Music@Work Digital Lyric Art

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Hey All!

The Digital Lyric Art for The Tragically Hip's Music@Work album is now completed and posted. You can have a look at the art via the album page for Music@Work. Just click on a song title to see the art.

I have been working on adding Last played, Debut and some Notes for each individual song in the Hip catalog.

You can see the list of albums I have completed to date on this page.

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Video: NOIS > Nautical Disaster > NOIS

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Fantasy Setlist 2011.011

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Let's break the monotony of these Real Setlists with a trip into The Hip Fantasy Setlist World... If it's been used this tour as of today, I'll leave it out. Let's see if we can still come up with an entertaining show. I'm going 2-set style too because tickets are expensive these days.

2011.011 (mjs)
Set I: Yer Not the Ocean, Lake Fever, Daredevil, Speed River, The Drop Off, The Dire Wolf, Membership, Sharks, Chagrin Falls, Born In The Water, Three Pistols

Set II: The Depression Suite, Silver Jet, 38 Years Old, So Hard Done By, Springtime In Vienna, Emperor Penguin, Pigeon Camera, Long Time Running, Now the Struggle has a Name, Something On, I'll Believe In You, On the Verge, Last of the Unplucked Gems

Encore: Looking for a Place to Happen, Boots or Hearts, Inevitability of Death

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Casino New Brunswick - 06/28/2011

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Setlist
The Tragically Hip
Casino New Brunswick
Moncton, NB
06/28/2011


06/28/2011 Moncton, NB


Set I: Grace Too, Blow At High Dough, Love Is A First, It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken, Streets Ahead, Poets, Ahead By A Century, In View, Drip Drip, At The Hundredth Meridian, Gift Shop, Fiddler's Green, Transformation, Fully Completely, Courage, Bobcaygeon, NOIS > Nautical Disaster > NOIS, Locked in the Trunk of a Car

Encore: The Lonely End of the Rink, Wheat Kings, Little Bones

Theme: Moncton Wildcats


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The Setlists and The Set-Up

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The setlists have been a surprise so far. Not insofar as they are lacking in quality material, far from it. Or having too much new material that the crowds have never heard before. Far from that too. It's the fact that they have pretty much been carbon copies of one another. The Hip have always retained a certain number of songs from one show to the next. That has Always been a part of their make-up and one knows that going in. But 3 bang-ons? It's not like we're talking 3 shows spaced out across the country like a Montreal > Toronto > Vancouver run. People can't really make that kind of run in general. The distances between Peterborough > Watertown > Bobcaygeon are much more logistically manageable for a resourceful and dedicated fan.

I'm sure there are many hardcore Hipheads in SW Ontario that will be looking to dump tickets depending on how these next couple of shows out east shake out. I know I wouldn't be all that impressed if I were holding a run of tickets to various shows and knew I had no chance of seeing anything different than I already had. Of course now that I live in Vegas, beggars can't be choosers right? That's my little disclaimer as I sit here and Opine. Because I would be ecstatic if they flew out here tomorrow and dropped that same setlist on me here. That being said...

So why? One theory I've heard and I can buy is it's because of the making of a DVD. Maybe they want to get the best take? Does that explain why someone wears the same outfit night after night? I won't even go there because who the fuck knows. At the end of the day this is their band. That means they can play whatever they want wherever they want. We get no say. We just get to choose whether or not we buy the next ticket.

Speaking of tickets, people don't seem overly happy with their ticket experience from the Bobcaygeon event. Nothing to do with the band, but rather the overall experience at the venue. The shuttle service seemed like it was a major cluster-fuck as did the concessions of food and in particular, beer. The VIP Prison looked like a lot of fun too. This has more to do with the company(s) organizing the event than the bands so please understand that. The bands have a choice of whether their fans are best served by doing business with said company again.

There are people who know how to set-up and run these things really well and can create a great experience for all and there are others who don't know what they're doing and skimp across the board on things like Port-a-potties, event staff and general game-planning to best serve their own profits. As I've mentioned before, the government laws regarding alcohol sales at these type of thing really limit what the organizer can do as far as process. They do not limit investment in paying to present the best experience possible. I also know that there is no government limitations on the amount of portable washrooms. There is a minimum standard based on numbers. Do you think they exceeded this?

I'm sure there were many positive experiences too and again, everyone has the choice. Will you attend another Big Music Fest if the same people run it?

A link to an article out of Watertown. Seems the band demanded that regular ticket buyers be allowed into the reserved seating area. I'm 99% sure the extra money paid by the reserve ticket holders will NOT be refunded.

I love The Hip. Don't get me wrong. If I didn't I wouldn't be wasting my time on this little endeavor. That doesn't mean I won't call Bullshit when I see it. From the band or any company relating.

This is an Op-Ed piece. If you have anything to add, clairify, get off your chest, etc I ALWAYS welcome your input no matter what view you're representing.

Long live The Hip. Now mix up that fucking setlist will ya?


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Video: Bobcaygeon in Bobcaygeon

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Pretty good video and sound on this one (for a phone). Enjoy!



