Some of us Americans have been hip to The Hip for 27 years. They are one of the greatest bands ever. From anywhere. They are one of the most important bands for me personally in my life. And I think at Large.. I was lucky enough to see them in Columbus Ohio at the Newport Music Hall with 800 other people who knew who they were. It was a big surprise to me. Because I never found anybody that knew who they were other than me. In fact there are several people in several states that listen to The Tragically Hip because they know me. And my three oldest children are all tragically hip fans. The final show from the tour last year after gourd announced that he had brain cancer. Was the single greatest rock show ever. Because they were brilliant and the emotion could not be calculated. Long Live The Tragically Hip Long Live Gord Downie!!
Just watched this whole thing. All I have to say is, what an absolute bunch of fucking gentlemen. Just wowed. Love the Hip. Peace to Gord and his family. x
Thanks for posting this. That was such a great documentary on such a great band. Of course we all miss Gord! He was such a unique talent. Keeping the Hip alive and sharing them with others is the best way to honor all of them.
If you actually listen to the Hips lyrics you would understand they wrote about things from all over the world. Gord disliked being painted into the "Canadian" corner. Using the Hip as a nationalistic tool takes away from it.
First time I’ve see this. I became a Hip fan after moving to northern NY in 1991. I’d hear them on the radio as I drove to/from work. Wondered who this band is putting out great music I had never heard. Saw them play quite a few times over the years; last time in 2015 in Buffalo. Tried to go to the last show in Kingston but couldn’t get tickets. It was so sad knowing I’d never see them play again. End of the Hip era.
Back in 95-96 my band was playing a show in the Florida panhandle, when the bartender at the club notices my Tragically Hip T-shirt. He says, "You're not going to believe this, but I just saw them at a club over in Pensacola." He said that hardly anyone there knew who they were, but HE knew who they were, and couldn't believe he stumbled into the club that night and saw his favorite band. Sure wish I would have been there.
I'm not gonna watch this all the way through because I know it will just make me horrendously sad, not just about Gord but about how much of the Canadian culture that old MuchMusic represented has just ceased to exist over the last decade. But thanks for uploading. :(
That is so true, you have made a very good point. Much Music had so many great shows that highlighted Canadian music to the entire country and was completely different and separate from the CBC. Also, their coverage of music events (Canada Day festivals etc.) was awesome.
Saw them life the 1st time in New York city at a small venue in 2000. There was maybe enough room for 200 people and I was front stage center. The entire crowd were all ex-pat Canadians such as myself. Except for one young couple from New Jersey who happen to have heard of the band and wanted to check them out. Best performance I ever attended. Gord did bring a banana on stage. Peace to Gord, his family and friends.
Gord was just SO FUCKING COOL, I would be proud to call him my friend. Sad for my Canadian neighbors. 🇨🇦 Irreplaceable hit to the genuine music left in this autotune shit world. Just sad, Crushed actually.
Under lockdown, in isolation and quarantined for 14 days up here in an underground gold mine here in Northern Ontario as we are dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19. Stumbled across this incredible post. Thank you for sharing. I was 15 in 1987 and was able to sneak in to a small bar in Thunder Bay to see the Hip live. And have been a devoted fan to our beloved Canadian band. This certainly evokes strong and heartfelt memories I have of our national treasure, The Tragically Hip. So fond the memories are. Uplifting yet so tragic he’s gone, but at this moment my heart is nearly complete as I watch this post. Thank you again.
The people that thumbs down this need to be taken out back. Surprisingly, after watching this I feel much better. What a horrible heart ache it was finding out about his passing. It’s amazing how close one can be to someone they have never met by the the music they put out. RIP Gord. We’ll miss you so.
Over the veil. After a glimpse, over the top... Underappreciated. Un-Inhibited. They are tragically hip in every sense of the phrase. Thank you to the band member families who made great sacrifices to support these artists who are "violent and original" in your work. Many tears shred in the final concerts. Hope your collective journey was rewarding.
Thank you very much for sharing this - I remember this old program and what a gift it is - the ability to revisit it 20 years down the line as a different person than I was then.
thanks, as an American fan that got turned on in 1998, it was extremely cool to see the chapter of them that I didn't know much about. RIP Gordie baby.
