You've stumbled on Canada's unofficial national band and a serious treasure. This song is about a real, small Ontario town and is one of their most simple, beautiful songs. The Hip are uniquely Canadian, name-checking towns, cities, neighbourhoods and famous Canadians in so many of their songs. This song also makes a very artistic reference to the 1933 Christie Pit riots, a lower moment in Toronto history where anti-semitic bigots showed up at a baseball game waving Nazi flags and violence ensued. Great choice you guys - peace and love from Canada! RIP Gord, we miss you!

@EchoesDaBear

2 жыл бұрын

Could not have put that any better myself! Indeed RIP Gord. He's greatly missed!

@jennrants44

2 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Gordie ❤ 🍻

@Newfie-zc7ug

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you David...well put.....Oh Canada !

@caperboy1169

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome comment

@despeterson6942

2 жыл бұрын

Love this comment I’m Canadian

I've never heard this song before but it really hit me in the feels for some reason. I will be checking out this band, myself. Thanks for reaching to it.

@royglenn2487

2 жыл бұрын

You will not be disappointed

@melaniemavromaras4902

2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy! they have a deep - both extensive and poetic- catalogue

@BitchinStitches

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the club from someone who joined 33 years and 116 concerts (including the final, heartbreaking one) ago.

@oakvillan1277

2 жыл бұрын

I can’t explain how much The Hip means to us as Canadians. It’s our apple pie

@marydee72

Жыл бұрын

Do it!!!!! They are amazing

This is how Gord still lives. When someone new hears his composition and feels like these two did, that's the spirit of Gord alighting as a delight within them. In that way, he is immortal.

@adamblakeney8446

2 жыл бұрын

Rip gord

@ronparsons8786

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@letitbesummer6536

Жыл бұрын

RIP Gord Downie. 🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️

@Grateful999

9 ай бұрын

Great Music is Eternal ❤

@wrapacademytraining

9 ай бұрын

He is eternal!

As a Canadian from guelph Ontario. This makes me sooooooo happy to see you guys react to a true Canadian icon. I grew up on the Hip and I was absolutely crushed when Gord finally passed. Canada came to a complete stop.

@mattyp3400

2 жыл бұрын

hello from Milton :)

@Jaffy2112

2 жыл бұрын

Hello from Guelph as well!

@daddyofisabel

2 жыл бұрын

Gosh I miss Guelph (Centennial grad) and seeing the Hip at the Albion circa 1987.

@seanstafford2682

Жыл бұрын

Hello there, I’m from Elora. Love Guelph . Love the hip

Before Gordon passed he was fighting brain cancer while advocating for first nations people. He wrote an album telling stories of a kid who ran away from a residential school trying to get home. Not only is this band important for Canada, but for us first nations people as well. Gordon was one of the few Canadians who recognized the tragedies of residential schools and living conditions of first nations people in Canada. May he R.I.P.

@eddiedust1079

Жыл бұрын

Right to the last concert he mentioned the plight of the northern First Nations communities and pleaded with the PM for action. Gord was a true humanitarian.

@craigrobertson5030

10 ай бұрын

I was just reminisced about that fact, I don't want to live in the GTA any more. My soul needs trees and open water, rivers and wildlife all around me. At night under the stars that we don't see in the city.

@frankus1122

9 ай бұрын

I'd like to see an informed react to the Secret Path.

@anthonyfamularo8875

8 ай бұрын

@@craigrobertson5030 So I was born in Toronto and have lived here all my 50+ years. Although I totally understand that yearning for being immersed in nature, I think that there are a few places in the city that do a pretty impressive imitation of wilderness, especially if you can dampen the ambient hum of the city. I live in the west end, so I'd recommend King's Mill Park and Etienne Brule Park, on either side of (more or less) Old Mill subway station ... There are paved roads and paths, but there are also tons of side trails through the woods that are pretty great. You can also get a similar effect a mere couple hundred meters from Yonge St: I think it's called Balfour Park, and it runs south through a ravine all the way to Rosedale and beyond. One end is at the southern tip of Mount Pleasant cemetery, and I've never actually followed the whole trail. (There's a staircase at Summerhill that's my "exit".) The greatetst thing about places like this is that you can feel like you're in the middle of nowhere, yet you can be on the subway in five minutes, if you need to be.

