The Tragically Hip – Final Tour

On August 20th, arguably the greatest Canadian band ever will take the stage one final time in their home town of Kingston, Ontario. Their last concert will be televised on CBC for all to see where we can all say our final goodbye to the iconic band.
For the past 30 years, The Hip have been a staple of the Canadian music scene. It’s hard to imagine them no longer being within it. The Tragically Hip have released 13 studio albums, two live albums, 1 EP, 54 singles, while racking up 14 Juno awards, multiple Diamond, Platinum and Gold certified albums. The Tragically Hip have achieved a level of commercial and critical success that few bands could ever hope to achieve.
But after so much success why walk away? Why leave the millions of fans crying for more?  Granted that the mark of a great artist is leave the fans wanting more. The real reason is not as happy. In late May of this year, lead singer Gord Downie revealed to media that he had terminal brain cancer, and after going through radiation, chemo and surgery he felt it was time to “dig deep, and try to make this our best tour yet.” Their final tour will remain in Canada, starting in Victoria, BC and make its way East where they will end in Kingston, ON.
So as we say good bye to them, I’d like to send them off with a re-worded “Blow at High Dough”, which I call “We hate to see the Hip go”
We hate to see the Hip go
(Blow at high dough)
They shot their concert once, in good ol’ K-Town
Everyone came to see them, from miles around.
Out at the K-Rock, saw some kinda big thing
Well I ain’t no singing star
But I can get behind anything
Yea I can get behind anything
Get it out, get it all out
Yea stretch that thing
Make it last, make it all last
The crowd screams and sings
Well Gordie likes his rhythm
he Never likes the stops
Throes of passion, throes of passion
When something just threw him off
Chorus
Sometimes the bigger they get
The less you feel you to know
But you gotta remember,
The songs get better
And the more you feel you know
Its sad to admit but
We hate to see the Hip go
We hate to see the Hip go
Whoa baby I feel fine
I rocking out one last time
make us some memories, good ol memories
but we’ll take it the one last time.
Whoever was there will always be there
It was the strangest thing
How it went so fast, hoped it would last
into that morning
Chorus
Out at the K-Rock, saw some kinda big thing
So we can see them
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About Troy Baker 4 Articles
Raised on the crackle of vinyl, 8 bit video games and Star Wars blasters on celluloid. I'm a hardcore movie nerd, who's worn out his original VHS copy of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. I'm a DC comics guy first, but is a sucker for a great story. Bats, Harley and Mr J are my favourites, but anything Deadpool can't be bad. The Arkaham Series are some of my favourite games. Here are somethings I believe strongly, Han Shot first, Deckard was a replicant and the it doesn't matter if the top fell, Cobb was happy and that matters. As my friend said to me I’m a late 30 something father of two with wife that is way to cool for him. Media junkie, social media guru & lover of the inappropriate.

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