@@edwardcharles990 Fiddler's Green: One, two, three, four, one, two September seventeen For a girl I know it's Mother's Day Her son has gone alee -ee And that's where he will stay Wind on the weathervane Is tearing blue eyes sailor-mean As Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain For a boy in Fiddler's Green His tiny knotted heart Well, I guess it never worked too good The timber tore apart And the water gorged the wood You can hear her whispered prayer For men at masts that always lean The same wind that moves her hair Moves her boy through Fiddler's Green Oh, nothing's changed anyway Oh, nothing's changed anyway Oh, anytime today He doesn't know a soul There's nowhere that he's really been But he won't travel long alone No, not in Fiddler's Green Balloons all filled with rain As children's eyes turn sleepy-mean And Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain For a boy in Fiddler's Green
New Orleans is Sinking: She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me, she loves me not... Alright Bourbon blues on the street Loose and complete under skies so smoky blue green I can't forsake a Dixie dead-shake So we danced the sidewalk clean My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in? New Orleans is sinking man and I don't wanna swim Colonel Tom, what's wrong? what's going on? Can tie yourself up for a deal ? He said, "Hey north you're south, shut your big mouth You gotta do what you feel is real" Ain't got no picture postcards, ain't got no souvenirs My baby, she don't know me when I'm thinking bout those years Music break Pale as a light bulb hanging on a wire Sucking up to someone just to stoke the fire Picking out the highlights of the scenery Saw a little cloud that looked a little like me I had my hands in the river, my feet back up on the banks Looked up to the Lord above and said, "Hey, man thanks" Sometimes I feel so good, I gotta scream She said, "Gordie baby, I know exactly what you mean" She said, she said, I swear to God she said Ahhhhhhhhh nooooooooo, noooooooo, yeah ! My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in? New Orleans is sinking man and I don't wanna swim SWIM!
Video is shit and they knew it, but this song gets me every time! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aGRNEJiD3PY.html Whoo, baby! I feel fine! I'm pretty sure it's genuine!
I haven’t seen this episode since it first aired. Thank you for uploading this. I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole this afternoon of Gord Downie/Hip YT videos this afternoon, since I saw on twitter a couple of hours ago that The Hip is releasing Saskadelphia tomorrow. (21 May 2021) So. ... Many. .. Emotions.
I dont believe in ppl being born because but when its comes to Mr. Downie I put him on the top shelf with Bon Scott ?? Why ??.. Just a good person as a whole not certain parts a complete package and he was BORN to be a front man and a lyrical genius that told stories..they weren't just lyrics in a song.. Locked in the trunk of a car..SERIOUS The DARKEST badass shit you will hear..
Got to meet Gord after a show at Dallas City Limits on Day fir Night leg, I think. He was standing out by the bus and I was able to tell him thank you for the bands music and it helped me very much. He just kind of stared at me for a second then closed his eyes. Full of gratitude and completely drained from the intense show, he simply said “thanks, thank you”. That was it. And it meant so very much. The opening act was Evergreen. They were very good.
Loved them since i first heard them in '90 back in Buffalo. Too bad Mtv and busine$$ blocked them from being more popular in the US. Buffalo certainly loved them!!!!! If radio stations weren't bought out they would have exploded. Media is bought out.
It was the Tower Records offer that the Hip turned down to support Sam the Record Man that did all of that. Huge mistake on the bands part but they didn't care and didn't need the $ either
The Hip, historically speaking, were one of the great supporters of everything Canada. Also, a great band that evolved so well over the years and produced some great records. The band wrote the music in a collective manner; there was no single or dual writers like you see in most bands. Maybe one of the least pretencious bands you ever saw in interviews. Gord was so comfortable in his own skin, just being himself. This band could rock with the best of them- RIP Gord; condolences to your family and friends.
The Hip were the soundtrack to my youth. Lucky to have seen them in '91, '93, '99 and on their farewell tour in Vancouver in 2016. The farewell tour show was a spiritual experience. RIP Gord Downie. Gone way too soon.
I didn't realize Gord was so vocally obtuse about the lyrics in interviews. Despite the clips shown here, there is a definite person and subject being referenced. Gord and I both knew him.
"He was a coal miner in the spring." The idea that that isn't about an actual person. Why do you listen to pop music if you think it's just entirety random?
@@mypuritanicalopinion3332 So, looks like we found Mr. Poetry here, the one that as the power to decide what poetry is! Nice to meet you king of poetry! (not)
My Puritanical Opinion ... you are either trolling?... or you have nothing valuable to add to life in general. Please, do me, and everyone else a big favour. Keep your useless mouth shut, as that is the only way you can possibly be of any benefit to our shared world.
@@mypuritanicalopinion3332 senseless for anyone that doesn't have the capacity to transpose it over the country's history .... You should listen a little more, but I doubt it'll work because looking at your shitty vid, I just realized you're an old geezer that is not able to catch up with modernity... Remain locked in the past My friend I'm asking you You'll end up alone too Because you're a dumbass Like MY poetry old fart? Now why don't you just go whine like baby somewhere else!
