Someone may disagree, but this song should be considered one of their masterpieces. Gord's ability to tell the story, his intensity and passion sells it. And not to take anything away from the rest of the band, the layering sounds of the guitars just lends to the emotion of the song, making it haunting and heart-wrenching. It will always be one of my favorites.
@@clindsell6111 my buddy who is actually a bigger hipster than me does disagree and he is wrong, this one of my three favorite songs along with Black and Crazy Mary, it will always be in my heart.💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
This is a great take. I love the sea shanty like feel, both musically and narratively, of this song. It has a cyclical feel that aggravates the listener with its avoidance of resolution - at least until its end - which is its point. Happy endings are not truth. Which is why I love it.
Yank here. Yeah, we’re not supposed to get the Hip, but as a kid who grew up for some time in the wilds here, I get their stuff. This song is so fucking powerful. Gord deserves all the love and respect he’s been given. R.I.P.
Hope you know that I will be teaching my son this wonderful band I’m only 23 but I grew up on the hip I’m also from right across the water from you buddy 🇨🇦😊
It’s so gut wrenching to think that there will never be another artist/band who could do what Gord and the Hip did. So thankful I grew up in and could experience this time/band
The worst part of a true artist is that they are too unique to be ‘replicated’ by someone/something else. It’s also the best part of being a true artist.
Living in Buffalo NY, saw the HIP many times, 1st time I heard a song by them was at a Buffalo Sabres game, song was New Orleans is sinkin, and I was blown away, Gordy Will Never be gone, God Bless The Great White North.
I absolutely love how much love the Hip get here in Buffalo! I was fortunate to see them a handful of times, but damn do I wish it was more. RIP Gord and go Sabres!
appreciate u brother ... much love from Toronto , Canada ... Gord loved our American brothers believe me.. I still play the Woodstock Footage brings tears to my eyes
As a Canadian, I'm damn proud of this band, and do wish they had more exposure world wide to prove how great Canadian music can be... but at the same time I'm happy to keep them pretty much to ourselves!
Love the way the bass guitar sounds in this song. Amazing how a song with no chorus, no obvious hooks, and a slightly unconventional song structure can be one of the best songs ever written.
Most people don't know this but Gord Sinclair the bass player was the key individual to forming the basis of so many of their songs that would have never come to be or seen the light of day if it wasn't for him writing the baselines "first" then the rest of the song came from that. Not to take away from the other members because you need all that as well and without Gords haunting lyrics you know when you combine that with everything it just made for a perfect bowl of stew
Not many songs send shivers down my spine, but this is definitly one of them! The lyrics are so powerful and deep, its almost impossible not to get sucked in to the song. Gotta love The Hip! I wasnt even born when they started and im a huge fan. They definitly make me proud of being Canadian.
A song with no structured verses and chorus...only THIS band can pull it off with extreme emotion and passion. Goose bumps every single time I hear this song.
There are so many things I love about this song. I love how it ebbs and swells like the ocean itself along with Gord's singing. I love that it has no chorus. I Iove the raw emotion in the lyrics and their delivery... almost as if it was straight stream of conscience as opposed to written words. Just an amazing song.
The last 30 seconds or so of the song is a perfect musical expression for something slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea. That's what I see in my mind every time I hear it
Best band IN CANADA in the last 20 year IMO, but the 90s had too many great bands the USA. That still doesn't take anything away from what The Hip did! RIP Gord Downie
I just heard this song for the first time after searching for it for probably 30 years. i remember seeing this video about a 3rd in on mtv before my dad sent me to bed. i asked if i could watch the rest of this song he said no. Its stuck in my head my whole life and ididnt know who the band was or what the song was called. i spent half an hour again tonight googling drowning men. And cold water and ships sinking finally, to end up here. 😊 Its goes without saying the song was worth the wait. And i remember now why that half a music video all those years ago imprinted on me. Thankyou to the band. Now to listen to all your other songs.
Congratulations on this discovery, awesome story! Do yourself a favour and look up the albums: Up to Here and Road Apples to start. After that your will be hooked...
I'm a pretty decent and prolific songwriter, but I stand in awe of Gord's lyrical abilities as well as his ability to blend his unique poetic insights with raw emotion. The world will never see his like again and it's our loss.
Starts sentence with "Im a pretty decent and PROLIFIC (wow) songwriter"........ And, squeezes it in whilst talking about Gord Downie. Maybe find a way to give credit where credit is due, all while not giving credit where it doesnt belong....
They are crushed, and that extends as Gord is loved by many and...some close to Gord did not even attend last night, they chose to stay away and cry, their words...thanks
This is goosebump material, what is it with water and mankinds innate soul and fear of it, tales of floods and drowning really can shake one. This is powerful as Mr Lightfoot's Edmund Fitzgerald, just epicness! RIP amazing man.
I honestly thought the second encore was where it was at. Nautical Disaster, Scared, and then Grace, Too completely blew me away. Then again Locked in the Trunk of Car, Gift Shop, and Ahead by a Century was a pretty surreal way to end it. The whole show was absolutely sensational.
Being from California I have never heard of this band''' Nice music'' I heard the sad news about the singer'' I take off my hat to the band and to the great country to my north called Canada''' Good luck Gordie'''
If you wanna get into The Hip some good songs to start off with is ''Bobcaygeon'', ''Blow at High Dough'', ''Looking for a Place to Happen'', ''Little Bones'', ''New Orleans is Sinking''.
Yes, I do. It was supposed to be The Hip's big intro to America and some blame their choice to play this song, which was rather obscure at the time, for them not catching on south of the border. I just re-watched their performance and Sheldon Cooper could have easily subbed in for Gord as far as looks and mannerisms go. LOL
Absolute masterpiece. This and Locked in the Trunk of a Car are my two favourites...and they played them almost back to back in the encore tonight. What an incredible concert..touched every Canadians heart. Will always love the Hip. They are Canada.
Yeah dude. Gordie's more than just a frontman. He's a classic Canadian wordsmith. One who has managed to reach far more Canuck minds than any of the Can-Lit authors ever have. God bless him for giving Canadian rock n roll fans a wealth of Canadian iconography. Gord Downie for Canadian poet laureate! Let's start a petition.
I have made it my opening unit with my grade 8 students this year. "Exploring Canada's Identity through The Tragically Hip". Just starting out and the kids are eating it up.
The first time i heard this song i was like OMG, play that again!! Playing it on here is one thing, but being in the states but close enough to pick up Toronto radio, i went bonkers yesterday, this song is their masterpiece, i guess it helps i know Susan also.
My favourite song of all time. I'm so glad they played it at the final show. One of my first concerts was a Hip show. It was at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg. I went with my dad and was about 12 years old. Boy did I feel cool wearing my new Hip shirt to school the next day. That was 20 years ago. Thanks THT, for some of the greatest songs ever written and memories I will cherish forever. Love you guys.
My favourite concert ever was the hip at the downs that night. Worked my way to the front by the time the hip started. The skies opened up and delivered a deluge from the heavens while the hip pounded through their sets. Against the front row railing I made out with an amazing and beautiful girl whose presence I had not experienced before or since while a soaked Gord and the boys splashed through the puddles onstage. How they were not electrocuted or had the concert stopped is a question I have pondered since that evening. I have no expectations of a concert ever providing to me more than 10% of what the hip did for me that night.
God damn, this song gets me every. single. time! Something beyond the lyrics and that soul chilling chord progression. Just the feeling of it approached Gordon Lightfoot's _Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_ . You just feel the cold hopelessness in your soul.
Just came back from juno beach. This song was playing non stop in my head. Tears in my eyes though whole time. Thanks lads there is nothing more more Canadian than the hip except the heroes that landed on Juno on the 6th of June 1944. Heroes i salute you
I heard cleaning the snow off your car with a hockey stick, with the help of one of the Hip is the most Canadien thing ever. I heard that from a Canadian that this actually happened to.
I'm actually glad these guys never broke big in America. They are all ours. Gord Downie should be made Canada's poet laureate. let's start a petition. He's our generation's Al Purdy.
I mostly liked the Hip, maybe kind of off and on, but this is a song I take to my grave. Lyrically and musically as magical and deep as the greatest songs from Neil Young, Springsteen, Joni Mitchell and many other great writers. Everything in it is submerged like a monster from the depths itching to explode. And it blasts your emotions to bits, wondering what motivated its creation, what it is really about. I have to go into recovery mode every time I hear it. A flat out masterpiece of lyrical songwriting. Still an overwhelming listen many years later.
