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  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    really, really loving the bootlegs. that site is awesome, go so many friends into it now, too.

    i wish gord still ranted on stage, those early shows i saw with him in the late 90's were so great. i saw an interview with him about his ranting, he said he's changed from ranting to body movements, beacause they can say so much more than he can put into words.
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  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    restlesssoul wrote:
    really, really loving the bootlegs. that site is awesome, go so many friends into it now, too.

    i wish gord still ranted on stage, those early shows i saw with him in the late 90's were so great. i saw an interview with him about his ranting, he said he's changed from ranting to body movements, beacause they can say so much more than he can put into words.

    He's actually gotten more hyper on stage in terms of movement. The last two times I saw the Hip (Seattle last summer and Virgin Fest in Calgary), he was entertaining as hell. Lots of leaping, running, spasmodic dancing, gyrating, invisible dogs nipping at his pantleg, and various other forms of craziness. I still think he's the best frontman in rock. He still rants a bit during certain songs, just not as much as he used to. I was watching a recent Youtube clip from 2007 where Gord goes off on this amazing rant during Grace, Too about "Prime Minister Bush" and Canada's involvement in Afghanistan, talking from the point of view of a young soldier saying "I told them I was afraid of the dark and they still sent me over. I told them I'd never fired a gun in my life, and they still sent me over." It was riveting stuff. I'd post the link, but it appears Youtube has taken it down. I wish i could find it.
    "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
  • catch22
    catch22 Posts: 1,081
    i bought the actualy yer favorites the other night, just to have the remastered versions of the old tunes. they really need to go back over their catalog u2 style.
    and like that... he's gone.
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    I love Gord's performance at Woodstock...

    He was absolutely insane!

    great rants....especially during NOIS about "jaws" amnd dirty harry"..

    and "Its the song i hate..." intro to "Fire in the Hole"..
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    have you guys checked out the "bad trader" thread on "porch" utlizing my favorite Hip song in his user name...?
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    locked wrote:
    have you guys checked out the "bad trader" thread on "porch" utlizing my favorite Hip song in his user name...?

    Haha, yea I saw that. The guy sounds like a real douchebag. Too bad he's a Hip fan. There's no way that reference could come from anywhere else.

    And I couldn't agree more regarding Gord's Woodstock performance. He was amazing that day. I remember some friends and I paid for the pay-per-view feed just to watch the Hip's set. They kicked so much ass and made most of the other bands on the bill look like amateurs. It was fantastic. The gigantic sea of Canadian flags was pretty cool too.


    Poets from Woodstock '99:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzBAs9HFkdk

    Grace, Too (Gord is so hyper he screws up the phrasing during the first verse):
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxB6zfoWf9M


    "We've come here to study you. We crossed when the lake was frozen. Like exiles from the Canadas of your soul."

    -Gord, Woodstock '99
    "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
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Here's a cool little clip of Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla chatting about the Hip at the Pemberton Festival:

    http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/07/28/video-chris-walla-explains-the-tragically-hip-at-pemberton/#

    It's always interesting hearing other bands talk about the Hip. Reminds me of back in the early 90s when Gord S. and Johnny did a radio interview in Seattle and the DJ mentioned that Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament had called in asking for tickets to their show. Then he told them that Bridget Fonda had also phoned in for tickets, to which Johnny replies: "Bridget Fonda, eh. I think we can work that out."
    "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
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I'm just starting to discover Gord's greatness.

    My band is covering 'Poets' on the 3rd, should be fun!
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    direwolf74 wrote:
    And I couldn't agree more regarding Gord's Woodstock performance. He was amazing that day. I remember some friends and I paid for the pay-per-view feed just to watch the Hip's set. They kicked so much ass and made most of the other bands on the bill look like amateurs. It was fantastic. The gigantic sea of Canadian flags was pretty cool too.

    not to mention the full frontal nudity of the chicks on top of the van!!!!
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    locked wrote:
    not to mention the full frontal nudity of the chicks on top of the van!!!!

    Haha, yea that was pretty good too.
    "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
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Haha, yea that was pretty good too.

    so un-tragically hip..

    and does anyone else think their shows seem better inside or at night..??

    the daytime gigs just put a weird vibe on a very dark cool band..
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • pearljim
    pearljim Posts: 1,312
    I'm looking for 4-12 and 4-13 2007 at the State theatre in Detroit, audio. Was at both shows and would love to have these....

