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This has probably been discussed at length but here goes ...

Listening to DFN and PP in the car lately and was thinking how cool it would be for the Hip to play an albums tour.

So each night fans would be treated to tunes from groups of albums.

Obviously the guys would need to re-learn a crap-load of material but fans would be treated to some beauties!

Night One: EP, UTH, RA
Night Two: FC, DFN, TATH
Night Three: PP, MAW, IVL
Night Four: IBE, WC, WATS, NFPA

If I may make a title suggestion for your next album.... "CANNONATING DRIVE". The Hip is a uniquely Canadian band, that celebrates our unique culture and language. This term was "invented" by (a somewhat excited) Danny Gallivan, a CBC Hockey Night In Canada play by play announcer. It would fit.

Some long weekend reading for you. With Justin Rutledge's Hip covers rec and Downie and The Sadies teaming up, I wrote a lengthy re-imagining of popular conception of The Tragically Hip for Chart. Has the band finally shed the Molson Canadian rock act tag that followed them through the '90's?

The honourable Stephen Dame even took part in the piece. Would love to hear everyone's thoughts.

http://www.chartattack.com/features/long...rd-downie/

Gord Downie performs Lou Reed - 'How Do You Think It Feels'



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If you had a friend who had never heard of The Hip and you could only play them ONE song to hook them, what one song would you choose and why?

My vote : Three Pistols because it shows everything that this band is about - killer guitar, great vocals, obscure lyrics(!) and the best ending to a song in their catalogue! (IMO)

Your vote??

I have read interviews with Gord Downie where he mentions each night he performs in concert, the show itself is different and has a life of its own, even though many of the same songs are played again. I would say that statement applied last night in Detroit. The set list for the concert was exactly the same as the previous one I just witnessed in Chicago the night before and the same as the Peterborough show at the end of April. I was expecting a hard, loud and fast paced punk rock show delivered by a hard working band. I happily got a little more than I expected.

Gord and The Sadies performed at one of my favorite music venues in Detroit. The Majestic Theater is a city block long complex of buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It has one restaurant, two live music venues, four bars, ten billiard tables and sixteen bowling alleys. The venue is located on Woodward Ave., the main drag running through the heart of Detroit and out to the surrounding suburbs. The area around the venue is dotted with new and old businesses as well as vacant run down buildings.

Gord and The Sadies played in the Magic Stick, which is a large open room with a small 4 ft. tall stage. It has an outdoor patio bar attached to it. The fans and the band are literally almost face to face. As it turned out, the fans at the Detroit show were a little more intense then the fans in Chicago. In Chicago, the fans sang along and bobbed their heads, but I was the only one dancing about in my place. In Detroit, there were a number of others jumping around to the hard punk rock. This brought out more intensity from the band as Gord sang his concise lyrics harmoniously to the pounding beat. The Detroit show felt like it had an meaner, grittier edge to it.

At both the Detroit and Chicago shows, Gord had a large orange spotlight attached to a mechanical arm on stage behind him, right next to the drum kit. Three or four times during each show, Gord would pull down the spotlight and turn it on. He could point it in any direction. Sometimes he would shine it on himself or another band member. Other times he would point it at the audience. I guess it was to enhance the mood, but I was confused by his use of the spotlight. Then it dawned on me. Was the orange spotlight his representation of The Conquering Sun?

I was in Chi-town by coincidence when Gord Downie and the Sadies rocked Lincoln Hall Saturday, May 10th to an avid mixture of Gord and Sadies fans. It was inside a small and cozy venue when I heard numerous voices sing out loudly along with Gord to the lyrics of Crater as the Sadies backed Gord Downie on a blistering punk rock/alt country journey for 90 minutes.

The Sadies recreated a wonderfully accurate live version of their collaboration with Downie on their The Conquering Sun CD. Even though I am in my early fifties now, I felt like I was at an 80's or 90's punk rock show. The ones which developed my current tastes for alternative music.

Gord bantered comically with the audience in between songs, as he sang with passion to his sparse lyrics fleshed out with The Sadies sonic wall of sound. The Good brothers bantered back and forth magically, sharing lead guitar, while Sean and Mike thundered the bass line beat. The stage was small, providing Gord with little room for movement. Gord would edge to his right to harmonize with Travis, as Dallas ripped ferocious punk rock chords. Travis was matching his brother with some howling steel fingered cords of his own.

Demand Destruction was written for and dedicated to Dr. Helen Caldicott, a rockin' activist, as Gord described her. My favorite song of the night was Generation, a cover the band did by Fucked Up. Punk rock at its best. Gord and The Sadies were awesome to see and hear as they feed off the pure energy of the song. The setlist for this show was the same as was listed in the Peterborough review. <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://hipbase.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=17896">viewtopic.php?f=28&t=17896</a><!-- l -->

I will be in my home town tomorrow to watch another high energy show from Gord + The Sadies at the wonderfully quirky Magic Stick in Detroit.

Must admit, I am partially intrigued to hear this, should be interesting to hear Tommy Lee play with Billy Corgan. Was never a Motley Crue fan of any sort, but can't deny Tommy Lee is one hell of a drummer.

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2014/05/08/21658966.html

Also interesting that the one new album title is "Day For Night"......

I was reading a post regarding how Gord's new solo project is arguably better than the last 4 Hip albums, so I decided to play it back to back with IBE. Not even a fair fight IMO. I had forgotten how good an album IBE is. A great listen from start to finish. The entire band shines on this record, with great drums and Rob is unbelievable, not to mention the Gordie of days gone by.

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