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mookie blaylock 10

another fave from "the drop off"...

"The fates are amok and spun, measured and cut and the past is meant to please us
Yer a comet from earth in a Kiss Alive shirt saying, ‘holy fuck, it’s jesus!?’
The surface is green and the dark interweaves in a lonely iridescence
It’s terribly deep and the cold is complete and it only lacks a presence
and nothing else."

bharQ

Igottago wrote:

Album is pretty solid...the only misteps IMO are "in view" and "lonely end of the rink".

But overall the album is good and sound much fresher than what they've done with the past couple of albums.

lol just like giftshop and ahead by a century are the missteps on trouble at the henhouse eh?

rebornFixer

Lonely End of the Rink = masterpiece.

Is it me, or is there a real nice, delay-laden U2-esque guitar sound coming from Rob(I assume?).

rebornFixer

I shit you not ... That song made me tear up, because it was so effing great.

direwolf74

reborncareerist wrote:

Lonely End of the Rink = masterpiece.

Is it me, or is there a real nice, delay-laden U2-esque guitar sound coming from Rob(I assume?).

That song kicks my ass every single time. An instant Hip classic, that's for sure. I agree you can definitley hear the U2 influcence with the delay effect on Robby's lead guitar part. I can also hear a bit of The Police during the verses.

What a great album!

Igottago

bharQ wrote:

lol just like giftshop and ahead by a century are the missteps on trouble at the henhouse eh?

There are no missteps on henhouse. One of the best rock albums ever written IMO.

Rink just sounds like a song you would expect the hip to write..the hockey reference, the churning guitars...plus I don't really like lyrics (oh to join the rush as the season builds).

In view, too poppy for my tastes, and again, lyrically boring. Not up to Downie's standards.

But overall I am really enjoying the album.

civ_eng_girl

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

another fave from "the drop off"...

"The fates are amok and spun, measured and cut and the past is meant to please us
Yer a comet from earth in a Kiss Alive shirt saying, ‘holy fuck, it’s jesus!?’
The surface is green and the dark interweaves in a lonely iridescence
It’s terribly deep and the cold is complete and it only lacks a presence
and nothing else."

:D:D:D:D

my favorite part of the ENTIRE album!! mook, how'd you know?

thanks for the lyrics though -they're better than i had imagined...

rebornFixer

The Drop Off also kicks 800 different types of ass. Also some some nice guitar trickery buried in one of the most rocking songs the Hip have ever done.

I don't think I will diss Bob Rock anymore. With the right band, he can work wonders.

rebornFixer

Igottago wrote:

There are no missteps on henhouse. One of the best rock albums ever written IMO.

Rink just sounds like a song you would expect the hip to write..the hockey reference, the churning guitars...plus I don't really like lyrics (oh to join the rush as the season builds).

In view, too poppy for my tastes, and again, lyrically boring. Not up to Downie's standards.

But overall I am really enjoying the album.

The lyrics for Rink are pretty basic on the surface ... I have a personal meaning that I have transposed on them, though.

agree that Henhouse is nearly flawless.

direwolf74

reborncareerist wrote:

The lyrics for Rink are pretty basic on the surface ... I have a personal meaning that I have transposed on them, though.

agree that Henhouse is nearly flawless.

Gord mentioned in a recent interview that the lyrics in "Rink" are essentially about the relationship he had with his dad when he was a kid. Here's the quote:

"I was a rink rat growing up," he says. "I was a goalie and my father was a busy father of five, so he would come when he could. When he did show up, I'd look up and there he would be. He'd never go so far as saying 'I'll be there,' because you don't break promises to children -- unless you're Stephen Harper -- and then I'd make a couple of saves, look up, and he'd be gone. So it was a really cool phantom in my life."

rebornFixer

direwolf74 wrote:

Gord mentioned in a recent interview that the lyrics in "Rink" are essentially about the relationship he had with his dad when he was a kid. Here's the quote:

"I was a rink rat growing up," he says. "I was a goalie and my father was a busy father of five, so he would come when he could. When he did show up, I'd look up and there he would be. He'd never go so far as saying 'I'll be there,' because you don't break promises to children -- unless you're Stephen Harper -- and then I'd make a couple of saves, look up, and he'd be gone. So it was a really cool phantom in my life."

