[Tthip]

I like these songs as well but think the Hip sound and feel has evolved too much since then for them to use the material. Just listen to Gord’s vocals from the EP and compare them to WATS or WC.

While I agree Downie's voice was pretty great on the last two albums - his voice on the live tour was something totally different.
I have been transferring a whole bunch of Hip cassettes to CD lately, and yesterday I was working on two from 2007. And Damn does Downie really suck. His voice seemed shot for the majority of that tour. I know that tour dragged on and on and on - and even at the end of the tour the guys seemed like "get us the 'F' out of here"
But for the WATS tour - I thought his voice was spectacular through out.

I would love to see a theatre tour where they take up residence for a few shows to play albums in their entirety, kind of like the Pixies with Doolittle and Roger Waters with DSOTM.

If there was ever a perfect storm for The Hip to do "album nights" - it would have been last tour with the multi night, 2 set format. What a missed opportunity.