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  • direwolf74direwolf74 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
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    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.
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 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
  • direwolf74direwolf74 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
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    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....
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  • ParksyParksy Posts: 1,753
    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.
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 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
  • shepshep Posts: 5,797
    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.
  • direwolf74direwolf74 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
  • 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.
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • 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.

    I think this is the type of album that grows on you. It's solid. The last one before this (We Are the Same)... not so solid. In fact, from my perspective... the shits. But this one- it's good.

    Regardless, the Hip are Canadian rock icons that have done it the right way. I support them no matter what. They have done much for me and my listening pleasure. I'll be rocking in the first 5 rows Jan. 20 in Kamloops.

    3 Pistols. 50 Mission Cap. Nautical Disaster. So many unreal songs.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • 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.

    I think this is the type of album that grows on you. It's solid. The last one before this (We Are the Same)... not so solid. In fact, from my perspective... the shits. But this one- it's good.

    Regardless, the Hip are Canadian rock icons that have done it the right way. I support them no matter what. They have done much for me and my listening pleasure. I'll be rocking in the first 5 rows Jan. 20 in Kamloops.

    3 Pistols. 50 Mission Cap. Nautical Disaster. So many unreal songs.

    yes, they are a great band. But Gord's same old "microphone stand" rants are getting old live. I've seen them so many times that if I don't care for the new album, I won't be seeing them. I fucking loved In Between Evolution, and I was on the floor for that show. The Lonely End of the Rink was unbelievable live.

    edit: yes, WATS was not solid, as you said. And I skipped that tour as well. Which I sort of regretted after, because it was a summer outdoor show in Winnipeg.
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    edit: yes, WATS was not solid, as you said. And I skipped that tour as well. Which I sort of regretted after, because it was a summer outdoor show in Winnipeg.

    The WATS tour was amazing. They dusted off all kinds of rarities from the back catalogue.
    "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
  • pearljimpearljim Posts: 1,312
    Is Now for Plan A available on vinyl? If so where, cannot find it in Detroit.

    Thank you
    If you have a chance to make life better for others, and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.

    Roberto Clemente.
  • pearljimpearljim Posts: 1,312
    Just ordered vinyl from Amazon.ca :)
    If you have a chance to make life better for others, and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.

    Roberto Clemente.
  • 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.

    I think this is the type of album that grows on you. It's solid. The last one before this (We Are the Same)... not so solid. In fact, from my perspective... the shits. But this one- it's good.

    Regardless, the Hip are Canadian rock icons that have done it the right way. I support them no matter what. They have done much for me and my listening pleasure. I'll be rocking in the first 5 rows Jan. 20 in Kamloops.

    3 Pistols. 50 Mission Cap. Nautical Disaster. So many unreal songs.

    yes, they are a great band. But Gord's same old "microphone stand" rants are getting old live. I've seen them so many times that if I don't care for the new album, I won't be seeing them. I fucking loved In Between Evolution, and I was on the floor for that show. The Lonely End of the Rink was unbelievable live.

    edit: yes, WATS was not solid, as you said. And I skipped that tour as well. Which I sort of regretted after, because it was a summer outdoor show in Winnipeg.

    I know exactly where you're at. I wouldn't be travelling to Vancouver to see them, but in my backyard I've got to! The last time they came here they rocked. It was nice to get out with all the folk instead of my travel partners making the trek to Vancouver or Seattle.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • So bummed theres no St.john's show on the tour! No show in Montreal either?? so weird, hoping they ad some more
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    New video for "The Lookahead". Hilarious! Gotta love Johnny's trumpet solo.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm-y9UsJ2L4
    "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
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Setlist from tonight's show in Cleveland. Holy shit!

