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A member of another band comments on The Hip - tigerthelion - 09-22-2008

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/07/28/video-chris-walla-explains-the-tragically-hip-at-pemberton/#">http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/i ... emberton/#</a>

I think some of you kiddies are fans of the band this dude is a part of.

Re: A member of another band comments on The Hip - direwolf74 - 09-23-2008

It's always cool hearing other bands talk about the Hip. He seems to like them.

Re: A member of another band comments on The Hip - briansmccabe - 09-26-2008

I've got nephews who are as into Death Cab as much as I am into The Hip.

One of my nephews has a baby who is less than a year old, and she has a Death Cab For Cutie onesie!

He and I were talking music one day and I told him I'd never heard any of Death Cab's songs. He was pretty surprised and said "they get played on the radio alot." I told him I didn't listen to the radio.

So he loaned me one of their CDs, I put it on my iPod and one of the songs came up recently. I liked it a lot.

I've got no beef with this Death Cab. As for the comments that dude made in the video, I think I know where he's coming from about the whole "bar band" thing. Obviously he didn't mean it literally. I think it's a testament to The Hip sticking to their sound even after all these years. Their tunes still have that raw, exhuberant feel you'd expect from a so-called "bar band."

Re: A member of another band comments on The Hip - fingernailsonhull - 09-26-2008

briansmccabe Wrote:I've got nephews who are as into Death Cab as much as I am into The Hip.

One of my nephews has a baby who is less than a year old, and she has a Death Cab For Cutie onesie!

He and I were talking music one day and I told him I'd never heard any of Death Cab's songs. He was pretty surprised and said "they get played on the radio alot." I told him I didn't listen to the radio.

So he loaned me one of their CDs, I put it on my iPod and one of the songs came up recently. I liked it a lot.

I've got no beef with this Death Cab. As for the comments that dude made in the video, I think I know where he's coming from about the whole "bar band" thing. Obviously he didn't mean it literally. I think it's a testament to The Hip sticking to their sound even after all these years. Their tunes still have that raw, exhuberant feel you'd expect from a so-called "bar band."

Did you get the album Plans? It's the one I've got and I love it.

Re: A member of another band comments on The Hip - direwolf74 - 09-26-2008

briansmccabe Wrote:I've got nephews who are as into Death Cab as much as I am into The Hip.

One of my nephews has a baby who is less than a year old, and she has a Death Cab For Cutie onesie!

He and I were talking music one day and I told him I'd never heard any of Death Cab's songs. He was pretty surprised and said "they get played on the radio alot." I told him I didn't listen to the radio.

So he loaned me one of their CDs, I put it on my iPod and one of the songs came up recently. I liked it a lot.

I've got no beef with this Death Cab. As for the comments that dude made in the video, I think I know where he's coming from about the whole "bar band" thing. Obviously he didn't mean it literally. I think it's a testament to The Hip sticking to their sound even after all these years. Their tunes still have that raw, exhuberant feel you'd expect from a so-called "bar band."

He also compared them to The Hold Steady, which I found interesting considering the Hip don't sound anything remotely like that band. But I can definitely see how the Hip's combination of kick-you-in-the-nuts rock n' roll and intelligent, highly literate lyrics could draw that comparison. I also liked how he compared them to R.E.M. and Pearl Jam, but at the same he added that they don't sound like either of those bands.

Re: A member of another band comments on The Hip - screw_ball - 09-26-2008

They haven't been a "bar band" since FC.

Re: A member of another band comments on The Hip - briansmccabe - 09-26-2008

fingernailsonhull Wrote:Did you get the album Plans? It's the one I've got and I love it.

Yep, that's the one. The song that stood out to me while my iPod was shuffling was "Brothers On A Hotel Bed."

Re: A member of another band comments on The Hip - EricStoner - 09-27-2008

I am very much into Death Cab. They have a unique sound and never cease to impress me when I hear a new song. Their lyrics are very story-telling-esque as opposed to Gord's more ambiguous "multiple-meaning" type lyrics.

I saw them live in Toronto this past June a couple weeks before going to Big Music Fest. Death Cab definitely puts on a great show... of course its nothing compared to the hip though :music

Re: A member of another band comments on The Hip - Tthip - 09-28-2008

Here is a 4 song live set from Death Cab:

<a class="postlink" href="http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/death-cab-for-cutie-concert/20030256-13824.html">http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/d ... 13824.html</a>

Re: A member of another band comments on The Hip - BrenTheodore - 09-28-2008

Tthip Wrote:Here is a 4 song live set from Death Cab:

<a class="postlink" href="http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/death-cab-for-cutie-concert/20030256-13824.html">http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/d ... 13824.html</a>

Thanks for that. Love the band. Always have + I had never heard of that site. Useful and great.

Thanks again.