Tragically Hip ...

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

sorry righteousbabe, but i've seen cordelia twice...and it was awesome! it's SO heavy live...

I've also seen them play it twice, once way back in '92 in Calgary, and again in '99 in Spokane, WA. And yes, it's magnificent live. Wish they'd play it more often.

thought this was pretty cool...the song stats from hipbase...gives you a good idea what tunes they play the most...check it out mariposa..."seven days", played only once! "psychadelic ramblings...", maybe under "unknown" ?...

"looking for a place to happen"...only 19?!?..."evelyn"...only 13?!?! "38 years old"...only 20!?!?! those are great tunes!

song name - # times played since 1987


2000 light years from home 2
38 years old 20
700 ft. ceiling 112
??unknown?? 18
I can only give you everything 1
a beautiful thing 22
ahead by a century 353
all canadian surf club 12
all torn up 42
another midnight 7
apartment song 20
are we family 19
are you ready 66
as makeshift as you are 41
at the hundredth meridian 416
baby please don't go 4
back off baby 1
ballroom 2
blonde solid 1
blow at high dough 209
bobcaygeon 276
boots or hearts 57
born in the water 1
bring it all back 19
butts wigglin 43
cemetery sideroad 1
chagrin falls 116
coconut cream 36
cordelia 54
courage 327
crack my spine like a whip 7
daredevil 138
don't wake daddy 94
down home girl 1
eldorado 40
emperor penguin 66
escape is at hand for the travellin man 168
evelyn 13
everytime you go 32
fifty mission cap 99
fight 33
fighter fighter 3
fire in the hole 230
fireworks 284
flamenco 124
freak turbulence 52
fully completely 305
get back again 4
giftshop 356
gloria 3
going going gone 1
good morning little school girl 2
goodnight josephine 34
grace, too 376
greasy jungle 104
gus: the polar bear from central park 57
hailstone hands of god 1
heart attack love 2
heaven is a better place today 54
hey marie 1
highway girl 14
i'll believe in you 21
i'm a werewolf baby 3
if new orleans is beat 8
impossibilium 11
inch an hour 27
inevitability of death 115
it can't be nashville everynight 57
it's a good life if you don't weaken 123
it's just aswell 2
it's so easy 1
killing time 2
lake fever 127
last american exit 8
last of the unplucked gems 81
leave 4
let's stay engaged 22
lionized 62
little bones 243
little by little 1
locked in the trunk of a car 181
lofty pines motel 1
long time running 60
looking for a place to happen 19
meanstreak 29
membership 110
montreal 7
my music at work 198
nautical disaster 363
new orleans is sinking 467
no threat 2
on the verge 45
one night in copenhagen 17
opiated 43
ouch 8
pigeon camera 63
poets 349
put it off 41
puttin' down 103
radio show 2
reformed bapist blues 6
ringing hearts of fire 1
rockin' in the free world 1
running for your life 2
save the planet 117
scared 126
seven days 1
sharks 16
she didn't know 19
she's got what it takes 1
sherpa 42
silver jet 95
smalltown bringdown 7
so hard done by 57
something on 191
springtime in vienna 279
stay 46
summer's killing us 57
summerside of life 2
suzie q 3
the bastard 13
the completists 49
the dark canuck 32
the darkest one 30
the dire wolf 54
the heart of the melt 4
the luxury 54
the man comes around 1
the new maybe 1
the rules 45
the werewithal 65
thompson girl 57
three pistols 64
throwing off glass 8
thugs 72
tiger the lion 68
times are passing us by 2
titanic terrarium 34
toronto #4 23
train kept a rollin 6
train overnight 36
trickle down 16
twist my arm 131
use it up 68
vaccination scar 57
vapour trail 111
waltz for juliette 2
we'll go too 36
wheat kings 131
when the weight comes down 5
wild mountain honey 25
yawning or snarling 35
you see details 1
you're everywhere 28

restlesssoul wrote:

senn the hip 5 times great to see so much support for the boys from the yanks.......

well done....

in the hipeponymous box set it shows like 5 sold out shows for boston or chicago!!!! that blew me away.....finally gettin their credit./...

They've been touring the shit out of the States for years (since 1989), so it doesn't surprise me at all that they can sell out most clubs and theatres down there. Not bad for a band that gets absolutely zero radio play in the U.S. When you tour a country that much though, you're bound to make a few fans along the way. I've noticed they're much more well known in the border States like New York, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, Washington, etc... It seems the further south they go, the smaller the venue they play. Although I hear they have quite the following in Texas. Go figure.

Attention fellow Hip freaks! Go to the Hip's homepage and click on the "song of the day" for a nice little surprise.

http://www.thehip.com

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

oh yeah! nice treat, direwolf!

...but i have to ask...what's troubling gus?

I love that song! Check this out:

http://www.hipmuseum.com/gus.html

gotta love the "love for the Hip" on this PJ board huh??

Hope someone is trackig those "songs of the day"..
I'm blocked out of streaming at work..
can anyone tell me, are those live Hip songs from the offical "archives"
(i.e soundboards)..
If so, let's record them for posterioty if anyone had the means..

and let's see some Boston / Somerville clips up there real soon boys!

Up to here in Boston..
Scott (Locked)

MCG wrote:

In Violet Light was a wicked album. You get "Leave" and "It's a Good Life If you Don't Weaken". What more could you ask?

Fully Completely fuckin' rocks to!

In Violet Light is very underrated. Some Hip fans weren't too keen on it when it was released, and I know it didn't sell very well, but I think it's a very solid record. Leave is one of the most incredible songs they've ever written in my opinion, and how can you not love Good Life, The Darkest One, Throwing Off Glass, A Beautiful Thing, Silver Jet, The Dark Canuck, and of course, the absolutely brilliant Dire Wolf, which is obviously one of my all time favorite Hip songs (hence my username.)

I love Road Apples.. that's when I first got into them. Seen them 5 times now and never get bored.

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

thought this was pretty cool...the song stats from hipbase...gives you a good idea what tunes they play the most...check it out mariposa..."seven days", played only once! "psychadelic ramblings...", maybe under "unknown" ?...

"looking for a place to happen"...only 19?!?..."evelyn"...only 13?!?! "38 years old"...only 20!?!?! those are great tunes!

song name - # times played since 1987

Seven Days only played once! :eek: I'm glad to have heard it then!

I would've thought...38 Years Old would've been played more than 20. It's one of the best Up To Here songs!

38 Years Old was one of the first Hip songs I heard. And for years being so young and naive back then...the only lines I could remember from it were "He's 38 year's old, never kissed a girl". All I could remember was giggling and all I kept thinking was "Oh that poor poor man".

Anyway it's not until years later, that I really got into the band, and thankfully I looked up the whole lyrics (and the story behind it) for my sakes. Which made more sense, thank god.

I also thought it was actually about Gord's brother, like others have thought.

http://www.hipmuseum.com/38.html

If you read that link...its also explains why they don't play it often.

If you think some of the Hip's covers are great, which they are, check out some of Gord's solo covers. Maybe this has been metioned before but Gord covers Johnny, Neil, and Bob splendidly. "Barstool Blues", "When you Dance I can Really Love", and "Tonights the Night" are given the proper treatment as well as other greats like "Going Going Gone" and "I Wants to Be Loved" by Dylan as well as "When the Man Comes Around" by Mr. Cash. Actually, there is a great version done by the Hip of "Going Going Gone" at http://www.thehip.com right now.