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Big Music Fest, Bobcaygeon ON - 06/25/2011

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Setlist
The Tragically Hip
Big Music Fest
Bobcaygeon, ON
06/25/2011

06/25/2011 Bobcaygeon, ON


Set I: Grace Too, Blow At High Dough, Love Is A First, It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken, Streets Ahead, Poets, Ahead By A Century, In View, Drip Drip, At the Hundredth Meridian, Gift Shop, Fiddler's Green, Transformation, Fully Completely, Courage, Bobcaygeon, New Orleans Is Sinking > Nautical Disaster > New Orleans Is Sinking, Little Bones

Encore I: The Kids Don't Get It, Wheat Kings, My Music At Work

Encore II: Fifty Mission Cap, Locked In the Trunk of a Car

Theme: Bobcaygeon Cougars

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Watertown Fairgrounds - 06/24/2011

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The Tragically Hip
Watertown Fairgrounds
Watertown, NY
06/24/2011

06/24/2011 Watertown, NY


Set I: Grace Too, Blow At High Dough, Love Is A First, It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken, Streets Ahead, Poets, Ahead By A Century, In View, Drip Drip, At the Hundredth Meridian, Gift Shop, Fiddler's Green, Transformation, Fully Completely, Courage, Bobcaygeon, NOIS > Nautical Disaster > NOIS, Little Bones

Encore: Fireworks, Wheat Kings, My Music At Work

Wow! Only 20 repeats from the last show...


Theme: Watertown Red & Black Football


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My Music At Work - Lyrics

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Avoid trends and cliches. Don't try to be up-to-date.  Word.


Last played: 2013/02/14 Toronto, ON
Debut: 1999/12/29 Toronto, ON
Notes: There's a 'My' in the title of this song, not to be confused with the album of similar name. Just an FYI. People seem to miss that. Oh yeah, they play this song at pretty much Every Single FN Concert. I'll get the exact numbers on this and post them here since I'll likely be updating this page a lot anyway. It is catchy though. I'll give it that.


Everything is bleak.
    It's the middle of the night.
You're all alone and
    the dummies might be right.
You feel like a jerk.
My music at work.
My music at work.

Avoid trends and cliches.
    Don't try to be up to date.
And when the sunlight hits the olive-oil,
    don't hesitate.
The night's so long it hurts
My music at work.

In a symbol too far
    or the anatomy of a stain;
to determine where you are,
in a sink full of Ganges, I'd remain -
No matter what you heard
in my music at work.
My music at work.
My music at work.

I call it, 'Olga Waits;
    The Cloud That Entertains
The Dim Possibility of
    Showing Some Restraint.'
The rain came down berserk.
My music at work.
My music at work.

On a star beyond the chart
    or the dark side of a drop of rain.
determining where you are,
in a sink full of Ganges, I remain -
No matter what you heard.
My music at work.
My music at work.
My music at work.

La-la-la-la-la-la.
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la.
La-la-la-la-la-la.
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la.

Everythng is bleak.
    It's the middle of the night.
You're all alone and
    the dummies might be right.
Outside, the darkness lurks.
My music at work.
My music at work.

Hey fallen hummingbird,
my music at work.
From the middle of the earth,
my music at work.
Bound for bed without dessert,
my music at work.
My music at work.
My music at work.



Next song: Tiger The Lion





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Tiger the Lion - Lyrics

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Last played: 2009/11/25 Groningen, NED
Debut: 2000/06/16 Rochester, NY
Notes: Between 2000/12/23 and 2009/04/29 Tiger the Lion only came out of hiding 5 times. In 2004 (2), 2006 (2) and 2007 (1). The song was played 17 times in 2009 when they were touring with a keyboardist. Maybe they should always tour with a keyboardist?


This is Tiger the Lion
gimme the Knuckles of Frisco
- If there's danger in the language,
    gentlemen,
I suggest no further use of
    the two-way radio.

'John Cage had come to feel
that art in our time
was far less important
than our daily lives,
to which so many'd become
more or less inclined.
The purpose of it's not unique.
Not to build masterpieces
for a delectative elite
but simply to wake to your life.'

You'll be serving the song
when you find out you won't change
serving the song
walking the range.

'John Cage had come to feel
art in our time
was much less important
than our daily life
If there's a perpetual plan
for discovery days
where everyone can take part
in what he called

purposeless play

and there's a sign of life in this play
not to get order from chaos
tell you how to create
but simply to wake to your life.'

You'll be serving the song
when we find out you won't change
serving the song
bombing the range

This is Tiger the Lion
get me Into the Pillows
- If you're painted by radar, gentlemen,
there'll be no further use of
    the two-way radio



Next song: Lake Fever
Previous songs: My Music At Work




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Lake Fever - Lyrics

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Just telling you a story...



Last played: 2013/02/01 Moncton, NB
Debut: 1999/12/29 Toronto, ON
Notes: Arguably the best song on the album, Lake Fever has gone from being a setlist staple to a bit of a rarity. It was dropped from the 2009 'WATS Tour' fairly early while other tunes were repeated over and over and over again. Hopefully there's more to come from this gem.


We can take a bit of a breather.
    We can skip to the practical part.
We can skip to the Time of Neither,
    when we're together and even
    when we're apart.
I'll tell you a story about the Lake Fever or
    we can skip to the coital fury.
You didn't say yes or no, neither.
You whispered, hurry.

