| The Tragically Hip – Fiddler's Green Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Many Years ago at this point, MadScooter said: You're right, the Hip don't get enough credit, its cuz the huge world of consumers live in America. I just want to say as an American that grew up on the Canadian border, and one who has spent a fair amount of time in Kingston, Ottawa, Cornwall, Toronto an Ontario, Not all Americans are complete jack off's. The hip has a (Relatively speaking) huge following along the boarder towns near to Kingston and all along the St. Lawrence River. I remember as a young teenager when The Hip first came on the scene. We grew up with their music, the Quintessential bar music, bonfire party music and all around good timin music. It's the kind of music that makes every young boy want to learn how to play guitar and drums if only just to jam your heart out along with the prolific number of tracks this band has put out. And although my fascination with their music began to fade with Phantom Power, I still count them among my favorite bands and know all the words to the majority of their songs by heart from having listen to them all many hundreds of times over the years. I've seen them play at the Corel Center, at a small bar in Ottawa and at the Sugar Bush. Of all the concerts I have been to, I count each of these experiences among my most treasured. And although It makes me sad that this amazing group of performers never caught on in the greater United States, over all I'm actually happy this should be the case. The hip did not succumb to the degradations of commercialization that so many bands get tied up in. The Hip always felt natural, true to their art, passionate about their music. And in my estimation, both the band and their fans (that border on fanatical) profited greatly for it. Had the American Commercial Machine taken up The Hip, I am afraid that they would have been corrupted and made into something PoPish, fake and dismal. If "Credit" is a matter of Global recognition, then it is fair to say that The Hip has not had enough of it. But for me, Credit is the way in which they touch their fans, and the response that their music invokes from them. The love between Hip Fans and the band is altogether different then that of a more recognizable Justin Beaber type. I'll take The hip with their smaller global recognition over ANY of today’s modern PoP artists. Let The Hip keep their Integrity, and let the rest of the world have the boy bands. |
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