I know the difference, but I am listening to this two days after lives were lost with the sinking of a Spanish fishing boat off our Eastern Coast. God rest their souls, Gord's, and everyone else we lose Peace..
You frightened me with this song deep to my bones. I can't explain why. but you frightened me more, when i heard about your cancer desease. i feel so sorry about you & your fellowship. godspeed.
The strangest, most powerful, definitive Tragically Hip song. Not exactly sure what Gord's on about (he's often enigmatic)... but the FEELING ! The heroic sadness. What an artist.
So, I was stuck at work for the Kingston show. Hooked my phone up to the overhead and started listening, jammed out...then this came on, my very favorite Hip song. I had no choice. Ran back to the phone, and CRANKED the volume, to the point where people down the block could hear it. Whole neighborhood came out to party. I'll never forget it. I'll never forget Gord.
Too bad we can't post pics HERE, back in the 90's they were in bobcaygen Ontario at a lodge, their water froze up and we were called to thaw the water lines, this was on a Friday, we got hammered with the boys and we stayed until Sunday when the water finally unthawed! What a fucking laugh I had, the best food, Beer, spirits, wine, and some extra curricular smoke! Thanks for the trip guys. I'll never forget that!!
RESPECT from Seattle, 🇨🇦☮ Every Hip song is an epic story. Add real musical talent, and it's what music should be. It turns out some human beings are irreplaceable.,🗿
God, I hope you can get in on that trial that has left a Canadian man cancer-free despite a Stage IV lung prognosis, Gord. I can't imagine life without you on my peripheries. Thanks for everything you've given. You're amazing.
There aren't many bands that capture the 'Canadian essence' like the Hips does! Listening to this song throws me back a couple of decades. A different time, a different me. The first time I heard it, I knew it was a special song. It still is.
Oddly, one of Gord's other best songs - "Fifty Mission Cap" - is the least vivid thing possible. It packs a shocking punch in so few words. It's like Hemingway.
He paints such incredible pictures, in multiple timelines. Between "kicked off our pant leg" and "fingernails scratching on my hull", I am there and terrified. I wonder if he was inspired by another Canadian epic tune on the same subject.
I’ve been a huge fan since I was a kid. These guys brought all of us together. Whether it’s canadians, or from anywhere. We all became family. We’re all on the same team. Rest In Peace, gord. You’re very missed.
I listened to this song over and over in the 90s. My favorite of the Hip. Introduced to the band as an American in Japan. Terrific artistry. I miss Gordo.
Was introduced to this musical phenomenon by my ex-wife. Aside from our children the 2nd best thing I took away form the marriage is my love for T-Hip. When together we saw them (my first show) at Bolton Valley, VT in the early 2000’s and then saw Gordie doing his Solo deal at Higher Ground when it was a small intimate venue in Winooski, VT. Then our last show sadly was I believe the last show they played at the Memorial auditorium in Burlington, VT. Bummed I couldn’t see more shows because the shows never disappointed. You are one of the best bands of this century. R.I.P GORDIE, you are missed exponentially.
And in the morning, our nation came together in solidarity, listening to their choice of track, weeping as one. RIP Gord!!! My home is filled with memories, tears and your music this sad morning
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Someone may disagree, but this song should be considered one of their masterpieces. Gord's ability to tell the story, his intensity and passion sells it. And not to take anything away from the rest of the band, the layering sounds of the guitars just lends to the emotion of the song, making it haunting and heart-wrenching. It will always be one of my favorites.
"someone may disagree" well someone is wrong
I really enjoyed listening to this song! Great music
@@clindsell6111 my buddy who is actually a bigger hipster than me does disagree and he is wrong, this one of my three favorite songs along with Black and Crazy Mary, it will always be in my heart.💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
its also a rarity of a song with no rhyme scheme making it even more epic, thats a near impossible feat when trying to write a cool track
Gordie and the hip rocked are generation, and we will never forget them
Chorus-less songs are rare. Chorus-less songs this good even rarer. Absolutely a masterpiece.
This is a great take. I love the sea shanty like feel, both musically and narratively, of this song. It has a cyclical feel that aggravates the listener with its avoidance of resolution - at least until its end - which is its point. Happy endings are not truth. Which is why I love it.
Yeah, now that you mention it I realize it. Just like "Thunder Road." Two classics.