We can take it a little bit further.
    We can stick to the after-effects part.
'Not trying to make you a believer,
    don't wanna a lil' piece of your heart.
Just telling you a story about the Lake fever
    or we can skip to a neutral fury.
You didn't say yes or no neither.
You whispered, hurry.

want to be a nobody without peer.
want to be a thought that's never done
want to shake your faith in human nature
want to break the hearts of everyone.
want to be your wheezing screen door.
want to be your stars of Algonquin.
want to be your roaring floorboard.
want to break the hearts of everyone.
and cause discontent until They,
    ceasing their investigation,
bring back the days events,
    good citezins and time well spent,
til we're talking in whispers again.

Until we're talking in whispers again







Next song: Putting Down
Previous song: Tiger The Lion




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Putting Down - Lyrics

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Last played: 2009/10/15 Albany, NY
Debut: 1999/12/29 Toronto, ON
Notes: One of the few songs from this album to maintain at least a semi-regular place in the setlist for at least a decade. It has since slowed.


Held a bird's egg between her breasts
there's reasons for the road, I guess
to document the indigenous,
to paint and sketch
paint and sketch
I'm starting to fail to be impressed.

United state of ricochet
from the boardwalk to the Appian way
the diamond files, the corporate raves
you'd practically kill
not to be afraid
and I'm starting to choke on the things I say.

Putting down.I'm putting down.
    I'm putting down.
I'm putting down.I'm putting down.
    I'm putting down.
I'm putting down.I'm putting down.I'm
    putting down.

Browbeaten out from underneath your dress
the documented indigenous civilization
flipped its desk
you know the rest, there is no rest
and I'm starting to fail to know what's best.

Putting down.I'm putting down.
    I'm putting down.
I'm putting down.I'm putting down.
    I'm putting down.
I'm putting down.I'm putting down.
    I'm putting down.



Next song: Stay
Previous song: Lake Fever




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Stay - Lyrics

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Last played: 2009/04/24 Toronto, ON
Debut: 1999/12/29 Toronto, ON
Notes: Hipheads have been tease twice by this song since the year 2000. Once on 2004/10/16 and of course, its last live performance at the one and only Danforth Music Hall.


You did the best that you could do.
You were a great crew,
who tried to nurture and preserve your
    faith in you.
And with the bureau chiefs
    and the shrugging spies
You could stay, but why.

You see a light and then another
and everything you fought for
    naught's uncovered.
You're not a fighter, you're a lover.
You got no business in here, brother
so... stay.
Stay.

Is it the worst that you could do?
You were a great you,
who tried to nurture and preserve your
    faith in you
and with the bureau chiefs
    and the shrugging spies
you could stay and why.
Cause you see a light and then another.
Everything you thought you
    sought's uncovered.
You're a fighter and a lover
and there's no one up above her
so ...stay.
Stay.

All things being balanced,
    it's balanced and called balancing
somewhere beyond everything it's being
    balanced not for the
sake of balance but balancing between
    the throes of learning
and the entire thing
entirely
balancing.



Next song: The Bastard
Previous song: Putting Down





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The Bastard - Lyrics

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Last played: 2004/10/16 Chicago, IL
Debut: 1999/12/29 Toronto, ON
Notes: Its first 2 of only 14 total appearances in a live setlist were its only times performed in Canada. Does that auger well?


If you ask me how I knew, I saw you.
    I had a bird's-eye view of a bird's-eye
    view when I saw you.
I saw you not as you think,
    simply just as you. I saw you
And all of this augers well
even though it’s presaging pell-mell.
All of it augers well.
the bastard of it being, having to choose
Then you turned all Billy Sunday, shoutin'
    "Philadelphia for Christ and Christ for
    Philadelphia,"
as the sun groomed the plane with
    crepuscular rays. When I saw you
And all of this augers well.
Even so, it’s presaging pell-mell.
And all of it augers well.
the bastard being, having to choose
    between a flickering fuse and power
    beyond what you use
Never mind us purple italians,
    never mind that pool in the mountains
Victory came and went
    on winged elephants. I saw you.
And all of this augers well
even though, even so it’s
    presaging pell-mell.
All of it augers well
this is the bastard
the bastard of it being: having to choose



Next song: The Completists
Previous song: Stay




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The Completists - Lyrics

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Last played: 2009/05/13 Philadelphia, PA
Debut: 2000/06/06 Brussels, BEL
Notes: After being play extensively on the 2000 M@W Tour, The Completists was shelved until 1 random and inexplicable appearance in May 2009.


You lured me with your diamond flower
you lured me with talk of still more talk
you lured me with caramelizing power
you lured me a lot
Clearly lifeless barefeet
and dogs just trained to sniff
you saw him struggle
then you saw him cease his struggling
you said, we're halfway come and meet us
we're the completists

You lured me with your bad intentions
you lured me with your mexican pot
you lured me with desert dimensions
you lured me a lot.
You loaded up your gear so well
you can pack so tight
but I can still hear your tambourine
demeaning you through the night
don't wanna sound defeatist
but we're the 'complete-est'.

Intimate, inaccurate, a family, in a way,
made the trip to Vulnerable and back
on the same day.
don' t wanna sound defeated.

You lured me into repetition
you lured me to wanna go to sleep
you lured me into open spaces
you lure me
clearly lifeless barefeet
and dogs just trained to sniff
You showed him struggle
then you showed him cease his struggling
you said, we're halfway, come, and meet us
we're the completists.
halfway come and meet us
the 'complete-est'



Next song: Freak Turbulence
Previous song: The Bastard




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Freak Turbulence - Lyrics

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Last played: 2004/10/21 Clifton Park, NY
Debut: 2000/01/01 Toronto, ON
Notes: After the 'Music @ Work Tour' in 2000 Freak Turbulence has been dusted off just 6 times. 3 times in 2002 and 3 more in 2004. Hopefully there'll be some updrafts soon, eh?


