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If they are going with an 'old idea' for the album title, they really missed an opportunity to call this Now For Plan B, IMO.
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Just wish the damn thing would hurry up and leak. Somebody must have an advance copy sitting around somewhere. Fer f--- sakes, get off yer lazy ass and upload it already!
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BrenTheodore Wrote:sean.bonner Wrote:If they are going with an 'old idea' for the album title, they really missed an opportunity to call this Now For Plan B, IMO.
Ha.Yep.
OMG HI BRENT
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"Product Description" from amazon.ca. I enjoy the last paragraph.
The Tragically Hip, among Canada’s most acclaimed and beloved bands, today announce the June 17 release of Man Machine Poem via Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. The band’s 14th studio album takes its name from a track on their Gold-selling 2012 release, Now For Plan A, and was produced at The Hip’s home studio The Bathouse by Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene, Andy Kim, Arts & Crafts label co-founder) and Dave Hamelin.
“We’re moving forward while embracing a memory,” says Kevin Drew. “That was what I said to the band going into this recording.” He explains that muscle memory is why we love songs, it’s the most important thing a band has. “This album is about three things,” he continues. “Memory, transformation, and truth. I think it’s a fantastic record.”
For thirty years, The Tragically Hip has been at the heart of the Canadian musical zeitgeist for evoking a strong emotional connection between their music and their fans that remains unrivaled in this country. A five-piece group of friends including Robby Baker (guitar), Gordon Downie (vocals, guitar), Johnny Fay (drums), Paul Langlois (guitar) and Gord Sinclair (bass), who grew up in Kingston, Ontario, The Hip has achieved the enviable status of a band that enjoys both mass popularity with over 8 million albums sold worldwide, as well as peer recognition through 11 Juno Awards from more than a dozen recordings.
The Tragically Hip are in the best possible place a band can be: they’re brothers, they play so easily together, comfortable in their skins enough to try any idea, confident enough to know what’s right. No team of ace Swedish consultant-writers needed; The Hip know it’s their duty as artists to feel something and the listener is going to get an uncommon honesty in Man Machine Poem.
Everything is clear
just how you described
the way it appears
a world possessed by the human mind
Then I think I smiled
I think you said ‘it’s fine’
and quietly I dressed in a world possessed completely by the human mind
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direwolf74 Wrote:Just think, if the band had released the album on April 8th like they should have, we'd all still be talking about them right now. Instead it's gonna be like this in here for the next 2 months:
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Good job, Hip!
If you could try and not post that picture here, that would be great...
We have an entire Charter Member subforum dedicated to that
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Impatient and the most negative person I have ever heard from. I barely ever post anything here but I read pretty much every day. I cringe when I see you post anything because I know it is going to bash the band the rest of us obviously all love. I know people can write anything they want here but I wish you would just go away. I am so excited for the new album but on the other hand as soon as it comes out I will read about how disappointed you are with it and how it could have been so much better if they just did something different that you would have done. I would love to take a listen to the albums that you have released so I can pick them apart. I assume you have released albums since you are so critical.
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robmiller Wrote:Impatient and the most negative person I have ever heard from. I barely ever post anything here but I read pretty much every day. I cringe when I see you post anything because I know it is going to bash the band the rest of us obviously all love. I know people can write anything they want here but I wish you would just go away. I am so excited for the new album but on the other hand as soon as it comes out I will read about how disappointed you are with it and how it could have been so much better if they just did something different that you would have done. I would love to take a listen to the albums that you have released so I can pick them apart. I assume you have released albums since you are so critical.
Yeah, I think you've missed the mark on direwolf. He's posted a lot that is very positive about the Hip and their music, including the new material. But being a fan shouldn't mean perpetual, uncritical praise, in my opinion. Some of their marketing strategies (or lack thereof) of late, and the recent trends in the live shows, could be seen as departures from the talent and appeal of the band. Direwolf often analyzes those things in a thoughtful way. Personally speaking, I'm always interested to read what he has to say.
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