Locked! How was the show, dude? Ya gotta give us a review!
Here's an article from the Burlington Free Press. Enjoy!
Tragically Hip returns for two sold-out shows
Published: Monday, April 16, 2007
By Brent Hallenbeck
Free Press Staff Writer
Why is it, Gord Sinclair, that The Tragically Hip is so popular around these parts?
“It’s a credit to the good taste of the people of Burlington,” according to the band’s bass player. That was his half-joking response. His serious answer attributes the Canadian rock band’s tendency to play sold-out shows in Vermont — as it’s doing tonight and Tuesday at Higher Ground — to a mix of geography and adventurousness.
The geography relates to the band’s roots in Kingston, Ontario, which, Sinclair pointed out, is about 20 kilometers (that’s a little more than a dozen miles to us metrically challenged Americans) from Watertown, N.Y., placing The Tragically Hip’s home base closer to a host of U.S. burgs than to Canadian cities such as Vancouver. When the band’s vocalist, Gordon Downie, sings about intrigue on the ice on “The Lonely End of the Rink” from the new Hip album “World Container,” fans in hockey-absorbed communities like Burlington just nod at their neighbors to the north and say, “I hear ya.”
Sinclair, speaking recently by phone during a tour stop in Seattle, also suspects the Vermont way of thinking has something to do with his band being a consistently big draw here. “Generally speaking, people in your neck of the woods are more open-minded to things that are not from America,” he said, noting that local fans also seem more accepting of music that’s not spoon-fed to them by radio. “We’ve never had the benefit of a stateside single. With a group like ours, all you have to do is get us in front of people.”
That live show Sinclair referred to is The Tragically Hip’s trademark. Downie’s dervish-like persona and the band’s musical intensity in a live setting are legendary, even if they haven’t always transferred that power into the studio.
They come close with “World Container,” the 12th Tragically Hip album. The band leaned on producer Bob Rock, known for his work with hard rockers Metallica and Motley Crue and not so much with anthemic pop-rockers like The Tragically Hip.
“What he brought to us was a real focus on each individual song,” according to Sinclair. Rock helped refine the arrangement of “The Lonely End of the Rink,” Sinclair said, turning the track into a Who/U2/Midnight Oil-styled rampage that’s one of the disc’s highlights. His contributions weren’t all about frenzied moments, though; Sinclair said Rock also steered the band toward an elegant piano texture on the track “Pretend.”
“He just has a really focused ear,” Sinclair said. “He became the ersatz sixth member of the group.”
Speaking of The Who, an obvious influence on the band, The Tragically Hip recently played several opening dates for the legendary British rockers. The Tragically Hip has been around more than 20 years and the band members are in their 40s, but they still feel a rush of teenage hero worship around Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend.
“It’s impossible to divorce yourself from when you’re 15 years old,” Sinclair said. “We grew up with that group.
“Opportunities like that make you a better band. You have to get up and you have to entertain these rabid Who fans,” according to Sinclair. “In terms of a dream come true, that’s right up there.”
The Tragically Hip might be aiming toward a little of their own Who-like longevity. It’s already rare for a band to have the same five members it started out with more than two decades earlier. Sinclair said there are moments when they get together after time away and find themselves saying, “How can we do this again?” Yet they always manage.
“We’ve grown up together, put the band together as young men doing this. It’s based around our friendship and the bond we have as a group. It’s a collective experience, a shared experience,” Sinclair said.
"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."
In View
My Music At Work
Grace, Too
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
Family Band
Ahead By A Century
Yer Not The Ocean
Courage
Bobcaygeon
World Container
At The Hundredth Meridian
Boots Or Hearts
The Kids Don't Get It
Springtime In Vienna
Scared
The Lonely End Of The Rink
New Orleans Is Sinking
Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man
Is This Love (Bob Marley & The Wailers)
Blow At High Dough
Escape AND Scared?? Locked, you're a lucky bastard!
"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."
