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  Moments in songs that grab you

Posted by: The Nth Degree
07-27-2004, 09:00 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Are there any moments in the Hip's songs that give you goosebumps or move you? For me there are several:

Goodnight Josephine- at the end of the song, the second time Gord says "goodnight" with more emphasis than the first

Emperor Penguin- the guitar break between "they won't do a damn thing you say" and "your voice is all detached"

Scared- "it's been a pleasure doing business with you"

Inevitability of Death- the way they have that short break between "Fantastic gap..........common space" on the second verse.

Bobcaygeon- "that night in Toronto", makes me always think of my first trip down King St.

I have so many more....these are just a few that come to mind....

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  Gord Downie interview

Posted by: direwolf74
07-27-2004, 03:01 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Hey folks! Here's a great interview with Gord from a Buffalo newspaper (not sure which one) The writer frequently spells his name wrong which kinda bugs me, but hey, whatever.


Tragically Hip means poetry in motion
by JEFF MIERS, News Pop Music Critic
7/22/2004

You learn it from a young age. Rock 'n' roll artists are not supposed to be
thoughtful nor particularly deep. Intelligence isn't where it's at for rock: No
one remembers Elvis for his sparkling intellect, few hail Led Zeppelin for its
subtlety. It's about rebellion, power and sexuality, and how they play off of
each other. And increasingly, it's about selling something.
Tragically Hip will play at Darien Lake on Friday night.

But like most slices from the loaf of conventional wisdom, this one is a bit
moldy. For every 50 pop stars trading solely on sex appeal, there is one
musician who sees rock as a valid platform for artistic expression. Who says,
then, that rock lyrics have to be innocuous at best, downright dumb at worst?
The core tenet of the music's belief system - that one should question and
rebel against the established order of things - suggests we should think twice
before accepting the vacuous commodification of the music if it's something we
really care about.

All of this high-falutin' semi-nonsense set up shop in my gray matter while I
prepared to speak to Gordon Downie, vocalist/lyricist/guitarist with the
Tragically Hip, the most significant rock ensemble to emerge from Canada over
the last two decades. (The Tragically Hip performs at 8 p.m. Friday in Six
Flags Darien Lake Performing Arts Center.)

Downie has always appeared as a bit of an enigma. His lyrics are poetry, though
they lack self-importance. His singing is deeply sensual, emotive and
idiosyncratic, lending a distinct air of otherness to the Hip's left-of-center
twin-guitar rock 'n' roll. On stage, he's a man posessed, given to
improvisational flights of fancy and stream-of-consciousness meanderings. To
legions of fans, he's just Gord, the man who's given voice to songs they hold
dear for reasons that are many and varied. Listening to the band's excellent
just-released "In Between Evolution," one hears the familiar trademarks of the
Tragically Hip sound - the locomotive-like grace of the rhythm section, the
effortless "ancient form of weaving" interplay of the guitars, the subtle
intensity of Downie's delivery. But like so many Hip masterpieces - "Fully
Completely," "Trouble at the Hen House," "In Violet Light" - "In Between
Evolution" comes in layers, as an onion that requires peeling. Peel deep enough
on this one, and tears could well come.

On a CBC broadcast several years ago, Downie used a quote from poet Tess
Gallagher - one suggesting that the writer should use writing as an opportunity
"to be grateful and ample to those nearest your heart." The line of verse has
imbued his lyric writing deeply, as evidenced by "In Between Evolution." It's
sophisticated writing, never coy or reticent, but rather, generous, emotional
and open.

"It's interesting to talk about this, because invariably, it gets so distilled,
in terms of people writing about music," Downie said by phone from Toronto
earlier this week. "This is sort of an aside, I guess, talking about your
business and my business, and how they could and should intertwine together so
nicely.

"I guess I'm sort of finding it tough to read interesting things (in the music
press). And we're all sort of in it together."

"Lyrics," Downey continues. "I'm glad you feel that way, because I've been
working on them, and I'd like to feel I'm evolving. Then again, not evolving is
perhaps the hardest thing. Holding on to something that you had in the
beginning and making it continue to mean something."

There is a thread that connects all of Downey's lyric writing, from the band's
earliest days as a bar band busting out of Kingston, Ont., to its arena-hero
status throughout Canada and pockets of the United States today. Imagistic,
literate, rich in metaphor, Downey's words are also never too precious, studied
or self-conscious. But "In Between Evolution" surely represents one for the
writer; the passion is tough to miss here.

"I think when you write a song, that's your hope - that they can be used for
different occasions and have meaning. I think that's primarily where music's
purpose comes from. Getting back to Tess Gallagher - the question is, what are
you writing for?" Downey muses.

"Ideally, you're basically trying to honor those people that you love. Or
you're writing a song for a friend. Or an artifact that you're lamenting. Or a
bad decision - made by George Bush, let's say. "You had a chance to choose
something differently - and here's what you chose.' Whatever - we commemorate
these things in a song. Maybe it'll come in handy."

