Reaction to The Tragically Hip! Grace, Too Song Reaction!
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- Reaction to The Tragically Hip and their song Grace, Too is up today! Thanks to Bruce for suggesting this great tune from The Tragically Hip.
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Being a Hip fan is like being in a club...and every canadian is a member.
They are quite good!
Right!!!!!!!
The first step to being an honorary Canuck
My fandom has been a long time running. ;)
"Canadian Treasure" to say the least.. the Hip are revered by many of my generation up here. They wrote about Canadian content so didnt get the respect they deserved south of the border . I like to think they were our house band.
They are great Michael!!
They were huge in border cities,too,like Detroit and the Buffalo/Niagara Falls area.
Opening line, " He said I'm fabulously rich" In concerts in Canada the crowd would sing "He said I'm Tragically Hip" goosebumps just thinking about that! As well as "that night in Toronto" seeing them sing that in Toronto...memories!
I can only imagine. Thanks Scott!
Poets, Ahead by a Century, Fiddler's Green, At the Hundredth Meridian, Little Bones, Fireworks, Twist My Arm, Bobcaygeon, In a World Possessed by the Human Mind, but Nautical Disaster is my the best song off Day for Night but they're all great -there are so many great Tragically Hip songs - just a great group
We will get to another at some point. Thanks for the suggestions!
You never saw someone control the pit until you saw this band. Gordie kept the anticipation at a fever pitch until he was absolutely ready and the whole concert would just lose their minds. They opened with this for a reason and it was glorious.
Sounds so fantastic!
Cheers from Canada. It's difficult for people to understand how popular and revered the band is here. Their music is woven into the fabric of our culture and is the soundtrack to many of our lives. Glad to see someone made the request , and happy to see the band get some exposure.
Yes I did a lot of research on them and wow what an impact they had on you guys. We don't really have anyone like that in the States not in the past 40 years, wish we did. Thanks!
a tip : you can watch series at Flixzone. I've been using it for watching all kinds of movies these days.
@Cairo Gus Definitely, I have been watching on Flixzone} for months myself :D
Very very very well said
If you guys haven't done so yet you should check out some of the videos that came out of the band's final tour. Gord Downie was such a wholesome guy that he was loved by our entire country, and when he got brain cancer (and eventually sucumbed to it) the whole country felt the loss. Their final performance of this song is such a powerful thing to see and hear.
We will check it out. Thanks for watching!
Absolutely! And you have to watch ‘Scared’ . He looks at the camera and sings the lyric “it’s been a pleasure doing business with you” … I still well up thinking of it 😢
As a Canadian, this sends shivers down my spine.
I would bet, even for us it is so good! Thanks!
How the Hip did not make it big in the US is beyond me - I worked as a College Radio Station manager for 5 years - they were by far the most talented TRUE alternative band I promoted there....
I read a ton of stuff when researching the album we reviewed that College Radio love them. Thanks for sharing and watching!
Interesting to hear BNL talk about trying to make it in the US . They said ‘ might as well write “Bare Naked Ladies” on $20 bills and throw them out the window’ to promote themselves at first because there’s so much competition. TH were Canadian to the soul and happy enough with that . Probably a big reason they were adored by everyone of a certain age group in Canada
38 years is my favourite Hip tune
Thanks for watching dawn!
Gord tells a story with musical acompinent....love from Detroit
He was just so talented. Thanks Andre!
I want you to know that I'm subscribed because you did T hip. So hard to get people to look at this awesome band. Such rage and power disguised as Beauty .
Yes we were not familiar with them until recently, quite the find for us, Thanks Jim!
I miss Gord everyday. Thanks for reacting to this band. Cannot wait for Canadian Summers: bonfires, BBQ, beer And the Hip ❤
Thanks Abbie we appreciate you watching!
Doesn’t get any better than sitting around a fire with a beer buzz, smelling like deep woods off and listening to the hip.
I hitch-hiked from one end of Canada to the other many times. The people who gave me rides.... usually they had some Tragically Hip tapes playing on a cassette deck, or scattered next to them on the seat of their car or truck. Giving a stranger a ride and liking the Hip seemed to fit together.
