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TRAGICALLY HIP FANTASY SETLIST #3
by mrjackstraw
Set I: Are You Ready, The Luxury, Emergency, Small Town Bringdown, The Completists, 38 Years Old, Lonely End of the Rink, I'll Believe in You, Putting Down, Save the Planet, Locked in the Trunk of a Car, Little Bones
Set II: Fire in the Hole, We'll Go Too, Impossibilium, Long Time Running, If New Orleans is Beat, Gift Shop, Dire Wolf, Fight, Emperor Penguin, The Drop Off, No Threat, Trickle Down, The Wherewithal, On the Verge
E: I'm a Werewolf Baby
Setlist notes: As the list of songs I can pull from gets smaller due to the restrictions I have set it gets a little tougher to form a setlist that meets the ebb & flow you'd like while maintaining diversity. This one probably has the least amount of "heavy hitters" compared to the previous two lists, but I think there is a nice grouping here spanning all the eras of The Hip. If you walked into a random bar to see a random band and they threw this line-up of originals at you it would be one kick ass show. Period.
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TRAGICALLY HIP FANTASY SETLIST #2
by mrjackstraw
Set I: Poets, Lionized, Every Time You Go, Stay, Throwing Off Glass, Ahead by a Century, Gus, Vaccination Scar, Bring it all Back, So Hard Done By, Something On, Twist My Arm, Inevitability of Death, Fully Completely
Set II: Blow at High Dough, Sliver Jet, When the Weight Comes Down, I'm a Werewolf Baby, Thompson Girl, You're Not the Ocean, As Makeshift as we Are, Springtime in Vienna, Pigeon Camera, Apartment Song, It Can't Be Nashville, Bobcaygeon, Family Band, Highway Girl, Grace Too
E: 50 Mission Cap > Wheat Kings
Setlist Notes: I usually try to stick to a set pattern that goes something like this: High>low>mid>low>high. The crowd generally likes to blast off to start and to go out with a bang when the band leaves the stage at the end of a set. With he amount of material that The Tragically Hip are sitting on, using these setlist guidelines there is a lot of room to try different song combos throughout the body of the sets. Mixing eras etc. Like the Werewolf>Thompson>Ocean combo. Would it sound good? Once again I threw album combos into the setlist. IBE's Gus>Scar and Fully Completely's 50MC>WK. In the encore the premise of "always leave them wanting more" is how I've justified a Wheat Kings send-off for this particular show. Sometimes it's nice to have a song like that sit in your head for a while as you exit and make your way home.
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TRAGICALLY HIP FANTASTY SETLIST #1
by mrjackstraw
Set I: Last of the Unplucked Gems > Lake Fever, She Didn't Know, Yawning or Snarling, Music @ Work, Heaven is a Better Place Today, Don't Wake Daddy, Eldorado, Fireworks, Opiated, Kids Don't Get It, Greasy Jungle, Three Pistols, It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken
Set II: Vapour Trails, Use It Up, Summer's Killing Us, Boots or Hearts, Born in the Water, Courage, Looking for a Place to Happen, In View, Sherpa, Freak Turbulence, An Inch an Hour, 700ft Ceiling, 100th Meridian > Cordelia > 100th Meridian
E: Pretend, Thugs
Setlist notes: I've always had this vision of a curtain blocking the view of the stage and the band taking their place and opening with LOTUG. You know on the album how it gets louder. I see the curtain rising up with the volume revealing the band. Then without any announcement whatsoever from Gord, segue perfectly into Lake Fever. I like the way some songs flow on albums and you get used to hearing these combos. I did this with Courage - LFAPTH mid 2nd set. I think the finish from Freak to the Meridian reprise would be monstrous. Thugs is just a cool fucking song.
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Participation in the Tragically Hip Fantasy Setlist Game is easy. Just email your lists to mrjackstraw@gmail.com.
The Rules
This is not the "What's Your Fantasy Setlist? Game" This is also not a "What do you think they will play on the upcoming We Are the Same tour?" game. This is designing random and setlists based on the following critera:
- No song used in the previous two shows, in this case Fantasy Setlist #1 & #2, can be used in Fantasy Setlist #3. That mean ALL of the above songs are unavailable for the purposes of this exercise until...
...Fantasy Setlist #4. This setlist is allowed to take songs from Fantasy Setlist #1, but the limitation is 3 songs only.
Can we create ongoing and dynamic Tragically Hip setlists where a fan could conceivably go to 4 shows and see a maximum of 3 repeats during that period?
- Fantasy Setlist #5 will then have all the songs used in Fantasy Setlist #1 available in any order along with 3 songs from Fantasy Setlist #2 and anything else that hasn't been used up to this point. Of course Fantasy Setlist's #3 & #4 are off limits as is the better part of #2.
-2 set format
Are these setlists designed with the casual or first timer in mind? No. I have had some responses stating that this scenario is highly unlikely to happen. I know. I get it. I appreciate the feedback. No one is obligated here. Just for fun. But do remember, The Tragically Hip put on incredible concerts before Road Apples, before Fully Completely, before Day for Night and so on. Their catalog has a ton of quality and depth.
I am also aware the many We Are the Same songs will occupy slots on this upcoming tour. Let's eliminate them for now as we know really know what they bring to the table as far as live performance goes.
Feel free to contact me directly with any questions.
Cheers,
mrjackstraw
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Tragically Hip Cineplex Listings
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OK folks, here's the theatre listings for The Tragically Hip's upcoming Live Q&A/performance from their Bathouse studio.
Sorry Atlantic Canada. You got fucked again. No tour dates & no movie dates. It's like the entire band got shellfish poisoning the last time they headed out east and said, "Fuck it. Fuck them. We're out."
Maybe a festival will pop up at the Gander Airport. Multi-day. They can use my setlists. Ho ho. That'd be a cool Canadian venue though. Plus the towns people would look after everyone a la Sept 11-15, 2001. Check out some of the great experiences of the people who were temporarily stranded here. You deserve better Atlantic Canada. I mean you can't even brag about having more shows/movies than the Territories. Not one.
You are not alone AC. Manitoba took it from behind too. One theatre? I'm just going by population here...trying to figure all this out. Alberta & BC seem fine with 11 and 13 respectively. Quebec has 8 which proportionately doesn't make sense unless you factor in the separatist youth movement who have no time for anything involving a word of English.
Ontario has 44. That's right folks. Hip Heartland. The epicenter of the machine. I would personally like to extend an invitation to all of Atlantic Canada, the Territories and disenfranchised Manitobans to take in the show here. Like it or not as the Ontario economy goes so does Canada's. Here's a chance to take in The Hip and help stimulate Canada's economy at the same time. Plus you get the album for a buck.
OK folks, here's the theatre listings for The Tragically Hip's upcoming Live Q&A/performance from their Bathouse studio.
Sorry Atlantic Canada. You got fucked again. No tour dates & no movie dates. It's like the entire band got shellfish poisoning the last time they headed out east and said, "Fuck it. Fuck them. We're out."
Maybe a festival will pop up at the Gander Airport. Multi-day. They can use my setlists. Ho ho. That'd be a cool Canadian venue though. Plus the towns people would look after everyone a la Sept 11-15, 2001. Check out some of the great experiences of the people who were temporarily stranded here. You deserve better Atlantic Canada. I mean you can't even brag about having more shows/movies than the Territories. Not one.
You are not alone AC. Manitoba took it from behind too. One theatre? I'm just going by population here...trying to figure all this out. Alberta & BC seem fine with 11 and 13 respectively. Quebec has 8 which proportionately doesn't make sense unless you factor in the separatist youth movement who have no time for anything involving a word of English.
Ontario has 44. That's right folks. Hip Heartland. The epicenter of the machine. I would personally like to extend an invitation to all of Atlantic Canada, the Territories and disenfranchised Manitobans to take in the show here. Like it or not as the Ontario economy goes so does Canada's. Here's a chance to take in The Hip and help stimulate Canada's economy at the same time. Plus you get the album for a buck.
