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So I couldn't stand The Hip.... - Foxfires - 08-07-2004
It was the early 90's when my husband picked up a tape by a band called The Tragically Hip. The title of it was called "Road Apples", and he would play it now and then when we were driving somewhere.
I would inevitably cringe, and suffer through it - wondering how our usual synch with music taste could veer so off course. The band was too raw, and the vocals grated on my nerves. I would let him get through the tape one time, and then insist on putting in something else.
So, much to my chagrin, he later bought a new tape by them called "Day for Night". He played it, and I tried my best to block out the noise as I went about my business. He kept saying to me..."I don't know why, but this band is really growing on me. Give it some time... maybe you'll like it too."
Yeah, RIGHT! His insistence almost made me want to dislike them even more... so I didn't give it much thought.
And then, one day... we had just finished loading up the car for our annual trek down to the Oregon Coast. We hit the road, turning up the familiar highway that cuts through the mountains... a good five hours of driving ahead of us.
He tried to hide the fact that he was putting The Hip into the stereo... but I knew what he was doing. I sunk back in my seat a little more, bracing myself for their music while careening over the high mountain passes. 'Grace, Too' began to filter in through the speakers, and I stared out the window at the endless pine trees rushing by.
~*~He said "I'm fabulously rich... c'mon let's just go..."~*~
As I sat there...despite all my efforts, the music got into my brain. Gord's vocals strolled right past my irritation, and gave a little pat to my Temporal Lobe. It was as if he was right there saying, "sort this, honey... sort it out!"
The band... they sounded so powerful. The energy was lurking beneath the surface, and was churning up the water in dark, brooding ways. And there was Gord, leading the whole freight train right through my conciousness.
I found myself staring straight ahead at the road... smiling to myself. Something had just happened... something really, really good.
The song ended, and in the space between... I murmured outloud, "Wow... they rock."
My husband glanced at me. "What?"
"That band... they... they rock!"
He grinned. We looked at eachother a moment, and then back at the road. The tape kept playing..... and by the end, I was laughing out loud.
Yeah, this band rocked. Kicked ass. Blew my mind. Ruined me for all other bands.
"So you see it now? You see what I mean?!?" my husband said.
"Oh yeah. Without... a...freaking... doubt." I said. And I meant it.
We didn't listen to anything else during that whole trip.
Ever since then, we've been in complete unison about our love for The Hip. A soundtrack to life, Gord style. So many stories to tell about it, too - but I'll save those for another ramble.
So now I look back, and can't believe there was a time when I couldn't stand The Hip. Silly me. I should've known there was no resisting them.
~*~Fox~*~ :thumb:
- daysleeperchuk - 08-07-2004
welcome foxfires----welcome indeed.....theres a recent thread all about the reasons to love the "day for night" album by the way --checkit out---love your post and enthusiasm --you've found your people.
- lord brazle - 08-07-2004
That has to be one of the most beautiful stories I have ever read.
I'm not joking either. I'm gonna go listen to Day For Night right now...
- Beat - 08-07-2004
What a great story Foxfires
- jen - 08-07-2004
Very very cool!!
Welcome aboard to Hipbase :thumb:
- vicariousmartyr - 08-07-2004
Quote:Ruined me for all other bands.
That says it all right there, to perfection.
I swear, you just gave me goosebumps. I fell in love in similar fashion, so that story brought me way back....there was a time when I didnt 'get it' either.
Welcome friendly neighbour to the immediate south.
- Foxfires - 08-07-2004
Wow, thank you for all the replies!! In fact, your replies gave ME goosebumps. *huge grin*
I'm going to roll around in the Hip Fan Goodness here, kitty-high-on-catnip style. I am truthfully honored that my personal story inspired you. I'm really looking forward to perusing through the boards and getting to know you all!!
Behold, the power of Hip!
- Killer Whale Tank - 08-07-2004
Damn! I could never convince MY wife...but then, she goes for middle-of-the-road pop, mainly. The biggest concession I get from her is 'wow, this song must be really good live,' whenever I crank up the volume on oldies like 'Blow.'
Ah well. Great story.
- thipfan73 - 08-07-2004
That is an awesome story. You wrote it so well. I wish I could convince MY boyfriend! UGH! He hates it so much that if I bring a CD in the car, I have to turn it WAY down, so much that I can't even hear it. I've banned myself from brining The Hip along for trips.
- Foxfires - 08-07-2004
Oi - that'd be awful to have to keep the Hip CD's out of the car like that!!!
Tell your boyfriend that my post is required reading. LOL :wink:
- thipfan73 - 08-07-2004
Foxfires Wrote:Oi - that'd be awful to have to keep the Hip CD's out of the car like that!!!
Tell your boyfriend that my post is required reading. LOL :wink:
Well last time we went on a long trip, we went to see his family downstate for a few days, I was going NUTS without my hip. So I learned my lesson. I will bring it for longer trips and bring my portable CD player! LOL!
BTW, he read it, he said "Well some people can get used to it"
So at least we tried! :lol:
- Foxfires - 08-07-2004
Heheheh!!! Well.... dang.
It was a valiant effort.... and yes, headphones are your friend! :mrgreen:
- intothenight - 08-07-2004
That's how it's happened for everybody I know.
My first two purchases were In Violet Light and Day For Night. . without any knowledge of either. . just picked up random ones. .
I couldn't get into Day For Night. . then one day it just hit me like a sledgehammer right in the face
Same thing happened with pretty much all of their albums. . M@W, TATH, Road Apples
- Foxfires - 08-07-2004
Yeah - the sledgehammer effect is a pretty apt description.
But once it struck, there was no lookin' back. :music
- theAryanTwang - 08-08-2004
cool story!
Hopefully one of their songs hits the same nerve on my gf, as she too, cringes with every word from Gord's mouth. She likes the lyrics, likes the music, but not GD's voice. The *only* song she likes from their whole collection (as of right now) is ABAC...