How can you live in Canada and not know "The Hip".... Unbelievable....

@matthewmcalley392

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I'm surprised at that, I lived in BC in 93/94 (am from New Zealand) even I know how huge they were/are in Canada. I guess times change 😂. Guess they won't have heard of The Headstones either.

@zzz7zzz9

4 ай бұрын

@@matthewmcalley392 or Big Sugar.

@McRick2000

4 ай бұрын

I don't think they're being honest.

@gerhardbraatz6305

4 ай бұрын

That's not fair. They were into a different style of music, Hip Hop and rap. ​@@McRick2000

@McRick2000

4 ай бұрын

@@gerhardbraatz6305 If you are Canadian you will understand that it was IMPOSSIBLE to be alive in this country in 2016 and not be aware of their farewell tour, it was a national event. They are not being honest.

Looked up to The Gord above and said Hey Man thanks! R.I.P. Gord...

@inhouseatx

2 ай бұрын

She Said.....She Said....I Swear To God She Said!!!!!....

@BillBarker420

2 ай бұрын

In Gord we Trust

I’m from Australia and only stumbled across The Tragically Hip a few years ago. Gotta say, this music hits your soul like no other. Gord is a genius in his own right but it’s like he continued on with Jim Morrison’s visions on what music should be. Their gig at Woodstock ‘99 is incredible. Gord’s last gig ever is unforgettable 💯♥️🇦🇺

@4thlinemaniac356

4 ай бұрын

The Trees also from Canada are similar and Sloan are great as well. Den of Thieves from the Trees So She's Leaving more.

@Wikkens70

4 ай бұрын

@@4thlinemaniac356Sorry to correct you but the name of the band is the Trews and they are fantastic. "Sing Your Heart Out", "Poor Ole Broken Hearted Me", "Highway of Heroes", "Yearning". So many great songs.

@4thlinemaniac356

4 ай бұрын

@@Wikkens70 I know my moto phone changed it twice Reason why I had to correct it. Not Ready To Go is fantastic.

@tacocanada1888

4 ай бұрын

im from canada and i stumbled on TISM a few tears ago and i love them....culture exchange 😋

@user-yv4vr7mx4o

4 ай бұрын

Tism are hilariously talented. Really happy to hear that they’ve found their way over to you 💯♥️🇦🇺

RIP Gordo....a true canadian rock legend!

You haven't truly experienced The Hip until you've seen a live video. RIP Gord - always remembered and forever loved.

If you would like more in that vein, check out Blow at High Dough, or better yet, Little Bones.

Were you two in Canada in 2016? Not only did CBC carry the final concert in Kingston, but IT WAS ADVERTISED DAY AND NIGHT FOR MONTHS!

Thanks for this , the Hip are Canadian royalty. Cheers from Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 We sure miss our Gordie , rest in peace , always remembered

@looneygardener

4 ай бұрын

My hometown band. 😢

@medw7013

4 ай бұрын

@@looneygardener Same here

Haha, I was counting the seconds until the head boppin started - never takes more than a few before it just happens. Love it!

Being from N O i fell in love with this song and this band the first time heard it Im 59 retired born and raised here and cant wait to move out Like Gord said I dont Wanna Swim

Welcome to Canada's House Band. They aren't the most famous (outside of Canada), they weren't the most talented, best selling, complex, musically challenging, but on a cold Winters day, there is nothing like the warm fuzzy feeling of a Hip song that fills the Canadian soul.

@loonylovesgood

4 ай бұрын

I don’t know, I think they had a unique sound and some rather poetic lyrics.

@EpiphAnnies

4 ай бұрын

They were very talented

@Upsidedownguitar63

4 ай бұрын

You would not say that if you were a musician or knew anything about music...some very complex chord progressions and leads with great bass lines and vocals that matched them.

@donhadfield2835

4 ай бұрын

I am not saying they didn't have talent, do they match the virtuosity and musical complexity of Rush, absolutely not, do many people outside of Canada know the Hip exist, not many. Perhaps having to listen to the same Hip songs every half hour or so on the radio has jaded me. Don't get me wrong, they are a BIG step above a regular pop/rock band, but they are not the gods of music some people make them out to be. Gord was a gifted writer, frontman and human being.

@tacocanada1888

3 ай бұрын

like CCR with snow

Hip are known for telling a tale and weaving you into the storylines...that are often tragic....try ...38 Years Old, My 50 Mission Cap, Nautical Disaster, Locked in the Trunk of a Car, Courage, Blow at High Dough, Babcaygeon, Little Bones, Grace Too, Ahead by a Century......all classic hip songs that got tons of radio airwave time...

Yes! The Hip!! Love this band. As an ice hockey goalie, I'd have the arena DJ put on Little Bones for my warmup. Fast pucks and The Tragically Hip go well together. Its a Canadian thing ❤

@mdu2112

4 ай бұрын

Ah the taste of that helmet sweat... 😅

@markhodge7

4 ай бұрын

@@mdu2112 It's a real thing

@37233623

4 ай бұрын

nobody says ice hockey it's just hockey

1989- Wow, does time fly. Great job, guys!💜☮

The Hip Rock!! Cheers from Manitoba

That whole album is excellent!

This song really reminds me of sitting on a patio on a summer night of one of the bars in Port Dalhousie, late 80’s early 90’s. Oh how I miss my youth sometimes

From Snowy & Cold Alberta, The Tragically Hip, so many songs, so many hits.... A CDN Legend, RIP Gord Downie!!

The song is about nostalgia, especially the realisation that New Orleans is slowly losing it's soul and the slow erosion of her cultural history. Gordon Downie was a poet and a unique individual who had an amazing way of depicting regular life in the most abstract way with such musicality. I so miss him R.I.P. Gord ❤

@scottmccambley764

4 ай бұрын

No, "New Orleans is Sinking" is actually about the Mississippi River Paddle Steamer - "Queen of New Orleans" that sank on the river in the 1800s. Hip songs usually reference real life historical events in some fashion.

@andre.gorley

4 ай бұрын

Interesting. But I actually had a few chats with Paul Langlois when I was working in Ottawa at the Bluesfest and they inspiration for that song came after their last visit and they noticed that things weren't quite the same. It was becoming more corporate and less traditional. Although they might have also incorporated part of what you referenced in the song. Anyway, thanks for the info, it's always nice to learn new stuff regarding Hip songs.

@looneygardener

4 ай бұрын

Also it's literally sinking.

God, what a voice that guy has. Simply beautiful.

Don't look for a consistent narrative in a lot of Tragically Hip song lyrics. Gord Downie was a poet who liked to piece fragments of cool-sounding phrases together to make songs with barely cohesive themes. In concert he would recite them in spoken-word ramblings over solos and instrumental breaks, and years later they would find their way into new songs as lyrics. It's part of the charm.

The Tragically Hip - Most apply named band ever.

Canadian Legends . RIP Gord 🏒🍁

Heck Ya! KINGSTON ONTARIO CANADA! Home of the Hip!

Yes so glad you Canadians are finally doing the Canadian icons. Boots or Hearts. And the last song of the last tour before Gord passed from brain Cancer.Canada's reaction across the country was heartfelt and touching on so many levels❤

Grace too has to be my all time favourite hip song . But I love every single song they have .

Love em since first listen, locked in the trunk of a car! And ever since, miss Gord Downie, a uniquely wonderful voice. Great band altogether!

My hometown band. Kingston Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

I was lucky to see "The Hip" live about a dozen times whenever they came to the US. (best part they only played small venues in the US).....song released in '86, I believe

"38 Years Old" has got to be the next one you do.

@Ilikeryche

4 ай бұрын

You mean after Nautical Disaster.

Awesome song! love The Hip!! In October 2005, several radio stations, including CKQB-FM and CHEZ-FM, temporarily stopped playing the song out of sensitivity to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, which had devastated the city of New Orleans in early September of that year.

They were just as strong live, just cool vibe and energy for the whole show. This is off the album Fully Completely and its a fantastic listen, no bad songs

Just found your channel and enjoyed it. You caught my attention by featuring the Tragically Hip. I can’t say I’m a huge fan of the Hip I appreciate their uniqueness. Looking forward to watching your other videos.

yay! I love the hip. Peace and love from Canada. ❤

So glad you are delving into this classic album by the Hip

I'm an Aussie, worked on a crab boat out of Tofino 20 odd years ago. Love the Tragically Hip. One of the best Canadian bands ever.

Good stuff! They got some soul.

I love LITTLE BONES.

@Ilikeryche

4 ай бұрын

Then, baby eat that chicken slow.

@saltee_crcker2363

20 күн бұрын

@@Ilikeryche spit up all them little bones.

RIP Gord❤

my favorite Hip song will always be Bobcaygeon...a lovely ballad. R.I.P Gord Downie !!!

It's just possible to believe a few Canuks have never heard of Rush or Céline Dion, of Justin Bieber or Drake, even of Gordon Lightfoot or Shania Twain or Joni Mitchell, but never to have known The Hip stretches credulity. After all, almost 12 million Canadians - over a third of the population - tuned in to their final concert alone, just over seven years ago.

@esoxaddict

4 ай бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. If your from Canada and as old as they are to never have heard of the hip is bull.

Watching Gord sing courage during the farewell concert... is one of the most moving moments I've ever witnessed... I thank the Gord above for the music.

Definitely check out some more Hip!! I would suggest Cordelia, great Hip song

This song was all over MTV back in the day. Huge hit in America and Canada. Thanks guys

I discovered this incredically hip band in 2001, four years before my home flooded from Katrina. I love Bobcaygeon - Fiddlers Green-100th meridian. Still listening at the 30th meridian.

@scottmccambley764

4 ай бұрын

"New Orleans is Sinking" isn't about the city of New Orleans at all. It's about a Mississippi River Paddle Steamer "Queen of New Orleans" that sank in the 18th Century on the river. Tragically Hip songs are all about twisted real life historical references

I've never been a Hip fan, but this one song is one of my all time favourites.

MORE Hip!! As Canadians, you guys really have to check out their other songs. They have a TON of bangers. My fave, Nautical Disaster, also Blow at High Dough, When the Weight Comes Down, Three Pistols, My Music at Work.

New cover band now around Vancouver called the Hip Replacements. Great name

Bless Gordie, Canadian icon

If your Canadian, chances are your favorite group is either RUSH or the HIP...they are awesome! Try reacting to AHEAD BY A CENTURY by the HIP please. It's probably their most recognizable song from radio play. Thanks for your reactions. Keep smiling🙂👍

Hey these dudes kick ass! 👍🎸

A great song from a great band! How about "Bobcaygeon" next? Cheers from Peterborough

I remember when this album came out in 1989, I heard only New Orleans is Sinking and waited until I heard more, I bought the album in 1992 It is a great album from start to finish. R.I.P. Gord Downie!

A band with the original 4 members for 33 years. When they played their final concert from their final tour, because the singer was dying from brain cancer, it was streamed literally around the planet. It's estimated that it had a viewership of 16 million people. I watched it with about 5000 people at a food truck festival in New Westminster.

Their last show on their very last tour was simulcasted on Canadian TV from Coast to Coast. Business closed so that every Canadian could gather in Halls, Community Centres and Arenas to watch on Big Screens and Celebrate Gord's last performance ever. A Little Stunned as Fellow Canadians You're New to *The Hip* (Better Late Than Never)

I live in Northern Ontario, we have a hotel in our town where Gord Downey frequently stayed before and after his trips to the Indigenous communities on the James Bay Coast. He would take the train “The Polar Bear Express” to the coast. The room that he would stay in is a memorial to Gord with pictures and memorabilia.

My favourite Canadian artist! Gone to soon. ❤🍁

Definite Banger!

"It seems every band has to write a song about a nautical disaster, this is our version, it's called... Nautical Disaster".

I'm late to the party. I first heard the Hip on a CBC new music program in 1987. I was on a Search and Rescue boat on Lake Huron. I then had the good fortune to see them live in Kingston when they released Up to Here in 1989. They are a big part of my life's soundtrack.

