10-18-2004, 02:16 PM
I've seen The Hip about 15-20 times now (first time this tour) and I'd rank this one somewhere in the middle. The crowd was overwhelmingly Canadian/Buffalonian, at least up near the stage. Early in their set, Sam Roberts mentioned Mario Lemieux (which I'm guessing was a test of the number of locals in the crowd) and got very little response.
I thought Sam and his band were a lot better than I remembered them on the last tour. I may pick up their CD.
The Hip's new tunes seemed to go over well with the crowd, which I don't think has been the case with the last couple of albums. So the band should feel good about that. I was really hoping to hear Mean Streak though.
Greasy Jungle and Escape were a couple of the highlights for me. The way they've re-worked Meridian and Blow is pretty cool too.
The only rant I could make out was something about a mushroom cloud in the middle of NOIS.
Hoping to get to the Baltimore show next week...
I thought Sam and his band were a lot better than I remembered them on the last tour. I may pick up their CD.
The Hip's new tunes seemed to go over well with the crowd, which I don't think has been the case with the last couple of albums. So the band should feel good about that. I was really hoping to hear Mean Streak though.
Greasy Jungle and Escape were a couple of the highlights for me. The way they've re-worked Meridian and Blow is pretty cool too.
The only rant I could make out was something about a mushroom cloud in the middle of NOIS.
Hoping to get to the Baltimore show next week...