r/TragicallyHip

Am i a hip super fan?

Gord is always gonna be with us canadians never forget his legacy for Canada. Here i am in my hip room listening to road apples thinking about all the good times this band brought us.

Tried to post while at the show but I guess it never went through. Sorry I missed the beginning bits.

Nice nod to Gord at the end. Alan Frew (of Glass Tiger fame) did two Hip songs at The Grove outdoor stage in Fenelon Falls last night. Was a great show. Very cool venue.

A few months back another Redditor had posted something similar that he had recieved from his son for Father's Day. I liked the idea so much that I ordered my own version of it. His version had Gord's famous fedora and for mine I used The Hip's maple leaf logo.

I've included the original logo I created and uploaded to Amazon if anyone is interested in purchasing their own ($19 CDN). It comes made out of a polyester material that is waterproof and dust proof. I installed it right over top of the existing vinyl cover using the pull cord and then tied the cord to the tire frame to keep it from dragging.

Let me know what you think.

Sorry I missed the opening riffs

EDIT: Claimed! Heading off to the next generation of Hip fan shortly

I've had these tucked away for ages now and I'd love them to go to someone who would want to display or wear them. Happy to send to someone for free, just want them to go to another Hip lover 💖

https://youtu.be/l2NIc-4M47M?is=\_ZEhThGngplYq43T

I don't have social media , but I wanna write here Thx to Gord Downie lyrics, and for him, because his music had made me less think of being a total disaster and a person who are not good for this world. I struggle with ADHD, avoidant disorder and sometimes low grade depression.

I am kind of sensitive man and to me is very difficult feel not insecure in social situations. I do things that make me feel better like mountain biking, jogging, reading, writing, listen music, books, and I live with my parents at 35 and sometimes I feel shame, but now I accepted it after a long burnout and low wage job after I had take a degree, a relationship that had hurt me a lot and made me feel like never enough and the stress of long hours of driving and go to two different job places. I do therapy, not medicines but psychotherapy.

And this music kind of made me feel more ok with struggles and helped me a lot. I 've been live in loneliness for many time, I be got treated bad, bullied, being betrayed by friends and loved ones and had a lot of anxiety and panic issues especially when I was more young.

So thx you Gord. I am tired of social media. I delete them because i am tired of all the bullshit going on. Tired of political polarizations, gender polarization, pop psychology, grind culture, guru of masculinity like Peterson and Galloway who say that the value of man is when he had money for having girls, and that women want men "economically viable" and the idea that you can't not fail or show struggles and not "'complain" , be always competitive , be hyperstoic, and do everything by yourself is a toxic idea.

Especially if you are in economical struggles.Like that you had to be "economically viable" for having women. I really don't like that because it means that the value of a man is only economic it's a total bullshit. And the Hip music or Rush and Neil Young is so different from all of that. I am not Canadian, but wanna thx you all Canadians for the art, and for the greatest music by a great country with great landscapes, and culture!

Love Bruce Cockburn, love Gordon Lightfoot, David Wiffen, Neil Young, Rush, The Hip, Gord Downie, Crash Test Dummies, Leonard Cohen,Matthew Good (and Matthew Good Band) I listen different kind of music but thx Canada. Rock on🤘 I am from northen Italy

SCHOOL OF HIP: Tragically Hip Live: July 22 - August 20, 2016

Can it really be 10 years since the Tragically Hip embarked on their final tour, following the terminal brain cancer diagnosis of the late Gord Downie? Can it really be 10 years since they performed that deeply moving and fantastic final show on August 20, in their hometown of Kingston, ON, viewed by 12 million heartbroken Canadians celebrating their beloved band?

To mark the anniversary the Hip is releasing an outstanding triple album live set on Aug. 21, documenting that final tour. In advance of its release, Chaz and I preview select songs from the album on our School of Hip podcast and tell the remarkable, inspiring story behind the tour, as a dying Downie pulled off the Herculean feat of those stunning final performances.

We also talk about that final Kingston show, which the CBC will rebroadcast live on Aug. 22 (including on YouTube).

This really is a special one, folks, and a Moment in Hip History. Check it out!

Found The Tragically Chip ice cream earlier this afternoon at the Sobeys on Portobello in Orleans. T

I get so sad every time it pops up in my feed.

I finished a painting of Gord last year that I’d shared in this sub. (I ended up deleting my old account… bit of regret there lol) I wanted to reshare it if that’s okay!

It’s an 8 x 10” painting of Gord. It’s my favorite picture of him, taken by Gie Kneaps in 1991. It’s just got his… energy.

Don’t get me wrong, I love all eras of the Hip. I hadn’t seen a lot of art of Gord in his younger years so that’s why I chose this as my subject matter. Working on this painting helped me get through a very awful time in my life and I’m proud of how it turned out.

I’ve added some other pics to prove it’s me and no ai involved :)