I’m Canadian and I wanted to say thank you for playing this.

@gcanada3005

10 ай бұрын

What could these people possibly know about Bobcaygeon. All these Americans doing videos on The Hip that haven’t got a clue. Do what you Americans did for 30 years ignore Canada’s treasure

@gcanada3005

10 ай бұрын

“Boba-Cay-Gen”, that guy trying unsuccessfully to say it says it all

Asia! BJ! Yes! Yes! Yes! You just warmed my little Canadian heart! The Hip are considered by many to be Canada's band. Bobcaygeon is in Northern Ontario and considered "cottage country" down here in the cities. Gord Downie (lead singer) considered himself a poet first and their music reflects the Canadian experience with songs like Wheat Kings and 50 Mission Cap, etc. Here's a little rock history, The Hip song "New Orleans is sinking" from 1989 was not played for months after Katrina out of respect for our American cousins who were suffering back then. The phrase in the song is metaphorical, written years before, but it would have been in bad taste. Sadly, Gord passed away from a brain tumour in 2017, but they did a national tour just before he left us. Their final concert was in Kingston, Ontario (where they are from) and CBC played it free for all of us to see. The CBC filmed until The Hip were done, God he must have sung 30 songs it seemed! It was emotional for most of us knowing it was his last. RIP Gord Downie. Canada misses you. I won't be surprised if you grab more Canadian subscribers with The Hip. Now I'm going to watch your video! LOL!! Much Love!!

@CharCanuck14

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for giving Asia & BJ a great bit of Hip background as well as hopefully inspiring them to react to New Orleans Is Sinking.....but.....I never considered us as northern Ontario - maybe central/eastern. Greetings from Buckhorn, down the road from Bobcaygeon.

@j.kearney8058

2 жыл бұрын

@@CharCanuck14 when I saw Northern Ontario I was scratching my head too.

@CharCanuck14

2 жыл бұрын

@@j.kearney8058 It also reminded me of Neil Young's "Helpless", as Omemee sure isn't "a town in North Ontario". Guess I'm just being picky 🙂

@j.kearney8058

2 жыл бұрын

@@CharCanuck14 im from Northern Ontario so I always find it amusing that anything north of the GTA some people call Northern Ontario. Barrie and Parry Sound is not Northern Ontario!!

@CharCanuck14

2 жыл бұрын

@@j.kearney8058 for me, Northern Ontario is anywhere above Wawa :-)

Hey, Canadians, Gord didn't just belong to you. He also belonged to us Americans who lived along the border or along one of the Lakes. He spoke to us about our own small towns (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) and our own icons (Gus, the Polar Bear from Central Park), and our shared landmarks (Niagara Falls in several songs like Daredevil). Gord was our warrior poet, too. He was our hero. He was our voice. Small town America along the border is SO similar to small town Canada. We all lost Gord that October day. We all mourned. When people say, "The Hip really weren't known in America" I laugh because for some of us, for a chunk of land along the longest (formerly) unprotected border in the world, WE lost someone special, too. Pleasse don't dismiss us. I've been a fan since 1989 or 1990, the first time I heard them on Canadian Radio. That said, I love my Canuck family. In Gord We Trust. And THAT said, I've been waiting years for reaction videos to The Hip, and lately there have been many. Thank you, Asia and BJ. Great reaction. One thing, though, he didn't say HE could have been Willie Nelson. Gord said that (it) could have been THE Willie Nelson, (or it) could have been the wine. He overslept. He woke up late for work. They spent the previous night drinking and listening to country music (or smoking "Willie Weed"). He's hung over and now has to drive into Toronto for work, but he's thinking of calling off. But that's the wonderful thing about Gord's lyrics, and the Hip's music, they can be interpreted SO many ways.

@CalixYukon

2 жыл бұрын

@gerryst-aubin5877

Жыл бұрын

Happy to share Gord and The Hip with any like-minded people with good musical taste. We all morn his loss and keep his spirit alive by listening to all of our favourite songs.

@niemi5858

Жыл бұрын

Well said sir! An appreciation of good music by great artists is another of our commonalities that I value greatly. That said, we are very happy to share the Hip as well as other great Canadian artists. BTW, "The Willy Nelson" in the lyrics is a reference to marijuana.

@anniethemese1215

Жыл бұрын

No man, he was OURS. We will share because that is what we do, but he is OURS

@MySundin13

Жыл бұрын

Love it when I hear an American talk about the Hip. Beloved here🇨🇦

Gord Downie cleverly uses the lyric 'Willie Nelson' as a code word for Ganja. "Could've been the Willie, or it could've been the wine!! It's even more brilliant when you realize that's exactly how a COP would've had to 'discreetly' write that same lyric. Do you see the hidden layers of lyrical-genius at play here?

@godzillahasabigbush

Жыл бұрын

As a long time hip listener, you have just simultaneously blown my mind and pissed me off for never catching that! Bravo.

You guys nailed the deep meanings of this song, thanks so much for giving it the love! At the end of this song guitarist Rob Baker has "This machine kills fascists" written on his guitar, a huge nod to singer\songwriter Woodie Guthrie who wrote a lot of anti-nazi songs during WW2 and had the same message scribbled on his guitar. You probably know Woodie's most famous song "This land is your land".

@rik6696

2 жыл бұрын

The Line about the checkered floors and The Men They Couldn't Hang is also an anti fascist statement. The line refers to The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto where the band The Men They Couldn't hang sang about famous fights in both England and Toronto between neo-nais and anti-fascists.

Please do more Trag. They're a national treasure, they're the voice of Canada. No band has done what they've done, uniting a country like they did.

@kevinvesey5263

2 жыл бұрын

Lol Trag… are you in Alberta?

I feel like I’m driving to the cottage in summertime-I love this song. I loved your reaction to it. I think all of Canada may be in the comments 🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦 RIP Gord 🙏🏼

Your comments are about to explode because you ventured in to the Hip. Nailed it. Sounds like "Bob - Kay - Jun"

I'm always driven to tears when I hear him singing knowing that he'd died so young. I love the band 🇨🇦

Long been my favourite Hip track! Gord's words have a way of making you feel like you're there! Bobcaygeon is a little town, part of the Kawartha Lakes/Trent-Severn waterway system, just northeast of Toronto. Beautiful vacation spot! The Tragically Hip is a rabbit hole well worth your while! Tracks like New Orleans Is Sinking, Ahead By A Century, Wheat Kings, Courage, Grace Too, Locked In A Trunk Of A Car & Fifty-Mission Cap are all essential listens!! Cheers from Canada, eh!!

As a small town Canadian - thank you for revisiting The Hip. Blow at High Dough, New Orleans is Sinking, and Courage are more of their songs that you should check out. All are amazing. Another Iconic Canadian band that I would LOVE for you to do a reaction to is Blue Rodeo. They have a 30 year rabbit hole of music to explore. Try, Diamond Mine, Lost Together, Bad Timing, Trust Yourself is just a small list to get you started. They have SO many hits. Hugs and love from Canada.

Toronto is the largest city in Canada, and carries with it big city vibes, like all big cities. But on the weekend it feels like everybody escapes the big city, fan out to cottage country, like Bobcaygeon, to get away, to find weekend peace, and certainly long-weekend peace. The funny thing is that the traffic leaving Friday evening out, and Sunday back in is crazy, bumper-to-bumper.

