The Tragically Hip

[damien24]

you know and love em  deal with it

[Neemo]

Actually I have never been much of a fan of them, (I haven't really liked anything since "Looking for a Place to Happen" ) but they certainly have the Majority of Canadians as fans (just not this one)

But, then again, folk music isn't really my thing

[ryan_of_lax]

...folk music?
I don't really see how The Hip sound like Simon & Garfunkle or old Bob Dylan or Jonie Mitchell...

I am with the majority of Canada I guess, because I love the Tragically Hip. I think its cool they never really made it big outside of Canada, makes them more special to everyone here I guess. Plus lyrical references to CBC and former Prime Ministers probably wouldn't go over so well with an American audience...

If any of you have never heard the band, I really suggest downloading a few songs to see what you're missing.
Courage, Nautical Disaster, Twist My Arm, Ahead By A Century are all great songs to start off with.

[Malcolm]

Ya The Hip are sweet..Seen them twice but never in there own concert..Got some great tunes though like Blow At High Dough,Poets,New Orleans and there last few albums have been really good to

[Neemo]

...folk music?
I don't really see how The Hip sound like Simon & Garfunkle or old Bob Dylan or Jonie Mitchell...

You don't? Oh well.......

[Evolution]

I downloaded "Wheat Kings". Sounded good to me. Any other songs i should know about?

[Eazy E]

I own all the albums up until In Violet Light... I did like the Vaccinatin Scar single, but I never got around to picking up that album.

I've seen them live twice, once at the ACC, once at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto... My favourite song is probably Nautical Disaster.  Fifty Mission Cap is another favourite, but I'm a Leafs fan     Oh, and Fireworks ("You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey, well I never saw someone say THAT before!")

Which album do you guys like best?

[GNFNRS]

I love the Hip.  Anyone get the Box set yet?  I am getting it for Xmas.  I love all of their cds except the first one.  I thought In Between Evolution was their best since Day For Night.

[Malcolm]

The Tragically Hip has finally let the world in on the title of the group's forthcoming album and their new single.

Gord Downie and Co. have decided on "World Container" as the follow-up to 2004's studio effort "In Between Evolution."

The album is set to arrive in Canadian stores on Oct. 17, while the first single, "In View," will hit Canadian radio on Tuesday.

However, you can listen to "In View" on the band's official website right now.

"World Container" was produced by Bob Rock, whose extensive credits include Metallica, Bon Jovi, The Cult, Bryan Adams, Simple Plan and The Tea Party.

More details of the release as well as tour plans are expected in the coming weeks. The Hip has one Canadian tour date on their schedule, at the Ovation Music Festival in Stratford, ON on Sept. 9.
   

The band road-tested some of the new material during their recent live dates. Some of the new tracks that were performed and which are expected to appear on the disc include "Pretend," "Fly," "The Drop Off," "Ocean" and "The Lonely End Of The Rink."

[Danny Top Hat]

I'm just listening to some tracks now and like what i'm hearing.  They do sound like Dylan, but in a good way (no crappy violins).  They sound very cool!

[Redrocket16]

one word... BOBCAYGEON

[Malcolm]

Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto - October 22, 2006

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By JANE STEVENSON -- Toronto Sun
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A veteran group playing new material in concert is always a dodgy proposition.

Never mind the entire album.

But you?d think notoriously devoted Tragically Hip fans would have gotten on board as their beloved band played the first of four soldout shows last night at the Phoenix in suppport of their barely weekold new disc, World Container.

Instead, the Canrock veterans, who hail from Kingston had to work hard to win over the 1,000 or so gathered in the intimate setting almost every time they brought out a new tune.

So for every barnburning old favourite like 50 Mission Cap, Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin? Man, Nautical Disaster, Ahead By A Century, Wheat Kings, and Blow At High Dough ? which all prompted enthusiastic singalongs ? there was uncharacteristic stillness during many of the new songs.

