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An adventure!!
My 15yr son wanted to see the hip. So i decieded to take him and two of his HIPFAN buddies down to bayfest.
When we got there my van broke down and they boys pushed me to Mufflerman which was the only thing open the was playing from the CD player. It was the only thing open. It turned out to be the alternator. I phoned Canadian Tire and they work on it until morning. I started to phone around for motel rooms and couldn't find any. Finally I called the best western and the had ONE room left. I asked where they were loacted and they said right beside the concert. PERFECT!!
We got into the concert early and were 6 feet from the front. We watched the first two bands and the boys thought The Spades were great. It was thier first concert they had been to. everything was going really well until they realeased they drunks from the drunk tank. We had a guy right at the rail that left as soon as he got there to get drunk and he decieded to return with some friends right before they hip come out. Gord was preforming at his best for Scar and Grace. The drunks started to close in so we backed up about 30 ft. A crowd surfer landed on me on the way back and knocked off my glasses which I had just bought in May $250. I bent over to try to find them and couldn't so we continued on to the 30ft mark.
I thought the setlist was great and the sound was much clearer than it was 2yrs ago when i was at bayfest. ( I was completly sober this time ) We got a little closer for the second encore and gord standing up paddling his canoe was cool.
When it ended my son said hey let's go find your one shoe that I lost during Scar. We headed toward the front and one of the other boys said holy shit there's your glasses. Totally detstoyed no lenses one arm missing and what was left was mangled beyond repair. Oh yeah we found the shoe too, unharmed.
2 tickets for the hip $60
motel room $134
new smashed glasses $250
van repair $450
Taking my son to first concert ...........well you know the rest
Westie
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Great show. The crowd ate ass, but I'm used to that (not from Hip shows tho). Yeah, you could see the guys were not as into as normal, but they still kicked a hell of a lot of ass. Props to Roy - Keith says you're a loser (no, he didn't. but I did.)
Also, yeah I hope they get out of this repetative setlist stuff. But gotta love em anyways.
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Nah, must've been Keith. I don't know what you're on about. Btw, he lost that girl after the show... she left him so quickly once she found her friends - SUCKA!! Man, I'm a dick.
I have to say tho, with everyone ripping on the organization of this show, I thought this was one of the best set-up beer tent systems I've ever seen. In one aisle, out another, no screwing around. Fun stuff.
Any one else see Beach Bum Jesus? Yellow windbreaker, yellow/cream plaid pants and a blonde beard and hair cut? He was hilarious... till about half way thru the show when he started defending himself... hahahahaha... and then after the show he was picking up all the left over shoes... ah, the memories...
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sarnia was intense
the crowd was crazy as hell.......lot of idiots
but all in all it was a great show
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yeah, they definitely played evelyn,
turns out flying across the country to check out the hip is a good idea after all......
concert tickets:35$
gas money to drive down from toronto:100$
plane tickets:600$
the opening of "Music at Work" live for the first time: priceless
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The sound absolutely sucked at that show!!!!!!!! Thats all I have to say. :x
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From Sarnia so heres my take on things:
Sarnia + Tragically Hip = Pain in the ass
Too many drunks
too many wanna be cop type security type bouncer type so unprofessional type kids working the crowd that you feel the need to help every kid that hits the ground
Gord is always grumpy because of the crowd - grumpy gord=short show
More food booths than leg room
it was a decent show, but would have been much better if my equipment didnt get taken by the 20 year old rambo working the gates
cratch: :roll: I have no problem with them searching it..but it wasn't allowed in at all! That's just retarded.
they have also seen the hip about 5 times. so right about now im ready to call AA and we still have a 4hr drive just to get to the WORST HIP SHOW ive ever been to..........