First time hearing The Tragically Hip "Wheat Kings" Reaction | Asia and BJ
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Canadian here. We gave the world Rush but kept The Hip for ourselves.
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"20 years for nothing, well, that's nothing new, besides, no one's interested in something you didn't do." What a great, great line.
I just gave you a thumbs up but I really want to say thank you so much what a great line I agree
Hips songs are littered with them. Gordie was a poet. The lyric before the one you cite is "In a Zippo lighter he sees the killer's face, or maybe someone standing in a killer's place." referencing the false testimony against the guy.
Late breaking story on the CBC, a nation whispers we alway knew that he'd go free.
My good friends rent a permanent campsite here in Alberta Canada. David Milgaard set up his trailer right next door to them for 3 summers. I spent quite a few nights camped there during that period. My friends ended up becoming very close with David, spending nights around a camp fire talking. I also had the privilege of spending some time with David. He was a gentleman who always greeted folks with a smile, and had no hate in his heart for the folks who did him wrong. Sadly, one evening while visiting the campsite with his daughter, he began feeling unwell and decided they should head back to town. While driving back to town he suffered some form of medical distress and passed away a short time later. He had a small tree in a pot at his campsite, and later on in the summer my friends planted it in the ground at the campsite. Every time I go there, that tree is still there and I think of him. Rest easy Dave.
Wow. Where in Alberta ?
he's from Saskatoon Sask
"hung with pictures of our parent's prime ministers" has always been one of my favourite hip lines. gord was a poet and a beautiful soul. we miss him every day.
The more you listen to this band the more you will like them.
GRACE TOO
Awesome song that Grace, Too, amazing in concert!
At the Hundredth Meridian, Locked in the Trunk Of A Car, Poets, Freak Turbulence...I could go on, but I would end up listing a huge portion of their catalogue and, well - I need to get to bed...
True story
The man this song is about, David Milgaard, passed away suddenly a couple of days ago. Maybe he and Gord are sharing a beer out there somewhere. May David’s soul be at peace. RIP
awe man didnt know this
Pretty hard to share a beer when you're dead.
They're in Fiddler's Green together.
So great you two chose this song, I love your channel. I live in the city Saskatoon where this tragic murder and then the subsequent devastating miscarriage of justice occurred. In the song they refer to the Paris of the Prairies which is Saskatoon as we have a river running through the city with a number of bridges (not quite Paris though with it’s 40 bridges). Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip were always willing to call out injustice, always urging Canadians to reflect and strive to create a greater nation. Just miss that brilliant man. RIP Gord 🇨🇦
I grew up in S'toon and... yeah... a former cop has said that they knew they were running in the wrong guy. Just wanted to close the case fast. So a guy goes to prison for life basically for being lightly sketchy in the wrong place and time, which is not any kind of crime... and the real killer was out there, committing more rapes and eventually another murder.
It was a terrible thing I use to mix up the stories of this song and 38 years old....but that being said Gord made sure to tell Canadian stories either the news wouldn't cover or simply were forgotten by most..
David Milgaard. I remember that.
Rip to our Captain, Gord.
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“ Courage”, “Boots or Hearts”, “38 years old” and “New Orleans is Sinking” a some of my favourite songs of the tragically hip!
I’d love to add Little Bones to your list!👍
Lake Fever, So Hard Done By, Escape Is At Hand For the Travellin' Man, Fiddler's Green. To list only a few seems like an injustice! So many great songs.
Don't forget "Poets"
Bobcaygeon has a special place in my heart
Locked in the Trunk of a Car
Hometown Kingston girl here and "The Hip" are our local heroes and one our National treasures. The Hip performed thier last concert here in Kingston and then Gord died of Brain cancer. Everyone set a hockey stick on thier front porch to honour him. Still makes me cry......
Its so Canadian I cant even listen without at least a small tear.
I wish these Americans without a clue would stop embarrassing themselves
The walls are lined all yellow, grey and sinister
Hung with pictures of our parents' prime ministers
Damn. U got me teary eyed. R.I.P. Gordie. CANADA MISSES YOU. 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦
I've seen The Hip at least 130 times since 1989 and was fortunate to be able to attend the final concert. Scratch the surface of any Hip song and find a story you can't believe you never knew.