    Thanks
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  • KingofFunk412
    KingofFunk412 Posts: 32
    Been wanting to get into these guys... I have Fully Completely... any other suggestions?
  • mert
    mert Posts: 167
    KingofFunk412 wrote:
    Been wanting to get into these guys... I have Fully Completely... any other suggestions?


    Um, everything? :) Seriously, though, my favourites are, in no particular order:

    - Day For Night
    - Road Apples
    - World Container
    - In Between Evolution

    I don't know, though, they are amazing but their sounds can vary so much even within an album... Maybe start with Live Between Us, and see what you like? It was recorded in 1997, so it doesn't have anything from Phantom Power on... They're such an amazing live band, though, and if nothing else it's worth it for the version of "Nautical Disaster".

    Hope in all my indecisive verbal diarrhea some help was given. ;)
  • catch22
    catch22 Posts: 1,081
    KingofFunk412 wrote:
    Been wanting to get into these guys... I have Fully Completely... any other suggestions?

    phantom power is the album that got me hooked on them. it's one of their least idiosyncratic albums i think. but day for night is excellent. i'd start with one of those two.
    and like that... he's gone.
  • billyruff
    billyruff Posts: 538
    This is a shot in the dark but....
    I heard a hip tune a few yrs back and Gord goes off on one of his stories about a guy in a room with a shotgun and a train goes by it moves and blows his GF away and the last lines are "thats my story and I'm sticking to it"

    Any one have a copy of this ?I'd love to hear it again...
    Thanks
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    billyruff wrote:
    This is a shot in the dark but....
    I heard a hip tune a few yrs back and Gord goes off on one of his stories about a guy in a room with a shotgun and a train goes by it moves and blows his GF away and the last lines are "thats my story and I'm sticking to it"

    Any one have a copy of this ?I'd love to hear it again...
    Thanks

    You can download it here:

    http://www.thehundredthmeridian.com/ftp.html

    Once you enter the site, click on "compilations" and download the one called "Roxy & Elsewhere". I believe it's track #11. The song is called Highway Girl.
    "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
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    mert wrote:
    Um, everything? :) Seriously, though, my favourites are, in no particular order:

    - Day For Night
    - Road Apples
    - World Container
    - In Between Evolution

    I don't know, though, they are amazing but their sounds can vary so much even within an album... Maybe start with Live Between Us, and see what you like? It was recorded in 1997, so it doesn't have anything from Phantom Power on... They're such an amazing live band, though, and if nothing else it's worth it for the version of "Nautical Disaster".

    Hope in all my indecisive verbal diarrhea some help was given. ;)


    Those are all great suggestions. I'd also recommend starting out with their double-disc greatest hits album "Yer Favourites". It's a great cross section of their entire career so far and it'll give you a good indication of what they're all about. I've said it before and I'll say it again: these guys are the best rock n' roll band in the world, and once you're hooked, you'll be hooked for life. Their live show is highly addictive.

    Happy listening!
    "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
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    locked wrote:
    so un-tragically hip..

    and does anyone else think their shows seem better inside or at night..??

    the daytime gigs just put a weird vibe on a very dark cool band..

    I love the outdoor festival gigs. When I was at the Sasquatch Fest in '06, my sister and I were standing beside this girl who had never heard of them, and before they went on stage she asked us what they sound like. My sister called them "art rock", which is a pretty accurate description of them. I described them as a combination of poetry and kick-you-in-the-nuts rock n' roll. Once the boys hit the stage and launched into Grace Too, this girl was hooked. You could tell by the huge smile on her face as Gord danced and ranted up a storm. They went on stage right after the craziest hail storm anyone had ever seen. It halted the proceedings for about an hour and they had to shovel all the snow off the stage before the Hip could go on. After their set she asked me what albums she should start with and immediately made a b-line for the CD tent. There's something very satisfying about turning someone onto a band that you really love.

    Here's the intro to Grace, Too from Sasquatch:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP49wsLAeu0

    More Grace, Too:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBjqah9sUHk
    "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
  • mert
    mert Posts: 167
    direwolf74 wrote:
    There's something very satisfying about turning someone onto a band that you really love.

    On other forums, I've become known as The Tragically Hip Fan - being mostly American and Australian they don't really know the Hip... So people come to me to get suggestions on what to listen to, and I've actually sent two CDs of mixed Hip tunes to one girl who showed interest... :) Glad to see I'm not alone!

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