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The Tragically Hip — New Orleans Is Sinking
Album: Up To Here
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Released: 1989
Length: 4:09
Plays (last 30 days): 1
All right

Bourbon blues on the street, loose and complete
Under skies all smoky blue green
I can't forsake a dixie dead shake
So we danced the sidewalk clean

My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in?
New Orleans is sinking, man, and I don't want to swim

Colonel Tom, what's wrong? What's going on?
You can't tie yourself up for a deal
He said, Hey, north, you're south, shut your big mouth
You gotta do what you feel is real

Ain't got no picture postcards, ain't got no souvenirs
My baby she don't know me when I'm thinking bout those years

Pale as a light bulb hanging on a wire
Sucking up to someone just to stoke the fire
Picking out the highlights of the scenery
Saw a little cloud that looked a little like me

I had my hands in the river, my feet back up on the banks
Looked up to the lord above and said, Hey, man, thanks

Sometimes I feel so good I got to scream
She said, Gordie, baby, I know exactly what you mean
She said, she said, I swear to god she said

My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in?
New Orleans is sinking, man, and I don't want to swim

Swim
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Nice flow Bill!
Two great rockin' New Orleans themed tunes!
Zeppelin the the Hip..
"Colonel Tom, what's WRONG, what's goin' ON?!... Hey, North, you're South -- shut yer big mouth!..." is such an unbeatable kick to snarl into a mike at karaoke night, and...my memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in?... but I SWEAR TO GOD I MISS YOU, GORDIE! In music, your spirit lives! Thanks! What a legacy of JAM!
I'm currently in New Orleans.  I can attest...it is indeed sinking!
 ca.sumpton wrote:

The young Fist Nations boy who tried to escape his Residential school- a plague cast upon so many First Nations youth (similar in the US) - was named Chaney Wenjack. In 1966 he attempted to wall back home, in winter from his Residential school, which was hundreds of miles from his village. He went pretty far along the train tracks but ended up dying needlessly, from hunger and exposure, freezing to death.
First Nations youth were abused emotionally, sexually and physically by the religious orders, particularly Catholic priests, who ran these schools. They were beaten if they spoke their native language, their hair was cut and they were doused with anti-lousing powders and liquids when they first arrived. Their clothing was thrown away and they wore school uniforms, often made in sweat shops attended by other First Nations youth. The abuse continued for as long as they were at the schools, sometimes for years without seeing their families. Many went home and could no longer speak their home languages, and felt like foreigners in their own villages.
The abuse has been the basis for so much dysfunction in First Nations peoples in Canada, it was an appalling colonial oppression.
There are attempts at reconciliation now, but there will need to be a lot of healing.
Gord  Downie of the Tragically Hip single handedly raised great awareness of these sins.



Fantastic post.  
 LameBuffalo wrote:

So good - So sad about Gord Downie's fatal brain cancer - What a song - What a band - ...and only 74.4 miles from where I live, The Tragically Hip, from Kingston Ontario, were ignored, by me,  for most of their years, only because of my prejudices about their name.

When I saw the nationally broadcasted concert [now on YouTube] and saw Prime Minister Justin Trudeau give Gord Downie a big hug just before going on stage, for one lase time,  I understood that I had been ignoring a great band and great bandleader.

I came to understand the work Gord was doing to help the healing of Canada's aboriginal nightmares and the death of a little boy who died following railroad tracks thru the cold northern Ontario bush, as he tried to go back home, running away from the dreaded residential school, where he had been placed.

Gord made a musical video [it's on YouTube now] about the young boy who died trying to go home- Gord was welcomed into and honored by the aboriginal community where that boy was from, as he himself was dying, afflicted by cancer of the brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrain. rain. rain. rain. rain...