Saw them play live several times...Gord was amazing to see live...so much energy...we Canadians miss him very much...true Canadian musical genius ❤

The late, great poet-singer Gord Downie with the urgent, emotional vocals. There is a huge catalogue for the Tragically Hip. Blow At High Dough is another early huge hit by them. Among my favourite Hip songs are Three Pistols, Little Bones, Twist My Arm, 38 Years Old, Bobcaygeon and 50 Mission Cap (true story about Stanley Cup champion hockey hero Bill Barilko). Ahead By A Century is a great anthem. Also react to Cordelia, Poets, Wheat Kings and My Music At Work.

That song has true magic in it. Careful how 'into' it you get, you can raise spirits ;)

Hip are EPIC.. "Blow at High Dough".. "38 Yrs Od".. "Little Bones".. "Boots or Hearts".. "So Hard Done By".. "Courage".. and "Locked in the Trunk of a Car"..

2016 CBC radio August. Was linecooking in a bar restaurant. Had the nationwide concert blasting on all TVs n our kitchen radio. We all cried. You kno if u kno.

RIP Gord ❤

You need to hear the The Killer Whale Tank Version "killerwhaletank."

Sam & Phil, the PERFECT song for your 1st Tragically Hip listen!!! 1st single on their 1st album. However...be aware... 1st album - very bluesy 2nd - slightly less bluesy 3rd - not much blues, but the Hip sound is very prevalent. 4th, etc - all, unique, Canadian music from a truly Canadian band. If you jump around albums, you might find the sound/style strange. (This is a common mistake by reactors because no band like the Hip needs to be experienced in chronological order.) Without a doubt, someone will recommend the song "Ahead by a Century" which is from their 5th (?) album. Great song, but 100% different to "New Orleans is Sinking". Hence, you might not get full enjoyment out of later songs. So, let me recommend a song from their 1st and 2nd album. (2 big hits) "Blow at High Dough" "Little Bones"

@jeremysmallman1645

4 ай бұрын

Do you honestly believe any Canadian above the age of 5 years, haven't heard this song, or the Hip?

Canada's band. My hometown band. Love them. Gord was a great poet.

Where were you for their final concert? The whole nation watched. Are you sure you're Canadian? lol

Bad bad Canadian Parents you both had LOL, not having "The HIP" on in the house. Sadness. But now you know, down the rabbit hole you go.

I'm a bad Canadian and have never been a HUUUUUGE fan of the Hip ... but there are some songs that just get you. This is one of them. I'm quite surprised that you're Canadian and haven't really heard much of them as they've been seen as Canada's band for YEARS! But there are bands I've never heard of that people look at me as if I'm a martian. lol. 2 other Hip songs I love are 50 mission cap and Bobcaygeon. I enjoy seeing reactors react to Canadian bands :) Thanks!

I had a beer with Gord in 1989 when he played at Barrymore in Ottawa. Cool dude..

Another great Canadian band to check out is Triumph. They were popular in the late 70’s early 80’s. Magic Power, Lay It On The Line, anything from them is good.

This preceded Katrina when New Orleans flooded. The song was recorded at Muscle Shoals a famous studio in Alabama in the US.

You don't know how much that band meant to Canada and even Buffalo where I live.

This song was I thought a bit prophetic in some ways. When Katrina hit in 2005 the song was pulled from every radio station in North America, and it was about 18 months before we started to hear it again. I did not know it was released in 89, it just seemed like it was there forever LOL!

Hard to believe this song was 15 years before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans , It is like he is singing about it.

The muddy Mississippi is rolling right by New Orleans

Long Train Running is now available on CBC Gem. The story of the last tour. If you want to see what that was like, check it out.

2 more songs from the 1960's early 70's that would go along with Ohio and the Vietnam song is TOM CLAY What the world needs now Also, Barry McQuire Eve of Destruction Like the first 2 What the 60' early 70's was all about to us

you guys need to watch the Hip's last show in 2016 in KIngston-Gord wasa suffering from incurable brain cancer and died a year later- show was broadcast nationally on CBC-awesome

Download the whole album and push play... this is fantastic album! You won't regret it.

