Conference mr1pst::music

    
    Yes, yes, yes, *yes*!!
    
    	My favorite is _Road Apples_ - you can't beat the tune "Long Time
    Running" - excellent, excellent band.
    
    	I saw them live in Memphis, of all places - incredible performers,
    especiall Gordon Downie, the lead singer.  He exudes a passion for the
    music that is simply awesome.
    
    	By the way, on a recent trip to Canada, I found a *fourth* CD that
    I didn't know existed - it's self-titled ( their debut, i assume ) -
    also good, but a bit rough-hewn.
    
    	Their most popular song, I believe, is "Courage" from _Fully
    Completely_ . . .
    
    						- Jimbo

    
    ps.  my sincerest gratitude for Lale for introducing me to their music
    
    	:-)
    
    					- Jim
    

    
    I like Tragically Hip a lot. I have Up to Here and Road Apples.
    I have seen them live a couple of years ago and they were
    a lot of fun.
    
    During the concert, somebody threw a t-shirt to the stage and the
    lead singer took of his t-shirt and wore the one that was thrown
    at him. Completed the show with that t-shirt.
    
    I haven't heard their last album "Fully Completely" fully completely
    yet but I have liked the songs I have heard.
    
    Great Canadian band. They are from Kingston, Ontario, the border town,
    2 hours away from my home.
    
    Lale
    

    
    	These guys will be the musical guests on SNL this week.
    

      They are gigging soon in Syracuse. The radio blurb is promoting them
    as Canada's hottest band, even outselling Van Halen in Buffalo! 
    That's saying something for their Canadian following!
      I'll have to check this band out.
    

    
    At the Somerville Theatre (MA) this coming Friday, too!
    
    - Sean

    Read a recent quote where they say the name has actually worked against
    them (as also suggested in an earlier note).   Saw em on SNL; great band.
    

    
    I can definitely buy that.  In fact, when a freind first recommended them 
    to me, I was told "Road Apples" was a straight-ahead rock and roll CD.
    
    "Straight rock by a band called "The Tragically Hip?" I thought.  Sounded 
    more to me like Orchestral Manouevres In the Dark or The Teardrop
    Explodes, no offense to those bands intended :^)
    
    "Fully Completely" is fairly alternative and "Day For Night" is 
    pretty dark and moody, but all their CD's are undeniably "rock."
    
    - Sean

    
Newsgroups: alt.music.tragically-hip
Subject: SONG SURVEY FINALE

Well folks, it has been a fun three weeks, but the survey is over and the 
polls have closed.  I have received surveys from people all over 
the world.  Now, I present the final list.  Not just the top ten, but all 
57 in order.  To refresh, points for the song were given as follows: 10 
points for 1st, 9 for 2nd and so on down to #10.  I only accepted votes 
for the 57 songs off of the 5 studio albums, no unreleased stuff.  So 
without anymore babbling from your humble narrator, here they are.

THE BEST TRAGICALLY HIP SONGS IN REVERSE ORDER

50. Killing Time - 9 points
49. Lionized - 12 points
47. Impossibilum - 14 points
    Titanic Terrarium - 14 points
43. The Wherewithal - 16 points
    The Luxury - 16 points
    Bring It All Back - 16 points 
    Highway Girl - 16 points
41. Daredevil - 17 points
    We'll Go too - 17 points
40. Trickle Down - 18 points
39. The Last of the Unplucked Gems - 21 points
38. The Inevitability of Death - 23 points
37. Yawning or Snarling - 26 points
34. Last American Exit - 28 points
    Fight - 28 points
    When the Weight Comes Down - 28 points
33. Greasy Jungle - 32 points
31. She Didn't Know - 33 points
    Born in the Water - 33 points
30. Fire in the Hole - 35 points
29. Fully, Completely - 37 points
28. Looking for a Place to Happen - 39 points
27. So Hard Done By - 40 points
25. Thugs - 41 points
    Smalltown Bringdown - 41 points
23. I'll Believe in You (or I'll be Leaving You Tonight) - 42 points
22. Twist My Arm - 43 points
20. Opiated - 45 points
    An Inch An Hour - 45 points
19. Another Midnight - 46 points
18. On the Verge - 52 points
17. Long Time Running - 62 points
16. Pigeon Camera - 64 points
15. Scared - 67 points
14. Boots or Hearts - 71 points
13. Fiddler's Green - 73 points
13. Wheat Kings - 86 points
12. Courage - 103 points
11. Fifty Mission Cap - 111 points
10. Grace, too - 116 points
9.  Three Pistols - 117 points
8.  Cordelia - 122 points
7.  38 Years Old - 135 points
6.  Blow at High Dough - 160 points

Top 5:

5.  Locked in the Trunk of a Car - 186 points  / 3rd album 
4.  At the Hundredth Meridian - 189 points     / 3rd album
3.  Little Bones - 221 points                  / 2nd album
2.  New Orleans is Sinking - 287 points        / 1st album
1.  Nautical Disaster - 324 points             / 4th album

1st album = "Up To Here"
2nd album = "Road Apples"
3rd album = "Fully Completely"
4th album = "Day For Night"

    
    	BMG lists 5 albums by these guys ... is the last one correct,
    	or is it a mis-named listing?
    
    
106515 : 14.98 : Tragically Hip : Up to Here :  
106516 : 14.98 : Tragically Hip : The Tragically Hip :  
106518 : 14.98 : Tragically Hip : Road Apples :  
106519 : 14.98 : Tragically Hip : Fully Completely :  
106537 : 18.98 : The Tragically Hip : Day for Night : hip

    
    Never heard anything aobut that second self-titled release -
    alt.music.tragically-hip probably has a guru with answers.
    
    - Sean

    Re .10
    
    Is there a text listing for BMG somewhere?
    
    Kevin

    You can find the BMG listing (columbia house, too) at:
    
    http://biogopher.wustl.edu:70/1/audio/bmg
    

    
    	I ordered the Tragically Hip catalog from BMG but apparently
    	none of them are available through BMG.
    
    	It'd be nice if the list were updated occasionally, wouldn't
    	it?
    

    BMG doesn't maintain the list. 8^(   ...and it seems like they're
    constantly dropping titles.

    
    	Does that mean they don't own the list, or they do own it but
    	don't maintain it?
    

    The BMG list that's found on the internet is not maintained by BMG,
    but by an individual who wanted to make the full listing available.
    He made it by compiling order numbers from the monthly BMG catalogs,
    over 10 years or so.

    
    	Wow.  That explains alot.  8^)
    
    	I wonder if it would be in BMG's interest to maintain a complete
    	ACCURATE listing.
    

    Wise a**.  8^)
    
    I'm sure they have a listing internally that spells out exactly what
    they have in stock, but they choose not to make it public.  There, is
    that more helpful?  8^)  I've requested from both BMG & Columbia House 
    a _full_ listing of all their titles, but have not had any success.  
    Those 'A to Z' guides they send out are cr*p, too.  Yeah, they're sorted 
    alphabetically, but they don't list a quarter of the stuff they carry.  
    The guides they send each month should _always_ be sorted alphabetically.
    

    
    	No, actually, that was a serious comment ... it explains why
    	you'd get a slew of "out of stock" replies when you thought
    	you were ordering from a current "catalog", since the list
    	that we have access to is a compilation of everything that was
    	ever available at one time or another, but not necessarily now.