The setlists have been almost identical for the first couple of shows on this tour, save for switching out 2 or 3 songs. How "U2" of them. That's almost unheard of with this band. I'm guessing that because they haven't played together in over a year, and between solo projects and working their arses off recording the new album, they likely haven't had time to rehearse a lot of songs for this tour. So they're sticking with ones they're most comfortable with right now, and trying out some new material in the process. Regardless, I can't wait for the Edmonton show on July 15th!
"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."
I just remembered that they've been shooting a documentary during the last three shows. That might explain the identical setlists. They're probably doing that for continuity purposes and for getting the best take of each song.
Here's "Bobcaygeon" live in Bobcaygeon from last night. Love how Gord trades verses with the crowd:
"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."
"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."
I just remembered that they've been shooting a documentary during the last three shows. That might explain the identical setlists. They're probably doing that for continuity purposes and for getting the best take of each song.
Here's "Bobcaygeon" live in Bobcaygeon from last night. Love how Gord trades verses with the crowd:
Setlist for Bobcaygeon was pretty much the same except The Kids Don't Get It replaced Fireworks and they did another encore with 50 Mission Cap and Locked in the Trunk of a Car. Great show, really enjoyed the atmosphere on Saturday night. Nothing like a big outdoor part with 25,000 Hip fans.
DW!
thanks for reviving the Hip mojo on this board.
it's the only thread where people don't look at my user name and think I'm posting from jail!
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come back to Boston! (aka Toronto south )
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Hey! Long time no chat! I recently renewed my TenClub membership in order to get decent seats for their Calgary show in September, and I realized that I could finally start posting here again. And what better way for me to re-introduce myself than to revive the longest running non-Pearl Jam thread on these forums! For me this is one of the best times to be a music fan. My two favorite bands in the world are both busy with all kinds of activity: touring, recording new albums, shooting documentaries, etc... I love it. From everything I've heard from Hip fans attending the recent shows, the new songs are amazing. Very rocking, up-tempo material. Sounds like the new record is gonna be a barn burner, and hopefully a kick-ass return to form after the somewhat spotty "We Are the Same" album. They finally ditched Bob Rock and are producing the new album themselves, thank god. I'll give Bob credit for breathing some new life into the boys on the excellent "World Container" (loved Johnny's heavy drum sound on that record), and I know Downie is really good friends with the guy. But it was definitely time to part ways with him as a producer. His style is just too polished and radio-friendly for a band like the Hip. Anyways, it's great to see you're still posting here. Feel free to stop by the Hipbase as well and say hi to your fellow Hipheads.
Here's a clip of "Grace, Too" from last week's Peterborough show. Gord is uncharacteristically subdued on this one, but this version belongs to Robby Baker. Watch him rip it up during the extended outtro. The dude is so underrated and his playing is so smooth and expressive. I still say he's one of the finest lead guitarists in rock:
Not bad for their first show in over a year. Especially for a band who admits they don't rehearse much. But I suppose if you've played together for 25 years, you wouldn't really need to.
"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."
Anyone have an extra ticket for the Canada Day show at Downsview? I stupidly thought the capacity of the venue would be big enough that the show would never sell out, but low and behold, no tickets are available through Ticketmaster anymore....
damn, the Bobcaygeon show on the 25th ended with the one two punch of
50 Mission Cap going right into Locked in the Trunk of a Car.
wow.
That would've been fucking EPIC. Wish I coulda been there for that one.
"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."
Good lord! Great to see a thread on The Hip...on this board or any other!
I'm sort of a rare breed - a Hip fan who lives in the Southeastern part of the US. I'd imagine that most people in this thread are from up north - Canada or the border states that pick up Canadian radio. But I was turned on to them about 5 years ago by a Canadian friend on another internet BBS (non music-related) and I fell in love immediately!
Awesome band! Not sure I'll ever get to see them live since I doubt they make it this far south very often (hummm...sounds like another band I know.... :P ), but I own every album, have a nice little collection of boots, and watch YouTube for any footage.
Hope all you guys getting to go to shows this summer hare a great time!
Awesome band! Not sure I'll ever get to see them live since I doubt they make it this far south very often
The good news is you're in luck! The Hip play the south quite often, usually on every tour. Unfortunately their shows don't get a lot of advertisement in the U.S., so you just have to keep close tabs on their website for tour dates. Here they are performing "Daredevil" in Atlanta in 2009:
"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."
Wow...it would be awesome if I could see them some day. And yeah, I was already a fan in 2009, but heard NOTHING about them being here. I guess I shouldn't be surprised - I don't think I've ever met anyone here in ATL who knew who they were before I told 'em! I pimp them to whoever will listen...and some people have liked them, too...but it's not like they have any kind of massive fan base down here to speak of.
