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I live in the Buffalo area, and haven't had a chance to pick up the album yet, so I was hoping to catch some of it on the radio, but though I've been flipping back and forth between the Canadian stations and the one or two Buffalo stations that play the Hip, I have heard absolutely nothing since the album came out.
I heard some of "Vaccination Scar" on 97.7 once, but that was before the album came out. What is going on? Typically, a new Hip album comes out and it's all over the Canadian stations at least. Granted, I think "Vaccination Scar" is a very "meh" song, so if that was supposed to be the 'radio single', then it wouldn't surprise me that I haven't heard that but once, but regardless, they should be playing some of the other cuts, too.
I mean, it's not that I'm listening day and night... I have a half hour drive into work and back, and I tune in during my lunch hour, but even so, I should have heard something by now, eh?
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Edge 102.1's morning show seems to play Vaccination Scar every morning and I usually hear it on my home from work too (between 5 and 6:30... I know, a long commute). If Edge doesn't reach you (it comes from Toronto), you can hear them online too at <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.edge.ca">www.edge.ca</a><!-- w -->.
BTW, you're right... VS is the first single
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i work at a station in kamloops, and all 3 singles are getting a ton of airplay with scar being number 2 on our weekly countdown!!
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i called the edge in buffalo 103.3 and they told me they no longer play the hip. but they are giving away tickets this week for the show. bunch of pricks over there. i dont need to hear 3 nirvana songs in a row every night. gimme some new hip goddamnit.
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Hmm, so in a sense I'm not just imagining that. Yikes. What about 97.7?
But I do have to question VS as the first single. I've listened to it many times now at the Hip's website and it just seems mediocre at best. Not very memorable or interesting. Hopefully, the rest of the album is much better than that. But by comparison, I thought "It's a Good Life..." was a great first track, but then was disappointed by much of the rest of IVL. Oh well... In any case, I'd like to turn on the radio and hear more of the new album. I miss that!
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We never here any Hip in The Netherlands....I think i only heard a Hipsong twice overhere....and that's over two years ago. Still The Hip have quite a lot o f fans here.
I remember i saw a special of about 30 minutes about The Hip on MTV once, long time ago. Does anybody know which special i mean?
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Heard Q107 play "Poets" last night. That's considered "classic rock"? Maybe in style (very Stones), but that's still pretty recent as the Hip goes. But they won't spin anything from the new album?? Harumph!!
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there is no way that its a good life.... was a good opening single. Its a good song but cmon...vaccination scar is 100X better.
As for the state of rock in Toronto and no IBE tunes being played, vaccination scar was #4 on 102.1 the edge and i live between london and toronto and if i rotate between 102.1, 95.9(london), 107.9(Hamilton), 107.1, 97.7 and god forbid 105.3 you can basically hear a different hip tune every half hour at least.
Vaccination scar is getting played to death on the edge.
I don't know what radio stations you guys are listening to.
Q107 Toronto is not playing New Hip either.. 
