Worst Case Ontario 1:32 Thu Oct 19
The Tragically Hip
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The front man of this Canadian rock group, Gord Downie, passed away the other day from brain cancer at the age of 53.
The nation has been in mourning since..
I have long wondered though, outside of Canada and parts of the US, has anyone even heard of him and the band?
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Lily Hammer
1:37 Thu Oct 19
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Your PM let the lads dowen by bawling his eyes out. The big girl's blouse.
Oh, and never heard of them until today.
Any good?
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goose
1:37 Thu Oct 19
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thought it was a thread about Gavros.
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Worst Case Ontario
1:44 Thu Oct 19
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Lily -
I entirely agree. And I don't believe he was even sincere, which compounds the cringeworthiness of it.
As for any good... moderately, if I'm being honest. Never could get into them myself. Very "Canadiana" rock, with a sort of Nick Drake folksiness about them (but nowhere near as good), hence the wailing and gnashing of teeth.
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Gavros
1:47 Thu Oct 19
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*busts out a ironic break dance move*
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Lily Hammer
1:50 Thu Oct 19
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WCO
Thanks. I might give them a listen later, purely because of their name, which I do actually like.
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mashed in maryland
1:57 Thu Oct 19
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Just listened to 3 of their songs.
Wouldn't say they're shit, there's obviously talent there etc.
Just extremely fucking dull and sterile.
Makes a Neil Young and REM collabo for a cancer charity sound like a drum & bass rave.
No surprise no one from outside Canada has ever heard of them.
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Darby_
1:59 Thu Oct 19
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I've never heard anyone that wasn't Canadian mention them.
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Northern Sold
2:11 Thu Oct 19
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goose 1:37 Thu Oct 19
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thought it was a thread about Gavros.
* high 5's Goose *
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Northern Sold
2:12 Thu Oct 19
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I'll be honest I don't even know a famous Canadian... does Dudley Do-Right count??
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Lee Trundle
2:17 Thu Oct 19
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Some bloke I'd never heard of cries over a bloke dying who I'h never heard of, who was a lead singer of a band I'd never heard of.
FIN
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Gavros
2:57 Thu Oct 19
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Mike Myers is Canadian.
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Worst Case Ontario
5:39 Thu Oct 19
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Which songs, MiM? Your assessment is fair for a fair bit of their work.
But they're a bit like Paul Weller and the Jam - loved in their own country, relatively not as well known outside.
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Tanglefoot
6:00 Thu Oct 19
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Alex Bunbury
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geoffpikey
8:47 Fri Oct 20
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Kelly Jones of Stereophonics loves them and started off in "music" playing Tragically Hip covers. This is quite possibly the most worthless information I've amassed in my entire life. You're welcome.
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Don Ravioli
11:23 Fri Oct 20
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Only good thing to come out of Canada is Linda evangelista.
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lowermarshhammer
11:36 Fri Oct 20
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I've never heard of them so I'm afraid I'm going to have to be heavily influenced by my default position on such matters:-
THE TRAGICALLY SHIT morelike
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ironsofcanada
12:19 Sat Oct 21
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Some quintessential narrative-based and quietly patriotic (and therefore niche) songs like:
Wheat Kings (about a huge Canadian news story, but again not really known outside the country)
Hundredth Meridian
Ahead by a Century
and Blow at High Dough
And to that Downey put on a show according to everyone I knew that saw them live. That said, a whole lot of their work I thought was overrated and we were force to listen to because of CAN-CON.
As for Trudeau, one of the best reason I have for living in England.
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gph
1:14 Sat Oct 21
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I quite like Guess Who?
That said, I didn't know they were Canadian when I started liking them...
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Far East Hammer
7:01 Sat Oct 21
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Canadian music to me means:
NoMeansNo (one of the best, tightest live acts I've ever seen)
DOA
Skinny Puppy
Men Without Hats
The Guess Who - (albeit to me, the band that did the original American Woman which I got to know (and like) via the Butthole Surfers cover)
Celine Dion
Brian Adams
April Lavine
(and there might be others that I hadn't realised were cannucks)
So no, I hadn't heard of the Tragically Hip, until the frontman snuffed it. And even then I thought the band was called "hip" and that it was "tragic" that he'd died in his fifties...
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Sven Roeder
7:06 Sat Oct 21
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Neil Young
Joni Mitchell
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