![]() "We had several names for the record, and the American label - we're signed directly to MCA USA - felt that all of our titles were too much inside jokes, or that they sounded too Canadian. "It's actually a funny story," Baker told the Straight. The title of the band's 1991 album, Road Apples, was a tiny act of Canadian subversion They want to show their enthusiasm, and we don't want to put a damper on 'em."Ĥ. But I don't know what you can do about people jumpin' off the stage. And the last time in Ottawa was pretty bad too - we had about 30 people taken out on stretchers. Mostly it's stage jumping, but somebody climbed up into the scaffolding and fell off. Someone broke their neck at one of our gigs. "The last time across Canada we had a few bad incidents - two in Calgary and one in Edmonton. Baker told the Straight about it in 1991. In the early days, crowds at Hip shows were way more likely to experience physical destruction than any death metal mosh pit. The Hip's early live shows were a health risk for fans I'm never going to cry again, I'm going to be as strong as them."ģ. Other boys use the splendour of their trembling lip, They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip. "Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place, Why don't you take a good look at my face. That Costello song is "Town Cryer" from 1982's Imperial Bedroom. It crops up every now and again, and it's just a name that we like." "There's one skit in there that is sort like a TV plea: 'Send some money to the Foundation for the Tragically Hip.' And that phrase has also appeared in an Elvis Costello song. In a 1989 interview with the Georgia Straight, Downie also revealed they'd heard the phrase in an Elvis Costello song. The Tragically Hip's name isn't just taken from a skit on Elephant Parts, the late-night comedy show from Michael Nesmith (yes, formerly of the Monkees). The other inspiration for the band's name From writing original music for Kurt Browning to sharing the stage with Nirvana to making it into Rock Band, here are 25 things you probably don't know about the Tragically Hip.ġ. And while the Hip is in many ways a totally open book, you also have to know where to look. An open secret that only Canadians seemed to truly value and understand.īut there's always more to discover about a person or a thing that you love. Remembering favourite songs, sharing their Tragically Hip stories, celebrating a band that's been too easy to take for granted, that's always been there, playing the hits. Lead singer-songwriter Gord Downie's recent announcement that he has terminal brain cancer is devastating for a million reasons, not the least of which is that a husband and a father has to prepare, somehow, some way, to say goodbye.įans, too, have been in this kind of advanced mourning. Its members are forthright folks who have consistently made great music for 30-plus years. ![]() The Tragically Hip isn't a band with a lot of secrets, which is probably one of the reasons we all love them so much.
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