You're older, you're haunted,
    you're ahead of your time.
In corners of acres of blocks of
    straight lines.
Blurringly, hourly we cross some
    great divides
some heritage moments and some
    melodious minds...
a voice above the engine and the
    jet stream combined
'it's time..sir...The time sir...
    Do you have the time?'
As the moon groomed the airplane in a
    benevolent way
Again with the myth that's neither here,
    neither there
Again with the myth from up
    up high in the air
Above it all, i love you all
    Oh how could this be the end
Satan backhands our nose and our chin
 the wings tell the tailfins
'it's freak turbulence' -

Just then the Captain assures us
    we will land
'I'll have you on the ground
    in 25 minutes or less."
'or less', did he say 'less'? Unless what?
    We're not on time?
Or less he said 'or less Jet stream
    and engine combine
Unless he said 'Or less' as if a joke might
    just keep us flying
As the moon groomed the airplane in a
    benevolent way

As the moon groomed the airplane with its'
    benevolent rays



Next song: Sharks
Previous song: The Completists




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Sharks - Lyrics

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Last played: 2004/10/16 Chicago, IL
Debut: 1999/12/29
Notes: Revered among the Hipheads, this elusive song has made just 17 live appearances and only 5 on Canadian soil. It's only been played once since 2000/12/14 so don't hold your breath.


Sharks don't attack the Irish,
it's mostly Australians.
There's nothing accomplished
by these splashing citizens.
from the Moon down to the surface
of the Mariana's Trench
I won't send you in a cab when
I can take you there myself then steal a look
over your shoulder at
the distant lights of your firmament.

When the sharks finished the Irish
and those people from Berlin.
We left our look of the landed
with one of rescue's imminent
From the Moon down to the surface
of the Mariana's Trench
I won't send you in a cab when
I can take you there myself then steal a look
over your shoulder at
the chandeliers of your firmament.
it's your firmament, baby.



Next song: Toronto #4
Previous song: Freak Turbulence




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Toronto #4 - Lyrics

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Last played: 2009/05/11 Toronto, ON
Debut: 2000/06/13 Chicago, IL
Notes: All but 5 of the 29 known live versions were played in 2000 on the M@W Tour. The song showed up a couple of times in October of 2004, similar to a few other songs on this album and was played 3 times during the acoustic portion of The Hip's 2009 tour. These appearances all came within about a week of each other early in the tour and then the song was dropped just as fast as it came.


Did you know you were the rock plug for
    all of us
did you know in the conduit of Vesuvius
You were far more unifying than you know
I'm not a judge of suitable
but, you almost had it all.
now you'll have to tell me when
tell me when it's imminent
so you won't have to rise and fall alone
or endure the wonder of survival
the wipe-out loss
the elation of free fall
the rock bottom
the sweet betrayal
alone.
alone
alone
alone
hello



Next song: Wild Mountain Honey
Previous song: Sharks




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Showplace Theatre - 06/21/2011

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The Tragically Hip
Showplace Performance Centre
Peterborough, ON
06/21/2011

06/21/2011 Peterborough, ON



"An Evening With..."

Set I: Blow At High Dough, Grace Too, Love Is A First, Streets Ahead*, It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken, New Orleans Is Sinking > Nautical Disaster > New Orleans Is Sinking, Ahead By A Century, In View, Drip Drip*, At the Hundredth Meridian, Giftshop, Fiddler's Green, Transformation*, Fully Completely, Courage, Bobcaygeon, Poets, Locked In The Trunk Of A Car, Little Bones

Encore: The Kids Don't Get It, Wheat Kings, My Music At Work

*First time played


10pm: Unexpected Greatest Hits Show...prob disappointing to some of the Hardcore Hipheads in there. A Hip Show's a Hip Show which is always better than no Hip Show, right? Also, it looks like the 2-set format has been abandoned which is really too bad.

Info taken from hipbase.com forums.


Theme: Peterborough Petes


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The Tragically Hip - Summer 2011

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The Tragically Hip are about to kick off their 2011 Summer Tour tonight at Peterborough's Showplace Performance Centre. Their tour this summer consists of 15 shows (so far) and are a mix between festival shows and 'An Evening With...' shows. So what can we expect?

If you've read any of my work in the past you are probably very familiar with my bias towards the 2-set format (An Evening With...), especially for a band with this deep of a repertoire and a dedicated fan base that routinely goes to more than one show on any given tour. This helps balance between playing the Hits for the casual fans and The Gems for the rest of us. I think it also keeps the band fresher and on their toes a bit more when there's an extensive catalog to pull from on any given tour. Plus it's nice to be surprised from time to time. We all know NOIS and Courage are coming... What's interesting, I think, are the unexpected curve-balls the band throws. Like last tour when the played The Bear. Who saw that coming? Nobody. And they didn't play Cordelia once. You coulda made money betting that one too.

