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Match-up #3 - Thugs Vs. Fireworks
Please listen to the two songs in the match-up Back to Back, and consider the lyrics of the song.
Feel free to post an unbiased analysis of both songs in this thread, but please refrain from cheerleading or making predictions for your favourites.

A new year; a new tournament. He we go again...

The Hip 64 :: Voting Results 2010

Match-up #2 - New Orleans is Sinking Vs. Bobcaygeon
Please listen to the two songs in the match-up Back to Back, and consider the lyrics of the song.
Feel free to post an unbiased analysis of both songs in this thread, but please refrain from cheerleading or making predictions for your favourites.

Match-up #1 - Long Time Running Vs. 38 Years Old
Please listen to the two songs in the match-up Back to Back, and consider the lyrics of the song.
Feel free to post an unbiased analysis of both songs in this thread, but please refrain from cheerleading or making predictions for your favourites.

Writing to thank all of those who passed along the kind messages about the Bathouse sessions. Some really kind people on this forum!

For those in the area the first Toronto Show is Apr 29th at Clinton's Tavern on Bloor. The second show of the double cd release is the following night Apr 30 in Orillia (Hometown!). All future updates and info will be found at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.darrincranney.com">http://www.darrincranney.com</a><!-- m -->

I do not wish to distract from this great forum any further except to share any personal gems that result from contact with the boys and I thought I would share with you some newly posted footage that is special to me: Here is Rob Baker running down the intro to a tune called "In Mind" and laying it down (up on itunes). His slide playing truly is some of my favorite stuff. :
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Best
Darrin

Capturing Live Feel in Spades

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by: Andrea Houston

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — When The Spades perform live, its raw energy explodes off the stage, to the point band members have finished the show dripping in their own blood.

And the intensity of the live performance is exactly what the band tried to capture on its new album Subatomic, which was produced by Gord Sinclair, bassist for The Tragically Hip, and is set for releaase March 23.

The album took about one week to make over the course of three recording sessions, Robichaud said.

Sinclair has been involved with all three Spades albums and the two bands have formed a creative connection, McKenty says.

The partnership began about five years ago when The Spades played a small gig in Kingston, Ont., and the legendary bassist just happened to be in the audience.

"It was such a good connection with Gord," McKenty said. "It’s really evolved past a producer and a band. He’s someone we can get together with, bring a guitar and show off tunes."

Robichaud affectionately calls him "Uncle Gordie." Some of the pre-production was also done at Sinclair’s home and he even helped write one of the songs, he said.

"That really happened on the spot, which has never really happened before," McKenty said. "That’s really liberating to think a song can come out of just sitting with the guy and doing it right there."

The Peterborough, Ont.-area trio is excitedly anticipating the release of its third album, gearing up for a coast-to-coast tour, collaborating with other local artists and starting a record label, Pirate Radio Records.

Frontman James McKenty put on a Neil Young record and got comfortable holding Willie P. Bennett’s old guitar while the band looked back at their road so far.

"I remember shows at the Montreal House when we’d literally leave the stage bleeding because we played so hard," McKenty said. "We left blood, sweat and tears on that stage."

The Spades is made up of Perth, Ont., native and guitarist McKenty, 31, Tommy (Winchester) Street, 29, on drums and Josh (Chachi) Robichaud, 28, playing bass, piano and vocals. Street and Robichaud are both from Peterborough.

Known for catchy melodies, clever lyrics and energy on stage, The Spades’ music shows influences from ’60s and ’70s rock as well as country and blues.

The band says the album tries to capture what The Spades do best: an unforgettable rock concert.

McKenty calls it their most "evolved" offering yet.

"I think it’s the best one we’ve done," said Street. "It’s the most true to our live show. We think it captures the intensity of the show."

The first single, The Revenge of Johnny Laundry, is getting frequent radio airplay.

"A lot of people know the tune when we play it live," said McKenty. "That’s always a great perk, when everyone knows the words."

The music video — a first for the band — was shot around Peterborough over the course of two days.

The band has recently done a flurry of mainstream press coverage, including an interview with MTV where they answered each question in song composed on the spot.