    Transformation
    Grace
    Escape....
    Kids Dont Get It
    Man Machine Poem
    Giftshop
    Streets Ahead
    The Rules
    Nashville
    Poets
    We Want to Be it
    Eldorado
    In view
    Lookahead
    Fire
    Springtime
    Fully
    Attawapiskat

    Encore:
    100th Meridian
    ABAC
    Greasy
    Family Band
    Bobcaygeon
    50 Mission Cap
    "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
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Nov. 3rd, Riviera Theater, Chicago:

    Transformation
    NOIS
    Gus
    Gems
    In View
    Man Machine
    Gift Shop
    Greasy Jungle
    Streets Ahead
    Flamenco
    Poets
    We Wanna Be It
    Thompson Girl
    The Lookahead
    Meridian
    Scared
    Music
    Attawapiskat
    ----
    Blow
    ABAC
    Modern Spirit
    Plan A
    Bobcaygeon
    Little Bones
    "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
  • maynardsuxmaynardsux Posts: 1,094
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Setlist from tonight's show in Cleveland. Holy shit!

    Transformation
    Grace
    Escape....
    Kids Dont Get It
    Man Machine Poem
    Giftshop
    Streets Ahead
    The Rules
    Nashville
    Poets
    We Want to Be it
    Eldorado
    In view
    Lookahead
    Fire
    Springtime
    Fully
    Attawapiskat

    Encore:
    100th Meridian
    ABAC
    Greasy
    Family Band
    Bobcaygeon
    50 Mission Cap

    Just getting back from Cleveland now and that show was epic!! Seen the Hip a dozen times and this setlist blew me frickin' away....very first time getting "50" (if you can believe that!), and that encore alone was worth the price of admission, not to mention getting "Nashville", "Springtime", and "Eldorado"...the new stuff is REALLY growing on me and sounds great live!...talked with Bobby, Paul, and Gordie after the show and thanked them for the great set...for the first show on this leg of the tour, I can honestly say they looked re-energized and left me wanting more, totally blown away by this band's ability to deliver... they're pulling out some gems and left me with that unpredictable feeling like I had in the past when I used to go to Hip shows....no offence, but how refreshing NOT to hear "Blow at High Dough" and know that was the show..if you're on the fence, do yourself a favour and GO!!! :D
    '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
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Tonight's setlist from Rochester, NY. Un-fuckin-believable!

    01 - Man Machine Poem
    02 - In View
    03 - So Hard Done By
    04 - At Transformation
    05 - Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man
    06 - Morning Moon
    07 - Don't Wake Daddy
    08 - The Modern Spirit
    09 - Courage
    10 - Now For Plan A
    11 - Family Band
    12 - At The Hundredth Meridian
    13 - Yawning Or Snarling
    14 - Done and Done
    15 - Three Pistols
    16 - Long Time Running
    17 - On The Verge
    18 - Goodnight Attawapiskat

    19 - Daredevil
    20 - Ahead By A Century
    21 - Streets Ahead
    22 - Fully Completely
    23 - We Want To Be It
    24 - Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
    "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
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Nov. 7, 2012- Portland, Maine:

    Transformation
    Grace too
    Good Life
    In View
    Man Machine
    Greasy Jungle
    Lookahead
    Eldorado
    Fireworks
    Coffee Girl
    Lonely End
    We want to Be It
    Gus
    Take Forever
    NOIS/Nautical/NOIS
    Flamenco
    Poets
    Streets Ahead
    Blow
    ABAC
    Courage
    Fiddlers Green
    Music@Work
    Fire in the Hole
    "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
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Got this in my inbox today:

    "Hi folks!

    Just over a year ago, The Tragically Hip and 25,000 fans descended upon the grounds on Pigeon Lake in Bobcaygeon, ON for a sold-out show and director Andy Keen was there to film the monumental moments. Next week the infamous "Bobcaygeon" documentary will debut at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto. The film documents an inside view to one of the most anticipated events in Canadian music. The film will have very limited screenings in select theatres before the in-store release on BluRay and DVD on November 20th! Check out thehip.com next week for pre-sale information on the BluRay/DVD release."
    "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
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Nov. 12, 2012, 9:30 Club, Washington, DC:

    01 - At Transformation
    02 - New Orleans Is Sinking
    03 - Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
    04 - Man Machine Poem
    05 - Gift Shop
    06 - So Hard Done By
    07 - The Lookahead
    08 - Thompson Girl
    09 - At The Hundredth Meridian
    10 - Wheat Kings
    11 - Coffee Girl
    12 - It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
    13 - Ahead By A Century
    14 - Streets Ahead
    15 - Bobcaygeon
    16 - Nautical Disaster

    17 - Long Time Running
    18 - Grace, Too
    19 - An Inch An Hour
    20 - We Want To Be It
    21 - My Music At Work
    22 - Little Bones
    "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
  • Anyone want this? I got it when I didn't know any better, so it's got 4 holes in it from push pins. Still, It's not a bad poster - made by Hatch Show Print & got it at the Ottawa show in 1999. I'm not looking for a pile of cash or anything, but I don't really want to pay to ship it anywhere either. Mainly just hoping to give the poster a new home. I'm still keeping my 1996 poster that I'm not ready to let go of just yet. PM me if you're interested - it may take me a few days to get back to you.

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  • thanks for posting the setlists, i gotta say.....holy shit....those looks nuts...


    the fact that I could possibly get An Inch an Hour in a set that then ends with Fire In The Hole???? yowsa.

    going to seattle Dec 7
    and the Kamploops show.....so far!
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Nov. 15th, Clifton Park, NY:

    Grace too
    Inch an Hour
    Man Machine Poem
    Transformation
    Gift Shop
    Morning Moon
    Bobcaygeon
    In View
    Modern Spirit
    Now for Plan A
    Little Bones
    Love is a First
    Streets Ahead
    Long Time Running
    Fully Completely
    New Orleans/Nautical/New Orleans
    Fire in the Hole

    Music @ Work
    Ahead By a Century
    We Want to Be It
    Fireworks
    Fifty Mission Cap
    "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
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Setlist- Nov. 28th, Detroit, MI:

    01 - At Transformation
    02 - Grace, Too
    03 - Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man
    04 - The Kids Don't Get It
    05 - Man Machine Poem
    06 - Gift Shop
    07 - Streets Ahead
    08 - The Rules
    09 - Lionized
    10 - Poets
    11 - We Want To Be It
    12 - Eldorado
    13 - In View
    14 - The Lookahead
    15 - Thugs
    16 - Fully Completely
    17 - Fire In The Hole
    18 - Goodnight Attawapiskat

    19 - At The Hundredth Meridian
    20 - Ahead By A Century
    21 - Greasy Jungle
    22 - Family Band
    23 - Bobcaygeon
    24 - Fifty-Mission Cap
    "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
  • maynardsuxmaynardsux Posts: 1,094
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Setlist- Nov. 28th, Detroit, MI:

    01 - At Transformation
    02 - Grace, Too
    03 - Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man
    04 - The Kids Don't Get It
    05 - Man Machine Poem
    06 - Gift Shop
    07 - Streets Ahead
    08 - The Rules
    09 - Lionized
    10 - Poets
    11 - We Want To Be It
    12 - Eldorado
    13 - In View
    14 - The Lookahead
    15 - Thugs
    16 - Fully Completely
    17 - Fire In The Hole
    18 - Goodnight Attawapiskat

    19 - At The Hundredth Meridian
    20 - Ahead By A Century
    21 - Greasy Jungle
    22 - Family Band
    23 - Bobcaygeon
    24 - Fifty-Mission Cap

    Went to this show last night and have to admit, I was somewhat bummed.....I went early and heard their soundcheck and was really jacked when I heard them play "Lionized" and "Thugs"....then the disappointment hit when the actual show started and I realized that it was the exact same setlist as the show in Cleveland I saw last month during the first show of the tour, with the exception of those 2 songs, and in the same order! Was kind of hoping to hear a few more of the songs off the new one with maybe a few hidden gems, but it was not to be.....and maybe a little more originality considering a 10 day layoff in between shows. Doesn't matter, they still killed it, and made an instant fan out of my friend who was seeing them for the first time. :D
    '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
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