I was at summer camp when I was 14 and went on a canoe trip (right when fully came out)
The person taking us out would relate every song to algonquin park, 3 pistols was a classic especailly when we hit canoe lake with the Tom thompson memorial !
That is what got me into these guys. Everytime I hear them it reminds me of a great childhood memory
Kinda grew up with them,
It also seems that whenever I move cities the hip comes out with a new album that relates to the my life move
Cheers
Good ol' CKLC and the Great White Hunter wakin' me up every morning.
My conversion to Hip fan came while listening to Road Apples and playing NCAA Basketball with a buddy in my basement. Hours were spent playing the game, and listening to that CD. I still have flashbacks to that game when I play the album.
I knew of the band before that, and the older students at my highschool were really into them, but I wasn't. That changed quickly and I've been hooked ever since.
I was a late-comer to Hip-fandom. Courage is the first song I ever remember hearing on the radio. It was playing on the radio while I was at a neighbour's birthday party. What really hooked me on The Hip, though, was Gift Shop and Ahead By A Century. I was a latebloomer on getting into music. I was kind of a book nerd throughout elementary school and then in seventh grade all I ever heard were Gift and ABAC. TATH was the first album I ever bought.
not a huge fan until IVL for some reason, but I also didn't listen to good music back in my teen years..hehe.....but that's all changed now, IVL, IBE and WC were all bought the day it came out, and the box set too
I became a Hip fan back in 1990 when I saw them play at Buffalo State College. The room they played in was the size of large broom closet and held 100 people at the most. I remember them playing Highway Girl. Gordy statrted the double suicide rant and when he got to the point when he says "she blew her head off" I gasped outloud. At that point in my life I was going thru my first adult broken heart period and could really relate to that kind of angst. I remember my date being upset with the "message" of the song.(hippy chick!) After the show I rush out and picked up the first two tapes at the record store down the street.
I was watching much music circa 1988, saw the vid for Last american Exit....I thought Gord looked and sounded a lot like John F. from CCR, and I was really diggin CCR in those days. Went to the record store that day, picked up the EP. Got to see them while they were touring the EP at Red Deer College in the Far side Lounge, probably about 25 people in the audience, but they played as if there were 2500.
Fan ever since
nois got me(e.p),played the road apples (cassette) till it wouldnt play no more.ont. place,molson park,the rest is history! old school baby!
After I graduated in '94 I went off to the Far East for 6 weeks, following my nose round Thailand, Indonesia etc. It was a fantastic trip, and I got into the habit of buying the cheap pirated cassettes tapes over there and then trading them on with people I met up with. One of these swappees was a Canadian guy who was with us for a few days in North Thailand. One of the tapes he gave me was a copy of Fully Completely and I just loved it. Once home I bought up what back catalogue Hip CDs I could find and waited with bated breath for the next release. DFN was again a revelation, and I had my own 'secret' amazing Canadian band to worship from afar! I had to wait until the TATH tour to see them live but it was worth it, and I have been spreading the word of the Hip to whoever will listen ever since. Great band. Great fans.
Andy
In high school I mainly listened to RUSH, MAX WEBSTER and AC/DC.
Once I was old enough to go to the bars I got into CONEY HATCH, RICK SANTERS, TPOH, NORTHERN PIKES and the bands who were out there touring. Then one night in Cambridge THE HIP came and blew me away. The bar I saw them at doesn't exist anymore but they were playing tunz from UP TO HERE and ROAD APPLES although RA hadn't been released yet. I remember how packed and hot the club was and how tense Gord made us feel. He did this 5 minute routine with his mic stand during the song FIGHT. Someone touched the base of it and he went after him and like .. HEY THIS IS MY SHIT, DON'T TOUCH IT !! A couple of fights broke out later on. I will never forget that night ! I was hooked.
andy42g Wrote:I had to wait until the TATH tour to see them live but it was worth it, and I have been spreading the word of the Hip to whoever will listen ever since. Great band. Great fans.
Andy
How many times have you seen them live then, Andy?
I was introduced to UTH around 1989. Travelled across Canada listening to Metallica, Eric Clapton and of course the hip. And was fully and completely hooked at ARA Markham Fairgrounds 1993. Good times!
I was first introduced to Das Hips via the early 90's show Video Hits. The song at the end of the show (Little Bones) was really cool, but I didn't know who performed it. Later, I was given FC as a present, and fell in love with the energy and intelligence of the band. It wasn't until I went out and bought RA (on tape no less) that I discovered that this was indeed the mystery band.
As a side note, I've had WC in the van since it came out, and the first time my 5-year old daughter heard "In View", she started humming along. Later that day, we caught her "doo doo doo-ing" while she played. And now, she knows every word by heart. I'm so proud! :thumb:
Zenith Wrote:andy42g Wrote:I had to wait until the TATH tour to see them live but it was worth it, and I have been spreading the word of the Hip to whoever will listen ever since. Great band. Great fans.
Andy
How many times have you seen them live then, Andy?
(Counts) Five. Each time they've played Shepherd's Bush Empire since then.
I'm a really recent Hip fan. My boyfriend introduced them to me over the summer (I swear, I've never heard him play any other band in his car), they're his absolute favourite band. I didn't really get into them that much because I never took the time to really listen to them (they were always just background music in the car).
Then when we found out they are coming here this January, we decided that we HAD to get tickets (well, he decided, and wanted me to come with) and so I thought, "Well, I guess I'll just force myself to learn at least a few of their songs so that I don't feel totally out of place at the show."
And so I started listening (really listening) to The Hip...and haven't been able to stop ever since! I'm totally in love! They're probably my favourite band now.
Phantom Power.
Enough said.