"That was James’ idea," Street said with a laugh.

"When we’re on the road in the van we make up songs to kill time. There’s a miniature guitar in there," McKenty said.

"And a mandolin," Robichaud added.

"And a mini drum kit," Street said.

"So we just jam in there and make up songs about anything," McKenty said.

Touring with Gordie Johnson’s band Grady twice led to another partnership.

The former frontman of Big Sugar offered to mix the album at Willie Nelson’s studio in Texas.

Like Sinclair, Johnson’s initial connection came after catching a Spades show and enjoying what he saw.

The Spades have played together since 2004. In that time they’ve toured Canada twice and shared the stage with some of the country’s leading musicians, including The Tragically Hip, Blue Rodeo, Matthew Good and Sam Roberts.

"We’re all like brothers," Robichaud said. "We love being on the road. It’s our second life."

The next tour kicks off in Toronto on April 10.

‘It was such a good connection with Gord. It’s really evolved past a producer and a band. He’s someone we can get together with, bring a guitar and show off tunes.’
JAMES McKENTYLead vocals, The Spades

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The Stooges gain entry into Rock Hall — finally
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by: Mike Householder


DETROIT – Iggy Pop was starting to feel like the Susan Lucci of rock 'n' roll.

Just as the veteran soap actress believed she might never win a Daytime Emmy, the godfather of punk was certain his groundbreaking band The Stooges wouldn't ever earn a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Well, as it turns out, Lucci got her gold statue on the 19th try. And Iggy and the boys finally are getting their shot to search and destroy at Monday's induction ceremony, on their eighth attempt.

"At least I won't be nominated anymore," Pop said, laughing.

He believed The Stooges never would get into the Rock Hall "right up until the day before somebody called me."

"I kept telling the guys over and over: 'We're not gonna get in, guys.' Yeah. I was absolutely sure of that," Pop said in an interview.

It's hard to say exactly what turned the tide in voter sentiment, but Pop points to three possibilities: the band's long streak of Rock Hall futility, the January 2009 death of founding member Ron Asheton and ... Madonna.

The Stooges honored their fellow Michigan native by performing rocking versions of two of her hits — "Burning Up" and "Ray of Light" — on the night of the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Pop says the gig helped provide some much-needed exposure for a band that wasn't really heard from for 30 years — the result of numerous band breakups and lineup changes that current members blame on drugs and fights over money.

"I thought, 'Well, some of the people there will see that we don't have horns. We're not gonna breathe fire on the tables or anything,'" he said. "I knew the thing would be televised, and 15 to 20 percent of the viewers wouldn't be able to differentiate. If they see you on TV, they'll think you've been inducted anyway."

Whatever the reason, the guys will be on stage at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, but this time they'll be performing their own tunes.

They selected "I Wanna Be Your Dog" and "Search and Destroy," two songs Stooges guitarist James Williamson says are "the most representative" of the band's work.

The latter was on the 1973 album "Raw Power," which rates No. 125 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The magazine called it a "proto-punk-rock classic" that featured a certain "hellbent ferocity."

Fans love and critics appreciate "Search and Destroy" for its searing guitar riff and signature Iggy Pop lyrics. It kicks off with the singer's guttural snarl: "I'm a street-walkin' cheetah with a heart full of napalm."

The song also served as the soundtrack for a Nike ad that memorably featured athletes bleeding and vomiting during competition. The song more recently popped up in an episode of ABC's "Lost" — it was blasted through a record player while a distraught Sawyer (Josh Holloway) drowned his sorrows following the death of his girlfriend.

Pop, whose solo effort "Lust For Life" also has enjoyed a second life in movies and commercials, sees the usage as an alternate means of exposing people to the music.

"(The Stooges) didn't get the radio airplay," he said. "We were shut out of the goodies of the industry."

When he hears "Search and Destroy" and other songs from the "Raw Power" era, Pop says the music doesn't sound dated to him.

"Every usage again and again I notice that, and I also notice that the stuff always sounds kind of rippin'," he said of the album, which is being re-released next month.

