checkyoulater's Journal: A question for all Canadian music fans:

Why do Canadian people like the Tragically Hip so much? They are mediocre at best. Actually, the only part of the band that is any good at all is Gord Downie, the singer.

I saw them on Canada Day, and I listened to the band, and mostly ignored the singing. They sounded horrible. After the concert, everybody was saying how great the show was. I kept saying that the band is horrible. Though I was going to be killed by a mob of Tragically Hip lovers.

My theory is that Downie sings about hockey, small-town Canada, and Canadiana in general. If they were American would Canadian people still like them?

Up To Here

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The "Up To Here" CD was great. Also, they were a hard-working club band that really put on a unique show. Now that they're playing stadiums, they're just another mediocre band with occasional bits of weirdness from Gord.

Most popular bands are not all that great, but you go to a concert and the fans think it's the best thing ever. Are the Hip really any worse than the majority of current popular rock bands? (classic rock doesn't count -- that's already got much/most of the crap weeded out)