Tragically Hip ...

Igottago

ediger wrote:

the new single is streaming on the site. I consider the Hip my favourite band, but this is awful. Easily the worst Hip song I've ever heard.

I don't think its that bad...its really poppy. But after listening a couple of times, its not that bad. Still, I don't think the Hip have any suprises left in them anymore. I'm interested to see if the album is anything beyond typical hip-sounding mid-tempo rock songs.

hodge

it'll grow on you
i had mixed reactions at first but now i dig it

mookie blaylock 10

it's weird, but almost every hip album has taken me about three or four listens to fall in love with it. i usually pick out a tune or two on the first listen that i think i will like...but i always end up finding the whole thing grows on me. the first listen is almost always a lukewarm reaction.

"in view" took me a couple of listens, but i like it a lot. cannot wait to see them live again!!!

direwolf74

Like most of you, I had a lukewarm reaction to it on first listen, but now I can't get it out of my head! I'm really digging this tune. I wasn't sure about the keyboards at first, but they're starting to grow on me. The song is catchy as hell, and I think the prominent keyboards give it kind of an E Street Band vibe. I think it's great that the Hip are always changing things up a bit with each album. It shows that they're constantly evolving and challenging their fans. The folks over at the Hipbase are pretty divided over this song, which is par for the course everytime they put a new album out. Some people love it, some people hate it, and some people are on the fence. Happens every time. This new song is definitely "poppy", but this is the Hip we're talking about, and I don't think the rest of the album is gonna have that same sound. They played a few new songs at the Sasquatch Festival, and the ones I heard were VERY hard-rocking and had a darker vibe than the new single. I can't wait to hear the rest of the album!

MCG

I had a few doubts when World Wide Suicide came out too but I find it's pretty common for me. Is it the best Hip song I've ever heard? Absolutely not! Am I still absolutely confident about the new album being brilliant? I certainly am! The Hip have never let me down yet.

locked

Open up the Hip vaults for Christ sake...

enough of this "song of the day" tease...

WE WANT BOOTS!!! (or hearts!)

Or at least give us a "Vault classic" with a pre-order like PJ did!

direwolf74

So after digesting it for a couple days, what's everybody's opinion on the new song? I definitely wasn't partial to it at first, but it's grown on me and I'm really enjoying it now. Do I think it stacks up against the Hip's best material? Not really. But it's still a cool little song, and it might get them some actual radio play in other markets besdies Canada, which is fine by me. Bring on the new album!!!

mookie blaylock 10

direwolf74 wrote:

So after digesting it for a couple days, what's everybody's opinion on the new song? I definitely wasn't partial to it at first, but it's grown on me and I'm really enjoying it now. Do I think it stacks up against the Hip's best material? Not really. But it's still a cool little song, and it might get them some actual radio play in other markets besdies Canada, which is fine by me. Bring on the new album!!!

i like it quite a bit. kind of reminds me of a "problem bears" kind of song...although it didn't take any time for me to "warm up" to problem bears. both are catchy tunes with a little more pop flair i guess. i would agree not up there with the classics, but a very good tune, nonetheless.

and i'm with you as always direwolf...bring it on!!! HIP!

direwolf74

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

i like it quite a bit. kind of reminds me of a "problem bears" kind of song...although it didn't take any time for me to "warm up" to problem bears. both are catchy tunes with a little more pop flair i guess. i would agree not up there with the classics, but a very good tune, nonetheless.

and i'm with you as always direwolf...bring it on!!! HIP!

Good call on the "Problem Bears" comparison. That's what I was thinking as well. It definitely has that same kind of feel to it, but a little more polished and with layered keyboards and guitars (no doubt courtesy of Bob Rock's production). Like I mentioned earlier, the keyboard parts remind me of Bruce & the E Street Band. And the more I hear the song, the more I think it sounds like a lost track from a Matthew Sweet album.

MCG

direwolf74 wrote:

So after digesting it for a couple days, what's everybody's opinion on the new song? I definitely wasn't partial to it at first, but it's grown on me and I'm really enjoying it now. Do I think it stacks up against the Hip's best material? Not really. But it's still a cool little song, and it might get them some actual radio play in other markets besdies Canada, which is fine by me. Bring on the new album!!!

At this point it has just made me inconsolably excited for the new album!