That is a great story! Thanks for sharing Phil!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics If you want a handle on Gord Downie and The Hip, you need to know about Gord's final solo project. This was The Secret Path. It consists of an album of songs, a graphic novel written by Gord and illustrated by renowned comix artist Jeff Lemire, an animated television film, and a package of instructional materials. It tells the story of Chanie Wenjack, a twelve-year-old Anishinaabe boy who ran away from a residential school in 1966 and attempted to walk 370 miles to his home in Ogoki Post, a First Nations village that is normally reachable only by bush plane. He died of hunger and exposure. Gord worked closely with the boy's surviving grown-up sisters. The Hip had previously performed in remote (and clearly unprofitable) First Nations communities and worked with musicians there [see the song "Goodnight Attawapiskat"]. These are places I know well, and I can assure you that Canada's First Nations have overwhelming love and respect for The Hip. The Secret Path had a tremendous impact, which has become even more powerful after the recent discovery of the unmarked graves of children at sites of abandoned residential schools, places where Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian and other churches attempted to crush aboriginal children's spirits and "beat the Indian out of them" ---- with a blind eye and financing from the government. It is now used as a teaching tool in grade schools across the country. The next generation in Canada will grow up knowing all about little Chanie Wenjack, and this alone is enough to earn Gord Downie's place in our hearts.
Wow that is a great cause, didn't know any of that. Really appreciate you taking the time to share.
Hip.. Canadian treasure for sure. Bobcaygeon!
Thanks for watching pam hunter!
More Hip!!! Really underrated band in the US.
Thanks for watching Eric!
any Canadian band that can give there all and nail it in front of the Queen of England on Canada day .July the first has my unconditional complete vote all the time no matter what just a great Canadian treasure and ford will be missed by all of us Canadians till the end of time
Well said!
Miss them I hope they can carry on in some form
They were great!
My daughter got her middle name from this song.
Oh wow that is awesome! Thanks!
I love how all Canadian crowds would sing oh Canada as they were slowly filing out of the area a after the show. We love them!
That is fantastic!
In fall of 1999 I wrote an alternate version of this song, about playing Monopoly:
"Park Place, Too"
I said I'm fabulously rich/
Cuz I just passed GO!/
I am the Battleship /
Call me Monopoly Joe/
With all my properties /
I am the king of the board /
You're totally broke /
If you land on Ventnor/
Chorus:
I own the railroads /
States Avenue /
I got red hotels on Boardwalk/
And Park Place, Too
The secret rules of the game /
Are hard to enforce /
The acquisition of Baltic /
Is just a matter of course /
But I can roll a 3 /
Land on Community Chest /
What does your Chance card show, dear? /
I won a beauty contest/
Chorus:
I own the railroads /
Pacific Avenue /
I got red hotels on Boardwalk/
And Park Place, Too
I sang it at a Keg Party in Kingston (home of the hip). Reviews were mixed.
haha creative Patrick!
So, the day after the drums were recorded for this song I was hanging out with Johnny the Drummer and Dan Ackyroid in New Orleans watching Aerosmith play old blues stuff during Mardi Gras of 1995. The band was busy in the studio with the drum tracks Johnny had completed, so Johnny was allow out to play. He is from the same small city as Ackyroid. I had met him in 1988 when my friends band opened for them and when I bumped into him in Jackson Square he remembered me and asked if I wanted to go see Aerosmith later that night. :)
GREAT story! Thanks for sharing Todd!
You mentioned that he sounds pained. Check out a few of the videos from The Hip’s final tour when they play Grace, Too. Especially the final concert (when Gord D loses emotional control and bawls unabashedly). For those who have relatives who battled Cancer or battled it themselves, the emotionality can be especially painful to watch.
Have seen it great stuff
As a Hip fan, thanks for doing this.
We really enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Yes as a Canadian.........Thank you!!!!!!
So many great songs from this band - surprised you know them. Road Apples, Up to Here, Phantom Power, Day for Night, Trouble at the Henhouse - so many great albums - classic Canadiana - the whole nation morned together for Gord and the band.
They were brought to us by a Patron, great find for us!
Cannot sleep on their later albums either... "Now for Plan A" and "Man Machine Poem" are both such great albums.
I definitely agree drawing the similarity to Michael Stipe. You know the lyrics are full of meaning, but they're also difficult to parse out the "original meaning".
Thanks for the Hip!! New Orleans is Sinking, Twist my Arm, Cordelia
Finally they are getting some reactions.
Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Thanks Debbie they were a great find for us! Appreciate you!
