Tragically Hip

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Watching on Amazon Prime right now.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;I&rsquo;ve never heard of them.  Were they really that good?

Getty3 · Accepted Answer

@Cranky_Hank&#xA; Good but Canadian. Only great Canadian musician was Gordon Lightfoot.

Cranky_Hank · Answer

Watching on Amazon Prime right now.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;I&rsquo;ve never heard of them.  Were they really that good?

Cranky_Hank · Answer

@Getty3&#xA; Gordon Lightfoot was a fan of John Prine, a former mailman from Maywood, Illinois.  John Prine was also a singing storyteller.

BWS77 · Answer

&#xA;Dan Hill would like a word with you

iConsciousness · Answer

&#xA; &#xA;I always knew you weren&#x27;t one for barenaked ladies.

IntenseOperator · Answer

RUSH anyone?

unplucked_gem · Answer

I was at Toronto night 1 of the final tour. That was a magical summer.

In Philly years back my son held a sign up and Gord came out, read it, nodded, and then made comments about school night and bed time. They gave him the microphone, drumsticks, and set list.

Great band and incredible mind. Also where my tag line comes from.

StumpTownStu · Answer

&#xA;Would you like a signed copy of Geddy Lee&#x27;s autobiography?

Biscuiteater1 · Answer

The Guess Who could carry a tune.

benhogan76 · Answer

Yes they were.

Jars · Answer

&#xA; &#xA;American Woman outsold everything else at the time.

lbcake · Answer

Greatest GWN act, bar none...

benhogan76 · Answer

There is a great documentary on Gordon Lightfoot, feel like was on PBS.  I love his music but he isn&#x2019;t better then Hip or Neil.

Biscuiteater1 · Answer

Not a lot musicians or bands can top Neil Young&#x27;s body of work.

benhogan76 · Answer

Hip are similar in terms of Neil, if you ask 100 Hip/Neil fans what there favourite tune was you might get 50 different answers.  I read an article about this documentary and his brother said it best, it is hard to pinpoint why they resonate with so much with Canadians but guess that is what is so great about music.     As can be the case in a lot of my responses they can seem much more jerk store then they are intended.  My son is 18 and has many Lightfoot tunes on his playlist.

Cranky_Hank · Answer

I like everything from The Ratpack to The Revivalists.  The Revivalists played at the Red Rock theater in Colorado when I was there this summer.  I saw Red Rock but not The Revivalists.

StumpTownStu · Answer

&#xA;Saw them at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley in 2019, before the pandemic. Magical night. "Wish I Knew You" is still a banger.

Cranky_Hank · Answer

@StumpTownStu&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Great music at a great venue.&#xD;&#xA;A beautiful way to live.&#xD;&#xA;If I can&rsquo;t get the music, at least I saw the venue.  The Beatles, The Bangles, Tom Petty and the list goes on forever played at Red Rock.  A real cool setting.

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