I was a few years past high school in Ontario, Canada, when The Hip really broke out around '89. This is still one of my favourite albums from '91. I love this song, but as far as slow songs go, "Fiddler's Green", from the same album, is also fantastic. If you haven't heard it, it's a must listen. So much emotion.
just to give some insight into one of the lyrics. when he says drop a caribou and tell on you. the caribou in on one side of our quarters. the queen is on the other. at the time this was written there werent cellphones. our payphones cost a quarter. you drop a quarter into a payphone. a quarter is 25 cents.
BEAUTIFUL SOOOO BEAUTIFUL!! IT'S BEEN LONNNNNG TIME RUNNING!!! GORGEOUS GORDIE DOWNIE VOCALS JUST SOOO BEAUTIFUL!! HE HAS LONGEST NOTES, I LOVE IT!! IT'S WORTH THE WAITIN!! INCREDIBLE REACTION RORY 💙 ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL TRACK, THANK YOU DORFIN FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL AMAZING REQUEST!! WE LOVE TRAGICALLY HIP 🔥🔥🔥 😊💓🤘✌️
The more i hear from them the more i love them
When he says I'll drop a Caribou he means a quarter to make a phone call. A Canadian 25 cent piece is a Caribou. Cheers
It's a decidedly beautiful song -- words, music, Gord's phrasing...everything!!
I was a few years past high school in Ontario, Canada, when The Hip really broke out around '89. This is still one of my favourite albums from '91. I love this song, but as far as slow songs go, "Fiddler's Green", from the same album, is also fantastic. If you haven't heard it, it's a must listen. So much emotion.
just to give some insight into one of the lyrics. when he says drop a caribou and tell on you. the caribou in on one side of our quarters. the queen is on the other. at the time this was written there werent cellphones. our payphones cost a quarter. you drop a quarter into a payphone. a quarter is 25 cents.
BEAUTIFUL SOOOO BEAUTIFUL!! IT'S BEEN LONNNNNG TIME RUNNING!!! GORGEOUS GORDIE DOWNIE VOCALS JUST SOOO BEAUTIFUL!! HE HAS LONGEST NOTES, I LOVE IT!! IT'S WORTH THE WAITIN!! INCREDIBLE REACTION RORY 💙 ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL TRACK, THANK YOU DORFIN FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL AMAZING REQUEST!! WE LOVE TRAGICALLY HIP 🔥🔥🔥 😊💓🤘✌️
SOOOO FREAKIN MELLO TUNE! GORDIE DOWNIE AND TRAGICALLY HIP IS SO ADDICTING 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥 THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!! 💙 GORD'S VIBRATO IS AMAZING!!
Agreed on all acounts Rory, viva la Hip
Gorgeous song! So smooth. ❤
It's well worth the wait. I've seen this song change a dance music fan into a rock music fan.
“Drive in’s rained out. Weather man wet fingers the sky. He pokes it out, he pulls it in. He don’t know why” one of my favourite TTH lyrics all time
Great band the HIP!! Try another Canadian band called STREETHEART - Under my thumb a stones cover ..Cheers Rory!!
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Please, Please to 48 years old. The best story song ever.
That would be 38 Years Old. Not 48 years old.
38 years old.....