01/31/07: Oshawa: General Motors Centre

Hard Canadian · Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:02 pm

anyone going early to see the constantines? i'd like to see the cons set list posted if possible

RevolutionMan · Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:48 pm

RevolutionMan wrote:the constantines will be hanging at the velvet elvis on hwy. 2 after the show.

yup quoting myself! At the Velvet Elvis which unfortunately in Oshawa now is the only main rock bar and isnt that big but whatever, the main hip afterparty of the local fans and musicians is happening here. so! from inside tipsters what is happening is the Constantines will be going to the Velvet Elvis after the Hip concert! its on king st, hwy 2 in oshawa for anyone coming through town!
loook forward to seeing and meeting some of you then!

GBV · Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:42 pm

RevolutionMan wrote:
RevolutionMan wrote:the constantines will be hanging at the velvet elvis on hwy. 2 after the show.
yup quoting myself! At the Velvet Elvis which unfortunately in Oshawa now is the only main rock bar and isnt that big but whatever, the main hip afterparty of the local fans and musicians is happening here. so! from inside tipsters what is happening is the Constantines will be going to the Velvet Elvis after the Hip concert! its on king st, hwy 2 in oshawa for anyone coming through town!
loook forward to seeing and meeting some of you then!

will they be playing there?
otherwise i'm failing to see the tipster in it.
have been there...great place...and the burned place (the drum) was great too.

RevolutionMan · Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:43 am

they will be there but they are not playing.

BIGVDOGG · Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:06 am

38 years old,wheat kings.long time running?

mojo_mattv · Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:31 pm

EXAMS ARE DONE! hip here i come, if i dont hear some lake fever, or emperor (in my dreams) tonight... im climbing the clock tower lol. anybody know if the constantines arehitting the stage at 730 or the doors open at 730?

daaave · Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:34 pm

onstage at 7.30

daaave · Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:34 pm

im gonna head to oshawa in about 30 minutes or so and head to that pub. probably be there around 6ish depending on the 401.

Cooper · Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:31 pm

I'm psyched beyond belief. 1st Hip show for me, just counting the minutes until we head out.

nhaste · Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:19 am

Setlist:

Rink
Music
Grace
Boots
Family
ABAC
View
Nautical
Bob C
WC
Spring
Meridian
Good Life
Kids
Fireworks
Long Time
Ocean
New O
Fire

Hang On To Yourself (David Bowie)
Escape
Blow

767F/O · Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:30 am

Good show but not the greatest I have seen.
It was my third show but Fort York (June 24th) was way more memorable for me.
I would liked to have heared some more of the old stuff.
The crowd seemed really into it. Most weere standing for the entire show. I wss really hoping that the Hip would do a second encore but I guess everyone is programmed to leave after the third song of the first encore....too bad!
Good time at the Thirsty Monk - place was packed!
Gotta wait now for the Boston show now!

thompson girl · Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:50 am

767F/O wrote: I guess everyone is programmed to leave after the third song of the first encore....

Yep, that would be me! I left during Blow. I wanted to beat the crowd to the highway.

Okay, first of all, the Constantines were awesome. I'm really glad I caught their set.

Secondly, what a nice rink! It reminded me of the Halifax Metro Centre. Small and cozy.

Thirdly, nice solid show by the Hip. I always try to figure out why I like these guys so much. I think its because their shows always make me smile and laugh, and I can't say that I do that at any other concert.

One thing I noticed about Meridian tonight....while Gord is doing his microphone stand rant (tonight he actually slept against it for what seemed like a full minute) the other guys are doing a kick-ass jam session. I normally miss it because I'm watching what Gord is doing. But tonight I tried to pay attention to the other guys.

I was kind of hoping for Fiddlers tonight, so I was a little disappointed that they didn't play it. Hopefully they'll bring it out in Toronto. But hearing LTR again was also not too shabby.

NWOntario · Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:00 am

Solid show, but nothing spectacular...except for "100M" which featured a *ridiculous* mid-song jam/rant ("Some dance to remember; I dance to forget!") AND snippets of both "Walking on the Moon" by the Police and a Peter Frampton song whose name I don't know. The band seemed really into it tonight; Robbie was yucking it up the entire show.

One minor annoyance: I got the "sit yo ass down!" twice tonight from the people behind me, during "Rink" and during the Bowie song. I just find it ironic: I've been to Hip shows where I've had drunken crowdsurfers fall on my head, yet I'm the one getting yelled at because I'm standing up? I could understand if I were being obnoxious or disruptive or whatever...but I wasn't. I was just standing there. *sigh* Anyway, good times tonight. See y'all Friday in Ottawa.

Steve

sean.bonner · Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:16 am

NWOntario wrote:I got the "sit yo ass down!" twice tonight...

...Dick.

NWOntario · Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:18 am

sean.bonner wrote:
NWOntario wrote:I got the "sit yo ass down!" twice tonight...
...Dick.

I do what I can.