I've listened to it almost twenty times now since it came out..... gets better every spin.
    Toronto 2000
    Buffalo, Phoenix, Toronto 2003
    Boston I&II 2004
    Kitchener, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2005
    Toronto I&II, Las Vegas 2006
    Chicago Lollapalooza 2007
    Toronto, Seattle I&II, Vancouver, Philly I,II,III,IV 2009
    Cleveland, Buffalo 2010
    Toronto I&II 2011
    Buffalo 2013
    Toronto I&II 2016
    10C: 220xxx
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Here's Downie's full interview from the George Strombo show tonight. Much funnier and more light-hearted than the one he did last week:

    http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/Shows/Ge ... 291746805/
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • shep
    shep Houston Posts: 5,900
    So.... who bought hip tickets today???

    My brother has been on my case to come visit him for the last 2 years while he's been working on his law degree at DAL... Got the email about the Canadian tour and said "this looks like a fantastic excuse to go to Hali!".

    got 4 gold circle seats to the metro center show this morning in the presale... already psyched!
    Houston, Texas... Believe it or not, there are 7 million people here... must be a couple of fans who'd love to see you play.
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Sadly this will be the first Hip tour since 1991 that I won't be able to see. For some bizarre reason they've decided to skip Calgary on this tour, and I don't have the funds or the vacation time to venture down south for the U.S. tour. It's a real bummer.

    That being said, I can't stop listening to the new record. Nobody expects a masterpiece from a band who has been around as long as the Hip have. But a late-career masterpiece is exactly what they've made. This is the best album of 2012 in my opinion...and the best thing these guys have done in 10 years. The amount of heart and soul they've poured into this album is inspiring to me. This is a band that clearly cares about their craft, and I love that they continue to throw us a few curve balls and push themselves forward artistically after almost 30 years in the biz. Long may they run!
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    I'm not all that fond of the new one. I've listened to it a couple times, and nothing grabs me.

    But he comes across in interviews as incredibly intelligent and enormously humble.
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