It's gonna take at least a hundred years for the world to catch up to the extraordinary brilliance that Gord and The HIP brought to artistry and music. They truly were ahead by a century. What a divine blessing these guys were.
This video has only 450,000 views it’s going to take the world a lot longer than that at this rate. But you are right Gord was extraordinary, I’m so glad I got to see him a few times. Best I ever seen.
It's taken me way too long but I'm happy that I've caught up now. They had zero exposure in The UK back in "my day", our Canadian import was Bryan Adams. So yeah, I'm way too late to the party, but the more I look, the more solid gold I find, so I'll be sticking around now.
Best Canadian band of ALL time!!!! sorry Rush, Guess Who, and anybody else. The Hip touched our hearts and souls growing up. I will listen to their song always and feel pride that they are Canadian.
Road Apples, favorite album. Cordelia is one of my faves from the album. And live versions seem to just as great. RIP Gordie. You are Canada, and if your looking down, I'm sure you'll see how much you are Canada. Hip forever.
I do think it's one of The Hip's very best tunes. Top 3 and maybe #1. The problem is that there's a lot of competition... I particularly love So Hard Done By, Flamenco, It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken, and so many others.
had the pleasure of seeing them play this live several times. I am sure I passed 2nd year calculus at university because of this song, it keep me alive during those long nights of studying. It kept me watching hockey in a cold arena. It made me feel alive. Well, that's the Hip. "takes all your power, but you don't care, I'm not Cordelia, I will not be there". It doesn't get better. Listen to 700 foot ceiling if you are a canuck or want to understand one.
This is brilliant! So old school...I love Johnny's pony-tail...Paul has got the bad ass cigarette hanging from his mouth...and Gord Sinclar's mullet. I gotta say...Downie really had an amazing vibrato to his voice back then..truely epic!
The Hip is a national treasure. They just simply rock. Cordelia, Blow at High Dough, Grace Too and so many more. They are truly one of the best bands in the history of rock music.
wow this brings back SSSOOOO many childhood memories..geezz what it would it have been like without the hip playing in the background?? Looks tome like this was preformed outside and to me that's still the best place to see a hip concert!!
Man oh man. I have never seen this side of Gord before. I have seen the Hip 6 times but it has all been after year 2000. Now he's old and Bald and a legend. Back in this video he hasn't yet fine tuned his dancing abilities.
I'm a rocker born and bred. But when my friends tell me they know the best band ever and say "disturbed" or something I have to give them an education, Gord. You are seriously a saint, as long as you're singing us Canucks'll be listening.
Love tragically hip! I live in the western ny so I get 107.1 gotta love the Q! saw them at darien lake and art park. both amazing shows! Keep rocking, Canada!
I think "Tin can man, dragging from a car" is a reference to Jim “Bullet” Bailey who did exactly that at drag strips in the 1970's as a live stunt performer.
If i hear someone complaining about lyrics being screwed up or Gord singing off key again im gonna lose it. The guys a performer. His fans live for his live act where he switches things on the fly and acts crazy. Get a clue.
Breaks my heart that Gord is gone. The Hip was a major part of my life from teenage years until now. There is love for them in Akron, N.Y. Just watched the Canadian figure skating pair at the Olympics skating to "Long Time Running" and got that nostalgic and wistful feeling. Also, someone must he peeling onions close by because my eyes are sweating.
And we still continue to produce great artists to this day! ;) but hey. Johnny cash, bob dylan, so many classics came from the USA you should be proud.
I was sent a link to this song because apparently the father of a student I tutor has me in his contacts as “I’m not Cordelia.” This is a good song, though. I’m glad I was sent it.
Played catch with these guys behind Liberty Lunch in Austin, TX. 1991. Just regular guys that let us throw the ball around with them to kill time before the show. Show was one of the best I've ever seen.
"Angst on a plane, spittin' from a bridge, just to see how far down it really is. Robbin' a bank, jumpin' from a train, old antiques a man alone can entertain"....some of the best stuff ever put in song. "treading the boards, screaming out MacBeth, just to see how much bad luck you really get"....if only they had kept this raw power all along, still love 'em but you do wish they'd release another Road Apples eh?
Not enough of them in Scotland, man. Saw them a couple of years here during a tour and honestly, best live band I've ever seen. Love em. Come back soon, or I'll have to move!
@JamesCecilia I seen them in WPG in '95 best concert of my life! Also had Ziggy Marley (bob marleys son) & Blues Traveler at the same concert. I still hear people talking about that concert today. That was Epic!
