THEY DID IT ***Petition: PJ, Please Play A Tragically Hip Song In Ottawa***

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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,280
    DukeSpirit said:
    Or play poets and have the roof blow off the arena. 

    If they cover any one of their songs in any Canadian hockey arena it will totally blow off the roof. 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    I can honestly see this happening, with Jeff's love of the Hip and Gord, and Ed's obvious affection for them as well. I'd love it if they replaced Rockin' for a Hip song in the encore for the Canadian dates. that would be so epic. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    it gives me chills to think of Jeff starting the opening bass notes to Grace, Too. the place would go absolutely fucking bananas. 
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  • nautical_disaster
    nautical_disaster Posts: 348
    My wishlist of hip songs that I could imagine pj doing a nice version: Fiddler's Green, Family Band, Escape is at hand, fireworks, wheat kings, scared, my username.

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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    I think if they did a hip song, it would have to be one of their top 5 that everyone knows. 
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,459
    Honor The Hip! 
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  • nautical_disaster
    nautical_disaster Posts: 348
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I think if they did a hip song, it would have to be one of their top 5 that everyone knows. 
    oh for sure, but a guy can dream lol

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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    nautical_disaster said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I think if they did a hip song, it would have to be one of their top 5 that everyone knows. 
    oh for sure, but a guy can dream lol
    hey, I wouldn't complain if Ed and Jeff did a duo acoustic Fiddler's Green what so ever. that would be the highlight of my life. 
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  • nautical_disaster
    nautical_disaster Posts: 348
    oh man that would be amazing

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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,280
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Honor The Hip! 


  • NWOntario
    NWOntario Toronto Posts: 831
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    nautical_disaster said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I think if they did a hip song, it would have to be one of their top 5 that everyone knows. 
    oh for sure, but a guy can dream lol
    hey, I wouldn't complain if Ed and Jeff did a duo acoustic Fiddler's Green what so ever. that would be the highlight of my life. 
    I saw Tame Impala at the ACC last night - they were great - and during a lull in the set began to think about which Hip songs would suit Ed's voice. I actually think "Poets" might suit it particularly well. Gord has/had a very idiosynratic singing style, but also an idiosyncratic voice in and of itself. Ditto Ed, and I think "Poets" might be one of the songs that best suits him. Maybe "Scared," too. And...actually, "Grace, Too." There may be some opportunities here - but yeah, if at the ACC Matt starts playing that drum part and the bass slinks in behind it, absolute mayhem.
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  • TWHolt
    TWHolt Moncton, NB Posts: 408
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    it gives me chills to think of Jeff starting the opening bass notes to Grace, Too. the place would go absolutely fucking bananas. 
    This right here^^^^. I'm getting those same chills right now.  If that were ever to happen, and I was present for it, I would need a box of tissues and someone to hold me up...
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,280
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I think if they did a hip song, it would have to be one of their top 5 that everyone knows. 

    Pretty much. 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAyi75OK8zY

    hell, invite Bobby Baker and Hugh Dillon up at the ACC to do Little Bones. lol
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    you know, Bobcaygeon might be good too. Imagine Ed yelling out "THAT NIGHT IN TORONTO". 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    northerndragon said:
    I must be the only person in this country that can't stand the Hip, never listened to the Hip, and hopes to God this band never covers the Hip...with all due respect.
    Nope I'm with you. I keep trying but everything in me just goes 'nononononono turn it off'. You sir have fine tastes.
    What? Rival is as good as any hip song.
    There are no good Hip songs, don't be dumb. Therefore it is an irrelevant comparison. Rival kicks ass.
    haha. no good hip songs. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    been reading back through this thread of people who say the hip are terrible and have no idea who the hip are. it's kind of funny to me since Jeff is a MASSIVE Hip and Gord solo fan. Introduce Yerself was in his top 5 albums that year. He said he wept when he listened to it. And Ed spent a week with Gord while they were both recording, and got to know him, and spoke about him at Wrigley. 

    i can't for the life of me why anyone would hate the hip, but to each their own. But I digress. hopefully the band would bust out a massive surprise cover of the hip at the canadian shows this fall. and hopefully I'm there to witness it. 
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  • LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan
    LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan Posts: 3,417
    This belongs on the first page
  • GP179117
    GP179117 Posts: 367
    I want to see PJ open with last of the unplucked gems 
    Tempers are wearing thin. Let's hope some robot doesn't kill everybody.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    welp, I hope they play it for you all. If they do, I'll be forever kicking myself that I wasn't there. 
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