Exclusive SCENE Contest
Until Monday, March 24, 2009, SCENE members can enter the once-in-a-lifetime concert contest to see this event live! One lucky SCENE member and a friend will be selected to attend The Tragically Hip's intimate live performance at The Bathouse on Monday, April 6th. The winning SCENE member and guest will be the band's only audience. The winner and a guest will also receive round trip travel to Kingston, Ontario and two nights hotel accommodation. To enter or for more information, visit www.scene.ca.
Cineplex Entertainment will present The Tragically Hip's LIVE performance at the following select theatres across the country at 7pm EST and an encore presentation at 7 pm PT/10 pm EST:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
SilverCity Coquitlam Cinemas
Coquitlam, BC
SilverCity Riverport Cinemas
Richmond, BC
SilverCity Victoria Cinemas
Victoria, BC
Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver
Vancouver, BC
Galaxy Cinemas Nanaimo
Nanaimo, BC
Cineplex Odeon Strawberry Hill Cinemas
Surrey, BC
Colossus Langley Cinemas
Langley, BC
Famous Players 7 Cinemas
Vernon, BC
Cineplex Odeon Aberdeen Mall Cinemas
Kamloops, BC
Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas
North Vancouver, BC
SilverCity Mission Cinemas
Mission, BC
Famous Players 6 Cinemas
Prince George, BC
Famous Players Orchard Plaza Cinemas
Kelowna, BC
ALBERTA
Galaxy Cinemas Lethbridge
Lethbridge, AB
Scotiabank Theatre Chinook
Calgary, AB
Cineplex Odeon South Edmonton Cinemas
Edmonton, AB
Cineplex Odeon North Edmonton Cinemas
Edmonton, AB
Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton
Edmonton, AB
Galaxy Cinemas Red Deer
Red Deer, AB
Cineplex Odeon Eau Claire Market Cinemas
Calgary, AB
Cineplex Odeon Crowfoot Crossing Cinemas
Calgary, AB
Galaxy Cinemas Sherwood Park
Sherwood Park, AB
Galaxy Cinemas Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat, AB
Cineplex Odeon Grand Prairie
Grand Prairie, AB
MANITOBA
SilverCity Polo Park Cinemas
Winnipeg, MB
SASKATCHEWAN
Galaxy Cinemas Regina
Regina, SK
Galaxy Cinemas Saskatoon
Saskatoon, SK
Galaxy Cinemas Prince Albert
Prince Albert, SK
ONTARIO
Scotiabank Theatre Toronto
Toronto, ON
Coliseum Scarborough Cinemas
Scarborough, ON
Cineplex Odeon Eglinton Town Centre
Scarborough, ON
Cineplex Odeon Sheppard Grande
Toronto, ON
SilverCity Fairview Mall Cinemas
Toronto, ON
SilverCity Yonge-Eglinton Cinemas
Toronto, ON
Cineplex Odeon Queensway Cinemas
Etobicoke, ON
SilverCity Richmond Hill Cinemas
Richmond Hill, ON
SilverCity Brampton Cinemas
Brampton, ON
Colossus Vaughan Cinemas
Vaughan, ON
SilverCity Oakville Cinemas
Oakville, ON
Coliseum Mississauga Cinemas
Mississauga, ON
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie
Barrie, ON
Cineplex Odeon Oshawa Cinemas
Oshawa, ON
Cineplex Odeon Niagara Square
Niagara Falls, ON
Cineplex Odeon Gardiners Road
Kingston, ON
SilverCity London Cinemas
London, ON
Galaxy Cinemas Peterborough
Peterborough, ON
SilverCity Ancaster Cinemas
Ancaster, ON
Galaxy Cinemas Waterloo
Waterloo, ON
Galaxy Cinemas Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
SilverCity Sudbury Cinemas
Sudbury, ON
SilverCity Burlington Cinemas
Burlington, ON
SilverCity Newmarket Cinemas
Newmarket, ON
Galaxy Cinemas Brantford
Brantford, ON
SilverCity Thunder Bay Cinemas
Thunder Bay, ON
SilverCity Hamilton Mountain Cinemas
Stoney Creek, ON
Galaxy Cinemas Collingwood
Collingwood, ON
Galaxy Cinemas Guelph
Guelph, ON
Famous Players Belleville 8 Cinemas
Belleville, ON
Galaxy Cinemas Brockville
Brockville, ON
Galaxy Cinemas Orillia
Orillia, ON
Galaxy Cinemas Cornwall
Cornwall, ON
Galaxy Cinemas Owen Sound
Owen Sound, ON
Galaxy Cinemas St. Thomas
St. Thomas, ON
Galaxy Cinemas Cambridge
Cambridge, ON
Galaxy Cinemas Orangeville
Orangeville, ON
Galaxy Cinemas Midland
Midland, ON
Galaxy Cinemas North Bay
North Bay, ON
Famous Players Lambton 9 Cinemas
Sarnia, ON
Cineplex Odeon Devonshire Mall
Windsor, ON
SilverCity Gloucester Cinemas
Gloucester, ON
Cineplex Odeon South Keys Cinemas
Ottawa, ON
Coliseum Ottawa Cinemas
Ottawa, ON
QUEBEC
Cineplex Odeon Brossard Cinemas
Brossard, QC
Scotiabank Theatre Montreal
Montreal, QC
Galaxy Cinemas Sherbrooke
Rock Forest, QC
Cineplex Odeon Ste. Foy Cinemas
St. Foy, QC
Coliseum Kirkland Cinemas
Kirkland, QC
Colossus Laval Cinemas
Laval, QC
Starcite Montreal Cinemas
Montreal, QC
Cineplex Odeon Beauport Cinemas
Beauport, QC
Love Is A First - Audio & Lyrics
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Be sure to call in or log in to request The Tragically Hip's new single, Love Is A First, at local radio stations acrocc Canada and the US.
Turn it up and enjoy! Remember their new album, We Are The Same, hits stores on April 7th, 2009.
Love Is A First - Lyrics
Written by The Tragically Hip
I've been interpreted and shrunk
I've been as touchless as a drunk
This is as bad as or worse
as bad as or worse
This is as bad as or worse
as bad as or worse
Love is a curse
Be her world, all it deserves
Love is a curse
Get what you can't not desert
I know, I know it's all just first blurts
That he who would try to own deserves it
And I know it's got nothing to do with deserves it
Just that you don't just blurt
"love is a curse"
love is a curse
love is a curse
You don't just blurt, "love is a curse"
Though I've been too weak to escape
And I don't have the strength to pluck a grape
Though it's as bad as or worse
as bad as or worse
Though it's as bad as or worse
as bad as or worse
Love is a first
Felt the dull fangs of the truth
Love is a first
Their music they torture to
Love is a first
A song would power it first
Love is a first
Let's walk down the darknesses horse
We were frozen until he saw us
and smoke and murder fell on the floor
and watch the own death of your TV
and dreams are stuck in urgent tweads
Drain the ocean of words
like God's representatives on earth
Learn to hurt and how not to hurt
and the thing you taught me and what I learned
Love is a first
And it's as bad as or worse
Love is a first
As bad as or worse
Love is a first
As bad as or worse
Love is a first
As bad as or worse
Love is a curse
Be her world, all it deserves
Love is a first
Go where the curtain occurs
Love is a curse
Get what you can't not desert
Love is a first
It just occurs and a occurs
We were frozen until he saw us
and smoke and murder fell on the floor
and watch the own death of your TV
and dreams are stuck in urgent tweads
Drain the ocean of words
like God's representatives on earth
Learn to hurt and how not to hurt
and the thing you taught me and what I learned
Love is a first
Be sure to call in or log in to request The Tragically Hip's new single, Love Is A First, at local radio stations acrocc Canada and the US.
Turn it up and enjoy! Remember their new album, We Are The Same, hits stores on April 7th, 2009.
