Gord Downie (Tragically Hip) diagnosed with brain cancer [Update: Dead at 53]
10-18-17, 01:32 PM
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10-18-17, 03:05 PM
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10-18-17, 04:22 PM
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My favourites were always "50 Mission Cap" and "Bobcaygeon".
I also like the live version of "New Orleans is Sinking" where Gord goes into a whole story about working at an aquarium. He was a genius at stuff like that. "Killer whale tank!"
I also like the live version of "New Orleans is Sinking" where Gord goes into a whole story about working at an aquarium. He was a genius at stuff like that. "Killer whale tank!"
10-20-17, 03:37 PM
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Mine too, with "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken" a close second.
XM173 (The Verge) has rebranded itself as "Tragically Hip Radio" all week so far, and is only playing Hip and solo Gord stuff, along with various clips of interviews with band members.
XM173 (The Verge) has rebranded itself as "Tragically Hip Radio" all week so far, and is only playing Hip and solo Gord stuff, along with various clips of interviews with band members.
10-24-17, 05:07 PM
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I am not familiar with their music, but Downie was a grand fellow, by all accounts.
10-24-17, 05:12 PM
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Man, it would have been difficult for someone in Canada to not hear their music, especially during that era.
10-24-17, 05:38 PM
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But no, I have never been a radio listener. The only song of theirs I am aware of knowing, is "Ahead by a Century", which I find OK. I might know others, but not consciously.
10-25-17, 01:38 AM
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Not the Hip's best album, but this has always been my favourite track of theirs. An essential Canadian song.
10-25-17, 07:59 AM
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Not the Hip's best album, but this has always been my favourite track of theirs. An essential Canadian song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9wW9ENBPlQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9wW9ENBPlQ
Phantom Power is a good record. Not my favourite by them though. World Container would be my top choice.
09-21-20, 09:49 AM
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Next month — almost exactly three years to the day after Downie’s departure, Arts & Crafts will release Away Is Mine, an album that Downie recorded in the last three months of his life. Guitarist and co-writer Josh Finlayson, of the Toronto band Skydiggers, recorded the songs with Downie over four days in July of 2017. Musicians on the album include multi-instrumentalist Travis Good, of the Sadies, and drummer Lou Downie, Gord’s son. Away Is Mine is being released as a double album, and it’ll feature acoustic and electric versions of the same 10 songs.
In a press release, Finlayson says, “There really wasn’t a plan to make a record. The whole thing was that I knew this was a great way to spend time with Gord, listening to music, talking about music, talking about things that we’d always talked about. And this just evolved pretty organically.” Downie’s brother Patrick says, “This won’t be his last release, but these are the final 10 songs Gord sang before he passed away. The last time he ever sang into a mic. That’s pretty special to us.”
Today, Arts & Crafts has shared the electric versions of the album’s first two songs, the thoughtful and ruminative “Hotel Worth” and “Useless Nights.”
TRACKLIST:
Disc One:
01 “Hotel Worth”
02 “Useless Nights”
03 “I Am Lost”
04 “About Blank”
05 “River Don’t Care”
06 “The Least Impossible”
07 “Traffic Is Magic”
08 “Away Is Mine”
09 “No Solace”
10 “Untitled”
Disc Two:
11 “Hotel Worth (Acoustic)”
12 “Useless Nights (Acoustic)”
13 “I Am Lost (Acoustic)”
14 “About Blank (Acoustic)”
15 “River Don’t Care (Acoustic)”
16 “The Least Impossible (Acoustic)”
17 “Traffic Is Magic (Acoustic)”
18 “Away Is Mine (Acoustic)”
19 “No Solace (Acoustic)”
20 “Untitled (Acoustic)”
Away Is Mine is out 10/16 on Arts & Crafts.
In a press release, Finlayson says, “There really wasn’t a plan to make a record. The whole thing was that I knew this was a great way to spend time with Gord, listening to music, talking about music, talking about things that we’d always talked about. And this just evolved pretty organically.” Downie’s brother Patrick says, “This won’t be his last release, but these are the final 10 songs Gord sang before he passed away. The last time he ever sang into a mic. That’s pretty special to us.”
Today, Arts & Crafts has shared the electric versions of the album’s first two songs, the thoughtful and ruminative “Hotel Worth” and “Useless Nights.”
TRACKLIST:
Disc One:
01 “Hotel Worth”
02 “Useless Nights”
03 “I Am Lost”
04 “About Blank”
05 “River Don’t Care”
06 “The Least Impossible”
07 “Traffic Is Magic”
08 “Away Is Mine”
09 “No Solace”
10 “Untitled”
Disc Two:
11 “Hotel Worth (Acoustic)”
12 “Useless Nights (Acoustic)”
13 “I Am Lost (Acoustic)”
14 “About Blank (Acoustic)”
15 “River Don’t Care (Acoustic)”
16 “The Least Impossible (Acoustic)”
17 “Traffic Is Magic (Acoustic)”
18 “Away Is Mine (Acoustic)”
19 “No Solace (Acoustic)”
20 “Untitled (Acoustic)”
Away Is Mine is out 10/16 on Arts & Crafts.
