2002-11-18 Copenhagen, Denmark - Sirius XM Broadcast
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chives
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This was posted in the General Forum, thought I'd put it here. Did anyone get a chance to record this off of Sirius by any chance? July 11 and 12 broadcast dates. Haven't seen a version of this before. Must have been the idea for "One Night In Copenhagen".
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Here's an excerpt from a Reddit post about the song One Night in Copenhagen:
I guess they picked this show for a reason, maybe?
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But what made the song click for me was learning what inspired the lyrics. If you’ve seen the band’s documentary then you might know it’s not always been roses and daisies for the band. They’ve had their own problems like all bands do and some of it came from when Gord started releasing solo albums. Here’s what Sinclair had to say about the song during an interview:
“‘One Night in Copenhagen’ was inspired by a show at the end of the In Violet Light tour. Professionally, it was a difficult time for us. Yet, amidst it all, the group was playing better than ever. The stage, and the five of us, became a real refuge. Everything is falling apart around you and yet, there's this life raft and the life raft happens to be the five guys in this band on stage."
So when you listen to the first lyric or the song, “When the drugs hit you, tingly begins” we can assume it’s not just actual drugs that Gord is singing about. I think part of this song is about the creative process and the dynamics it takes to be in a band and to write and play music for people. It’s like a drug where you can feel high and have “conviction + tone = hope.” It can even make someone’s lowest low (“nadir”) seem bright. You feel like you are flying anywhere you go.
But then there’s days where you feel like a failure, or where you fight with the people who are suppose to be your second family. I think that’s what Gord means when he sings “when the drugs quit you” and talks about being a loyal as a fruit fly. I think my favorite part lyrically though has to be when Gord sings “you'll mutter to yourself "you talentless f**k, good fucking luck, good fucking luck.’” Not only is it awesome hearing him swear but when he sings it he adds a lot of attitude to those “fucks” to make you really believe what he’s saying. You can tell that there’s days when he would feel talentless. That’s a part of being a musician whether you like it or not.
The next lyric is interesting because he mentions a delicatessen which is a basically a deli. I’m not sure what that has to do with these lyrics (it’s gotta be a very specific reference) but he goes on to mention the idea of hearing the sound of something “anywhere”, in this instance it’s the sound of a town.
Now the next lyric, according to the Hip Museum, actually stems from a real life situation. The line “and here it begins, quits you at a payphone in the snow, one night in Copenhagen” apparently was inspired from a real phone call home from Copenhagen. It also seems like the band did play a small club in Copenhagen in the early 2000’s so it’s possible this was when the band was contemplating breaking up or as Gord puts it “under the threat of separation.”
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I guess they picked this show for a reason, maybe?
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But what made the song click for me was learning what inspired the lyrics. If you’ve seen the band’s documentary then you might know it’s not always been roses and daisies for the band. They’ve had their own problems like all bands do and some of it came from when Gord started releasing solo albums. Here’s what Sinclair had to say about the song during an interview:
“‘One Night in Copenhagen’ was inspired by a show at the end of the In Violet Light tour. Professionally, it was a difficult time for us. Yet, amidst it all, the group was playing better than ever. The stage, and the five of us, became a real refuge. Everything is falling apart around you and yet, there's this life raft and the life raft happens to be the five guys in this band on stage."
So when you listen to the first lyric or the song, “When the drugs hit you, tingly begins” we can assume it’s not just actual drugs that Gord is singing about. I think part of this song is about the creative process and the dynamics it takes to be in a band and to write and play music for people. It’s like a drug where you can feel high and have “conviction + tone = hope.” It can even make someone’s lowest low (“nadir”) seem bright. You feel like you are flying anywhere you go.
But then there’s days where you feel like a failure, or where you fight with the people who are suppose to be your second family. I think that’s what Gord means when he sings “when the drugs quit you” and talks about being a loyal as a fruit fly. I think my favorite part lyrically though has to be when Gord sings “you'll mutter to yourself "you talentless f**k, good fucking luck, good fucking luck.’” Not only is it awesome hearing him swear but when he sings it he adds a lot of attitude to those “fucks” to make you really believe what he’s saying. You can tell that there’s days when he would feel talentless. That’s a part of being a musician whether you like it or not.
The next lyric is interesting because he mentions a delicatessen which is a basically a deli. I’m not sure what that has to do with these lyrics (it’s gotta be a very specific reference) but he goes on to mention the idea of hearing the sound of something “anywhere”, in this instance it’s the sound of a town.
Now the next lyric, according to the Hip Museum, actually stems from a real life situation. The line “and here it begins, quits you at a payphone in the snow, one night in Copenhagen” apparently was inspired from a real phone call home from Copenhagen. It also seems like the band did play a small club in Copenhagen in the early 2000’s so it’s possible this was when the band was contemplating breaking up or as Gord puts it “under the threat of separation.”
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