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08 December 2009

I'm Only 20 Years Late - I heard this song for the first time today. I'm probably *ahem* tragically unhip because I ~~like~~ love it, but there it is.

post by: deborah at: 16:24 | 16 comments

"This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions." So, what is it?

posted by Obscure Reference 08 December | 16:30

Yes, what is it?

posted by JanetLand 08 December | 16:33

Tragically Hip - New Orleans is Sinking.

posted by deborah 08 December | 16:35

deborah, take a look at this. An Al Purdy poem performed by Gord Downie.

posted by arse_hat 08 December | 16:46

I think they are still together.

"At the 100th Meridian. . .At the 100th Meridian. . ."

posted by rainbaby 08 December | 16:48

Thanks, arse. I like the way it circled around on itself.

posted by deborah 08 December | 16:57

I also heard this song for the first time today.

posted by Obscure Reference 08 December | 18:27

The Tragically Hip...man, I hated that band, only for its name. THEN I liked them a lot for a couple years. THEN I hated them for their masses of rabid fans. Actually, well, hate is way too strong.

Still, dumb name. Bobcaygeon sure is a purty song though.

posted by richat 08 December | 18:32

I've never heard of the song or the band.

posted by JanetLand 08 December | 19:23

I was actually really hoping this was a Rickroll.

posted by JanetLand 08 December | 19:23

Janetland, despite being pretty gigantically popular in Canada, they never really made a dent in the US. I remember hearing that they'd be playing bars in Buffalo a couple nights after playing a huge venue in Toronto.

posted by richat 08 December | 20:13

Actually they are huge in the rust belt. Their biggest shows are usually in Detroit, Cleveland, etc. They recorded their live album at the Cobo in Detroit.

posted by arse_hat 08 December | 20:35

Ah well, then. I didn't know that!

posted by richat 08 December | 20:37

deborah. Go here, for all your tragic audio/video needs.

Fully Completely is their best album, in my opinion. Enjoy!

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 08 December | 20:42

I guess they're kinda like Jann Arden. No one in the States has heard of her. She's a great singer-songwriter and it's too bad she can't seem to get a larger audience.

posted by deborah 08 December | 21:15

I remember hearing that they'd be playing bars in Buffalo a couple nights after playing a huge venue in Toronto.

I don't know, I've seen them in Buffalo a few times and it has always been at the same arena where the Sabres play. And this is going back some years, I think I saw them for the first time in the mid 90s when I was in high school, and that was at the Aud in Buffalo (which was, iirc, torn down my junior year and replaced with the HSBC arena= I've seen them there, too).

posted by kellydamnit 09 December | 20:25

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