After that comes a host of European dates for the band, which currently consists of Williamson (guitar), Ron Asheton's brother, Scott "Rock Action" Asheton (drums), and former Minutemen member Mike Watt (bass).

Back on lead vocals is the inimitable Pop, who Williamson says simply is "one of the best there ever was."

"The thing that Iggy did that was all his own was to confront the audience — not just act out on stage like a Mick Jagger does or something like that — but Iggy got in your face," the guitarist said. "He got out in the audience and was right there with you. And nobody else had ever done that before. He was fearless about that."

Williamson remembers one show in which Pop egged on the wrong guy — a biker — and got punched in the face.

"I think that was a turning point for the band," Williamson said. "That was pretty much the beginning of the end."

Pop went on to a successful solo career, the Ashetons joined other bands and Williamson spent the past 30 years in the business world.

But Ron Asheton's death and the Rock Hall induction have brought them back together, more than 40 years since they exploded out of Ann Arbor, Mich., with a unique, primal sound that paved the way for the punk, grunge and garage rock movements that sprang up in their wake.

Pop says he and Williamson have been kicking around song ideas, and he's also looking over some demos the Asheton brothers recorded prior to Ron's death.

"We're just kind of seeing where that goes — whether we'll sneak out a single on the Internet or an EP or try to make a whole album. We're not sure," Pop said.

Before all of that gets going, though, the guys will be introduced by Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day and enter the Rock Hall alongside fellow inductees ABBA, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff and The Hollies.

"I am the world's forgotten boy," Pop screeches in "Search and Destroy."

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The Stooges are one of those classic bands that I have just discovered over the past year. I can't seem to get enough Fun House. I figured I'd post this article and see if The Stooges get any Hipbase love.

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I was on ESPN.com this morning, slowly waking up with that first cup of half-caf coffee. I was looking for some happier NHL news to read. As a Ranger fan, today will probably be a frustrating day - getting thumped by the goons of Philly to finally put us out of our playoff hopin' misery. (I won't get into the supposed vengeance of Carcillo's beating of Gabby last month...) The teaser for Bucci's mail bag included the following line: "Crosby's goal - the great Canadian goal of ALL TIME!" Really? Hyperbolic statements in sports are the norm and acceptable, sure, but shouldn't they at least be accurate? That line really bothered me. Henderson's goal in '72 gets that designation, right?

I realized however,that as an American hockey fan who only became a fan in 1990 at the age of 26 (yeah, yeah - my becoming a fan mostly had to do with the Ranger's relative success of the period - I hear that from original six fans quite often. Also EA NHL '91 and my "then" Canadian buddy were influences too!), maybe I'm not qualified to comment on another country's moments of national pride - especially one's where I was but a year old. And especially when my only knowledge of the event comes from vague anecdotal references and the very first Hip song I ever heard in 1998.

(Don't get me started on that song - for "Fireworks" to be played on American radio and for me to randomly stumble across it is amazing to me. It turned me on to one of my favorite albums and my eventual favorite band. Amazing! Forget about the message of amazing civil and nationalistic pride - a pride of such strength that America seemingly hasn't felt for decades. Forget about the fact that it emotes such strong feelings EVERY time I hear it and I am in no way connected to the event it references. Simply, it's my first Hip song and it will always kick ass, never get old and will be to me what "Blow" or "Twist" or "100M" might be to some of the older Hip fans.)

So I did some research and found this article on a very interesting site:
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So interesting! I see myself killing much downtime at work on this site.

Anyway, since both of the mentioned events ('72 Henderson, '10 Crosby) effected most of the fans here much more deeply, and since I can only assume that 90% of the hockey fans here have exponentially more hockey knowledge than I do, I was curious on y'all's take. Is Bucci insane for labeling Crosby's goal as the greatest Canadian goal ever? Is he spot on? Do recent events make for stronger moments than past ones?

I am sure I will offend at least half the people on here, but I just finished watching "Capitalism: A Love Story" and it reconfirmed to me that Michael Moore is the smartest American I know.

Roger & Me
Bowling For Columbine
Fahrenheit 9/11
Sicko

Must see documentaries for anyone