Long Live
The Tragically Hip

Very sincerely.
Lame Buffalo, Metis
Ottawa/Carleton Place Ontario
74.7 miles from Kingston Ontario 


In Gord we trust (also from Carleton Place Ontario)
Just an awesome tune. No more.
 thewiseking wrote:

I agree with the Tragic part


Why are you such a dick?
GOOD TUNE!  Thanx RP!   
This is the song (and the website) that got me into The Tragically Hip.

Big thank you.
 LameBuffalo wrote:

So good - So sad about Gord Downie's fatal brain cancer - What a song - What a band - ...and only 74.4 miles from where I live, The Tragically Hip, from Kingston Ontario, were ignored, by me,  for most of their years, only because of my prejudices about their name.

When I saw the nationally broadcasted concert [now on YouTube] and saw Prime Minister Justin Trudeau give Gord Downie a big hug just before going on stage, for one lase time,  I understood that I had been ignoring a great band and great bandleader.

I came to understand the work Gord was doing to help the healing of Canada's aboriginal nightmares and the death of a little boy who died following railroad tracks thru the cold northern Ontario bush, as he tried to go back home, running away from the dreaded residential school, where he had been placed.

Gord made a musical video [it's on YouTube now] about the young boy who died trying to go home- Gord was welcomed into and honored by the aboriginal community where that boy was from, as he himself was dying, afflicted by cancer of the brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrain. rain. rain. rain. rain...

Long Live
The Tragically Hip

Very sincerely.
Lame Buffalo, Metis
Ottawa/Carleton Place Ontario
74.7 miles from Kingston Ontario 



Beautifully said. And what kind of dick votes your comment down. Unbelievable.
 Jelani wrote:



That's funny.



Ha!  That's SCOTS one of my favorites.  Hi Jelani!!  
Going back to N.O.  next month for the 12th time?  IDK.  Can't wait.

And a great band I know thx to RP.  RIP Gord.
I hear this song and all I can think of is Fred Le Blanc:  Cowboy Mouth awesome band too, from New Orleans proper.
One of Canada's most famous bands ... and still I had never heard of them over here one Europe. Until now, of course! A lot to love, a lot to learn, a lot to swallow. Thank you, Bill and team, for running this station the way you do it!
I agree with the Tragic part
well this is a good start to my day
 kenbelanger wrote:
Killer Whale Tank
 
Clean and scrub the killer whale tank" Greeting Card for Sale by paulsyme |  Redbubble
Love love that you play our "Hip" - devoted Canadian listener - thank you RP!
Everything from the mix of the lead guitar in the left and the rhythm in the right, to the continuously driving riff, makes this one of The Hip's greatest tracks.
 bigbargain wrote:

just not my cup of tea.



We'll alert the news media . </sarcasm>
just not my cup of tea.
Time to sit back and do some chair-dancing...

Great album, but how about some  more Hip?
The young Fist Nations boy who tried to escape his Residential school- a plague cast upon so many First Nations youth (similar in the US) - was named Chaney Wenjack. In 1966 he attempted to wall back home, in winter from his Residential school, which was hundreds of miles from his village. He went pretty far along the train tracks but ended up dying needlessly, from hunger and exposure, freezing to death.
First Nations youth were abused emotionally, sexually and physically by the religious orders, particularly Catholic priests, who ran these schools. They were beaten if they spoke their native language, their hair was cut and they were doused with anti-lousing powders and liquids when they first arrived. Their clothing was thrown away and they wore school uniforms, often made in sweat shops attended by other First Nations youth. The abuse continued for as long as they were at the schools, sometimes for years without seeing their families. Many went home and could no longer speak their home languages, and felt like foreigners in their own villages.
The abuse has been the basis for so much dysfunction in First Nations peoples in Canada, it was an appalling colonial oppression.
There are attempts at reconciliation now, but there will need to be a lot of healing.
Gord  Downie of the Tragically Hip single handedly raised great awareness of these sins.
 LameBuffalo wrote:

So good - So sad about Gord Downie's fatal brain cancer - What a song - What a band - ...and only 74.4 miles from where I live, The Tragically Hip, from Kingston Ontario, were ignored, by me,  for most of their years, only because of my prejudices about their name.