Hip Always had big sound! Great stories. Masters
Yank here. Yeah, we’re not supposed to get the Hip, but as a kid who grew up for some time in the wilds here, I get their stuff. This song is so fucking powerful. Gord deserves all the love and respect he’s been given. R.I.P.
The Attack at Dieppe
All Canadians should mourn and praise what was accomplished that day
You're correct. But this is about the sinking of the Bismarck.
Until I saw the painting Gord holds up of the 18th century warship I had always assumed this was about a WWII naval tragedy.
How can this only have 5.7 million views. Crap that modern artist do have over a billion. Makes no sense.
It absolutely don't
Social media has created a generation of zombies
@@weare7416it's because they don't like actual music.
BEST Canadian band EVER. both educational and awesome, only in Canada.... we miss you Gord, you kept your stick on the ice...
Seriously one of the best songs I've ever heard in my sixty five years on this earth. Period.
Glad you are one of the lucky people on earth to experience the Hip!
@@colins7771 From Buffalo dude. We all knew The Hip, from the late eighties, and you're right. The FEW.
Hope you know that I will be teaching my son this wonderful band I’m only 23 but I grew up on the hip I’m also from right across the water from you buddy 🇨🇦😊
iv'e followed these guys from the startand they have never put one bad album out , period i just love them
Maaaate I totally 💯 agree
From Australia
i Just can't believe He's gone😔 R.I.P Gord Downy!
It’s so gut wrenching to think that there will never be another artist/band who could do what Gord and the Hip did. So thankful I grew up in and could experience this time/band
Amen
Just enjoy what an amazing person gave 🇨🇦 🍁.. the world needs more gord❤
don't worry, there will be, trust me my friend
there won't be another Gord or hip
but there will always be another Legend
Amen to that. The world is shit in a lot of ways, but I saw the Hip from the beginning right to the terrible, beautiful end.
The worst part of a true artist is that they are too unique to be ‘replicated’ by someone/something else. It’s also the best part of being a true artist.
Living in Buffalo NY, saw the HIP many times, 1st time I heard a song by them was at a Buffalo Sabres game, song was New Orleans is sinkin, and I was blown away, Gordy Will Never be gone, God Bless The Great White North.
Beautiful sentiment. Couldn't say it any better.👍🇺🇸✌🎼🎶
Dominic in goal, Miroslav satan, and rob ray and of course the hip. Those where some of the best times of my life
I absolutely love how much love the Hip get here in Buffalo! I was fortunate to see them a handful of times, but damn do I wish it was more. RIP Gord and go Sabres!
Thank you... He didn't only represent Canada !
appreciate u brother ... much love from Toronto , Canada ... Gord loved our American brothers believe me.. I still play the Woodstock Footage brings tears to my eyes
As a Canadian, I'm damn proud of this band, and do wish they had more exposure world wide to prove how great Canadian music can be... but at the same time I'm happy to keep them pretty much to ourselves!
Thankfully I live in Buffalo NY and we loved The Hip! Long live Gord!
Love the way the bass guitar sounds in this song. Amazing how a song with no chorus, no obvious hooks, and a slightly unconventional song structure can be one of the best songs ever written.
Most people don't know this but Gord Sinclair the bass player was the key individual to forming the basis of so many of their songs that would have never come to be or seen the light of day if it wasn't for him writing the baselines "first" then the rest of the song came from that. Not to take away from the other members because you need all that as well and without Gords haunting lyrics you know when you combine that with everything it just made for a perfect bowl of stew
@@natevm7888 yep, Gord is the best songwriter of all time
absolutely
It's poetry.
Not many songs send shivers down my spine, but this is definitly one of them! The lyrics are so powerful and deep, its almost impossible not to get sucked in to the song. Gotta love The Hip! I wasnt even born when they started and im a huge fan. They definitly make me proud of being Canadian.
Rest in peace Gord, your legend will live long. You were a true Canadian hero and your music made me proud of my Canadian heritage!
most underrated hit of the 90's...a true masterpiece
A song with no structured verses and chorus...only THIS band can pull it off with extreme emotion and passion. Goose bumps every single time I hear this song.
There are so many things I love about this song. I love how it ebbs and swells like the ocean itself along with Gord's singing. I love that it has no chorus. I Iove the raw emotion in the lyrics and their delivery... almost as if it was straight stream of conscience as opposed to written words. Just an amazing song.
