[eatmecompletely]

Hey all I was thinking on my drive today to start a debate of the top 10 hip shows of all time

I have seen over 30+ shows and Have listened to over 100 + shows in the old XL2

Here is my rhyme and reason


1) ARA 93 Markahm Fairgrounds Both Nights Combined
- Introduction of natuical and thugs
- The day that they went from being a bar band to rock stars
- Insane 100th with a gun free Japan
- Jammed out Camera with the jumper
- Most of Heksenketle is from there
- and oh yeh Get Back Again !

2) Maple Leaf Gardens 95 First show ever at MLG
- This is when they became the arena rock band
- 50 mission cap performed in that building with #5 above shaking
- Great NOIS and ahead by a century tease
- Overall great sounding show and they played unreal that show

3) The Hip Live at the Roxy (No Idea the date)
- Double Suicide
- Great recording
- Great rants

4) Concert Hall 97
- Suprise Show
- Entire crowd was rocking
- Great intorduciton to the new album
- 700 ft ceiling was insane I remember body surfing
- High energy from start to finish

5)Kumbaya Festival
- all of Canada had a chance to see how great they were
- Excellent start with Gord and I think the cash brothers playing Hey Maria
- Great thug
- Clean Shaven gord for that show however still wearing that dirty save the human shirt
- NOIS is a must hear (Keep that wagon wheel rolling)

6) Centinial Hall London 98
- Great energy
- Great way to launch phantom power
- all for camp trillium
- some dude jumped off the balcony while the hip where doing cocain waiting to come on (or so the joke is)

7) Commodore Ballroom 2006?
- Wow what a show
- Fights and all
- great gord rants
- I think everyone in that room was wasted, I sure was and gord looked extra happy


8) ACC First Show there 97
- The hip opened up the ACC and broke it in well
- Great overall show
- Rocking

9) Marine Midland Arena 96
- Great luxury
- Excellent Grace
- Good american Energy

10) The last MLG shows in 96
- Gord tap dancing during little bones right over the henhouse (where i was lucky enough to sit)
- Any show at MLG was unreal


Let me know your thoughts guys

This board is kinda dead could use some life

[eatmecompletely]

no one has a comment on this
can we except that this list is 100% acurate and should be posted on hip.com and hipmuseum

[fingernailsonhull]

I don't think any list should exclude the show at Fort York on June 24, 2006. The first appearance of 38 Years Old in over a decade, not to mention the wonderfully diverse setlist, puts it near the top for me.

[eatmecompletely]

I don't think any list should exclude the show at Fort York on June 24, 2006. The first appearance of 38 Years Old in over a decade, not to mention the wonderfully diverse setlist, puts it near the top for me.

where would you put it
in top 5
or 5 - 10

also what would you move out?

[Dire Wolf]

no one has a comment on this
can we except that this list is 100% acurate and should be posted on hip.com and hipmuseum

The ACC didn't open until '99

[eatmecompletely]

My bad dire
i miseed it by a couple of years

do you have anything to contribute to this thread other than being that guy who has to correct everyone ?

[SRK]

The 10 I was at were clearly the best ever. Except for the 10 you were at.

[eatmecompletely]

that is true
but i was just thinking what is the greatest hip shows ever

like the dead have barton hall 77

phish has big cypress 99 and glenn falls 94

Pearl Jam has there

whats the hips legendary shows ?

First ARA

[sean.bonner]

Copperpenny 85?

Hengelo 91?

Horseshoe 92?

Charlottetown 06 :p ?

[eatmecompletely]

Copperpenny 85?

Hengelo 91?

Horseshoe 92?

Charlottetown 06 :p ?

I forgot about those shows

is charlotte 06 the sperm whale rant

I think ihave heard all except for 92 horseshoe

[Dire Wolf]

My bad dire
i miseed it by a couple of years

do you have anything to contribute to this thread other than being that guy who has to correct everyone ?

eatencompletely,

YOU ASKED for comments whether your list was 100% accurate. The Hip's 1991 Roxy gig took place on May 3, 1991.

[thebends]

Top ten Hip shows have yet to be played.

[direwolf74]

A couple off the top of my head:

Calgary, MacEwan Hall, U of C, 2006.
-Warm-up gig for World Container.
-First performance of Fiddler's Green in two decades. My head nearly exploded.

Sasquatch Festival, 2006.
-Crazy show. The most insane hail storm I've ever seen poured down during Neko Case. The poor woman had to cut her set short only 5 songs in so the crew could shovel all the snow off the stage. Then the Hip went on and blew everybody's socks off. Lots of great rants from Gord about the crazy weather, not to mention a brilliant version of Grace and the live debut of Rink, Fly, and The Drop Off. Gord opened the show with "That was the most hail I've ever seen. This is Grace Too...for Neko Case."

[Tthip]

Grape Jam, Grape Jam, Grape Jam 8-8-1998 it's only a snow fence

Artpark 6-6-2009 loudest, most into it crowd, most bouncing crowd I have ever seen. Unbelievable.

Syracuse, NY 10-3-2000 "Is there some kind of unrest in the pit? Is there some kind of problem with the - your view? What's wrong? Please, I want to know. Because you can't keep giving me the finger and expect me to go on with the show. It has an effect. How could it not? I could try to ignore you, but, that's not the ticket you bought. And what about your friend, young Castro? Where'd he go? That's how Milosevic started."

[sean.bonner]

is charlotte 06 the sperm whale rant

yes. Epic setlist too...

Blow At High Dough
Yer Not The Ocean
My Music At Work
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
Lake Fever
Daredevil
Lionized
Sherpa
Springtime in Vienna
Gift Shop
The Dire Wolf
At the Hundredth Meridian
Something On
The Last of the Unplucked Gems
Ahead by a Century
Grace, Too
Fire in the Hole

The Lonely End of the Rink
Bobcaygeon
Poets