When most hipsters were not even to their mothers' waists, The Tragically Hip were rapidly becoming one of Canada's most popular rock acts. Now, almost 20 years later, they tread -- but not lightly! -- on the Barrymore Theatre's stage on Tuesday night.
The music was everything one would expect -- a smattering of popular tunes ("Bobcaygeon," "Ahead by a Century," "New Orleans Is Sinking"), new fare ("World Container") and even a Beatles cover ("Come Together"). Solid electric guitar work from glossy-haired Rob Baker took care of stage-left, while moments of shaky background vocals from Paul Langlois lingered on stage-right. While this is truly a band to be heard, it was Gordon Downie's showmanship that stole all glances.
Why? Because Gordon Downie is fucking crazy. Aside from growling a good portion of his vocals, when he was not plucking the old acoustic, he was doing God-knows-what: writhing suggestively in his clingy, wet button-down; shaking his ass and twirling around; getting attacked by the microphone-snake and doing all sorts of other pantomiming that would have Jerry Fallwell rolling in his grave.
Between songs, Downie spewed rhetoric like an emotionally unstable drill sergeant. "Am I lovesick? Do I look lovesick?" he begged before "Love(sic)." Men looked at each another in confusion, while ladies searched their purses for remedies. The only thing to possibly distract the crowd from Downie's commanding presence was Gord Sinclair's Blue Steel.
Even with Downie's contorted face and crazed, persistent yelps of "Work!" during "My Music At Work," fans still chanted "Hip! Hip! Hip!" for more of that psycho swagger. While exiting the Barrymore, positive feedback made its way past swollen eardrums -- the crowd was wowed. Hooray!
_________________
"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
Fully
Puttin
Dire Wolf
Luv(sic)
Bobcaygeon
Courage
Family Band
World
ABAC
Spring
Meridian
Rules
Rink
Music
Grace
In View
Come Together
New O
"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
Fully
Puttin
Dire Wolf
Luv(sic)
Bobcaygeon
Courage
Family Band
World
ABAC
Spring
Meridian
Rules
Rink
Music
Grace
In View
Come Together
New O
cool to see puttin down in there, so they ever play stay live? i havent seen it before but would love to. dire wolf and the rules are pretty cool to see too!
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Ocean
Fully
In View
Good Life
Kids
Bobcaygeon
Courage
Family Band
Wheat
Pretend
Springtime
Locked
Scared
Rink
Music
Grace
Planet
Shape I'm In (The Band)
New O.
"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
Twist
In View
Fever
Drop Off
ABAC
Poets
Kids
Dire Wolf
World C.
Inevitability
NOIS
Long Time
Fireworks
Family Band
Blow
Rink
Street Fighting Man
Bones
"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."
Just putting this thread back on page 1 where it belongs.
That is all.
"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
Grace
In View
Boots
Last Night
ABAC
Courage
Family Band
Daddy
World
Spring
Meridian
BobC
Kids
Music
NOIS
Rink
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (James Brown)
Fire
"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."
geez, you'd think all the canadians were on holidays yesterday...
Not me, I had to work. I hate holidays.
So, anybody going to the Seattle show on July 11th? I'm going with my sister and a couple of friends. The Hip in the summer in a beautiful outdoor venue...July can't come fast enough!
"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."
So, anybody going to the Seattle show on July 11th? I'm going with my sister and a couple of friends. The Hip in the summer in a beautiful outdoor venue...July can't come fast enough!
wow! good for you! that sounds like so much fun..... (edit! regarding Seattle... not work!)
i'm kicking myself for not getting tix to Bala though... (although i just checked, and it's on a weekday... :()
i'm thinking east coast in the fall... :cool:
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
"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."
bump! for a new song of the day... finally! :rolleyes:
why don't you love me like you used to??
7 months later and it's still my favorite song on the album.
"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."
The Lonely End of the Rink- Atlanta, 2007 (best part about this one is the guy at the very end of the song screaming like a little school girl. Hilarious!) http://youtube.com/watch?v=w5LVY5lx8QU
"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."
Just Heard Fire In The Hole On The Radio For The First Time Ever
It Took Me 7 Hip Shows To Hear This Tune Then I Finally Heard It At My Last 3 Shows Oshawa/hammer/toronto 07
Man It Fuckin Rocked
Just Thought I'd Share
Just Heard Fire In The Hole On The Radio For The First Time Ever
It Took Me 7 Hip Shows To Hear This Tune Then I Finally Heard It At My Last 3 Shows Oshawa/hammer/toronto 07
Man It Fuckin Rocked
Just Thought I'd Share
yyyyeessss!!
Fire In The Hole does fuckin rock!! Love it... in fact, i'm gonna listen to it right now.... i could use a little extra energy early on a wednesday morning...
Seiously... HOW did this song not make onto Yer Favorites?? It's MY favorite!!
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
Fire In The Hole does fuckin rock!! Love it... in fact, i'm gonna listen to it right now.... i could use a little extra energy early on a wednesday morning...
Seiously... HOW did this song not make onto Yer Favorites?? It's MY favorite!!
They forgot Greasy Jungle as well... one of my favourite hip songs of all time.
So am I the only one here going to Seattle for the July 11th show? One more month to go!
"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."
"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."
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oh, the dream is alive alright! i already told one of my coworkers just how drool-on-your-shoes gorgeous Billy Ray was...
Isthmus / The Daily Page
By Emily Denaro
When most hipsters were not even to their mothers' waists, The Tragically Hip were rapidly becoming one of Canada's most popular rock acts. Now, almost 20 years later, they tread -- but not lightly! -- on the Barrymore Theatre's stage on Tuesday night.