Festivals

I understand the format that is required for festival slots which is usually one long set with an encore or two. And if you're attending one of these shows you show expect a greatest hits type of affair. Maybe a rare treat or two thrown in. That's nice but not necessary for these shows. The Casual Fan Ratio and First Time Ratio is off the charts at these events. Plus there'll be fans there mainly for another band even though The Hip are headlining. They will be much more likely to know and enjoy songs like Grace Too, Ahead By A Century, Blow At High Dough, Poets, Bobacygeon, 100th Meridian, MMAW, IAGLIYDW, In View, etc, etc. I'm not saying that you have no chance of catching your first Sharks or Fight or Apartment Song or Country Day for that matter, but I think there is a better shot for those at a Hip Specific 2-set show in a smaller venue.

An Evening With...

The 'Evening With...' shows will be taking place in Peterborough, Moncton, Windsor, Dawson Creek and possibly Buffalo, NY. These are traditionally harder tickets to come by and you get a much higher ratio of Hipheads so-to-speak. The band is afforded more stage-time and thus have more room to explore a bit deeper into their song cannon. Plus, as I mentioned, much more of the crowd is familiar with pretty much every song off of every album.

New Songs

This small summer tour or limited tour before the release of a new album is nothing new. The Tragically Hip's cycle has been remarkably consistent throughout their career. If we take a look at what happened during 2008, early 2006, 2005, 2003, and even 1997 we can discern a bit what may be in store for us as far as new material goes. A younger band tours all the time. An accomplished band with obligations beyond the band does not. The recent pattern has been Album Release > Heavy Touring > Year Off > A Few Shows > Album Release > Heavy Touring > Year Off > A Few Shows...

We are the same was release in 2009 followed by an extensive 'An Evening With..' tour is some fantastic venues. What did we hear in 2008 leading up to the release? Not much. In 7 shows there's only one that lists any songs off of WATS. 07/26/2008 - Pemberton, BC. And I'm skeptical of the setlist listed on thehip.com because it's 38 songs long.

World Container was release on October 17, 2006 and extensive touring started from that point with a run at The Phoenix in Toronto and continued until pretty much the end of 2007. Before WC's release however, The Hip played about a dozen shows in North America and a few over in Europe. During these shows songs such as The Drop-Off, Pretend, Fly, Yer Not the Ocean, LEOTR made their first appearances in the forms we currently know them. In View showed up in the 2 September shows prior to the album's release. Ocean, LEOTR and Pretend actually showed up in 2005.

During limited touring in 2003, IBE songs Gus, Nashville, Copenhagen, You're Everywhere, As Makeshift As We Are, and Goodnight Josephine were played.

Obviously I have no inside access, but I don't mind taking a stab that we will see 4-6 new songs previewed, tried on during this run. What I have noticed from what I've wrote is that not a lot of 1st singles have been previewed before the album release. Did you know the Grateful Dead started playing 'Touch of Grey' in concert way back in 1982 and that it wasn't put on an album until 1987's In the Dark album. It went on to propel the band to a crazy level of popularity and all kinds of people started coming to their live shows to hear a song that the Deadheads had been enjoying for the previous 5 years. The funny thing was that they didn't play it all that often and actually did a multi-night run at Madison Square Garden during the tour following the album's release without playing the song once. This of course mystified the record execs... OK. Sorry about that. I just started typing and well... So don't expect to hear The Hip's next big hit. It is always interesting to hear how these first versions of songs change from their debut to the album version to what's played live going forward.

Alright. That's all I got. If you're heading out to any shows, be safe. Be smart. Get high & share, or be drunk but don't be an ass. Just because someone else is is never an excuse. Have a DD. Pick up your garbage, etc, etc.

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Wild Mountain Honey - Lyrics

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Last played: 2000/12/23 Toronto, ON
Debut: 2000/06/13 Chicago, IL
Notes: A one tour wonder. This is one song that baffles me how it ever made it on to a Tragically Hip album. If it wasn't for In View, this would be my least favourite Hip song.


I don't wanna put another thought
    in my head.

The hummingbird is cleared for
    maintenance,
evacuating long after it made no sense.
It's not so much a load and stay any more
as a gotta-get-down-the-road-before-the-
    temperature-soars.

I don't wanna put a little thought
    in your head.

Diplomacy goes even better with drinks
(until the big city trees began to shrink.)
it's not so much a load out and stay
    anymore
it's gotta get down the road before the
    snarling traffic roars.

I don't wanna ask you,
    'What you got in your head?'
I'm not gonna ask you
    a whole bunch of questions.

OK, we agree to disagree....
Giving up....Giving Up the Embassy
is a whole lot better than,
The Embassy's Surrendering.

Flying home under the approval of the stars,
I couldn't be more at home with the way
    things are so hard.
It's not so much a load-out
    and stay anymore
its a gotta get down the road before
    the confetti cannon blows
    with litigious force.

I don't wanna ask you,
    'What you got in your head?'
I don't wanna ask you,
    'Whatcha been thinking?'

I don't wanna put another
    thought in my head.

I don't wanna put another
    thought in my head.



Next song: Train Overnight
Previous song: Toronto #4




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Train Overnight - Lyrics

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Last played: 2004/10/21 Clifton Park, NY
Debut: 1999/12/29 Toronto, ON
Notes: Played just 3 times since the 2000 'Music @Work Tour'. All 3 were in October 2004.

I loaded the variables like masterpieces
    from under the germ-led advance.
I saw your compass on a sea of frayed cable
    and aspects of vision afloat in a glance.
and outside the train overnight floodlights
    on inexorable sights.

