Hipeponymous [Box set] [Limited Edition]

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Canada is a big nation with a lot of great music, but the Tragically Hip have absolutely no equal in the Great White North. While the band remains at best a cult hit in other parts of the world, they have reigned in the Canadian rock scene in a way that no other group has done since the '70s heyday of the Band, the Guess Who, and BTO. In the nearly two decades that the Hip has been writing and recording, they have never released a greatest hits album, so fans will revel in this long-awaited four-disc set. It kicks off with two CDs of music aptly named Yer Favourites. The 37 digitally remastered songs were chosen entirely by fans, with the exception of a pair of new tracks, a wry rocker dubbed "No Threat" and the understated "The New Maybe." The collection embodies the band's appeal; whether you're a fan of alternative music, mainstream rock, or bluesy country, the Hip make music that just feels really good to listen to. The package also includes two DVDs: the first, entitled "That Night in Toronto" is a concert that captures all the charm, eccentricity, and enthusiasm fans expect in a great Hip show. Highlights include a unique moment in which cameras capture thousands of fans singing along passionately to lyrics detailing Canadian war history ("Nautical Disaster"), as well as amped-up versions of older tracks, from "Blow at High Dough" to "Little Bones." The second DVD includes all of their previous videos, some low-key short films that were used as backdrops to live shows, and a charming, 50-minute documentary of daily band life entitled "Macroscopic." There's is nothing even remotely showbiz in Hipeponymous, just an honest, down-to-earth representation of a group that has come to personify the best of eccentric, intelligent rock & roll. --Denise Sheppard

More Hip

Yer Favourites	Phantom Power	Fully Completely
In Between Evolution	Road Apples	Music @ Work

Product Description
Your Favorites Gr Hits 2CD set. That Night In Toronto DVD Bonus DVD of all band's videos (23 in all), as well as 11 new video vignettes exclusive to this package.

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Hipeponymous [Box set] [Limited Edition]

Average customer rating: Nothing Tragic about this box set Fabulous THE HIP...1 live DVD...1 video DVD...2 hit CDs! The DVD is the Drawing Card

Hipeponymous The Tragically Hip Manufacturer: Fontana Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: World Container World Container In Between Evolution Battle of the Nudes The Tragically Hip ASIN: B000ARKUSK Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

1. No Threat (New Song)
2. Grace, Too
3. My Music At Work
4. 38 Years Old
5. Gift Shop
6. Ahead By A Century
7. Vaccination Scar
8. Three Pistols
9. So Hard Done By
10. Fiddler's Green
11. Looking For A Place To Happen
12. Cordelia
13. It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
14. Blow At High Dough
15. Wheat Kings
16. 50 Mission Cap
17. New Orleans Is Sinking
18. Escape Is At Hand For The Travelin' Man
19. Fully Completely
20. Twist My Arm
21. Courage
22. Lake Fever
23. Poets
24. Fireworks
25. Boots Or Hearts
26. Bobcaygeon
27. Nautical Disaster
28. Highway Girl
29. Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
30. Scared
31. Something On
32. At The Hundredth Meridian
33. Long Time Running
34. Darkest One
35. Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
36. Little Bones
37. New Maybe (New Song)
38. Vaccination Scar
39. Fully Completely
40. Grace, Too
41. Summer's Killing Us
42. Ahead By A Century
43. Silver Jet
44. As Makeshift As We Are
45. Courage
46. Bobcaygeon
47. Nautical Disaster
48. Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
49. Poets
50. At The Hundreth Meridian
51. It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
52. My Music At Work
53. New Orleans Is Sinking
54. Heaven Is A Better Place Today
55. It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
56. Little Bones
57. Gift Shop
58. Springtime In Vienna
59. Three Pistols
60. Boots Or Hearts
61. Blow At High Dough
62. Vaccination Scar (Multi Angle)
63. Springtime In Vienna (Multi Angle)
64. Three Pistols (Multi Angle)
65. Last American Exit
66. Smalltown Bringdown
67. New Orleans Is Sinking
68. Blow At High Dough
69. Little Bones
70. Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
71. Courage
72. At The Hundreth Meridian
73. Nautical Disaster
74. Thugs
75. Greasy Jungle
76. Grace, Too
77. Ahead By A Century
78. Gift Shop
79. Bobcaygeon
80. Something On
81. Poets
82. My Music At Work
83. It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
84. Silver Jet
85. Darkest One
86. Vaccianation Scar
87. It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
88. Cooking In Wartime
89. Fish
90. Johnny Speaker Song
91. Loopy
92. Marvin
93. Paul 1, Driving Edible Paper
94. Paul 2, Eves
95. Paul 4
96. Screen 1
97. Song 3 Diving Mind Frame
98. Right Whale/Snow