I think you guys keep the best Canadian bands to yourselves and send us Nickelback and Justin Bieber on purpose, just to throw us off the scent. :P
I am on their Facebook feed...I wonder if I would get any news of them coming here that way.... What do you think?
Grace, Too
Blow At High Dough
Love Is A First
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
Streets Ahead
Poets
Ahead By A Century
In View
Drip Drip
At The Hundredth Meridian
Gift Shop
Fiddler's Green
Transformation
Fully Completely
Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
Bobcaygeon
New Orleans Is Sinking / Nautical Disaster
Little Bones
Encore:
The Kids Don't Get It
Wheat Kings
My Music At Work
Note: "O, Canada" was sung by the fans, and the band appeared as it finished to start the encore
Im really getting sick of seeing this setlist. Im sure it rocks live and being there is great, but dig depper dammit. This looks just so standard. Where are the really good songs that never made radio play. I guess since there is no new album, we get this greatest hits sort of sestlist this time around. I can live with that, if I have to.
Here's the Hip doing a really cool Stones/Doors cover combo to cheer you up, not anywhere else but my channel:
There is more where that came from too! Will keep you posted.
Awesome! I'd never heard The Hip play either of these you posted so far today, and they are fabulous audio quality, too! Thank you so much for uploading these over there! What a treat!!! If you don't mind, I'm gonna send you a friend invite over there so I can keep up with future uploads, etc.
Well just got the power back on here after a miserable storm hit the Windsor area last night and threatened a postponement of the Hip show......fortunately, with a slight delay, they were able to go through as planned and didn't disappoint! Restless, you will not be happy, it didn't stray much from the setlist of the July 1st show in Toronto.....they played the same songs, just in a different order, and started with "End of the Rink" and used "Blow..." as the opening for the encore. A pleasant surprise was "Scared" as the second song for the encore but then you lose "Wheat Kings" in the process.....the show, for me, seemed like a greatest hits package, but i can't complain, it was my 10th time seeing the Hip and it was their first show ever here in my hometown (and i managed to score front row seats).....the band was tight (as always) but Gordie seemed somewhat reserved and stumbled through the intro of "100th", forcing them to start again....i've come to expect the unexpected from this band and though they did play a couple of my favourites: "It's a Good Life..." and the "New Orleans/ Nautical Disaster" mix, i was still hoping they would pull out a couple of surprises (eg. "Fifty Mission Cap" would have been nice....10th time seeing them and still haven't seen this song live :( ) The new songs translated well, "Drip, Drip, Drip" was catchy, and i hope this tour serves as a prelude for a larger potential tour when the new stuff gets released.....and if anyone happens to go to their show at Bayfest in Sarnia, PLEASE drop me a line if you could get me the tour poster.....went after the show and they were sold out ($15) :( I'll cover all charges and throw in a little something for the effort Thanks Hip Nation!
'93 Toronto
'94 Detroit
'10 Columbus
'11 Detroit (Eddie solo), Toronto 1 and 2, Ottawa, Hamilton
'13 London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
'14 Detroit
'16 Ottawa, Toronto 1 and 2, Chicago 1 and 2 '18 Chicago 1 and 2 '22 Hamilton, Toronto
the show, for me, seemed like a greatest hits package, but i can't complain, it was my 10th time seeing the Hip and it was their first show ever here in my hometown (and i managed to score front row seats).....
that is awesome!!!! glad you had a good time in the hometown! Im still excited for the show im going to, greatest hits package or not, but it just seems strange since their setlists are never static for this long. Ive been talking on the hip board too and they seem to think it will pass after the documentary and festival circuit is over and new album drops.
the show, for me, seemed like a greatest hits package, but i can't complain, it was my 10th time seeing the Hip and it was their first show ever here in my hometown (and i managed to score front row seats).....
that is awesome!!!! glad you had a good time in the hometown! Im still excited for the show im going to, greatest hits package or not, but it just seems strange since their setlists are never static for this long. Ive been talking on the hip board too and they seem to think it will pass after the documentary and festival circuit is over and new album drops.
I KNEW I could hear a third song in there that I knew. It's that guitar part, I just couldn't place it, but it is definitely Jimi's Third Stone From The Sun. It starts at the 3:00 mark. Very cool.
Damn that is a sweet song. Stones, Doors, Jimi. wicked.
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Well, after a slow start, it's nice to see this thread has some life. It's a joy to see some familiar names in here (restlesssoul, locked). And welcome to all the newbies as well! Here are some videos of the three new songs the band has been playing on the current tour. Over on the Hipbase forum they had originally asked the bootleggers not to post the new material, but since they're all over youtube now, the cat is pretty much out of the bag. So here they are:
"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."