The last 30 seconds or so of the song is a perfect musical expression for something slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea.
That's what I see in my mind every time I hear it
IMO the best live performance is this one :
The Tragically Hip - Nautical Disaster - 7/24/1999 - Woodstock 99 East Stage
This song tells the story from such a visceral perspective. It is a painting in my head.
The best band of the last 20 years, bar none. And I'm not even Canadian. Amazing, and even better live. x
but you wanna be.
Best band IN CANADA in the last 20 year IMO, but the 90s had too many great bands the USA. That still doesn't take anything away from what The Hip did!
RIP Gord Downie
The only one that comes close, imo, is Pearl Jam. And Eddie really loved the Hip...
Thank you Mike Bubbins, means alot to us Canadians...xxx
@@evanb1470 my two favorite bands are Pearl Jam and The Hip, pretty clear choice.
I just heard this song for the first time after searching for it for probably 30 years.
i remember seeing this video about a 3rd in on mtv before my dad sent me to bed.
i asked if i could watch the rest of this song he said no. Its stuck in my head my whole life and ididnt know who the band was or what the song was called.
i spent half an hour again tonight googling drowning men. And cold water and ships sinking finally, to end up here. 😊
Its goes without saying the song was worth the wait. And i remember now why that half a music video all those years ago imprinted on me.
Thankyou to the band. Now to listen to all your other songs.
Hope you enjoy...Alberta Canada❤s Gord
If you are Canadian , this song is part of who you are to the world.
Wow cool story thanks
Congratulations on this discovery, awesome story! Do yourself a favour and look up the albums: Up to Here and Road Apples to start. After that your will be hooked...
They have so many good song bro. I'm gland you found it.
This video still kills/chills/thrills even to the marrow of my very soul. RIP, Gord. You were just the best...
WOW! Great Comment. Poetic.......Gord would approve!✌🇺🇸🌹
I'm a pretty decent and prolific songwriter, but I stand in awe of Gord's lyrical abilities as well as his ability to blend his unique poetic insights with raw emotion. The world will never see his like again and it's our loss.
Starts sentence with "Im a pretty decent and PROLIFIC (wow) songwriter"........ And, squeezes it in whilst talking about Gord Downie. Maybe find a way to give credit where credit is due, all while not giving credit where it doesnt belong....
Gord. What a legend.
Hands down one of the best songs I've ever heard. We're rooting for you, Gord.
I'm crushed. I can't imagine how his family/bandmates feel. You are forever loved, Gord...
They are crushed, and that extends as Gord is loved by many and...some close to Gord did not even attend last night, they chose to stay away and cry, their words...thanks
the circle was hurt, it still sucks a lot. i miss the guys playing.
This is goosebump material, what is it with water and mankinds innate soul and fear of it, tales of floods and drowning really can shake one. This is powerful as Mr Lightfoot's Edmund Fitzgerald, just epicness! RIP amazing man.
So glad they played my favorite song for the last show. A perfect mix of music, poetry and showmanship. My kids will grow up listening to these boys.
I honestly thought the second encore was where it was at. Nautical Disaster, Scared, and then Grace, Too completely blew me away. Then again Locked in the Trunk of Car, Gift Shop, and Ahead by a Century was a pretty surreal way to end it. The whole show was absolutely sensational.
+nickzivs it was the fucking greatest night of music in Canadian history.
Agreed. What an emotional roller coaster they took us on.
I was there!!!!!!
Diditallforthexp the hip a perfect symphony!!
I know this song is about something else but the way Gord sings it I feel is it's about me and my life; I hope you can still h3ar me Gord
The Tragically Hip is a car ride for the mind, it will take you anywhere you want to go.
Profoundly true :)
Excellent Music!! R.I.P. Gord!!
I do agree .....too many to list the best of Canada...a 70s kid
I have seen the best of the best.....I'm in love Tragically 🇨🇦🔥
Gord's voice has always given me chills. Such an incredible voice. Today it gives me those chills in a different way.
Me too l love his voice and lyrics
Probably one of the most haunting set of lyrics I've heard; and yet it's one of my favourite songs. Thanks for the music boys!
Being from California I have never heard of this band''' Nice music'' I heard the sad news about the singer'' I take off my hat to the band and to the great country to my north called Canada''' Good luck Gordie'''
well written and appreciated.
