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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    so Hip vinyl is just as rare as PJ vinyl. yet another similarity between the two.
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    just checked the bay, and there's a few vinyl on there right now:

    Road Apples (unsealed) has 3 days left and is at $113. :shock:
    Up To Here (two copies) BIN for about $80 :o
    Self Titled (ep) is at $25 with 2 days left.

    I think the ones I'd like the most on vinyl are Live Between Us and In Violet Light. or maybe Music At Work, just to hear that monster Tiger The Lion on vinyl. :)
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Incredible show last night in Edmonton! A little too short maybe, but it was awesome nonetheless. I've seen this band so many times I've lost count, and I can easily say that this was one of the best Hip shows I've seen. Great energy from both the band and the crowd, and Gord was VERY animated and ranting all through the show. I didn't see it, but apparently there was quite a bit of drunken douchebaggery going on near the front of the stage with some idiots fighting and slamming into women and small kids, which pissed Gord off something fierce. A couple of times he explicitly told people to stop crowd surfing. Then he started singling out specific guys who were being assholes and totally berated them in front of 20,000 people. It was fantastic. He also had a great rant in the middle of Hundredth Meridian about him and Paul hitchhiking to Prince Edward Island with nothing but a bag of granola and $17. Great stuff!

    Setlist:

    Blow
    Grace
    Love
    Streets
    Gift
    ABAC
    In View
    Poets
    Meridian
    Wheat
    Drip
    Fully
    Courage
    Bob C.
    NOIS/Nautical/NOIS
    Bones

    Encore:
    Kids
    Music

    And here's a great video from last night of Gord going off on some asshole in the crowd:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuFn0mVFbl8
    "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
    Another one of Gord berating some douchebags in the crowd (and a killer version of Fully Completely). "It's not the music, man. You would do it at a Bieber show and you fuckin' know it!" Classic.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJkgySFCI4
    "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
    Some more great footage from Edmonton. This is a long one: Poets, Meridian, Wheat Kings, and the excellent new song Drip Drip.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqr2VTujhH8
    "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
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    thanks DW!
    seems like some of the good "old" Gord
    is back "Paul I can't look!"
    lmao!
    but Gord still thinks he has to consume 100 percent if the crowds attention with rants and his tap dancing...!
    the band is in killer form..
    let the music do the talking once in a while...
    ok keep the rants but enough of the tap dancing...
    it's just not rock and roll as much as cabaret at this stage IMO ..
    just my own rant I guess !
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    locked wrote:
    thanks DW!
    seems like some of the good "old" Gord
    is back "Paul I can't look!"
    lmao!
    but Gord still thinks he has to consume 100 percent if the crowds attention with rants and his tap dancing...!
    the band is in killer form..
    let the music do the talking once in a while...
    ok keep the rants but enough of the tap dancing...
    it's just not rock and roll as much as cabaret at this stage IMO ..
    just my own rant I guess !

    LOL. There is a reason the singer is called a "frontman". A lot of bands dont like to be in the spotlight, and an exuberant singer allows them to focus on the music.
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  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    those edmonton rants are awesome.


    Here is Drip, Drip, Drip from Vancouver, er Burnaby.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd3KkzOLMjQ
    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
    Great song! Can't wait to hear the official version when the new album comes out.

    My two cents regarding Gord's antics: I don't think it takes away from the music at all. It certainly didn't take anything away from the raw energy that was on display in Edmonton the other night. If anything, it only heightened it. Those guys still rock harder than most bands half their age, and that was definitely one of the best Hip shows I've seen in recent years. Gord can do no wrong in my opinion. He's like a crazed lunatic who's out on a day pass from the asylum, and you never know what he's gonna do. His weird spasmodic dancing has actually been a part of their live show since the beginning. In fact I distinctly remember him doing some bizarre form of tap dancing in '92 at the Max Bell Center in Calgary during an epic 10-minute version of "New Orleans is Sinking". Maybe it's because he's older, but these days he's just a bit more graceful at it, and he seems to do it more often. Also, his clever, unique, and hilarious use of the mic stand as a prop is incomparable. He seems to come up with a new way to use it at every show. I think it's great, and it gives their live show a wholly original dynamic that you don't get with any other rock band. The dude is the best frontman in the biz, hands down.
    "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
    My review of the Burnaby show, (off the hip board)

    alright, wow. so what a night.

    The hip came out, Gord tied his shoes and we were off. I am always "meh" about Blow as the opener but damn it was awesome. Had to be in the 7 to 8 minute range, with the "He's a microphone and a microphone stand, IM A MAN! at the end. Grace, too got the tragically hip line, which was nice. Streets ahead was only alright for me as a new song, it was good, but not as good as Drip Drip Drip with the rain coming down. This song is incredible. The crowd was going NUTS for it, considering nobody has ever hear it before. It has the potential to be the single for sure, great highlight. Love to see the band still connecting with new music, it put a smile on my face. I was front row, and the barricades were reinforced mid show with rope because a lot of stress was being put on them with the likes of Fully Completely, Hundredth Meridian and Poets. I will say this: In the beginning, Gord was missing his cues a little, due to his antics. Example, he'd be doing something just out of reach of the mic, and start singing and have to quickly get to the mic. Also, he was definitely yelling more than singing in the start. But he smartened up. He was doing the usual hanky work. I must say he is an absolute MASTER of the Mic stand wobble with the feet now. I saw it fall at least once a show in 06, 07 and earlier, but the mic stand is his toy now, he is perfect with it. Didnt drop once. Fiddlers Green was a crowd favourite, the "Balloons all filled with rain" got a big cheer. Such a sad, sad song. Odd to see people crowd surfing to it. One girl in the middle in front, had to be pulled out, the gave her water, but she was messed up, couldnt stand, either wasted, dehyrdration or exhaustion or all of the above, it was a messed up scene, they took her to first aid. Rink was AWESOME, i was so hoping it would be the opener, but opening the encore was good enough. It was an absolute lighter fest for wheat kings. Music @ Work was great. High energy show, from the boys. We had a blast. The outdoor GA, was a great experience, crowd was awesome. I couldnt help but think of heksenketel while fully was on.