Notable exceptions proved to be the concert-opening The Lonely End Of The Rink, the new album?s poppy first single, In View, Luv (Sic), Fly, Yer Not The Ocean, and Family Band, all driven by Rob Baker?s distinctive guitar playing and Gord Downie?s wailing vocals.

And some quieter, more reflective tunes like Bobcaygeon, the title track from World Container and the new tune Pretend, all deserved and got a more reserved response.

As usual, Downie proved to be a twitching, feverish frontman in head-totoe black, save for a red handkerchief which he waved behind him like a rooster?s tail or beside him like a matador?s cape.

By the end of the group?s hour-and-50-minute set, Downie was a sweaty, happy madman who praised ?music lovers? for turning up.

Before the band, rounded out by drummer Johnny Fay, rhythm guitarist Paul Langlois and bassist Gord Sinclair, even took the stage fans were chanting, ?Hip! Hip! Hip!? And upstairs on the catwalk it was a who?s who of sports personalities with Dave Hodge (TSN), Martine Gaillard (Rogers Sportsnet) and Kathryn Humphreys (City TV) all showing their appreciation

The Hip play at the Phoenix tonight, Wednesday and Thursday nights before heading west to play four nights each in Calgary and Vancouver, and then head back for two more nights in Montreal.

The band is expected to launch a cross-Canada arena tour early next year and hopefully by that time, fans will be well-acquainted with World Container, a slight departure in sound with both slicker and poppier tunes produced by Bob Rock.


 

[Malcolm]

The Tragically Hip have announced dates for their upcoming two-month Canadian winter tour.

In an email message to fans, the group revealed they will play 19 dates in January and February on a tour that is moving from west to east.

Tickets for all shows go on sale on October 27 and October 28. A special presale for registered users at thehip.com will be able to get first crack at the best seats in the house starting tomorrow (Oct. 24).

The tour is in support of the band's latest album, "World Container."

The band are currently gearing up for the bigger tour with intimate club dates in select cities across the country.

Here are the '07 dates:

January 8th -- Save On Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria, BC
January 10th -- Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops, BC
January 12th -- CN Centre, Prince George, BC
January 13th -- Canada Games Arena, Grande Prairie, AB
January 14th -- Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB
January 16th -- Enmax Centrium, Red Deer, AB
January 17th -- Enmax Centre, Lethbridge, AB
January 19th -- Brandt Centre At Ipsco Place, Regina, Saskatchewan
January 20th -- Mts Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
January 22nd -- Fort Williams Gardens, Thunder Bay, ON
January 23rd -- Steelback Centre, Sault St. Marie, ON
January 25th -- Barrie Molson Centre, Barrie, ON
January 27th -- Sudbury Arena, Sudbury, ON
January 29th -- Memorial Centre, Peterborough, ON
January 31st -- General Motors Centre, Oshawa, ON
February 2nd -- Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, ON
February 5th -- John Labatt Centre, London, ON
February 6th -- Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, ON
February 8th -- Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON

[mrlee]

never heard of them.

[J.J. Cook]

Maybe the majority of Canadians like them but I bet the majority of Canadian teens don't I betcha. No one I know likes them. Some people might not even have heard of them.

[Fspen]

I know I'll be seeing them in January!  The Hip rock!

[Eazy E]

Maybe the majority of Canadians like them but I bet the majority of Canadian teens don't I betcha. No one I know likes them. Some people might not even have heard of them.

I was probably part of the last group of teenagers to like the Hip... I think they are for the 21+ crowd now.  So what?  The music taste of Canadian teens is getting to be as bad as American teens...  At least there is a handful of them that like Guns N' Roses.

I am strapped for cash after getting tickets to GN'R at the Scotiabank Place, but maybe by the time February rolls around I can get some last-minute Hip tickets.  It's been awhile since I've listened to - or seen them.  I think I'll rip some CDs to my iPod right now actually...

