Here's a short film by David Battistella. I just learned of it while perusing the forums over at Hipbase. Enjoy.
In this short documentary about The Tragically Hip, director David Battistella uses a split-screen and acid-etched colours to distil the iconic Canadian band’s essence. After decades together, through hotels, highways, gigs and recording sessions, The Hip’s members have forged a powerful brotherhood. "These guys are my life partners, musically" says bass guitarist Gord Sinclair. The Hip's brand of straight-ahead rock and roll has catapulted the band to international stardom, and ensured them a place in Canadian musical history, but at heart, they remain a bunch of guys from Kingston, Ontario, making music together just for fun.
This film was produced for the 2008 Governor General's Performing Arts Award.
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I just returned from a trip this fine city in America's Pacific Northwest and I left quite impressed and looking forward to my next visit immensely. I've recently moved to Las Vegas, NV after spending many years in Toronto, ON and I didn't realize how much I missed things like trees (especially evergreens), lakes and water and the quirky neighborhood culture that is developed over generations of an evolution of a city. Las Vegas is a baby in that regard. It has its other charms :) I guess Seattle just reminded me a lot of Toronto....except their tower is much shorter.
The Needle
So I got to thinking about The Hip and their history with Seattle. I went to The Hip's own database to gather some info. The database itself has gaps like missing songs, setlists and I have to assume dates especially from the early years. Luckily we are too affected with this research beyond the first 3 Seattle shows which have no sets listed and the 2000/11/01 show which has an unknown song in the 2nd set. There is also a show listed as Summer Nights at the Pier 62/63 but with no further information. In total the database lists 14 Seattle shows.
1993/09/23: No Set List, No Venue
-I'm just taking the database at its word. This show happened.
Under The Rail, Seattle, WA
1994/10/03
1994/10/04
-ditto
1996/07/28 Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA
Gift Shop
Grace, Too
700 Ft. Ceiling
Thugs
Springtime In Vienna Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
Daredevil
Flamenco
At The Hundredth Meridian
So Hard Done By
Butts Wigglin
Titanic Terrarium
Ahead By A Century
Nautical Disaster
Put It Off
Fire In The Hole
Encore
Don't Wake Daddy
Notes: This show was a part of the Trouble at the Henhouse tour. What's unique is that none of the power trio of Blow at High Dough, NOIS or Little Bones is present in the setlist. The Hip at this point were already a band with an extensive and powerful repertoire that didn't need the crutch of playing their greatest hits night after night.
Pike Place Market
1999/03/30 KMTT Radio, Seattle, WA
Poets
Bobcaygeon
Thompson Girl
1999/03/30 Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Something On
Fully Completely
Grace, Too
Fireworks
Gift Shop
Springtime In Vienna
Poets
The Luxury
Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
Ahead By A Century
Greasy Jungle
Bobcaygeon
Nautical Disaster
Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man At The Hundredth Meridian
Encore
Thompson Girl
So Hard Done By
New Orleans Is Sinking
Notes: Black out to Phantom Power...
Can you spot The Hip?
2000/11/01 Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA
Set I
Tiger The Lion
Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
Don't Wake Daddy
Puttin' Down
Gift Shop
The Luxury
Fireworks
The Completists
Springtime In Vienna
Ahead By A Century
Sherpa
Nautical Disaster
My Music At Work
Set II
Wheat Kings
Train Overnight Boots Or Hearts
Emperor Penguin
Blow At High Dough
Lake Fever
Daredevil
Poets
Unknown Song
At The Hundredth Meridian
Chagrin Falls
Stay
New Orleans Is Sinking
Fire In The Hole
I'm in the Men's Room at The Feedback Lounge in Seattle and lo and behold I spot a couple of classic logos!