Going to see them was the closest thing to true democracy I've ever seen. Bikers, soccer moms, bangers, losers, and posers all rocking out together with no one out of place, because if you were a fan you were part of a family that was equal parts historians, patriots and poets.
Thanks for sharing them with people who may have never heard of them. 🤗
Said most eloquently ["equal parts historians, patriots and poets"]. But I've noticed that the Hip bring out the best in us. I become more eloquent and thoughtful when I think about them, too.
After seeing them so often, I have to ask, whats yer number1 song?
I cry every time I hear The Hip. The world just isn’t the same without you Gordie 💔
I live in Kingston Ontario Canada 🇨🇦. The Tragically Hip are from here. Our hometown heroes. What a great experience growing up with them. R.I.P. Gord.
Went to school with these great men in your wonderful town when they were just starting out.
K-Town baby!
was my first big concert " Road apples tour with ziggy marley blues travellers and someone else up in New Market Ontario absolutely awesome experience.
I was born at KGH🤙
Me too Tony, totally agree
Gord Downey was a warrior poet.
Absolutely, that's a great way of putting it. RIP Gord
*DOWNIE
Lead singer Gord Downie was bestowed the Lakota name, Wicapi Omani, meaning The Man who Walks Amongst the Stars. He fought to bring attention to Reconciliation for Indigenous peoples of our country. Secret Path chronicled the life and death of Chanie Wenjack, a First Nations boy who fled a residential school in northern Ontario in 1966, only to die of hunger and cold exposure while trying to find his way home. He did much of this while dealing with aggressive brain cancer. Check out their Live last concert from Kingston, Ontario. He knew he was dying, and it was live-streamed Canada-wide. That concert was the night Cnanda collectively came together to hug, to sing, to reminisce, to CRY. RIP GORD DOWNIE I cry everytime I hear them still. Gord was a special man.
Thanks so much for this reaction! A little Canadian history in so many of their songs and even the story behind songs. "Late breaking story on the CBC
, A nation whispers, "We always knew that he'd go free""
Great choice, as always, CalixYukon!! 👋🏼🇨🇦
@@marisagettas Thanks Marisa, glad you enjoy their reactions as much as I do!
I met David Milgard's mom & sister they told the story of David and how he is innocent I signed the petition wished them luck. This was at Sunfest an outdoor concert in Gimli MB in the early 1990s
David Milgaard was from Winnipeg, Manitoba where I am from. Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are the prairie provinces which is the bread basket of Canada. That is where the phrase Wheat Kings comes from. There is actually a hockey team called the Wheat Kings. The Tragically Hip or "The Hip" although never made it very big in the U.S. were beloved in Canada. Check out Cordelia, Twist my Arm, New Orleans is Sinking to name a few.
Another Canadian band to check out is Crown Lands. A lot of their songs deal with Aboriginal issues.
End of the road is a song about a stretch of road in British Columbia where a lot of Aboriginal women have gone missing or were murdered. White Buffalo and Mountain are also other excellent songs by them. Cheers
Winnipegger here too. It's brilliant to see people from all over, discovering our national band!
@@patjackson8649 Yes it is. 😀
Yep Brandon has the Western Hockey Leagues Wheat Kings
I think originally Wheat Kings is slang for the grain elevators in the prairies, which are quickly disappearing and replaced by big, ugly, modern concrete grain "terminals". Ugh. What a shame.
Crown Lands is such a cool fucking band name. And really has a meaning... name for Government owned/administrated land. More of such land should be granted to be made available for reserve land shortfalls. But I digress... I was actually kinda jealous when I heard the band name and I don't even have a band. So clever.
Listen to 38 years old. I'm pretty sure another similar story...Gord always advocated for natives here in Canada and the issues they dealt with RCMP, OPP, etc
A very special band.
David is from my hometown,his Mom was his champion and is ultimately responsible for his release.What a lady!RIP Gordie🇨🇦!We miss you brother
What a great HIP song. Gord Downie was such a gifted songwriter/performer. By the way, Bob Dylan also wrote an incredible song called 'Hurricane'. It's based on the true story about Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (May 6, 1937 - April 20, 2014) who was an American-Canadian middleweight boxer, wrongfully convicted of murder and later released following a petition of habeas corpus after serving almost 20 years in prison. The Hurricane was also a 1999 American biographical sports-drama film directed and produced by Norman Jewison. The film starred Denzel Washington in the role of Rubin Carter. Dylan's 'Hurricane' is most certainly a timeless song worthy of reacting to.