    Music @ Work Ending the Show: (Camera work settles down)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlyjhEOk92k

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    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
    You guys got Rink and Fiddler's? I'm officially jealous. Great review!
    "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
    Newest of my Rare series uploads:

    Highway Girl (porter)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJUNkU8NLY0
    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
    Ahh, the old Tucson bootleg from '91. I love that one. Easily rivals "Roxy & Elsewhere" in terms of classic Gord storytelling. Great stuff!
    "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
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Ahh, the old Tucson bootleg from '91. I love that one. Easily rivals "Roxy & Elsewhere" in terms of classic Gord storytelling. Great stuff!
    Goddamit Vic !
    His names mark vareekan but I call him Vic!
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Well, the all-too-brief summer tour officially ended two nights ago in Montreal. Someone over at the Hipbase talked to Gord Sinclair after one of the shows and he mentioned that the boys were gonna be holed up in the studio again after the tour for another writing/recording session. I was hoping for a new Hip album sometime later this year, but it sounds like they're still a few months away from being finished. It was a fun tour. The band are at the top of their game, and Gord is in mid-90s form in terms of his on-stage rants. The Edmonton show was one of the best Hip shows I've seen in recent years, and the guys look like they're absolutely jazzed to be back on stage after such a long hiatus. Can't wait to hear the new album and see the upcoming documentary!

    Here's the brilliant "New Orleans/Nautical/New Orleans" medley from the Windsor show:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkO_xhqVptA
    "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
    direwolf74 wrote:

    Here's the brilliant "New Orleans/Nautical/New Orleans" medley from the Windsor show:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkO_xhqVptA


    I love that they did this for this little tour, but the ones from back in the day, sounded more off the cuff, you know? this is like: they are playing new orleans and they all stop and know their cue to willingly go into Nautical. whereas back then the jam just sort of EVOLVED into Nautical. do you know what I mean? I still like both ways, but if i had a choice i would want to hear the latter.
    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
    That's exactly how Nautical was written. The band would jam out the middle section, eventually hitting on a specific melody or chord progression, and Gord would start improvising and trying out lyric ideas he was working on at the time. "Escape is at Hand" was written in the same fashion. Even if they wanted to make it sound "off the cuff" again, they wouldn't be able to do it, since both songs are now fully fleshed out, finished pieces of music. But I agree, it sounded more powerful the first time I heard it on the '93 ARA tour. I remember Gord would start singing the verses and my friends and I would look at each other in amazement, "holy shit, I think this is a new song!"

    Hearing new Hip material for the first time never fails to blow my mind. I absolutely LOVED all three new songs I heard at the Edmonton show last month, and I think the new album is gonna be great. My favorite "new Hip song" moment was at the '06 Sasquatch Festival at the Gorge. Due to a freak hail storm, the Hip's set was cut short and they only got to play 8 songs. During their set they surprised the hell out of everyone by busting out three new unreleased songs: Lonely End of the Rink, The Drop-Off, and Fly. When they launched into the Drop-Off, I had to pick my jaw up off the ground. It was so damn heavy and intense, and they absolutely wiped the floor with just about every other band on the bill that day, including the mighty Ben Harper. To this day that's the best Hip show I've ever seen. The girl standing next to me had never heard of them before. After they left the stage to rapturous applause from the crowd and loud chants of "Hip! Hip! Hip!", she asked me which album she should buy first. She then took off towards the merch tent and came back with 3 of their albums and a t-shirt.
    "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
    The Entire

    Marymoor 2007 show is coming up slowly on my youtube channel for those interested. It's great quality of a fantastic show. Couple of rarities in there too.

    Part 1 of 9 is here
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H_X2IRWr5o


    Part 1, 2, 3, 4 complete, the rest to come.

    My fingers go in Gord's Mouth in Part 2 ;)

    Enjoy.
    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
    restlesssoul wrote:
    The Entire

    Marymoor 2007 show is coming up slowly on my youtube channel for those interested. It's great quality of a fantastic show. Couple of rarities in there too.

    I was there! Standing about 3 or 4 rows back in front of Paul. Thanks a bunch for uploading this show! I'm converting these to mp3s as I type this. What an excellent souvenir!
    "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
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    You know I soooooo want to get back on board with this band, just made an ipod mix of my favorites live and studio Hip tunes (I call it "Scott's Favorites" aka "yer favorites") but I noticed I didnt pull one song or performnce
    beyond "In Violet light" which I still contend was their peak year for live shows...

    DW,
    These new songs just sound bad, bad, bad to my ear...
    Heard them all.. drip. drip, drip too..

    what the f*ck happened to MY Hip?

    They forgot how to write any good rock songs..

    and Gord just cannot sing anymore, I'm sorry to say "the emperor has no clothes"

    Compare:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9zxD8du ... re=related
    2011 (ugh! is this even rock and roll?)

    to
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INgP4g_J ... er&list=UL
    2002- best tour ever!
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford

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