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I have a boot of Gems in which Gord sings, "I do the rolling, she does the details...that's how you paint a room", I think it is in Hamburg...not 100% sure. Anyways, I never had a clue what Gord was meaning when he says this in Thugs until I heard this boot and it all made sense. That especially holds true after doing all the painting in my house.
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I think the reference above is to Gord's observation as follows: "and that, Bavarians, is how you paint a room ..." always loved that line for some reason.
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on a completely unrelated note, I just listened to Steeplechase. What a good song.
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does it make the headphones edible?
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If you have seen the show on the hip grab bag dvd, you will notice that gordie is almost certainly baked during that show.
When he says "and that, Bavarians, is how you paint a room..." to me it seemed like was because the place was absolutely mesmerized by Last of the Unplucked Gems. And he told them so.
of course, 'details' isnt normally in Unplucked.
(edit: but you just might be right about that painting reference though)
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I think Gems is one of The Hip's best songs. However, it is often overlooked as it is only a minute or two long and hidden at the end of RA.
Jeff
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Thats why I think Gems is so much better live becaue it's alot longer, they play the instrumentation at the start for at least 2 minutes, and the album version of the song is 2 minutes total. Gord always has amazing rants at the start of that song, it's awesome.
"Think of us, if it'll make it easier, think of us as a fin back whale, 2nd largest creature on the planet, think of yourselves as norwegian and russian whalers, i know i know...its a stretch, just do it, exploding heads, 50 mile and hour harpoons, boats that can pick and process in the high seas, state of the art equipment, fishhhh findin....."
I don't know where that version is from but it is the best version of Gems I have ever heard, coincidentally it has that little part from thugs at the end.
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I do the reelin', you do the entrails.
Sorry, couldn't resist the fish humour.
Jeff
June 21, 2003 Toronto, ON: SkyDome
July 1, 2004 Toronto, ON: Molson Amphitheatre
November 26, 2004 Toronto, ON: Air Canada Centre
June 24, 2006 Toronto, ON: Historic Fort York
May 10, 2007 Indianapolis, IN: The Vogue
July 14, 2011 Edmonton, AB: Northlands Festival Site
June 30, 2012 Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON: The Commons at Butler's Barracks
January 23, 2013 Edmonton, AB: Rexall Place
July 28, 2016 Edmonton, AB: Rexall Place
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always thought it was about smokin weed and the details being purchasing the beer and pizza or what not.
I'm a convert to the painting the room idea now.
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I picture a road trip.
The narrator is twisting up a few doobies.
His partner is trimming and putting filters in them, etc.
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smokin' joints while painting is the only explanation for me.
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ya. i guess that covers everything doesnt it
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for anyone interested, chris just posted the Nachtwerk show (DVD) that I was referring to. It is the same one as was on the end of the Hip Grab Bag DVD
cratch: . Ha that was funny, anyway one of my favorite hip phrases is "Honey are ya mad at cha man?" Say it when a gf is unhappy with me.