When I saw the nationally broadcasted concert [now on YouTube] and saw Prime Minister Justin Trudeau give Gord Downie a big hug just before going on stage, for one lase time,  I understood that I had been ignoring a great band and great bandleader.

I came to understand the work Gord was doing to help the healing of Canada's aboriginal nightmares and the death of a little boy who died following railroad tracks thru the cold northern Ontario bush, as he tried to go back home, running away from the dreaded residential school, where he had been placed.

Gord made a musical video [it's on YouTube now] about the young boy who died trying to go home- Gord was welcomed into and honored by the aboriginal community where that boy was from, as he himself was dying, afflicted by cancer of the brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrain. rain. rain. rain. rain...

Long Live
The Tragically Hip

Very sincerely.
Lame Buffalo, Metis
Ottawa/Carleton Place Ontario
74.7 miles from Kingston Ontario 




<hug>
 bseib wrote:

"Little Debbie, Little Debbie!
I'm a'comin on home, baby, 'cause you make me wanna walk
Like a camel"

Oh, wait, that's a different one...




That's funny.
Fine set today!
Miss you Gord!!!  <3  Live what a show...  fantastic fucking band.
"Little Debbie, Little Debbie!
I'm a'comin on home, baby, 'cause you make me wanna walk
Like a camel"

Oh, wait, that's a different one...

When the Levee Breaks into this gem, oh that'll do nicely thanks. Oh and we're onto Neil now, even better.
Sang this ROCKING JAM -- Gord's clever ode to exploration of higher planes in lower places -- at Karaoke Night at Outback Saloon a couple of wild Wednesdays ago, and it earned me some shots to go with the pitcher of tasty brew that I was drinking with a feisty gal from New Mexico. Rode our bikes to her place and couldn't resist belting out that liberating refrain every few blocks... 
 pclancey wrote:

Gord is gold here, but I also love that unrelenting, insistent left channel guitar. 




Exactly!  Neil Y has dibs on the right channel. Both awesome at high volume....the way it's supposed to be played.
I have probably (almost certainly) made this same comment before.
This was the first band I saw in a small club back in the early 90s.
It was the .. uh oh .. my old brain is processing slowly .. I think it was the 23 East Cabaret on Lancaster Ave.  in Ardmore, PA.
Great show .. great band.
As another (obviously) Canadian - this is good, but BillG - pls dig deeper. Like Road Apples, eh? 😉
Gord is gold here, but I also love that unrelenting, insistent left channel guitar. 
I discovered this band only 1 or 2  years before the singer passed away. Ahead by a centruy hit me like fireball and turned into one of my all time fav. songs instantly. When watching the last concert (the one that got streamed all over canada) it made me cry like a baby. Since i am from Austria and not from Canada i guess i can not quite understand what this band must mean to you (canadians) but i think its a national (and worldwide) present to the world. Thank you for the music!!
 rhlrstn wrote:

As a fellow Canadian, I've been inclined to be somewhat dismissive of the Hip on occasion, but this particular track is just so dang good. And yes, I double-dog-dare Bill to play Bob & Doug McKenzie's 12 Days of Christmas :)


Hose Off, Eh.  Huge Bob and Doug fan here from Chicago.  Memories of staying up way too late as a kid just to (hopefully) see the GWN skit on SCTV.
 MJdub wrote:

I hope this isn't descriptive of what's actually happening in the wake of Ida this morning.




Not sure about that, but I pulled this one out a lot after Katrina.
 snowbrdr72 wrote:

As a Canadian I'm so used to hearing the Hip on a regular basis, it took me a moment to recognize it was being played from California. Good on you Bill for sharing one of our national treasures. Dare you to play Bob and Doug's 12 days of xmas.