Wheat Kings has always reminded me of Hurricane. Two amazing songs.
As a Canadian I super loved this reaction
38 Years old, locked in the trunk of a car, at the hundreth meridian, cordelia, ahead by a century all great songs. Many more but those are off the top of my head.
So many more.
You guys are one of the few people I know who take the time to react to the Hip. Kudos.
So many great songs by The Tragically Hip (The Hip) , 38 Years Old has an amazing story. Little Bones is a great song, Fiddler's Green such a sad song, New Orleans Is Sinking, 100th Meridian, Locked In The Trunk Of A Car. So many amazing songs, those are just a few
Gord Downie was, without question, a special soul. If you can, you should watch the last concert that The Hip played. It was broadcast Live on TV all across Canada and was a very emotional event.
RIP Mr. Downie
Thank you for continuing the journey of one of our most iconic Canadian bands. Please please also check out New Orleans is Sinking and Blow at High Dough. Two of their best. Much love from Canada :)
Awesome choice y'all, Fiddlers Green and 38 Years Old are very good also, concert at Abbotsford is awesome
The Hip are criminally underrated. "Grace Too" and "Ahead by a Century" are fantastic..."Fireworks" and "Emperor Penguin"... Lol too many great tunes
The man they wrote this song about. " David Milgaard " sadly passed last week
Grace too, Blow at High Dough, 100th meridian. Awesome songs!
THANK YOU!! :) You could do "Fiddler's Green" or "Locked In The Trunk of a Car" ...or "Courage" All great stuff!! SIDE NOTE: Lead singer was an absolute BEAUTY of a human being.
David milgaard, the man this song was written about, died two days ago at age 69, from pneumonia.
I’m from the bread basket of Canada!
One of the most convincing details of his innocence is that he could have been out in 8 years if he admitted to the crime he didn't commit. He stood by his innocence for 23 years. He just passed away a few days ago. RIP D.M.
Thank you. I hope UA-cam reactions find so many new hip fans. One of the best bands of our time.
Thanks for reacting to this song, it's one of my favs from The Hip.. David Milgaard died the other day, he and Gord are enjoying a beer together up above! RIP David and Gord
That sound at the start is a LOON so much of a Canadian summer evening on the lake at the cottage sound.
"Wheat kings" has two meanings: the wheat farmers and people of the Canadian Prairies, and the big grain elevators dotted around the landscape of those wheat fields.
It's June, and the guy in this song, David Milgard, died this spring, age 70, so he had 30 years free as an adult, all over age 40.
Nice you guy"s!!! The Hip have so many great songs. 38 Years old is anotjer you may want to try.Thanks!!!!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I just discovered your channel and have been enjoying your Hip reactions. I've been a lifelong Hip fan here in Canada and it's so nice to see people appreciating them.
I've would like to make a suggestion. It's not a music video but it was a project that included music that was very dear to Gord Downie before his passing. It's called The Secret Path. It's about the residential school's in Canada and the story of one boy, Chanie Wenjack. There is an official music video (It's called The Stranger) with beautiful animation here on youtube. I would highly recommend.
Another thing about this song is it’s written after a true event. Look up David Milgaard and his story. I have lived in Winnipeg my entire life and this was very big. I have been lucky enough to see The Hip playing the bars. I was actually the only person on the dance floor having a blast while everyone booed because they were booked into a County Bar -Silverados- and were fired at first intermission lol. They were out back having a smoke and i was like, wtf no way man lmao. They then went to The Osborne Village and I took off there and got in, they played an amazing set in the basement. Seen them many times at bars, then Sunfest, all which were amazing. Their songs are very story driven and poetic.
I can't even listen to the Hip anymore with out it bring a tear to my eye it it brings me such joy and makes me so proud to have shared this beautiful country with then Bless you Gord rest in piece Canada will never forget your amazing contributions to the music industry and the issues you brought light
David’s story is so sad. Love this song. The Hip were just fantastic. The Gord Downie Project is his true legacy. RIP Wicapi Omani ❤
I love that The Hip is spreading. Favorite band of all time
I love that u guys do the hip, I am a candian and have been listening to them my whole life. Keep doing more please. Love it
So many Hip songs are littered with Canadian history. I remember when David was released. I cry every time I listen to this song. As a mom, knowing his own mother kept fighting for him. I can't imagine this happening to one of my sons
Best of the Best from the best Canadian Band Ever. Will melt your heart Man or Woman.
Canada thanks you for reacting to the Hip :)
Thank you for reacting to this. I am so happy to see new fans of a band we love dearly. ✌️🇨🇦
Our Canadian philosophers. They touched the Canadian psych. Gord Downey touched our souls
The hip were a Canadian treasure. I grew up in Buffalo and they were huge here too. Songs of my life.
My favourite Tragically Hip song. Glad you listened to it. If you want another Canadian act who deals with social justice issues listen to Bruce Cockburn's "If I had a rocket launcher".
Thanks for this post (and this reaction!) I grew up on a farm outside Saskatoon. I think it was when I was young, I remember seeing on the news about him being set free. It was a huge deal.
Couple details about ther song... this is my partner's favourite song of the Hip. He's older than me by 12 years, by that line about "classrooms hung with pictures of our parents' prime ministers". He says that's exactly what his classroom was like (in rural Saskatchewan as well).
I always wondered about the title.. makes me think if the WHL (hockey) team Brandon Wheat Kings - which is a small city in Manitoba. I believe "wheat kings" might be a name for the iconic but disappearing grain elevators of the prairies, including Saskatchewan.
Thanks for covering this!
Locked in the trunk of a car is a hard hitting banger for something more up beat by the hip.
RIP Gord Downie 😢 The Tragically Hip is closest thing to Canadian royalty. They took stories from around Canada and made awesome music. Gord Downie after learning about his brain cancer they did a farewell tour across Canada. The final show was televised Nationally. Everyone in Canada knows where they were when that concert played. After Gord devoted his remaining time to raise awareness for the first nations and Canada's dark secret of Residential schools which countless first nations children were taken from their homes and culture. Residential schools were mainly operated by different churches. The first nations kids were forced to cut their hair and forget their culture. Thousands of kids died at those schools and many more survivors that were abused in multiple ways.
Gord received one of the top honours from a first nations Chief. When Gord died the country was in mourning, our Prime Minister was in tears as he tried to do his press conference.
That's the thing about The Hip...why they are so iconic in Canada.. they sing about real Canadian events and history. One of a kind band... R.I.P. Gordy 😞
Boots or hearts is a great song by the tragically hip. Check it out!
Omg so happy you are experimenting with the Hip.... I hope you keep going down this journey! .... Gord Downie and the Hip are our National treasure! ... Put it this way.... what the Tragically Hip is to Canada ...is what Bob Marley is to Jamaica and the world really... bless up and thank you... new subscriber now ... please keep going with the Hip xo
Canada's National Band. Their last concert, before Good Downey passed of cancer, was televised live across the country, and televised to arenas across the country. The Hip are a deep deep well. '50 Mission Cap' 'New Orleans is Sinking (by the way pulled from the airwaves for a time after Katrina), Courage, '100th Meridian' etc etc. Love your channel....Alberta, Canada.
You finally found Canada’s little secret….the amazing Tragically Hip!!!!
Excellent band, I love 'em...
"Scared" - "Inevitability of death" - "Now for plan A"
Just a few of their "Unplucked Gems"
All of Gord’s stories are true stories!
RIP Gord!
Imagine driving east bound on the 101 comingbout of Brandon (home of the Brandon wheat kings hockey team) in late summer. Driving past fields of wheat as far as you can see in every direction and this song is on as loud as it goes. Windows down and watching the sunset behind you. Something that touches a flat landers soul.
I think the Wheat Kings has two meanings. Wheat Kings was the local hockey team and maybe he was yearning for the regular life of a teenager in the prairies. Also I agree seeing the wheat and yearning for freedom.
🇨🇦 Canada's 🍁 band. They never quite broke into the American or international market. And that's just fine. They are OURS and always will be ! Beloved coast to coast!
Every song they sing is a Canadian history lesson.