Love Is A First - Lyrics
Written by The Tragically Hip
I've been interpreted and shrunk
I've been as touchless as a drunk
This is as bad as or worse
as bad as or worse
This is as bad as or worse
as bad as or worse
Love is a curse
Be her world, all it deserves
Love is a curse
Get what you can't not desert
I know, I know it's all just first blurts
That he who would try to own deserves it
And I know it's got nothing to do with deserves it
Just that you don't just blurt
"love is a curse"
love is a curse
love is a curse
You don't just blurt, "love is a curse"
Though I've been too weak to escape
And I don't have the strength to pluck a grape
Though it's as bad as or worse
as bad as or worse
Though it's as bad as or worse
as bad as or worse
Love is a first
Felt the dull fangs of the truth
Love is a first
Their music they torture to
Love is a first
A song would power it first
Love is a first
Let's walk down the darknesses horse
We were frozen until he saw us
and smoke and murder fell on the floor
and watch the own death of your TV
and dreams are stuck in urgent tweads
Drain the ocean of words
like God's representatives on earth
Learn to hurt and how not to hurt
and the thing you taught me and what I learned
Love is a first
And it's as bad as or worse
Love is a first
As bad as or worse
Love is a first
As bad as or worse
Love is a first
As bad as or worse
Love is a curse
Be her world, all it deserves
Love is a first
Go where the curtain occurs
Love is a curse
Get what you can't not desert
Love is a first
It just occurs and a occurs
We were frozen until he saw us
and smoke and murder fell on the floor
and watch the own death of your TV
and dreams are stuck in urgent tweads
Drain the ocean of words
like God's representatives on earth
Learn to hurt and how not to hurt
and the thing you taught me and what I learned
Love is a first
TRAGICALLY HIP FANTASY SETLIST #2
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TRAGICALLY HIP FANTASY SETLIST #2
by mrjackstraw
Set I: Poets, Lionized, Every Time You Go, Stay, Throwing Off Glass, Ahead by a Century, Gus, Vaccination Scar, Bring it all Back, So Hard Done By, Something On, Twist My Arm, Inevitability of Death, Fully Completely
Set II: Blow at High Dough, Sliver Jet, When the Weight Comes Down, I'm a Werewolf Baby, Thompson Girl, You're Not the Ocean, As Makeshift as we Are, Springtime in Vienna, Pigeon Camera, Apartment Song, It Can't Be Nashville, Bobcaygeon, Family Band, Highway Girl, Grace Too
E: 50 Mission Cap > Wheat Kings
Setlist Notes: I usually try to stick to a set pattern that goes something like this: High>low>mid>low>high. The crowd generally likes to blast off to start and to go out with a bang when the band leaves the stage at the end of a set. With he amount of material that The Tragically Hip are sitting on, using these setlist guidelines there is a lot of room to try different song combos throughout the body of the sets. Mixing eras etc. Like the Werewolf>Thompson>Ocean combo. Would it sound good? Once again I threw album combos into the setlist. IBE's Gus>Scar and Fully Completely's 50MC>WK. In the encore the premise of "always leave them wanting more" is how I've justified a Wheat Kings send-off for this particular show. Sometimes it's nice to have a song like that sit in your head for a while as you exit and make your way home.
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TRAGICALLY HIP FANTASTY SETLIST #1
by mrjackstraw
Set I: Last of the Unplucked Gems > Lake Fever, She Didn't Know, Yawning or Snarling, Music @ Work, Heaven is a Better Place Today, Don't Wake Daddy, Eldorado, Fireworks, Opiated, Kids Don't Get It, Greasy Jungle, Three Pistols, It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken
Set II: Vapour Trails, Use It Up, Summer's Killing Us, Boots or Hearts, Born in the Water, Courage, Looking for a Place to Happen, In View, Sherpa, Freak Turbulence, An Inch an Hour, 700ft Ceiling, 100th Meridian > Cordelia > 100th Meridian
E: Pretend, Thugs
Setlist notes: I've always had this vision of a curtain blocking the view of the stage and the band taking their place and opening with LOTUG. You know on the album how it gets louder. I see the curtain rising up with the volume revealing the band. Then without any announcement whatsoever from Gord, segue perfectly into Lake Fever. I like the way some songs flow on albums and you get used to hearing these combos. I did this with Courage - LFAPTH mid 2nd set. I think the finish from Freak to the Meridian reprise would be monstrous. Thugs is just a cool fucking song.
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Participation in the Tragically Hip Fantasy Setlist Game is easy. Just email your lists to mrjackstraw@gmail.com.
The Rules
This is not the "What's Your Fantasy Setlist? Game" This is also not a "What do you think they will play on the upcoming We Are the Same tour?" game. This is designing random and setlists based on the following critera:
- No song used in the previous two shows, in this case Fantasy Setlist #1 & #2, can be used in Fantasy Setlist #3. That mean ALL of the above songs are unavailable for the purposes of this exercise until...
...Fantasy Setlist #4. This setlist is allowed to take songs from Fantasy Setlist #1, but the limitation is 3 songs only.
Can we create ongoing and dynamic Tragically Hip setlists where a fan could conceivably go to 4 shows and see a maximum of 3 repeats during that period?
- Fantasy Setlist #5 will then have all the songs used in Fantasy Setlist #1 available in any order along with 3 songs from Fantasy Setlist #2 and anything else that hasn't been used up to this point. Of course Fantasy Setlist's #3 & #4 are off limits as is the better part of #2.
-2 set format
Are these setlists designed with the casual or first timer in mind? No. I have had some responses stating that this scenario is highly unlikely to happen. I know. I get it. I appreciate the feedback. No one is obligated here. Just for fun. But do remember, The Tragically Hip put on incredible concerts before Road Apples, before Fully Completely, before Day for Night and so on. Their catalog has a ton of quality and depth.
I am also aware the many We Are the Same songs will occupy slots on this upcoming tour. Let's eliminate them for now as we know really know what they bring to the table as far as live performance goes.
Feel free to contact me directly with any questions.
Cheers,
mrjackstraw
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TRAGICALLY HIP FANTASY SETLIST #2
by mrjackstraw
Set I: Poets, Lionized, Every Time You Go, Stay, Throwing Off Glass, Ahead by a Century, Gus, Vaccination Scar, Bring it all Back, So Hard Done By, Something On, Twist My Arm, Inevitability of Death, Fully Completely
Set II: Blow at High Dough, Sliver Jet, When the Weight Comes Down, I'm a Werewolf Baby, Thompson Girl, You're Not the Ocean, As Makeshift as we Are, Springtime in Vienna, Pigeon Camera, Apartment Song, It Can't Be Nashville, Bobcaygeon, Family Band, Highway Girl, Grace Too
E: 50 Mission Cap > Wheat Kings
Setlist Notes: I usually try to stick to a set pattern that goes something like this: High>low>mid>low>high. The crowd generally likes to blast off to start and to go out with a bang when the band leaves the stage at the end of a set. With he amount of material that The Tragically Hip are sitting on, using these setlist guidelines there is a lot of room to try different song combos throughout the body of the sets. Mixing eras etc. Like the Werewolf>Thompson>Ocean combo. Would it sound good? Once again I threw album combos into the setlist. IBE's Gus>Scar and Fully Completely's 50MC>WK. In the encore the premise of "always leave them wanting more" is how I've justified a Wheat Kings send-off for this particular show. Sometimes it's nice to have a song like that sit in your head for a while as you exit and make your way home.
*********************************************************************
TRAGICALLY HIP FANTASTY SETLIST #1
by mrjackstraw
Set I: Last of the Unplucked Gems > Lake Fever, She Didn't Know, Yawning or Snarling, Music @ Work, Heaven is a Better Place Today, Don't Wake Daddy, Eldorado, Fireworks, Opiated, Kids Don't Get It, Greasy Jungle, Three Pistols, It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken
Set II: Vapour Trails, Use It Up, Summer's Killing Us, Boots or Hearts, Born in the Water, Courage, Looking for a Place to Happen, In View, Sherpa, Freak Turbulence, An Inch an Hour, 700ft Ceiling, 100th Meridian > Cordelia > 100th Meridian
E: Pretend, Thugs
Setlist notes: I've always had this vision of a curtain blocking the view of the stage and the band taking their place and opening with LOTUG. You know on the album how it gets louder. I see the curtain rising up with the volume revealing the band. Then without any announcement whatsoever from Gord, segue perfectly into Lake Fever. I like the way some songs flow on albums and you get used to hearing these combos. I did this with Courage - LFAPTH mid 2nd set. I think the finish from Freak to the Meridian reprise would be monstrous. Thugs is just a cool fucking song.