As a fellow Canadian, I've been inclined to be somewhat dismissive of the Hip on occasion, but this particular track is just so dang good. And yes, I double-dog-dare Bill to play Bob & Doug McKenzie's 12 Days of Christmas :)
 kenbelanger wrote:

Killer Whale Tank



I've never been to prison, but I've been to Pembroke
Killer Whale Tank
OK tune. ...maybe it will grow on me!
 kevincherney3095018 wrote:

need to play the Killer Whale Tank version, the best



Shamoo and Bartholomew....  
 Lemmes wrote:

Anybody else hearing Danzig here?



Who?
One of our national treasures!
need to play the Killer Whale Tank version, the best
 LameBuffalo wrote:

So good - So sad about Gord Downie's fatal brain cancer - What a song - What a band - ...and only 74.4 miles from where I live, The Tragically Hip, from Kingston Ontario, were ignored, by me,  for most of their years, only because of my prejudices about their name.

When I saw the nationally broadcasted concert [now on YouTube] and saw Prime Minister Justin Trudeau give Gord Downie a big hug just before going on stage, for one lase time,  I understood that I had been ignoring a great band and great bandleader.

I came to understand the work Gord was doing to help the healing of Canada's aboriginal nightmares and the death of a little boy who died following railroad tracks thru the cold northern Ontario bush, as he tried to go back home, running away from the dreaded residential school, where he had been placed.

Gord made a musical video [it's on YouTube now] about the young boy who died trying to go home- Gord was welcomed into and honored by the aboriginal community where that boy was from, as he himself was dying, afflicted by cancer of the brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrain. rain. rain. rain. rain...

Long Live
The Tragically Hip

Very sincerely.
Lame Buffalo, Metis
Ottawa/Carleton Place Ontario
74.7 miles from Kingston Ontario 



tatonka
 rtrt wrote:

I'm hearing some Rainmakers in there somewhere



 slav wrote:

R.I.P. Gord.
Love The Hip.



 gecko 
 Lemmes wrote:

Anybody else hearing Danzig here?




Best, not beat!
One of the beat band names ever! And the music is good too!
That's some nasty guitar.
Anybody else hearing Danzig here?
 MJdub wrote:

I hope this isn't descriptive of what's actually happening in the wake of Ida this morning.



Preceeded by When The Levee Breaks...
I hope this isn't descriptive of what's actually happening in the wake of Ida this morning.
The Hip has moved me to make my first comment ever on RP...LOVE these guys!!  RIP, Gord... 
The Hip Rock big time.
Boy, Bill likes The Hip!!!  As a Canadian I certainly do.

No shortage on RadioParadise.  How cool.  

 tiare wrote:

Ugh! Boring dragging on for waaay too long; boring predictable and well boring. 



C,'mon man..
 kenbelanger wrote:
 

 Sold out all venues in Detroit Michigan



Probably mostly Canadians crossing the border.  :)
 dnorton wrote:

Underated band globally yet used to sell out arena's in Canada.
The first 4 albums are gold until Gord lost his vocal power after that.
Check out his voice on the awesome campfire tune, Wheat Kings



Or "Pidgeon Camera," which is played regularly on RP.  What a loss, and the loving send-off and national emotion at their last concert was shattering yet beautiful... and I'm an American.
R.I.P. Gord.
Love The Hip.
Always a pleasure when The Hip pop up on RP. Non-existent on UK radio.
Up to 10 from 8... I love Gord and the boys.  Seen em 2 times and they were amazing each time.
#rockers http://wiki.rock.rp.development.exchange
Love TTH - hey Bill - how about adding 'coffee girl" to the mix :) 
 dnorton wrote:
Underated band globally yet used to sell out arena's in Canada.
The first 4 albums are gold until Gord lost his vocal power after that.
Check out his voice on the awesome campfire tune, Wheat Kings

 Sold out all venues in Detroit Michigan

Underated band globally yet used to sell out arena's in Canada.
The first 4 albums are gold until Gord lost his vocal power after that.
Check out his voice on the awesome campfire tune, Wheat Kings
 pyrateparadox988 wrote:
Hahah.. I LOVE the USA and find people there way more friendly and open than my peers here in Canada (and I've lived all over, East to West and NWT - Small Town and Big City - in Canada!) My trips to New York City, Indiana, North Carolina and Atlanta - blew me away! People were Kind, Generous, Approachable and Real.