2000/11/02 Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA
Set I
Grace, Too
My Music At Work
Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man
Tiger The Lion
Fully Completely
Puttin' Down
Gift Shop
Titanic Terrarium
Greasy Jungle
Long Time Running
Fireworks
At The Hundredth Meridian
Something On
Set II
Scared
Wild Mountain Honey
Thompson Girl
Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
Lake Fever
Save The Planet
Twist My Arm Pigeon Camera
Flamenco
Inevitability Of Death
Freak Turbulence
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
The Wherewithal
Encore
Ahead By A Century
Thugs
Little Bones
Notes: This was a pretty neat little 2 night run at The Moore. These shows were part of the "An Evening With" tour that included vocalist Kate Fenner and keyboardist Chris Brown. The format was 2 sets with an encore, a format we recently and thankfully saw revived with the We Are the Same tour. This allowed for a wide range of song selection and setlist diversity offering up a real treat for fans lucky enough to see the band do a back-to-back run at one venue.
I was both lucky and unlucky to be in Australia for this entire tour. Didn't see a single show. I had my mom mail me a cassette tape of Music@Work the day it came out. That's right. Cassette Tape. For my Walkman. Sorry for the digression...if you were lucky enough to be at this run you would have seen 59 individual songs performed with only 9 repeats from 2000/11/01 to 2000/11/02. Not bad. There is one Unknown Song in the 2000/11/01 setlist so that may or may not have been a repeat.
The Moore Theatre
Five of The Tragically Hip's Seattle shows have taken place at The Moore Theatre making it their primary indoor venue when playing the city. The Moore is one of those classic old theatres that can be found in most American cities. It is very ornate and cozy inside, has multiple tiers and holds about 1500 people. It celebrated its 100th birthday in 2007.
The upper balcony, although well-appointed for its day, was originally racially segregated from the rest of the theater hall. It once had separate entrances, and to this day has a separate staircase connecting it to just inside the front door.
Interesting fact considering its location in the Pacific Northwest.
2002/08/24 The Pier, Seattle, WA
Use It Up
My Music At Work
New Orleans Is Sinking Fully Completely
Are You Ready
Lake Fever
Silver Jet
Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
Fireworks
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
At The Hundredth Meridian
Springtime In Vienna
The Dark Canuck
Poets
The Dire Wolf
Gift Shop
Little Bones
Encore
Grace, Too
Wheat Kings
Blow At High Dough
Notes: I caught this tour in Boston at the Sommerville Theatre. Those were my first US theatre shows which I thought was really cool. I mean you were close when you stood at the back of the room. That's a big deal for us Canucks.
I like this particular setlist because it has both The Dire Wolf and The Dark Canuck in it. I've been rocking these tunes in the car a lot lately. Loud. Mainly on my way to play poker at the MGM. It's like my ring entrance music. Anyway, I can't get enough of them. I know there's other like me and it's OK to admit it.
2004/10/10 Showbox at the Market, Seattle, WA
Intro
Grace, Too
So Hard Done By
Train Overnight
Pigeon Camera
Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man
Puttin' Down
Lake Fever
Nautical Disaster
Fireworks
Toronto #4
My Music At Work
Tiger The Lion
Gift Shop Opiated
Scared
Ahead By A Century
Daredevil
An Inch An Hour
Encore
Poets
Inevitability Of Death
Notes: Opiated has only been performed 4 times since 2000/12/21. While that in itself is a real shame for such a song, it makes catching one A Beautiful Thing.
2007/03/29 Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA
In View
New Orleans Is Sinking
The Drop-Off
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
Family Band
Ahead By A Century
Yer Not The Ocean Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
World Container
Boots Or Hearts
Springtime In Vienna
At The Hundredth Meridian
Bobcaygeon
The Kids Don't Get It
Fully Completely
Scared
The Lonely End Of The Rink
Blow At High Dough
Encore
Luv (Sic)
Jumping Jack Flash (video below)
Little Bones
2007/07/11 Marymoor Park, Seattle, WA Concerts at Marymoor
Yer Not The Ocean
My Music At Work
Grace, Too
Lake Fever
The Drop-Off
Bobcaygeon
Nautical Disaster
In View
The Dire Wolf
World Container
Fireworks New Orleans Is Sinking
Ahead By A Century
The Kids Don't Get It
Fully Completely
Little Bones
Encore
Family Band
Membership
Fire In The Hole
Notes: Membership has not been played since this show.