****************************************************************
Participation in the Tragically Hip Fantasy Setlist Game is easy. Just email your lists to mrjackstraw@gmail.com.
The Rules
This is not the "What's Your Fantasy Setlist? Game" This is also not a "What do you think they will play on the upcoming We Are the Same tour?" game. This is designing random and setlists based on the following critera:
- No song used in the previous two shows, in this case Fantasy Setlist #1 & #2, can be used in Fantasy Setlist #3. That mean ALL of the above songs are unavailable for the purposes of this exercise until...
...Fantasy Setlist #4. This setlist is allowed to take songs from Fantasy Setlist #1, but the limitation is 3 songs only.
Can we create ongoing and dynamic Tragically Hip setlists where a fan could conceivably go to 4 shows and see a maximum of 3 repeats during that period?
- Fantasy Setlist #5 will then have all the songs used in Fantasy Setlist #1 available in any order along with 3 songs from Fantasy Setlist #2 and anything else that hasn't been used up to this point. Of course Fantasy Setlist's #3 & #4 are off limits as is the better part of #2.
-2 set format
Are these setlists designed with the casual or first timer in mind? No. I have had some responses stating that this scenario is highly unlikely to happen. I know. I get it. I appreciate the feedback. No one is obligated here. Just for fun. But do remember, The Tragically Hip put on incredible concerts before Road Apples, before Fully Completely, before Day for Night and so on. Their catalog has a ton of quality and depth.
I am also aware the many We Are the Same songs will occupy slots on this upcoming tour. Let's eliminate them for now as we know really know what they bring to the table as far as live performance goes.
Feel free to contact me directly with any questions.
Cheers,
mrjackstraw
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Live & Intimate from the Bathouse: We Are The Same
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***NEW TRAGICALLY HIP TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED!!!!!***
The Tragically Hip have announced 4 more shows in support of their upcoming 2009 We Are the Same tour.
June 27 Wiarton, Ont. Tickets on sale Friday, March 13th
July 26 Shelburne, VT. Tickets on sale Friday, March 13th
July 25 Rochester, NY. Tickets on sale Friday, March 20th
August 5 Saskatoon, Sk. Tickets on sale Saturday, March 21st
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Alright, alright. So it breaks down like this: A regular movie is around $13.50 at Cineplex so one way to look at this deal is we are getting a movie's worth of entertainment for regular price and the new album for $8.45. A good deal by today's standards when you consider tax is included...
OR
...you could take the vantage point that you are getting the album for $1 and you're really psyched that since you paid over $20 for the live portion, good things are ahead. Smiles should be bigger than those seen coming out of a $13.50 movie that same night. No pressure boys. Ha ha.
I for one plan to be there and will be doing my part to ensure it's success from my end. A fatty, a bunch of munchies and a big ass cup of somethingtowashitalldown will be in the arsenal. I don't see how anything can go wrong.
Some interesting venues announced in this latest addition to The Tragically Hip's 2009 summer tour dates. I had a great experience last year at the Highland Bowl in Rochester, NY and I will go into more detail on that.
Fantasy Tragically Hip Setlist #2 will be posted tomorrow.
For one night only, on Monday, April 6th, Cineplex Entertainment presents The Tragically Hip - Live and Intimate from the Bathouse Studio.
This Big Screen event will feature live performances, Q & A and exclusive footage of the band'ss studio and home base, The Bathouse. George Stroumboulopous will host the event and interview the band between live cuts from We Are The Same and classic favorites.
Tickets are available at Cineplex starting on March 20th. Tickets are $20.95 for the performance, or $21.95 that also includes a copy of We Are The Same.
Stay tuned to www.thehip.com for a full list of over 80 participating theatres across the country.
***NEW TRAGICALLY HIP TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED!!!!!***
The Tragically Hip have announced 4 more shows in support of their upcoming 2009 We Are the Same tour.
June 27 Wiarton, Ont. Tickets on sale Friday, March 13th
July 26 Shelburne, VT. Tickets on sale Friday, March 13th
July 25 Rochester, NY. Tickets on sale Friday, March 20th
August 5 Saskatoon, Sk. Tickets on sale Saturday, March 21st
****************************************************
Alright, alright. So it breaks down like this: A regular movie is around $13.50 at Cineplex so one way to look at this deal is we are getting a movie's worth of entertainment for regular price and the new album for $8.45. A good deal by today's standards when you consider tax is included...
OR
...you could take the vantage point that you are getting the album for $1 and you're really psyched that since you paid over $20 for the live portion, good things are ahead. Smiles should be bigger than those seen coming out of a $13.50 movie that same night. No pressure boys. Ha ha.
I for one plan to be there and will be doing my part to ensure it's success from my end. A fatty, a bunch of munchies and a big ass cup of somethingtowashitalldown will be in the arsenal. I don't see how anything can go wrong.
Some interesting venues announced in this latest addition to The Tragically Hip's 2009 summer tour dates. I had a great experience last year at the Highland Bowl in Rochester, NY and I will go into more detail on that.
Fantasy Tragically Hip Setlist #2 will be posted tomorrow.
2009 Hip Tour > Song Selection > NOIS > Fantasy
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I always love it when I get the news that The Tragically Hip are ready to hit the road again. Calendars are checked and phone calls are made. Though I have gone off in many different musical directions and sought out some incredible live concert experiences, the fact remains that The Hip be the soundtrack to my high school years and the first big time rock & roll show I saw.
Those years were spent in Owen Sound, ON where the end of the school year brought became the beginning of the field party year. We'd usually arrive early by having the gear all packed the night before and cutting Friday afternoon classes. The party organizers would have the sound system set up and I remember perfect afternoons in May and June, shirts off, few arrivals so far, a real chill & friendly atmosphere and The Tragically Hip's Up to Here or Road Apples blaring away.
"Care for a beer?"
"Don't mind if I do."
I think I almost enjoyed the pre-party more than the party itself, when everyone got there, the warmth of the sun was lost and the various liquids, naturals and chemicals kicked in. That's when things got weird and usually out-of-hand. I guess the Moon Tower scene in Dazed and Confused would best describe it to a mass audience though the cars were from a different decade of course. Fuck I love that movie.
I see The Hip every chance I can. Not all chances. Sometimes I cannot. Take the Massey Hall run. I would like to have done all 5. My better half suggests there may be a slight monetary issue with this. Back in the day (bachelorhood) I would have shifted some stuff (food) and this would have happened. As it stands today, 2/5 is where I'm at. I figure 1/5 would be like regular season, 2/5 is like making the playoffs, and each additional show is like winning a playoff round with 5/5 being the Cup. This will be my first show at Massey Hall (unbelievable) and The Hip seem to be about the best I can think of to take my Massey virginity. I haven't been to Artpark so I have to admit I am a little interested in that as well. We'll see. It's a crazy world right now.
I have a lot of Hip road stories and funny adventures that I think it will be fun to write about. Situations that were comical, stressful, surreal, psychedelic and just plain weird. Have I seen the most Tragically Hip shows? No. Not even close. Have I been following them for longer than all of you? Some yes, some no. Doesn't matter. I'm writing. You're reading.
OK, it's 2009 and the Tragically Hip are getting ready to release their 12th studio album, We Are the Same. So far each album has been a little different from each of its predecessors, building on experience and maturing as they should all the while maintaining that essence of Hip. That is, you know a Hip song when you hear it. Not the voice, but the music. I think it says a lot for a band when you can take a handful of fans and ask them to declare their favorite album and each will give a different answer. I expect the same from this album. That it will be different and yet the same too.
"An Evening With...."
The 2009 Tragically Hip tour is taking a similar format to 2000's Music@Work tour in that there will be no opening act and The Hip will perform 2 sets at each show. This format gave fans on that past tour the treat of a deeper roster of songs from the Hip's cannon. About fucking time is what I say. This is something that is long overdo in my opinion. This is going to be great for the fans and for the band. Let's hope it sticks. Feel free to write the band and let them know.
