03-10-2006, 06:16 AM
Okay, so I've decided to make sure I possess every Tragically Hip song on my iTunes. Not so simple as it sounds, though.
There are a lot of arbitrary decisions to be made. For instance, I've decided to include Gord's solo work but not sure if I'll use Bobby's. I will include jokes like Edelweiss but don't think I'll include the national anthem.
So, I thought I'd throw a few questions out there.
1) If you were doing this, what would be out and what would be in?
2) For the fans familiar with more bootlegs than I am, what are some songs that have changed so much that you could refer to them as a different version of the song? For example, live Poets with "Bring out your dead" and "writers who get laid" and "swim" is sort of the Poets: Director's cut, so it will go in the collection, where as a really good live version of Bobcaygeon with an extra Gord extro probably wouldn't, as that's sort of part and parcel of the live experience, but not necessarily a new song in its own right. Exceptions will be made for Killerwhaletank and Double Suicide as they have taken on a life of their own. (See how complicated this can be?)
Other songs that have changed enough to be considered different versions of the song in my mind are the double-time Hundredth Meridian and Fire in the Hole with Burning Church intro. Are there others?
3) I don't want every song with them on it, so what couple of songs changed the most thanks to Kate Fenner and Chris Brown?
4) Are there any songs known to have been performed by the Hip that are not recorded anywhere? (Limelight excluded.)
Cheers,
John
There are a lot of arbitrary decisions to be made. For instance, I've decided to include Gord's solo work but not sure if I'll use Bobby's. I will include jokes like Edelweiss but don't think I'll include the national anthem.
So, I thought I'd throw a few questions out there.
1) If you were doing this, what would be out and what would be in?
2) For the fans familiar with more bootlegs than I am, what are some songs that have changed so much that you could refer to them as a different version of the song? For example, live Poets with "Bring out your dead" and "writers who get laid" and "swim" is sort of the Poets: Director's cut, so it will go in the collection, where as a really good live version of Bobcaygeon with an extra Gord extro probably wouldn't, as that's sort of part and parcel of the live experience, but not necessarily a new song in its own right. Exceptions will be made for Killerwhaletank and Double Suicide as they have taken on a life of their own. (See how complicated this can be?)
Other songs that have changed enough to be considered different versions of the song in my mind are the double-time Hundredth Meridian and Fire in the Hole with Burning Church intro. Are there others?
3) I don't want every song with them on it, so what couple of songs changed the most thanks to Kate Fenner and Chris Brown?
4) Are there any songs known to have been performed by the Hip that are not recorded anywhere? (Limelight excluded.)
Cheers,
John