Nice work guys breathing new life into this thread! Restless, i was just wondering, is there a discussion board out there for Hip fans.....i used to go on the "hipfans.com" a few years back and they would have live posts and threads like here....it was nice, especially to see the variation in the setlists from night to night.... i just went on there and there doesn't seem to be anything active like that anymore......and the Hip's main website, well enuff said about that one
'93 Toronto
'94 Detroit
'10 Columbus
'11 Detroit (Eddie solo), Toronto 1 and 2, Ottawa, Hamilton
'13 London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
'14 Detroit
'16 Ottawa, Toronto 1 and 2, Chicago 1 and 2 '18 Chicago 1 and 2 '22 Hamilton, Toronto
Nice work guys breathing new life into this thread! Restless, i was just wondering, is there a discussion board out there for Hip fans.....i used to go on the "hipfans.com" a few years back and they would have live posts and threads like here....it was nice, especially to see the variation in the setlists from night to night.... i just went on there and there doesn't seem to be anything active like that anymore......and the Hip's main website, well enuff said about that one
Holy crap, I haven't heard that in years. That was back in the pre-Internet days when the only way to hear the new songs early was to tune into the radio premier, which usually aired about a week before the official street date. I used to tape them off the radio just so I could drive around in my car listening to the new songs while waiting for the album to come out. I remember doing that for Fully Completely, Day for Night, Henhouse, and Phantom Power as well. By the time Music@Work was released in 2000, the Internet was in full force. A buddy of mine came across a leaked version online about a month before it came out and he was kind enough to burn me a copy. I felt so secretive (and kind of guilty) driving around with that album blaring out the window a month before street date. Ahh, good times.
"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."
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-Tom Waits
Here's "Bobcaygeon" live in Bobcaygeon from last night. Love how Gord trades verses with the crowd:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64xMATrWU2Q
-Tom Waits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL_64ssBzGY
-Tom Waits
thanks for reviving the Hip mojo on this board.
it's the only thread where people don't look at my user name and think I'm posting from jail!
nois>nautical>nois ?!!!!
that's my unplucked gem!
been a hip club member since 1994.
come back to Boston! (aka Toronto south )
scotty
EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford
okay, there it is explained. good find. they will get into now, once the filming is over.
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Hey! Long time no chat! I recently renewed my TenClub membership in order to get decent seats for their Calgary show in September, and I realized that I could finally start posting here again. And what better way for me to re-introduce myself than to revive the longest running non-Pearl Jam thread on these forums! For me this is one of the best times to be a music fan. My two favorite bands in the world are both busy with all kinds of activity: touring, recording new albums, shooting documentaries, etc... I love it. From everything I've heard from Hip fans attending the recent shows, the new songs are amazing. Very rocking, up-tempo material. Sounds like the new record is gonna be a barn burner, and hopefully a kick-ass return to form after the somewhat spotty "We Are the Same" album. They finally ditched Bob Rock and are producing the new album themselves, thank god. I'll give Bob credit for breathing some new life into the boys on the excellent "World Container" (loved Johnny's heavy drum sound on that record), and I know Downie is really good friends with the guy. But it was definitely time to part ways with him as a producer. His style is just too polished and radio-friendly for a band like the Hip. Anyways, it's great to see you're still posting here. Feel free to stop by the Hipbase as well and say hi to your fellow Hipheads.
Here's a clip of "Grace, Too" from last week's Peterborough show. Gord is uncharacteristically subdued on this one, but this version belongs to Robby Baker. Watch him rip it up during the extended outtro. The dude is so underrated and his playing is so smooth and expressive. I still say he's one of the finest lead guitarists in rock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO7J3Lld-rs
Not bad for their first show in over a year. Especially for a band who admits they don't rehearse much. But I suppose if you've played together for 25 years, you wouldn't really need to.
-Tom Waits
<font color="red"> So much music, so little time.... </font>
Tonight should be one heck of a show the boys throw. Wishing I was there today. Even it if it is in TO.
50 Mission Cap going right into Locked in the Trunk of a Car.
wow.
That would've been fucking EPIC. Wish I coulda been there for that one.
-Tom Waits
I'm sort of a rare breed - a Hip fan who lives in the Southeastern part of the US. I'd imagine that most people in this thread are from up north - Canada or the border states that pick up Canadian radio. But I was turned on to them about 5 years ago by a Canadian friend on another internet BBS (non music-related) and I fell in love immediately!
