THEY DID IT ***Petition: PJ, Please Play A Tragically Hip Song In Ottawa***

HughFreakingDillon
HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
edited May 2024 in The Porch
UPDATE: May 4, 2024, Vancouver 1, the band did it. They covered The Tragically Hip. During Daughter, they tagged Bobcaygeon and Ed sang a few lines from it. Not a full cover, but this might be the closest we get. AMAZING. 

cover a Tragically Hip song. Fifty Mission Cap would do it.

edited 5/25/16 for recent news about Tragically Hip's frontman Gord Downie, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in December 2015. They are releasing their new record in early June, and will embark on their farewell tour over the summer, playing 11 Canadian dates. It would be incredible if PJ would play a one-off Hip tune in tribute. Any Canadian audience would go nuts.

edited Jan 17/20: changed the name of this thread. I totally understand how unlikely this is (and if it does happen, how it's more likely in Toronto), and also how polarizing the Hip can be to some, so please, no need for posts about how they suck or how PJ don't know who the hip is (they do). This is a positive thread about a wish that would probably make a lot of attendees at the show very happy. So, let's do this!
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • guitar101
    guitar101 Sutton, ON Posts: 398
    This would be seriously awesome.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    or invite Hugh Dillon up for Sonic Reducer.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ktHwH5xtE
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  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959

    or invite Hugh Dillon up for Sonic Reducer.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ktHwH5xtE

    This right here is the stuff dreams are made of. That would be fantastic.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473

    or invite Hugh Dillon up for Sonic Reducer.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ktHwH5xtE

    This right here is the stuff dreams are made of. That would be fantastic.
    I actually sort of hope that one doesn't happen. I'd be so incredibly bummed that I missed out on my musical worlds colliding I wouldn't be able to speak.
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  • Red Lukin
    Red Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    Or play Black and Alive in the 2nd encore
  • Hawk123
    Hawk123 Posts: 2,367
    Red Lukin said:

    Or play Black and Alive in the 2nd encore

    Really? Just going around trolling different threads. What would you prefer in the 2nd encore?
  • KP_McMinn
    KP_McMinn West Philadelphia born and raised Posts: 748
    Red Lukin said:

    Or play Black and Alive in the 2nd encore

    :lol::clap:
  • KP_McMinn
    KP_McMinn West Philadelphia born and raised Posts: 748
    guitar101 said:

    This would be seriously awesome.

    :i_dunno:
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959

    or invite Hugh Dillon up for Sonic Reducer.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ktHwH5xtE

    This right here is the stuff dreams are made of. That would be fantastic.
    I actually sort of hope that one doesn't happen. I'd be so incredibly bummed that I missed out on my musical worlds colliding I wouldn't be able to speak.
    Next time they play in Winnipeg, then. I want to visit some provinces I haven't yet seen anyway.
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,966
    I'd thought about requesting Bobcaygeon, I guess mainly for the "That night in Toronto" line, lol. It would fit nicely in the acoustic start to the encores too, lol.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473

    or invite Hugh Dillon up for Sonic Reducer.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ktHwH5xtE

    This right here is the stuff dreams are made of. That would be fantastic.
    I actually sort of hope that one doesn't happen. I'd be so incredibly bummed that I missed out on my musical worlds colliding I wouldn't be able to speak.
    Next time they play in Winnipeg, then. I want to visit some provinces I haven't yet seen anyway.
    well, Hugh doesn't live in Winnipeg! He lives in Toronto (to my knowledge). my head would explode.
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    Yyz or something rocking from rush would be awesome
  • 100 Pacer
    100 Pacer Toronto, ON Posts: 9,321
    I must be the only person in this country that can't stand the Hip, never listened to the Hip, and hopes to God this band never covers the Hip...with all due respect.
    To quote the 10C from Newsletter #8: "Please understand we have a lot of members and it is very hard to please everybody. If you are one of those unhappy people...please call 1-900-IDN-TCAR."

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  • kk277412
    kk277412 Posts: 47
    Hip Hip Hip!! What a great treat that would be!
  • 100% agree
    50 mission cap,
    nice
  • 100 Pacer said:

    I must be the only person in this country that can't stand the Hip, never listened to the Hip, and hopes to God this band never covers the Hip...with all due respect.


    I like the hip but i don't think pj covering them would be good at all. Imo it would be a huge disservice
  • 100 Pacer said:

    I must be the only person in this country that can't stand the Hip, never listened to the Hip, and hopes to God this band never covers the Hip...with all due respect.


    I like the hip but i don't think pj covering them would be good at all. Imo it would be a huge disservice
    It would put the Hip back on the map again and push them into that market they haven't tapped yet. The Hip never did "make it" - kind of like lost dogs.
  • kk277412
    kk277412 Posts: 47
    That's what makes the hip great! I'm from buffalo seen them over 50 times from LA all the way up to Kingston! Small venues great sets! Them not making it makes it special for us hip heads IMO
  • northerndragon
    northerndragon Posts: 9,851
    100 Pacer said:

    I must be the only person in this country that can't stand the Hip, never listened to the Hip, and hopes to God this band never covers the Hip...with all due respect.

    Nope I'm with you. I keep trying but everything in me just goes 'nononononono turn it off'. You sir have fine tastes.
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