I always saw the song as When stuff in your own life starts to go sideways. The trouble is rising. We all have moments we know the ship is sinking. It's going to sink. New Orleans is sinking is a good metaphor because life is always a build up and you know when you are headed into the pickers and weeds.

Certainly happy that you both enjoyed that. The "Hip" was and still is very popular music played on Canadian radio stations. They started out in the grunge time....and I love that Era....the Hip survived and continued until the unfortunate death of the lead singer. These are the people that make our world better....and everyone should have the chance to listen to them and other great bans. I'm personally a big fan of Blackberry smoke...I believe they are from Georgia and seen them once in Canada...they have a big following here. Problem is the crtc , Canadian broadcast system limits music from other countries....kind of protectionism ! I say ...screw off! So....KZread has given me the chance to listen what I want 😊😊😊

@kathcasey2090

4 ай бұрын

Oops! The Hip are from Kingston, Ontario, Canada. They got a lot of airplay in Canada. I don't know why they were never able to break through in the states.

@davidanderson1918

4 ай бұрын

Hey! Lol...I guess my comment was confusing....I absolutely know the Hip was from Kingston On. Love that from the bottom of my heart...rock out everytime I hear them . My point was, I have other music, bands etc. That I hear on KZread that are not played on Canadian radio stations because of " liberal protectionism" why can we not enjoy other music from other countries???? That was kinda my point. The Hip will always be #1 for me 😊😊😊

Saw them at the final concert at Scotia Bank arena in Toronto.

Gord and the boys kitchen door wide open with this album, what a shame we lost him far to soon!

Great reaction, but yes, the lyrics were not clear to me. (It's just me, I did not fully understand it) But the instruments and the New Orlean sound was Amazing, the voice spectacular.

The " HIP "......are GODS in this Country.

Canadian here. Born PEI raised in Ontario

E-X-A-C-T-L-Y! Add to that: having a podcast would mean being passionate about music; add to that the tragic early death of Gord Downey; plus plus a nationally televised final Hip Tour showing a nation in mourning; one would have to be living under a rock/ a rock without internet not to know of the Hip and the very loved Gord Downey. You know a national, let alone cross boarder, nerve has been hit hard when the average listener/ music lovers all over/ and musicians from all over sharing in mourning with tributes to Gord. And you live near Bobcaygeon?! I'd expect American Podcasters to be unfamiliar with Hip but... but... Canadian Podcasters/ age within range/ Ontarians/ and... and... Music Lovers [presumably]. What the...?!

How is it possible people living in Canada have never heard of the tragically hip! Regardless... They will forever be in my top five bands of all time. This isn't even close to their best song, in my opinion, though it's still good. My favorites... Grace, too Ahead by a century Fully completely Chagrin falls Bobcaygeon My music at work Emperor penguin Nautical disaster

I'm from the Toronto area and grew up with this band... If you wanna go deeper, try "Nautical Disaster" or even better "Wheat Kings"...

This song was released long before Katrina hit the Big Easy 1989 is the release year I think this was off their Up To Here album you guys need to do 50 Mission Cap about former Maple Leaf Bill Barilko who scored the winning goal in overtime to win the Leafs the cup in the 1950 /51 finals over Montreal then vanished on fishing trip after the season and the Leafs didn't win the cup again till 1961/62 the year they found his body in plane wreck in Northern Ontario. Back in the 70s O-Pee-Chee used put little bits of trivia on the back of hockey cards so when Gordie say " I Stole this from Hockey Card " that is what is talking about. The picture of him scoring that goal is one of the most famous pictures in Maple Leafs history it hung for years at Maple Leaf Gardens and is now at the Scotia Bank Arena.

Being a Canadian and not knowing the tragically hip 😢 😮. Honest question. Do you know about Terry Fox?

Next on your list should be Blow at High Dough.

My home town band

You can never go wrong with a Don Smith produced album. He was a master at making a great sounding album packed with energy and dynamic feel.

I think they are actually singing about a boat called new Orleans it sinks and hes on the river bank it sank by Baton Rouge, Louisiana

This was a great band