[opiated]

Gotta say this is one boring hip show...

Gordie looks like he's been forced into it....Especially at the end of grace too, where he seems to be just waiting it out.....so wierd....

I couldn't disagree more.

i agree with stephen...that was a killer version of grace...all that screeching??!!?!?!?!?? love it!!!

him..here...now....and then a very low NO..great...

[akoso]

I liked the end of Are We Family... Gord seemed to be enjoying himself there.

Anyone know of any footage or a transcript of the question and answer period?

[Killer Whale Tank]

I wonder if people are equating ranting with a great show? Because I thought, while it was a rant-free performance, Gord was his usual blistering self---and I especially liked the howling madness of 'Grace Too.' That's not exhuastion, that's dementia@work. :twisted:

Frankly, I don't want Gord to feel 'forced' to get up, fight the mike, and rant. If he feels like it, great. But the Hip are not a novelty act; the songs stright-up should be enough, and they are, IMO.

Speaking of which, don't you love the finale of the performance of Music@work where Gord repeats the phrase in a Dylan voice, then some death-metal bellow, Dylan again, and closes it up with an Elvis impersonation? That's hilarious! :mrgreen:

[akoso]

Frankly, I don't want Gord to feel 'forced' to get up, fight the mike, and rant. If he feels like it, great. But the Hip are not a novelty act; the songs stright-up should be enough, and they are, IMO.

Very well put. In fact before Hip concerts, I'm often concerned that Gordie will one day rant for the sake of fulfulling audience demands and not to get something off his mind or make a statement (which is the reason why I love them).

Also, I wish there was a song or two at every concert where Gordie would shut up, crank Bobby's guitar 'n let him fly... instead of having his "solos" be virtual background music.

[lampshade29]

Also, I wish there was a song or two at every concert where Gordie would shut up, crank Bobby's guitar 'n let him fly... instead of having his "solos" be virtual background music.

I totally agree. I often wonder if Bobby gets frusterated with Gord talking over his solos.

That being said, I absolutely love rants and they are really entertaining, but yes, they should be a feeling deep inside not something forced.

[akoso]

Correct me if I'm wrong (I only heard it once 'n was only half listening at the end), but when they left the stage after Fully Completely, did Gord say "Bobby 'n Johnny... Billy 'n Ricky"?

[Stephen Dame]

Correct me if I'm wrong (I only heard it once 'n was only half listening at the end), but when they left the stage after Fully Completely, did Gord say "Bobby 'n Johnny... Billy 'n Ricky"?

Yep. For Dave "Billy Ray" Koster and Ricky Wellington I'm assuming.

I was waiting for "Paul and Gord..." but maybe Gord forgot their names?

[akoso]

Correct me if I'm wrong (I only heard it once 'n was only half listening at the end), but when they left the stage after Fully Completely, did Gord say "Bobby 'n Johnny... Billy 'n Ricky"?

Yep. For Dave "Billy Ray" Koster and Ricky Wellington I'm assuming.

I was waiting for "Paul and Gord..." but maybe Gord forgot their names?

Yeah, me too.

Dave Koster's a technician, isn't he? Who's Ricky Wellington?

[Stephen Dame]

Correct me if I'm wrong (I only heard it once 'n was only half listening at the end), but when they left the stage after Fully Completely, did Gord say "Bobby 'n Johnny... Billy 'n Ricky"?

Yep. For Dave "Billy Ray" Koster and Ricky Wellington I'm assuming.

I was waiting for "Paul and Gord..." but maybe Gord forgot their names?

Yeah, me too.

Dave Koster's a technician, isn't he? Who's Ricky Wellington?

Billy Ray, in addition to having the coolest belt buckle known to man, has been the Hip's head Roadie for I believe, more than 15 years. He's the guy with the tattered cowboy hat.

I've seen Ricky Wellington credited as both a "stage manager" and a "tech." So I believe he's another go-to employee. I think he's the thin balding man that's usually hanging out with Mark Vreeken near the board. Andybody know for sure if that's Ricky?

[ShannonW]

Billy Ray, in addition to having the coolest belt buckle known to man, has been the Hip's head Roadie for I believe, more than 15 years. He's the guy with the tattered cowboy hat.

I've seen Ricky Wellington credited as both a "stage manager" and a "tech." So I believe he's another go-to employee. I think he's the thin balding man that's usually hanging out with Mark Vreeken near the board. Andybody know for sure if that's Ricky?

I dunno... but it truly is the COOLEST belt buckle of ALL TIME. for real.

[hipfan39]

Ricky Wellington is the very large black guy, that is usally leading the band on/off the stage, and walking a around the front of the stage before the show. He is head of security!!!

I acually got to talk to him at the canada day show, he seems like a good guy

[Stephen Dame]

Ricky Wellington is the very large black guy, that is usally leading the band on/off the stage, and walking a around the front of the stage before the show. He is head of security!!!

I acually got to talk to him at the canada day show, he seems like a good guy

Ah... that would explain "stage manager." Cool, thanks. I noticed Gord and he were having a really good time in Ottawa (at least one of them was sober! ) and in Wasaga, he was singing along with all of us. Good to finally put a name to his face.

[akoso]

Has anyone been able to save or record this? I watched it at work today, but I'm now at home where I have a dial-up connection, so I can't stream it to watch it. If anyone was able to save it, I'd love to get it or have any suggestions on how to save it myself.

Thanks.

[dirtyepic]

i'm ripping it at the moment. it's a .WMV around 267MiB. i'm pretty sure it's the whole thing, but i guess i'll see in about 10min.

the direct link to the WMV file is a time encoded URL so i doubt this will work for anyone but me:

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="mms://a1920.v8534b.c8534.g.vm.akamaistream.net/5/1920/8534/7d4716d35/1a1a1ac93daf1475e25583f66acb..">mms://a1920.v8534b.c8534.g.vm.akamaistr ... 83f66acb..</a><!-- m -->.
...3db11475e85c8aed5cc9f8295988df48b6/A0244_001_015_TragicallyHip20040721.wmv?WMCache=0

(the long string of numbers and letters is a time code that expires after a certain amount of time, so 15 min later it'll be a broken link - the wmcache=0 stops IE (or FireFox if you know what's good for you ;]) from caching the clip) :x

sneaky bastards.

i suggest anyone willing to distribute this, as a torrent or whatever (barring any copyright issues w/ sympatico), or just wanting a personal copy check out this page:

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://emoney.al.ru/capture-streaming-video-and-audio/streaming-video-recording-hidownload.htm">http://emoney.al.ru/capture-streaming-v ... wnload.htm</a><!-- m -->

all you need to do is step one and two, then copy this url that LB so generously came up with:

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.startcast.com/shows/10/A0244/metafiles/part1_250_v.asx">http://www.startcast.com/shows/10/A0244 ... _250_v.asx</a><!-- m -->

hit [download -> add] in the program and it'll automatically paste the address you copied, pick a location on your computer to save to, and hit okay.

:thumb:

edit: broke the url in half so i don't screw up the scrolling

[tommygunn]

Ricky Wellington is the very large black guy, that is usally leading the band on/off the stage, and walking a around the front of the stage before the show. He is head of security!!!

Ricky isn't exactly 'very large'. He's not that tall, nor does he fit the stereotypical muscular, ass-kicken security dude...