I live in Canada. Bobcaygeon is the name of a town I live near. ♥️ that you guys are listening to the Tragically Hip.

When it became public that Gord was dying and they were doing one last tour, CBC (Canada’s biggest national tv station) broadcast their final show live and most of the country watched. Me and a large group of friends filled one of our buddies living room/kitchen and no one sat the entire night, was as if we were all standing there live watching the concert, drinking, toking, singing along and well of course crying by the end. THIS is Canada’s band

@CalixYukon

2 жыл бұрын

They did a reaction to the last Hip song, you can search for Tragically Hip on their channel and you'll find it

@AsiaandBJ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks you so much for commenting and sharing your account of The Tragically Hip when they broadcasted their final show. I’m getting goosebumps just thinking about that performance and the emotional yet stoic look on the faces of all of Canada.

@coreyrees840

2 жыл бұрын

@@AsiaandBJ just checked out your guys reaction to said concert and thank you very much. It real was like that country wide that night, all those different locations that you saw and many living rooms like the one I was in all standing and singing and wasn’t a dry eye in the house, teared up again just watching your guys reaction.

@evek2501

2 жыл бұрын

That was an incredible night. We were all crying. Everyone remembers exactly where they were and who they were with that night. It's carved into our national history.

@toddstevens13

2 жыл бұрын

@@AsiaandBJ Think of 1/3 of an Entire country shutting down Main Streets putting up huge tv screens, and most of the town gathering in honour and sadness, knowing this will be the last time "The Hip", the conscience of Canada would ever play. It was for us, "The Day The Music Died", the country was in mourning, as it has been since Gord passed on. He was the most Humane Human Being most of us have ever known.

I just literally watched your video of their last live show, and then searched again for more tragically hip reactions on youtube and this came up and said uploaded 3 minutes ago! I hope you cover more songs. They have SO MANY hit amazing songs! "Poets" is on of my favorite songs, but you should just do all of their songs like "Courage" "Grace, Too" "Wheat Kings" My Music at Work" "At the Hundredth Meridian" just to name a few.!

Such a beautiful song! Gordy was honorary attendie at a First Nations Assembly and given the Lakota Spirit name of "He who walks with the Stars".

The line "That night in Toronto, with it's checkerboard floors" refers to The Horseshoe Tavern, a legendary music venue in Toronto. A lot of big names have played there, including The Hip themselves many times.

@mikelynch-zeroviewz2507

8 ай бұрын

Saw the Hip there in 1991! Was their 2nd CD release party.. only so many could attend .. the show was awesome.. saw Mike Keenan and Ed Belfore there too ! ❤

Literally holding back tears watching this. It’s hard to explain how much The Tragically Hip meant to most Canadians. I saw your video a few days ago on the last song of their show of their last concert. Gord Downie was amazing ... as a lyricist , as a performer and as a human being. Really hope you check out more “Hip”. You won’t be disappointed. “At Transformation” is a personal favourite , and shows Gord’s genius at its utmost.

Living 5 minutes from the Canadian border I was lucky to hear a ton of Canadian artists on the radio in the 90's and have seen a majority of them live driving up to Vancouver BC. Lots of hidden gems up there. Edit: I suggest locked inside the trunk of a car by the hip

@chrisw3421

2 жыл бұрын

Same here in Buffalo, NY, the Canadian stations played different music. This area is early Hip country, we love em. This band is truly underappreciated

@Mike-cp1ft

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisw3421 Grand Island, NY here. No doubt its hip country

@chrisw3421

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mike-cp1ft absolutely!

You nailed it on the head. Im a Canadian and I can absolutely guarantee you I’ve sat at the lake on a warm August night and listened to this song and forgot about everything. This is that song.

"Courage" and "Nautical Disaster" or great jams by this legendary Canadian group.

