HIP in THE NEWS - Printable Version

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HIP in THE NEWS - thecompletist - 09-20-2012

Various Articles and News related to the band worth posting...

Here is one I read this morning where they mentioned something I hadn't heard before... The Hip’s second full length release, Road Apples, was originally titled Saskadelphia...

Business lessons I learned from The Tragically Hip
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.troymedia.com/2012/09/15/business-lessons-i-learned-from-the-tragically-hip/">http://www.troymedia.com/2012/09/15/bus ... cally-hip/</a>

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Re: HIP in THE NEWS - Tthip - 09-20-2012

thecompletist Wrote:
Business lessons I learned from The Tragically Hip
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.troymedia.com/2012/09/15/business-lessons-i-learned-from-the-tragically-hip/">http://www.troymedia.com/2012/09/15/bus ... cally-hip/</a>.

Just because articles tend to disappear:

EDMONTON, AB, Sep 15, 2012/ Troy Media/ – To this day, the years spent at my new company in Saskatoon and travelling to Regina to “guest” bar tend at my best friend’s live music club stand out as among the best of my life.

My developing business and personal relationships, which often intertwined, greatly influenced my business and life, attitudes and strategies.

Each night, before Bob and John Vancise and I went to open The Venue and prepare the club for the evening’s “events”, we would always start the evening “strategizing” at the North Keg, which was kitty-corner to The Venue. While the staff at the Keg was really good to us, and even though I thoroughly enjoyed the hour or two there before we opened the club, I often wondered why we would spend time and money there when we could be doing the same at the club they owned. One night I asked Bob that very question.

His response was simple: Aside from the fact that they really were good people, The Keg closed a couple of hours earlier than The Venue. Often its guests, whether in the restaurant or lounge, would ask where they could go next, and Bob wanted to always make sure that his club was front and centre of their response.

And it was. You could always tell when the Keg closed, because everyone headed over to our place. Brilliant. Lesson number one – in any type of retail business, know your neighbours, and know your competition. Both can actually do you a world of good, and often be a great ally.

The second key lesson came from all of the time we spent with The Tragically Hip. We got to know them through the club shortly after the release of their first independent album, and then even more after their landmark first and second full-length, major release albums, which sent them firmly down the path of Canadian rock stardom.

They loved playing The Venue, spending as much time there as they possibly could while developing a large and tremendously loyal fan base throughout Canada.

First, a bit of Tragically Hip trivia, which very few people know. The Hip’s second full length release, Road Apples, was originally titled Saskadelphia for their two favourite spots at that time – Saskatchewan (mainly because of Bob and John and The Venue), and, of course, Philadelphia. The record company ultimately nixed the title as they thought it might affect the band’s image and album sales. The band responded to this bit of nonsense with the title Road Apples. But maybe the record company was right because the album went on to sell millions of copies.

The second piece of trivia concerns the opening line of their huge hit, Wheat Kings. I often used to give the band a hard time about playing in Regina so much, and not Saskatoon – which I always referred to as The Paris of the Prairies. Front man Gord Downie thought the reference was great and asked if he could use it in a future song. Of course I said yes, and I couldn’t have been more proud than when it became part of the opening line of Wheat Kings, which has a direct reference to a major event that occurred in Saskatoon a long time ago.

Aside from many, many awesome nights spent with Gord and the rest of the band, I didn’t realize until years later the number of valuable lessons I would learn from them, about business in general, and most certainly about being in a business partnership.

Although Gordie wrote the majority of all Hip lyrics, and even though he was the enigmatic front man of the band, it was always at his insistence that each member of the band share in all earnings equally. It was his belief that no one person was greater than the whole of the object, and that they all won, or lost, equally.

The second was the importance of sticking together, through all of the tough times. For anyone not exposed to the music industry, the road to stardom is almost always a long and hard one. Playing small clubs in the middle of nowhere, often flat-broke, cold and hungry, it’s a long, hard, tough grind. Add to that any other multitude things that happen with the band and living on the road and it’s easy to throw in the towel when times are tough. Especially when there really doesn’t appear to be any light at the end of the tunnel at all.

The Hip experienced all of that and more. And through it all, they believed in themselves, what they were doing. And where they were ultimately headed. I didn’t know at the time how important those lessons would be.

Re: HIP in THE NEWS - WesleyC. - 09-22-2012

Interesting read.

Re: HIP in THE NEWS - thebends - 09-23-2012

Tthip Wrote:
thecompletist Wrote:
Business lessons I learned from The Tragically Hip
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.troymedia.com/2012/09/15/business-lessons-i-learned-from-the-tragically-hip/">http://www.troymedia.com/2012/09/15/bus ... cally-hip/</a>.
Just because articles tend to disappear:

"Each night, before Bob and John Vancise and I went to open The Venue and prepare the club for the evening’s “events”, we would always start the evening “strategizing” at the North Keg, which was kitty-corner to The Venue. While the staff at the Keg was really good to us, and even though I thoroughly enjoyed the hour or two there before we opened the club, I often wondered why we would spend time and money there when we could be doing the same at the club they owned. One night I asked Bob that very question."

Guess who Bob Vancise is in this video ...

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Re: HIP in THE NEWS - thecompletist - 09-23-2012

1. Thats Bob... wow interesting how that article fed back to these string of videos

2. I would love that Drum Face/Skin whatever they are called - tragically hip in the black with yellow/orange

3. I've seen most of the clips from the 80's to this past summer and these videos from this show have to be the "Absolute most RAW and BEST" video footage from the 3-4 decades.... seriously? I mean off the bar floor practically, the sweat on Gord's shirt and Paul looking like he just got off his Motorcycle with the leather jacket and cigarette... it's just a Beauty. - I know there is another thread on those videos somewhere... other than youtube has the guy made the video footage available to anyone to clean up and set up as a full on DVD kinda deal?

Re: HIP in THE NEWS - tigerthelion88 - 09-23-2012

wicked

Re: HIP in THE NEWS - ashtrayrock - 09-23-2012

so cool

Re: HIP in THE NEWS - pars9393 - 09-23-2012

if one song would blow people's mind it may be trickle down its the perfect song for gord's anger these days!

Re: HIP in THE NEWS - thompson girl - 10-02-2012

http://www.thewhig.com/2012/10/01/the-hip-are-coming-home

Quote:The question had to be asked: when are they planning to play Kingston next?

“Never! We’re never, ever coming back,” Baker said, putting on a mock-stern voice.

“And if we do, we’re keeping all the money.”

Baker laughed at his own sarcasm, knowing the reference would be caught — a letter to the editor was printed in The Whig-Standard just days ago from a local resident accusing The Tragically Hip of failing to live up to their promise of playing Kingston once we had a large venue suitable for their shows — like the K-Rock Centre.

That letter also said The Hip needed to play Kingston so they could financially contribute to the city many of the band’s members still call home. And Baker can’t help but make a joke when the opportunity presents itself.

Then, fear set in.

What if honesty was misinterpreted for sarcasm?

So, to follow up and be certain: Really?

Baker laughed with a warm smile.

“Of course we’re coming back,” he said matter-of-factly.

“We’re doing a tour in January/February, and the K-Rock Centre will be in there.”

Without missing a beat, Downie followed up: “And of course we’d never keep all the money!”