Here's a video from the KMTT Studios on 2009/06/17.
2009/06/17 The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA
Set I
The Depression Suite
In View
Gift Shop
Coffee Girl
Twist My Arm
Morning Moon
New Orleans Is Sinking
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
The Exact Feeling
At The Hundredth Meridian
Love Is A First
Set II
Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
The Rules
Wheat Kings
Nautical Disaster
The Last Recluse
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
Thugs
The Lonely End Of The Rink
Now The Struggle Has A Name
Fireworks
Little Bones
Encore
Frozen In My Tracks
Blow At High Dough
Unknown Date - Summer Nights at the Pier 62/63I can't figure this out...what tour, etc. The IBE Tour was very short on US dates but that doesn't jive.
Wow, we're actually missing over 25% of our data. If anyone has any info, old bootlegs, etc that may fill some of these blanks in please let me know.
What a great city. I was able to see Pike Place Market, the Aquarium, Alki Beach and a good bit of West Seattle which is where we were staying. I was also able to have a beer down at 5 Point a very nice dive bar/diner. There's still a lot of undiscovered territory for me to explore when I make my way back and since I now have family there it is as inevitable as death. I look forward to catching a ball game there and to exploring the area in and around the UW campus.
If you're from Seattle, seen shows in Seattle or just feel that you have something to add go ahead and drop a line or two.
Cheers.
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The Tragically Hip will be taking part in The Big Music Fest in Bobcaygeon, ON on Saturday June 25, 2011 along with The Sam Roberts Band, The Trews & Miss Emily.
Pre-sale for registered Hip users is March 23, 2011. Again VIP seating/sections are available for all those worthy folks. Gotta love The Class System. This is where the drunk, partially concussed, semi-obnoxious, summertime Muskoka-living NHLers will be so bring your camera and autograph book. Good times, good times.
Here's the details as sent out by The Hip....
Hi Folks,
You know the story. There's the Willie Nelson, the wine and the constellations. That's right, we're going to Bobcaygeon.
Join us at Big Music Fest with the Sam Roberts Band, The Trews and Miss Emily.
Pre-sale for our Registered Users starts March 23rd at 10:00am. Log into thehip.com to get the password on Wednesday morning
Saturday June 25th
Bobcaygeon, ON
2420 Pigeon Lake Road
Big Music Fest
The Tragically Hip
Sam Roberts Band
The Trews
Miss Emily
Doors at 3:00pm
VIP Tickets – 89.50 (limited number available) GA Tickets – 49.50
VIP ticket holders will have their own express entrance into the venue, access to the VIP viewing area with its own cash bar, food vendors and washroom facilities. VIP ticket holders will have access to their own paid parking area.
Space is limited.
The public on-sale will start at 10:00am on March 25th.
Tickets will be available at www.bigmusicfest.com, and at the following Kelsey's locations:
Belleville
Peterborough
Bowmanvile
Lindsay
Oshawa
Public parking will be available on site and shuttle buses will run from downtown Bobcaygeon. Visit www.bigmusicfest.com for full shuttle and parking details.
In other summer show news, last week we also announced our show in Watertown, NY on June 24th. To purchase tickets go to http://www.dpao.org/concerts, or charge by phone 315-782-0044 or in person at 617 Davidson Street in Watertown.
We have a few more summer announcements coming, so stay tuned to thehip.com for more information.
The Hip
The Big Music Fest is set to take place in three cities according to its website. Bobcaygeon, ON on June 25, 2011; Belleville, On and Owen Sound, ON. The dates and line-ups for the latter 2 events have not been announced. I will keep you posted as the Big Music Fest website seems to have some speed/load-time issues. Although I don't anticipate The Hip to be at all three events, I am sure there will be a nice comfy section for all of the VIPs. Probably right in front of all the good sight-lines.
I spent the last week up in Seattle and unfortunately couldn't post this beforehand. The Toronto Maple Leafs honored Bill Barilko on Saturday night. Here's a link to Chloé Fedio's article in the Toronto Star.
Don't forget you can follow us and hang with the other HipHeads on both Facebook and Twitter.
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Last played: 2009/05/19 Toronto, ON Debut: 1988/09/30 Ottawa, ON Album:Up To Here (1989)
Notes: A live rarity that remains in play meaning that there's still a chance, though slim, that you can catch an Opiated.
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 wanted
Well the medicine man started seeing red
You think the snake just dreams up the poison in his head
Addicted to approval, addicted to the air
It was see if you like it or see you up there
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Last played: 1991/11/15 Amstredam, NL Debut: 1989/08/27 Toronto, ON Album:Up To Here (1989) Notes: Another UTH b-side no given much live-love for whatever reason.
He was a coal miner in the spring
Blinded with its dusty resolutions
Broke his back for higher contributions
Now he'd take anything
Well she was 1970
Burning like a cigarette long season
Heir to all her family's old treasons
She makes love hard like an enemy
Oh Ma he's dying
And the river don't sleep
When the water runs cold
And the calendar burns
As the story unfolds
And the valley spans miles
When the mountain stands high
Can't they let us run wild
For another midnight
Perhaps we're an election day
Pumping hands and kissing all the babies
Ain't no time for shadowed doubts or maybes
Is there another way?
Or we're a stolen Cadillac
Racing for a roadblock in the distance
Flashing by a lifetime in an instance
Can we take it back?
Oh Ma he's dying
Oh Ma he's dying
And the river don't sleep
When the water runs cold
And the calendar burns
As the story unfolds
And they valley spans miles
When the mountain stands high
Can't they let us run wild
For another midnight
Can we take it back?
And the valley spans miles
When the mountain stands high
Can't they let us run wild
For another midnight
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Last played: 2002/11/14 Berlin, GER Debut: 1990/04/06 Halifax, NS Album:Up To Here (1989)
Notes: Its only time played since 1991 was a random 2002 show in Berlin??? Hmmm. I don't know... Solid tune that gets plenty of radio play, just no live love...
Old lion's dying, got left behind
Cut your teeth, lose your meat
And man it's just a matter of time
Key's to the cuffs, you might be king
That's it, that's all, that's everything
Skeletons come here to dance
Where barrooms beat their brothers
Into a bloody trance
What's the deal? What did I do?
Who cops all the cops is all I asked of you
Lining up, waiting on the trickle down
Something's up, taking time to get around
Belly up, all the drinks are on the crown
It's just a matter of trickle down
Twenty miles before the crash
That's the style for a while
And man I think it's gonna last
"Hit the breaks" is all you can say
Conductor says we'll save them
For another rainy day
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Last played: 1989/11/30 Toronto, ON Debut: 1988/03/02 Ottawa, ON Album:Up To Here (1989) Notes: TheHip.com lists this song as being played only 5 times in concert. With all the incomplete setlists I gotta believe that number is a little light.
Afternoon, see a guy with rubies on his head
and he's shifting like shifting like he was dead
and he's hearing something, she never said
on his way back home, under his bed
When the weight comes down
When the weight comes down
In the night there's a girl who doesn't mind her
ragged sleeves
Knowing someone soon is gonna grieve
And a man he tells her a story, she just won't believe
Called "Adam never could do right by Eve"
And the weight comes down
And the weight comes down
And the weight comes down
Down on you, down on me
And a girl walks by the burning bush
She asks "What's going on here man?"
And he smiles, says, "Open wide, wide. Wide"
In my dreams, a candy coated train comes to my door
With a little girl, I can't have anymore
You know a letter washes up to the shore
That I cannot read and I probably should ignore
When the weight comes down
When the weight comes down
When the weight comes down
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Last played: 2004/06/25 Vancouver, BC Debut: 1988/07/15 Toronto, ON Album:Up To Here (1989) Notes: Had a nice live resurgence during 1996 & 1997 after a 5 year break. From then it only made more appearances... 2 in 2000 & 1 in 2004.