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Canada is a big nation with a lot of great music, but the Tragically Hip have absolutely no equal in the Great White North. While the band remains at best a cult hit in other parts of the world, they have reigned in the Canadian rock scene in a way that no other group has done since the '70s heyday of the Band, the Guess Who, and BTO. In the nearly two decades that the Hip has been writing and recording, they have never released a greatest hits album, so fans will revel in this long-awaited four-disc set. It kicks off with two CDs of music aptly named Yer Favourites. The 37 digitally remastered songs were chosen entirely by fans, with the exception of a pair of new tracks, a wry rocker dubbed "No Threat" and the understated "The New Maybe." The collection embodies the band's appeal; whether you're a fan of alternative music, mainstream rock, or bluesy country, the Hip make music that just feels really good to listen to. The package also includes two DVDs: the first, entitled "That Night in Toronto" is a concert that captures all the charm, eccentricity, and enthusiasm fans expect in a great Hip show. Highlights include a unique moment in which cameras capture thousands of fans singing along passionately to lyrics detailing Canadian war history ("Nautical Disaster"), as well as amped-up versions of older tracks, from "Blow at High Dough" to "Little Bones." The second DVD includes all of their previous videos, some low-key short films that were used as backdrops to live shows, and a charming, 50-minute documentary of daily band life entitled "Macroscopic." There's is nothing even remotely showbiz in Hipeponymous, just an honest, down-to-earth representation of a group that has come to personify the best of eccentric, intelligent rock & roll. --Denise Sheppard

More Hip

Yer Favourites	Phantom Power	Fully Completely
In Between Evolution	Road Apples	Music @ Work

Album Description

Your Favorites Gr Hits 2CD set. That Night In Toronto DVD Bonus DVD of all band's videos (23 in all), as well as 11 new video vignettes exclusive to this package.

Album Details

Special Box Set Anthology of the Veteran Canadian Group that Includes Includes the Following: A) Two Discs of Hits Titled "Yer Favourites" with 34 Classic Tracks Chosen by Over 150,000 Fans Online. All Tracks have Been Digitally Remastered; B) a 48 Page Book with the Band's Official History, Memorabilia and Plenty of Photographs; C) the Band's First Ever Dvd Production, "That Night in Toronto" with 24 Songs Recorded Live in Concert in November 2004 at the Air Canada Centre. The Show was Filmed in High Definition and Digtally Mixed in Pcm Dolby Digital
5. 1 Surround Sound, Directed by Pierre and Francois Lamoureux. Includes a Bonus Feature of Three Songs Available on the Disc Recorded in Multiple Angle Format; D) a Second Dvd with a Compilation of all the Band's 23 Promotional Videos Along with 11 Video Vignettes. This Set is Exclusive to this Package and Includes the Bonus Film "Macroscopic" by Christoper Mills. In Sum, a Treasure Trove for the Ardent Fan, to Say the Least.

Customer Reviews:

Nothing Tragic about this box set.......2007-05-14

This box set is simply great. A fan of The Hip for the last 18 years, I would recommend this set to anyone. It features songs picked by fans and I think we did an awesome job. The two CD's are packed full of some of the greatest Hip songs making it so easy to pass a few hours. Beyond entertaining. Buy it, now.

Fabulous.......2006-03-09

I bought this as a present for my finace and he loves it. It comes with two CD's and two DVD's. These are great, the book is a little over rated, but for any tragically hip fan, this is an awesome box set!!

THE HIP...1 live DVD...1 video DVD...2 hit CDs!.......2005-11-13

The 2006 Juno Music Award winning...HIPEPONYMOUS...is the result of over 20 years of...THE HIP...as a great band from CANADA!

Most of the fans who have actually seen...THE HIP...live and/or have actually seen and heard all of this box set know that they are a fantastic band and that...GORD DOWNIE [lyric writer and singer]...is a huge part of their live show and their videos. He is...THE HIP's...front man.