Canada grown up? That's funny. We are a pretty young country - currently with a Drama Teacher whos plays dress up as our "Leader".

Either way This song ROCKS!
Old 'Hip was SO good.


   
freddyfender wrote:
I've said it before and I'll say it again; I love Canada.  Perhaps when (and if) the USA ever grows up, we can be like our cool sisters and brothers to the north!

Peace
 Yep, they just had a great big group hug on capitol hill. Urged on by their drama queen president. I think I'll stick with Trudeau for now. The Hip are the greatest Canadian band ever, no doubt. I saw their farewell tour in London Ont.. A night I'll never forget. RIP Gord. 

 

I have only heard of this band, was never familiar with their music, but this is GOOD.  Somebody can really play a guitar.
After being only vaguely aware of this band over the years, this is one of those songs that makes me go look 'em up. Tight.
 snowbrdr72 wrote:
As a Canadian I'm so used to hearing the Hip on a regular basis, it took me a moment to recognize it was being played from California. Good on you Bill for sharing one of our national treasures. Dare you to play Bob and Doug's 12 days of xmas.
 
Lol, I often joke that Bob & Doug McKenzie's 12 Days of Christmas is the one Christmas song I'll never get tired of!
a few decades ago a friend gave me a cassette that said Side A was THE TRAGICALLY HIP ROADAPPLES.   After I listened to it I told him I really liked the Tragically Hip Roadapples.   and he said, no, dude --  Tragically Hip is the band, Roadapples is the name of the album!  uh-oh!
"My baby she don't know me when I'm thinking bout those years"
AHHH- New Orleans is sinking  *after*  When the levee breaks !  R.P.- I see what you did there...
Killer guitar riff!  Great vocal too.  Gritty, funky tune.

Love to play with these guys.
 Egctheow wrote:
Thought this was Sonny Landreth, until the singing began. Then I thought, WTF?! Sonny Landreth played with Midnight Oil?
Geeze, I need a musical education!
 
This made me laugh ...
Thought this was Sonny Landreth, until the singing began. Then I thought, WTF?! Sonny Landreth played with Midnight Oil?
Geeze, I need a musical education!
 pyrateparadox988 wrote:
Hahah.. I LOVE the USA and find people there way more friendly and open than my peers here in Canada (and I've lived all over, East to West and NWT - Small Town and Big City - in Canada!) My trips to New York City, Indiana, North Carolina and Atlanta - blew me away! People were Kind, Generous, Approachable and Real.

Canada grown up? That's funny. We are a pretty young country - currently with a Drama Teacher whos plays dress up as our "Leader".

Either way This song ROCKS!
Old 'Hip was SO good.


   
freddyfender wrote:
I've said it before and I'll say it again; I love Canada.  Perhaps when (and if) the USA ever grows up, we can be like our cool sisters and brothers to the north!

Peace
 
 

That is because you are white.  Try being a black man living in the good ole U.S.A!

I guess all those from Canada aren't cool 

Hahahahahahahaha
I miss Gord
Wow!  Thank you. I will have a hard time getting back to work now.
Fair Winds Gord.....the HIP lives on through your muze.....good start to the week! 
Ah The Hip!

Brings me back to the late 80s/early 90s... hanging out at The Ile des Chenes Bar (Dusty's). Server thought I looked like Gord, so I played along... alluding that I was just someone who wanted to have a few beer in a small town place in the middle of nowhere, where nobody would recognize me. She started a rumour around the bar that I was actually him. Then every country boy started walking up to our table; gawking at me. Scrutinizing me...