Like anyone I knew a Dave
Drove a Plymouth Shallow Grave
Said, "My girl don't just walk, she unfurls"
With motorcycle language
He stumbled through his slang pledge
Then he dragged the mud for wedding pearls
He closed both his eyes and sort of gave her a kiss
Said, "Don't worry baby about what you're gonna miss
There will always be a much much more than this
Everytime you go, you are all I see
Holding out for you and me
Pulled down his birthday suitcase
Brown with dust from no place
Said, "I think it's time we made a start"
They danced the waltz of charity
No car garage, two kids for free
They were pissing bliss and playing parts
She closed both her eyes, sorta gave him a kiss
Said, "Don't worry baby what you're gonna miss
There always be much much more than this"
Everytime you go, you are all I see
Holding out for you and me
And the big snake pit
And we danced to the edge of it
And we laugh and we laugh
Cause we ain't seen the half of it
Everytime you go, you are all I see
Holding out for you and me
Everytime you go, you are all I see
Holding out for you and me
Everytime you go, you are all I see
Holding out for you and me
You and me you and me you and me
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Last played: 2013/02/11 Sudbury, ON Debut: 1989/07/01 London, ON Album:Up To Here (1989) Notes: Besides a 7 year gap from 1991/11/15 Amstredam, NL to 1998/10/02 Henrietta, NY is been a regular part of the touring song rotation more or less.
Well I think that there's a problem here
Her voice just don't sound right
But I left myself on her answering machine
Said, "I'm back in town tonight."
I feel I've stepped out of the wilderness
All squint-eyed and confused
But even babies raised by wolves
They know exactly when they've been used
See when it starts to fall apart
It really falls apart
Like boots or hearts, Oh when they start
They really fall apart
Fingers and toes, fingers and toes
Forty things we share
Forty-one if you include
The fact that we don't care
Now you've blocked off most of main street
For your faith parade
Everyone in town now, they probably all agree
I'm lying in the bed I made
Now you won't even let me talk to you
We got some air to clear
We'd probably only agree on one thing anyway
That's what the hell is happening here?
Fingers and toes, fingers and toes
Forty things we share
Forty-one if you include
The fact that we don't care
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Last played: 1991/08/04 Toronto, ON Debut: 1988/03/02 Ottawa, ON Album:Up To Here (1989)
Notes: It's crazy the number of Hip songs that shaped my fandom and love of the band that have been retired - and retired so long ago. I hadn't even seen my first Hip concert by the time this one was put to bed...
Born a queen up on her side, and she felt it too.
There's a lot you can see when there's nothing to do
She got down on her knees and she dug herself out
Slipping to the east side and prancing about.
Learn a language baby, it's that kind of place
Low card is hunger and high card is taste
And trouble is small change when Daddy's around
You know that she learned a lesson when she happened down
She didn't know - the barrel was loaded
She didn't know - the barrel was loaded
She didn't know - the barrel was loaded
She didn't know
One eye on the table, one eye on the floor
She got beat for her pride with her back to the door
She be digging the spotlight and called it her own
But you know it's over when everyone's gone
Stealing seconds together, the day is
the night
You can fly your own colours as long
as they're right
The trigger invites you and so do the boys
But if there ain't no one listening
there ain't no noise
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Last played: 2008/02/23 Kingston, ON Debut: 1988/09/30 Ottawa, ON Album:Up To Here (1989)
Notes: Never in heavy rotation, Thirty-Eight Years Old has such a weird live history being as it's a Huge fan favourite. There is a massive and notable gap from 1993/07/24 - 2006/06/24. I was lucky enough to be at both of those shows and my jaw literally hit the ground at Fort York. The song was played 10 more times and was then unceremoniously shelved again for the 2009 We Are The Same tour.
Twelve men broke loose in Seventy-Three
From Millhaven maximum security
Twelve pictures lined up, across the front page
Seems the Mounties had a summertime war to wage
The Chief told the people they had nothing to fear
Said, "The last thing they wanna do is stick around here"
They mostly came from towns with long French names
But one of the dozen was a hometown shame.