[Bono]

I never really got the Hip when I was younger but recently I've really gotten into them. Songs like Wheat Kings,  Fiddler's Green, Courage, Trickle Down, Escape is at the hand for the travelin man, So Hard Done by, etc. etc are truely classic songs. they are a great band and in my opinion the are Canada's greatest band of all time. I'm not saying they're my favorite Canadian band ever(that would be Moist) but I'll admit I think the Tragically Hip have accomplished enough and have a strong enough catelogue to warrent the title of best Canadian band ever. I don't know how to explain it but there is somthing aslo very distinctly Canadian about their sound. Their new album is also pretty good. I'm gonna go see them in January.

I agree with Eazy E thought hat they may bemore of a 21+ kinda band. Too band since they kick the shit outta bands like Sum 41, Simple Plan, Billy Talent, Nickleback, default, Theory of a Deadman among others which are considerd Canada's gifts to rock music these days. make me sick.

[Malcolm]

I dont know if id say there for the 21+ group considering me and about 15 buddies camped outside the Memorial centre in Ptbo last night to gert tickets for them and were only 16-17

[Fspen]

I dont know if id say there for the 21+ group considering me and about 15 buddies camped outside the Memorial centre in Ptbo last night to gert tickets for them and were only 16-17

Holy smokes, you camped outside the arena boxoffice for tickets?  That's crazy, but I hope you got some good seats.

I guess I'm lucky to be at school in Lethbridge, shit... my internet wasn't working a half hour before tickets went on sale so I jogged to school.  Then at campus, the online ticket center wouldn't let me verify my credit card for some reason or another.  So then I walked home.  There, someone's on the F'n phone and by the time I able to call the boxoffice I figured I'd be stuck with seats waaay at the back... however, t'was not the case.  Snagged a floor seat, row 3, about an hour after they went on sale.   

[Malcolm]

Ya man....The show in ptbo soldout about an hour after tickets went on sale

[Malcolm]

November 01 2006: Macewan Hall, Calgary: Set List
1: The Lonely End Of The Rink
2: Twist My Arm
3: In View
4: Ahead By A Century
5: The Drop-Off
6: The Dire Wolf
7: Gift Shop
8: Fly
9: Fireworks
10: Pretend
11: Thirty-Eight Years Old
12: My Music At Work
13: Luv (Sic)
14: Are We Family
15: The Kids Don't Get It
16: Greasy Jungle
17: Yer Not The Ocean
18: New Orleans Is Sinking
19: Family Band
20: Summer's Killing Us
21: World Container
22: Blow At High Dough

[Eazy E]

11: Thirty-Eight Years Old

Awesome... One of my all time favourite Hip songs.

[Malcolm]

Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip (tickets | music) has added US dates to a North American tour supporting its latest album, "World Container."

The Hip got its road party started earlier this month by kicking off a leg of Canadian arena dates that will take the band through Feb. 8. The US trek launches Feb. 26 in Long Beach, CA, and wraps April 29 in Washington, DC. Along the way, the band will play three shows with The Who and perform a two-night stand at New York City's famed Irving Plaza. Details are listed below.

The Tragically Hip's current itinerary isn't the end of the road, according to its website, which says this is just the beginning of the band's 2007 plans.

"World Container," the Hip's 11th studio album in its more than 20-year career, was released in Canada in October and will hit stores in the US and elsewhere March 6. A handful of songs from the record are streaming at the band's MySpace page, as is the video for lead single "In View."

The new release follows 2005's "Hipeponymous," a 37-song, two-CD, two-DVD boxed set that includes a full-length concert DVD and a bonus DVD featuring 23 videos.

The Tragically Hip, which has won a dozen Juno awards since 1990, was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2005.




