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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,665
    edited August 2016
    Why are you saying it was a prepared and approved by the PM? Is that a guess or a fact?
    I feel like you just completely make shit up about Trudeau because you generally dislike him. The things you say about him really don't seem grounded in reality. They more seem like generic catch phrases from the list of catch phrases used for politicians one doesn't like.
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    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    lukin2006 said:

    Who cares whether Trudeau was there. The hip read a prepared statement that was approved by the PMO. Selfie taking-sunny ways wouldn't put himself in a situation to really be challenged.

    Likely a courtesy on the part of Gord: "Hey... We were planning on saying this... What do you think?"

    To which, "No problem" was the answer.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Massara133
    Massara133 Stettler AB Canada Posts: 431
    Everyone has a right to discuss their political opinions, but I think there's a better place. This is kinda taking away from what was a very enjoyable thread. Just sayin :)
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Massara133 said:

    Everyone has a right to discuss their political opinions, but I think there's a better place. This is kinda taking away from what was a very enjoyable thread. Just sayin :)

    It'll get back there.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • weddingparade
    weddingparade Posts: 1,179
    edited August 2016
    a review of the last show in kingston will follow but as i reviewed(and went to) all the other ontario shows here's the ottawa one

    2nd last of the 7 ontario shows for me
    this was a stubhub ticket bought @ 3 times face value with no complaints
    we got in early. the line ups for merch and beer etc have all been bad on this tour
    people in my section were great+ upper level row a with lots of people standing up
    no tears at this show
    no major surprises on the setlist which was a first for the ontario shows
    still LOVE their mixing up of the opening and closing songs etc etc
    wheat kings and gus are the 2 highlights for me
    gord doing some painting with his pretend palette of paint and pretend canvas always a kick to watch

    2016-08-18 - Ottawa Ontario
    01 Boots Or Hearts
    02 Blow At High Dough
    03 Opiated
    04 New Orleans Is Sinking
    05 In A World Possessed By The Human Mind
    06 Ocean Next
    07 What Blue
    08 Machine
    09 Summer's Killing Us
    10 Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
    11 If New Orleans Is Beat
    12 It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
    13 Greasy Jungle
    14 Nautical Disaster
    15 So Hard Done By
    16 Grace, Too
    17 Gift Shop
    18 Flamenco
    19 Springtime In Vienna
    20 Ahead By A Century
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    21 Courage
    22 Wheat Kings
    23 At The Hundredth Meridian
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    24 Bobcaygeon
    25 Poets
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Happily for me, Comcast carries CBC / CBUT as part of my cable package. It made watching the Olympics more enjoyable, and also game me the opportunity to catch this show. When I turned it on, my wife had only heard of The Hip, but didn't really know their music. I explained the circumstances of the tour and this particular show, and she was game to check it out. About half way into the show she couldn't look away. She was hooked. That was one of the most intense and emotional concerts I've ever seen. I forgot PJ was even playing that night, and didn't give it two thoughts. I was completely captivated. Talk about a range of emotions, from joy to sadness. Really glad I had the chance to experience it. Kudos to the CBC for broadcasting the show commercial free. I just can't imagine one of our national networks doing that.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    jeffbr said:

    Happily for me, Comcast carries CBC / CBUT as part of my cable package. It made watching the Olympics more enjoyable, and also game me the opportunity to catch this show. When I turned it on, my wife had only heard of The Hip, but didn't really know their music. I explained the circumstances of the tour and this particular show, and she was game to check it out. About half way into the show she couldn't look away. She was hooked. That was one of the most intense and emotional concerts I've ever seen. I forgot PJ was even playing that night, and didn't give it two thoughts. I was completely captivated. Talk about a range of emotions, from joy to sadness. Really glad I had the chance to experience it. Kudos to the CBC for broadcasting the show commercial free. I just can't imagine one of our national networks doing that.

    Good stuff Jeff. My wife wasn't into The Hip until she met me and I got her hooked.

    She was also in and out of the room as I watched the final show....and eventually settled into it with a beer in hand after the first 5 or 6 songs.

