• must-have shows ???

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:21 pm**

Hey all, I'm new here (be kind !) and pretty new to the Hip, although I have been trading for years in all sorts of bands.

I don't want to download/trade every show the Hip have ever played (fallen into that trap before

), so my question is this...if I'm only gonna get a few shows which ones should they be ?

I await your wisdom

cheers

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:43 pm**

welcome to the 'base

and the answer to your question is...

wasaga beach 2004 - DVD at tracker.hipfans.com
detroit 2004 - DVD at tracker.hipfans.com
london 2004 - music only at livedownloads.com

in that order

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:17 pm**

Posted: **Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:47 am**

Thanks a lot !

Posted: **Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:53 am**

with the risk of sounding like an asskisser, chris your dvds are top notch. i just wish i knew how to keep the chapter intact when i burn them

Posted: **Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:14 pm**

The Milwaukee 1998 show has always been a favorite of mine for a few reasons. The first is that it is a soundboard recording. The second is that the band was very on, and Gord was very animated.

This one is a definate to have for any collection.

http://tracker.hipfans.com/torrents-details.php?id=63

Posted: **Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:06 pm**

pretty much anything in europe is very good. currently the 12-9-92 hamburg show is cued for me to listen. it fits on 1 cd and a quick download to get you off and listening to live stuff.

Posted: **Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:41 pm**

Ya Milwaukee 1998 is great, so is Toledo 1998.

But I cant believe noone has yet mentioned Camp Trillium Benefit London ON 1998 07 07. It was a MuchMusic special. It is on the tracker in audio and dvd. My favourite for years.
the dvd has a seed: http://tracker.hipfans.com/torrents-details.php?id=314

also try misc-grab bag dvd: http://tracker.hipfans.com/torrents-details.php?id=55
I can seed this one if you want.

What do you call a few? Because there are "a few"...

Posted: **Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:27 pm**

Thanks for all your replies ! Picked up the Milwaukee, Trillium and London shows, bought Hipeponymous and I'm now listening to the Hip pretty much non stop...funny thing is I emptied out a whole load of boxes I still had from my old place (moved 8 years ago) and found Road Apples and Day For Night pristine CDs - can't believe I didn't even know I had them and don't remember buying them...I guess that's how you know you have too many discs !

Just for fun, I thought you guys might be interested in which songs really stood out for me as a complete newbie from the limited exposure I've had so far. Probably seems like a really uninspired list to you but hey here goes...

Three Pistols
Grace, Too
Cordelia
Blow at High Dough
Little Bones
Courage
Twist My Arm
NOIS
We'll Go Too
Poets
Scared

Now If I can just find a show with all of those...

Posted: **Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:52 pm**

Welcome onboard! I appreciate and enjoy your enthusiasm. Looks like you have just had an epiphany; a life-altering experience. You will never be the same again and you will wonder how you got by all that time without them.

That is a solid list. All classics and great songs indeed. But there is a great deal more awaiting your discovery. Play 'Day for Night' straight-through several times. There are few Rock albums that match that stellar effort.

I listen to The Hip all the time and pretty well nothing but - for 16 or 17 years now - and I still have amazing discoveries of mine own regularly. Their music is truly amazing.

There is always one rule-of-thumb to remember about their music: you might not like it on first, second, third listen... But after 5 or 10 listens, your sensory overload diminishes and you start to feel the incredible groove as it slowly absorbs into your nervous system.
If you dont think you like a song, put aside judgement, and be patient. Trust me.

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:00 pm**

Having all 3 of the "live downloads" series' in my posession I can easily say that the show in Ottawa is hands down the best of the three. The London show may have a few more rarities..but they aren't necessarily the band's best songs...so having said that I would add that Ottawa show from Nov 28th/2004 to my list.

Welcome aboard my Scottish friend!!!

RG

Posted: **Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:11 pm**

wow irk, i didn't realized you lived in glasgow....i spent a year there at Strathclyde doing my teaching trainging...what an amazing city....welcome to the boards

Posted: **Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:26 pm**

bill's bar, boston(1998-08-12) is one of my favs, and also the landmark, syracuse(2000-10-03). and of course the 88 show at the horseshoe tavern and hengelo in 91.