Great Canadian icon gone way too young

Edited October 18, 20177 yr by Skidood

True Canadian and a great musician

Not a fan but he will be missed.  Too bad. Big ceremony in Kingston tonight.

Did not care for their music but wished him the best.  Sad.

Nothing on ET......just watched for interest......funny no clue the band ever existed.

Edited October 19, 20177 yr by Poncho

RIP, Gord Downie. Thanks for the great music and everything you stood for!

 

2 hours ago, ArcticCrusher said:

Did not care for their music but wished him the best.  Sad.

Not 1 song? 

locked in the trunk of a car - one of the best songs period love it since day one

Watch Gordie 1993 -  ending is classic Gord

 

Never heard that before.  Thanks....

Can’t imagine how much pot Fail has smoked listening to the Hip.  

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Not 1 song? 

locked in the trunk of a car - one of the best songs period love it since day one

Watch Gordie 1993 -  ending is classic Gord

 

Couple maybe.

18 hours ago, 1trailmaker said:

Not 1 song? 

locked in the trunk of a car - one of the best songs period love it since day one

Watch Gordie 1993 -  ending is classic Gord

 

Lots of good songs but that has always been my favourite.

5 minutes ago, 2strokemerc said:

Lots of good songs but that has always been my favourite.

Intense Gord

He has a way with words " it'd be better for us if you don't understand"

 

They don't know how old I am,
They found armor in my belly
From the sixteenth century
Conquistador, I think
They don't know how old I am,
They found armor in my belly
Passion out of machine revving tension
Lashing out at machine revving tension
Rushing by the machine revving tension

Morning broke out the backside of a truck-stop
The end of a line a real, rainbow-likening, luck stop
Where you could say I became chronologically fucked up
Put ten bucks in just to get the tank topped up

Then I found a place it's dark and it's rotted
It's a cool, sweet kinda place
Where the coppers won't spot it
And I destroyed the map, I even thought I forgot it,
However, everyday I'm dumping the body

It'd be better for us if you don't understand
It'd be better for me if you don't understand

Then I found a place it's dark and it's rotted
It's a cool, sweet kinda place
Where the coppers won't spot it
And I destroyed the map that I'd carefully dotted,
However, everyday I'm dumping the body

It'd be better for us if you don't understand
It'd be better for us if you don't understand
It'd be better for me if you don't understand

Let me out
Let me out

Let me out
Let me out

Let me out

In celebration of the life of the unforgettable Gord Downie, CTV will present the acclaimed film Long Time Running chronicling The Tragically Hip’s Man Machine Poem final tour this Friday at 8et/mt.

Great band; only issue with Gordie was his indigenous bandwagon rants the last couple years...... although there are many on that bandwagon as of late (looks at Justin). 

Edited October 20, 20177 yr by Puzzleboy

7 hours ago, Puzzleboy said:

Great band; only issue with Gordie was his indigenous bandwagon rants the last couple years...... although there are many on that bandwagon as of late (looks at Justin). 

the last few months Wynnebag has gone off on a tangent before she speaks @ an announcement. Always something about indigenous people blah blah blah regardless of the subject matter.

Yep, Trudeau and Wynne are both legacy building. 

I have no issue with aboriginal/indigenous peoples...... but they've certainly been apologized to enough, and the answer to their issues is not to throw more money at them. 

My very old grandfather told me 40 years ago the only time you ever see an Indian or a Farmer on tv you can be sure they are asking for something. It was ok for him to say it because he was both. Lot of memories of that guy. He was probably 90 when he said it to.

http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/tragically-hip-sales-streaming-numbers-explode/

On ‎2017‎-‎10‎-‎20 at 5:53 PM, Puzzleboy said:

Yep, Trudeau and Wynne are both legacy building. 

I have no issue with aboriginal/indigenous peoples...... but they've certainly been apologized to enough, and the answer to their issues is not to throw more money at them. 

without financial accountability

On 10/20/2017 at 6:30 PM, Pt3189 said:

My very old grandfather told me 40 years ago the only time you ever see an Indian or a Farmer on tv you can be sure they are asking for something. It was ok for him to say it because he was both. Lot of memories of that guy. He was probably 90 when he said it to.

so you are Native?

I'm native (born here).  Perhaps you mean aboriginal, or indigenous? 

Sales up 1000%.....

25 minutes ago, Poncho said:

Sales up 1000%.....

Like a painting . . .

People pay for music? 

18 hours ago, Puzzleboy said:

I'm native (born here).  Perhaps you mean aboriginal, or indigenous? 

no I mean Native - "our home and Native land"

by the way aboriginal means ' not original '

"Native" land? 

It does? 

.

(of human races, animals, and plants) inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous.