Music: Tragically Hip Farewell Concert Discussion | Stream

[Killahpunk]

Epic show!

 

[Chairman Maouth]

I keep asking myself how are they doing this? Being a musician I get that you want to keep doing what you love best for as long as possible, but given the circumstances, just wow.

I can't find the words to say how much I love this band. So many mixed emotions right now... Happy to be seing all this, but so sad that it's the end.

It's a remarkable set of circumstances.

 

[TF97]

Thank you, Gord and The Tragically Hip. Words cannot describe how much courage it must have taken to do this final tour given the circumstances. It's sad to see it all come to an end, but at least it got to end this way. What a great show to cap everything off.

 

[Dr Pepper]

That was a great show.

 

[Peter Zezel]

Wow.

 

[Yarborough]

Really good, love this band

 

[clunk]

That was incredible.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

I have this strange feeling about enjoying the concert but there's this underscore of emptiness. And I'm wondering what's next. Well, nothing is next I guess.

 

[clunk]

Anyone blast their speakers for that one? Feel my ears still ringing just like I was at a concert. Was amazing. Great band, great legacy. Whenever I hear Gord's voice, it makes me proud to be Canadian every time.

 

[Oscar Acosta]

In a strange way the end is now the beginning of me listening to them, I imagine I'm not alone across this country.
and excellent job by CBC to have that for an entire nation. What the taxes are for to promote our cultural arts. Something to see.

 

[Warden of the North]

Had tears a couple times tonight.

Thank-you Gord (and the rest).

 

[Inkling]

...and three hours later, after the concert is done, they still haven't cut to a commercial. The CBC did good tonight.

Can't claim to be the biggest Hip fan, but it was cool how the country came together over this one event.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

Anyone blast their speakers for that one? Feel my ears still ringing just like I was at a concert. Was amazing. Great band, great legacy. Whenever I hear Gord's voice, it makes me proud to be Canadian every time.

Yep. Had it cranked on my 5.1 surround. Bass guitar could have been prominent in the mix though.

 

[seventieslord]

I keep asking myself how are they doing this? Being a musician I get that you want to keep doing what you love best for as long as possible, but given the circumstances, just wow.

I can't find the words to say how much I love this band. So many mixed emotions right now... Happy to be seing all this, but so sad that it's the end.

It's a remarkable set of circumstances.

Who ever gets to go out like this? What person, what band? It's really something.

 

[seventieslord]

I have this strange feeling about enjoying the concert but there's this underscore of emptiness. And I'm wondering what's next. Well, nothing is next I guess.

Apparently Gord has a solo project coming out shortly. Then.... I imagine that's it.

(plus I'm betting this concert comes out on double CD posthumously)

 

[RedWhiteBlackGold]

In a strange way the end is now the beginning of me listening to them, I imagine I'm not alone across this country.
and excellent job by CBC to have that for an entire nation. What the taxes are for to promote our cultural arts. Something to see.

Never too late to discover brilliance.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

Who ever gets to go out like this? What person, what band? It's really something.

Warren Zevon's passing hit me pretty hard too. Seeing him when he was near the end and performing on Letterman was heartbreaking.

Google Warren Zevon Letterman Mutineer.

 

[Langdon Alger]

...and three hours later, after the concert is done, they still haven't cut to a commercial. The CBC did good tonight.

Can't claim to be the biggest Hip fan, but it was cool how the country came together over this one event.

I'm like you, not the biggest fan, but man, I was not going to miss this. What a night. What a show. Thank you Gord and thank you to the Tragically Hip.

Grace Too
Ahead By A Century
Blow At High Dough
Poets
Music At Work
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car

Those were the highlights of the night for me.

 

[Sens Rule]

Their legacy is truly that of the Canadian Beatles. That is how big and how great and how iconic The Hip are in Canada.

 

[seventieslord]

Warren Zevon's passing hit me pretty hard too. Seeing him when he was near the end and performing on Letterman was heartbreaking.

Google Warren Zevon Letterman Mutineer.

Very nice. I have that best of album Letterman was holding at the start.

 

[seventieslord]

Their legacy is truly that of the Canadian Beatles. That is how big and how great and how iconic The Hip are in Canada.

I have no intention to derail this thread, but I think Sloan are the canadian beatles. The Hip are more like the Canadian Stones.

 

[TF97]

Something I'm just now realizing is that for once one of my favorite bands (or artist) is getting a proper farewell. That is a really nice thing to see. The Hip and Gord deserved it.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

Very nice. I have that best of album Letterman was holding at the start.

Zevon is in my top 3 of favourite musicians/songwriters. Except for Werewolves of London. God I hate that song. He wrote stuff that was so much better but to casual fans that's the song he's best known for.

 

[Sens Rule]

I have no intention to derail this thread, but I think Sloan are the canadian beatles. The Hip are more like the Canadian Stones.

I love Sloan. But they are not even remotely close to the Hip. Literally almost every song on their first 4 or 5 albums is iconic. The Hip could play for 6 hours and not have fans not know every word to every song. If you have too many hits to play in a 3 hour concert... You are on a different level.

And again I love Sloan. Heck even Rush or Neil Young or Bryan Adams with a zillion records sold around the world as Canadians... Are still not bigger in Canada then the Tragically Hip is. No one in Canada is bigger then the Hip.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Zevon is in my top 3 of favourite musicians/songwriters. Except for Werewolves of London. God I hate that song. He wrote stuff that was so much better but to casual fans that's the song he's best known for.

Ha! That reminds me of the episode of Larry Sanders where Larry wants him to play werewolves, but he asks the producer if he can anything but that song. He agrees, then Larry says they have time for one more song, and asks a Warren to do werewolves. The look on his face is priceless.