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Respect

07 Mar 2012 12:08:54 GMT

I can recall the tiniest hail storm that came through and crashed the party on Neko Case. It delayed the show for the Hip at Sasquatch fest. I didn't think they would even get to go on. Then the band somehow magically popped up on stage like they might in your memory when you recall those sorts of things. I can only remember the atmosphere the group puts on when they play Grace, too and Gordie addressing the crowd saying "I knew it, I knew you would come for me!" When I turned around the crowd at the gorge amphitheater had turned from the regular festival crowd to a sea of red and white. Tons of people even had face paint on! I remember Gordie saying it's not a real show unless something happens and I will take that experience with me to every show. And probably till I get too old and I lose my marbles.

Thanks guys,

40th Birthday

29 Feb 2012 12:08:47 GMT

My husband surprised me for my 40th birthday with plane tickets to London to see The Hip play at Shepherd's Bush on my actual birthday of July 7th. It was one of the greatest weekends of my life!

Back in the Saddle of Life.

29 Feb 2012 12:08:47 GMT

Hey Guys,
I hope all is well with your families, especially the little ones. I just wanted you to know I made it through the battle alive & thank you for your support Gord. Your call meant a lot to me at that time. I miss you guys and I had some fun out there with you even if I didn't show it. My work situation with my boss wasn't ideal - not meaning anyone from your camp at all more like JB.
Former Bus Driver,
ASM.

Storys!!!

28 Feb 2012 12:08:46 GMT

Wow!!! To many to say that ONLY one is the best, i have so many great memories and some foggy ideas �I Think�
Cheers Boys
Kenn

Twenty Five

27 Feb 2012 12:08:45 GMT

It was my best birthday, I turned 25 on January 25th and the Hip were playing in my hometown. My big brother who is also my best friend was the only person I could imagine bringing with me, our love of the Hip is one of the many connections we share. As the band started playing we were instantly absorbed in the show. I turned to my brother at one point and said "Stevie, you gotta get down there and tell them to play Fiddlers Green for my birthday" Before I had finished my sentence, the Hip began to play Fiddlers Green. My brother put his arm around me and with tears in our eyes we sang along with Gordie. I suppose it was only a coincidence but on that night it was pure magic. We both love the Tragically Hip so much and whenever I miss my brother I don't call him, I just send him a message with a lyric from a Hip song, the flood of memories it brings says more than words ever could.

The Hip @ Downsview Park 2011

27 Feb 2012 12:08:45 GMT

Had the TIME OF MY LIFE BUT WE COULDNT TAKE CANADA FLAGS IN TO VENUE

Gord's Face

24 Feb 2012 12:08:42 GMT

Worked our way up to the front row,(what a great venue- would go back there in a heartbeat)
Gord reached down into the crowd and I touched his face. That's it, I touched his face...but I was the happiest girl alive that night!

The day my mom was the coolest.

22 Feb 2012 12:08:40 GMT

My mom wrote a letter to a local radio station that was having a private concert in their studio the afternoon,that only a few people could win to go to it, before the night of the Barrymore Theatre concert and my step dad's birthday was 4 days after the concert. So my mom thought that this would be the perfect birthday present for him to meet the Hip and go to their private concert, even though they were already going to the concert that night. So my mom got a reply saying that she and my step dad were 2 of the few winners! But my step dad couldn't make it due to an important thing he had to do at work. Anyways, my mom got to go and she had a great time. She said that it was only her and a couple of guys from Buffalo, NY that were at the private concert and as they were sitting and waiting, Rob came out of a room and sat just feet away from them!!! She said that she and the other guys just couldn't speak. Then the private concert started, but only Gordie D, Rob, and Paul were there. They only played songs on acoustic guitars, but she said it was great. After the show she got pictures taken with Gordie and Rob(they're awesome pictures!) She said the show that night was great, but there weren't too many people there and she said that they might not come back to Madison because of that. I hope they do so I can see them! It'd be awesome!

Hip tales

22 Feb 2012 12:08:40 GMT

Having already got my ticket for the london show 20 nov 2002, I went for a long weekend to amsterdam blissfully unaware that the venerable hip where in town playing the paradiso 6/11 (no ticket) on the day I was due to return home, decisions decisions, didn't take much arm twisting. So I wandered from cafe to cafe to kill the time, got talking a canadian who was also killing time for a different reason (flying home), and as we talked he was also unaware of your presence. I think he doubted my fanaticism, until I mentioned coke machine glow, you ARE a fan he said, always I replied. As gig time approached the rain came down, and as those ticketless tried to get in I got talking to a canadian couple who wanted 2 tickets, 1 ticket was offered to them and the gentleman said I could have it, I mean how unselfish, I'm scottish living in engerland and I very much doubt that would happen here, I take my hat off to all canucks that I've priviledge to meet. So I'm inside, at the back, soaked but with a long dry cigarette (wink wink) shared with some dutch girls who didn't know all your songs, I'm so blessed with all your songs in lodged in my head. As for the rest of the night who cares, I got to see the hip again! As for the right shafting I got at work for being 2 days late back, water off a loon's back, always worth it.
Dave Kerr (William Wallace)

Hello

22 Feb 2012 12:08:40 GMT

Hi Guys...I am the store manager of the Sears at the Cat Centre. Sears, as you know, is trying to re-invent it self ...what a great way to celebrate two institutions that mean so much to Kingston. Our charity is "Kids with Cancer", a very worthwhile cause! We would love to see you in the store, I think Paul was in just before Christmas to buy a bed....Please come see us!!

Thanks

Jonathan Foote
Store Manager
Kingston Full Line Sears