Then later the same server said she wanted to sleep with me.

Well, it was time to leave!
 johnalexford wrote:
Thanks for playing the Hip! I wore this album out when it came out and then wore every subsequent album out thereafter. 
I consider myself fortunate to have seen them play live in New Orleans not once but twice, and this song got played both times but with a caveat. Gord mentioned that while touring with the Stones, they specifically asked them not to play the song as they didn't want to offend New Orleanians (sp?).  Which was a good segue to introducing If New Orleans Is Beat. 
I was fortunate to have seen them live seven times, but nothing was as bittersweet as seeing them in New Orleans along with only 200 other fans. No better way to see them but also sad that they never saw commercial success in the US. As a  now-US resident, trust me, it's the USA's loss.
 
I've mentioned this before, but it bears repeating - they were a Chicago favorite.  
Thanks for playing the Hip! I wore this album out when it came out and then wore every subsequent album out thereafter. 
I consider myself fortunate to have seen them play live in New Orleans not once but twice, and this song got played both times but with a caveat. Gord mentioned that while touring with the Stones, they specifically asked them not to play the song as they didn't want to offend New Orleanians (sp?).  Which was a good segue to introducing If New Orleans Is Beat. 
I was fortunate to have seen them live seven times, but nothing was as bittersweet as seeing them in New Orleans along with only 200 other fans. No better way to see them but also sad that they never saw commercial success in the US. As a  now-US resident, trust me, it's the USA's loss.
I'm hearing some Rainmakers in there somewhere
First saw them in the library at Algoma University, Sault ONT. Touring this album...
Bill, thanks for playing some of the Hip.
I believe this was one of their few songs to make any kind of a splash south of the 49th //.  A shame, really, because their catalog has much groovy, janglin' rock to offer. The Fully Completely album is one my 5 for a desert island, maybe with some REM.
Do your 'mercun!! compatriots, and others around the RP universe, a favour (yes, that's the correct spelling) and roll out more of the Hip.
So good - So sad about Gord Downie's fatal brain cancer - What a song - What a band - ...and only 74.4 miles from where I live, The Tragically Hip, from Kingston Ontario, were ignored, by me,  for most of their years, only because of my prejudices about their name.

When I saw the nationally broadcasted concert [now on YouTube] and saw Prime Minister Justin Trudeau give Gord Downie a big hug just before going on stage, for one lase time,  I understood that I had been ignoring a great band and great bandleader.

I came to understand the work Gord was doing to help the healing of Canada's aboriginal nightmares and the death of a little boy who died following railroad tracks thru the cold northern Ontario bush, as he tried to go back home, running away from the dreaded residential school, where he had been placed.

Gord made a musical video [it's on YouTube now] about the young boy who died trying to go home- Gord was welcomed into and honored by the aboriginal community where that boy was from, as he himself was dying, afflicted by cancer of the brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrain. rain. rain. rain. rain...

Long Live
The Tragically Hip

Very sincerely.
Lame Buffalo, Metis
Ottawa/Carleton Place Ontario
74.7 miles from Kingston Ontario 
Oh take off

 
jp33442 wrote:
 snowbrdr72 wrote:
As a Canadian I'm so used to hearing the Hip on a regular basis, it took me a moment to recognize it was being played from California. Good on you Bill for sharing one of our national treasures. Dare you to play Bob and Doug's 12 days of xmas.
 Oh hell no  jeep that no talent comedy duo right where they are

 

Love this band so much.  Play more!
That picking at the end similar to Black Crows Jealous Again
To under TH you gotta listen to the lyrics and wiggle your hips. RIP Gordo!
 Gord was one of a kind!  Such a unique front man!!!  And this song kicks ass!!! SWIM!!!
Hahah.. I LOVE the USA and find people there way more friendly and open than my peers here in Canada (and I've lived all over, East to West and NWT - Small Town and Big City - in Canada!) My trips to New York City, Indiana, North Carolina and Atlanta - blew me away! People were Kind, Generous, Approachable and Real.