I just recently started listening to World Container, the impetus being I was at the first Detroit show last week. Besides the great songs In View, Yer Not The Ocean, and Lonely End Of The Rink, The Drop Off is a fricken phenomenal Hip song. So unlike any other Hip song to compare it to. It was great live, and really left an impression on me
1998 ~ Barrie
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
Escape AND Scared?? Locked, you're a lucky bastard![/quote]
Just have a couple of minutes to put my thoughts down..
pre-show met Paul Langlois by the tour bus, said its tough to remeber venues but he will never forget Bill's Bar (right next to avalon)..
I alos put in a request for "fiddlers green" and he said he'd be sure to mention it to Gord S. (no such luck)
Then out walks Robby Baker with his body guard, walked over to an awesome "hole in the wall" mexican taco place two doors down..
So I need to eat too, right?
Its me , Robby and his body guard in this tiney little take -out section..
talked to him for over 30 minutes (they make the taco from scratch, amazing)
he told me:
1) Robby picks all the cover tunes, no repeats..
2) They will be coming back to Boston in the fall to play the Orpheum
Quick Review:
Band / Gord as tight as I have ever seen them.
someone had two external mike's on stands by the SBD so i know there is a bootleg to come..
In View (great)
My Music At Work (perfect)
Grace, Too (gordie's intro hilarious.. "i'm signing up, I'm going to help fight the war,...NO I'M NOT!)
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken(perfect, but i miss the light show they used to have..)
Family Band
Ahead By A Century (new extended electric guitar solo by Paul!)
Yer Not The Ocean (love this song)
Courage (more great Gordie Rants.. first time I've ever seen him give the entire "There's no simple explanantion" part to the crowd.."
Bobcaygeon (perfect)
World Container
At The Hundredth Meridian (Holy god, no mid-song rant, just Gordie wrapping the microphone cord around him, attached "execution style" to the mike stand .. blindfolded.. this visual was th entire mid-set.. ran a little too long IMO)
Boots Or Hearts (first live performance I have ever thought worked without sounding hokey, really great)
The Kids Don't Get It
Springtime In Vienna
Scared (perfect)
The Lonely End Of The Rink
New Orleans Is Sinking (short version)
Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man (you gonna say I'm crazy but I HATE THIS SONG.. its like easy listening music)
Is This Love (Bob Marley & The Wailers) it just didn't sound right with a white canadian guy singing it..(just my opnion)
Blow At High Dough (exhaustingly good with Gord at the top of the stage stairs ending the song "same tragically Hip thing" I still miss the light show from 2004 though..
Over all I give the show a B/ B+..
the setlist really brought the grade down , almost identical to the previous show, and no real "gems".. I was worried this woukld happen with all the epic setlists you Canadians got (really some of the best setlists of ANY tour)..
The band's light show was vitrually non-existant but that may be the limitations of Avalon..
On the postive side.. this was one of the most animated Gord D. perofmances i have seen in some time.. and his voice was in fine shape.. not as "growly" as he can get after too many shows..
PS:
If it weren't for you canadian's , the crowd would have been very lame..
THANK YOU for kicking it up a notch..
The tour merchadise was really lame, most had designs on the front, none on the back and only one shirt had 2007 tour dates..
I LOVED the skull t-shirt but you could hardly tell it was a Hip t-shirt unless you looked at the words on the sleeve..
again, nothing on the back..
Look, the band can HAVE my money, no problem, just design some shirts that show:
1) it's a tragically hip shirt on the back
2) its the 2007 tour (dates man! dates!)
Hoping for better at the Orpheum in the fall..
locked out!
"This here's a REQUEST!"
EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford
"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."
Tickets: $37.50 General Admission
On-Sale: April 28 @ 09:00am PDT
Tickets available: At all ticketmaster locations, http://www.ticketmaster.com , or charge by phone (206) 628-0888
I'm thinkin' I might have to go to this one. Road trip!
"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."
As for the recent popularity of Canadian bands such as Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene, Downie understands the appeal. “Those bands are exuding exuberance and enthusiasm,” he says. “People want authentic, organic music these days. As the old model of the music industry shrinks daily, there’s so much more room to make it up. And given the opportunity to make it up, what do you do? You speak from the heart. Kids want to hear the sound of guitars going through amps. They’re sick to death of being virtualized.”
