[thebends]

Ha, though one. I think Radio Show, each time with one of the different classic rants and other song teasers sprinkled in. Guess that's a cheat but I'm sticking to it.

Love The National BTW, I think they are based in Brooklyn but originally from Cinci OH.

[potsie]

6 hours is indeed ridiculous. But if you're holding a gun to my head, I guess I'd have to go with Grace, Too. The Hip have probably played that song every night since 1994, and I've never grown tired of it. It's an absolute beast. Especially during the outro when both Gord D. and Robby let loose. Also have to give props to Gord Sinclair for what is arguably the greatest bass line in Canadian music history.

Ditto. Call it a warhorse if you want, but I could hear Grace Too over and over again and that intro would still give me goosebumps.

I have kind of always equated it to The Stones "Gimmie Shelter". Again, a bit of a warhorse, but similar "dark" vibe to it and every time I hear the into, arm hair stands on end.

I 100% agree with you on the goosebump-inducing, neck hair raising, chills sent down the spine feeling that Gimme Shelter elicits. There are a handful of music moments that do that for me but nothing more so than the opening of that song with Keith's apocalyptic riff and the ominous wordless vocals. Merry Clayton's "Rape, murder! It's just a shot away! It's just a shot away!" also stands as one of the greatest back-up vocal contributions of all-time. It's no wonder Scorsese has used the song in three different movies. Some other musical moments that give me a similar feeling are the opening of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit", Radiohead's "How to Disappear Completely", David Gilmour's solo on the Pulse version of "Comfortably Numb", and the lines in "Black" where Eddie Vedder sings "Oh and all I taught her was everything, Oh I know she gave me all that she wore".

As for the Hip, I would also agree that Grace,Too is the best when it comes to goosebumps. In fact, I don't think there is anything else in the Hip catalogue that gives the same feeling. For me, a small part of that feeling is derived from it being the set opener for many shows in the 1990's. I used to get goosebumps when the Hip took the stage to that song back then and it was an almost indescribably intense emotion. Like a junkie, I've been chasing that same concert high for many years since, from the Hip and many other bands, and I've just never been able to hit those heights again.

[direwolf74]

I 100% agree with you on the goosebump-inducing, neck hair raising, chills sent down the spine feeling that Gimme Shelter elicits. There are a handful of music moments that do that for me but nothing more so than the opening of that song with Keith's apocalyptic riff and the ominous wordless vocals. Merry Clayton's "Rape, murder! It's just a shot away! It's just a shot away!" also stands as one of the greatest back-up vocal contributions of all-time. It's no wonder Scorsese has used the song in three different movies. Some other musical moments that give me a similar feeling are the opening of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit", Radiohead's "How to Disappear Completely", David Gilmour's solo on the Pulse version of "Comfortably Numb", and the lines in "Black" where Eddie Vedder sings "Oh and all I taught her was everything, Oh I know she gave me all that she wore".

As for the Hip, I would also agree that Grace,Too is the best when it comes to goosebumps. In fact, I don't think there is anything else in the Hip catalogue that gives the same feeling. For me, a small part of that feeling is derived from it being the set opener for many shows in the 1990's. I used to get goosebumps when the Hip took the stage to that song back then and it was an almost indescribably intense emotion. Like a junkie, I've been chasing that same concert high for many years since, from the Hip and many other bands, and I've just never been able to hit those heights again.

One of those concert highs that I'll always remember was the first time I heard them play Nautical Disaster in the middle of NOIS. It was during the first ARA tour in '93, and Gord was busting out all kinds of new lyrics that would eventually appear in future songs. They reached the instrumental jam section of NOIS, and then a murky-sounding guitar riff and bass line slowly emerged, and Gord started in: "I had this dream where I relished the fray, and the screamin' filled my head all day..." Suddenly the rest of the band kicked in on the "coast of France" line, and we all realized we were witnessing the birth of a fully fleshed-out new song. Instant chills!

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Where were you last night?

[robbroncs]

Locked.... i may have come close to 105 one time. ;-)

[LandscapesEmerg]

At a difficult time in my life I played the song Scared for 5 hours.
Straight.
Listen.
Press rewind.
Stop.
Play.
For 5 hours.

After about the 15th time, with great precision, I could stop the rewinding with incredible precision. I hit the very start of the song .. everytime - without trying. My brain had memorized how long to wait before I hit stop.

I eventually stopped playing the song when I saw this image of Gord reading a book that made him scared. It felt peaceful and I felt better.

When I hear the song I think of that day and how the song helped me in an odd way.

[senrab]

Escape is at hand

[chagrinfalls]

At a difficult time in my life I played the song Scared for 5 hours.
Straight.
Listen.
Press rewind.
Stop.
Play.
For 5 hours.

