Our Prime Minster was just talking about Gord and he was in tears.. 😢
For anyone interested, here is the video in question.
https://twitter.com/journorosa/status/920659101264367617
RIP.
Sorry if this sounds intensive, but was he only famous in Canada?
For anyone interested, here is the video in question.
https://twitter.com/journorosa/status/920659101264367617
I saw the Hip twice in Halifax. The first time they didn't sound so good. They were moving up from playing bars and their equipment wasn't quite up to arena standards. What I did take from that show was the intensity of Gord Downie. I've seen a lot of groups and I've never seen a performer quite like Downie. He was a special man.
The second time I saw them they were in their prime and absolutely brilliant. Tragically Hip were a big part of a lot of Canadians who are now in the their 40's and 50's.
What makes this emotional is the final tour. That TV performance in conjunction with HNIC was intense. For him to say goodbye like that was really brave and a special moment for Canadians.
Gord Downie was a complex man. Influential, opinionated, but still a regular guy. A poet. A brilliant performer. And very much Canadian. Not so much of a rah rah patriotic Canadian, but a true Canadian spirit. It's difficult to describe and for non-Canadians to fully understand, but Gord Downie really had the spirit.
RIP to a Canadian legend. Thank You Gord.
It was inevitable, but sad nonetheless.
My only regret is that I never got to see the Hip in concert.
Jeff Lemire said:To my friend. xo J
Jeff Lemire shared this tribute to Gord.
https://twitter.com/JeffLemire/status/920666917311881216
He and Gord worked together on The Secret Path.
Gord Downie's The Secret Path
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGd764YU9yc&t=2116s
Watching the video of Trudeau speaking, hopefully his death will act as a push towards improving the treatment of the First Nations. This was something Gord was extremely passionate about and dedicated a huge portion of his life to, especially in his later years. I don't care if a fund or task force or anything is only done for PR reasons, this hopefully can ensure that his final passionate causes can get some proper government funding in his honour.
On the note of his music, I'm not even going to try to pick one favourite song. The Hip to me feel like a constant soundtrack of wandering around Kingston.
This hit hard. :_:
A nice little Tragically Hip x TPB x Don Cherry song and music video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJZhc3HAwpc
It was inevitable, but sad nonetheless.
My only regret is that I never got to see the Hip in concert.
The Tragically Hip are quite famous in Canada--arguably a household name--but that fame never managed to spread very far into the United States or elsewhere. To me, it's still one of those baffling things about Canadiana. Like, sure, hockey and healthcare and all that, but it's easy to feel like you're basically a slightly nicer American 99% of the time (the "slightly nicer" part probably being more hubris on our part than anything resembling objective reality). And yet, Americans never cared for the Tragically Hip. Why? Are a handful of Canadian references really enough to throw people off? Is there something in the air in Canada that makes many of us love them? It's bizarre and I've never been able to explain it to myself.
Farewell Gord, I don't think I'll forget that last concet
RIP
Y'know, I used to not think much of the Tragically Hip in the past. Then I watched their final concert and when 'Ahead by a Century' came up, I remembered that it was the first English song I could name and sing by heart.
So yeah, I finally understood their importance from that moment on. RIP Gord.