Can't tell you all of the stories yet, but I'll give you some important info about tonight in Calgary...Got Paul's Setlist, and it has little notes for what guitar he has to play for various songs and where he has the capo on Good life!!! Very sweet...Got Sam Roberts setlist again...Everyone is starting to recognize me as that was three shows ina row and I keep wearing my personally made tour shirt (you have to see it, I'll send a pic). Here is the setlist for tonight's show, it was AMAZING (best show of the three I have seen by a MILE)
Use it up
Music @ Work
New Orleans
Grace 2
Starting here
Escape (sweet huh)
/
Bobcaygeon
/
Nautical
/
All Tore Up
To here, best 5 song run I have ever seen
Fireworks
Good Life
Meridian
Springtime
Dark Canuck
Poets
Locked
Silver Jet
Blow
Encore
Long Time Running (So Good)
Freak Turbulence (Very good)
Fire in the Hole
Like I said so good, the guys were so on tonight and full of juice...Gord S was jumping around and dancing like I have never seen him do before, Gord was in full rant mode and Bobby was killin...What a show...Like I said when I get the chance I'll sit down and post everything about the 5 shows including the conversations we had with the boys and I'll send lots of pics too
Until later
-Jesse
Use
Music New O
Escape!!!
Um.....
Nautical
Locked
Dire Wolf
Bobcaygeon
Weaken
Gord was animated!! He did this clock move followed by a pose that was reminacent of John Travolta a la Saturday Night Fever THe band was awesome!
Encore was:
Longtime Running
Freak Turbulance
and Fire in the Hole
don't quote me, but this is from memory. The Back stage lighting was
all "stars" it was amazing. Talk to a gentleman who video taped the show,
said he was attending every show. More of a review and Pictures will be
posted on my website soon.
Thanks. It was electrifying.
-MtnHip
By MIKE BELL
Calgary Sun
THE TRAGICALLY HIP
Jubilee, Calgary
Monday, September 23, 2002
CALGARY -- What happens when the biggest band in Canada
gets too big?
It goes small.
That's a brief explanation of The Tragically Hip's current tour
which brought the band to town last night for the first of two
sold-out Jubilee shows.
The soft-seat, cross-Canada tour is a way for the band to
reconnect with fans who may have become disenchanted with
the distance bigness can bring.
It's a smart step on the part of the Kingston quintet.
The last time The Hip played Calgary in support of 2000's
Music@Work, the hugeness of the Saddledome helped kill a great
deal of the electricity the group prides itself on creating.
Even that tour's kickoff a few nights earlier in Vancouver, while
marginally better, was only half successful at bridging the gap.
Which brings us to last night.
Were they connected? And how.
The Hip bridged the meagre distance from band to back of room
right from the opening track Use It Up, from their latest release
In Violet Light. A lacklustre song from a mediocre album was
infused with an impressive amount of energy that would only
give way to more.
"Music that can take you away," Gord Downie (aka Mr.
Mumbles) sang on that opener. By the second track, My Music
At Work, that statement seemed apt. And by the third song,
New Orleans is Sinking -- only The Hip could offer that so early
and still have so much more -- it was a guarantee paid in full.
If you see The Tragically Hip, this is how they should be seen.
On stage, up close, you can see every tick on Downie's face, you
can hear every note and vocal sung and, most importantly, you
can feel the power of a rock band that's been together for almost
two decades.
Even the slower or lesser-known tracks weren't a stumbling block
as they were in the 'Dome -- you can't get bored when the band is
so up inside you. Instead, those tracks just seemed to give some
ebb and flow to the evening and add some extra depth.
About the only thing missing from the band was that sense of
looseness, that anything-can-happen feeling normally associated
with a smaller venue.
There was no interaction between the four musicians spread
across the stage and even less with the audience. A minor
complaint, really, especially when you are a part of the energy
and alive with the electricity that made last night one Hip fans,
casual or maniacal, will remember forever.
No matter how well The Hip may or may not perform on any
given night, there is one thing that remains consistent about its
live shows -- great taste in opening acts.
By Divine Right, Sarah Harmer, the Rheostatics -- The Hip isn't
afraid to throw on stage some cool Canadian talent that, during a
good show, has the ability to blow it away.
You'd think more of the band's fans would know this because by
the time Canuck pop-rock bright light Sam Roberts and his band
took the stage, there was an unfortunate amount of empty seats.
Hopefully, it's not something that will be repeated tonight
because Roberts and his four bandmates put on an unbelievable
opening set.
It's the only time I can recall a warmup act receiving a standing
ovation when it was through.
Part Oasis, part Kinks, part Rolling Stones, the too-short,
45-minute set was all melodic rock 'n' roll.
Most of the credit has to go to Roberts, an incredibly enigmatic
performer who is the perfect mix of swagger and nice guy
likability.
As talent scouts go, The Hip is still batting a thousand.
Here's the setlist in order:
Use it Up
MM@W
NOIS
Grace
Escape is at Hand... (my favourite of the night)
Bobcaygeon
Nautical
All Tore Up
Fireworks
It's a Good Life...
100th Meridian
Springtime in Vienna
Dark Canuck (wow!)
Poets
Locked in the Trunk of a Car
Silver Jet
Blow at High Dough
Encore
Long Time Running (On. On. On.)
Freak Turbulence
Fire in the Hole
Their slower songs ruled the show, IMHO. Escape gave me chills (as usual)
and really brought me into the show... for some reason, I wasn't into it
as much as usual until that point. Good Life, BobC and Springtime all sounded
great. Springtime's not my favourite Hip song at all - if they didn't play
it at a show, I wouldn't care (just my opinion - I know a lot of people
really like that song!), but I really enjoyed it last night. And
LTR...oooooh, baby. Sweet. It was a nice surprise.
I knew it had been played elsewhere, but for some reason I wasn't expecting
it last night. Special mention has to go to The Dark Canuck - it rocks
as a live song. I was curious to see which new songs they'd play and of
course how they'd sound, and this one did not disappoint.
Looking forward to tonight... Anyone else from the newsgroup going?
K.