GORD...has been ranting live from the beginning of this band [ie : Killer Whale Tank : New Orleans Is Sinking] and has played guitar for just part of the show since the...TROUBLE AT THE HENHOUSE Tour.

You can read all of the set lists for all of the songs on the 2 HIT CDs , the LIVE DVD , and the VIDEO DVD , in this great box set under the track listings here at Amazon.

HIPEPONYMOUS!

1...The PACKAGING : Is a real bound book with small concert posters and concert dates inside...GORD...also gives us some new POEMS in this book. The winner of the 2006 JUNO MUSIC AWARD's for best packaging.

* The 2 HIP HIT CD Discs : #s 1 and 2 *

YER FAVOURITES!

2...Two remastered and remixed CDs [37 songs] called...YER FAVOURITES...35 of them voted for by 150,000+ of their fans via the internet!

*** YER FAVOURITES...is also sold seperatley from this package and those 2 HIT CDs have the same set list as the 2 HIT CDs that are in this box set package ***

A fantastic selection of songs that have been remixed and remastered so the songs have some small added sounds. The songs have been made to sound all that much better!

ie : The sweeping sounds in the song...FULLY COMPLETELY...is just 1 example. The remastering is also 1st rate.

You also get 2 NEW songs and the song...HIGHWAY GIRL...taken from their very first EP!

* The HIP LIVE DVD : Disc # 3 *

THAT NIGHT IN TORONTO!

The winner of the 2006 JUNO MUSIC AWARD's , DVD Of The Year!

3...The LIVE DVD...filmed in HI-DEFINITION , captures...THE HIP...at their best and...GORD...at his ranting best. All in clear PCM STEREO and DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 surround sound...GORD's rant's...are always the highlight of any...HIP...live show.

*** THAT NIGHT IN TORONTO...is also sold by itself! ***

1 of the excellent and evolving...GORD rants is , "...the microphone stand , thinks he is a man..." , started during the song...FULLY COMPLETELY...and then continued in other songs!

Wait until you see...GORD...and the rest of the band go nuts during the songs...AT THE HUNDRETH MERIDIAN...POETS...and/or in the song...GRACE TOO!

The...IN BETWEEN EVOLUTION...CD , songs are :

vaccination scar ,
gus ,
as make shift as we are [These songs not on the 2 HIT CDs called...YER FAVOURITES]
it can't be nashville every night , " " "
heaven is a better place today , " " "
summer is killing us , " " "

This LIVE DVD is also like their live CD...LIVE BETWEEN US...with 9 songs from that CD. Now you have a longer version of the...LIVE BETWEEN US...CD on a LIVE DVD with great sound and pictures!

springtime in vienna , [This song is not on the 2 HIT CDs called...YER FAVOURITES]
fully completely ,
grace too ,
blow at high dough ,
new orleans is sinking ,
nautical disaster ,
gift shop ,
ahead by a century ,
courage...plus many more!

Directed by the same people who made the live DVD...RUSH-R30-30th Anniversary box set...PIERRE and FRANCOIS LAMOUREUX!

* Bonus Features DVD Disc : # 4 *

THE 23 HIP VIDEOS + 2 NEW MOVIES!

4...23 VIDEOS including...THE LAST AMERICAN EXIT...SMALL TOWN BRING DOWN...THUGS...GREASY JUNGLE...All of these songs are NOT on the other 3 box set , discs!

Plus...SILVER JET...VACCINATION SCAR...LITTLE BONES...LOCKED IN THE TRUNK OF A CAR...NEW ORLEANS IS SINKING...AHEAD BY A CENTURY...COURGAE...GIFT SHOP...SOMETHING ON...BOBCAYGEON...MUSIC @ WORK...IT'S A GOOD LIFE IF YOU DON'T WEAKEN...ect...All in a wide screen format.

One of my favourite videos is...THE DARKEST ONE...staring the...TRAILER PARK BOYS [+ Don Cherry from NHL Hockey T.V.]

Check out what is in the fish tank in the video for...POETS!

Also included is a 50 minute movie about...THE HIP...on the road in 2004...A new musical movie called...THE RIGHT WHALE...and a MULTI ANGLE feature for 3 of the live DVD songs.

This is just one of the most complete and entertaining box sets that I have ever owned!

It is really FULLY COMPLETELY for any...HIP...fan!

