1)Vic
2)36-Hamilton,Ont.
3)All
4)Bobcaygeon
5)Everyday
6)First hearing Up To Here...New Orleans,Boots,38 Years Old,Blow
7)I thought Canada was part of the U.S? : )
The Heron Outside Wrote:Dude, which Pop Music class are you in? I'm taking the one on Tuesday evening...All we've got are two multiple choice midterms...I think you lucked out with Profs...
The Heron Outside,
It's the third year issues in popular music class, your in popular culture and music. I think jesse is the best teacher at school.
NegPhil Wrote:1) Name
2) Age and Location
3) Do you own any hip albums, if so how many?
4) What is your favourite Hip Song?
5) Do you listen to the Tragically Hip, if so how often.
6) What immediately attracted you to hip OR What did you first dislike about the band
5) If you are not from Canada, do you feel that the strong Canadian content of the Hip's lyrics alienates the listeners?
1) Tim
2) 37 Olympia, Washington
3) 12
4) Nautical Disaster
5) Yes. I listen to the Hip almost every day.
6) The immediate attraction to the Hip for me was a perceived reflection of myself. The band and the music spoke about themes and issues I could relate with in a style that moved me.
7) I do not think the music or the band alienates non-Canadian listeners. I don't what to upset anyone but I think the most damage to the band outside of Canada has been from its fans. I think it is cool that Canadians are so passionate about the Hip but the amount of nationalism the fans bring to shows definitely alienates non-Canadian fans. It is not that people dislike Canadians, to the contrary, Canadians are liked and admired abroad. The problem is when people go to shows outside of Canada and wrap themselves in the Canadian flag and chant the national anthem, non Canadians often feel unwelcome as if the music is not intended for them.
Very good answer to #7. I agree. To take it a step further, I think the way the Hip are spoke of as HUGE IN CANADA might turn off Americans and Europeans also. A fan doesn't want to be hit over the head with how huge a band is. It's almost an insult to their intelligence or something. I gotta be honest in saying that hearing about how the Arcade Fire is the best band in the world really turns me off even more to the band. Same with Coldplay. Too much hype tends to wear thin after a while, IMO. If I lived in North Dakota or Colorado, I wouldn't be that interested in being hit over the head with talk of this great band from Canada who is so great and just huge in their homeland, but people outside of their homeland are too dumb to catch on to their greatness.
1) Joe
1)17, Winnipeg
3) All their works
4) It Can't Be Nashville Everynight
5) two or more albums a day
6) Gord's unique voice and lyrics
1) Nick
2) 17, Winnipeg
3) All Of Them
4) Right Now....Stay
5) Pretty much all day long at school
6) The concert in Winnipeg in 2004, Changed my life man.
1) Chris K
2) 30, Toronto, Ontario
3) All of the studio albums, plus about 40 singles, and hundreds of live fan recordings.
4) Nautical Disaster or Fully Completely (depends on how I'm feeling...)
5) Yes. Regularly.
6) I hated Gord's voice, but eventually I came around because of the lyrics, music, imagery, energy, etc.
1) Name
2) Age and Location
3) Do you own any hip albums, if so how many?
4) What is your favourite Hip Song?
5) Do you listen to the Tragically Hip, if so how often.
6) What immediately attracted you to hip OR What did you first dislike about the band
5) If you are not from Canada, do you feel that the strong canadian content of the Hip's lyrics alienates the listeners?
1) Dave
2) 49 , Niagara Falls Ontario
3) all of them
4) Cordelia
5) pretty much daily
6) the passion from the music and lyrics
1) Name : Ron
2) Age and Location : 39 (soon 40) Lockport, New York
3) Do you own any hip albums, if so how many? All Studio recordings + boatload of bootlegs
4) What is your favourite Hip Song? direwolf at the moment
5) Do you listen to the Tragically Hip, if so how often. i goes in waves might go sometime without listening then tour starts and i am hooked again listen everyday
6) What immediately attracted you to hip OR What did you first dislike about the band heard road apples at a friends party hooked ever since
5) If you are not from Canada, do you feel that the strong canadian content of the Hip's lyrics alienates the listener no i don't
1) Name --- Bill
2) Age and Location ---32 Charlotte, NC (grew up in Watertown, NY)
3) Do you own any hip albums, if so how many? ---all of them. How many are there?
