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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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 Posted - 01/15/2007 : 11:00:00
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Imo, is one of the best frontmen ever.
And one of the best lyricists of all time too.
He is so highly entertaining live.
I seem to go on a Hip kick everytime I see them live which is quite often and quite patriotic if you're Canadian.
His adlibs and improvisations to his own lyrics are such a trip.
A slight glimpse into a truly unique brain.
His shrieking last night would've put Kate Bush to shame.
One of the things I hate most about concerts here is that I'm sure that someone tell the bands "Hey you're in Edmonton so say something about how much you hate the city of Calgary and oh yeah talk about hockey and the Oilers." Which so many bands do and then the crowds always scream and generally freak out like the sheep they are.
But in this case Gordie comes out and says;
Edmonton! Bring out your dead Edmonton!
Love it.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 01/15/2007 : 11:12:44
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i thought that said brownies for a second.
mmm, brownies..
at least that's what your mom said |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
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Posted - 01/15/2007 : 12:36:47
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yes, c. he is very entertaining. but i always think of lewis black when he is on a rant. same shaky head and finger-tap thing going on. i haven't seen the hip in a good ten years now. think i will try and track them down if they play ona convenient night or with good support.
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 01/15/2007 : 16:29:53
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So you're saying you had a good time, C?
I got some heaven in my head
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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Posted - 01/15/2007 : 19:42:21
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Twas awesome.
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Crispy Water
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
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Posted - 01/15/2007 : 20:19:55
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Anyone with a genuine interest in Canadian popular culture probably already knows this, but if you don't: read up on Downie and The Tragically Hip.
Allow me to qualify the following statement by admitting I have no idea how they are seen outside Canada, and maybe it's just because I grew up watching it happen, but: I can't imagine a band being more beloved in their motherland whilst being all but ignored around the rest of the world. I mean, this is a band that has long proven able to sell as many tickets at jacked-up prices as Tool, Pearl Jam, or any other "stadium rock" band that hits the Canadian market.
Just so nobody takes this as a rabid fan's rant, I consider them one of the biggest hit-or-miss bands I've ever heard. Their best songs are among the finest I've ever heard, but I consider a lot of it crap too.
Glad you had a blast, Carolyn. I don't really have much to add on the topic, just had to comment. I would be interested to know if people anywhere else in the world realize how big this band is here. Hell, I'm interested to know if Canadians feel the same way. I don't care if you like them or not, try to convince me they are not the most beloved rock stars in the land.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/16/2007 : 04:44:34
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I love more modern Canadian bands than from any other country, but I have never heard of these. Perhaps I need to look into discovering more Canadian bands from yesteryear.
So what else can you tell me about them? Influences? Influenced?
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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Posted - 01/16/2007 : 08:03:39
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I guess if you've never heard the Tragically Hip its best to start with a best of like Yer Favourites;
They do have quite the discography as they've been around since 1987.
It is pure Canadiana though. I mean they even have a song called At the Hundredth Meridian. Songs about a missing hockey player from back in the day, songs about a guy from Saskatchewan wrongfully accused of murder (quite a famous case here), songs about small Canadian towns like Bobcaygeon etc etc.
The most well known Hip song would have to be New Orleans is Sinking which came out in 1989. Its funny because that song was kinda banned for a little while in 2005. Some of my faves would be Ahead by a Century, Grace Too, So Hard Done By, Locked in the Trunk of a Car, Long Time Runnin...there's too many to pick.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 01/16/2007 : 15:24:22
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Little bones
I got some heaven in my head
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 01/16/2007 : 15:30:33
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quote:
Originally posted by Crispy Water
Canadian popular culture
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Crispy Water
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
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Posted - 01/16/2007 : 16:01:03
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I know it's tough for you to accept, but there is a world outside of Hollywood that humans actually care about.
Nothing is ever something. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 01/17/2007 : 14:58:44
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Originally posted by Crispy Water
I know it's tough for you to accept, but there is a world outside of Hollywood that humans actually care about.
Nothing is ever something.
ironically, it seems like people in Canada are more interested in Hollywood
Yahoo Canada stats:
Top Search-Movers - People:
1. Michelle Manhart: Breakout!
2. Adam Deprisco: Breakout!
3. Shawn Hornbeck: Breakout!
4. Yvonne de Carlo: Breakout!
5. David Beckham: +2839%
6. Kate Middleton: +1298%
7. Victoria Beckham: +571%
8. Prince William: +350%
9. Aishwarya Rai: +213%
10. Scarlett Johansson: +162%
11. Elisha Cuthbert: +113%
12. Cameron Diaz: +87%
13. Ellen Degeneres: +66%
14. Howard Stern: +63%
15. Kevin Federline: +54%
16. Sidney Crosby: +43%
Top 10 Most-Searched People:
1. Kate Middleton
2. Perez Hilton
3. Angelina Jolie
4. Pamela Anderson
5. David Beckham
6. Jessica Simpson
7. Michelle Manhart
8. Saddam Hussein
9. Justin Timberlake
10. Martha Stewart
Top Movers:
1. Michelle Manhart: Breakout!
2. Apple iPhone: Breakout!
3. Doomsday Clock: Breakout!
4. Adam Deprisco: Breakout!
5. Shawn Hornbeck: Breakout!
6. Yvonne de Carlo: Breakout!
7. People's Choice Awards: +3493%
8. David Beckham: +2839%
9. Celebrity hairstyles: +2171%
10. Kate Middleton: +1298%
Top 10 Overall Searches:
1. Weather
2. Days of Our Lives
3. iPhone
4. Kate Middleton
5. Perez Hilton
6. Toronto Maple Leafs
7. Celebrity hairstyles
8. OSAP
9. NBA
10. Winterlicious
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2007/17/c6630.html
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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Posted - 01/17/2007 : 15:32:14
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Half that list ain't Hollywood.
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Crispy Water
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
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Posted - 01/17/2007 : 15:53:57
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True, but 95% of that list ain't Canada either. Easily explained away by the fact that internet stats only account for the over-Americanized minority in this country. Most of us don't have computers in our igloos yet, so those searches can be chalked up to expatriate Yanks.
I must commend floop for bothering to do this; most people would have taken the dig lying down. I am so impressed, in fact, that I will let him crawl back into his California cocoon and take this one. Not that anything has been proven.
The lists do make me wonder who the hell half those people are...and what Winterlicious is, but I'm not curious enough to go search for their press clippings, that would be American of me.
Nothing is ever something. |
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Crispy Water
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
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Posted - 01/17/2007 : 15:54:48
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Enough sidetracking, get back to Downie now.
Nothing is ever something. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 01/17/2007 : 16:48:19
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Originally posted by Carolynanna
Half that list ain't Hollywood.
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For Chrissakes have a cup of tea.
it seems like it's mostly American celebrity gossip type stuff to me
at least that's what your mom said |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 01/17/2007 : 17:26:57
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Originally posted by Crispy Water
Enough sidetracking, get back to Downie now.
Nothing is ever something.
[sorry Carolyn.. i'll shut up now]
at least that's what your mom said |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/18/2007 : 05:12:26
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I'm still waiting for more info on him.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 01/18/2007 : 07:53:58
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Ok, fine. I met him once before a Blue Rodeo show and we had drinks with some people and he was really really really nice. Just a nice guy. Nowhere near rock star asshole.
I got some heaven in my head
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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Posted - 01/18/2007 : 08:00:30
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Nooooo, you can't let floop have anything!
Anyway, there was a sold out coliseum of people who didn't seem to give a rat's ass about Hollywood on Sunday night.
When's the last time you were in Canada floop?
Homers, go get yerself some of the music.
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
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Posted - 01/18/2007 : 08:35:05
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I don't mind the Hip, and I like a few of their song (I think "Ahead By A Century" is great), and Gord Downie in particular seems to geniune, literate, and an over all good guy. All that said, I get this feeling that it's unpatriotic to not like the Hip (kind of like not liking hockey), and people are kind of in disbelief if you don't think they're the greatest thing ever. For example, I think people who don't revere the Pixies or the Beatles are downright stupid, but I don't think it makes them any less American or British (or whatever), you know what I mean?
Also, there's a bit too much of a frat boy fanbase for my liking. One of those, "I don't hate the band, I hate their fans", which is really unfair to the band, I must admit. Oh, and I like "Poets" and "Music At Work". I always thought the latter sort of sounded like a GBV song.
maybe I'll kick it
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/18/2007 : 09:35:59
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Originally posted by Carolynanna
Nooooo, you can't let floop have anything!
Anyway, there was a sold out coliseum of people who didn't seem to give a rat's ass about Hollywood on Sunday night.
When's the last time you were in Canada floop?
Homers, go get yerself some of the music.
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For Chrissakes have a cup of tea.
Despite the large amount of music I buy, there are still loads of albums I want. I wanna know what they sound like first. I think I will try and download some of their stuff this weekend.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 01/18/2007 : 09:41:56
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Homers didn't I include one of their songs on one of the CD swaps?
Floop, you can see the Tragically Hip in the city they call Long Beach on
Feb. 26.
I got some heaven in my head
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Crispy Water
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
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Posted - 01/18/2007 : 10:23:43
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Despite the large amount of music I buy, there are still loads of albums I want. I wanna know what they sound like first. I think I will try and download some of their stuff this weekend.
I am really only familiar with the hits, but the biggest fan I know says the albums to start with would be Road Apples and Phantom Power. In my opinion this is a band whose best songs actually get picked for singles, so a greatest hits-type collection like the one Carolyn suggested would be a safe bet too.
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hammerhands
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
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Posted - 01/18/2007 : 17:30:31
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/19/2007 : 04:55:57
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Originally posted by kathryn
Homers didn't I include one of their songs on one of the CD swaps?
Floop, you can see the Tragically Hip in the city they call Long Beach on
Feb. 26.
I got some heaven in my head
Oh right, I'll have a look tonight. Thanks.
Thanks Crispy.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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houstonguthrie
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Posted - 01/19/2007 : 16:21:32
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I LOVE the Hip!!! and especially Gordon Downie - his two solo cd's are good too
the thing about the Hip in America is - you have to check from time to time to see if they have something new out because you're not going to just hear about it. So when I saw this thread I did a quick check and sure enough they have a new one that is already out in Canada but not yet in the states (but you can order it on-line)
so thanks for that
I discovered them when they came through Houston for Fully Completely tour - and we only went because another show we wanted to see that night had sold out - so we just said "well let's check this band out". I just remember that night after the show we thought it was the most powerful music we'd heard in a long long time. And I've been hooked ever since
this is a band that really really sinks in when you see them live
you gotta see them live to really get it - even Fully Completely, as great as it is, doesn't come close to capturing the energy of the band on stage |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 01/19/2007 : 17:36:59
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I agree because I don't listen to them much until after I go to a concert. (Oh and roadtrips.)
Gordie is so good live.
Here's the first single off the new album (In View);
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=7FC079CC4C77EF4A
Its quite catchy.
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houstonguthrie
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Posted - 01/19/2007 : 17:53:27
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houstonguthrie
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Posted - 01/19/2007 : 18:00:55
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It's different - I don't remember keyboards playing so prominent a role in their previous tunes - but I like it.
It's an example of the "had to see them live thing". If this was the first Hip tune I heard - I probably would not be a new convert. But I hear Downie singing and it I'm right there in the front row all over again. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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Posted - 01/19/2007 : 18:39:08
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Well bands do change over the course of 20 years.
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 01/20/2007 : 03:52:57
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The lists do make me wonder who the hell half those people are...and what Winterlicious is
It probably has something to do with catching snowflakes on your tongue.
I really don't know much about Mr. Downie, but my girlfriend has a few Tragically Hip albums, and has seen them live in New York.
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One of those, "I don't hate the band, I hate their fans"
No, see, that's a DIFFERENT band that's popular in Canada but fairly obscure in the States.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/20/2007 : 05:01:37
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Originally posted by Carolynanna
I agree because I don't listen to them much until after I go to a concert. (Oh and roadtrips.)
Gordie is so good live.
Here's the first single off the new album (In View);
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=7FC079CC4C77EF4A
Its quite catchy.
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For Chrissakes have a cup of tea.
Ooh no, this one is my favourite. I like their new direction, if this is indeed their new direction.
I am gonna include this in a DJ set in the future.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
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Posted - 01/21/2007 : 12:52:10
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the hip played winnipeg last night and got pretty good reviews. they are a GREAT band live. i used to be a pretty big fan. i didn't go last night but i think i've seen them live about 15 times.
and the frat boy fanbase can be irritating sometimes. they played the sasquatch festival last year in washington state and there were lots of canadians down just to see them play. a lot of them were pretty hammerered (fuckin eh!) but fairly abnoxious in telling americans how great the band is..so that was kind of off putting. i do think they are a great band and not really sure why they haven't been more successful internationally. up to here and road apples are my favorites. phantom power is pretty good too.
i went a few times to see them play at first avenue in minneapolis. the show would be completely filled with canadians. i think the band was a bit disappointed cause they tour the states to promote themselves and they end up getting a bunch of canadians coming to their shows.
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