Same pattern on the table
Same clock on the wall
Been one seat empty, eighteen years in all
Freezing slow time, away from the world
He's 38 year's old, never kissed a girl
We were sitting round the table, heard the telephone ring
Father said he tell em if he saw anything
Heard the tap on my window in the middle of the night
Held back the curtain for my older brother Mike
See my sister got raped, so a man got killed
Local boy went to prison, man's buried on the hill
Folks went back to normal when they closed the case
But they still stare at their shoes when they pass our place
My mother cried, "The horror has finally ceased!"
He whispered,"Yea for the time being, at least"
Over her shoulder, on the squad car megaphone
Said,"Let's go Michael, son, we're taking you home."
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Last played: Whatever the last show was. Debut: 1988/03/02 Ottawa, ON Album:Up To Here (1989) Notes: I like this song. If I never hear it again live, that's OK.
Bourbon blues on the street, loose and complete
Under skies all smokey 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?
You can't 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
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 fell 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...
My memory is muddy what's this river that I'm in?
New Orleans is sinking man and I don't wanna swim
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Last played: 1994/07/24 Glastonbury, ENG Debut: 1988/07/15 Toronto, ON Album:Up To Here (1989)
Notes: This song was under-played live even in its prime and that's me accounting for some sketchy record keeping in the early Hip years. This song has always had the potential to be a live vehicle in the realm of songs like Fully Completely, On The Verge, Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man & Inevitability Of Death but for whatever reason was pretty much abandoned after 1991 except for a lone and final appearance in 1994.
Well, it's 7 a.m. and she awoke by the radio
Yea she rolled on over said, "Where did man go?"
She's been a gunslinger's wife all her life
Now she fights when she's able
For the sake of the kids when the knife's at their
necks in the cradle
She screams,
I'll believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
I will believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
Well she's got all the kids and she's got all their uses
But she loves them the same for neglect and abuses
She got a warm spot where they fought
And they made up last night
He said, "Don't read too much into the fact
That I'm leaving."
She screams,
I'll believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
I will believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
I will believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
I will believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
How do I explain this
I mean how do I put this into words
It's one thing or another
But it's neither this nor that
Actually, it's a collection of things
She said, "That's it, that's it, get out"
Well her mother said, "Kill him, slow at your leisure"
Ah but desperate times call for desperate measures
So she went to the closet and she pulled the old gun down
"I'll put a bullet through his heart if he ain't home by sundown"
Yea 5:55 he comes walking in the front door smiling
He said, "Don't read too much into what I ain't denying"
She screams...
I'll believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
I will believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
I will believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
I will believe in you or I'll be leaving you tonight
Well I believe in you
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Last played: 2013/02/14 Toronto, ON Debut: 1988/09/30 Ottawa, ON Album:Up To Here (1989)
Notes: What can I say about this one? It works anywhere in the setlist. It's just that good. I remember the old Maple Leaf Gardens and when they would play this and hit that high point near the end of the song and they would light the whole crowd up in white light and everyone's arms were just thrusting towards the ceiling as people were jumping. The crowd just went straight up all around. No luxury box barriers, etc. Probably my first Big Time arena rock moment.
They shot a movie once, in my hometown
Everybody was in it, from miles around
Out at the speedway, some kinda Elvis thing
Well I ain't no movie star
But I can get behind anything
Yea I can get behind anything
Get it out, get it all out
Yea stretch that thing
Make it last, make it all last
At least until the supper bell rings
Well the taxi driver likes his rhythm
Never likes the stops
Throes of passion, throes of passion
When something just threw him off
Sometimes the faster it gets
The less you need to know
But you gotta remember,
The smarter it gets
The further it's gonna go
When you blow at high dough
When you blow at high dough
Whoa baby I feel fine
I'm pretty sure it's genuine
It makes no sense, no it makes no sense
But I'll take it free any time
Whoever fits her usually gets her
It was the strangest thing
How'd she move so fast, move so fast
Into that wedding ring
Out at the speedway, same Elvis thing
Well I can't catch her, but I can get behind anything
Yea I can get behind anything
Well I can get behind anything
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Been messing around and snapping photos in dirty, dingy downtown LV the last few weeks. Some cool old motels, signs, signs left standing without motels and architecture. It's both pretty and ugly all at once. I'll be posting my stuff over at The Vegas Outsider a (mostly) photo blog that I hope to show some of the more "off-the-beaten-path" Las Vegas sights & sounds as I get to know them. Of course if I can tie a photo to The Hip in some way, I'll toss it up here : )
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The boys have announced that they will be playing Canada Day at Downsview Park in Toronto along with Weezer, Broken Social Scene, Hey Rosetta! and Buck 65. I'm going to copy/paste the information as it was given out by the band. This will save me some time to keep plugging away at my Lyric Art, plus it's a skill that I don't want to lose...practice makes perfect, right?