Ya, I think its Molson Park in Barrie, Ontario, on one of the summer long weekend shows, either Victoria Day weekend (may 24) or Canada Day (July 1), I was with frinds down at the Barrie waterfront for the fireworks display, could hear traces of The Hip carried on the wind from the park.
hey i say the same thing, hes alot like jim. good ole gord. i dunno about the respect thing though, jim died cause of o.d he didnt blow his head off like ole kurty so he could die at 27.
@JamesCecilia it may have been, as I was there, but I don't think they started this late? I think this may be the same tour though, at Molson Park Barrie? I remember after Hothouse Flowers left the stage it was about 4-430PM? You would have remembered me in Markham Fairgrounds though....I was with 4 guys building a beer cup pyramid out of empty cups and the cops came and pushed them over just as we put up the last cup of about 100? The WHOLE beer tent went nust and yelled BS! LMAO
My guess is that this is from the CBC special that aired right before the Fully Completely came out (at least that is when I first saw it). Playing at some fort in Kingston I think.
@joyce roussin character from Shakespeare's "King Lear". forget how the song relates to her. when i read the play i listened to the song a million times though , made alot of sense
It's gonna take at least a hundred years for the world to catch up to the extraordinary brilliance that Gord and The HIP brought to artistry and music. They truly were ahead by a century. What a divine blessing these guys were.
This video has only 450,000 views it’s going to take the world a lot longer than that at this rate. But you are right Gord was extraordinary, I’m so glad I got to see him a few times. Best I ever seen.
It's taken me way too long but I'm happy that I've caught up now. They had zero exposure in The UK back in "my day", our Canadian import was Bryan Adams. So yeah, I'm way too late to the party, but the more I look, the more solid gold I find, so I'll be sticking around now.
Yup it will take about a century, but the rest of the world will catch up eventually. Gord in particular is like the Van Gogh of 90s Rock.
I named my daughter Cordelia because I love this song so much
Gord is referencing King Lear's daughter Cordelia. If you don't know that Shakespearean play, check it out.
I'm from Vermont and T hip has been playing in my car from 1993.
91 for me. I was from RI, but now from Buffalo
That is so badass to hear when i read the comments & it’s an American🇺🇸 “Hip” fan saying how big of a “Hip” fan they are 😃 🤙
Best Canadian band of ALL time!!!! sorry Rush, Guess Who, and anybody else. The Hip touched our hearts and souls growing up. I will listen to their song always and feel pride that they are Canadian.
Yea man
You fucking got that right! Gord Downie is a lyrical genius!
Agree 100%
Damn straight! Extremely underrated. better than rush by miles for never stealin the light. itll take all ones power to convince the rest.
Here here
Road Apples, favorite album. Cordelia is one of my faves from the album. And live versions seem to just as great. RIP Gordie. You are Canada, and if your looking down, I'm sure you'll see how much you are Canada. Hip forever.
Best Song ever written.
Yup
Yeah. Might be the best
song The Hip ever made.
I do think it's one of The Hip's very best tunes. Top 3 and maybe #1. The problem is that there's a lot of competition... I particularly love So Hard Done By, Flamenco, It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken, and so many others.
Going to miss you, Gord. Thanks for everything.
had the pleasure of seeing them play this live several times. I am sure I passed 2nd year calculus at university because of this song, it keep me alive during those long nights of studying. It kept me watching hockey in a cold arena. It made me feel alive. Well, that's the Hip. "takes all your power, but you don't care, I'm not Cordelia, I will not be there". It doesn't get better. Listen to 700 foot ceiling if you are a canuck or want to understand one.
This is brilliant! So old school...I love Johnny's pony-tail...Paul has got the bad ass cigarette hanging from his mouth...and Gord Sinclar's mullet. I gotta say...Downie really had an amazing vibrato to his voice back then..truely epic!
This is one of the most beautiful examples of human emotion I've seen on stage
The Hip is a national treasure. They just simply rock. Cordelia, Blow at High Dough, Grace Too and so many more. They are truly one of the best bands in the history of rock music.
Gord Downie is Canada! We will always love and respect your knowledge of Canadian history. Praying for you buddy.
Goodbye Gord.
With the most love and respect.
Forever.
Gord's vibrato here is deadly
Loved them but I did not get his performance at 12 years old. Looking back now, wow.