If you're working through the Hip catalog you may have an interest in how deeply he affected Canadians. Should finish off with their last concert in his hometown before Gord passed away, knowing full well it would be his last. It was basically a love letter to Canadians and all the fans that made his career. Maybe Trudeau's press conference about his death too.
Yes we have seen that, great stuff! Thanks for watching!
The live versions will answer so many questions for you!
Thanks David!
Love this channel, the duo is strong!
Thanks Black Spurr really appreciate that!
More more more
We plan on it. Thanks Carter!
This was the song that brought me into the Hip. To really get a feel for them, should probably watch some live stuff. Anything from "That Night In Toronto".
We will check it out. Thanks Meyers!
Another good one boys.......lots of Hip to checkout....you’ll enjoy that journey. Stay Safe.....and chat soon.
Thanks Doc hope to see you tonight in the stream!
Reactions To The Classics ...I’ll be there....always a good time.
@@ReactionsToTheClassics what time do y'all stream?
6pm CST
It's a 10!
Thanks for watching!
Thrilled that you reacted so positively to the Hip, so I am subscribing. Thanks!
They are great, have a couple of song reactions and an album reaction of them so far. Thanks!
That guitar is quite a haunting outro.
Great point!
Good reaction guys 👍
Really appreciate the kind words!!!! Thanks for watching @ontarioguyincalgary4845!
The best description I've heard of the Hip and their music is that it's the soundtrack of summertime Cottage country. that literally sums the Hip up.
They have a couple more rock and guitar driven style songs, more upbeat things like New Orleans, or maybe My Music at Work. But then they have song like Grece, too and Fiddlers Green.
love their stuff, long time fan. Miss Gord and his stage presence.
Have a top 10 of them coming up next month!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics Thank you for your reactions. All I can say as a Canadian is their songs marinated into my soul. They bring a sense of comfort and evoke a strong emotion like coming back to your home town after many years away. I tear up every time I hear "It's a good life if you don't weaken"...what an amazing song! Thank you
This song live is amazing.
i bet
I've been missing in action as it's been a tough period, as i'm sure it has for many - anyway thx for a great review as per usual - to add a little bit, as is my nature:
The lyrics from "Grace, Too" may have been inspired by the plot from one of the pioneering and most celebrated films of the "noir" genre: 1944's Double Indemnity. "Film-Noir," or "black film," itself refers to the French style of film making that heavily influenced Hollywood after World War II. Having been made on the cheap in post-war France, (Causing the films to be literally dark and cast in shadows) the genre specialized in gritty, pessimistic, often crime centered stories.
Gord Downie studied film at Queens University. In fact, the title "Day For Night" is taken from a Francois Truffaut film of the same name. As you can read in other entries, "Day For Night" and other albums make reference to terms used in French (and now Hollywood) film making such as "cinema-a-clef," "tableaux vivant" and the eccentric 1926 French film-noir classic "metropolis."
In the Day For Night's lyric booklet, certain words are highlighted in bold throughout. Here's what they say when put together: Metropolis noir, take a look at this photograph, book, make me feel. Insanity, move through night, bemused, winter in the dark. I'm helpless with space. We're no longer relevant, emergency. If there's glory in miracles, it's that they're reversible.
Fantastic info and backstory! Thanks for sharing it BMac!
In Gord we trust.
Thanks for watching 1 Life 2 Live!
Check out the tragically hip live at the misty moon.
We will check it out! Thanks!
A reaction to the Woodstock 99 set would be amazing.
Great suggestion! Thanks for watching Gerald!
❤🍁
Thanks for Watching! We love the Hip!
This is their 5th album. They have an often forgotten about self titled album. Check out the live "Double Suicide" version of Highway girl and you'll understand what made them so special to see live.
ok
DEFINITELY a check out their entire discography. They have a wide variety of sounds ranging from hardcore blues rock (in their self-titled EP) to more mellow, somewhat country music feeling vibes (their song, Morning Moon-from their We Are The Same album, to me, has a country music vibe to it).
We have up Fully Completely and a top 10. They are great! Thanks Christine!
... every album had a 'sound'. my fave is 'trouble at the henhouse'.
"Him? Here? Now? No!"
haha thanks Josh
this should be an interesting cover stream tonight..
we lost a great one not to covet 19 but to heart disease
slab fork West Virginia out in the coal mining country he grew up..
should see all the reactions to his death online from musicians everywhere or people from all different kinds online tweeting about how great he was and he was.
the greatest laid-back voices of Soul pop music ever..;
Bill withers has gone to the Great gig in the sky checking out at age 81 it's like Kenny Rogers a week prior same age😢😢
another great reaction to a good tragically hip tune
Thanks Kev
Courage is great too
We will check that one out as well, Thanks Michael
How can we be certain that is your son? LOL, kids a spiting image of you. Thanks for checking out the true Canadian legend, Gord Downie and the Hip.
haha thanks!!
The band is so tight
Yes they are Tedd! Thanks!
Not bad! I definitely liked Nautical Disaster better from this album! Be sure to check that one!
We will give it a listen. Thanks Josh!
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Thanks for watching Steve!
I often describe the Trag as "Imagine if R.E.M. did Rock instead of Pop", so your R.E.M. comparison is fair. :)
haha that is a GREAT way to put it! Thanks Michael!
Do blow at high dough next
Really appreciate the suggestion and thanks for watching Michael Borland!
Reactions To The Classics no problem, sorry for sending so many messages but the hip are a big deal in Canada. If you guys are interested in how much that is, check out ahead by a century last live performance. It was played on national tv and people gathered all over the country to watch.
Gentlemen, thoroughly enjoyed your reaction. It was an honest and thoughtful critique. I hope you try New Orleans is Sinking and Blow At High Dough (2 of my favourites), best listened to while you're cruising around, or relaxing on the couch with your headphones on.
Another Canadian band that's worth a listen to, is Rush. Three superbly talented musicians painting soundcapes. Tom Sawyer, YYZ-live in Rio, and Spirit of the Radio for starters.
Both bands are Canadian, been together for decades, seamless performers, they craft nuanced lyrical commentaries, and both have lost band members to the same type of brain cancer - Gord of The Tragically Hip, and Neil Peart of Rush. Two musicians sorely missed.
Appreciate your exploring music from North of the border ....
Thanks Jmi, we are going to get to more of the Hip and throw some Rush in there as well. Stay safe!
AFAIK it’s a take on the 40’s film noir “Double Indemnity” which yup, features a guy convincing his girlfriend to kill her husband
Thanks for Watching!
Canada's hidden GEM!
We have a whole album review up as well. Thanks Bruce!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics Yeah I stumbled across it after watching this one! Also LOVED the Blue Rodeo ones you did, another favorite band of mine!
Hi from Canada! I subbed just for the Hip! Do more Canuck bands, please.
Thanks Sean really appreciate it!, Have some Sloane, of course Neil, More Hip, Ron Sexsmith, Bruce Cockburn, upcoming Joel Plaskett, Kathleen Edwards, just off the top of my head.
@@ReactionsToTheClassics All great choices. All my favs except maybe Sloane. Ron is a jewel who never made it big. But a lot of his songs were done by others. Sexsmith's songs have been performed and recorded by a number of well-known musicians, including Elvis Costello, Feist, Rod Stewart, and Emmylou Harris among others. Very respected in the industry.
Yes he is great, we have his debut up and 3 different Selections of his consisting of 15-16 songs each. Huge fans!
Streetheart's cover of "Under My Thumb".
Really appreciate the suggestion and thanks for watching S Rennie!
Better than the original
With all the great live versions of this song online, you're missing out.
But we react to the studio version first, then you move on to the live. Must see how it was imagined first. That is how we do it, if that is not for you, you don't need to watch.
@@ReactionsToTheClassics All good. Just letting you know. Gord (lead singer) would often go off on Jim Morrison-esque tangents of poetry and spoken word when playing live.
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First time for me listening to this song. I thought it was a good song. I like the steady pace and I agree with both of you about the lead guitar and instrumentation. You are right Shawn that a song has to be a combination of lyrics and presentation of music in the instrumentation. I like the way you both explain specifically what the song is about. Shawn gave this a solid rating at 7.5 and Trey went higher at an 8.0. I think I would give this a 7.5.
Thanks for checking this out Poet!
Weirdly... this is one of my lesser favourite album tracks.
I find the greatness of this song reveals itself when the band plays it live and some of the studio crispness is tosses by the wayside
Thanks for Watching!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics
It would mean the world if you guys could do a reaction video to watching "The Stranger" from Gord Downie's (The Tragically Hip lead singer) solo album just before he passed "Secret Path".
It's an important story that Gord wanted to share; and that I feel we, as Canadians, should share to help keep ourselves accountable.