"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."
can anyone confirm that the toledo show is cancelled? why did that happen? i was so stoked...
There's no info on the Hip's site regarding the cancellation, but it does say that they've added a new show in Cleveland on May 16th...if that helps.
"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."
There's no info on the Hip's site regarding the cancellation, but it does say that they've added a new show in Cleveland on May 16th...if that helps.
it doesnt help me much but i guess ill live. i think im finally going to check out this world container album. i havent been really impressed by a hip album since phantom power, or maybe music at work. but this one's getting some pretty positive press.
"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."
Ocean
NO
Grace
Good Life
Family Band
ABAC
In View
Twist
World
Wheat Kings
100th
Springtime
Luv sic
Bob C
Rink
Blow
Fully
Last Time (Rolling Stones)
Verge
"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."
Tragically Hip is doing an XPN free live at noon at World Cafe Live on friday. Make sure to read about the parking restrictions on friday because of the Penn Relays.
"Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is the best."
~ FZ ~
it doesnt help me much but i guess ill live. i think im finally going to check out this world container album. i havent been really impressed by a hip album since phantom power, or maybe music at work. but this one's getting some pretty positive press.
I think you'll like it. Personally I think it's their most impressive album since Phantom Power. If you're worried about the Bob Rock thing, have no fear. The album sounds great, the guitars have teeth, and I think Bob captured the rhythm section (particularly Johnny's drums) better than any other producer they've worked with. It's a big, loud, concise rock album with great melodies, killer hooks, and of course the always brilliant lyricism of Mr. Downie. Gord sings his ass off on this record, and I think it might be his best vocal performance ever in the studio. The title track is definitely a bit over-produced, but that's a minor complaint. This album has breathed new life into a band who was kind of spinning their wheels for a while there. I still think they're the best rock band on the planet and I hope they still have many more albums in them.
"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."
I think you'll like it. Personally I think it's their most impressive album since Phantom Power. If you're worried about the Bob Rock thing, have no fear. The album sounds great, the guitars have teeth, and I think Bob captured the rhythm section (particularly Johnny's drums) better than any other producer they've worked with. It's a big, loud, concise rock album with great melodies, killer hooks, and of course the always brilliant lyricism of Mr. Downie. Gord sings his ass off on this record, and I think it might be his best vocal performance ever in the studio. The title track is definitely a bit over-produced, but that's a minor complaint. This album has breathed new life into a band who was kind of spinning their wheels for a while there. I still think they're the best rock band on the planet and I hope they still have many more albums in them.
that's what i hear. i dont know who bob rock is, but i hear he finally got the hip to release an album that captures the energy they give off live. their studio albums tend to sound so stifled and samey.
"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."
Ocean
New O
Fully
Drop Off
Gus
BobC
Poets
Family Band
Wheat
Pretend
Meridian
Long Time
Kids
Springtime
Kids
ABAC
View
Blow
Johnny Appleseed (Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros)
Rink
Fire
Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 04/25/07:
In View
Music
Grace
Good Life
ABAC
Family Band
Ocean
Courage
Bobcaygeon
World Container
100th
Boots
Luv (sic)
Locked
Scared
Rink
NOIS
Escape
Magnificent Seven (The Clash)
Fireworks
"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."
"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."
"Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is the best."
~ FZ ~
"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."
Setlist- House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ, 04/27/07:
Ocean
Music
View
Pigeon
NOIS
Pretend
Grace
Wheat
ABAC
Fireworks
Family Band
Springtime
Scared
Bones
Kids
Rink
Daredevil
Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen)
Verge
"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."
wow i dont know what id do at a hip show nowadays....they dont play any of the things they used to....
You ain't-never seen no one like me
Prevail-regardless what the cost might be
Power-flows inside of me, you can't bring me
Never-fall as long as I try
Refuse-to be a part of your lie
Even-if it means I die, you can't bring me
You...can't...bring...me...down!