The music was everything one would expect -- a smattering of popular tunes ("Bobcaygeon," "Ahead by a Century," "New Orleans Is Sinking"), new fare ("World Container") and even a Beatles cover ("Come Together"). Solid electric guitar work from glossy-haired Rob Baker took care of stage-left, while moments of shaky background vocals from Paul Langlois lingered on stage-right. While this is truly a band to be heard, it was Gordon Downie's showmanship that stole all glances.
Why? Because Gordon Downie is fucking crazy. Aside from growling a good portion of his vocals, when he was not plucking the old acoustic, he was doing God-knows-what: writhing suggestively in his clingy, wet button-down; shaking his ass and twirling around; getting attacked by the microphone-snake and doing all sorts of other pantomiming that would have Jerry Fallwell rolling in his grave.
Between songs, Downie spewed rhetoric like an emotionally unstable drill sergeant. "Am I lovesick? Do I look lovesick?" he begged before "Love(sic)." Men looked at each another in confusion, while ladies searched their purses for remedies. The only thing to possibly distract the crowd from Downie's commanding presence was Gord Sinclair's Blue Steel.
Even with Downie's contorted face and crazed, persistent yelps of "Work!" during "My Music At Work," fans still chanted "Hip! Hip! Hip!" for more of that psycho swagger. While exiting the Barrymore, positive feedback made its way past swollen eardrums -- the crowd was wowed. Hooray!
_________________
-Tom Waits
Ocean
Fully
Puttin
Dire Wolf
Luv(sic)
Bobcaygeon
Courage
Family Band
World
ABAC
Spring
Meridian
Rules
Rink
Music
Grace
In View
Come Together
New O
-Tom Waits
cool to see puttin down in there, so they ever play stay live? i havent seen it before but would love to. dire wolf and the rules are pretty cool to see too!
:eek: that would have been awesome!
Ocean
Fully
In View
Good Life
Kids
Bobcaygeon
Courage
Family Band
Wheat
Pretend
Springtime
Locked
Scared
Rink
Music
Grace
Planet
Shape I'm In (The Band)
New O.
-Tom Waits
Ocean
Twist
In View
Fever
Drop Off
ABAC
Poets
Kids
Dire Wolf
World C.
Inevitability
NOIS
Long Time
Fireworks
Family Band
Blow
Rink
Street Fighting Man
Bones
-Tom Waits
Just putting this thread back on page 1 where it belongs.
That is all.
-Tom Waits
Ocean
Grace
In View
Boots
Last Night
ABAC
Courage
Family Band
Daddy
World
Spring
Meridian
BobC
Kids
Music
NOIS
Rink
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (James Brown)
Fire
-Tom Waits
geez, you'd think all the canadians were on holidays yesterday...
Not me, I had to work. I hate holidays.
So, anybody going to the Seattle show on July 11th? I'm going with my sister and a couple of friends. The Hip in the summer in a beautiful outdoor venue...July can't come fast enough!
-Tom Waits
wow! good for you! that sounds like so much fun..... (edit! regarding Seattle... not work!)
i'm kicking myself for not getting tix to Bala though... (although i just checked, and it's on a weekday... :()
i'm thinking east coast in the fall... :cool:
the hip, eh?...
east coast, eh?....
beers and a show?
-Tom Waits
why don't you love me like you used to??
7 months later and it's still my favorite song on the album.
-Tom Waits
50 Mission Cap- Another Roadside Attraction '93. Gord with hair and a full beard:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pTnwoRpA0hk
It's Just as Well (unreleased song)- Halifax, 1990:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ikhme_SSKgI
Crack My Spine Like a Whip (unreleased)- Halifax, 1990:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=g5FresZ-ywI
Fully Completely- Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto 2006:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bj7kZdzn6-g
Inevitability of Death- Toronto, 2002:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PqsSvhuXpoU
Pretend- London, England, 2006:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3PcK6OhF-Dw
The Lonely End of the Rink- Atlanta, 2007 (best part about this one is the guy at the very end of the song screaming like a little school girl. Hilarious!)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=w5LVY5lx8QU
Flamenco- Music Without Borders, Toronto, 2001:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=W9M-5OVSvDY
-Tom Waits
-Tom Waits
Just Heard Fire In The Hole On The Radio For The First Time Ever
It Took Me 7 Hip Shows To Hear This Tune Then I Finally Heard It At My Last 3 Shows Oshawa/hammer/toronto 07
Man It Fuckin Rocked
Just Thought I'd Share
yyyyeessss!!
Fire In The Hole does fuckin rock!! Love it... in fact, i'm gonna listen to it right now.... i could use a little extra energy early on a wednesday morning...
Seiously... HOW did this song not make onto Yer Favorites?? It's MY favorite!!
They forgot Greasy Jungle as well... one of my favourite hip songs of all time.
08/02/07 - LOLLA!!!
I started a thread over on the Art Wall for you guys... go check it out!
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?p=4476071#post4476071
all hip fans, and all others...check this out!!!
beautiful work, ceg! awesome!
hahaha... thanks again mookie....
this time, i'll have to hire you as my publicist, instead of the other way around!
Date: Monday September 10th
Doors Open 7 PM / Show Starts 8 PM
Venue: Charlottetown Civic Centre
On Sales: Gold Circle Thursday May 31st at Noon
Regular On Sale Saturday June 2nd at 10 AM
Page 5? I won't stand for it!
So am I the only one here going to Seattle for the July 11th show? One more month to go!
-Tom Waits
Just rescuing the thread from page 6.
-Tom Waits
-Tom Waits
That is all.
-Tom Waits