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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 ...
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 ...
"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 ...
"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.
"Three Pistols" is a song by The Tragically Hip. The song was released as the second single from the band's second studio album, Road Apples. The song reached No. 1 on the RPM CANCON (Canadian Content) chart. [1] The title of the song refers to the city of Trois-Pistoles, Quebec, and the song is about the Canadian artist Tom Thomson. [2]
"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.
"Twist My Arm" is the third single from The Tragically Hip's second full-length studio album, Road Apples. The single's B-side is a live version of the song "Highway Girl" from the band's debut EP, in which Gord Downie tells the story of a suicide pact between a man and his girlfriend.
"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]