I’m literally blown away! I love love this song. I went and checked them out on Spotify, they are a damn good rock band, and sometimes bluesy. So many good songs, the lyrics to a lot of their songs read like poetry or a story. Thanks guys for show casing this band!

Shed a tear 😢 yesterday watching this reaction, shed another today re-watching .. kinda a happy sad feeling , sad missing gordie but happy his spirit lives on with new people discovering his words

Thanks for playing the Hip. Another story teller song is Wheat Kings. Other songs like New Orleans is Sinking and Twist my Arm are a little faster and heavier. Another side of the Hip. Cheers 🇨🇦

Gord was more of a poet than a song writer. His lyrics tend to be somewhat cryptic. To understand his lyrics you need to have a fundamental understanding of Canadian politics/ social issues / history. He spent the time before he passed bringing Canada’s national shame (indigenous residential schools) under a spotlight that still burns after his death. When Gord passed the entire country shed a tear.

@robertbreedon9137

Жыл бұрын

Even the Prime Minister had to hold back tears as talked about the Gord and the Hip.

@anniethemese1215

Жыл бұрын

Our Shakespeare. ✌♥️🇨🇦

@anniethemese1215

Жыл бұрын

He definitely wrote for a Canadian audience.

@anniethemese1215

Жыл бұрын

​@@robertbreedon9137 tried and failed. He cried during his announcement to the nation of Gord's death.

Great reaction. You get them. A lot of reactors don’t. I’d encourage you to do more reactions to this group.

You ever get a chance to come this way, check out Bobcaygeon Ontario. Beautiful cottage Country area from which this song is written. Ontario has some of the most beautiful areas in the world and dreaming about watching the constellations is a complete reality. There is nothing in the world like it. R.I.P. Gord Downie....... We will never forget you and your music !!

The greatest band from Canada { and I'm a huge Rush fan } also the greatest band you've never heard of. RIP Gord.

Fun fact: The guy that starts the riot in the video is Hugh Dillon, lead singer of the Headstones, another Kingston band. He started his band after being inspired by the Hip. He fronted for the remaining Hip band members for a few songs during a charity concert in 2019. The Headstones are more hard-rock/punk and are probably best known for a cover song Tweeter and the Monkey Man (originally by the Travelling Willburies) but have a solid library of their own songs. Smile and Wave, Unsound, When Something Stands for Nothing...

Spent every summer of my life growing up visiting Bobcaygeon, Coboconk, and Fenelon Falls. Our family was lucky enough to have cottage in the area. It wasn't until I was man when I realized this songs importance. Bless.

Thank you for playing this. I am from and still live in Kingston Ontario Canada where this band is from and most of the members still live. Not only are they a great band, they are great people and do a lot for the community. To see one of their live shows, which I lost count on how many I have been too, was like being with family, I miss that feeling. RIP Gord you are missed by all of Canada.

His performance was like watching art, everything about him was creative, and passionate.

As a Canadian from the same province as "the Hip", I'm so happy their music can live on. I know I speak for a lot of Canadians when I say that when we hear their songs, we are transported back to our youth -- autumn at the lake, bonfires, hanging with friends. I can almost smell the air just by hearing their songs.

This may be one of their best songs because they show their melodic side which really brings out Gord's voice....and anyone who lives in Ontario has made a drive like this in the country and seen the stars ....

I live just down the road from Bobcaygeon. Seen the hip multiple times. Great band. Great songs. Great memories. Thanks Gord 🇨🇦

I got to listen to this song in Bobcageon, it was pretty cool. Cottage country in Ontario Canada... Just imagine sitting around a campfire with this playing in the background. Total peace and serenity, the melody is amazing. RIP Gord, I looked up to the Gord above and said hey man, thanks!

@gcanada3005

10 ай бұрын

“Boba-cay-gen”, that makes me wanna puke

Thanks for this reaction! For more Tragically Hip I hope you react to their 'My Music at Work'. Sometimes my music at work is the only thing that that gets me through it. Music is the great escape!