In addition to being a big Tragically Hip fan I listen to endless hours of Grateful Dead and Phish, two bands who have always used the above mentioned format. I have followed these bands and their members in various bands all across North America doing multi-night runs. The difference though is that the DEAD & Phish don't put songs to bed. Bye-bye B-sides like. They find ways to have fun with them. Develop them. Now I know The Hip are not a jam band per se, but they got the improv skills. They have lots of those. Every time Gord goes off on a run they follow the mood up and down and sideways and backwards. All by the seat of their pants.
I really was debating whether I would go see The Hip again after the Feb 8, 2007 show at the ACC. That was the last show I purchased tickets for though my last show was April 20, 2007 in Boston. Yep. 4:20. Bob Marley cover. Had to. Ha ha! Birthday present from the sister. What a trip. Another story for another time however. I made no effort to see The Hip in 2008 even though opportunities were there. I felt I had already seen the show they were going to do. I had had that experience. I like a bit of a new experience each time. Some randomness.
I took issue with that Toronto show on Feb 8, 2007 and I'm going to tell you why. I felt like I was served the same meal twice. You see, I attended the Copps Coliseum show in Hamilton two days earlier. These venues are what, an hour apart? I'm sure I wasn't the only one to take up this outstanding opportunity to fill two dire February nights with some good old Canadian arena rock. And if you did do the double and are reading this now I'm sure you know exactly what I'm getting at. Here's the set-lists:
Copps Coliseum: Hamilton, ON: Canada: 02/06/2007
1: The Lonely End Of The Rink
2: New Orleans Is Sinking
3: Fully Completely
4: Boots Or Hearts
5: Yer Not The Ocean
6: Ahead By A Century
7: In View
8: Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
9: Fiddler's Green
10: World Container
11: Springtime In Vienna
12: At The Hundredth Meridian
13: It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
14: The Kids Don't Get It
15: Three Pistols
16: Wheat Kings
17: Family Band
18: My Music At Work
19: Blow At High Dough
20: Picture My Face
21: Grace, Too
22: Fire In The Hole
Air Canada Centre: Toronto, ON: Canada: 02/08/2007
1: The Lonely End Of The Rink
2: New Orleans Is Sinking
3: Fully Completely
4: Bobcaygeon
5: The Drop-Off
6: Ahead By A Century
7: In View
8: Poets
9: Fiddler's Green
10: World Container
11: Springtime In Vienna
12: At The Hundredth Meridian
13: Long Time Running
14: The Kids Don't Get It
15: Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
16: Wheat Kings
17: Yer Not The Ocean
18: Fifty-Mission Cap
19: Blow At High Dough
20: Diamond Dogs
21: Family Band
22: Fire In The Hole
23: Little Bones
*Bold = Same song in same slot
**Italic = Same song, different slot
Notice anything? 16 songs were played in both shows. A 66% overlap with 12 of those 16 slotting in the EXACT same spot in the setlist. Boots or Hearts, Good Life, Three Pistols, M@W, Picture My Face (cover), Grace, Too were the 6 songs that were played in Hamilton and not in Toronto while Bobcaygeon (surprise), The Drop Off, Poets, Long Time Running (nice job BTW), 50MC, Diamond Dogs (cover) and Little Bones were the 7 songs played in Toronto and not Hamilton. All told, there were 45 songs played by the band over the span of these two shows. Of the 130+ original songs available to the band they brought us 27 (plus 2 covers).
The performance was great. The playing, the improv, the showmanship. Each show the band gave 110% and that's why I go see them. The Tragically Hip are a hard working band and I love them for it, but they are notorious for dropping songs from their live setlist IMMEDIATELY. I mean, why write the song? Why put it on an album? This was the World Container tour yet they couldn't sub Pretend for WC on one of the nights? Fly? Last Night I Dreamed?, Luv (Sic)? Are these songs on their way to irrelevance? Maybe thehip.com should have a song graveyard section where it is definitively stated, "We will never play these songs again." On the Verge can't be subbed for Fire in the Hole on one night?
I go into every show thinking, "This is the one where I get my Highway Girl. They're gonna dust it off and just have some fun with it. Tonight baby!" Since 1991 I've continually missed that little lady. I was SO excited after Fort York. Could not have been happier. Now that is how you do a two show run. Sherpa, The Wherewithal, Greasy Jungle, Lionized, Flamenco and of course the return of 38 Years Old. That might have been the moment for me. The highest of the highs. And then Hamilton/Toronto.
Why does this happen? I have heard many conspiracy theories.
"This or that song was just too personal. Too much emotional baggage."
"Gord's embarrassed by his early lyrics. He's a poet now, you know. What's a Cemetary Sideroad anyways?"
"The band has done all they can't with that song. It's not fun for them anymore."
Really? 'Put it Off' reached it's full potential? I remember seeing that song in Maple Leaf Gardens in 1996 I think it was, and the drumming was epic. I though it made for a great vehicle to showcase Johnny's skills.
I just don't buy the theory that the band gets tired of songs. It does not explain the New Orleans is Sinking phenomenon. Let's take a look at the entire 2007 year and specifically NOIS during that time. Give me some leeway here. I am quite aware of the high regard this song is given by fans, especially the casual ones that do want to hear certain songs every single time they buy a ticket. But fuck.
2007 saw The Tragically Hip play 104 shows in total. NOIS was played 98 times giving fans a 94% chance of seeing it on any given night. When the band played a venue one time only NOIS was played 100% of the time. The 6 shows that did not include NOIS were always 1 of 2 shows taking place on back-to-back nights at the same venue. Mar 9 in Buffalo, NY; Apr 13 in Detroit,MI; Apr 17 in Burlington, VT; May 12 in Chicago, IL; July 4 in Bala, ON; and Sept 25 in Amsterdam. Furthermore, 54 of those 98 NOIS's came in the 2nd slot. Like clockwork. Astute fans could have secured a beer in a bet with a casual fan.
"Betcha a beer NOIS is next."
"Shit. How'd you know? Lucky."
"Ship that beer dude." Ha ha.
And let's face it. This is not the same NOIS as the early 1990's. Not even fucking close. This is the going through the motions version. Remember when random songs were inserted in the middle? There were big build ups and the whole crowd new when to jump? They would light us all up so we could see everyone. Hands in the air. In sync. Do you get that feeling from this song anymore? I don't. If I didn't know it was coming it would be special when it did. Otherwise may I respectfully request a mid-set slot so I know I definitely have a bathroom break/new beer song. Thanks in advance.
The Hip are just too good to be going through the motions. They've written too many good songs only to see them put to pasture. Randomness. No one can tell me this isn't good for the band and for us, the audience. These guys should be ready to play any one of 80 songs on any given night. The paper taped to the floor should be a guide not a must. If something comes outta nowhere this band has the skills to let it fly. On the fly. Fly. Anyone been to Moon Beam, ON?
My only other issue with The Hip is announcing the song before every song. We know, we know Gord. And if we don't figure it out right away, well that's part of the fun. With more tapers and now having the Live Vault Series I think this takes away from those as well. If people don't recognize a song they will interact with others or maybe go home and look it up on the Internet. Search it out. Buy an album. Download a Hip torrent.
"When you're in a gun fight don't just bring two pistols. Whatcha really need is THREE PISTOLS!!!" We know, we know. Road Apples is a classic. Most of us have bought multiple times. Just rock it. We'll figure it out. Trust me. Trust us.
That's it. I've been wanting to put those thoughts into words for a while now. I began this out of love for a band and I said those thinks for that reason. From here it's all forward>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
We Are the Same. You know I never like a Hip album on first listen, but there isn't one that I don't love. Day for Night perplexed me upon first listen, but now it might just be the one. The one if I were making a list that would go on top. This is a fluid list though. Where will WATS settle in amongst its peers? I'll be honest. I have high hopes. Just not on the first listen :)
In leading up to the album and the tour I've decided to have a little fun doing some Fantasy Hip. This will keep with the theme of this post and is a way to express my excitement for the upcoming tour format. This is a setlist design game. Here are the parameters:
-> The format is 2 sets, 14-16 songs per. One encore with two songs max. No double and triple encore bullshit.