If you wanna get into The Hip some good songs to start off with is ''Bobcaygeon'', ''Blow at High Dough'', ''Looking for a Place to Happen'', ''Little Bones'', ''New Orleans is Sinking''.
Kind words. Thank you.
Poets is also really good
+Sean Glover gift shop
My favourite Hip song ever....stop the world when this song plays (Remembered when Dan Ackroyd introduced The Hip on SNL to play this WAY BACK)
Yes, I do. It was supposed to be The Hip's big intro to America and some blame their choice to play this song, which was rather obscure at the time, for them not catching on south of the border. I just re-watched their performance and Sheldon Cooper could have easily subbed in for Gord as far as looks and mannerisms go. LOL
@@marnieocarroll7924 Or Rowan Atkinson
Rest in peace Gord. You were genious and you wrote the soundtrack for many Canadians lives. You will be forever remembered.
Absolute masterpiece. This and Locked in the Trunk of a Car are my two favourites...and they played them almost back to back in the encore tonight. What an incredible concert..touched every Canadians heart. Will always love the Hip. They are Canada.
iam a PROUD CANADIAN AND LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!
This song still gives me goosebumps every time.
My heart hurts every time. This man and the band is amazing! He passed in December. Love you!
Canadian poetry for our time. Deserves to be on school curriculums, it will, just wait. Another 10-20 years.
Yeah dude. Gordie's more than just a frontman. He's a classic Canadian wordsmith. One who has managed to reach far more Canuck minds than any of the Can-Lit authors ever have. God bless him for giving Canadian rock n roll fans a wealth of Canadian iconography. Gord Downie for Canadian poet laureate! Let's start a petition.
gonna be taught like terry fox is
I have made it my opening unit with my grade 8 students this year. "Exploring Canada's Identity through The Tragically Hip". Just starting out and the kids are eating it up.
Anne-Marie Height - David Leeder MS (1544) I would love to know how you are doing it? I think teaching this to my intermediates would be awesome!
I'm teaching each song as an historical document
The first time i heard this song i was like OMG, play that again!!
Playing it on here is one thing, but being in the states but close enough to pick up Toronto radio, i went bonkers yesterday, this song is their masterpiece, i guess it helps i know Susan also.
What an expressive voice, miss you Gord. What a powerful song 👋🤘🤘
My favourite song of all time. I'm so glad they played it at the final show. One of my first concerts was a Hip show. It was at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg. I went with my dad and was about 12 years old. Boy did I feel cool wearing my new Hip shirt to school the next day. That was 20 years ago. Thanks THT, for some of the greatest songs ever written and memories I will cherish forever. Love you guys.
love you for sharing.
Hope you Thanked your Dad, he has to be a cool dude for sure.....
Fiddler’s green and Grace too brought me to tears while watching the final concert
My favourite concert ever was the hip at the downs that night. Worked my way to the front by the time the hip started. The skies opened up and delivered a deluge from the heavens while the hip pounded through their sets. Against the front row railing I made out with an amazing and beautiful girl whose presence I had not experienced before or since while a soaked Gord and the boys splashed through the puddles onstage. How they were not electrocuted or had the concert stopped is a question I have pondered since that evening. I have no expectations of a concert ever providing to me more than 10% of what the hip did for me that night.
I too am from Winnipeg and was at that concert...Cool
God damn, this song gets me every. single. time! Something beyond the lyrics and that soul chilling chord progression. Just the feeling of it approached Gordon Lightfoot's _Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_ . You just feel the cold hopelessness in your soul.
Gordon is amazing
This is a dark, heavy song. Go to the very end, Gord Downie.
Their last show in Kingston will be a dark sad, yet joyous day for Canada tomorrow.
Agreed. Celebratory yet sad. Kudos to the CBC for showing it in its entirety.
Some crazy metal band should cover this
@@mowbros769 I'd love to hear Release The Archers do this!
@@mowbros769 that would be fucking sick
Godspeed Gord. Love Canada.
Just came back from juno beach. This song was playing non stop in my head. Tears in my eyes though whole time. Thanks lads there is nothing more more Canadian than the hip except the heroes that landed on Juno on the 6th of June 1944. Heroes i salute you
I heard cleaning the snow off your car with a hockey stick, with the help of one of the Hip is the most Canadien thing ever. I heard that from a Canadian that this actually happened to.
