The Tragically Hip official Thread 2009******

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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,907
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Zod said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Zod said:
    I imagine it's tough on the surviving members of the band and Gord Downie's family.   The Hip were big in Canada, but not so big anywhere else.  There's only so many places to play here, and how many times you can tour them.   I'm guessing they had a decent amount of money, but maybe not a lifetime supply of it?   Now, trying to find other ways to generate cash flow?    That's going to be hard, live shows is the best way to earn a living :(
    yeah, i factored that in, but man, they toured relentlessly, selling out arenas for the last 20 years. but slapping your name on bluetooth speakers just reeks overkill. 
    They did, but they could only play big venues in Canada and usually only in the big cities.  Even then, I saw them do theatre shows here and there in Canada.  There's only so many places to play here.   Most of the time outside of Canada was playing theatres and clubs.  I feel like they made a modest amount of cash, but not on the same level of bands who can play arenas/stadiums worldwide.

    It is rough seeing bands hawk merch, but the thing bands make the least amount of money on now is music, which is even sadder :(


    100%. i think they'll be releasing box sets of each record as the years go by. road apples seems to be first up. maybe because there seems to be so much unused material? they could open up the live vault, hosting it on their site, and make a killing. being renowned for the live show like they were, people would flock to buying those up. 
    I guess.  I've been finding the mega box set thing has gotten out of control.  Really big and expensive.  You have to wonder if they really sell that many?  I'd rather not buy them when it costs several hundred dollars.  Plus the new stuff get's buried deep in the set.   I'd prefer it if they took unreleased old material and use it to out compilation type albums.  Like Nirvana's Incesticide, Smashing Pumpkins Pisces Iscariot, kind of albums.  That's what I was kind of hoping for.  
  • toolie
    toolie Posts: 397

  • toolie
    toolie Posts: 397
    Hmmmm. Any guesses??? 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521
    toolie said:
    Hmmmm. Any guesses??? 
    not a one. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521
    two hip movies (kingston show and long time running) in theatres. who cares. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    i REALLY care about this announcement cause
    i just got myself a tshirt from the last hip show i saw live in kingston, of the 50+ shows i was at  :)
    and i'm fucking pumped about that. !!!!!!!!!!!!!
    https://thehipgiftshop.com/collections/mens/products/kingstontee
  • toolie
    toolie Posts: 397
    helplessdancer said:
    i REALLY care about this announcement cause
    i just got myself a tshirt from the last hip show i saw live in kingston, of the 50+ shows i was at  :)
    and i'm fucking pumped about that. !!!!!!!!!!!!!
    https://thehipgiftshop.com/collections/mens/products/kingstontee
    Awesome! That’s pretty sweet coming two years after the fact. 
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    ^^^^
    thank you for the positivity response. god we need more of that, every day. more than ever before  :)
    i wasn't gonna wait in line to get in for this last show(saw all 5 in ontario on that last tour)
    so to get a reprint of the actual shirt of their last show is indeed awesome !! f'n priceless to me
    and man do i ever still miss gord

  • toolie
    toolie Posts: 397

    Ha no problem, gotta stay positive in these strange days :)

    And me too. An outdoor Hip show next spring would be the perfect way to move forward once all this COVID stuff is over. The only Hip shirt I own was from my first Hip show back in 1995 in Red Deer, Alberta on the Day for Night tour. I wish I could buy a shirt from one of the shows I'd been to, it's an awesome idea!!

  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521
    helplessdancer said:
    ^^^^
    thank you for the positivity response. god we need more of that, every day. more than ever before  :)
    i wasn't gonna wait in line to get in for this last show(saw all 5 in ontario on that last tour)
    so to get a reprint of the actual shirt of their last show is indeed awesome !! f'n priceless to me
    and man do i ever still miss gord

    i wasn't trying to be negative. awesome you got that shirt! i was just hoping for an announcement on the unreleased stuff, not watching two movies i already own. 
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  • BR2428
    BR2428 Posts: 138
    New Gord Downie solo recording was just announced. 

  • toolie
    toolie Posts: 397
    I just ordered the vinyl. Not what I expected to be issued, but it will be poignant. 
  • toolie
    toolie Posts: 397
    I’m so stoked for this. The 2 releases are awesome 
  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,941
    The man is busier from the afterlife than many of us are here.
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,907
    Lerxst1992 said:
    The man is busier from the afterlife than many of us are here.
    You get the feeling he really tried to do what he could what the time he had left.   2 solo albums and (from what I hear) about half a tragically hip album.  That's damned impressive.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521
    it really is. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • RoeDawg13
    RoeDawg13 Posts: 255
    What a pleasant surprise after the announcement about the movies. I know they've been teasing it but looking forward to checking this out.
    I am wired and fading...
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521
    RoeDawg13 said:
    What a pleasant surprise after the announcement about the movies. I know they've been teasing it but looking forward to checking this out.
    i honestly couldn't tell what they were teasing. looking at instagram on my phone, i couldn't read any of the lyric pages they posted, so I couldn't tell if it was new stuff or old
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  • Nami
    Nami Newfoundland Posts: 5,999
    edited September 2020
    Lol dumb phone, yes can't wait!
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  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,941
    2 songs are up on Apple Music now. Very impressive.

    Something about when I hear Gord sing these last few years. He sounds so damn alive, from the old songs to new.

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