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I think if he were truly suffering we'd have seen more signs of it. I also doubt he'd be doing the couple of "intimate evening" performances he's scheduled or come away with such good reviews. <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://hipbase.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17349">viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17349</a><!-- l -->
The Hip and especially Gord have continually been reinventing themselves throughout their careers, all the while remaining recognizable as "The Hip". They lost my ear with Day for Night and didn't get it back until I heard World Container. Then I went through all of their catalog I had missed. I regret not being able to digest what they recorded at the time, it's come to mean the most out of any music I listen to. And I regret the many Seattle concerts I've missed, Marymoor, at the pier, 2009 tour....
I will never turn my back on them again.
"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."
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I've moved on to arcade fire. Believe the hype.
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It's hard being a Hip fan these days. The band seems lethargic, the studio material is good but not great, the live show is just OK, and it's hard to tell how invested Gord is in what he's doing anymore. The Hip in their prime were unbeatable live, and had stunning albums that could bear a million listens. Being a Hip fan was a no-brainer. They were easily the best rock band in Canada, and that's saying something. Now, they seem to be teetering on the verge of irrelevance. Oh, for one more album like Day For Night.
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Everyone knows you can listen to more than one band right :roll:
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Dark Canuck17 Wrote:Everyone knows you can listen to more than one band right :roll:
Only Hip and Hip related projects for me.
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ya, he only listens to hip and hip related projects...
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Ive only been to 25 shows and I have seen them at their best and I have seen them stink and I actually left early just because I could not take it anymore, the one and only thing that I don't enjoy is Gord D. screaming like a monkey with a knife stuck in his back. I mean, the only time I have been disappointed at a Hip show is when he sings a song nowhere near how I fell in love with it, yea Im not asking for him to sing it the same every night but at least keep the words in time to the way it should be, I find this happens most on the stuff from the 90s. I really liked the Ivor Wynne closing show, then I followed that up with Kitchener Guelph and Oshawa, and the shows went from good to worse in my opinon. Then it was off to Buffalo for the rain out show, that was going epic good until the rain started and washed it all out. I did not make It to the rematch as I had to work. All said and done, I think that the Hip will always be a toss up going in. You will get a few songs done great the way ya love them, a few that get changed up a bit, and a few that get totally ruined by nothing other than Gord screaming shit out of his pie hole. Yea I said it. I love the guy but fuck, someone close to him should tap him on the shoulder and say " dude everybody loves it when you sing it good stop the screaming" but Im thinking he is surrounded by yes men and people who are afraid of what he might say to them.
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Ivor Wynne was the shit, so glad i made it to that one.
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Maybe what they need is a break. Perhaps Gord needs take a step back and look at himself.
Why doesn't he just sing the songs like they are sung on the albums? Why? It was cool for a while but I just don't get it anymore. Sing like you're recording an album! After all, you're a professional.
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chris Wrote:...but I've lost my love for The Hip.
All kinds of promise of b-sides, re-issues, etc - and then nothing.
And Gord's live "singing"... Ugh. I'm done with it.
Just read through this whole thread again and I cant help but to think there was a certain cynicism in the original post, no?
"we've only got three hundred feet to go ..."