I'm actually glad these guys never broke big in America. They are all ours. Gord Downie should be made Canada's poet laureate. let's start a petition. He's our generation's Al Purdy.
The Hip is ours. I don't want to share! Have we not given enough of ourselves to show others how great Canada is?
Buffalo has got em sorry bud
@@mikekennedy8318 nice words mike, the hip will always be ares
Bless them and sending love and light
Xx merry Christmas and keep safe
Yes Canada needs to keep others out
Keep fighting Gordie!!!
:(
You know why Hip views aren't in the 10's of millions? Cause Gordie didn't sell out to the MAN! No regrets! Much respect!
And think of all the poor souls that will never understand how good a band they are missing out on.
Ummm- the last tour was not Attainable for the average fan and in that moment no one’s mad we get it but never say never
Give me some time, I'll get them up there myself lol
Canada's U2, without the big headed fake frontman...pure shame they weren't just as big if not bigger. Rip Gordie. ♥
He DIED doing what he LOVED! I HOPE GORDIE'S IN HEAVEN!
this song has been breaking my heart for well over twenty years and it doesn't give any signs of ever stopping.
This song is a masterpiece.
I mostly liked the Hip, maybe kind of off and on, but this is a song I take to my grave. Lyrically and musically as magical and deep as the greatest songs from Neil Young, Springsteen, Joni Mitchell and many other great writers. Everything in it is submerged like a monster from the depths itching to explode. And it blasts your emotions to bits, wondering what motivated its creation, what it is really about. I have to go into recovery mode every time I hear it. A flat out masterpiece of lyrical songwriting. Still an overwhelming listen many years later.
greatest canadian band of all time, this one will always be my favorite, rip gordie
The hip are a beautiful secret
Roy Glenn tell everyone you know hah
I know the difference, but I am listening to this two days after lives were lost with the sinking of a Spanish fishing boat off our Eastern Coast. God rest their souls, Gord's, and everyone else we lose Peace..
The best song you've never heard...
3.7mil views... just sayin
DIRTYSANCHEZ1995 yeah, there’s a lot of people with shitty lives out there who’ve never heard the Hip. Peace
@@colinsinclair4728 the fuck you talking about
@@jestermindcrime1773 hes talking about how none of this matters, the 4000 men in the water, gordie, life goes on.
It’s true
Second favorite hip song
You frightened me with this song deep to my bones. I can't explain why. but you frightened me more, when i heard about your cancer desease. i feel so sorry about you & your fellowship. godspeed.
POWERFUL Thanks Gord 😁
The strangest, most powerful, definitive Tragically Hip song. Not exactly sure what Gord's on about (he's often enigmatic)... but the FEELING ! The heroic sadness. What an artist.
They survived the capsizing of a super ferry off the coast of France.
Over 4,000 people were lost to the sea that day.😢
They have an incredible library of songs but I tend to gravitate back to Nautical Disaster as their best
ME TOO!!!!!! Great song to dance "angry" to. 💃🌹✌
I agree
I dont know, I've asked my self many times and always just give up they have too many great songs imo
@@kristinesmart24 love it, there is something to it that is hard to put into, I remember this first time I heard it and saying OMG play that again.
Same. I think it's their best written
Sending love to heaven from Philly! You're better off up there Gordie! One day I'll join you and we'll go out for a rip!
Amazing song.. btw 4:35 sounds like the ghosts of the ship lingering in the water...very haunting.
Gord was a treasure.
Just Ridiculous... How great & under-appreciated they were... Damn that man could tell a story...
One of the most profound songs in the history of rock music. My favorite Hip song ever! RIP Gord.
Gord would make the times we are going through better, just by being around. Love ya Gord.
So, I was stuck at work for the Kingston show. Hooked my phone up to the overhead and started listening, jammed out...then this came on, my very favorite Hip song. I had no choice. Ran back to the phone, and CRANKED the volume, to the point where people down the block could hear it. Whole neighborhood came out to party. I'll never forget it. I'll never forget Gord.
Too bad we can't post pics HERE, back in the 90's they were in bobcaygen Ontario at a lodge, their water froze up and we were called to thaw the water lines, this was on a Friday, we got hammered with the boys and we stayed until Sunday when the water finally unthawed! What a fucking laugh I had, the best food, Beer, spirits, wine, and some extra curricular smoke! Thanks for the trip guys. I'll never forget that!!