January 2007
16 - Red Deer, Alberta - Enmax Centrium
17 - Lethbridge, Alberta - Enmax Centre
19 - Regina, Saskatchewan - Brandt Centre At Ipsco Place
20 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre
22 - Thunder Bay, Ontario - Fort William Gardens
23 - Sault St. Marie, Ontario - Steelback Centre
25-26 Barrie, Ontario - Barrie Molson Centre
27 - Sudbury, Ontario - Sudbury Arena
29 - Peterborough, Ontario - Memorial Centre
31 - Oshawa, Ontario - General Motors Centre

February 2007
2 - Ottawa, Ontario - Scotiabank Place
5 - London, Ontario - John Labatt Center
6 - Hamilton, Ontario - Copps Coliseum
8 - Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
26 - Long Beach, CA - Long Beach Arena (w/ The Who)
28 - Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center (w/ The Who)

March 2007
1 - San Diego, CA - ipayOne Center at the Sports Arena
5 - Hoffman Estates, IL - The Sears Centre
6 - Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse (w/ The Who)
8 - Rochester, NY - Harro East Ballroom
9-10 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
13 - Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre
15 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar
16 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
19 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
21 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
26 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
28 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
29 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre

April 2007
12 - Detroit, MI - State Theater
16-17 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
18 - Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights
20 - Boston, MA - Avalon
24-25 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
28 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
29 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club


Going to the ptbo show, Will let yas know how it was

[judaskennedy]

damn,  opening for The Who,   thats a sweet bill-

[Malcolm]

Heres the setlist from the Hip concert I attended Monday night with about 30 friends, was Sold-out and was a solid performance from the band...Nothing fancy but my god Gord Downie is crazy on stage lol, Someone brought a massive ballon and blew it up and ppl were hitting it around and at the end of a song he asked for it and he stuck the microhpone in the side of it and jumped on it with his stomack and it burst and he got back up and said "I hate fucking ballons" haha it was hilarious, But during the Hundreath Meridian he did his little thing where he sings super quick it was awsome, he even took a small nap on the side of the stage and they did a tribute to Joni Mitchell singing Big Yellow Taxi, All in All it was a solid performance from the band, My only complaint is no 38 Years Old, Wheat Kings or Fiddlers Green which is possibly my new faviourite song

January 29 2007: Memorial Centre, Peterborough: Set List
1: The Lonely End Of The Rink
2: New Orleans Is Sinking
3: Fully Completely
4: Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
5: The Drop-Off
6: Ahead By A Century
7: In View
8: Gift Shop
9: The Last Of The Unplucked Gems
10: World Container
11: Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
12: At The Hundredth Meridian
13: It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
14: The Kids Don't Get It
15: Fireworks
16: Bobcaygeon
17: Yer Not The Ocean
18: Grace, Too
19: Blow At High Dough

20: Big Yellow Taxi
21: Family Band
22: Little Bones

[Malcolm]

Wow....They just kicked major ass at the Junos...played Yer Not The Ocean off there new album with bob Rock....Was a great performance

[Eazy E]

Hmmm, I doubt that performance will show up on YouTube... too bad I missed it!

Strange to see this thread, I just listened to Henhouse and Phantom Power a couple of days ago out of the blue!

[hellfirecan]

The hip rock.  I saw them live in Thunder Bay a couple of months ago.  Awesome show.  Downie and the boys are Canadian rock at it's finest.

[AxlsMainMan]

Been gorging on the first 3 albums lately

[Eazy E]

11: Thirty-Eight Years Old

Awesome... One of my all time favourite Hip songs.

I agree 100% with me from 7 years ago - fantastic song!!!

[AxlsMainMan]

11: Thirty-Eight Years Old

Awesome... One of my all time favourite Hip songs.

I agree 100% with me from 7 years ago - fantastic song!!!

I live like 10 minutes from Millhaven Maximum

I've seen them live twice, once at the ACC, once at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto... My favourite song is probably Nautical Disaster.  Fifty Mission Cap is another favourite, but I'm a Leafs fan     Oh, and Fireworks ("You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey, well I never saw someone say THAT before!")

Gord's vocals on the track that follows Fireworks give it a slight edge