12-17-2016, 11:01 AM
Hi all,
I'm Matt, I just registered for HipBase recently after becoming completely obsessed with the Hip this year.
My first memory of TTH would be my uncle telling me about this amazing live performance he saw a band called The Tragically Hip give, probably sometime in the early-mid 2000s (I was probably 15sh), but specifically RAVING about a song called "Nautical Disaster"...I looked it up at the time and found the Live Between Us version, and ended up also discovering that I loved Ahead By a Century and Blow at High Dough as I poked around the album. I didn't really "get" ND at the time even though I could tell it was a powerful song.
Fast forward these 15 years later...I've always kept up with the Hip and wanted to see them live, but the shows evaded me over the years and I never made it. When I heard the news about Gord, I started intensely following setlists and video updates every night of the last tour. It helped me discover so many great Hip songs I didn't even know about. Now, when I listen to Nautical Disaster, it's an emotional experience every single time. Can't even describe that pang I get in my heart every time I hear "Those fingernails...."
Just wanted to introduce myself and gush a little bit about falling in love with the band, because here in Chicago, people obviously know who they are but it's hard to happen across someone who's still so crazy about them. This place seems like the perfect place to hang out for that
See you around!
I'm Matt, I just registered for HipBase recently after becoming completely obsessed with the Hip this year.
My first memory of TTH would be my uncle telling me about this amazing live performance he saw a band called The Tragically Hip give, probably sometime in the early-mid 2000s (I was probably 15sh), but specifically RAVING about a song called "Nautical Disaster"...I looked it up at the time and found the Live Between Us version, and ended up also discovering that I loved Ahead By a Century and Blow at High Dough as I poked around the album. I didn't really "get" ND at the time even though I could tell it was a powerful song.
Fast forward these 15 years later...I've always kept up with the Hip and wanted to see them live, but the shows evaded me over the years and I never made it. When I heard the news about Gord, I started intensely following setlists and video updates every night of the last tour. It helped me discover so many great Hip songs I didn't even know about. Now, when I listen to Nautical Disaster, it's an emotional experience every single time. Can't even describe that pang I get in my heart every time I hear "Those fingernails...."
Just wanted to introduce myself and gush a little bit about falling in love with the band, because here in Chicago, people obviously know who they are but it's hard to happen across someone who's still so crazy about them. This place seems like the perfect place to hang out for that
See you around!