You loaded the variables like acquisitions
    from under the noses entranced
you heard some trumpets you thought were
    turntables and inklings to listen
    dispersed in a glance.
outside the train overnight contrite the
    whistle wails goodnight apologizing like
    an ol' dictator might.

Of course we're now traveling by plane
if it's not a Canada of a pain
we'll entertain the idea of train
outside the train overnight bloodlines
    wheel-burnished in moonlight a great
    candescent white skeleton of flight.



Next song: The Bear
Previous song: Wild Mountain Honey




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The Bear - Lyrics

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Last played: 2009/06/06 Lewiston, NY
Debut: 2009/04/24 Toronto, ON
Notes: In hibernation since M@W's release in 2000, throughout those 2-set shows no less, The Bear finally awoke in the spring of 2009. After 4 appearances it's back in hibernation again. I've heard there was tension between him and Gus as well, but that's on the Down Low if you know what I mean.


I was first attracted by your scent
Your heart must be a caramelized onion
By the time I saw your flame
it was all over for you and whatshisname.

I think it was Algonquin Park
It was so cold and winter-dark
A promised hibernation high
took me across the great black plate of ice.

Now I'm the Islander.

I found a place to call my den
and dreamt of the Ferry and
the Enormous Man
Huge as were his children
following around after him

I'm the Islander
woke up in the furtive Spring
more capable of anything

I waited for more men to come
They docked their boats and cocked their guns
The time for truth and reconciliation's gone
But with my belly full I intended to get
    something done

I'm the Islander
woke up in the dead of spring
more hungry than anything
Islander



Next song: As I Wind Down The Pines
Previous song: Train Overnight




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As I Wind Down the Pines - Lyrics

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Last played: N/A
Debut: N/A
Notes: Well, if you haven't heard this album there's a very good chance you haven't heard this song.


As I wind down the pines
it's the lines on your face
playing on your face

Without thinking so much
as abandoning thought
I went through open country
over water meadows streams
lakes and wires and roosts in reeds
to a nest in the hole of
this dead
tree.

To play without stopping or pause
not for silence not for applause
not without thinking
and thinking's abandoning thought

As I wind down the pines
it's the lines on your face
playing on your face



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Fantasy Setlist 2011.010 Canada Day Downsview Park

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Canada Day & Fun with Letters

2011.010 (mjs)
Set I: Courage, Ahead By A Century, Nautical Disaster, All Canadian Surf Club, Daredevil, An Inch An Hour, Don't Wake Daddy, At the Hundredth Meridian, You're Everywhere

Set II: Family Band, Fifty Mission Cap, Freak Turbulence, Fly, Flamenco, Fight, Frozen In My Tracks, Fiddler's Green, Fireworks,Fire In The Hole, Fully Completely

Encore: The Dark Canuck, Last American Exit, Three Pistols










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The Tragically Hip EP - Lyrics

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The EP


Welcome to to lyrics post page for The Tragically Hip's EP release. Click on a song title below for the lyrics and Digital Lyric Art.

Released: 1987
Recorded: Sound Interchange, Phase One Studios (Toronto)
Length: 27:08
Label: MCA
Producer: Ken Greer


Track Listing:
Small Town Bringdown
Last American Exit
Killing Time
Evelyn
Cemetery Sideroad
I'm a Werewolf, Baby
Highway Girl
All-Canadian Surf Club


Next album: Up To Here




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We Are The Same - Lyrics

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WATS


Welcome to to lyrics post page for The Tragically Hip's We Are The Same album. Click on a song title below for the lyrics and Digital Lyric Art.

Released: April 7, 2009
Recorded: The Bathouse Recording Studio
Length: 57:21
Label: Universal Music Canada
Producer: Bob Rock
Certification: Platinum in Canada

Track Listing:
Morning Moon
Honey, Please
The Last Recluse
Coffee Girl
Now The Struggle Has A Name
The Depression Suite
The Exact Feeling
Queen Of The Furrows
Speed River
Frozen In My Tracks
Love Is A First
Country Day

Bonus tracks:
Hush
Skeleton Park


Next album: Now For Plan A
Previous album: World Container



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World Container - Lyrics

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World Contain-Her


Welcome to to lyrics post page for The Tragically Hip's World Container album. Click on a song title below for the lyrics and Digital Lyric Art.

Released: October 17, 2006
Recorded: The Warehouse Studio & Armoury Studios (Vancouver), Phase One Studios (Toronto), Paia (Hawaii)
Length: 42:27
Label: Universal Music Canada
Producer: Bob Rock
Certification: Platinum in Canada (300,000+ sold)

Track Listing:
Yer Not the Ocean
The Lonely End of the Rink
In View
Fly
Luv (sic)
The Kids Don't Get It
Pretend
Last Night I Dreamed You Didn't Love Me
The Drop-Off
Family Band
World Container


Next album: We Are The Same
Previous album: In Between Evolution




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In Between Evolution - Lyrics

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IBE


Welcome to to lyrics post page for The Tragically Hip's In Between Evolution album. Click on a song title below for the lyrics and Digital Lyric Art.

Released: June 29, 2004
Recorded: Studio X, Seattle, WA
Length: 40:13
Label: Universal
Producer: Adam Kasper
Certification: Platinum in Canada

Track Listing:
Heaven Is A Better Place Today
Summer's Killing Us
Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
Vaccination Scar
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
If New Orleans Is Beat
You're Everywhere
As Makeshift As We Are
Mean Streak
The Heart Of The Melt
One Night In Copenhagen
Are We Family
Goodnight Josephine



'In Between Evolution' Digital Lyric Art


Next album: World Container
Previous album: In Violet Light




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In Violet Light - Lyrics

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Welcome to to lyrics post page for The Tragically Hip's In Violet Light album. Click on a song title below for the lyrics and Digital Lyric Art.