-> A setlist can NEVER contain a song from the previous setlist.
-> A setlist can grab a maximum of 3 songs from the 2nd previous setlist. Therefore Setlist C can take no songs from Setlist B and a maximum of 3 songs from Setlist A.
-> Have fun with it. A set does not necessarily need to end with a heavy hitter. Wheat Kings could shut down a first set nicely. Sometimes it's nice to set the crowd down gently. Just saying. Randomness.
I am going to post the first Tragically Hip Fantasy Setlist below and a new one will be posted every 3 days or so leading up to the tour. It would be great if some were sent in. I only ask that you number it. For example "This is my proposal for Setlist #2". I will only post one and that will be the one that we work off for the next and the next, etc. Fell free to include random thoughts on songs and positions and explain why if you like. Also if you have a website or blog (personal or Hip) I will give you a link back so others can get to know you too. I am aware that this may be just me. The blog is new and my readership as far as I can tell is hovering around 1 including me.
Comments & criticisms are encouraged please.
Cheers all.
mrjackstraw
TRAGICALLY HIP FANTASTY SETLIST #1
Set I: Last of the Unplucked Gems > Lake Fever, She Didn't Know, Yawning or Snarling, My Music @ Work, Heaven is a Better Place Today, Don't Wake Daddy, Eldorado, Fireworks, Opiated, Kids Don't Get It, Greasy Jungle, Three Pistols, It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken
Set II: Vapour Trails, Use It Up, Summer's Killing Us, Boots or Hearts, Born in the Water, Courage, Looking for a Place to Happen, In View, Sherpa, Freak Turbulence, An Inch an Hour, 700ft Ceiling, 100th Meridian > Cordelia > 100th Meridian
E: Pretend, Thugs
Setlist notes: I've always had this vision of a curtain blocking the view of the stage and the band taking their place and opening with LOTUG. You know on the album how it gets louder. I see the curtain rising up with the volume revealing the band. Then without any announcement whatsoever from Gord, segue perfectly into Lake Fever. I like the way some songs flow on albums and you get used to hearing these combos. I did this with Courage - LFAPTH mid 2nd set. I think the finish from Freak to the Meridian reprise would be monstrous. Thugs is just a cool fucking song. Hope you enjoyed!
I always love it when I get the news that The Tragically Hip are ready to hit the road again. Calendars are checked and phone calls are made. Though I have gone off in many different musical directions and sought out some incredible live concert experiences, the fact remains that The Hip be the soundtrack to my high school years and the first big time rock & roll show I saw.
Those years were spent in Owen Sound, ON where the end of the school year brought became the beginning of the field party year. We'd usually arrive early by having the gear all packed the night before and cutting Friday afternoon classes. The party organizers would have the sound system set up and I remember perfect afternoons in May and June, shirts off, few arrivals so far, a real chill & friendly atmosphere and The Tragically Hip's Up to Here or Road Apples blaring away.
"Care for a beer?"
"Don't mind if I do."
I think I almost enjoyed the pre-party more than the party itself, when everyone got there, the warmth of the sun was lost and the various liquids, naturals and chemicals kicked in. That's when things got weird and usually out-of-hand. I guess the Moon Tower scene in Dazed and Confused would best describe it to a mass audience though the cars were from a different decade of course. Fuck I love that movie.
I see The Hip every chance I can. Not all chances. Sometimes I cannot. Take the Massey Hall run. I would like to have done all 5. My better half suggests there may be a slight monetary issue with this. Back in the day (bachelorhood) I would have shifted some stuff (food) and this would have happened. As it stands today, 2/5 is where I'm at. I figure 1/5 would be like regular season, 2/5 is like making the playoffs, and each additional show is like winning a playoff round with 5/5 being the Cup. This will be my first show at Massey Hall (unbelievable) and The Hip seem to be about the best I can think of to take my Massey virginity. I haven't been to Artpark so I have to admit I am a little interested in that as well. We'll see. It's a crazy world right now.
I have a lot of Hip road stories and funny adventures that I think it will be fun to write about. Situations that were comical, stressful, surreal, psychedelic and just plain weird. Have I seen the most Tragically Hip shows? No. Not even close. Have I been following them for longer than all of you? Some yes, some no. Doesn't matter. I'm writing. You're reading.
OK, it's 2009 and the Tragically Hip are getting ready to release their 12th studio album, We Are the Same. So far each album has been a little different from each of its predecessors, building on experience and maturing as they should all the while maintaining that essence of Hip. That is, you know a Hip song when you hear it. Not the voice, but the music. I think it says a lot for a band when you can take a handful of fans and ask them to declare their favorite album and each will give a different answer. I expect the same from this album. That it will be different and yet the same too.
"An Evening With...."
The 2009 Tragically Hip tour is taking a similar format to 2000's Music@Work tour in that there will be no opening act and The Hip will perform 2 sets at each show. This format gave fans on that past tour the treat of a deeper roster of songs from the Hip's cannon. About fucking time is what I say. This is something that is long overdo in my opinion. This is going to be great for the fans and for the band. Let's hope it sticks. Feel free to write the band and let them know.
In addition to being a big Tragically Hip fan I listen to endless hours of Grateful Dead and Phish, two bands who have always used the above mentioned format. I have followed these bands and their members in various bands all across North America doing multi-night runs. The difference though is that the DEAD & Phish don't put songs to bed. Bye-bye B-sides like. They find ways to have fun with them. Develop them. Now I know The Hip are not a jam band per se, but they got the improv skills. They have lots of those. Every time Gord goes off on a run they follow the mood up and down and sideways and backwards. All by the seat of their pants.
I really was debating whether I would go see The Hip again after the Feb 8, 2007 show at the ACC. That was the last show I purchased tickets for though my last show was April 20, 2007 in Boston. Yep. 4:20. Bob Marley cover. Had to. Ha ha! Birthday present from the sister. What a trip. Another story for another time however. I made no effort to see The Hip in 2008 even though opportunities were there. I felt I had already seen the show they were going to do. I had had that experience. I like a bit of a new experience each time. Some randomness.
I took issue with that Toronto show on Feb 8, 2007 and I'm going to tell you why. I felt like I was served the same meal twice. You see, I attended the Copps Coliseum show in Hamilton two days earlier. These venues are what, an hour apart? I'm sure I wasn't the only one to take up this outstanding opportunity to fill two dire February nights with some good old Canadian arena rock. And if you did do the double and are reading this now I'm sure you know exactly what I'm getting at. Here's the set-lists:
Copps Coliseum: Hamilton, ON: Canada: 02/06/2007
1: The Lonely End Of The Rink
2: New Orleans Is Sinking
3: Fully Completely
4: Boots Or Hearts
5: Yer Not The Ocean
6: Ahead By A Century
7: In View
8: Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
9: Fiddler's Green
10: World Container
11: Springtime In Vienna
12: At The Hundredth Meridian
13: It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
14: The Kids Don't Get It
15: Three Pistols
16: Wheat Kings
17: Family Band
18: My Music At Work
19: Blow At High Dough
20: Picture My Face
21: Grace, Too
22: Fire In The Hole
Air Canada Centre: Toronto, ON: Canada: 02/08/2007
1: The Lonely End Of The Rink
2: New Orleans Is Sinking
3: Fully Completely
4: Bobcaygeon
5: The Drop-Off
6: Ahead By A Century
7: In View
8: Poets
9: Fiddler's Green
10: World Container
11: Springtime In Vienna
12: At The Hundredth Meridian
13: Long Time Running
14: The Kids Don't Get It
15: Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
16: Wheat Kings
17: Yer Not The Ocean
18: Fifty-Mission Cap
19: Blow At High Dough
20: Diamond Dogs
21: Family Band
22: Fire In The Hole
23: Little Bones
*Bold = Same song in same slot
**Italic = Same song, different slot
Notice anything? 16 songs were played in both shows. A 66% overlap with 12 of those 16 slotting in the EXACT same spot in the setlist. Boots or Hearts, Good Life, Three Pistols, M@W, Picture My Face (cover), Grace, Too were the 6 songs that were played in Hamilton and not in Toronto while Bobcaygeon (surprise), The Drop Off, Poets, Long Time Running (nice job BTW), 50MC, Diamond Dogs (cover) and Little Bones were the 7 songs played in Toronto and not Hamilton. All told, there were 45 songs played by the band over the span of these two shows. Of the 130+ original songs available to the band they brought us 27 (plus 2 covers).