    My son who is almost 2 got to watch the first 10 songs or so, which is pretty special because he gets to watch almost no tv. We danced together for a song or two. Always assumed I would be able to take him to a Hip show once he got older so I was a little teary eyed that I got to share a few live songs with him....he will have no memory of it, but I will.

    Hopefully in 10 years or so I can drag his ass to a PJ show!
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    dignin said:

    jeffbr said:

    Happily for me, Comcast carries CBC / CBUT as part of my cable package. It made watching the Olympics more enjoyable, and also game me the opportunity to catch this show. When I turned it on, my wife had only heard of The Hip, but didn't really know their music. I explained the circumstances of the tour and this particular show, and she was game to check it out. About half way into the show she couldn't look away. She was hooked. That was one of the most intense and emotional concerts I've ever seen. I forgot PJ was even playing that night, and didn't give it two thoughts. I was completely captivated. Talk about a range of emotions, from joy to sadness. Really glad I had the chance to experience it. Kudos to the CBC for broadcasting the show commercial free. I just can't imagine one of our national networks doing that.

    Good stuff Jeff. My wife wasn't into The Hip until she met me and I got her hooked.

    She was also in and out of the room as I watched the final show....and eventually settled into it with a beer in hand after the first 5 or 6 songs.

    My son who is almost 2 got to watch the first 10 songs or so, which is pretty special because he gets to watch almost no tv. We danced together for a song or two. Always assumed I would be able to take him to a Hip show once he got older so I was a little teary eyed that I got to share a few live songs with him....he will have no memory of it, but I will.

    Hopefully in 10 years or so I can drag his ass to a PJ show!
    That's great! While your son may not remember it, I'm sure it is planting seeds. He should be the perfect tour buddy in 10 years for PJ's first of many farewell tours!
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    I watched the last show outside camping in the Adirondack mountains. The stream and the sound (had it hooked up to a speaker) were really good.
  • Daron Oshay
    Daron Oshay Middletown, NJ Posts: 2,591
    Just getting around to listening to the Kingston show and wow. Unreal.

    And the video of Gord during Grace, Too. I don't even know how to comment on that.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,665
    edited August 2016
    Daron Oshay said:

    Just getting around to listening to the Kingston show and wow. Unreal.

    And the video of Gord during Grace, Too. I don't even know how to comment on that.

    Some have a lot to say about it, lol, because there appears to be a debate going on about whether that was ALL 100% "real" or if it was at least part performance art. I actually think it was partly performance art myself. Of course all good art has some reality to it and feeling behind it, but that extreme overwrought thing he had going on? I think that was largely Gord being his wonderfully weird self doing a performance of extremely overwrought emotions as a way to artistically express his very real emotions. Doing that is right up Gord's alley, and I think much more likely than that just being a completely bare true expression of his feelings. And I am saying this in admiration btw. I absolutely love that Gord can and will do stuff like that. It's one of the things that makes him great.
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Daron Oshay
    Daron Oshay Middletown, NJ Posts: 2,591
    PJ_Soul said:

    Daron Oshay said:

    Just getting around to listening to the Kingston show and wow. Unreal.

    And the video of Gord during Grace, Too. I don't even know how to comment on that.

    Some have a lot to say about it, lol, because there appears to be a debate going on about whether that was ALL 100% "real" or if it was at least part performance art. I actually think it was partly performance art myself. Of course all good art has some reality to it and feeling behind it, but that extreme overwrought thing he had going on? I think that was largely Gord being his wonderfully weird self doing a performance of extremely overwrought emotions as a way to artistically express his very real emotions. Doing that is right up Gord's alley, and I think much more likely than that just being a completely bare true expression of his feelings. And I am saying this in admiration btw. I absolutely love that Gord can and will do stuff like that. It's one of the things that makes him great.
    Thanks for input. I haven't been big enough of a fan (my fault) to know the true answer but either way it gave me chills.
  • weddingparade
    weddingparade Posts: 1,179
    PJ_Soul said:

    Daron Oshay said:

    Just getting around to listening to the Kingston show and wow. Unreal.

