01-20-2007, 01:32 PM
8 HOURS OMG!!!!!!!!
Music brings people together. So my function in anything I do is to help bring people closer in. - Gord Downie (2014)
Hip in Winnipeg
Music brings people together. So my function in anything I do is to help bring people closer in. - Gord Downie (2014)
01-20-2007, 05:15 PM
Less than an hour until we start 'priming'...lol. My wife says to me 'don't get drunk", I say NEVER at a Hip concert, have to be alert to enjoy. This reminded me of the Brandon show some years back, some guy was sitting behind us plastered (but harmless) and at the end of every song he would yell "Play Highway Girl"...then one time, just before passing out he says "play Highway Girl...the Live version"...man we howled - we are at a concert buddy there is ONLY live versions.....
A Hip set list is like a box of chocolates..you never know which one you're going to get.
01-20-2007, 05:18 PM
4:13pm... Got my Barilko jersey on... here we go!!!!
01-20-2007, 06:21 PM
hope everyone has a fucking blast! i'm heading out
01-21-2007, 01:18 AM
DasHipsInWpg Wrote:4:13pm... Got my Barilko jersey on... here we go!!!!I think I saw you there... Blue Leafs Jersey?
01-21-2007, 01:40 AM
Man, the sound was amazing tonight. I've never heard Gord sound better. I thought the acoustics at MTS were phenomenal. Hopefully this show was captured so we can all hear it again!
01-21-2007, 07:16 AM
winnipeg sun review, four stars:
MTS Centre, Winnipeg - January 20, 2007
By DAVID SCHMEICHEL -- Winnipeg Sun
WINNIPEG - The Tragically Hip were anything but lonely over at their end of the rink last night, where their show at MTS Centre drew close to 11,500 rabid fans.
And lucky for everyone who showed up, the much-revered Can-rock quintet was firing on all cylinders, proving that after more than two decades together, they're still one of this country's most reliable commodities.
Opening with the sweeping rocker Lonely End of the Rink, from their new album World Container, the Hip quickly gave notice they were here to entertain, drawing an extended guitar solo from the tune and giving frontman Gord Downie a chance to try out some Riverdance-worthy high steps.
By this stage in his career, Downie has the frenzied shaman schtick down to a science, so it was no surprise to see the 42-year-old burst into similarly inspired bouts of dancing during follow-up numbers New Orleans is Sinking and Fully Completely.
Projected video images of snow-covered pine trees proved a perfect match for the wistful ballad Bobcaygeon -- what with its wintry references to checkerboard floors and Aryan twangs -- and later morphed into even trippier shots of Canadian vistas for the sped-up anthem The Drop-Off and the countrified lament Ahead By A Century.
The cohesiveness of the other four Hip-sters (bassist Gord Sinclair, drummer Johnny Fay, and guitarists Bobby Baker and Paul Langlois) is by now a thing of legend, but the bandmates sounded especially tight on the vaguely epic In View and the bluesy Poets, which Downie closed with one of his trademark (albeit truncated) stream-of-consciousness rants.
The lighters came out for Fiddler's Green and World Container's title track, both of which got a boost from Downie's craggy-but-still-soaring vocals, but the band kicked things into high gear again with a raucous version of At the Hundredth Meridian.
It was at this point that Downie unloaded a longer version of the aforementioned stream-of-consciousness routine, spitting out syllables with all the fury of a man possessed. And while it was kind of hard to make out the words from our perch up in the press box, even from a distance, the effect was utterly, well, Hip-notic.
Toronto alt-country outfit The Sadies opened the show with 45 minutes of the rootsy, garage-rock rave-ups that have become their specialty over the last decade. Brothers Dallas and Travis Good proved especially adept at surf-inspired instrumentals, though they also found time to trade rumbling harmonies on a number of jangly, twangy country-punk tracks, plus a few that delved even deeper into straight-up psychedelic rock.
MTS Centre, Winnipeg - January 20, 2007
By DAVID SCHMEICHEL -- Winnipeg Sun
WINNIPEG - The Tragically Hip were anything but lonely over at their end of the rink last night, where their show at MTS Centre drew close to 11,500 rabid fans.
