10-29-2003, 11:13 AM
Before i start on about the show i want you all to know i wish you could have been there as well.
Here's the story. On Monday i got a call about this show and was asked if i wanted to be on the guest list. Being a huge hip fan like of all of you i of course said yes. I work at a local radio station in Vancouver and the call came from a friend of mine who knew the guy that was organizing the sho. From what i heard the shows were invite only. A few people who were waiting outside since 8am i think got in. They better have. It was cold out there!
So of we went last night after work. We arrived at the Boot Pub at 8pm and sure enough our names were on the guest list. There was a $20 cover charge that went to victims of the Floods in the Whistler/Pemberton area.
This place was ridiculously small! I think my living room is bigger???
I asked one of the Hips entourage why they were playing these shows. What he said was that The Tragically Hip are in town writing new material and wanted to play a small venue to test some of the material out. After deciding on the Boot Pub, they decided to donate all ticket sales to the Flood Relief Efforts.
Ok so now with the show.. My friends and i managed to get right up front. So close that you could get soaked by the sweat coming of the band.
The set list went like this and wow did they ever play alot of new songs!!
* denotes New Songs
NOIS
*Fighter Fighter
Puttin Down
*Josephine
ABAC
*Ballroom
*Forget
Nautical Disaster
*Beat
*Makeshift
Poets
*Paint
Hundreth Meridian
*Whats up With Gus
Music At Work
Wheat Kings
*You
Fire In The Hole
Encore
Blow At High Dough
*Cook
*Dancer
Lil Bones
As you can see the played a whole whack of new songs. Of course the titles are extremely edited on the song sheet. Sorry i can't give you the full names of all the new songs.
Which new songs stood out?
Fighter was by far my favorite of the new songs. It totally rocked. It will be a classic Hip live tune.
Makeshift was another highlight. It had a good rockin beat with Gord and Paul doing some great backups in the chorus.
Another stand out was What's up With Gus. A song Gord described as a song about a Polar Bear named Gus.
Judging from what i heard. I have a feeling the new album is going to be quite rocking so we have something awesome to look forward to.
After Blow At High Dough came on the crowd decided it was time to push to the front and some big guy started wreaking havoc. After the tech guy came and warned him to cool it they pointed at security to get him out of there. At the point Gord Downie starts yelling "Watch out we have a flailer. We have a flailer. Flailer!" as he is being ushered to the back. Quite an amusing moment but maybe you had to be there.
Well that's about all i can type for now. I will be posting the photos on <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rock101.com">www.rock101.com</a><!-- w --> by 3pm today. Not sure how well they turned out. I hate using a digital camera from the front row as the flash even on the lowest level is freakin bright.
Again i wish you call could have been there.
Take Care
CW
P.S
Lets not forget about those who lost there lives as a result of the floods.
Here's the story. On Monday i got a call about this show and was asked if i wanted to be on the guest list. Being a huge hip fan like of all of you i of course said yes. I work at a local radio station in Vancouver and the call came from a friend of mine who knew the guy that was organizing the sho. From what i heard the shows were invite only. A few people who were waiting outside since 8am i think got in. They better have. It was cold out there!
So of we went last night after work. We arrived at the Boot Pub at 8pm and sure enough our names were on the guest list. There was a $20 cover charge that went to victims of the Floods in the Whistler/Pemberton area.
This place was ridiculously small! I think my living room is bigger???
I asked one of the Hips entourage why they were playing these shows. What he said was that The Tragically Hip are in town writing new material and wanted to play a small venue to test some of the material out. After deciding on the Boot Pub, they decided to donate all ticket sales to the Flood Relief Efforts.
Ok so now with the show.. My friends and i managed to get right up front. So close that you could get soaked by the sweat coming of the band.
The set list went like this and wow did they ever play alot of new songs!!
* denotes New Songs
NOIS
*Fighter Fighter
Puttin Down
*Josephine
ABAC
*Ballroom
*Forget
Nautical Disaster
*Beat
*Makeshift
Poets
*Paint
Hundreth Meridian
*Whats up With Gus
Music At Work
Wheat Kings
*You
Fire In The Hole
Encore
Blow At High Dough
*Cook
*Dancer
Lil Bones
As you can see the played a whole whack of new songs. Of course the titles are extremely edited on the song sheet. Sorry i can't give you the full names of all the new songs.
Which new songs stood out?
Fighter was by far my favorite of the new songs. It totally rocked. It will be a classic Hip live tune.
Makeshift was another highlight. It had a good rockin beat with Gord and Paul doing some great backups in the chorus.
Another stand out was What's up With Gus. A song Gord described as a song about a Polar Bear named Gus.
Judging from what i heard. I have a feeling the new album is going to be quite rocking so we have something awesome to look forward to.
After Blow At High Dough came on the crowd decided it was time to push to the front and some big guy started wreaking havoc. After the tech guy came and warned him to cool it they pointed at security to get him out of there. At the point Gord Downie starts yelling "Watch out we have a flailer. We have a flailer. Flailer!" as he is being ushered to the back. Quite an amusing moment but maybe you had to be there.
Well that's about all i can type for now. I will be posting the photos on <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rock101.com">www.rock101.com</a><!-- w --> by 3pm today. Not sure how well they turned out. I hate using a digital camera from the front row as the flash even on the lowest level is freakin bright.
Again i wish you call could have been there.
Take Care
CW
P.S
Lets not forget about those who lost there lives as a result of the floods.
hock: 
Violin..damm American college education :lol: