Gord Sinclair - Get Back Again
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2020
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In my early days with The Tragically Hip I wrote a song called Get Back Again. It never made it onto a Hip record but somehow it managed to stick in some people’s minds.
Fast forward 30 odd years to November of 2019. We were planning the release of Taxi Dancers and I, being the tech un-savvy boomer that I am, realized we had no photos from the sessions for the package. Nothing of the process or the fabulous musicians, friends and family who helped make the record. My manager hastily arranged a photo session at The Hip’s Bathouse studio. With everyone together again, we thought it might be fun to lay something down that afternoon. Why waste all that beauty and talent on a photo shoot alone? We needed a song, something we all knew, and Get Back Again was suggested.
In retrospect, given the tectonic shift the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to all our lives, I couldn’t have imagined this would be our last opportunity for the foreseeable future to assemble and do what musicians love to do, play and record together. Now, more than ever, the song’s sentiment rings true for me. I miss the life I knew and loved as a recording artist; as a performer. I miss my friends and family. I miss life. I think that’s a sentiment we all share in this time, wherever you are and whatever you do.
I never intended this to be heard, but here it is; a little ancient history while we are all, each to ourselves, living through it. While we wait, invest in some music and please spare a thought for all the performing artists from all disciplines waiting for you on the sidelines. If you can, please consider supporting the Kingston Food Bank and the Unison Benevolent Fund. In the meantime, I wish you all the best. Stay home and stay safe. We will get back again. When we do, lead with love; and think globally, but live locally.
Thanks to Tim Des Islets, Annie MacDonald and Jenn Pressey for organizing everything. Also to John Angus MacDonald, James McKenty and Nyles Spencer for the recording and mixing. A special thanks to my good friend Andrew Budziak for his talents, for assembling this footage and for having the presence of mind, and savvy, to be shooting while he was taking photographs.
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www.relief.kingstonfoodbank.ca
It will be played on radio all summer long.
Gold!
I love it when a band with a distinctive backing voice gets a moment to show off what he can do up front. Good job.
rem would have done great with this song too....one of my favourite hip tunes
Did anyone notice the panel behind Missy at 00:39 ? Thats the panel that was used for the cover of Phantom Power. Cool lil Bathouse Easter Egg.
Yep, I assumed it was based on a real panel but photoshopped to fit an album cover but that is bang on the exact thing - even the color is the same.
One of the recorded concerts I often listen to includes this gem. I remember watching it on Much Music. Look up live Hip Misty Moon. Great to know the history and hear Sinclair’s version so many years later
Great song. Great version.
I hope you find the way back together.
Best part of my day! Thanks Gord. Love this song!
This is awesome news, my favorite gem by far that the hip never put on an album, thanks Gord🤙
Crack my spine like a whip was another
As I listen, I can hear dowine... the gords sound so good together..
Damn!! So good!!
Thank you Mr. Sinclair.
Saw The Hip play this live in Halifax in 1990.
Love this tune
Beautiful song!
A buddy of mine taught me this song in the 90s. His friend had heard it at one of the Hip's concerts and memorized it - chords, lyrics and all. We played this as a cover from time to time at house parties and it was always a hit. Been looking for a real version ever since. Thanks Gord! Missing the other Gord every day.
Wow I just uploaded a bass cover of this song yesterday! That version had Gord Downie singing it though, but both versions are amazing.
That was beautiful Gord :)
So beautiful!
You guys recorded a full band version of this song with Gord Downie. It's here on YT. Why haven't you given it a proper release like the other Road Apple outtakes?
Awesome job Gord!
exquisite
goosebumps. beautiful!
Flawless!!! Love it.
Loved it!
Fantastic! #getbackagain
thank you !
Hi, Gord. Just wanted to say that this is one of my favourites. I caught the original version that you recorded with The Hip, and I've wondered why it didn't make it onto an album (it's so good). It's fantastic to hear, no matter who sings it. The words ring true for these trying times. I think about the time that's passed between that night at The Rose and now, and it's definitely been challenging. I think back to when I counted down the shifts (at my Retirement Home job) and "sleeps" to March 7th, 2020. I really looked forward to that night, as it gave me something to think about when I was having a challenging evening at work. Here's hoping we take care of each other and navigate the pandemic so we can come together again for live shows. Until then, stay safe.
No matter who sings it ? Why would you say that ? Because you know he has totally destroyed this song !!
I stumble on this while trying to learn the song and theyre just saying the chords at the start
Where's my Rocking chair and old dog ?
Mr. Sinclair, do you know if a recorded version exists, performed by your old group (The Hip)? If you have access to that recording, it would be awesome if you could have it released. It would be a great tribute to Mr. Downie, yourself, and the rest of the band.
Are we family, or what?
He didn’t pick the set list every night because he was stupid.
When I was a teen in the 90’s it was all Mr. Downie.
As I few older and learned to play a bit and look at how bands work.
Gord Sinclair 65 percent the Hip for how he did what he did.
He wrote the early albums for the most part.
Other Gord held the band through tough times apparently and obviously was all our hero.
There’s a Paul in Sinclair.
Bass does everything and no respect at all.
It’s heartbreaking but new heartbreaking.
So that’s good.