The night sky in Bobcaygeon is something to behold… It is endless in terms of depth and the stars. There is absolutely no comparison…. One of the most beautiful parts of the world ❤️🤗💕 try Locked in the trunk of a car…. Another “gooder”

When I heard of gord passing it was like a peice of my childhood also died. Grew up to my dad and older brother listening to them. Definitely happy seeing people enjoying this band as much as Canadians do. But they will always be Canada's treasure

Thanks so much for reacting to this guys. The Hip are very, very important to us here and in general are considered music royalty. This was a hit from their 1998 album Phantom Power and one of their best. Bobcaygeon is a small town about 2 hours outside of Toronto, Gord Downie the singer and lyricist RIP is famous for writing about different places in Canada. This one is a story about a Cop in love, he chose Bobcaygeon simply because it rhymes with constellations. You've done yourself a big favour by discovering this band, it opens up a whole new world for many people, myself included. My next suggestion is to react to "Ahead by a century" and to get the REAL effect of the Hip you need to hear them live. I'd recommend Ahead by a century live at woodstock '99.

Thank you Thank you Thank you. More HIP Please, from a Canadian fan. They are Canada's best export, after Rush of course.

We call this cottage rock around here. Thank you for listening to our pride and joy as Canadians.

As a 45 yo Buffalo guy I sincerely appreciate this

@AsiaandBJ

2 жыл бұрын

You are so very welcome!!! It’s so cool and refreshing to see the impact The Tragically Hip have left on the world and specifically Canada.

@anniethemese1215

Жыл бұрын

Helloooooo Buffalo! Many Hip shows there too! ✌♥️🇨🇦

You two are certainly diving into some great Canadian music, keep it up, it's a deep hole to fall into. If you want something fun, upbeat and a bit quirky you might want to check out the Bare Naked Ladies. They're probably best known for the theme to The Big Bang Theory as well as the song "if I Had a Million Dollars" but they have a lot of very fun songs. Some of my favourites would be "Brian Wilson", "One Week", and "Enid".

@jordan390a

2 жыл бұрын

Their best is "The Old Apartment"....!!!

@robertpearson8798

2 жыл бұрын

I should mention that they’re in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

I encourage you to go down the “rabbit hole” every song is a hit… some hard hitting and some mellow.. Gord Downie (RIP) was an amazing entertainer and if you are taking requests I would like to hear “locked in the trunk of a car” BTW…BOBCAYGEON is a small town outside of Toronto.

Thanks for introducing me to this band. I'm from Scotland, but I've actually visited Bobcaygeon, in 1978 when my family and I spent a few idyllic days living on a houseboat on the lake. It was a friendly quaint little town then and I very much enjoyed my stay. I really hope it hasn't changed too much.

Bobcaygeon is about a 2 hour drive north east of Toronto and is on one of many lakes in the area. Very beautiful.

Classic Canadian music 🎶...thanks

Much respect for listening to Canada's most beloved band. Today marks Gord Downie's (singer and songwriter) birthday; he was a genius and will be forever loved and missed. Many many Canadians added a ton of history to their lives, as well as seriously amazing music, due to this band's passion and talent

You guys are awesome. I grew up listening to this band, they were always real and authentic and did their own thing. When Gord revealed he was sick the band did a farewell tour across the entire country as a final goodbye. Literally the only celebrity I’ve ever been upset about losing the man was a class act and did a lot for First Nations in Canada.

I am Canadian. I live only a short distance from Bobcaygeon in another small town. Small-town Ontario is a good place to live. Good people, that are friendly, but mind their own business. Thank you for jumping into Canadian music. There's lots to choose from. If you want poetry, look into Leonard Cohen or Joni Mitchell. If you want storytelling: Gordon Lightfoot. If you want hard-rock: The Guess Who or BTO. If you want sappy love-songs: Anne Murray or Celine Dionne. If you want folk: Stan Rogers.

