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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    he doesn't have a nasally sounding voice at all normally. 
    Doesn't sound like the Love Shack guy?  
    So what song should I 'Tube when I get a chance? 
    Something with more of a vibe like Thumbing My Way than Mind Your Manners, if you catch my drift.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    Fiddler's Green was written about Gord's own nephew who died young of a heart defect. they didn't play it for many years as it was too painful for Gord to sing it. They started playing it again in the mid to late oughts. I think they played it at their final show in Kingston. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    this is when they famously played SNL, as Dan Akroyd was hosting, and he basically demanded they be the musical guest. 

    looking back, gord looks exactly like sheldon from big bang. :lol:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEGqbyudsyQ
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    this is when they famously played SNL, as Dan Akroyd was hosting, and he basically demanded they be the musical guest. 

    looking back, gord looks exactly like sheldon from big bang. :lol:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEGqbyudsyQ
    That's a pretty good song, I feel like it could really grow on you.  Definitely better vocals than the snippet I had heard before.  Sounds like 1995, for sure lol
    Of course that's a good thing.
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  • willbarclay
    willbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    I’m waiting to see what was in that 12 days of Hip crate ...
  • Gibson
    Gibson Chicago Posts: 2,671
    I’m waiting to see what was in that 12 days of Hip crate ...
    +1. My hopes aren't up, though.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    i've seen two people open days 1 and 2 and both have said they're disappointed so far. one shirt and one scarf. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    newsletter this morning said "lots of hip to come in 2021". delicious. 
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  • pearljim
    pearljim Posts: 1,312
    edited December 2020
    So far on the crate:
    Toddler T-shirt “Don’t Wake Daddy”
    Day 1) cool T-shirt 👍
    Day 2) HIP gaiter - eh I won’t wear it much
    Day 3) HIP sticker and pin. 👎
    Day 4) Hip slipmat for turntable - soso 

    So far underwhelmed.  Will take pics later when home. 
    If you have a chance to make life better for others, and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.

    Roberto Clemente.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    pearljim said:
    So far on the crate:
    Toddler T-shirt “Don’t Wake Daddy”
    Day 1) cool T-shirt 👍
    Day 2) HIP gaiter - eh I won’t wear it much
    Day 3) HIP sticker and pin. 👎
    Day 4) Hip slipmat for turntable - soso 

    So far underwhelmed.  Will take pics later when home. 
    i certainly hope it gets better than that for that kind of money. jesus. there'd better be something signed in there for those of you that shelled it out. 
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  • pearljim
    pearljim Posts: 1,312
    Yep, I agree Hugh.  Sadly I’m used to the PJ merch roulette (Gigaton view finder) rings a bell hahahahaha.  Mystery boxes etc...
    If you have a chance to make life better for others, and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.

    Roberto Clemente.
  • willbarclay
    willbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    All I know is that if I had bought a karate I would not have been able to only open one thing a day. I’d tear it all open in one shot. 
  • pearljim
    pearljim Posts: 1,312
    Day 5) Xmas tree ornament - soso


    If you have a chance to make life better for others, and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.

    Roberto Clemente.
  • toolie
    toolie Posts: 397
    Hey what’s a gaiter? Out here that means like a thing you wear over your snow boots. I assume that’s not what came in the box? 
  • pearljim
    pearljim Posts: 1,312
    It goes over your head and covers you from neck to nose. You see a lot of football coaches wearing them.
    If you have a chance to make life better for others, and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.

    Roberto Clemente.
  • toolie
    toolie Posts: 397
    Ohhh okay gotcha. We call that a buff lol. 
  • pearljim
    pearljim Posts: 1,312
    Day 6) red hat (toque), with Hip emblem. Nice and I’ll wear it often this winter but so far these items come nowhere near price paid. That said I love the HIP and this won’t change that.  Just hope the last 6 days are a bit better :)
    If you have a chance to make life better for others, and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.

    Roberto Clemente.
  • toolie
    toolie Posts: 397
    I used to mock my kids for watching unboxing videos and now every day I’m like ‘I wonder what came in the Hip box’. 
    Thanks for sharing man.