And lucky for everyone who showed up, the much-revered Can-rock quintet was firing on all cylinders, proving that after more than two decades together, they're still one of this country's most reliable commodities.
Opening with the sweeping rocker Lonely End of the Rink, from their new album World Container, the Hip quickly gave notice they were here to entertain, drawing an extended guitar solo from the tune and giving frontman Gord Downie a chance to try out some Riverdance-worthy high steps.
By this stage in his career, Downie has the frenzied shaman schtick down to a science, so it was no surprise to see the 42-year-old burst into similarly inspired bouts of dancing during follow-up numbers New Orleans is Sinking and Fully Completely.
Projected video images of snow-covered pine trees proved a perfect match for the wistful ballad Bobcaygeon -- what with its wintry references to checkerboard floors and Aryan twangs -- and later morphed into even trippier shots of Canadian vistas for the sped-up anthem The Drop-Off and the countrified lament Ahead By A Century.
The cohesiveness of the other four Hip-sters (bassist Gord Sinclair, drummer Johnny Fay, and guitarists Bobby Baker and Paul Langlois) is by now a thing of legend, but the bandmates sounded especially tight on the vaguely epic In View and the bluesy Poets, which Downie closed with one of his trademark (albeit truncated) stream-of-consciousness rants.
The lighters came out for Fiddler's Green and World Container's title track, both of which got a boost from Downie's craggy-but-still-soaring vocals, but the band kicked things into high gear again with a raucous version of At the Hundredth Meridian.
It was at this point that Downie unloaded a longer version of the aforementioned stream-of-consciousness routine, spitting out syllables with all the fury of a man possessed. And while it was kind of hard to make out the words from our perch up in the press box, even from a distance, the effect was utterly, well, Hip-notic.
Toronto alt-country outfit The Sadies opened the show with 45 minutes of the rootsy, garage-rock rave-ups that have become their specialty over the last decade. Brothers Dallas and Travis Good proved especially adept at surf-inspired instrumentals, though they also found time to trade rumbling harmonies on a number of jangly, twangy country-punk tracks, plus a few that delved even deeper into straight-up psychedelic rock.
01-22-2007, 07:34 PM
dudes....i was in the 3rd row and there were at least 4 people around me with handycams...where are you people and how can i get a copy of this show? Would be awesome! Cheers y'all! I actually had to take Monday off too....still hurting!!! Had an absolute blast. Security was awesome...was able to enjoy a buncha reefers with my friends, take some pics and scream my heart out! Thanks Hip - you guys rocked!!! I think I got raped by spending over $400 on gear....it's the damn jersey...kills me every time! HUGS!!!! And where are those people with the handycams?!?!?
Music brings people together. So my function in anything I do is to help bring people closer in. - Gord Downie (2014)
01-23-2007, 09:36 AM
What's wrong with you people? Why weren't you pre-gaming earlier than 4 pm? 
And hipchick, if you get hold of any of them copies, please send my way!
And hipchick, if you get hold of any of them copies, please send my way!
01-24-2007, 11:03 AM
hipchick77 Wrote:dudes....i was in the 3rd row and there were at least 4 people around me with handycams...where are you people and how can i get a copy of this show?
<!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thehiptracker.com">www.thehiptracker.com</a><!-- w --> - It's your friend! :thumb: 8)
01-25-2007, 01:23 AM
Zenith Wrote:hipchick77 Wrote:dudes....i was in the 3rd row and there were at least 4 people around me with handycams...where are you people and how can i get a copy of this show?
<!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thehiptracker.com">www.thehiptracker.com</a><!-- w --> - It's your friend! :thumb: 8)
Yes...but the show is not there, so it's not REALLY our friend...
01-25-2007, 04:05 AM
bow_of_defeat Wrote:Zenith Wrote:hipchick77 Wrote:dudes....i was in the 3rd row and there were at least 4 people around me with handycams...where are you people and how can i get a copy of this show?
<!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thehiptracker.com">www.thehiptracker.com</a><!-- w --> - It's your friend! :thumb: 8)
Yes...but the show is not there, so it's not REALLY our friend...
Yes, true. But if it has been taped it will end up there - that was my point. These things take time. Patience is a virtue. :thumb:
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