@CharCanuck14

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Wilf! Greetings from Buckhorn!

@chadwellington2524

2 жыл бұрын

Nice comment

@ninjavigilante5311

Жыл бұрын

The band u can't forget.

You got it. BOB-CAY-JON is how you say it. It is a small town in Muskoka close to where I live. Muskoka is an area of small towns , lakes, forest, couple hours drive north of Toronto. the lyric by the way is "Could have been the Willie Nelson, could have been the wine" meaning the weed. It could have been the weed, it could have been the wine.

@dbradx

2 жыл бұрын

Uh, Bobcaygeon is in the Kawarthas, not Muskoka :-)

For me, their best song. Outstanding.

🇨🇦Bobcaygeon, Ontario🇨🇦 It’s a lovely place, stop by and say hi sometime! “Coulda been the Willie Nelson, coulda been the wine…”, one of the coolest lines ever written.

RIP GORD

Family had a cottage in Bobcaygeon growing up. This track by one of Canada's best bands brings back a flood of memories. Thnx.

I was in Bobcaygeon last summer (yes, you pronounced it correctly). Nice little town in cottage country. It was chosen mostly because the name fit in with the other lyrics of the song.

@CalixYukon

2 жыл бұрын

True! Gord said "Bobcaygeon was the only town I could find that rhymed with constellation"

@jamesjunkin7822

5 ай бұрын

I grew up in Bobcaygeon in the 70s, 80s and 90s, and Gord's parents actually moved there in their retirement years. And the lyrics are true. As a kid I used to look up and watch the stars and they would appear one star at a time till all of a sudden the sky was full. Or it seemed that way anyways. Great place. Bobcaygeon or Caygeon for us locals is made up of 3 Islands. Beautiful place. Was an amazing olace to grow up.

Good old Canadian band. FANTASTIC!

Canadian boy here. Thank you for this one. The Tragically Hip is one of our many national treasures. You guys are great

Always loved that dude had "This machine kills fascists" written on his guitar.

One of my favourite songs of all time. Nothing better than rocking out to this while camping, or up at a cottage. Peace from Canada. Great channel, cheers!

Enjoyed your reaction to one of my favorite songs ever. I know this is 2 years old and i didnt scroll through ALL the comments but the line is "could have been the Willie Nelson (smoke), could have been the wine." As in why he stayed the night.

Nice choice you two. This band is amazing. Check out Fiddlers Green. A song Gord wrote for his nephew who passed very young due to a congenital health issues...Fiddler's Green is an after-life where there is perpetual mirth, a fiddle that never stops playing, and dancers who never tire

When Gord did his last concert in Kingston it was broadcast nationally for all to see...for free...Canada literally stopped for 2 hrs ...11 million people tuned in to watch...equivalent to 100 million Americans...and when he passed..a piece of all our hearts rested with him....The Hip were that important to us....

Asia you are so right. I work a 10 hour shift 5 days a week. But my anticipation and inspirations is coming back home and love and share with my wife and best friend.I am not stupid, I know what is real and what counts. Great reactions. Real love in not on the clock. It is an ongoing thing that we must keep real and appreciate and move forward

RIP Mr Gord Downie . Another great Canadian music legend.

The Hip had quality lyrics and sound Gord had the stage presence to take them to the next level

Easily my favorite reaction from you both, and you have had some awesome reactions!!

One of the only songs I've done at Karaoke...in a room full of musicians. I'm not a singer, but they wanted me to sing this, so I did. Was at a tribute concert to Gord backstage a few days after he died in Toronto, just an absolute love fest with family and friends. Felt like there were maybe more people backstage than in the audience... it was just an amazing send off to him.

A long time ago I remember an interviewer asked Gord to describe his vocal style. Gord said he pretends like rats are biting at his ankles. I always thought that was a beautiful way to describe it. He was a true artist, and poet, always.

