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And so it ends

RIP Gord Downie

#the tragically hip #gord downie #rip gord

northernbookworm

I watched this last night. My heart still hurts. 💜😢

hipeponymous-blog

Can’t wait to see this.

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"Get Back Again" by The Tragically Hip

(Live in Halifax, April 6, 1990)

He describes it as a "weepy little tune".

#get back again #the tragically hip #gord downie #bootleg

"Wheat Kings"

Justin Bieber covering The Tragically Hip, live.

I know he's Canadian and everything, but could he be more obvious in trying to gain actual musical cred?

#wheat kings #the tragically hip #justin bieber

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“The Dark Canuck” by The Tragically Hip (Words/Music: The Tragically Hip, Album: In Violet Light, Universal Music Canada 2002) If you need a good connection for drugs Or a strong tolerance for alcohol Too little religious education Some pain threshold If from the outside There's no demand for what you do And inside there's an army waiting For their marching orders for you Come sit on my swing-seat Come sit on my porch After Ten at night, smoke your cigarettes if you like, of course

#the dark canuck #the tragically hip #datetimetunes #6/25 #6:25

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“New Orleans Is Sinking” by The Tragically Hip (Words/Music: The Tragically Hip, Album: Live Between Us, MCA 1996) One of the Hip’s iconic songs, it is perhaps the most important song in their canon because of the number of other songs it has spawned - most notably “Nautical Disaster”. It has also provided some of the more interesting moments such as the Killer Whale Tank rant from the Road Apples tour. This version of the song is much the same, with David Bowie’s “China Girl” making a brief appearance in the middle. By some standards, this version is actually quite tame - but then again, those standards are quite high.

#new orleans is sinking #the tragically hip #datetimetunes #6:23 #6/23 #david bowie #china girl #nautical disaster

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“Grace, Too” by The Tragically Hip (Words/Music: The Tragically Hip, Album: Live Between Us, MCA 1997) Because one can never have too many versions of “Grace, Too”. This one is particularly outstanding because:

Gord thanks the opening band, The Rheostatics, at the beginning of the song, stating that “we are all richer for having seen them tonight”. (Not only does Gord thank The Rheostatics, but he actually begins to sing the lyrics for “Bad Time To Be Poor” later in the show during “Nautical Disaster”.

“Jesus Christ... a big fucking bear!”

He starts reciting the lyrics to John Lennon’s “Imagine”.

“I was raised on tv, like so many of you I see around me”

#grace too #the tragically hip #datetimetunes #6/19 #6:19 #rheostatics #john lennon

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“Grace, Too” by The Tragically Hip (Words/Music: The Tragically Hip, Album: Live From the Vault: Volume 3, Hamilton 02.06.2007) They say I’m Tragically Hip

#grace too #the tragically hip #datetimetunes #live from the vault #6:18 #6/18

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“Fifty-Mission Cap” by The Tragically Hip (Words/Music: The Tragically Hip, Album: Live From the Vault: Volume 1, Halifax 02/02/1995) Gord suggests that “this song is NOT a hockey song” at the beginning of this live performance (unfortunately, because of the way the songs are edited it actually happens on the end of the previous song - but trust me, it’s there). This simple utterance brought to mind Bono’s statement at the beginning of “Sunday, Bloody Sunday” on Under a Blood Red Sky - “this song is not a rebel song...”. While it may be argued that Bono was correct and was trying to re-direct people to the actual message of the song (as opposed to trying to start more trouble), “Fifty-Mission Cap” is obviously about hockey, But it is also about more - recognizing responsibility (as a pilot) and enjoying and appreciating life. However, gord raises another question with his quip - what ARE the similarities between the songs? Why choose THIS song to try to draw the parallel? I think the answer is simple - both songs are essential parts of their respective cultures. Going to Ireland and trying to avoid the years of civil war is every bit as difficult as going to Canada and trying to avoid hockey. But in the end, maybe Gord is just proud that his nation’s identity is linked to something enjoyable.