4) What is your favourite Hip Song? ---- Locked In the Trunk of a Car
5) Do you listen to the Tragically Hip, if so how often. ---- yes, 3-5 times per week.
6) What immediately attracted you to hip OR What did you first dislike about the band? ---- location to my hometown, great lyrics. 1st dislike - everyone comparing them to REM
5) If you are not from Canada, do you feel that the strong canadian content of the Hip's lyrics alienates the listeners? ---- No, most people don't get the lyrics anyways. Music is music. Lyrics are secondary.
good luck with this project....grad school is lame....work, work, work!!!
Name: Morgan
Age & Location: 20, VT
albums?: only own live between us, I have bought most of the rest of them through I tunes
favorite song: if forced Fiddlers green, otherwize there is a huge tie
how often do I listen?: daily :jump
attracted me?: um, my cousins were constantly listening to them in the early 90s, I rediscovered them a couple years ago, Gords voice, along with the drive in the music first then the lyrics once I started listening to them more
Do the lyrics alienate me?: no, I live about 3 miles from the border, I have never seen them live, but the lyrics turned me on to them, there are very very few lyrics that I cant relate to from the hip
1) Name Matt
2) Age and Location 35 LA, CA
3) Do you own any hip albums, if so how many? All of them
4) What is your favorite Hip Song? Twist My Arm/Nashville
5) Do you listen to the Tragically Hip, if so how often? 5 times a week
6) What immediately attracted you to hip OR What did you first dislike about the band? The wa-wa peddle used throughout Road Apples.
5) If you are not from Canada, do you feel that the strong Canadian content of the Hip's lyrics alienates the listeners? I don’t think the lyrics alienate the listeners as much as a few select Canucks who travel south for the US club shows. This does not pertain to every Canadian attending a US show, just the one or two who feel its their God-given right to push their way to the front and then announce, "they are a bigger Hip fan than you" simply because they live in the same country as the band. These are usually the same dopes who end up standing there with their arms crossed until they play 50 MC, Little Bones, or NOIS…at which point they try to start a mosh pit or attempt to crowd surf.
1) Name Roland
2) Age and Location I'm 25, living in Incheon, South Korea, originally from Vancouver, BC
3) Do you own any hip albums, if so how many? Twelve, plus Yer Favourites
4) What is your favourite Hip Song? This changes everyday. I'd say right now, it's Yer Not the Ocean, or In View
5) Do you listen to the Tragically Hip, if so how often. Everyday
6) What immediately attracted you to hip OR What did you first dislike about the band I first heard Gift Shop when I was in great eight, and my English teacher put it on over some work we were doing. I was immediately drawn to the lyrics and the fact that someone I admired wanted to share this with us
To what extent do the lyrics actually have strong Canadian content, overall, and to what extent is that part of the band's mythology?
I think if you were to look song-by-song, you'd find that the majority of the songs don't contain Canadian references. That being the case, you'd be better off asking if the nationalist mythology around the band alienates non-Canadians.
skippy the wonder dog Wrote:To what extent do the lyrics actually have strong Canadian content, overall, and to what extent is that part of the band's mythology?
I think if you were to look song-by-song, you'd find that the majority of the songs don't contain Canadian references. That being the case, you'd be better off asking if the nationalist mythology around the band alienates non-Canadians.
I think this is the first time in a long time I whole-heartedly agree with you, Skip :lol:
The paddling past canuck references have become saturated through the work of that Canadian identity cabal (located in Moonbeam, Ontari-ari-o) who refuse to except that the remote-control's on Mars.
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