[chris]

Is that from his performance last night or the studio cut?

That sounds like the radio capture of the show last night.

[direwolf74]

Great song! Thanks for posting.

:thumb:

[thedarkcanuck]

first listens to new material never fail to make my day, thanks for the post

[daylight]

Is that from his performance last night or the studio cut?

That sounds like the radio capture of the show last night.

Correct. Good thing I happened to be changing CDs in the car when Buck announced he'd play it later!

[BrenTheodore]

My weekend has been shit so far for the most part; a new Gord song (especially that one) makes it so much better.

I feel like all this talk should become moved to the Solo thread to build some more hype for this new material. God I am excited to hear what Chris Walla has done, because I am digging THC a fuck lot. It sounds like Gord is really starting to stretch his vocal range. I feel like this album could top CMG, but who knows.

[direwolf74]

. God I am excited to hear what Chris Walla has done, because I am digging THC a f**k lot. It sounds like Gord is really starting to stretch his vocal range. I feel like this album could top CMG, but who knows.

CMG will be hard to top. To me that album is a masterpiece. I didn't like Battle of the Nudes quite as much, as it sounded more like a CMG b-sides album. Not that I don't enjoy BOTN. But CMG is a far superior album in my opinion. If "The Hard Canadian" is an indication of things to come, I think Gord's new record is going to blow our minds. Word on the street is that the Gord/Sadies collaboration will also be released in the near future. Two Gord solo projects in the same year: Outstanding! All we need now is a live DVD from the We Are the Same tour and my 2010 will be complete.

:music

[kenadian]

"At the center of this record is my voice. I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer - I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

-Tom Waits

Hey, just noticed your sig...nice! I do loves me some Waits!!!

Cheers,
Ken(adian)

[Tthip]

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Brad Wheeler
From Saturday's Globe and Mail

Gordon Lightfoot and Gord Downie

at George Weston Recital Hall in Toronto on Thursday

An evening of music and moderated conversation with Gordon Lightfoot and Gord Downie was offbeat, rare, distinctive, sometimes shaky, often entertaining and only occasionally illuminating. Early on, Downie, the contemplative Tragically Hip rocker and occasional poet, was asked about the night’s topic, songwriting. He said he enjoyed it – that it was a “real mystery.”

It still is. In the first of the If You Could Read My Mind behind-the-music series of concerts presented by the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, Downie waxed eloquent about creating a place that was “ample and grateful” through song, as through poetry. More austerely, Lightfoot spoke of the demands of a recording contract as his muse.

There is jeopardy in poking around in things revered. “Its mystery is its life,” Walter Bagehot said of royalty (or maybe it was poutine or Bob Dylan). “We must not let daylight in upon the magic.” Music journalist Laurie Brown, the moderator, predicted “I don’t really know what’s going to happen tonight, but it will be a happening.”

And so, off into the mystic. Right off the bat, the two musically iconic Canadians veered perilously away from their theme, describing themselves as entertainers, not songwriters: “First and foremost, I like to perform,” explained Lightfoot, who no longer writes or records. Downie agreed, saying he started out as an entertainer, and that a performer is what he’d inevitably be. To hear Lightfoot tell it, songwriting was a chore, the recording of songs a trial akin to a visit to the dentist.

They spoke seated on stools, Downie, holding an acoustic guitar, deferentially to the left of Lightfoot. The unscripted conversation was interspersed with performances. For his, Lightfoot walked five steps or so over to where his long-time band mates Rick Haynes softly played electric bass and Terry Clements neatly hit lead notes on his acoustic guitar. Downie presented his material alone, not moving from his high chair, inches away and in the shadow of the Sundown singer.

The two were a study in contrasts – Lightfoot, the gentle, worn, melancholic balladeer of Rainy Day People, Shadows, If You Could Read My Mind and Let it Ride, and Downie, the earthy strummer with a style that was masculine and melodically sturdy. Of Downie’s presentation of the image-laden Morning Moon, Lightfoot said he admired the younger man’s energy and persistence. “That’s my thing,” replied the somewhat unnerved Downie, saying he felt like he was playing with boxing gloves on. “I love being with you here,” he told his hero. “It’s making me crazy.”

At one point the stage was tuned over to Prince Edward Island-based Catherine MacLellan, the beautiful, pure-voiced daughter of the late songwriter Gene MacLellan. She performed gracefully; with each unfailingly reached note, Taylor Swift’s popularity became more unaccountable.

Downie stayed away from his Tragically Hip classics, choosing solo material (Willow Logic) and an unreleased piece (Hard Canadian, from his forthcoming album). The exception was Bobcaygeon, normally a wind-swept sing-along in the arenas. Its smaller form was no less affecting.

Asked if certain songs were too personal to sing, Lightfoot said no, explaining that some poignant memories are worth forgetting – “My life has been quite complicated” – but that the show must go on.

Downie verbally hugged Lightfoot towards the end, thanking his “teacher.” Songwriters can never be thanked enough. Downie, Lightfoot and all the others pull rabbits out of hats tune by tune. Understanding what they do isn’t so important. Just be amazed – they deserve it.

The concert will be broadcast on Easter Sunday, on CBC Radio Two’s Inside the Music.

[tigerthelion88]

The Hard Canadian.

deadly post.
I cant wait to hear the alternate ending

[ashtrayrock]

great reviews here. thanks.

awesome show indeed!!

that venue is unbelievably super sweet

[Bootlegger420]

The file is Locked on Sharebee can someone repost it here please and thank you in advance

[sullivand]

The file is Locked on Sharebee can someone repost it here please and thank you in advance

It worked for me tonight.

[sullivand]

Fascinating glimpse into the mind of Gord Downie...

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The dream interview
Posted by Laurie Brown on Mar-16-10 at 04:00 PM
Last month I hosted an evening for The Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame. They've started a new live series in Toronto called "If I Could Read Your Mind". The premise is to have two songwriters on stage talking about songwriting. The first evening was Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip and the songwriter for whom the series is named, Gordon Lightfoot.

A huge influence for Downie, the whole thought of interviewing Lightfoot and sitting beside him and playing his own songs was surreal and wonderful and a bit frightening. Downie had so much he wanted to say..so much he wanted to know. Beforehand, when we were all nervous as to how the whole evening would unfold, Downie showed me the pages of thoughts and questions he had for Lightfoot. The pages themselves looked so amazing I asked if I could photograph them. My friend Marcy pulled out her camera and here they are. A look into the brain of Gord Downie, thinking about one of his biggest influences, Gordon Lightfoot.

[let_me_out]

There's only one word for that.

WOW

[kenadian]

That is awesome! I have got to print these and see if I came decipher any of it :-)

Cheers,
Ken(adian)