And as someone with a well-meaning yet too busy/kind of messed up father, I think maybe this is why the song grabs me. Its a bizarre mix of really rocking music with lyrics that make me feel rather sad.
Its a rare song that can hit such different emotions at the same time.

civ_eng_girl

ok, i can't take it.... i'm stopping somewhere to buy World Container tonight on the way home....

The Drop Off has been in my head all day, and if i don't hear it soon, i'm going to go crazy!! :eek:

:D:D

mookie blaylock 10

civ_eng_girl wrote:

:D:D:D:D

my favorite part of the ENTIRE album!! mook, how'd you know?

thanks for the lyrics though -they're better than i had imagined...

great minds ...great minds, my friend

mookie blaylock 10

direwolf74 wrote:

Gord mentioned in a recent interview that the lyrics in "Rink" are essentially about the relationship he had with his dad when he was a kid. Here's the quote:

"I was a rink rat growing up," he says. "I was a goalie and my father was a busy father of five, so he would come when he could. When he did show up, I'd look up and there he would be. He'd never go so far as saying 'I'll be there,' because you don't break promises to children -- unless you're Stephen Harper -- and then I'd make a couple of saves, look up, and he'd be gone. So it was a really cool phantom in my life."

thanks direwolf.

direwolf74

"Last Night I Dreamed You Didn't Love Me"

My current favorite on the album, and possibly one of the most beautiful songs ever written by anybody.

That is all.

bubbamackdaddy69

Friggin liking it alot so far..Awesome to hear it on thehip.com but alot better with the actual cd and listening to it in your car...
luv(sic) and kids don't get it are my fav so far...Drop off as well..rink,fly..damn..well those whole album....lol

mookie blaylock 10

direwolf74 wrote:

"Last Night I Dreamed You Didn't Love Me"

My current favorite on the album, and possibly one of the most beautiful songs ever written by anybody.

That is all.

incredible, isn't it?

Pearl Street Brewery

Guys, I am just not liking the new album. I think it's weak, I found it.... boring..... Just my opinion. You might find my review boring too, ;-)

Yer Not The Ocean (OK, forgettable)
The Lonely End of the Rink (Really Good Song)
In View (Really Good Song)
Fly (OK song)
Luv(sic) ( weak)
The Kids Don't Get It (Weak)
Pretend (WTF is this? The pop version of Kids)
Last Night I Dreamed You Didn't Love Me (I am getting sleepy)
The Drop-Off (Sleeping)
Family Band (Sleeping)
World Container (Sleeping)

Maybe it will grow on me.....Inbetween was better.....

bubbamackdaddy69

Pearl Street Brewery wrote:

Guys, I am just not liking the new album. I think it's weak, I found it.... boring..... Just my opinion. You might find my review boring too, ;-)

Yer Not The Ocean (OK, forgettable)
The Lonely End of the Rink (Really Good Song)
In View (Really Good Song)
Fly (OK song)
Luv(sic) ( weak)
The Kids Don't Get It (Weak)
Pretend (WTF is this? The pop version of Kids)
Last Night I Dreamed You Didn't Love Me (I am getting sleepy)
The Drop-Off (Sleeping)
Family Band (Sleeping)
World Container (Sleeping)

Maybe it will grow on me.....Inbetween was better.....

That's cool man...we all have different tastes at times with music...Personally Ilove the Album so far...fav since Phantom Power

mookie blaylock 10

bubbamackdaddy69 wrote:

That's cool man...we all have different tastes at times with music...Personally Ilove the Album so far...fav since Phantom Power

i agree...best since phantom power.