So are his sideburns
wow this brings back SSSOOOO many childhood memories..geezz what it would it have been like without the hip playing in the background?? Looks tome like this was preformed outside and to me that's still the best place to see a hip concert!!
i find that singer fascinating ,he is so alive ,wonderful voice
the Hip are def my favourite band, always have been...they are awesome live, wish they were more popular in the states..They are missing out :P
Man oh man. I have never seen this side of Gord before. I have seen the Hip 6 times but it has all been after year 2000. Now he's old and Bald and a legend. Back in this video he hasn't yet fine tuned his dancing abilities.
such solid drumming, so over-looked. always rock steady on every track this guy is awesome.
Agreed. Johnny is a great drummer. He pounds the piss out of his drums too.
He studied under a jazz drum teacher for a number of years, IIRC. A guy from our hometown.
I'm a rocker born and bred. But when my friends tell me they know the best band ever and say "disturbed" or something I have to give them an education, Gord. You are seriously a saint, as long as you're singing us Canucks'll be listening.
Merci beaucoup Gord. Merci beaucoup the Hip . Love and respect from Québec Canada i am Canadian, i am 44 .....so you kind a part of me .
Oh Canada !!! Wow ! The hip the coolest band, as good live as thru your stereo!!! Gord RIP
I can't say I'm over the moon about the Bublé ad I saw before this.
Though it went a long way to drive home how much better the Hip are.
what a voice ! what a passion ! he almost eats the microphone !
Love tragically hip! I live in the western ny so I get 107.1
gotta love the Q!
saw them at darien lake and art park. both amazing shows! Keep rocking, Canada!
It blows me away that Gordie and the boys have never changed their lineup :D
thats commitment.
I think "Tin can man, dragging from a car" is a reference to Jim “Bullet” Bailey who did exactly that at drag strips in the 1970's as a live stunt performer.
Thank you CANADA for the HIP.
You ROCK.
Greatest band ever! Thank you Gordie and crew!
i was at that show too. so drunk i tripped over someones cooler and landed on two people.
holy shit this is live? it sounds great
IIRC this is Molson Park, Barrie Ontario. July 1 1990.
Best Canadian band so happy, To hear this music. I am happy they are Canadian like me.
It's one of my favorite songs
I love The Hip 😍
Thanks for posting this! Incredible version!
If i hear someone complaining about lyrics being screwed up or Gord singing off key again im gonna lose it. The guys a performer. His fans live for his live act where he switches things on the fly and acts crazy. Get a clue.
Breaks my heart that Gord is gone. The Hip was a major part of my life from teenage years until now. There is love for them in Akron, N.Y.
Just watched the Canadian figure skating pair at the Olympics skating to "Long Time Running" and got that nostalgic and wistful feeling. Also, someone must he peeling onions close by because my eyes are sweating.
dude thats my birthday. going to a hip concert in amsterdam would be the best thing ever.
Raw Unaldurated Talent....
Simply Brilliant.
Damn, you Canadians have The Hip, Annihilator, Skid Row, and of course Rush.. Lucky bastards
And we still continue to produce great artists to this day! ;) but hey. Johnny cash, bob dylan, so many classics came from the USA you should be proud.
Dont forget april wine!
not sure where youre from. But fuck yah we got theHip! national treasure! shows how much we really have lol. the hip rush and hockey hahahaha
Sheldon Nucks im from buffalo, so i hear the Hip on the radio all the time. One of my favorite bands of all itme
AtomicGT55 Don't forget The Guess Who!
I was sent a link to this song because apparently the father of a student I tutor has me in his contacts as “I’m not Cordelia.” This is a good song, though. I’m glad I was sent it.
Played catch with these guys behind Liberty Lunch in Austin, TX. 1991. Just regular guys that let us throw the ball around with them to kill time before the show. Show was one of the best I've ever seen.
As well as everything else, the drumming in this makes me crazed with love for music!
"Angst on a plane, spittin' from a bridge, just to see how far down it really is. Robbin' a bank, jumpin' from a train, old antiques a man alone can entertain"....some of the best stuff ever put in song. "treading the boards, screaming out MacBeth, just to see how much bad luck you really get"....if only they had kept this raw power all along, still love 'em but you do wish they'd release another Road Apples eh?
My favorite HIP song. They never played this at the concerts I went to.
