The Titanic Terrarium

thanks for the setlist canuckeh

2nd last of the 7 ontario shows for me
this was a stubhub ticket bought @ 3 times face value with no complaints
we got in early. the line ups for merch and beer etc have all been bad on this tour
people in my section were great+
lots of people standing up from what i could see(i was upper level)
no tears at this show
no major surprises on the setlist which was a first for the ontario shows
still LOVE their mixing up of the opening and closing songs etc etc
wheat kings and gus are the 2 highlights for me

2016-08-18 - Ottawa Ontario
Ottawa, ON
01 Boots Or Hearts
02 Blow At High Dough
03 Opiated
04 New Orleans Is Sinking
05 In A World Possessed By The Human Mind
06 Ocean Next
07 What Blue
08 Machine
09 Summer's Killing Us
10 Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
11 If New Orleans Is Beat
12 It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
13 Greasy Jungle
14 Nautical Disaster
15 So Hard Done By
16 Grace, Too
17 Gift Shop
18 Flamenco
19 Springtime In Vienna
20 Ahead By A Century
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21 Courage
22 Wheat Kings
23 At The Hundredth Meridian
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24 Bobcaygeon
25 Poets

Drive in from NB on Wednesday. Stayed downtown Ottawa. Lots of Hip fans around.

Made the mistake of taking the 19 Stittsville local to the show instead of the express. Took probably an hour and a half, but spent it talking to a bunch of Hip fans, including a guy dressed as Tragically Hip Santa, who was telling everyone Merry Hipmas, and a couple who flew in from PEI just for the show.

So we were late to the venue, which was a problem because the lineups for Security and Will Call almost made us miss the opening song. Grabbed a beer and walked in just as they hit the stage. Nice.

Show itself was great. I was on the floor, 25 rows back. My section stood the entire time so I felt no shame in dancing and singing my way through the show. Perhaps a bit too much, as that, along with my red 1st edition Hip jersey must have made me stand out as a bunch of people on the bus ride home said they noticed me rocking out from the lower bowl

Favourite song was Machine. Was happy to hear Gus and even happier to see Gord give us some bear miming, which has been noticeably absent on this tour. Also very happy to hear Flamenco. The band sounded great.

Long ride home to NB thinking that may be the last time I get to see my first and only favourite band. Hope not.

See you guys on down the road.

ashtrayrock wrote:thanks for the setlist canuckeh

no tears at this show

No tears? I'm not sure why you would think that 19,000 people all didn't shed a tear. I did. The people I was with did. And I felt tears land on me during Nautical.

Greasy Jungle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecuu23buGn4
Flamenco - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1B6Q9xDgzY
Springtime in Vienna - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EAKiLj5gKY

Encore - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sN8s7fNELs

patiodweller wrote:

ashtrayrock wrote:thanks for the setlist canuckeh

no tears at this show

No tears? I'm not sure why you would think that 19,000 people all didn't shed a tear. I did. The people I was with did. And I felt tears land on me during Nautical.

That was probably me....couldn't keep it together when Nautical played

patiodweller wrote:

ashtrayrock wrote:thanks for the setlist canuckeh

no tears at this show

No tears? I'm not sure why you would think that 19,000 people all didn't shed a tear. I did. The people I was with did. And I felt tears land on me during Nautical.

no tears for me man

at every show i go to, for every band i see, i could care less what everyone else is doing....

but so you feel better i wept at most every show of the 7 i saw on this tour

ashtrayrock wrote:

patiodweller wrote:

ashtrayrock wrote:thanks for the setlist canuckeh

no tears at this show

No tears? I'm not sure why you would think that 19,000 people all didn't shed a tear. I did. The people I was with did. And I felt tears land on me during Nautical.

no tears for me man

at every show i go to, for every band i see, i could care less what everyone else is doing....

but so you feel better i wept at most every show of the 7 i saw on this tour

Didn't cry at any of the 6 I attended, including Kingston. And I'm a girl, or a robot. Beat that.

carebread wrote: And I'm a girl, or a robot. Beat that.

A robot? So that explains how you got tickets.

Tthip wrote:

carebread wrote: And I'm a girl, or a robot. Beat that.

A robot? So that explains how you got tickets.

I know all of the storefronts.

The bootleg does not lie.

This crowd was very loud.

sean.bonner wrote:The bootleg does not lie.

This crowd was very loud.

THIS! I thought the roof was gonna lift off the place. It was just a crazy sustained roar. In many shows I've had small moments with strangers in the crowd that have made it memorable or joyful or whatever, but this is the first show I've been to where THE WHOLE BUILDINGFUL OF PEOPLE had a profound impact on me. I found it very moving. Afterward I was wondering if that was just a tiny inkling of what it must be like for the performers on stage who are the reason we're all in the building, on our feet, cheering ourselves hoarse.

thompson girl wrote:During Gus, the mic cord disconnected from the mic. Gord fixed it, carrying on saying, "well that was embarrassing"!

Just watched the video and the real genius of this was he said emBEARassing, with the emphasis in the right spot. I hadn't caught it at the show.

andrew sharpe wrote:

thompson girl wrote:During Gus, the mic cord disconnected from the mic. Gord fixed it, carrying on saying, "well that was embarrassing"!

Just watched the video and the real genius of this was he said emBEARassing, with the emphasis in the right spot. I hadn't caught it at the show.

2:10 or so in

"Thank you ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Thank you for a wonderful evening in 'The Nation's Capital'... ...I think...

...but really.

First Nations.

That's Canada's Capital."

sean.bonner wrote:"Thank you ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Thank you for a wonderful evening in 'The Nation's Capital'... ...I think...

...but really.

First Nations.

That's Canada's Capital."

`

Yeah, Ottawa is actually on unceded First Nations territory. Meaning it was never purchased, treatied or sold, it was just, you know....stolen. Our nation's capital is actually built on land still owned by First Nations. That pretty much sums up the Canadian-FirstNations experience in a nutshell.