Released: June 11, 2002
Recorded: Compass Point Studios (Nassau), The Bathouse Recording Studio
Length: 45:16
Label: Universal
Producer: Hugh Padgham, The Tragically Hip, Mark Vreeken
Certification: Platinum in Canada

Track Listing:
Are You Ready
Use It Up
The Darkest One
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
Silver Jet
Throwing Off Glass
All Tore Up
Leave
A Beautiful Thing
The Dire Wolf
The Dark Canuck


IVL


Next album: In Between Evolution
Previous album: Music@Work




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Music@Work - Lyrics

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Welcome to to lyrics post page for The Tragically Hip's Music@Work album. Click on a song title below for the lyrics and Digital Lyric Art.

Released: June 6, 2000
Recorded: The Bathouse Recording Studio
Length: 51:40
Label: Universal Music Canada
Producer: Steve Berlin, The Tragically Hip, Mark Vreeken
Certification: 2x Platinum in Canada

Track Listing:
My Music At Work
Tiger The Lion
Lake Fever
Putting Down
Stay
The Bastard
The Completists
Freak Turbulence
Sharks
Toronto #4
Wild Mountain Honey
Train Overnight
The Bear
As I Wind Down The Pines


M@W

Next album: In Violet Light
Previous album: Phantom Power




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The Tragically Hip - Peterborough, ON - 06/21/2011

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OK folks. Here's the new Tour Opener. You need to be a registered user on thehip.com to be able to purchase these tickets. New songs? Bustouts? Anything could happen. The info is below along with some handy-dandy links. Enjoy!

An Evening with The Tragically Hip
Tuesday June 21
Showplace Theatre
Peterborough, Ontario
Doors at 7:30pm, Show at 8:30pm
(bring photo ID and credit card used to purchase tickets)
Tickets are $40.00/each
Limit Four tickets per Registered User

Tickets onsale: Tuesday June 14th at 10:00am (est)
Tickets are only available to be purchased by Registered Users of thehip.com. You must be registered by 11:59pm on Monday June 13th to purchase tickets on Tuesday.

INSTRUCTIONS: Registered Users who log onto www.thehip.com at 10:00am on Tuesday June 14th and go to the PETERBOROUGH TICKETS PAGE will find a password and link to purchase tickets. Major credit cards are the only method of payment accepted.

Visit www.showplace.org for directions and venue information.
Please note, tickets for this show will NOT be available at the venue's usual ticket locations.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
  • No hard tickets will be sent out prior to the show date.
  • All tickets are to be picked up at the venue, when doors open at 7:30pm on the evening of the performance, by the individual who purchased the tickets.
  • PHOTO ID of purchaser and CREDIT CARD used to make the purchase will be REQUIRED to claim your tickets.
  • There will be no exceptions to this rule.

      This rule is instituted for you, the fans, so that tickets do not end up in the hands of ticket resellers.
  • TICKETS ARE NON-TRANSFERABLE. Once you pick up your tickets you must enter the venue.
  • No IN and OUTs.


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Fantasy Setlist 2011.009

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2011.009 (mjs)
Set I: Morning Moon, Emperor Penguin, The Completists, Emergency, New Orleans Is Sinking,  Gus, Greasy Jungle, Scared, Poets, Giftshop, Family Band

Set II: Looking for a Place to Happen, Boots or Hearts, Now the Struggle has a Name, The Drop-Off, Ahead By A Century, So Hard Done By, Fiddler's Green, No Threat, My Music at Work, Cordelia, Highway Girl, At the Hundredth Meridian

Encore: The Depression Suite

To see them all go to the Tragically Hip Fantasy Setlist Page.

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Will The Hip Play Bobcaygeon in Bobcaygeon?

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Is there any chance that The Tragically Hip WON'T play the song Bobcaygeon at their June 25th concert happening in Bobcaygeon, ON? I mean do they HAVE to? Are they obligated? Are there contract provision stating that it must happen?

What if they don't play it but throw down just a sick set of music that keeps the crowd into it from start to finish? What if they bust out Highway Girl instead? Will people be angry? Would you be angry?

Are people going to feel ripped off if they don't get a Bobcaygon in Bobcaygeon? Do you need one? I mean you're already there. In Bobcaygeon. Isn't that enough?

There's a cheese factor to all this. It's pretty much 100% that they're gonna play it. Right? We all know it's coming. A big sing-a-long ditty.

Digital Lyric Art
It was in Bobcaygeon...

And that's OK. This is all OK. I just wonder if the band feels that they must play this song being that they are finally playing a show There? It would be so ballsy not to play it. So ballsy.

Maybe just open with it. Get it out of the way straight off. Man, the stoners in the lots will start sprinting, bumping into people and swearing as they do - hauling ass for the entry gates. Forgetting their one-hitters. The beer garden will be chaos. Again, there will be more swearing when beers are dropped/spilled. It'll be calm and cool in the VIP section because they won't know what the fuck's going on anyway and probably couldn't care less. They'd be in 4G land.