Nice dancing there, Gord. :D
Awesome, that Was totally Hip To the Max What a Song.. Too Awesome
Ahhhh! fabulous Gord.. soo awesome... his voice is just magnificent!!!
yeah i've got their album in loving memory... awesome stuff :)
Not enough of them in Scotland, man. Saw them a couple of years here during a tour and honestly, best live band I've ever seen. Love em. Come back soon, or I'll have to move!
aw man, someone just put me on to them, and i am blowing away, not what i was expecting, better a thousands times as i was expecting
@craigallenagency This is from Edgefest at Molson Park in Barrie, Ontario on Canada Day. July 1 1990.
Gord Downie: Energy Personified
One of my favourite Hip songs that was never a single.
I can't stop watching this video!!!
gord writes the rules for his song....and, luckily for us, when he performs live, there are no rules.
there are some rules
I'm seeing the hip in 5 hours in our hometown of kingston. Second show I've seen o them in six months should be amazing !
Lovin' it in Sydney Australia. Canada has some really talented artists/bands, so jelly!
@JamesCecilia I seen them in WPG in '95 best concert of my life! Also had Ziggy Marley (bob marleys son) & Blues Traveler at the same concert. I still hear people talking about that concert today. That was Epic!
You can almost date the video by Gord's hair do lol
Absolutely! This looks like the same hair as the Misty Moon show, '90
Best video on TH-cam, no kidding!
That is one BIGass title graphic! "CORDELIA!" haha
Luv the Hip!
the tragically hip is the flag to our country! ! CANADA KICKS ASS we all love you guys
Awesome song......one of my favourites
Great version of Cordelia! thx
Why is it that I never get tired of listening to the Hip?
wow, this was amazing. thanks for the upload. gord is great.
the soundtrack of my adulthood, rock on Gord RIP
best performers EVER, cant wait for the july2nd show!!!!!!!!
Such a classic hip tune. Love it. Did Gord get lost in the song and forget the last verse? Has to be in the top 10 best hip verses.
LOOK AT THE HAIR!
i just recently got into the hip, its weird seeing gord with hair
Ya, I think its Molson Park in Barrie, Ontario, on one of the summer long weekend shows, either Victoria Day weekend (may 24) or Canada Day (July 1), I was with frinds down at the Barrie waterfront for the fireworks display, could hear traces of The Hip carried on the wind from the park.
This is their most underrated song.
So hard to believe this was nearly 20 years ago.
he is so solid yet so dynamic
This is the best version
Awesome!!!!.....THE HIP ROCKS!!!!....
hey i say the same thing, hes alot like jim. good ole gord. i dunno about the respect thing though, jim died cause of o.d he didnt blow his head off like ole kurty so he could die at 27.
The Hip, Blue Rodeo, the Band, fishing in northern Ontario. Candad does have a lot to offer.
best hip song ever!
This looks like Canada Day from Molson Park in Barrie, ON if I'm not mistaken I was there.
Thank You...!!
@JamesCecilia it may have been, as I was there, but I don't think they started this late? I think this may be the same tour though, at Molson Park Barrie? I remember after Hothouse Flowers left the stage it was about 4-430PM? You would have remembered me in Markham Fairgrounds though....I was with 4 guys building a beer cup pyramid out of empty cups and the cops came and pushed them over just as we put up the last cup of about 100? The WHOLE beer tent went nust and yelled BS! LMAO
my fav Hip song ....
Gord Sinclair's bass licks in this song are fire
Rob Baker looks the same today as he did in 1990.
Pretty sure my Bro-inlaw was there mixer, sound, lights etc... around this time.
Yes James twice! 93 and 95!
My guess is that this is from the CBC special that aired right before the Fully Completely came out (at least that is when I first saw it). Playing at some fort in Kingston I think.
@joyce roussin character from Shakespeare's "King Lear". forget how the song relates to her. when i read the play i listened to the song a million times though , made alot of sense
Gord has a wicked Vibrato here!! I've been told i sound just like him when i sing their songs but i don't think i could pull that off!
@tthip True, I was at Another Roadside Attraction in '93 and Gord has less hair.
Congrats to my brother and his new team member....
Can t wait to see them on august the first!!!!
Old antiques a man alone can entertain......
THIS SONG = ROCK and ROLL baby!
It must be from either a CFNY picnic at Molson Park or at the very least a CFNY-sponsored outdoor event given the CFNY banner seen at ~ 2:25 ... ?
The Canadian whisperer haha. Fucking legend!
Johnny come lately here....better late than never to the Hip party....