With typical understatedness, Downey is referring, perhaps, to a number of
tunes from "In Between Evolution" which, via metaphor, suggest the current tone
and tenor of America. The band recorded the album in Seattle. Invariably,
according to Downey, the landscape crept into the writing. "Is it a mean
streak/a desolation sound/a copy of desire, oh nothing's that far down/a mean
streak on a Western swing/on TV saying the damndest things," runs a verse in
"Mean Streak."

"Are We Family" reflects on relations between two countries sharing the same
continent with a mixture of desperation and compassion. "One Night in
Copenhagen" depicts a life-changing event endured far away from home.

" "Copenhagen' refers to . . . one of those calls in the night that basically
washes out everything," Downey says. "Because you realize that your life is now
changed . . . by, let's say a phone call from home, and leave it at that. But
it's about that point where you realize your life is now changed, and what do
you choose to do with it? I think the song is essentially about sobriety.
Drug-induced or otherwise."

As the Tragically Hip hit the road, following a string of intimate shows in
Canada during the week of the album's release, they'll be including plenty of
"Evolution's" songs in their sets - tunes that, Downey says, "have become more
beastly, a bit bigger since we recorded them." Fans who clamor for "the older
stuff" will get some; those songs still have meaning for Downey and the band.

"Most people come to shows for very disparate reasons," Downey says. "Disparate
wants and hopes. Myself included. Hopefully, the music is the glue that holds
the event together.

"A song that you've written, and that you feel inside, actually grows, like a
piece of wood. It's a living thing. It grows as you grow. And I'm always really
pleased by that - that songs almost become like time capsules for you. I find
myself on stage, singing lyrics that I wrote 15 years ago and finding something
new in them. It's a song, or a line, held up to a different light.

"A new light."

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  Kim Mitchell on Q107

Posted by: chris
07-26-2004, 09:56 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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As announced by John Derringer this morning, Kim Mitchell is the new afternoon drive host on Q107. He starts on August 9th.

Should be a wild party!

:jump

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  Anyone posting the Sympatico audio files?

Posted by: rocketsan22
07-26-2004, 07:41 PM
Forum: Download & Trading Central
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Looking for the sliced up mp3's of the entire show...

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  The July 23rd 2004 Buffalo show.

Posted by: fitty4ex
07-26-2004, 07:32 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Just wondering if anyone had the glorious opportunity to tape the 7-23 show? If so, how can i get it. It was an amazing setlist, I'd be very excited to listen to it.

:mrgreen:

:thumb:

Fitty4ex

6-29-04
7-23-04
eden fest. 96

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  Hipbase Records??

Posted by: direwolf74
07-26-2004, 07:06 PM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Seeing as though the Hip have been screwed over once again by their American label (Rounder), I was thinking we Hipbasers should start up our own label, sign the band to a contract, and give them the kind promotion in the U.S. that they've always deserved. Anyone up for it?? I'm reading David Geffen's biography right now, and I was thinking we could use it as kind of a blueprint. C'mon, it'll be easy!

:lol:

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  Kerry and Bush duet!

Posted by: Stephen Dame
07-26-2004, 07:04 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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You've probably already heard about on the news, but dammitt if it's not funny for some reason.

See it before the man (Undoubtedly wearing a black suit and earpiece) shuts it down!

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  David Go Go is a great live show

Posted by: Stephen Dame
07-26-2004, 06:41 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Hadn't heard much about him before seeing him in Wasaga and Sudbury, but my God is this guy a musician. He plays guitar with skill, speed and serious flair. Both times I saw him, he played with a Corona bottle (which he promptly chugged) played behind his head and went for a stroll through the crowd with his guitar in the middle of a song and never stopped playing!

He's a great musician and showman and the best opening act I've ever seen at a Hip show.

Without question, worth a look and listen.

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  What I have to trade

Posted by: Chris4613
07-26-2004, 06:36 PM
Forum: Download & Trading Central
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Looking for trading partners for CDRs. Will take anything I don't have let me know if anyone would like any of these...
10-8-2000 Erie, PA
11-27-2000 Saskatoon
12-20-2000 Buffalo
12-21-2000 Hamilton
8-1-02 Toronto
8-2-02 Toronto
9-1-02 Darien Lake
10-5-02 Syracuse

Thank you very much
Chris

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  Communication breakdown: CDs aren't forever after all

Posted by: cferneyh
07-26-2004, 05:37 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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"On a few of them, the damage is so severe the aluminum can be rubbed off with your finger," he says.

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I've been purchasing CDs for as long as I can remember, and I've never, ever had any of the things reported in this article happen to me. I mean all of my Hip CDs have at one time or another begged for mercy but at last check, they were still in pristine condition (thankfully they haven't retired to go smoke pot in Asia like Ricky Williams). Has CD rot ever happened to anyone out there in Hipbase land?

I guess all the more reason to turn your music collection into MP3s or <insert favourite lossless format here> and hope that your hard drive never gets corrupted or stolen. Of course you could back it all up on CDs.....oh man, what a vicious circle!

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