I disagree. The Atlantic City setlist had New Orleans is Sinking, Little Bones, On the Verge, Pigeon Camera, Wheat Kings, Scared, and Grace, Too. Ya can't really dig too much farther back in the catalogue than that. Those songs are as old as dirt. You have to remember that these guys have 11 albums worth of material to draw from, and as with any band that's been around for 20 years, the newer material is probably a lot more fun to play.
"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."
Comments
My predictions for tonight's setlist:
Gems
Direwolf
Fiddler's green
Everytime you go
(I can dream!)
EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford
good luck & enjoy!!!
What he said!
Here's an article from the Burlington Free Press. Enjoy!
Tragically Hip returns for two sold-out shows
Published: Monday, April 16, 2007
By Brent Hallenbeck
Free Press Staff Writer
Why is it, Gord Sinclair, that The Tragically Hip is so popular around these parts?
“It’s a credit to the good taste of the people of Burlington,” according to the band’s bass player. That was his half-joking response. His serious answer attributes the Canadian rock band’s tendency to play sold-out shows in Vermont — as it’s doing tonight and Tuesday at Higher Ground — to a mix of geography and adventurousness.
The geography relates to the band’s roots in Kingston, Ontario, which, Sinclair pointed out, is about 20 kilometers (that’s a little more than a dozen miles to us metrically challenged Americans) from Watertown, N.Y., placing The Tragically Hip’s home base closer to a host of U.S. burgs than to Canadian cities such as Vancouver. When the band’s vocalist, Gordon Downie, sings about intrigue on the ice on “The Lonely End of the Rink” from the new Hip album “World Container,” fans in hockey-absorbed communities like Burlington just nod at their neighbors to the north and say, “I hear ya.”
Sinclair, speaking recently by phone during a tour stop in Seattle, also suspects the Vermont way of thinking has something to do with his band being a consistently big draw here. “Generally speaking, people in your neck of the woods are more open-minded to things that are not from America,” he said, noting that local fans also seem more accepting of music that’s not spoon-fed to them by radio. “We’ve never had the benefit of a stateside single. With a group like ours, all you have to do is get us in front of people.”
That live show Sinclair referred to is The Tragically Hip’s trademark. Downie’s dervish-like persona and the band’s musical intensity in a live setting are legendary, even if they haven’t always transferred that power into the studio.
They come close with “World Container,” the 12th Tragically Hip album. The band leaned on producer Bob Rock, known for his work with hard rockers Metallica and Motley Crue and not so much with anthemic pop-rockers like The Tragically Hip.
“What he brought to us was a real focus on each individual song,” according to Sinclair. Rock helped refine the arrangement of “The Lonely End of the Rink,” Sinclair said, turning the track into a Who/U2/Midnight Oil-styled rampage that’s one of the disc’s highlights. His contributions weren’t all about frenzied moments, though; Sinclair said Rock also steered the band toward an elegant piano texture on the track “Pretend.”
“He just has a really focused ear,” Sinclair said. “He became the ersatz sixth member of the group.”
Speaking of The Who, an obvious influence on the band, The Tragically Hip recently played several opening dates for the legendary British rockers. The Tragically Hip has been around more than 20 years and the band members are in their 40s, but they still feel a rush of teenage hero worship around Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend.
“It’s impossible to divorce yourself from when you’re 15 years old,” Sinclair said. “We grew up with that group.
“Opportunities like that make you a better band. You have to get up and you have to entertain these rabid Who fans,” according to Sinclair. “In terms of a dream come true, that’s right up there.”
The Tragically Hip might be aiming toward a little of their own Who-like longevity. It’s already rare for a band to have the same five members it started out with more than two decades earlier. Sinclair said there are moments when they get together after time away and find themselves saying, “How can we do this again?” Yet they always manage.
“We’ve grown up together, put the band together as young men doing this. It’s based around our friendship and the bond we have as a group. It’s a collective experience, a shared experience,” Sinclair said.
“It is a lifelong bond.”
Contact Brent Hallenbeck at 660-1844 or bhallenb@bfp.burlingtonfreepress.com
-Tom Waits
In View
My Music At Work
Grace, Too
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
Family Band
Ahead By A Century
Yer Not The Ocean
Courage
Bobcaygeon
World Container
At The Hundredth Meridian
Boots Or Hearts
The Kids Don't Get It
Springtime In Vienna
Scared
The Lonely End Of The Rink
New Orleans Is Sinking
Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man
Is This Love (Bob Marley & The Wailers)
Blow At High Dough
Escape AND Scared?? Locked, you're a lucky bastard!
-Tom Waits
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
what he said!
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Escape AND Scared?? Locked, you're a lucky bastard![/quote]
Just have a couple of minutes to put my thoughts down..
pre-show met Paul Langlois by the tour bus, said its tough to remeber venues but he will never forget Bill's Bar (right next to avalon)..
I alos put in a request for "fiddlers green" and he said he'd be sure to mention it to Gord S. (no such luck)
Then out walks Robby Baker with his body guard, walked over to an awesome "hole in the wall" mexican taco place two doors down..
So I need to eat too, right?
Its me , Robby and his body guard in this tiney little take -out section..
talked to him for over 30 minutes (they make the taco from scratch, amazing)
he told me:
1) Robby picks all the cover tunes, no repeats..
2) They will be coming back to Boston in the fall to play the Orpheum
Quick Review:
Band / Gord as tight as I have ever seen them.
someone had two external mike's on stands by the SBD so i know there is a bootleg to come..
In View (great)
My Music At Work (perfect)
Grace, Too (gordie's intro hilarious.. "i'm signing up, I'm going to help fight the war,...NO I'M NOT!)
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken(perfect, but i miss the light show they used to have..)
Family Band
Ahead By A Century (new extended electric guitar solo by Paul!)
Yer Not The Ocean (love this song)
Courage (more great Gordie Rants.. first time I've ever seen him give the entire "There's no simple explanantion" part to the crowd.."
Bobcaygeon (perfect)
World Container
At The Hundredth Meridian (Holy god, no mid-song rant, just Gordie wrapping the microphone cord around him, attached "execution style" to the mike stand .. blindfolded.. this visual was th entire mid-set.. ran a little too long IMO)
Boots Or Hearts (first live performance I have ever thought worked without sounding hokey, really great)
The Kids Don't Get It
Springtime In Vienna
Scared (perfect)
The Lonely End Of The Rink
New Orleans Is Sinking (short version)
Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man (you gonna say I'm crazy but I HATE THIS SONG.. its like easy listening music)
Is This Love (Bob Marley & The Wailers) it just didn't sound right with a white canadian guy singing it..(just my opnion)
Blow At High Dough (exhaustingly good with Gord at the top of the stage stairs ending the song "same tragically Hip thing" I still miss the light show from 2004 though..
Over all I give the show a B/ B+..
the setlist really brought the grade down , almost identical to the previous show, and no real "gems".. I was worried this woukld happen with all the epic setlists you Canadians got (really some of the best setlists of ANY tour)..
The band's light show was vitrually non-existant but that may be the limitations of Avalon..
On the postive side.. this was one of the most animated Gord D. perofmances i have seen in some time.. and his voice was in fine shape.. not as "growly" as he can get after too many shows..
PS:
If it weren't for you canadian's , the crowd would have been very lame..
THANK YOU for kicking it up a notch..
The tour merchadise was really lame, most had designs on the front, none on the back and only one shirt had 2007 tour dates..
I LOVED the skull t-shirt but you could hardly tell it was a Hip t-shirt unless you looked at the words on the sleeve..
again, nothing on the back..
Look, the band can HAVE my money, no problem, just design some shirts that show:
1) it's a tragically hip shirt on the back
2) its the 2007 tour (dates man! dates!)
Hoping for better at the Orpheum in the fall..
locked out!
EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford
i was siked to listen to this..
but does anyone else think Gord sounds horrible?
misses alot of lyrics too..
EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford
-Tom Waits
Show announcement:
July 11
Seattle, Wa
Marrymoor Park
All Ages
Tickets: $37.50 General Admission
On-Sale: April 28 @ 09:00am PDT
Tickets available: At all ticketmaster locations, http://www.ticketmaster.com , or charge by phone (206) 628-0888
I'm thinkin' I might have to go to this one. Road trip!
-Tom Waits
http://www.nypress.com/20/16/music/Music3.cfm
I love this part:
As for the recent popularity of Canadian bands such as Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene, Downie understands the appeal. “Those bands are exuding exuberance and enthusiasm,” he says. “People want authentic, organic music these days. As the old model of the music industry shrinks daily, there’s so much more room to make it up. And given the opportunity to make it up, what do you do? You speak from the heart. Kids want to hear the sound of guitars going through amps. They’re sick to death of being virtualized.”
-Tom Waits
There's no info on the Hip's site regarding the cancellation, but it does say that they've added a new show in Cleveland on May 16th...if that helps.
-Tom Waits
it doesnt help me much
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNzEmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcxMTYxMzEmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3
-Tom Waits
Ocean
NO
Grace
Good Life
Family Band
ABAC
In View
Twist
World
Wheat Kings
100th
Springtime
Luv sic
Bob C
Rink
Blow
Fully
Last Time (Rolling Stones)
Verge
-Tom Waits
Tragically Hip is doing an XPN free live at noon at World Cafe Live on friday. Make sure to read about the parking restrictions on friday because of the Penn Relays.
Register here to attend:
http://www.publicradiomail.org/wxpn/events/fan_20070427/details.tcl
If you've ever gone to one of these shows, you know how intimate this is. For those who can't go, it will be aired live here:
http://www.xpn.org/concerts_events/freeatnoon.php
Enjoy!
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is the best."
~ FZ ~
I think you'll like it. Personally I think it's their most impressive album since Phantom Power. If you're worried about the Bob Rock thing, have no fear. The album sounds great, the guitars have teeth, and I think Bob captured the rhythm section (particularly Johnny's drums) better than any other producer they've worked with. It's a big, loud, concise rock album with great melodies, killer hooks, and of course the always brilliant lyricism of Mr. Downie. Gord sings his ass off on this record, and I think it might be his best vocal performance ever in the studio. The title track is definitely a bit over-produced, but that's a minor complaint. This album has breathed new life into a band who was kind of spinning their wheels for a while there. I still think they're the best rock band on the planet and I hope they still have many more albums in them.
-Tom Waits
that's what i hear. i dont know who bob rock is, but i hear he finally got the hip to release an album that captures the energy they give off live. their studio albums tend to sound so stifled and samey.
http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/showbiz/2007/04/24/cook.gordon.downie.interview.univ
-Tom Waits
EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford
Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 04/24/07:
Ocean
New O
Fully
Drop Off
Gus
BobC
Poets
Family Band
Wheat
Pretend
Meridian
Long Time
Kids
Springtime
Kids
ABAC
View
Blow
Johnny Appleseed (Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros)
Rink
Fire
Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 04/25/07:
In View
Music
Grace
Good Life
ABAC
Family Band
Ocean
Courage
Bobcaygeon
World Container
100th
Boots
Luv (sic)
Locked
Scared
Rink
NOIS
Escape
Magnificent Seven (The Clash)
Fireworks
-Tom Waits
Page 4?? I think not.
-Tom Waits
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9832887
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is the best."
~ FZ ~
Very cool! Thanks!
-Tom Waits
Ocean
Music
View
Pigeon
NOIS
Pretend
Grace
Wheat
ABAC
Fireworks
Family Band
Springtime
Scared
Bones
Kids
Rink
Daredevil
Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen)
Verge
-Tom Waits
Prevail-regardless what the cost might be
Power-flows inside of me, you can't bring me
Never-fall as long as I try
Refuse-to be a part of your lie
Even-if it means I die, you can't bring me
You...can't...bring...me...down!
I disagree. The Atlantic City setlist had New Orleans is Sinking, Little Bones, On the Verge, Pigeon Camera, Wheat Kings, Scared, and Grace, Too. Ya can't really dig too much farther back in the catalogue than that. Those songs are as old as dirt. You have to remember that these guys have 11 albums worth of material to draw from, and as with any band that's been around for 20 years, the newer material is probably a lot more fun to play.
-Tom Waits