What a Tallent that left too soon.
Can't help playing this song on and on again since wednesday. From France with love. Rest in Peace, Gord.
I am watching and crying. miss this man so much
rip
We are grateful to have such a great band. The words he sang...
And thank you from 🇨🇦
It was as though I'd been spit here, settled in. Into the pocket of a lighthouse on some rocky socket, off the coast of France, dear.
RESPECT from Seattle, 🇨🇦☮
Every Hip song is an epic
story. Add real musical talent,
and it's what music should be.
It turns out some human beings
are irreplaceable.,🗿
Masterpiece. Band. I always come back to this. It has its place but still reaches back into tradition. Poetry and music.
God, I hope you can get in on that trial that has left a Canadian man cancer-free despite a Stage IV lung prognosis, Gord. I can't imagine life without you on my peripheries. Thanks for everything you've given. You're amazing.
Like a Canadian "Stairway to Heaven", this song is genius.
better than stairway
Emotionally
The best video clip ever made!!!
My favorite hip song I play it endless times on my drums rest in peace Gordy.
I love Gordie’s phrasing so much
What an amazing band. I seen them at the outer harbor with flogging Molly probably 8 or 10 years ago. Rip Gord.
Where is Outer Harbor? Nova Scotia?
Was and always will be😊
STILL AS HEAVY AS IT WAS WHEN IT DROPPED,#EPICTRACK
+thorazine666 yes. as all great classical music.
TRUTH
+Chinaski REST EASY 2 ALL OUR FALLEN BROTHERS.
Rest easy, Gord.
REST IN PEACE GORD. #LEGEND
I miss them so much. Used to wait every year to see them. Didn't matter if it was in Montreal or Vermont.....I went to see them! 20+ times!
STRONG MUSIC . Here Listen in 2024
There aren't many bands that capture the 'Canadian essence' like the Hips does! Listening to this song throws me back a couple of decades. A different time, a different me. The first time I heard it, I knew it was a special song. It still is.
the lyrics to this song are amazingly vivid.
It is one of the all-time greatest songs. By any songwriter.
Oddly, one of Gord's other best songs - "Fifty Mission Cap" - is the least vivid thing possible. It packs a shocking punch in so few words. It's like Hemingway.
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50 Mission Cap is perhaps my favorite Hip song. This one, and Grace, Too are right up there as well.
He paints such incredible pictures, in multiple timelines. Between "kicked off our pant leg" and "fingernails scratching on my hull", I am there and terrified. I wonder if he was inspired by another Canadian epic tune on the same subject.
designed for 10 ,"10 only"love this ...song ..
Probably one of the most under rated bands in the world. Miss ya Gord!
absolutely true
Be at peace, Gord. You wrote the soundtrack of our lives, and taught us our history. We will not forget.
I’ve been a huge fan since I was a kid. These guys brought all of us together. Whether it’s canadians, or from anywhere. We all became family. We’re all on the same team. Rest In Peace, gord. You’re very missed.
Always love connecting with music from my mother land, not driving up the 401 eastbound anymore. Missing Canada some days. The Hip still rock 🙏🎵♥️🕉
I listened to this song over and over in the 90s. My favorite of the Hip. Introduced to the band as an American in Japan. Terrific artistry. I miss Gordo.
Rest in peace Gord. Thanks for making a Canadian growing up a long ways from home never forget where he was from.
Was introduced to this musical phenomenon by my ex-wife. Aside from our children the 2nd best thing I took away form the marriage is my love for T-Hip. When together we saw them (my first show) at Bolton Valley, VT in the early 2000’s and then saw Gordie doing his Solo deal at Higher Ground when it was a small intimate venue in Winooski, VT. Then our last show sadly was I believe the last show they played at the Memorial auditorium in Burlington, VT. Bummed I couldn’t see more shows because the shows never disappointed. You are one of the best bands of this century.
R.I.P GORDIE, you are missed exponentially.
And in the morning, our nation came together in solidarity, listening to their choice of track, weeping as one. RIP Gord!!! My home is filled with memories, tears and your music this sad morning
Becky Levesque well put
what an amazing final show!! Long Live The Hip and Canada!
Legend!!!!! I'm praying for a miracle Gord
We all are