That opening slot might not work though because there should be Constellations overhead. For effect and whatnot. Of course if it's cloudy they can re-slot it back to the opening position.

The nonchalant thing for the band to do would be to slot it into a nondescript position and maybe surround it with some "Big Boys". Then it doesn't look like they planned a "moment" a la single song triple encore just when you thought they weren't going to play it. Psyche.

What does history tell us on the matter? Can we discern how this band feels about songs that they know will carry some "destination weight"? Will they throw a song out there just because it will carry favor with a certain crowd? Like when the Grateful Dead would play Truckin' in the Buffalo area.

I grabbed most of this info off of TheHip.com . Their data base is OK. It's missing pieces here and there. Like most of their history in Saskatchewan. Just an FYI. Let me know if you see something doesn't seem to jive or have some addition info.

Will The Hip play Bobcaygeon in Bobcaygeon? The Math.

Math is used to prove a lot of things. That won't be the case here. Let's take a look anyway...

Chagrin Falls
Chagrin Falls, OH
It's part of the metro Cleveland area so that's what I looked at. There were 7 shows in Cleveland since the release of Phantom Power that The Hip headlined. Chagrin Falls was played at 4 of them. Now that doesn't jump out as anything out of the ordinary. They didn't play it at EVERY show. Only 57% of shows. It looks like restraint, however, I'd be very surprised if Chagrin Falls was played at more than 5% of shows since its release in 1998. Shocked actually.

The people of Cleveland are lucky. It's a good tune and it should be played more.

This definitely supports the notion that Bobcaygeon will be played in Bobcaygeon.


New Orleans Is Sinking

Four shows taking place in 1998, 2000, 2004 & 2007.( I can't believe they haven't played here more.) Every time. 100%. The 2007 one was post-Katrina. The easy thing to do would have been to remove it, play the gig and bring it out in the next town. Either they lost a bet or maybe they just don't give a shit. They'll play what they want, when they want. No one tell North to shut their big mouth. No sir. They was right all along. Shoulda listened, eh?

NOIS

The hard numbers of NOIS in New Orleans support a Bob in Bob. The post Katrina playing of the song leads me to believe that they are capable of going against the grain of expectations. I'm sure people in the crowd were wondering if they were going to play NOIS that night. It was definitely being discussed and anticipated.

Wheat Kings

Saskatoon. The Paris of the Prairies.
Four shows. Four Wheat Kings. 1997, 2004, 2007, 2009.

That's leaning directly towards a Bobcaygeon in Bobcaygeon. Yep.

Bobcaygeon

That Night In Toronto!

The Hip have done 37 shows in Toronto proper (not including as an opening act or as part of a radio show or awards show). Of those shows Bobcaygeon has been played 24 times. That's about 65%. I'm not sure how much Bobcaygeon has been played since Phantom Power was released. It's a very popular song and has always been a regular in the rotation with no shelf-time that I'm aware of. Two out of every three shows seems like a lot though. That's NOIS territory. I'm going to say (without the definitive math) that this percentage is higher than average when taking a random 37 show block of concerts from this period.

Now ten of these 37 Toronto shows took place in 2 blocks at smaller venues. The 4 show Phoenix Concert Theatre run in Oct 2006 and the epic 6 show Massey Hall run of 2009. I submit that the band planned these particular setlists around the fact that many people would be doing the entire run. These were hard tickets to get and many serious fans got them. And they didn't want to see the same show night after night. If I remove these shows from the equation we are left with 19/27 for a percentage of just over 70.

Some of the remaining 27 shows were back-to-back at the same venue such as the Aug 1-2, 2002 shows at the Molson Amphitheatre and the June 23-24, 2006 shows at Historic Fort York. Bobcaygeon was played only once at each pairing. I mention this because I feel there would be a very high chance of Bobcaygeon being included had the show fallen on another date and not aligned in a pair. Shit. I can't even prove that last statement. I don't know why I even wrote it. Meh. Food for thought I guess.

The Air Canada Centre. The ACC. The Hanger. Home of the Raptors, the Rock and of course the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Big Stage in the Big City. How much does The Hip like playing Bobcaygeon at the ACC where the crowd can belt out the lyrics en masse? 8 shows. 8 plays. 9/9 actually if you count THIS ONE. (I was in a bad mood when I wrote that so be careful). I mean 50MC has only been played 4/8 times at the ACC and Barilko's banner is hanging there. It's a jizz fest all day if they bring that one out in the T-Dot. If you lump the Molson Amphitheatre in with that it's 11/12 at the Big Time Toronto venues.

The above info heavily suggests that Bobcaygeon will be played in Bobcaygeon.


It was in Bobcaygeon, where they played Bobcaygeon???

In Conclusion

I have some proximity stats. There's been 9 shows within 100km of Bobcaygeon since the song's release. 5/9 times it was played. 2 shows were of the back-to-back variety so in the interest of not repeating... Of course, none of these venues was in Bobcaygeon. They do include Barrie, Bala, Belleville & Peterborough.

It appears like when they're near Bobcaygeon they will try to play Bobcaygeon. It really appears like when they're in Toronto they love to play Bobcaygeon. I'm sure lots of people from Toronto have tickets for Bobcaygeon.

In the long run will it be important that they play Bobcaygeon in Bobcaygeon? No.

Do they have the balls not to play it? Maybe.

Will they play Bobcaygeon in Bobcaygeon?. Absolutely.



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