Canada grown up? That's funny. We are a pretty young country - currently with a Drama Teacher whos plays dress up as our "Leader".

Either way This song ROCKS!
Old 'Hip was SO good.


   
freddyfender wrote:
I've said it before and I'll say it again; I love Canada.  Perhaps when (and if) the USA ever grows up, we can be like our cool sisters and brothers to the north!

Peace
 

I've said it before and I'll say it again; I love Canada.  Perhaps when (and if) the USA ever grows up, we can be like our cool sisters and brothers to the north!

Peace
 Stefen wrote:
Released six years before hurricane Katrina. 
 
16, actually.


 snowbrdr72 wrote:
As a Canadian I'm so used to hearing the Hip on a regular basis, it took me a moment to recognize it was being played from California. Good on you Bill for sharing one of our national treasures. Dare you to play Bob and Doug's 12 days of xmas.
 

I'm thinking Q107 Toronto.
Ahoy, me hearties this one has got me shakin'all over! 😁
 garyalex wrote:
I think this is my favorite TH song.  Tasty guitar, great lyrics sung perfectly by Gord.
 Awesome song and unfortunately, very relevant  on this 7/12/19 day when New Orleans is threatened again!
 Stefen wrote:
Released six years before hurricane Katrina. 
 

So wrong. This was released in 1989. Katrina was in 2005. Trust me - I listed to this  almost ad nauseam while growing up in Canada, and was in New Orleans during Katrina. 
 snowbrdr72 wrote:
As a Canadian I'm so used to hearing the Hip on a regular basis, it took me a moment to recognize it was being played from California. Good on you Bill for sharing one of our national treasures. Dare you to play Bob and Doug's 12 days of xmas.
 Oh hell no  jeep that no talent comedy duo right where they are

Released six years before hurricane Katrina. 
As a Canadian I'm so used to hearing the Hip on a regular basis, it took me a moment to recognize it was being played from California. Good on you Bill for sharing one of our national treasures. Dare you to play Bob and Doug's 12 days of xmas.
Thanks William
Awesomeness.....
I'm assuming this is being played in honour of Gord's birthday Feb 6th..... just a day late, but made me smile anyways.  


+1 for Gord. I really regret I didn't know of this band earlier. 
Saw The Hip at Horseshoe Tavern right before Christmas somewhere in the early 1990's!
 tiare wrote:
Ugh! Boring dragging on for waaay too long; boring predictable and well boring. 

 
Hmmm, someone is looking for a reaction. You might not care for it, but one thing this song isn't, is boring.
I gotta say, ya know this as good a rocking hit as  any. Great feel to the whole thing. Well maybe not as good as this "next" song "Rock the Casbah - The Clash", but certainly great.
Gord keeps killing it.... RIP
I think this is my favorite TH song.  Tasty guitar, great lyrics sung perfectly by Gord.
 justin4kick wrote:

How can you call this boring. There is so much energy in this song. 

 
I agree Justin4kick. Great song.
 tiare wrote:
Ugh! Boring dragging on for waaay too long; boring predictable and well boring. 

 
How can you call this boring? There is so much energy in this song. 
R.I.P. Gord. 
Farewell, Gord.
May you rest in peace.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EGvsyKyjFrA/hqdefault.jpg
ps, This is a kick-ass rock song featuring Gord's signature quirky vocals, and for many of us,
our introduction to "The Hip" way back in '89.  SWIM!
North of the border Cancon classic-no wonder I'm tired of listening to it. It's not that isn't a rockin' beat, I've heard it too many times. Let's not even bother to discuss Cheap Trick....