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In Michael Barclay's 2018 book The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip, the band's reticence to play the song live is attributed to a misperception among some of the band's fans that the song was autobiographical: because its emotional climax hinges on the moment when the narrator opens the window for "my older ...
"Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in February 1993 as the third single from their 1992 album Fully Completely. The song's bracketed title references author Hugh MacLennan, [1] because lines from his 1959 novel The Watch That Ends the Night are paraphrased in the song's final verse ...
The song is named after Bobcaygeon, Ontario, a town in the Kawartha Lakes region about 160 kilometres (99 mi) northeast of Toronto.The song's narrator works in the city as a police officer, a job he finds stressful and sometimes ponders quitting, but unwinds from the stress and restores his spirit by spending his weekends with a loved one in the rural idyll of Bobcaygeon, where he sees "the ...
"Fifty Mission Cap" is a song by Canadian rock group The Tragically Hip. It was released in January 1993 as the second single from the band's third full-length album, Fully Completely. It was first played in front of a live concert audience at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on December 16, 1991.
"So Hard Done By" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in May 1995 as the fourth single from the band's 1994 album, Day for Night . A different version is also on the 2014 re-issue of Fully Completely .
"In View" is a song by Canadian rock group The Tragically Hip. It was released in August 2006 as the lead single from their tenth full-length studio album, World Container. [1] The song reached number one on Billboard's Canada Rock chart. [2] "In View" also peaked at number one on the Canada Rock Top 30 chart in Radio & Records magazine. [3]
"Ahead by a Century" is a song by Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip. It was released as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album, Trouble at the Henhouse.The song reached number one on Canada's singles chart, and is the band's most successful single in their native Canada.
"Gift Shop" is a song by Canadian rock group The Tragically Hip. It was released in June 1996 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Trouble at the Henhouse . The song was a successful follow-up to the band's previous hit single " Ahead by a Century ", peaking at No. 4 on Canada's RPM Singles Chart.