*** I would also highly recommend buying their CD...WORLD CONTAINER...as it just may be the best...HIP...studio CD that they have ever made? ***

The DVD is the Drawing Card.......2005-11-10

As a long time fan of the Tragically Hip (since the 'Call The Office' days in London Ont.), the idea of a box set was not all that interesting to me, since I already have all the band's released music on cd, and then some. IMO, the song selection for the duo cd set is adequate, but too much good stuff seems to have been left off. 'Another Midnite,' from 'Up To Here,' for instance, is one of their most gorgeous yet left behind gems with a simply transcendant refrain, and it is no where to be found. Instead we get the predictable 'Lake Fever' and the heard too often 'Poets.'

No 'Vapour Trail' is also a travesty. But that is nitpicking, really, isn't it; as it would indeed be a difficult job for anyone to pick Hip songs to fill two cd's, as the Hip have so many good ones to choose from. They could have easily filled three cd's. For the uninitiated, this set isnt a bad bet, but I would advise heading straight to the individual records instead - anything from 'Henhouse' and beyond for their 'more atmospheric and ambient' phase - as I like to call it and anything prior to 'Henhouse' for their more rough and ready, blues based approach.

On to the DVD.

It's gorgeously shot, first of all, and very watchable. I cannot stand concert videos where the producers for some reason feel the need to change camera shots every two seconds. You dont watch a concert that way in real life so why would you want to on your TV?? Thankfully the producers of this DVD knew this.

The splitscreen effect is very cool. So is the 'real time' layout of the disk; what you get is the actual show as it unfolded that night with no edits, no splices, no overdubs and no coverups. You get the goofed cues, mangled verses, tripping and falling, and all the cool stuff that only live music can bring. Rock and roll aint supposed to be perfect, baby. Everything here is just as it happened that night, right down to audience noise in between encores. This is a very cool approach and hats off to whoever decided on it. The band obviously wanted a 'being there' atmosphere to be purveyed to the viewer, and it works.

The band itself, as most always, burns on this particluar night. They saunter on stage with no fanfare looking more like roadies than a 'rock band,' and that in itself is one of the most endearing things about the Hip - their refusal to get caught up in any of that rock star trip crap.

The 'Hip Pocket' - the rhythm section of Sinclair, Fay and Langlois - is as tight and perfectly timed as ever. In fact, this is probably the tightest pocket in rock; Sinclair is (and always has been) a walking metronome on bass. Baker adds his own flourishes as he always does whether it's with this cool sounding sorta pedal steel thing he uses on 'Vaccination Scar' or it's his bluesy licks on 'New Orleans Is Sinking.'

That said, I have some issues with Sir Gordon Downie as of late.

Now Downie has always been one of the most, ahhh, peculiar frontmen in rock. He's a twisting, gyrating sweating maniac lost in his own world and has always been absolutely riveting to watch.

HOWEVER.

Number one, what's with the guitar?? You cant hear it anyway, so it appears to be more of a prop. Downie is at his manic best when he is not tied down holding a guitar, as he proves indisputedly on the second song, 'Fully Completely.' The guitar, for me, takes away from the overall Hip experience.

My second issue is Gordie's habit of changing vocal melodies so far off the original that he veers out of pitch from time to time, and he also seems to want to sometimes change his vocal timing/phrasing as to be out of sync with the music sometimes. I dont know what he does that for. Boredom of singing it the same way for so long?

Lastly, and most importantly, is Gord's 'ranting.' I enjoy a good Gord 'rant' as much as anybody, but does he have to talk over every guitar solo ??? Over most every instrumental break?? I think Gordo should perhaps consider limiting the ranting a bit - so as to allow the audience to actually be able to hear the musical interaction going on behind him during parts of the songs where in the original versions there was no singing. I WANT to hear Baker's licks at the end of 'Grace Too,' or at the end of 'Three Pistols' and I want to hear Langlois' super cool riffing on the coda to 'Nautical Disaster,' but it is difficult to do so when you have to try to listen to it through Downie's non-stop blabbering about God knows what and who cares anyway.

This is my only criticism.

All in all it's a great DVD but I am thinking the boys gotta maybe rein Gordie in a bit. It seems like it's getting to be a bit too much the 'Gord Downie Show,' at least that's my humble opinion, folks, and no doubt I'll get mugged for it, but that's rock and roll!

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10. Look at All the Love We Found: A Tribute to Sublime [Explicit Lyrics]

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