Awesome band! Not sure I'll ever get to see them live since I doubt they make it this far south very often (hummm...sounds like another band I know.... :P ), but I own every album, have a nice little collection of boots, and watch YouTube for any footage.
Hope all you guys getting to go to shows this summer hare a great time!
The good news is you're in luck! The Hip play the south quite often, usually on every tour. Unfortunately their shows don't get a lot of advertisement in the U.S., so you just have to keep close tabs on their website for tour dates. Here they are performing "Daredevil" in Atlanta in 2009:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUR7BrMALF4
-Tom Waits
I think you guys keep the best Canadian bands to yourselves and send us Nickelback and Justin Bieber on purpose, just to throw us off the scent. :P
I am on their Facebook feed...I wonder if I would get any news of them coming here that way.... What do you think?
In honour of the day, I uploaded a rarity to Youtube you guys may or may not know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzM0JEb1gVg
There is more where that came from too! Will keep you posted.
Grace, Too
Blow At High Dough
Love Is A First
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
Streets Ahead
Poets
Ahead By A Century
In View
Drip Drip
At The Hundredth Meridian
Gift Shop
Fiddler's Green
Transformation
Fully Completely
Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
Bobcaygeon
New Orleans Is Sinking / Nautical Disaster
Little Bones
Encore:
The Kids Don't Get It
Wheat Kings
My Music At Work
Note: "O, Canada" was sung by the fans, and the band appeared as it finished to start the encore
Im really getting sick of seeing this setlist. Im sure it rocks live and being there is great, but dig depper dammit. This looks just so standard. Where are the really good songs that never made radio play. I guess since there is no new album, we get this greatest hits sort of sestlist this time around. I can live with that, if I have to.
Here's the Hip doing a really cool Stones/Doors cover combo to cheer you up, not anywhere else but my channel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUpnmHtHlNk
Enjoy!
Awesome! I'd never heard The Hip play either of these you posted so far today, and they are fabulous audio quality, too! Thank you so much for uploading these over there! What a treat!!! If you don't mind, I'm gonna send you a friend invite over there so I can keep up with future uploads, etc.
You made my day: New-to-me Hip!
Great live video - also pretty doggone good audio quality!!! Thanks so much for posting the link for me!!!
'94 Detroit
'10 Columbus
'11 Detroit (Eddie solo), Toronto 1 and 2, Ottawa, Hamilton
'13 London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
'14 Detroit
'16 Ottawa, Toronto 1 and 2, Chicago 1 and 2
'18 Chicago 1 and 2
'22 Hamilton, Toronto
that is awesome!!!!
Here is some new Rare Stuff I uploaded:
Get Back Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYFLcFPcu3o
You beat me to it! I was just about to post this! One of my all time Hip faves! Too bad they never play it anymore.
Hahaha sorry man! Share the same good taste I guess.
I've got something special uploading now too. Five part interview, should be up in a day or so. It's vintage.
I KNEW I could hear a third song in there that I knew. It's that guitar part, I just couldn't place it, but it is definitely Jimi's Third Stone From The Sun. It starts at the 3:00 mark. Very cool.
Damn that is a sweet song. Stones, Doors, Jimi. wicked.
Transformation (this one rocks. My favorite new song so far)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiHhwyEWiH8
Drip Drip (beautiful song. Can't wait to hear the album version when it comes out)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjyjaNb2 ... re=related
Streets Ahead (cool up-beat pop song with a great chorus. Sounds kinda like a sister song to "In View")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU8EaOe5 ... re=related
-Tom Waits
'94 Detroit
'10 Columbus
'11 Detroit (Eddie solo), Toronto 1 and 2, Ottawa, Hamilton
'13 London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
'14 Detroit
'16 Ottawa, Toronto 1 and 2, Chicago 1 and 2
'18 Chicago 1 and 2
'22 Hamilton, Toronto
this is the forum I go to:
http://hipbase.com/forum/
i think it is THE hip forum now.
1991 LIVE ON AIR WORLD PREMIER OF ROAD APPLES PART 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGwpmCoMWiM
Holy crap, I haven't heard that in years. That was back in the pre-Internet days when the only way to hear the new songs early was to tune into the radio premier, which usually aired about a week before the official street date. I used to tape them off the radio just so I could drive around in my car listening to the new songs while waiting for the album to come out. I remember doing that for Fully Completely, Day for Night, Henhouse, and Phantom Power as well. By the time Music@Work was released in 2000, the Internet was in full force. A buddy of mine came across a leaked version online about a month before it came out and he was kind enough to burn me a copy. I felt so secretive (and kind of guilty) driving around with that album blaring out the window a month before street date. Ahh, good times.
-Tom Waits
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