#fifty-mission cap #the tragically hip #live from the vault #stanley cup #hockey #u2 #sunday bloody sunday

I looked up and you were there Just sitting there all alone Holding your fist in the air Like, if you need me you're on your own You drove me home through a snowy tomb I fell asleep in my seat I had the dream of having no room You were there just staring at me At the lonely end of the rink, you and me At the lonely end of the rink, you and me Oh to join the rush As the season builds I hear your voice ‘cross a frozen lake a voice from the end of a leaf saying, ‘you won’t die of a thousand fakes or be beaten by the sweetest of dekes’ At the lonely end of the rink, you and me At the lonely end of the rink, the lonely end of the rink Oh to join the rush as the season builds Jump into the rush As the seasons build You drove me home through a snowy gloom And I fell asleep in my seat Then I had the dream of having no room You were there just staring at me At the lonely end of the rink, you and me

#the lonely end of the rink #the tragically hip #stanley cup #hockey

If there's a goal that everyone remembers it was back in ole' 72 We all squeezed the stick and we all pulled the trigger And all I remember was sitting beside you You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey And I never saw someone say that before You held my hand and we walked home the long way You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr

#the tragically hip #fireworks #stanley cup #hockey

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“Wheat Kings” by The Tragically Hip (Words/Music: The Tragically Hip, Album: Live From the Vault: Volume 3, Halifax 02/06/2007) you can't be fond of living in the past, cause if you are then there's no way that you're gonna last

#wheat kings #the tragically hip #datetimetunes #5:28 #5/28

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“Ahead By a Century” by The Tragically Hip (Words/Music: The Tragically Hip, Album: Live Between Us, MCA 1997) I’ve always loved this song because to me it captures all of the aspects of summer, from the childlike enthusiasm to the things that go wrong to the loss of innocence and the eventual end. I guess, looked at like that, maybe it’s just a big metaphor for life. or maybe I’m just up way too early on a long Memorial Day Weekend because I woke from a feverish dream. First thing we'll climb a tree and maybe then we'll talk or sit silently and listen to our thoughts with illusions of someday casting as golden light no dress rehearsal, this is our life that's when the hornet stung me and I had a feverish dream with revenge and doubt tonight, we smoke them out You are ahead by a century Stare in the morning shroud and then the day began I tilted your cloud, you tilted my hand rain falls in real time and rain fell through the night no dress rehearsal, this is our life and that's when the hornet stung me and I had me a serious dream with revenge and doubt tonight, we smoked them out

#ahead by a century #the tragically hip #datetimetunes #5:26 #5/26

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“Opiated” by The Tragically Hip (Words/Music: The Tragically Hip, Album: Live From the Vault: Volume 2, Halifax 02/02/1995) Hands down the highlight of this concert bootleg, “Opiated” is not one of the Hip’s biggest songs (and maybe its scarcity makes it special), but they smooth groove they find with this song live makes it stand out. They mellow it down a bit, doing it semi-acoustically and the song just takes on a different life. Definitely worth checking out. He bought two fifths of lead-free gasoline Said, the bottle is dusty, but my engine is clean He bought a nice blue suit with the money he could find If his bride didn't like it, St. Peter wouldn't mind Now I lie here so out-of-breath And over-opiated Maybe I couldn't catch up, no but Maybe he could of waited Well the medicine man started seeing red You think the snake just dreams up the poison in his head Addicted to approval or addicted to the air It was see if you like it or see you up there Now I lie here so out-of-breath

#opiated #the tragically hip #datetimetunes #live from the vault #4:50 #4/50

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“Long Time Running” by The Tragically Hip (Words/Music: The Tragically Hip, Album: unknown bootleg) Long Time Running - it’s a love song about breasts and vaginas and penises - Gord Downey I’ve always loved this song because it was so different from most of the rest of the Hip’s songs. A slow blues song? That mentions a caribou? Only the Hip. Well, well it's all the same mistake Dead to rights and wide awake I'll drop a caribou, I'll tell on you, I'll tell on you, I'll tell on you.

#long time running #the tragically hip #bootleg #datetimetunes #5/18 #5:18

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“Fire in the Hole” by The Tragically Hip (Words/Music: The Tragically Hip, Album: Live From the Vault: Volume 3, Hamilton 02/02/2007) I love how every version of this song that I hear live is different. This one is pretty much unrecognizable until the lyrics begin. But of course, the band loves to jam and improv all through the song. You triumphed over will You had immunity to kill You had your dreams fulfilled And I love you still

#fire in the hole #the tragically hip #datetimetunes #5/17 #5:17

Locked In The Trunk Of A Car (1995.2.2 - Halifax)

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“Locked in the Trunk of a Car” by The Tragically Hip (Words/Music: The Tragically Hip, Album: Live From the Vault: Volume 1, Halifax 02/02/1995) Listening to old bootlegs from almost 20 years ago makes them seem brand new. Hmmm... listening now to something recorded then makes something old seem new - I think I just became chronologically fucked up.

#locked in the trunk of a car #the tragically hip #datetimetunes #5/15 #5:15

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