Canada's treasured band The Tragically Hip 🇨🇦 Thank-you ❤✌🇨🇦 please try to do more .

Any other Canadian jealous of them for be able to hear the Tragicallyu Hip for the first time? I saw them as unknowns at the Horseshoe tavern in Toronto in late 80's and was blown away.

My absolute Favourite Band! Not given nearly enough recognition ... but that's how they liked it! They played in my home town a few times doing a water front festival and downtown shows! Love Them!! RIP Gord

I live pretty close to Bobcaygeon. Love randomly looking up reactions to The Hip and this song in general.

IMHO, Listening to the Hip is like watching a TV series, you need to start at the beginning, and work your way through all of the albums in order. There is an evolution and each album has its own vibe. You

Thank you for playing this special Canadian band. I guess you heard the story of Gord Downie, lead singer who passed away from brain cancer. Majority of 🇨🇦 watched their last televised concert before he passed. This song is so beautiful & touching. 😊❤

I love it when Asia laughs. Yall are so good together.

This band is the official soundtrack of my life. Rest in peace Gord.

Thank you thank you,,,,most underrated band ever

“Looked up to the Gord above and said, “Hey Man, thanks” a true Canadian, who will NEVER be forgotten…we love and miss you Gord ❤❤❤❤ 🇨🇦🙏

The Hip was a unbelievable Canadian band. .......lovin it from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦

I live a hour away from bobcagen and it's absolutely beautiful Just like the tragically hips music A national treasure here in Canada 🇨🇦

My husband and I took our first dance to this song. ❤️ The Hip ❤ RIP Gord

Bobcaygeon is in Ontario, about 363kms (225mi) south of my home town. I can confirm that in the summertime, as the sun slowly sets, and sky darkens enough to see the stars, the constellations really do reveal themselves one star at a time. That line just brings me home.

They were on my radar back in the early 2000's but this song and especially the video elevated them into my favorite band above all else by miles. The end of the video showed me they were about music over fame, and the idea of Gord's character's lover not being some 10/10 supermodel made me sure they valued substance over appearances and don't flatter themselves. Their music did not disappoint me.

RIP Gordie. Thank you for reacting to some Hip. They have tons of great songs.

As an Ontario Canadian girl I am so glad you are digging this. The Hip is the long weekend soundtrack of Gen X. It was comforting

So many underlying themes in this video. Gord was a big advocate for indigenous people in Canada. So the riot scene with the “Arian” band was symbolic of how we should be fighting against how the indigenous people were killed at residential schools for so long. The fact that he is a horseback cop. And he says that night in Toronto with it’s checkerboard floors. The is in reference to a local bar called the horseshoe tavern. Known for having checkerboard tile floors. The opening line is great too when he sings “ could’ve been the willie Nelson (weed) could’ve been the wine” Gord was just so perfect at storytelling. In particular telling stories about Canada, our culture and our history

You can walk through any campground in Canada in the warm months and hear the Hip. Truly a part of the Canadian soundtrack.

I cannot thank you enough for highlighting The Tragically Hip. I'm pretty sure I can say that the whole country thanks you very much.. I can say that with belief. Please do more on The Tragically Hip. Thank you so very much

So many of us locals spent many a night staring at the constellation on Pigeon or Sturgeon lakes. Bobcaygeon was the point where these two lakes collide and the memories made at this place we call Bobcaygeon were what stars are made of.

Damm do i miss those guys live what a show they put on

RIP Gord you are for sure missed. Glad to see so many of the concerts.

The only thing better than this song is ya'lls reaction when he says "in the middle of that riot, couldnt get you off my mind" and embraces his partner. Something special.

I'm soo happy right now!! Thanks so much!!!!!

@AsiaandBJ

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You’re welcome!!! We appreciate you for watching. Much love from Texas. ❤️

@wes3136

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@@AsiaandBJ watching from Nova Scotia, Canada❤