Funny how my first night where I have a chance to write in over a month coincides with the final Hip show in Kingston. How can I write a music blog and not comment?
It’s taken me an hour and a half to answer that question.
Say what you will about their music (and I have a lot of things to say that would get me burned at the stake tonight, so I’ll refrain), the fact that a concert has a nation glued to their television sets – above the Olympics even! – says something about the power of music, of this band and of the poet who leads them.
They have never been my favourite band, and I won’t pretend to like them now (as I did back in high school for fear of not fitting in), but this show, and everything around it, is a very impressive phenomenon the likes of which are very rare.
I wonder how the folks down at the amphitheatre are doing tonight at the Blue Rodeo concert?
This made me laugh.
And man, has there ever been someone more overshadowed? Bob Egan picked a great night for his last show before becoming a librarian in Kitchener.
Lastly, kudos to CBC for not censoring the eff word in Fireworks just now. 🙂
That’s it – not a hip fan but I’m a fan of anything that ignites pride and brings this country together. Tonight those two feelings are clashing and as to which one is winning, well, I’m watching the show, aren’t I?