This takes fortitude, lol. 'Scared' actually scares me. I think it's partly because I read Farley Mowat's 'A Whale for the Killing' when I was very young & impressionable, & all those feelings of horror & the incomprehensibility of people's casual inhumanity come back to me when I hear 'Scared'. It's a really effective meditation on cruelty & abuse.

The weird thing is, the tour last summer had a big impact on how I viewed 'scared'--I think because people made so much of the "It's been a pleasure doing business with you" line, as a kind of farewell from Gord to the audience. It's kind of re-written the song a bit for me, tho I have to say it's still not something I necessarily listen to by choice because of the overwhelming ugliness of the subject matter. It's interesting because it's not the only extremely dark song the hip have done, but it's the one that...relents the least, for me. Where "Grace Too" goes dark it also carries a certain redemption with it--literally the "grace" Gord sings about in the lyrics--but Scared & also maybe "Locked" don't really give the listener much of a rope to hang onto. For me, anyway. One of the things I love about Gord & the Hip is that they don't sugarcoat human ugliness--they certainly don't admire it, but the portraits are honest & precise. & terrifying, tbh.

[thebends]

At a difficult time in my life I played the song Scared for 5 hours.
Straight.
Listen.
Press rewind.
Stop.
Play.
For 5 hours.

This takes fortitude, lol. 'Scared' actually scares me. I think it's partly because I read Farley Mowat's 'A Whale for the Killing' when I was very young & impressionable, & all those feelings of horror & the incomprehensibility of people's casual inhumanity come back to me when I hear 'Scared'. It's a really effective meditation on cruelty & abuse.

The weird thing is, the tour last summer had a big impact on how I viewed 'scared'--I think because people made so much of the "It's been a pleasure doing business with you" line, as a kind of farewell from Gord to the audience. It's kind of re-written the song a bit for me, tho I have to say it's still not something I necessarily listen to by choice because of the overwhelming ugliness of the subject matter. It's interesting because it's not the only extremely dark song the hip have done, but it's the one that...relents the least, for me. Where "Grace Too" goes dark it also carries a certain redemption with it--literally the "grace" Gord sings about in the lyrics--but Scared & also maybe "Locked" don't really give the listener much of a rope to hang onto. For me, anyway. One of the things I love about Gord & the Hip is that they don't sugarcoat human ugliness--they certainly don't admire it, but the portraits are honest & precise. & terrifying, tbh.

@chagrinfalls your comments resonate. For me one of the magnet themes from the Hip is the inevitability of chaos and the possibility of happy. No compromise it just happens.

[Zephyr5]

At a difficult time in my life I played the song Scared for 5 hours.
Straight.
Listen.
Press rewind.
Stop.
Play.
For 5 hours.

After about the 15th time, with great precision, I could stop the rewinding with incredible precision. I hit the very start of the song .. everytime - without trying. My brain had memorized how long to wait before I hit stop.

I eventually stopped playing the song when I saw this image of Gord reading a book that made him scared. It felt peaceful and I felt better.

When I hear the song I think of that day and how the song helped me in an odd way.

This makes me smile.......I remember trying to time the "stop". But if you repeated the "stop" a couple of times you could actually see a slight bulge in the tape that would give you a clue as to when to push the button.

Do you remember the title of the book Gord was reading? Was it the inspiration for the lyrics of this song?

[chagrinfalls]

@chagrinfalls your comments resonate. For me one of the magnet themes from the Hip is the inevitability of chaos and the possibility of happy. No compromise it just happens.

Talk about resonate, lol--thebends, your phrase "magnet themes" stopped me in my tracks. It's a perfect description.You got me thinking about the pull of the Hip's music, what kind of subject matter has drawn me in, maybe even without me really being aware of it. & whether there are common themes drifting through the songs I love most.

I'd be really interested to hear more from you & others about what the 'magnet themes' are for you that draw you in or keep you coming back or just generally seem to be at work in the Hip's music. I'm just gonna say I'd love it if you started a new thread about this--I just think it could be a really great discussion.

I also get you may have no interest in starting a thread, lol, so would you be ok if I say that for default, & as the 2nd-best option, if no thread from you appears in the next week, I'll stick up a new thread with reference to your phrase 'magnet themes' & see what happens? I just am really curious & excited to hear yours & others' thoughts on this topic

[nbarry19]

Cordelia.

[LandscapesEmerg]

I think because people made so much of the "It's been a pleasure doing business with you" line, as a kind of farewell from Gord to the audience. It's kind of re-written the song a bit for me

I had the same feeling about Scared and the Last Tour.

But I always felt the song was about an author talking to a reader, or a poet talking to the audience.
And I love it when the poet says he was scared too because he wasn't sure he was getting through.
Fear not Gord. Fear not.

[Killer Whale Tank]

"Poets."