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| Posted: Tue May 24th, 2016 04:29 pm |
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KGB
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This will probably only mean something to Canadians and border Yanks like me, but Gord Downie, frontman for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, has announced he has terminal brain cancer. You can't underestimate how huge these guys are in Canada nor what an electric stage presence Gord is. Their final concerts with Gord will be unbelievably poignant affairs.
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| Posted: Thu May 26th, 2016 12:21 am |
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lobo316
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One day after revealing that singer Gord Downie has terminal brain cancer, the Tragically Hip have posted the dates for an upcoming summer tour. The tour is in support of the band's 14th studio album Man Machine Poem. The tour kicks off July 22 in Victoria and wraps up in the band's hometown of Kingston, Ont., on Aug. 20. Tickets are available Friday June 3 at 10 a.m. local time. The following tour dates were posted this morning on the band's website:
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| Posted: Thu May 26th, 2016 12:39 am |
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This idea of huge Canadian celebrities who we've almost never heard of in the States is pretty amusing. I mean I guess The Tragically Hip ring a bell, the name sounds somewhat familiar, but they probably couldn't sell out a bingo hall here. I don't know why some Canadians achieve mainstream success and the rest are relegated to "Juno Awards", which basically means less than cracker jack prizes here. Last edited on Thu May 26th, 2016 12:40 am by srossi ____________________ This thread was great before AA ruined it. |
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| Posted: Thu May 26th, 2016 04:54 am |
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KGB
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srossi wrote: This idea of huge Canadian celebrities who we've almost never heard of in the States is pretty amusing. I mean I guess The Tragically Hip ring a bell, the name sounds somewhat familiar, but they probably couldn't sell out a bingo hall here. I don't know why some Canadians achieve mainstream success and the rest are relegated to "Juno Awards", which basically means less than cracker jack prizes here. To give you an idea, in July 1995 I saw The Hip headline an outdoor show in Markham, Ontario that I'm guessing drew somewhere in the 20-30,000 range. Three months later in DC I saw them in a bar (930 Nightclub) that probably held 200 tops. Here in Buffalo they played the hockey arena and pretty much filled it. Yet a couple hours down the road in Cleveland you could see them in a nightclub called The Odeon.
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| Posted: Thu May 26th, 2016 03:47 pm |
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HBF
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I first heard them, like most Americans did, when Dan Aykroyd had them on as musical guest when he hosted SNL in March of 1995 in what was just about the only good SNL show that entire ill-fated season. The Hip played "Grace Too" and made me and many others fans. That really sucks to hear. Last edited on Thu May 26th, 2016 03:47 pm by HBF ____________________ "That's what a pre-med degree will get you kids, nearly correct spelling and pissing in a bowl on Skype"-SRossi on Sunny |
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| Posted: Thu May 26th, 2016 05:49 pm |
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srossi
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Maybe someone can post their 2 or 3 biggest hits so us dumb Americans have some idea what we're talking about. Wikipedia lists them as being everything from alternative to country so I have no idea what they sound like. A quick look at setlist.fm shows that on their last tour, they were playing arenas throughout Canada but were relegated mostly to the different House of Blues venues throughout the U.S. Capacity for those venues is between 800-2,000, depending on city.
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| Posted: Fri May 27th, 2016 06:14 pm |
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I can't get the imbedding to work, so here's some links to Hip videos on youtube. New Orleans Is Sinking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAZUsCONjIQ At The Hundreth Meridian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCFo0a8V-Ag Locked in the Trunk of a Car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-WBZMRFFkU Grace, Too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d18UWu4dRv4 Courage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhpezwGtDEg And my favorite Hip song, Wheat Kings (not an official video, just the song with some fan crap as a video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB965aUPsmM
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| Posted: Fri May 27th, 2016 06:39 pm |
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lobo316
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cdewar19 wrote: I can't get the imbedding to work, so here's some links to Hip videos on youtube.
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| Posted: Tue May 31st, 2016 02:03 am |
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Sad_Astronaut
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srossi wrote: This idea of huge Canadian celebrities who we've almost never heard of in the States is pretty amusing. I mean I guess The Tragically Hip ring a bell, the name sounds somewhat familiar, but they probably couldn't sell out a bingo hall here. I don't know why some Canadians achieve mainstream success and the rest are relegated to "Juno Awards", which basically means less than cracker jack prizes here. Canadian Content laws, I presume?
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| Posted: Wed Jun 1st, 2016 05:09 am |
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srossi wrote: Maybe someone can post their 2 or 3 biggest hits so us dumb Americans have some idea what we're talking about. Wikipedia lists them as being everything from alternative to country so I have no idea what they sound like. Sometimes Canada does its own thing with who it likes musically, just like big acts in foreign countries that are huge at home but have little following anywhere else. This is a big deal to canadian music fans, Rossi. Be as glib about it as you choose, but not every musical icon another country has as its own needs to be validated as liked by America to be a big deal. Gord Downie is a big deal here.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 1st, 2016 10:16 am |
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Cory17
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Yeah, fuck you Rossi. Gord is fucking awesome.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 1st, 2016 11:49 am |
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One Fan Gang
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So Hard Done By is one of my favorite songs period. Sorry to hear this news.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 1st, 2016 03:29 pm |
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KGB
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lobo316 wrote:
What happened to Save-on-Foods? I hope the end was quick and painless. *BONG*
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| Posted: Wed Jun 1st, 2016 05:15 pm |
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srossi
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khawk wrote: srossi wrote:Maybe someone can post their 2 or 3 biggest hits so us dumb Americans have some idea what we're talking about. Wikipedia lists them as being everything from alternative to country so I have no idea what they sound like. How am I being glib? I'm researching a band I didn't know about and asked someone to share their music.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18th, 2017 09:19 pm |
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KGB
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Gord Downie passes away at the age of 53. It's easily the biggest story today on Canadian media. Toronto's sports radio, the FAN590, has spent much of the morning talking about Gord. The band had strong ties with the hockey community, in fact Gord's godfather is former Boston Bruins GM Harry Sinden. Toronto rock stations are, predictably, leaning heavily on The Hip canon today. http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gord-downie-obit-1.4359906
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