The performance was great. The playing, the improv, the showmanship. Each show the band gave 110% and that's why I go see them. The Tragically Hip are a hard working band and I love them for it, but they are notorious for dropping songs from their live setlist IMMEDIATELY. I mean, why write the song? Why put it on an album? This was the World Container tour yet they couldn't sub Pretend for WC on one of the nights? Fly? Last Night I Dreamed?, Luv (Sic)? Are these songs on their way to irrelevance? Maybe thehip.com should have a song graveyard section where it is definitively stated, "We will never play these songs again." On the Verge can't be subbed for Fire in the Hole on one night?
I go into every show thinking, "This is the one where I get my Highway Girl. They're gonna dust it off and just have some fun with it. Tonight baby!" Since 1991 I've continually missed that little lady. I was SO excited after Fort York. Could not have been happier. Now that is how you do a two show run. Sherpa, The Wherewithal, Greasy Jungle, Lionized, Flamenco and of course the return of 38 Years Old. That might have been the moment for me. The highest of the highs. And then Hamilton/Toronto.
Why does this happen? I have heard many conspiracy theories.
"This or that song was just too personal. Too much emotional baggage."
"Gord's embarrassed by his early lyrics. He's a poet now, you know. What's a Cemetary Sideroad anyways?"
"The band has done all they can't with that song. It's not fun for them anymore."
Really? 'Put it Off' reached it's full potential? I remember seeing that song in Maple Leaf Gardens in 1996 I think it was, and the drumming was epic. I though it made for a great vehicle to showcase Johnny's skills.
I just don't buy the theory that the band gets tired of songs. It does not explain the New Orleans is Sinking phenomenon. Let's take a look at the entire 2007 year and specifically NOIS during that time. Give me some leeway here. I am quite aware of the high regard this song is given by fans, especially the casual ones that do want to hear certain songs every single time they buy a ticket. But fuck.
2007 saw The Tragically Hip play 104 shows in total. NOIS was played 98 times giving fans a 94% chance of seeing it on any given night. When the band played a venue one time only NOIS was played 100% of the time. The 6 shows that did not include NOIS were always 1 of 2 shows taking place on back-to-back nights at the same venue. Mar 9 in Buffalo, NY; Apr 13 in Detroit,MI; Apr 17 in Burlington, VT; May 12 in Chicago, IL; July 4 in Bala, ON; and Sept 25 in Amsterdam. Furthermore, 54 of those 98 NOIS's came in the 2nd slot. Like clockwork. Astute fans could have secured a beer in a bet with a casual fan.
"Betcha a beer NOIS is next."
"Shit. How'd you know? Lucky."
"Ship that beer dude." Ha ha.
And let's face it. This is not the same NOIS as the early 1990's. Not even fucking close. This is the going through the motions version. Remember when random songs were inserted in the middle? There were big build ups and the whole crowd new when to jump? They would light us all up so we could see everyone. Hands in the air. In sync. Do you get that feeling from this song anymore? I don't. If I didn't know it was coming it would be special when it did. Otherwise may I respectfully request a mid-set slot so I know I definitely have a bathroom break/new beer song. Thanks in advance.
The Hip are just too good to be going through the motions. They've written too many good songs only to see them put to pasture. Randomness. No one can tell me this isn't good for the band and for us, the audience. These guys should be ready to play any one of 80 songs on any given night. The paper taped to the floor should be a guide not a must. If something comes outta nowhere this band has the skills to let it fly. On the fly. Fly. Anyone been to Moon Beam, ON?
My only other issue with The Hip is announcing the song before every song. We know, we know Gord. And if we don't figure it out right away, well that's part of the fun. With more tapers and now having the Live Vault Series I think this takes away from those as well. If people don't recognize a song they will interact with others or maybe go home and look it up on the Internet. Search it out. Buy an album. Download a Hip torrent.
"When you're in a gun fight don't just bring two pistols. Whatcha really need is THREE PISTOLS!!!" We know, we know. Road Apples is a classic. Most of us have bought multiple times. Just rock it. We'll figure it out. Trust me. Trust us.
That's it. I've been wanting to put those thoughts into words for a while now. I began this out of love for a band and I said those thinks for that reason. From here it's all forward>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
We Are the Same. You know I never like a Hip album on first listen, but there isn't one that I don't love. Day for Night perplexed me upon first listen, but now it might just be the one. The one if I were making a list that would go on top. This is a fluid list though. Where will WATS settle in amongst its peers? I'll be honest. I have high hopes. Just not on the first listen :)
In leading up to the album and the tour I've decided to have a little fun doing some Fantasy Hip. This will keep with the theme of this post and is a way to express my excitement for the upcoming tour format. This is a setlist design game. Here are the parameters:
-> The format is 2 sets, 14-16 songs per. One encore with two songs max. No double and triple encore bullshit.
-> A setlist can NEVER contain a song from the previous setlist.
-> A setlist can grab a maximum of 3 songs from the 2nd previous setlist. Therefore Setlist C can take no songs from Setlist B and a maximum of 3 songs from Setlist A.
-> Have fun with it. A set does not necessarily need to end with a heavy hitter. Wheat Kings could shut down a first set nicely. Sometimes it's nice to set the crowd down gently. Just saying. Randomness.
I am going to post the first Tragically Hip Fantasy Setlist below and a new one will be posted every 3 days or so leading up to the tour. It would be great if some were sent in. I only ask that you number it. For example "This is my proposal for Setlist #2". I will only post one and that will be the one that we work off for the next and the next, etc. Fell free to include random thoughts on songs and positions and explain why if you like. Also if you have a website or blog (personal or Hip) I will give you a link back so others can get to know you too. I am aware that this may be just me. The blog is new and my readership as far as I can tell is hovering around 1 including me.
Comments & criticisms are encouraged please.
Cheers all.
mrjackstraw
TRAGICALLY HIP FANTASTY SETLIST #1
Set I: Last of the Unplucked Gems > Lake Fever, She Didn't Know, Yawning or Snarling, My Music @ Work, Heaven is a Better Place Today, Don't Wake Daddy, Eldorado, Fireworks, Opiated, Kids Don't Get It, Greasy Jungle, Three Pistols, It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken
Set II: Vapour Trails, Use It Up, Summer's Killing Us, Boots or Hearts, Born in the Water, Courage, Looking for a Place to Happen, In View, Sherpa, Freak Turbulence, An Inch an Hour, 700ft Ceiling, 100th Meridian > Cordelia > 100th Meridian
E: Pretend, Thugs
Setlist notes: I've always had this vision of a curtain blocking the view of the stage and the band taking their place and opening with LOTUG. You know on the album how it gets louder. I see the curtain rising up with the volume revealing the band. Then without any announcement whatsoever from Gord, segue perfectly into Lake Fever. I like the way some songs flow on albums and you get used to hearing these combos. I did this with Courage - LFAPTH mid 2nd set. I think the finish from Freak to the Meridian reprise would be monstrous. Thugs is just a cool fucking song. Hope you enjoyed!
Gord Downie's role in "One Week"
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One Week chronicles the motorcycle trip of Ben Tyler as he rides from Toronto to Tofino, British Columbia. Ben stops at landmarks that are both iconic and idiosyncratic on his quest to find meaning in his life.
One Week chronicles the motorcycle trip of Ben Tyler as he rides from Toronto to Tofino, British Columbia. Ben stops at landmarks that are both iconic and idiosyncratic on his quest to find meaning in his life.
By SooToday.com Staff
SooToday.com
Thursday, February 26, 2009
NEWS RELEASE
PAT O'GORMAN
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ALGOMA (February 26, 2009) - Pat O’Gorman, who has lived for a number of years in the Desbarats area, can be heard playing Irish pipes, called Uilleann (ill-un) pipes, on the soundtrack to the Canadian film One Week which is opening at cinemas across Northeastern Ontario on March 6.
