[chris]

And there's the Sarah Maclachlan version of Emergency.

[direwolf74]

And there's the Sarah Maclachlan version of Emergency.

Good call! I really enjoyed that version, and I wish they would have kept it on the official album. Sarah sounds awesome on that track.

[mojo_mattv]

And there's the Sarah Maclachlan version of Emergency.

whoa!? what!? link please.

[direwolf74]

And there's the Sarah Maclachlan version of Emergency.

whoa!? what!? link please.

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Listen to the choruses for Sarah's vocal contribution.

[NegPhil]

Come on guys - seriously?

OK, I guess I'll have to be the first one to say it. First, a female vocalist in a Hip song (the title track of the new album is my skip song) and now a lame video.

Apart from "At Transformation" (which is brilliant) where are the ROCK songs!?

There's plenty of rock on this record: Transformation, Streets, Modern Spirit, Attawapiskat...hell, if you listen closely, Take Forever could easily be a long lost outtake from Phantom Power. Also, the Hip were employing female back-up vocals as far back as 2000 when Julie Doiron sang on The Completist, Toronto #4, and Wind Down the Pines. Not to mention they took Kate Fenner along with them on tour. So collaborating with female vocalists is nothing new. The band's relationship with Sarah Harmer goes way back to when she was a 16-year old following the Hip around the Ontario club circuit with her older sister, who would sneak her into the shows. It's not surprising in the least that she would eventually sing on a Hip record.

I can understand your desire for the Hip's music to remain stuck in the 90s. I f'n LOVED that decade, and I loved the music they released during that period. But the Hip are not that band anymore. They're older, wiser, they have families, and their songwriting comes from a very different place than it did during the Road Apples/Fully Completely/Day for Night era. As Mojo_Mattv said, the Hip are more of an indie-rock band these days with a really unique pop sensibility that they never had in the 90s. They've evolved. Some of the fans have stayed along for the ride. And some haven't. So be it. Personally I think this is one of the best records they've ever made. A late career masterpiece if there ever was one. Long may this band run!

:thumb:

But the video does suck. Yes it's great to see the guys in silly outfits but the camera work is awful, the lighting is terrible and the editing sucks. I don't give a shit if the guys a Doctor. His video work is amateurish and poorly done.

[direwolf74]

:thumb:

But the video does suck. Yes it's great to see the guys in silly outfits but the camera work is awful, the lighting is terrible and the editing sucks. I don't give a shit if the guys a Doctor. His video work is amateurish and poorly done.

Yea, but Johnny's trumpet solo more than makes up for that other stuff.

[Flamenco]

Come on guys - seriously?

OK, I guess I'll have to be the first one to say it. First, a female vocalist in a Hip song (the title track of the new album is my skip song) and now a lame video.

Apart from "At Transformation" (which is brilliant) where are the ROCK songs!?

There's plenty of rock on this record: Transformation, Streets, Modern Spirit, Attawapiskat...hell, if you listen closely, Take Forever could easily be a long lost outtake from Phantom Power. Also, the Hip were employing female back-up vocals as far back as 2000 when Julie Doiron sang on The Completist, Toronto #4, and Wind Down the Pines. Not to mention they took Kate Fenner along with them on tour. So collaborating with female vocalists is nothing new. The band's relationship with Sarah Harmer goes way back to when she was a 16-year old following the Hip around the Ontario club circuit with her older sister, who would sneak her into the shows. It's not surprising in the least that she would eventually sing on a Hip record.

I can understand your desire for the Hip's music to remain stuck in the 90s. I f'n LOVED that decade, and I loved the music they released during that period. But the Hip are not that band anymore. They're older, wiser, they have families, and their songwriting comes from a very different place than it did during the Road Apples/Fully Completely/Day for Night era. As Mojo_Mattv said, the Hip are more of an indie-rock band these days with a really unique pop sensibility that they never had in the 90s. They've evolved. Some of the fans have stayed along for the ride. And some haven't. So be it. Personally I think this is one of the best records they've ever made. A late career masterpiece if there ever was one. Long may this band run!

:thumb:

But the video does suck. Yes it's great to see the guys in silly outfits but the camera work is awful, the lighting is terrible and the editing sucks. I don't give a shit if the guys a Doctor. His video work is amateurish and poorly done.

I think the video is brilliant! For me the video has a Tarantino feel. I like the use of close-up shots like tarot cards, little bones and the fake pistol do a good job impose a Mexican restaurant setting.

Mexican restuarants are tradionally dark so I think the lighting sets the mood and the editing is intentional.

Just my .02 cents.

And to top my morning off I just saw the Lookahead on Much More music.

[robbroncs]

I can understand your desire for the Hip's music to remain stuck in the 90s. I f'n LOVED that decade, and I loved the music they released during that period. But the Hip are not that band anymore. They're older, wiser, they have families, and their songwriting comes from a very different place than it did during the Road Apples/Fully Completely/Day for Night era. As Mojo_Mattv said, the Hip are more of an indie-rock band these days with a really unique pop sensibility that they never had in the 90s. They've evolved. Some of the fans have stayed along for the ride. And some haven't. So be it. Personally I think this is one of the best records they've ever made. A late career masterpiece if there ever was one. Long may this band run!

i agree i think their whole indie stride went full steam ahead with "In View" which i still think is a great tune

[vanhip]

Come on guys - seriously?

OK, I guess I'll have to be the first one to say it. First, a female vocalist in a Hip song (the title track of the new album is my skip song) and now a lame video.

Apart from "At Transformation" (which is brilliant) where are the ROCK songs!?

This comment about a female (Sarah Harmer, no less) singing back-up on a Hip song is idiotic. I guess you never heard the the Music @ Work album with Julie Doiron. :roll: :roll: :roll:

[Dark Canuck17]

Yes and brilliant album that is...love Harmer on the album!

[The Horrible Esthete]

I might go so far to say that her contribution to those two songs make them much better than they would have been otherwise. And since they're my two favorite songs on the record, she's directly responsible for making the whole record better for me than it would have been without her.

So there. :mrgreen:

[chris]

Any idea why this video (for The Lookahead) is unavailable in Canada????

[youtube]Fm-y9UsJ2L4[/youtube]

[BIGVDOGG]

Any idea why this video (for The Lookahead) is unavailable in Canada????

[youtube]Fm-y9UsJ2L4[/youtube]

You might want to message the WebMAvSTER,seeing he dont come around here no more.