Well, from the looks of things recently, this blog has turned into a concert review blog. In keeping with that theme, I attended the Tragically Hip show Tuesday evening at the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center. I will keep this rather brief since I am quite tired at the moment (I may revise this post sometime tomorrow).

I am pleased to say that the concert was another positive experience. The opening act, Joel Plaskett Emergency, was completely reminiscent of my recent trip to Vancouver. The girls we stayed with had his latest CD in their car and, among other things, was played frequently. The songs were great, and were similar enough to Tragically Hip’s music to be appreciated by the crowd. Both acts are Canadian, just throwing that out there.

6:30 pm doors seems early to me. The Hip (as they are sometimes called) went on at around 9:15 and were onto their encore by 10:40ish (a long set for the main act — the way things should be). I would like to add here that I went to the show with my Mom. My Dad is a big Hip fan and the two of us were supposed to go. Unfortunately, he is out of town for a week on business and was unable to make it. My Mom bravely went in his place. She apparently enjoyed the show, and my extra set of earplugs helped tremendously.

Gordon Downie was his usual crazy self (when he wasn’t “tied down” to strumming an acoustic guitar). I was able to get a full video of the song “Courage” which I have embedded with this post. Lots of microphone stand flipings, various towel throwings, pretending to be shot and falling downings, charging at the audience as if the microphone stand is a spearings, etc, etc. My favorite (a/k/a “favourite”) bit was when he acted like he was stabbed in the chest with his microphone. He handed the microphone cable to an audience member who tugged and tugged until the cable came loose. Gord made a face like “Great… but the microphone is still stuck in my chest”. He went on to another person who pulled out the mic. The best part was that he tossed him the microphone after!

Anyway, I feel that this is enough of a “review”. I’ll write a personal post later. Cause, that’s what I do. Ok. Goodnight?