Gord Dowine..

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  • Sonja_S
    Sonja_S Vienna Posts: 444
    direwolf74 wrote:
    I felt the same way when I saw The Shins and the Flaming Lips at the Sasquatch Festival in '06. The crowd went absolutely bananas for those bands, and personally I didn't like either one. I couldn't understand where all the hype came from. The Hip played earlier in the day at the same show and my friends and I thought they blew every other band off the stage. Music is such a subjective thing and the Hip aren't everybody's cup of tea, But if you're a hardcore fan who has grown up with them, and their music speaks to you on a personal level, then chances are you're gonna go nuts at their shows. It's only natural. Downie's crazy performances are a huge part of that. The guy is a true rock n' roll original. There's nobody else like him.

    My former English teacher (a Torontonian) said she thought it was a Canadian thing even though she didn't get them either. My sister as an Austrian does though. I have some of their stuff on my ipod and think they're really good, but I'm not exactly blown away. I absolutely agree that Downie's an original though, he's fascinating to watch!
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  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
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  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    (Coming back on stage for the encore after the fans chant "Go Leafs Go"):

    "You know, being a Bruins fan, I find that chant entirely repulsive."

    GD 7/22/98
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  • rambo
    rambo Posts: 170
    gord is very funny live, does he drink or do drugs before the show, he must??
    st. john's newfoundland, sept 24/2005
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  • Born.Mine.Die
    Born.Mine.Die Vancouver Posts: 225
    I love The Hip and I love Gord....he is so brilliant....
    I could see them a hundred times!
    If they are close enough I will go..Its always fun seeing the hip...

    HIP HIP HIP HIP!!

    I can't wait until the next show...

    SoOoo good for you for saying you love him too!

    :)
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  • melodyman22
    melodyman22 Posts: 326
    Canada's best hands down. Yes even better then Neil Young. Gord is one of the best frontmen ever.
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    rambo wrote:
    gord is very funny live, does he drink or do drugs before the show, he must??

    nah, he smokes after the show and drinks beer but not before... has too much intergrity for that..
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    locked wrote:
    nah, he smokes after the show and drinks beer but not before... has too much intergrity for that..

    what has integrity got to do with it?
  • Redmosquito26000
    Redmosquito26000 Posts: 91
    I've seen the hip 11 times...in both large and small venues...they blew my mind ever time. Gord's a maniac!
    "No need to be void,...or save up on life...You got to spend it all....."
  • gibbits
    gibbits Posts: 522
    I met Gord at the Trailer Park Boys Movie premiere. The whole Hip band sat behind me minus Gord who holed himself up in a corner so no one could see him. I bumped into him while everyone was ushering out of the theatre and said,

    "Oh shit, sorry.... Gord?"
    "Yeah?"

    [I hadn't thought it out further than this]:

    "Thanks man, thanks a lot, you've meant a lot to me and my friends growing up!"

    "Cool"

    talk about collected. my mom asked him what he thought about being in the movie. Just a nice guy, I ended up behind him the whole way out of the theatre complex and on the streets all the way to my car, though he was with his wife and I didn't want to harass him any more than I had [I was the only one who seemed to know who he was]
  • Hawkshore
    Hawkshore Posts: 2,185
    Redmosquito26000 wrote:
    I've seen the hip 11 times...in both large and small venues...they blew my mind ever time. Gord's a maniac!

    Very true I had never scene Gord up close until last year when I saw them at the Commodore during their club tour ............I was blown away by his intensity! ......the guy must have lost 5lbs from sweat alone during the show!

    They must be experienced live to truly enjoy the Hip
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