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:welcome We all love Hip cover bands :thumb:
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Hey All,
My name is Nicole and I recently joined here and got back into the Hip. I was really into the Hip from my first show in 1993 until the arrival of my first child in 2001 (I think we did 5 shows in 2000)... since then RL (including two more kiddos) has consumed much of my time.
Around 1998/99 to 2000, I belonged to a Hip mailing list (Henhouse maybe?) and even went to a Gord Downie solo show at the Steam Whistle in TO with tix that I got from someone on the mailing list ... sound familar to anyone?
I also have great pictures from the Taste of Chicago show in 2000 and decent pics from the 2000 New Year's Day show (we had front row seats) that I'd be willing to post sometime. I believe I even recorded An Evening With Show on miniDV (although its shaky).
Anyway, going to one of the Kitchener shows at the end of the month.
Look forward to discussing all things Hip with everyone.
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yeah, I've been over to the Hiptracker a few times ... will definitely try to upload it when I find the originals & find the time. I actually sent it out to maybe a dozen people on VHS lol!
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Hello fellow Hip fans,
My name is Andrew and I hail from the place Gord Downie affectionately calls “the Paris of the Maritimes”. The Hip first became a music staple for me in the early 1990’s after I bought a Road Apples cassette. My love of the band was cemented after the release of Fully Completely, which subsequently became the soundtrack to most of the parties in my last year of high school. September 1994 found me waiting for the record store to open on release day morning so I could get a copy of Day for Night. I continued this tradition for every album thereafter, although the tradition will end this week when the new one comes courtesy of Amazon.
My first Hip concert experience was in Saint John, where I saw them on the Day for Night tour. My future wife and I had upper bowl seats for the show but jumped the security barrier to get down into the mosh pit (a term that now seems dated to the 1990’s) in front of the stage. The goose-bump feeling that I had when they took first took to the stage that night has never since been replicated for me at a concert. I remember a fight breaking out in the pit and Gord stopping the show to chastise the combatants. I’m not sure if a live recording exists of this show, but I believe Gord said “For every punch you throw I’m going to rip a stitch out of your mother’s caeserian scar.”
I’m a big music fan. The bands currently getting the most play on my iPod are My Morning Jacket, Kings of Leon, the National, Neko Case, and Ryan Adams and the Cardinals. I also like to watch sports and play them poorly. I’ve lived and died with the Oilers for years and it looks like I’m going to have to suffer through another spring without any meaningful playoff hockey.
I’m looking forward to checking out the site and getting to know more about my favourite band. Cheers.
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My interest in The Hip started in a somewhat embarrassing way. Instead of first being introduced to the music, in either 1994 or 1995, I happened--quite by chance--to sit near Gord Downie on a 747-flight home after they had performed in Holland. I had spent several years bringing up our small children and had listened more to Sesame Street and The Elephant Show than anything else. That is why, when Gord Downie explained he belonged to the Canadian pop-rock band named "The Tragically Hip," I actually hesitated and asked... "oh, are you famous?" to which he gallantly (and with a completely straight face) replied "Well, you know what they say. If you have to ask, then I guess not."
Looking back, it was a hoot.
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:welcome
What a great story.
"We're forced to bed, but we're free to dream"
Dana
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Hi, first time caller, long time listener here.
I am in to "lyric analysis" and live show archives. Out west now, was out east. Can't wait for the upcoming tour, hope the pregnant wife will let me go.
Isn't playoff hockey just the best.