I heard this over and over on cassette tape in the 90's. I kept rewinding the beginning with the birds and the guitar starting. Just amazing .
Wheat Kings are the name of the local minor hockey team. He had a poster of them in his cell.
Ohhhhhhh.... ❤❤❤❤❤
So much love Gord!
They have a great catalog and it's not my usual music.
The case that abolished the death penalty in Canada was that of Wilber Coffin's execution.
My friend's dad grew up in the neighborhood where David lived and said he had a reputation as a trouble maker. When she was found dead everyone said David must have did it. He was convicted by his community and police before he could even defend himself.
There are lots of good historical songs by The Hip. "50 Mission Cap" springs to mind, and there are many more.
Another important song about a wrongful murder conviction is Bob Dylan's "Hurricane". Ruben "Hurricane" Carter was wrongfully convicted in the USA, and it took many people many years to have his case reviewed. After his conviction was overturned, in part because of the publicity surrounding the Dylan song, and he was released, Mr. Carter moved to Canada.
One of my favourite Hip songs. Nautical Disaster is their best song imo, but Bob Cageon is my favourite. RIP Gord❤
I’m a huge Hip fan and have watched all of your reactions on Hip songs you’ve covered. I’m now a fan of your channel. I love your down to earth take on the music that means so much to me and my life. Not to mention I’ve developed a bit of a crush on Asia. She’s absolutely beautiful!
Gord Downie and the Hip are Canadian treasures.
‘Wheat Kings’ is referencing to the Brandon Wheat Kings, a well known (in Canada) Western Hockey League hockey team based out of Brandon Manitoba. Brandon is a rural community in the province of Manitoba. The country side in this region is reminiscent of the larger farming area around Saskatoon, where the murder took place. Many prairie people (Prairie Provinces: Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba; also called the wheat belt) are fans of the Wheat Kings. The Hip often sing about local, Canadian locations or subjects, so a lot of their songs lyrics puzzle foreign listeners. Maybe this is why the band is not as well known, or popular, outside of Canada. As they deservedly should be!
All I can say is THANK YOU! This is one of my favorites from them ❤️
Wheat Kings they are referring to is a Canadian Hockey Team.
Thank you for this. Amazing song!
The Hip are one of my all time favorite bands. Not a bad song on their first 6 albums and amazing live shows
Please please more Hip. Thank you so much for reacting to them ❤️❤️❤️
My fav Hip song. ❤️🇨🇦🙏
Wheat Kings I've heard refers to the big silos full of wheat, common in the prairies.
For awhile it seemed like 'Dial M For Murder' in Canada. Guy Paul Morin, Donald Marshall and David Milgard. Thank all the gods we don't have the death penalty. Courts make mistakes.
Thanks for diving deeper in The Tragically Hip! One of my favourites is "It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken" Such a beautiful song!
Thank you for reacting to this beautiful, powerful song.
I just found this song a few years ago.... I really like it...!
I recently saw an interview with the bassist from Nirvana saying he played a show with the tragically hip in 1989 and only 15 people in the audience to see either band.. Crazy to think
Seeing people discover the hip and Gord makes me proud as a Canadian and we don't have a lot to be proud about right now
I still miss Gord Downie. Love this band. They also do a song about a hockey player Bill Barilko called Fifty -Mission Cap. When Gord died, they placed a banner next to Bill's number in the rafters of the Air Canada Centre.
It’s barely started and I’m commenting….THANK YOU for reacting to the hip ❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰
RIP David Milgaard July 7, 1952 - May 15, 2022
The Hip used to play in dive bars in Tucson. I saw many of their shows which were amazing and actually got to meet them! Try ‘Ahead by a Century’!✌🏻
Oh I'm so happy you're on The Hip. Buckle up. Love from Canada.
Being from Buffalo, NY, they were massive here as well. We have a mural dedicated to gord and we felt the loss with our Northern neighbors when he passed as well ❤️🩹
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David Milgaard passed away on Sunday, aged 69.
This is a pretty song and makes me cry a little.
38 years old, try that one out great tune. The Hip were the top Canadian band of they're time. Gordon Downey the Great Canadian poet. I do recommend this band. Peace ✌️. RIP Gordy
Great reaction from a friend in Kingston. You guys nailed this