February 28, 2011
Hi Folks,
We are excited to announce that we will be spending Canada Day in Toronto! We’ll be bringing our friends Weezer, Broken Social Scene, Hey Rosetta! and Buck 65 to join in the festivities.
Starting Monday February 28th at NOON we will be offering you the chance to purchase VIP tickets to the show.
Only registered users of thehip.com as of Sunday February 27 at 11:59pm EST. will have access to these tickets.
The VIP ticket will give you ‘Fast Pass‘ access into the venue, access to the VIP Area with its own cash bar, food vendors and washrooms. The VIP area is 19+ only. There are also a limited number of VIP parking passes available, that will give you access to a separate parking lot. Only one person per car will require a VIP parking pass. You will need to bring photo ID to gain access to the parking lot, as well as the ‘Fast Pass’ entrance.
We will also be offering you a GA pre-sale starting at 10:00am EST on Thursday. There will be a limited number of early bird GA tickets available that day.
That's right. You may be able to lay your eyes on actual VIPs!!!!!! You may even be able to mingle or use the same port-a-potty. Bring your camera phones. Tiered pricing and VIP seating works SO well at Leaf games, I'm glad to see it's filtered into Canadian rock and roll shows. Is MLSE involved in this??? Anyway, for twice the price you can avoid the Fans and make a quick get-a-way taboot! Woo-hoo! Just don't drink too many of them VIP cocktails.
Further details....
VIP tickets are only being offered to our registered users
VIP Tickets include:
Separate 'fast pass' access to the park
Access to a VIP area that includes separate washrooms and your own cash bar and food tents
The VIP area is 19+.
If you are an AMEX user, you will have access to GA tickets today.
*There are a limited number of VIP parking spots available. You will need to show photo ID at the parking gate the day of the show to gain access to the lot. Only one person per vehicle will need a ticket that includes parking.
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Thursday March 3
The Tragically Hip Registered User - GA Pre-Sale
Start Time: 10:00 AM EST
GA Registered User PASSWORD: *******
Early Bird Tickets: $49.50 + service fees**
GA Tickets: $59.50 + service fees
**There is a limited number of early bird tickets
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Friday March 4
Edge 102 Pre-sale
Start Time: 10:00 AM EST
Edge 102 PASSWORD: *******
Early Bird Ticket: $49.50 + service fees**
GA Ticket: $$59.50 + service fees
** There is a limited number of early bird tickets
*****
Saturday March 5
Public On-Sale
Start Time: 10:00 AM EST
GA Ticket: $59.50 + service fees
The Early Bird tickets are where the value is. The $10 off alleviates the TicketBastard service charges a bit. Per-band, if you're a fan of them all, this a dream. Even if you're a fan of 2 or 3 of the acts, that's less than $20 a pop. Obviously The Hip are the Meat & Potatoes of this celebration dinner and most people are paying $50 straight-up for The Hip all day, even if it is just for 1 set. I would expect 18-20 songs with 2-3 debuts and nothing else too unexpected...Highway Girl will not be busted out. Greatest Hits for the Greatest Fans....and the VIPs of course.
Don't forget you can follow us and hang with the other HipHeads on both Facebook and Twitter.
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album. Click on a song title below for the lyrics and Digital Lyric Art. A classic.
