The Tragically Hip (new and improved official thread)

[left the porch]

does anyone own any Hip on vinyl? was Live Between Us released on vinyl?

Yes I have Live Between Us on vinyl. I also have Up to Here, Road Apples and Day For Night on vinyl. I have been looking for Fully Completely, my holy grail, forever! Would love to find it one day!

[rcs]

does anyone own any Hip on vinyl? was Live Between Us released on vinyl?

Yes I have Live Between Us on vinyl. I also have Up to Here, Road Apples and Day For Night on vinyl. I have been looking for Fully Completely, my holy grail, forever! Would love to find it one day!

I just saw a Dutch pressing of Fully Completely at a store called the Inner Sleeve in Calgary about 3 weeks back. She was asking $110 for it. Little steep for me but would love to own it someday on vinyl.

[left the porch]

does anyone own any Hip on vinyl? was Live Between Us released on vinyl?

Yes I have Live Between Us on vinyl. I also have Up to Here, Road Apples and Day For Night on vinyl. I have been looking for Fully Completely, my holy grail, forever! Would love to find it one day!

I just saw a Dutch pressing of Fully Compleltely at a store called the Inner Sleeve in Calgary about 3 weeks back. She was asking $110 for it. Little steep for me but would love to own it someday on vinyl.

$110 is steep. But it is very rare. Was it new and mint? Maybe I will contact this store, thanks for the info.

[rcs]

I don't think it was sealed but looked to be in great shape. It was up on the wall so I didn't get to look at the vinyl but anything I've ever bought from the store has been in great shape. She's pretty high on her prices but you may be able to haggle a bit.

[restlesssoul]

There was a sealed Live Between Us vinyl on ebay two months ago. The only Hip vinyl I've got is the 45 as mentioned, the first album and We are the same.

[restlesssoul]

TONIGHT!

[Hugh Freaking Dillon]

so Hip vinyl is just as rare as PJ vinyl. yet another similarity between the two.

[Hugh Freaking Dillon]

just checked the bay, and there's a few vinyl on there right now:

Road Apples (unsealed) has 3 days left and is at $113.
Up To Here (two copies) BIN for about $80
Self Titled (ep) is at $25 with 2 days left.

I think the ones I'd like the most on vinyl are Live Between Us and In Violet Light. or maybe Music At Work, just to hear that monster Tiger The Lion on vinyl.

[direwolf74]

Incredible show last night in Edmonton! A little too short maybe, but it was awesome nonetheless. I've seen this band so many times I've lost count, and I can easily say that this was one of the best Hip shows I've seen. Great energy from both the band and the crowd, and Gord was VERY animated and ranting all through the show. I didn't see it, but apparently there was quite a bit of drunken douchebaggery going on near the front of the stage with some idiots fighting and slamming into women and small kids, which pissed Gord off something fierce. A couple of times he explicitly told people to stop crowd surfing. Then he started singling out specific guys who were being assholes and totally berated them in front of 20,000 people. It was fantastic. He also had a great rant in the middle of Hundredth Meridian about him and Paul hitchhiking to Prince Edward Island with nothing but a bag of granola and $17. Great stuff!

Setlist:

Blow
Grace
Love
Streets
Gift
ABAC
In View
Poets
Meridian
Wheat
Drip
Fully
Courage
Bob C.
NOIS/Nautical/NOIS
Bones

Encore:
Kids
Music

And here's a great video from last night of Gord going off on some asshole in the crowd:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuFn0mVFbl8

[direwolf74]

Another one of Gord berating some douchebags in the crowd (and a killer version of Fully Completely). "It's not the music, man. You would do it at a Bieber show and you fuckin' know it!" Classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJkgySFCI4

[direwolf74]

Some more great footage from Edmonton. This is a long one: Poets, Meridian, Wheat Kings, and the excellent new song Drip Drip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqr2VTujhH8

[locked]

thanks DW!
seems like some of the good "old" Gord
is back "Paul I can't look!"
lmao!
but Gord still thinks he has to consume 100 percent if the crowds attention with rants and his tap dancing...!
the band is in killer form..
let the music do the talking once in a while...
ok keep the rants but enough of the tap dancing...
it's just not rock and roll as much as cabaret at this stage IMO ..
just my own rant I guess !

[EquallyWorthless]

thanks DW!
seems like some of the good "old" Gord
is back "Paul I can't look!"
lmao!
but Gord still thinks he has to consume 100 percent if the crowds attention with rants and his tap dancing...!
the band is in killer form..
let the music do the talking once in a while...
ok keep the rants but enough of the tap dancing...
it's just not rock and roll as much as cabaret at this stage IMO ..
just my own rant I guess !

LOL. There is a reason the singer is called a "frontman". A lot of bands dont like to be in the spotlight, and an exuberant singer allows them to focus on the music.

[restlesssoul]

those edmonton rants are awesome.


Here is Drip, Drip, Drip from Vancouver, er Burnaby.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd3KkzOLMjQ

[direwolf74]

Great song! Can't wait to hear the official version when the new album comes out.

My two cents regarding Gord's antics: I don't think it takes away from the music at all. It certainly didn't take anything away from the raw energy that was on display in Edmonton the other night. If anything, it only heightened it. Those guys still rock harder than most bands half their age, and that was definitely one of the best Hip shows I've seen in recent years. Gord can do no wrong in my opinion. He's like a crazed lunatic who's out on a day pass from the asylum, and you never know what he's gonna do. His weird spasmodic dancing has actually been a part of their live show since the beginning. In fact I distinctly remember him doing some bizarre form of tap dancing in '92 at the Max Bell Center in Calgary during an epic 10-minute version of "New Orleans is Sinking". Maybe it's because he's older, but these days he's just a bit more graceful at it, and he seems to do it more often. Also, his clever, unique, and hilarious use of the mic stand as a prop is incomparable. He seems to come up with a new way to use it at every show. I think it's great, and it gives their live show a wholly original dynamic that you don't get with any other rock band. The dude is the best frontman in the biz, hands down.