    And the video of Gord during Grace, Too. I don't even know how to comment on that.

    Some have a lot to say about it, lol, because there appears to be a debate going on about whether that was ALL 100% "real" or if it was at least part performance art. I actually think it was partly performance art myself. Of course all good art has some reality to it and feeling behind it, but that extreme overwrought thing he had going on? I think that was largely Gord being his wonderfully weird self doing a performance of extremely overwrought emotions as a way to artistically express his very real emotions. Doing that is right up Gord's alley, and I think much more likely than that just being a completely bare true expression of his feelings. And I am saying this in admiration btw. I absolutely love that Gord can and will do stuff like that. It's one of the things that makes him great.
    agreed. he's always made that song(especially) an over the top live performance. i can't see gord performing it any other way. the song wouldn't have the same power/meaning if he just casually sang it.
    what comes through the most for me, with this nugget on this recent tour, is his intense passion in the delivery of it
    i've seen grace a whack of times on many other tours but nothing compares to the versions on this tour. imo
  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Site C Dam project betrays Trudeau's commitment to First Nations, say critics

    http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-august-24-2016-1.3733551/site-c-dam-project-betrays-trudeau-s-commitment-to-first-nations-say-critics-1.3733566
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    lukin2006 said:

    Site C Dam project betrays Trudeau's commitment to First Nations, say critics

    http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-august-24-2016-1.3733551/site-c-dam-project-betrays-trudeau-s-commitment-to-first-nations-say-critics-1.3733566

    This is in two treads.
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  • Massara133
    Massara133 Stettler AB Canada Posts: 431
    PJ_Soul said:

    Daron Oshay said:

    Just getting around to listening to the Kingston show and wow. Unreal.

    And the video of Gord during Grace, Too. I don't even know how to comment on that.

    Some have a lot to say about it, lol, because there appears to be a debate going on about whether that was ALL 100% "real" or if it was at least part performance art. I actually think it was partly performance art myself. Of course all good art has some reality to it and feeling behind it, but that extreme overwrought thing he had going on? I think that was largely Gord being his wonderfully weird self doing a performance of extremely overwrought emotions as a way to artistically express his very real emotions. Doing that is right up Gord's alley, and I think much more likely than that just being a completely bare true expression of his feelings. And I am saying this in admiration btw. I absolutely love that Gord can and will do stuff like that. It's one of the things that makes him great.
    Agree 100%

    whenever I talk to someone about the show they often bring up that moment and I hold back because I feel like I'm bursting their bubble. But I truly feel Gord is expressing the emotions of the girl in the song, not his own. Either way it was very powerful.
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  • weddingparade
    weddingparade Posts: 1,179
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghLk-BhT-P8
  • weddingparade
    weddingparade Posts: 1,179
    incredible words by rheostatics dave bidini
    here's a snippit. but all a great read.
    "Only a handful of times in our history has a single event drawn us together."
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/fully-completely-the-hip-unites-us-all/article31459239/
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/tragically-hip-legacy-dave-bidini-1.3730006
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    weddingparade said:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghLk-BhT-P8

    That was tough to watch.

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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    PJ_Soul said:

    Daron Oshay said:

    Just getting around to listening to the Kingston show and wow. Unreal.

    And the video of Gord during Grace, Too. I don't even know how to comment on that.

    Some have a lot to say about it, lol, because there appears to be a debate going on about whether that was ALL 100% "real" or if it was at least part performance art. I actually think it was partly performance art myself. Of course all good art has some reality to it and feeling behind it, but that extreme overwrought thing he had going on? I think that was largely Gord being his wonderfully weird self doing a performance of extremely overwrought emotions as a way to artistically express his very real emotions. Doing that is right up Gord's alley, and I think much more likely than that just being a completely bare true expression of his feelings. And I am saying this in admiration btw. I absolutely love that Gord can and will do stuff like that. It's one of the things that makes him great.
    I thought the same. He recovered too quickly after the last note for it to have not been performance art.

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