Lost_Clay

hot damn i love you tube!!!

check out the band's performance of 'locked' from the 1992 juno's live via satellite from australia !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S2NAZ6otps

direwolf74

*bump*

Don't mind me, folks. Just keepin' the thread alive. 43 more sleeps until "World Container"! That seems like such a long wait...but I have a feeling it'll be worth it.

ediger

after hearing it a few more times, I still think it sounds like a bad Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band song. I'm really not a fan of their last two cds and this just sounds like an extension of where those were headed.

direwolf74

ediger wrote:

after hearing it a few more times, I still think it sounds like a bad Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band song. I'm really not a fan of their last two cds and this just sounds like an extension of where those were headed.

I'm the opposite. I'm a huge fan of their last three albums, and my favorite Hip record is always the most recent one. To me the new song sounds like a cross between Matthew Sweet and the Stereophonics. The keyboards do sound a bit Springsteen-ish, but not in a bad way (at least for me it's not). I think it's the sound of the Hip just having some fun and writing a simple power-pop song just for the hell of it, which is something they've never done before. Is it the best thing they've ever recorded? No. But I still think it's a pretty cool tune, and it's catchy enough that it might get them some much deserved radio play in the U.S. And I'll bet the rest of the album will be quite different from the single. The three new songs I heard them play at the Sasquatch Festival were all heavy, guitar-driven rock songs with none of the "pop" element that the first single has, so it's hard to say what the rest of the album will sound like. It's gonna be interesting.

direwolf74

Hey folks! There's a preview of the new album cover on the Hip's homepage. I love it! It might be one of the coolest album covers they've ever done. Kinda reminds me a bit of the cover for Neil Young's "Living With War". Check it out!

http://www.thehip.com

RockinInCanada

Lost_Clay wrote:

First we'd climb a tree
and maybe then we'd talk
or sit silently
and listen to our thoughts
with illusions of someday
casting a golden light
no dresss rehersal,
this is our life

that's where the hornet stung me
and I had a feverish dream
with revenge and doubt
tonight, we smoke them out

You are ahead by a century

Stare in the morning shroud
and then the day began
I tilted your cloud,
you tilted my hand
rain falls in real time
and rain fell through the night
no dress rehearsal, this is our life

That's when the hornet stung me
and I had a serious dream
with revenge and doubt
tonight, we smoked them out

You are ahead by a century
but this is our life
and disappointing you's gettin'
me down
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

you guys & gals should all check out the new http://www.thehip.com & new fanclub in the works and great things happening in 2006

Damn....I have not heard or thought of this tune for years....man makes me think back to my high school years...all good memories....man I think I just had a moment!

mookie blaylock 10

direwolf74 wrote:

Hey folks! There's a preview of the new album cover on the Hip's homepage. I love it! It might be one of the coolest album covers they've ever done. Kinda reminds me a bit of the cover for Neil Young's "Living With War". Check it out!

http://www.thehip.com

indeed it does. i like the cover, very cool!...and a pretty sweet song of the day in "lionized" from amsterdam

mookie blaylock 10

Lost_Clay wrote:

hot damn i love you tube!!!

check out the band's performance of 'locked' from the 1992 juno's live via satellite from australia !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S2NAZ6otps

that takes me back...still a song i listen to a lot, but the "look" of the band takes me back...:)

thanks lost clay

mookie blaylock 10

Let Me Out!!! Let Me Out!!!! Let Me Out!!!!

direwolf74

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

Let Me Out!!! Let Me Out!!!! Let Me Out!!!!

I love how crazy Gord gets during that part. I remember when they played that tune in Boston back in '02. During the build-up, the lights suddenly went pitch black except for all these strobe lights going, and Gord starts mumbling quietly "lemme out...lemme out....it's too fucking hot in here, let me out..." and then Johnny comes in quietly on the drums, building up to a mighty crescendo, and then BANG!!! The entire band kicks back into the main riff and all the house lights come up in a giant flash, bathing the entire theatre in light, and Gord just starts screaming his lungs out, "LEMME OOOOOOOUUUUUUT!!!!! LEMME OOOOOOOUUUUUUT!!!!" and flailing about the stage like a madman. It was absolutely riveting. It was one of those moments that happens often during a Hip show, where you suddenly think to yourself, "these guys are the best live band on the f**king planet." If the boys in Pearl Jam had been in the audience that night, all five of them would've turned to each other in stunned amazement and said "holy shit."