The film is a story of a young man [shown] confronted with his mortality who takes a cross-Canada road trip on a vintage motorcycle.
One Week stars Joshua Jackson (Fringe, Shutter, Bobby, Dawson’s Creek) as Ben Tyler, a young man who flees from the confines of his life—an impending marriage, a job he’s not entirely happy with and a recent diagnosis—in order to attempt to live more fully.
What starts off as an ill-defined attempt to escape soon morphs into a cross-country odyssey from Toronto to Tofino, British Columbia featuring great Canadian scenery, great Canadian music, and amusing side-trips to some of Canada’s “biggest” roadside attractions.
O’Gorman, who is known in the Algoma region for co-founding the AlgomaTrad Family Camp with Julie Schryer, has been performing, recording and teaching traditional music since the seventies, with groundbreaking groups Rare Air, Morgaine Le Fay and the Brian Pickell Band.
He plays Scottish and Irish bagpipes, flutes and whistles and was last heard in the movies playing Highland bagpipes on the soundtrack for Canadian feature film Men With Brooms.
O’Gorman met composer Andrew Lockington, responsible for the score of One Week, several years ago while recording several CDs with Mychael Danna ("The Sweet Hereafter," "Little Miss Sunshine").
"Pat O'Gorman's haunting use of the Uilleann pipes brought to life Andrew Lockington's incredible score in ways I can only marvel at," says Director Mike McGowan, whose films, including One Week, have been featured at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Artists whose songs are also heard in the film read like a Who’s Who of the Canadian indie music scene.
Joel Plaskett, Great Lake Swimmers, Stars, Sam Roberts, Wintersleep and Patrick Watson are among the artists featured in the film.
In addition, Gord Downie, lead singer for the Tragically Hip, makes an appearance as a character that Tyler meets “on the road”.
A great Canadian road film with great Canadian music and an Algoma connection…check it out!
One Week, directed by Michael McGowan, [is a] Canadian feature film opening March 6 at a theatre near you.
Tragically Hip 2009 Tour Dates
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The Tragically Hip have finally announced their 2009 tour and it is looking hot! This fan has long been pulling for the two set format with more diverse song selection. These are all intimate venues as well. Even in Canada. I mean they have the catalog, right? Without further ado, info from www.thehip.com is right below...
Stay tuned to the blog for more news as it arises on tour info, venues and we will have some fun creating random set-lists.
The Tragically Hip have finally announced their 2009 tour and it is looking hot! This fan has long been pulling for the two set format with more diverse song selection. These are all intimate venues as well. Even in Canada. I mean they have the catalog, right? Without further ado, info from www.thehip.com is right below...
Hello folks,
It's five weeks and counting until We Are The Same will be released on April 7th in North America. We will have more announcements as April 7th approaches.
Today we are happy to announce the We Are The Same - North American Tour dates and more We Are The Same album pre-sale options.
The We Are The Same - North American Tour starts April 27th in Kitchener, Ontario, and will wind its way across Canada and the US ending in Ottawa on September 28th. The shows will be "An Evening With...", two-set affairs. There will be no support acts for these shows.
Ticket Pre-sales for the tour start on Tuesday, March 3rd at 10:00am for Registered Users of thehip.com.
Make sure you are registered and logged into thehip.com when the password and links become available on this Tuesday March 3rd at 10:00am.
For full tour and ticketing information please check www.thehip.com/shows/
04/27/09: Kitchener: Centre In The Square
04/28/09: Kitchener: Centre In The Square
04/29/09: Kitchener: Centre In The Square
05/01/09: Montreal: Metropolis
05/02/09: Montreal: Metropolis
05/04/09: Quebec: Le Capitole
05/07/09: Philadelphia: The Fillmore At Theatre Of Living Arts
05/08/09: New York City: Nokia Theatre
05/09/09: Boston: House Of Blues
05/11/09: Toronto: Massey Hall
05/12/09: Toronto: Massey Hall
05/14/09: Toronto: Massey Hall
05/15/09: Toronto: Massey Hall
05/16/09: Toronto: Massey Hall
05/23/09: Kingston: K-Rock Centre
05/26/09: Chicago: Vic Theatre
05/27/09: Chicago: Vic Theatre
05/29/09: Detroit: The Fillmore
05/30/09: Detroit: The Fillmore
05/31/09: Cleveland: House Of Blues
06/02/09: Lewiston: Artpark
06/04/09: Lewiston: Artpark
06/05/09: Lewiston: Artpark
06/06/09: Lewiston: Artpark
06/09/09: Los Angeles: The Troubadour
06/10/09: Los Angeles: The Troubadour
06/11/09: Los Angeles: The Troubadour
06/13/09: San Francisco: The Fillmore
06/14/09: San Francisco: The Fillmore
06/16/09: Portland: Wonder Ballroom
06/17/09: Seatle: The Moore Theatre
06/20/09: Victoria: Save On Foods Memorial Centre
06/22/09: Vancouver: Orpheum Theatre
06/23/09: Vancouver: Orpheum Theatre
06/24/09: Vancouver: Orpheum Theatre
07/23/09: London: Harris Park
09/09/09: Winnipeg: Centennial Concert Hall
09/10/09: Winnipeg: Centennial Concert Hall
09/11/09: Winnipeg: Centennial Concert Hall
09/14/09: Edmonton: Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
09/16/09: Edmonton: Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
09/17/09: Edmonton: Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
09/19/09: Banff: Eric Harvie Theatre
09/21/09: Calgary: Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
09/23/09: Calgary: Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
09/24/09: Calgary: Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
09/26/09: Ottawa: National Arts Centre
09/27/09: Ottawa: National Arts Centre
09/28/09: Ottawa: National Arts Centre
We will have more summer shows and European dates to announce soon.
For full tour and ticketing information please check www.thehip.com/shows/
Ticket Pre-sales for the tour start on Tuesday, March 3rd at 10:00am for Registered Users of thehip.com
We Are The Same Pre-Release Purchase Options
There are several pre-release purchase options available that you can take advantage of.
Purchase the pre-release of We Are the Same and receive the album along with bonus material.
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iTunes Canada Pre-Release
iTunesAt iTunes Canada, pre-order We Are The Same and receive the album (April 7th) with the exclusive bonus track 'Hush'. iTunes buyers will also receive an Instant Gratification Gift, a download of the first Canadian single , 'Love Is A First'. The song file will download at the time of album purchase. The track is also available to purchase on its own at iTunes
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Concert Ticket Pre-Release
While purchasing tickets for the upcoming We Are The Same - North American Tour, you can choose to purchase one copy of We Are The Same and receive the album (week of April 7th) along with a bonus cd of Live From The Vault: Volume 4.
LFTV: V4The fourth installment of our archival recordings series comes from 12.5.94 at La Luna in Brussels, Belgium. Normally only available as a digital download, this bonus edition of LFTV: Volume 4 will be on CD, with album art by Wil Ruocco. When Volume 4 is released on its own, via the Gift Shop, it will be as a digital download only.
(One album/per order and offer is not available in some markets)
Track Listing
Grace, Too, Fully Completely, Courage, Greasy Jungle, The Last of the Unplucked Gems, New Orleans Is Sinking, Inevitability of Death, Locked in the Trunk of a Car, Fire in the Hole, Titanic Terrarium, At the 100th Meridian, Nautical Disaster, The Wherewithal. Encore: Yawning or Snarling, Little Bones
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The Gift Shop Pre-Release
Starting Tuesday, March 3rd, go to the Gift Shop to order the pre-release of We Are The Same.. Those that do will receive the album (week of April 7th) along with the bonus cd, Live From The Vault: Volume 4. All orders will be processed and fulfilled by maplemusic.com.
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Telus Mobility
Starting April 7th, the official release date of We Are The Same, use Telus mobile music to download the album, which includes the bonus track, 'Skeleton Park'.
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For full tour and ticketing information please check www.thehip.com/shows/
Stay tuned to the blog for more news as it arises on tour info, venues and we will have some fun creating random set-lists.
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