One of the memories of a lifetime there. I wish I could get my hands on a ticket to experience it myself.
Pretty amazing time at the concert last night. It saddens me to say that I have drifted musically from The Tragically Hip over the years. I am just not as in tune with them, as I used to be, and I simply prefer their older tunes. Day for Night is, in my opinion, their last brilliant album, cover to cover.
I am so thankful to have been able to see them one last time. The band was on point tonight and I found it to be a touching send off for the iconic Canadian band. Before the first encore, Downie had a genuine heartfelt moment with the crowd; there were more than a few tears.
They nailed "The Luxury", "So Hard Done By" and "Poets", and I was able to see them perform my favourite Hip song of all time for the first time "Long Time Running". Well done, boys.
Stay strong, GD.
Rylant
One of the memories of a lifetime there. I wish I could get my hands on a ticket to experience it myself.
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I'm in the same boat as you Rylant. The last 2 albums came and went without me even noticing tbh. But it can't detract from the glory they wrought earlier, and more importantly I suppose, the young, fun years that were accompanied by their soundtracks. I touched on it in another thread here, but Victoria was the best time concert I've ever attended, and ever expect too. Full range of emotions, felt by everyone in the building, and the way they are closing the shows right now, just leaving Gord alone on the stage for the final send off, perfect and poignant. Eskimo, if you're close to a show, they held back a few seats for purchase on the day of the show in Vancouver, go look into it.
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Read a great quote the other day.....
Gord is not just the front man of the Hip, but the front man of Canada....... Just made me smile. For a generation The Hip have been the Canadian Band.
It will be bittersweet but I am so looking forward to seeing them live one last time.
CBC to rebroadcast the concert on June 24th, 2017. Mark it down if you missed it. Didn't check start times.
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I'll be watching again. I'm prepared this time for the mic drop & his screams
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NHL draft June 23rd (night)
NHL draft June 24th (day)
Hip concert June 24th (night)
Sounds like beer weekend!
Damn, I just realized that's the same night I'm downtown TO for the Arkells/July-Talk concert.
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14-team Keeper w/custom salary cap
Keep btw 12-14, excl. Minors
Skater cats (weight): G (1.75), A (1.75), +/- (0.75), Hits (0.75), BS (0.75)
Goalie cats: W (0.25), GAA (1.00), SV% (1.00)
C : Colton Jenner Frost Novak ---Rossi Cooley MSavoie Fantilli Carlsson Yager
LW: Caufield Fiala Hagel Nichushkin ---Musty
RW: Tippett Necas Brink Kakko ---Yurov Lysell Stankoven ECowan Lekkerimaki
D : Theodore Seider Chabot Gostisbehere Liljegren Carlo ---Edvinsson
G : Montembault Hart ---Commesso Augustine
Bench/IR: Zellweger Fehervary
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2025: 2 1sts, 2 2nds, 1 3rd
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I was hoping they'd release a DVD or something of the whole tour.
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G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
Concert on tonight - got it playing upstairs and downstairs. Anyone else enjoying?
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16 team, points only. G: 2-W, 4-SO.
Top 9F, 4D & 1G . Keep 15, Max 23
F: J. Robertson, J. Hughes, Tavares, Lafreniere, Cozens, Newhook, Teravainen, Domi, R. Strome, Laine, Rossi, Raymond, Holtz, Perfetti
D: Bouchard, McAvoy, Morrissey, Heiskanen
G: Vasilevskiy