2011-07-30 - Erie Canal Harbor - Buffalo, New York

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Re: 2011-07-30 - Erie Canal Harbor - Buffalo, New York

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It's great to be back in Hip land. Out west nobody I know loves the Hip. Here in Buffalo it's Hip fans everywhere! Friends and family that I have not seen in years will be there. Hot weather, good food (the food out west SUCKS!) cold beer and the Tragically Fucken Hip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Greatest hits or not this is gonna be an epic event.
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emperpenguin wrote:
senrab wrote:
NegPhil wrote:I am getting excited for this show. I have not seen the Tragically Hip on the East Coast since my first Hip show in 1990 at the Buffalo State College student center. That show had Double Suicide and Killer Whale Tank. This show will have............…beer?
haha, I went to Buff State....many years later
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Re: 2011-07-30 - Erie Canal Harbor - Buffalo, New York

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Hoping for some Lake Fever :D
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Hopefully it will be a 21 song set and not a 14 song set like Ottawa. Getting ready for my 15th show!! :D
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AWesome showw
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Any reports from the show??
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Show rocked
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Wow!
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Great show - same setlist as the other shows but for some reason even knowing what was coming the set just worked - good choice of tunes from each album - well put together.
Arkells - I've seen them 4 times now, AMAZING band - check them out if you haven't heard their stuff before, their album Jackson Square is great front to back
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"it's a breakaway firework! He wants to be out on his own!!!!!!"
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Re: 2011-07-30 - Erie Canal Harbor - Buffalo, New York

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Great show. Set list may be beat, but they nailed it. A friend had a boat (2B/2BA) docked across from the stage, so had the opportunity to see sound checks for both bands while enjoying cocktails and friends...awesome. Buffalo looked like a million bucks tonight.
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http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainmen ... 507305.ece

Tragically Hip uses fury of rhythm
By Seamus Gallivan

On a glorious Saturday evening at the Central Wharf, Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor presented a convincing case of populist Canadian rock ’n’ roll, delivered in a double dose by the titanic Tragically Hip and Hamilton-based openers, the Arkells.

Despite grumblings of the inflated admission cost at $46, it appears that supply and demand trumped whine and complain; the concert sold out at some 11,000 tickets nearly two months in advance. And, let us not forget that the Hip’s four-night stand at Artpark two years back was priced at $60 per show.

The two bands convened in the breezy ambience of the lake to bring the beats Buffalonians have been hailing for generations—a combination of urgent conviction, connection to the crowd, and thought-provoking prose combine with fist-pumping rock ’n’ roll.

The Arkells appear to have aced the “Impress Buffalo 101” course that veteran Canadian bands like the Hip offer: they rocked Bills and Sabres gear, told a story of winning a Wegmans gift card at a Bisons game, praised the similarities between Hamilton and Buffalo — and, of course, arrived hot for the show, giving a ready-for-the-big-leagues set.

The band’s frontman prowled around the stage and pushed his four bandmates, appreciative of a warm reception for songs songs that included “Whistleblower” and “Champagne Socialist.”

The Kingston-born Hip took over to a rapturous response from faithful fans that have followed them here and to distances far beyond for nearly a quarter-century. The Hip’s canon-crossing set opened with bassist Gord Sinclair’s driving line in the rave-up “Blow at High Dough,” followed by his more meditative hover over “Grace, Too,” backed by guitarists Rob Baker and Paul Langlois and the steady beat of drummer Johnny Fay.

But at the hub of it all is Gord Downie — a possessed poet, equal parts Bohemian luminary and rowdy rocker.

Downie’s quivering-yet-confident baritone fit a newer number, “Love is a First,” as Baker’s guitar performed loops flanked by Langlois’ rock-solid rhythm. The skills of the two met on the upper frets on the transcendent “Gift Shop,” as Downie shouted his near-incoherent rants about anything that came to mind, including his favorite on-the-spot subject of the night, the Skyway.

He moves around like a marionette— shaking frantically and floating with grace, too. He holds up a handkerchief as a prop, with mime-like movements and a childish grin.

It was quite a captivating display as the band unleashed a fury of riffage and rhythm.

The roaring response from the evening’s crowd was but a bit part of the proof that, from their first American gig in Nietzsches in 1989, to every return here Buffalo embraces the Tragically Hip as if the band is one of their own.

Fully and completely.

Tthip wrote: as Downie shouted his near-incoherent rants about anything that came to mind,
including his favorite on-the-spot subject of the night, the Skyway. (The Skyway is an expressway that runs above the stage - cars and buses traversing it all night long)
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Wow....I thought from reading the other show reviews all summer that it would be a little boring/ tired/ go through the motions kind of show, but no way. The setlist was pretty much the same...nautical in the middle of NOIS was great, 100th meridian(can't play blo and skip that one), enjoyed the new tunes...esp drip drip..
That was the 1st time I've seen the Arkells, really enjoyed their set.

Great venue, great weather, great friends , just a perfect Summer show!
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Anyone know the setlist?
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Killer energy - maybe the best all tour --

arkells were sick, i think they said the third time they opend for the hip -- they did a CAnada sing "punch it in" and USA sing "punch it out"

Greatest hits livee - Robby kept fading out songs on guitar with some lasting whammy - sinclair was steady grooving - and Gord was raving

-- lots of interludes and speech
-- once gord tried to move the stage - inacting his mic stand as a paddle "its a big blue canoe, help me"
-- fireworks were an awesome background
-- another highlight - during little bones - gord was prompting baker ... "its just a lil, its just a lillll,, " than rob cruised up and depply sung "its just a lil tired" .. awesome

Enjoy tonights show ..
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