Gord Downie

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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,528

    STATEMENT

    October 18, 2017

    Last night Gord quietly passed away with his beloved children and family close by.

    Gord knew this day was coming – his response was to spend this precious time as he always had – making music, making memories and expressing deep gratitude to his family and friends for a life well lived, often sealing it with a kiss… on the lips.

    Gord said he had lived many lives. As a musician, he lived “the life” for over 30 years, lucky to do most of it with his high school buddies. At home, he worked just as tirelessly at being a good father, son, brother, husband and friend. No one worked harder on every part of their life than Gord. No one.

    We would like to thank all the kind folks at KGH and Sunnybrook, Gord’s bandmates, management team, friends and fans. Thank you for all the help and support over the past two years.

    Thank you everyone for all the respect, admiration and love you have given Gord throughout the years – those tender offerings touched his heart and he takes them with him now as he walks among the stars.

    Love you forever Gord.

    The Downie Family

    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,703
    The Secret Path is a really wonderful album to hear today (since it was released, I have really come to love it. I liked it right away, but it was a fairly slow walk towards loving it for me. Glad I moved in that direction, especially right now).
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,528
    Secret Path In Concert is on Sunday oct 22 on CBC. also live streamed on their website. 

    put on this vinyl, flipped through the book, while sipping some Fully Completely red wine last night. it was therapeutic. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,528
    Gord Downie's final album, Away Is Mine, to be released October 17, 2020

    https://gorddownie.com/
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,528
    really strange. trying to pre-order the vinyl and it says it can't be shipped to me. i'm in a major canadian city.  :s
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • Dead Man Walking
    Dead Man Walking Toronto-ish Posts: 2,762
    First thing i did when I woke up this morning was pre-order the vinyl and CD. I didn't have any issues ordering. Perhaps if you're in an apartment or something with an unusual number, it might not let you process in the checkout.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,528
    i'm in a house, and i can order other items on the site, just not vinyl. maybe it's too expensive? i tried the set of 6 buttons, which are $15. add $13.90 shipping on top of that, jesus murphy. no wonder there's no shipping option for vinyl to me. i'll just hope it's available in my local shop. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,528
    i wanted to buy all the rest of his catalogue on vinyl too before it eventually sells out. no dice. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,528
    they responded to my message on instagram it will be fixed later today. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,528
    they finally fixed it and ordered all of gord's solo vinyl (with the exception of his collab with The Sadies-that one's sold out). 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,907
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    i'm in a house, and i can order other items on the site, just not vinyl. maybe it's too expensive? i tried the set of 6 buttons, which are $15. add $13.90 shipping on top of that, jesus murphy. no wonder there's no shipping option for vinyl to me. i'll just hope it's available in my local shop. 
    I think the vinyl is going retail.  I saw it on Amazon Canada today for about $45.  $15 more expensive than buying it directly, but you don't have to pay shipping, so it's almost a wash:


  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,528
    listening to some tracks from his new solo record now. it's so weird to have "new" gord downie. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • toolie
    toolie Posts: 397

    I'm holding out until I get the records. Says they are shipping next week so hopefully by next weekend???

  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,528
    i was going to as well. then they released two more tracks this morning, so i couldn't help myself. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • willbarclay
    willbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    Reading back on this thread and the secret path shows. I guess I forgot to share my little story here.
    Somehow, I was able to score 2 tickets to Gords show in Ottawa at the NAC. Me and a buddy went.
    after it was over there was a huge backlog of people trying to exit the building. I looked across the room and found another, what looked to be exit door, and we headed for it. 2 people followed behind us. We went through realizing now we are in part of the backstage section of the building. Those 2 people following behind us were also confused on how to get out and they also turned out to be Gord Sinclair (bass player for the hip) and his wife. So there we are with Gord after a very special show trying to exit this maze we found ourselves in. Unreal, hilarious events that happen, right?
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,528
    Did you talk to gord sinclair?
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  • willbarclay
    willbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Did you talk to gord sinclair?
    Ya we were chatting and conspiring on how to get the hell out of the building. It was an emotional and different show (to say the least) and I didn’t want to bring up the hip or anything so I didn’t even let on that I knew who he was. 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,528
    willbarclay said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Did you talk to gord sinclair?
    Ya we were chatting and conspiring on how to get the hell out of the building. It was an emotional and different show (to say the least) and I didn’t want to bring up the hip or anything so I didn’t even let on that I knew who he was. 
    that's very big of you
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • toolie
    toolie Posts: 397

    Just got my shipping notification on the new GD record :)

    Also if anyone needs it Fully Completely vinyl is pretty cheap on Amazon Canada today.

  • BR2428
    BR2428 Posts: 138
    I ordered the cd through Amazon in the U.S. and I just got a delivery update that says it’ll arrive on November 20th???

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