Hey everyone -
Today I will be listening to The Hip's unforgettable performance in Buffalo NY that took place on this date in 1996. It was my second Hip show, and the first in which I was completely indoctrinated into the magic of all things Hip. At my first Hip show, all I had was DFN and TATH. Five months later, I had it all and this show was one of the best evenings of my life.
Setlist:
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Gift Shop
Twist My Arm
Grace, Too
Springtime In Vienna
Fully Completely
Ahead By A Century
Butts Wigglin
The Luxury
700 Ft. Ceiling
Courage
Hiccups
Daredevil
Put It Off
New Orleans Is Sinking
Don't Wake Daddy
Wheat Kings
Little Bones
Nautical Disaster
Fire In The Hole
ENCORE #1
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Greasy Jungle
At The Hundredth Meridian
ENCORE #2
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Escape Is At Hand.....
Blow At High Dough
I think just for the hell of it, I'll post quotes from this show as the songs come on. Gord was in top form that night.
Gift Shop: "Hey folks! How ya doin'? It's a pleasure to be up here on this stage - brought to you by some people who take pride in their work. This one's for the Rheostatics - we enjoy their work!"
Twist My Arm: "This is a song about public school. It's a Barenaked Ladies song called Twist My Arm"
Grace, Too: "I sailed around Cape Horn. The bottom of the earth. We had to eat each other to stay alive. This song's about a cannibal.....and a love affair, you know, between two cannibals"
Springtime In Vienna: "This is a song for the way you're feeling! How do I know this? because up here in this Northern bedroom, there's four seasons - grieve and grow, brood and bloom. Up here in this golden bedroom!"
More to come......
if memory serves me correct isn't this the show where gord sings blonde solid in the middle of hundreth meridian. if so, that is one of my favourite boots.
you are correct, my friend. Blonde Solid and snippets of discarded verses from Poets make appearances in an epic 12-minute Meridian, as does a story about a dream in which Gord is jabbed in the arse with a hot poker.
do you know of any other boots with blonde solid
Fully Completely: "Yeah, I know you're feelin' good! But you're gonna have to reflect on bad times, so you can feel better! This is Fully Completely! I really f*cked up - I really, really f*cked up! It's like Mission Impossible!"
Ahead By A Century: "Thanks alot, you're all real nice. This is a great new arena you got! It sounds kinda fat, you know? It's got a bit of punch!"
Butts Wigglin: "don't say.....don't say it's a world of extremes!"
The Luxury: "You people way up there - what i'm shaking here, what you are hearing, is a banana. I know it seems impossible to believe, but it is. If we had some big screen,s then you'd have this - right here. You'd be shaking your heads incredulously, like these folks here. this song's for you."
more later!
Good question - I don't know. Try the setlist database. This was in "jam" format, so it's not exactly a full-fledged version of the song, but it's a great moment anyway.
700 Ft. Ceiling: "700 FOOT!"
Courage: "Courage! Bullsh*t!"
Hiccups: "Daredevil - you can relate. In Tightrope City, where they come and have their bacon and eggs. Before the big walk...before the big walk over the gorge! He stops here in Buffalo! And he ponders it - we were sittin' right beside him! He looked you in the eyes, and all he saw was rushing water! We were sittin' right beside him!"
Daredevil: "Can't you see this man needs a cheeseburger? Can't you see this man needs some food?!?"
Put it Off: "Satan?"
"What?"
"You asleep?"
"Not now..."
"I've got something really important I have to do in the morning!"
"Put it off."
"Okay."
New Orleans Is Sinking: "From the Niagara Gorge, stopping in Cleveland and on to the Himalayas of your mind Via New Orleans."
Don't wake Daddy: "Sing to end all songs to end all songs - Sing a song about the earthen song. Blue, every body goes wild, song blue, scare bleu, every garden grows one, sacre bleu, me and you!"
Wheat Kings: "It was hard to tell if there was anyone here at all"
Little Bones: "I just can't get enough of you....and all the crazy things you do!"
Nautical Disaster: "Haven't I done enough to burn out? Haven't I done enough to help out?"
Fire In The hole: "when I light this f*ckin' match, man...when I light this f*ckin' match, just take off, man, just GO! We'll meet up later and suck each other's c*cks, 'cause that's what good fascists do!"
briansmccabe Wrote:We'll meet up later and suck each other's c*cks, 'cause that's what good fascists do!"
Oh my :oops: :oops:
That soundz like a nasty gig, howz the sound quality
cratch: Can someone hook me up :mrgreen:
given that it was in a massive hockey arena and it was fall of '96 (before phenomenal-quality recording gear was commonplace at Hip shows) I'd consider the recording I have to be an A.
There's a few recordings of this show out there though. My first copy came from Rory in the spring of '99. it was cassette, and I transferred it to CD. Less than a year later, Peter did a tree for it, and the source was different and quite a bit better. I believe the latter of those two sources is available for download from the Meridian FTP.
Sorry I didn't finish posting quotes - I've still got the encores to go! I got pulled away from listening while at work today. i'll try to listen and maybe post some more tomorrow for a thanksgiving treat.
Brian mc
Greasy Jungle: "In lieu of being able to shampoo all of your heads, which is customary at hip shows, if your just here tonight, for the first time - A shampoo is customary - comes with the ticket....but we're out of shampoo. so this song will have to do."
Meridian: "Don't tell me what the poets are doin'! Don't tell me that they're overproduced! Don't tell me what the poets are doin'! Don't tell me what you've deduced! Don't tell me what the poets are doin'! Don't tell me that they're halfway juiced! Don't tell me what the poets are doin'! Don't tell me that they're on the loose!"
Escape is at Hand: "Uh, we got some good news....Uh Johnny, uh, while we were back there, uh, waiting on the encore, he rigged up the jumbotron, it should be ready, uh, in a couple days with a little tinkering. And yet he chooses the drums....."
Blow at High Dough: "Blow the dough. Blow at high dough. Make it go as fast as it can go. We got a movie to shoot - then we'll pack up and go."
There's your encore sampling of Gordisms from this night seven years ago.
Brian mc
briansmccabe Wrote:"Uh, we got some good news....Uh Johnny, uh, while we were back there, uh, waiting on the encore, he rigged up the jumbotron, it should be ready, uh, in a couple days with a little tinkering. And yet he chooses the drums....."
That is f**kin' :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :thumb:
i think that was after the jumbo tran crashed to the ice i know my friend had tickets and they cancelled the game.
Ron