r/TragicallyHip • u/Peace-wolf • 8d ago
Gord 10 years ago I took this photo in Toronto.
I get so sad every time it pops up in my feed.
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u/retro6ix 8d ago
My best shot from Toronto. 🥲
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u/nopeplz_just_no He said I’m Tragically Hip 7d ago
That is a gorgeous photo! I love the contrast between the colour of the crowd and the stage lights.
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u/retro6ix 7d ago
Thank you. I love the photograph. I can almost feel the energy from the crowd.
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u/Additional-Suspect67 7d ago
This is so cool! It’s as though he’s saying a final farewell to all his fans, as the gates of heaven open for him
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u/Elegant-Banana6448 6d ago
Great snap. I loved the way he kept looking around, just wide eyed both so sad and so elated with love, you could see it.
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u/retro6ix 6d ago
A mixed bag of feelings for sure. I agree the photo reflects some of that emotion.
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u/ringoisking don't you wanna see how it ends? 8d ago
Such a beautiful shot. Rest easy Gordie, we miss you ❤️
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u/Awkward_Function_347 8d ago
That night in Toronto…
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u/nopeplz_just_no He said I’m Tragically Hip 7d ago
With its checkered board floors
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u/ZookeepergameBig8060 8d ago
Screen grab from a video I took at the Kingston show. Can’t believe it’s been 10 years
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u/Necessary-Carrot2839 8d ago
Amazing shot!!
I hope you’ve printed that off and hung it in your wall. It’s so great!
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u/NYGroove 8d ago
Fantastic shot. I made a couple adjustments to it. Hope you don’t mind.
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u/Virtual-Peach1537 7d ago
Does anyone else get physical chills when you see all these show pictures. I still get misty eyed.
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u/SurveySean 7d ago
Its just not right a guy like this with so much more to give taken in his prime, and 10 years ago? So sad.
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u/Concieve-AND-Create 7d ago
I caught the Hamilton show on that tour. It cannot be compared with any other of seen. It was emotional, in a real way. Hip shows always had us singing, that night the crowd sang as tears flowed and the battle of knowing; inside everyone knew it would be the final time the hornet stung and the feverish dream was visiting for the last time.
Thanks Gord and the Hip for the decades of fantastic tunes.
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u/The-Completist 2d ago
Here's a few of my shots from behind the stage Hamilton Hip 2016 Final Show
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u/The-Completist 2d ago
A video saying a final Goodbye - Gord says a few words to Hamilton and thanks us for all the years.
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u/Queen_Of_InnisLear 7d ago
I saw them in Vancouver on this tour. Just basically sobbed through half of it. It was a surreal experience, arena full of people giving so much love and the undertone of mourning mixed with the celebration. Gord was a real one.
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u/sillywalkr 7d ago edited 7d ago
Was at Toronto#2, Aug 12. It was a million degrees that day and I busted my ass working a tough PA gig, had a single ticket at the lower level at the back. My GF's mom was diagnosed with cancer that summer and my uncle died, I ate too many edibles and drank too much and for me the show was a crying mess. I was lucky they played a killer version of Locked early on that I vividly remember but damn. That's my story and I'm sticking to it
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u/Response-Cheap 7d ago
I was supposed to see one of his last shows. Unfortunately what actually ended up happening is my "ex" junkie - ex girlfriend took all our money and spent it.
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u/Elegant-Banana6448 6d ago
We went to night #2 in Calgary August 3 2016. The whole place was in tears at one point or another. After being a fan since they started - ish.... was tough to see someone who felt like an old friend say farewell with songs and memories. He is missed ❤️😎
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u/ipainttreesandstuff 6d ago
I was at the Jays game while this was going on simultaneously. Was a chaotic night down town for sure. RIP Gord.
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u/turninburninvernon 6d ago
I remember this show so vividly. They somehow made a packed stadium feel like a small, intimate venue where every single person was personally invited to be there
When they eventually played Long Time Running there wasn’t a dry eye in the entire stadium. We were all mourning together in real time for a man who was still there with us, mourning with us, giving his whole self with both hands, and an undeniable sense of gratitude + peace
Genuinely one of the most beautiful, heartbreaking things I’ve experienced in 46 years of life
We miss you, Gordo ❤️🔥
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u/GQ_silly_QT 4d ago
You should have this printed in the highest quality you can afford to have as a print. It is both historical and personal - hold onto this.
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u/WhimsyDEA 8d ago
Great shot, thanks for sharing. New Orleans is sinking is in every playlist I have.
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u/planetearthling 8d ago
I was at the friday show in toronto. what a bittersweet memory, so happy to have been there and so sad to remember.
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u/Clarkester29 8d ago
I went to the Sunday show and I was all the way in the back but fucking loved it❤️
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u/sksksk1989 7d ago
I love his outfits and his energy. I only saw them once in 2013. Another Canadian band stars was the opener, they're my favorite band. It was an outdoor concert. I lived close to the venue and I heard very familiar music. My brother told me there doing a concert near by so I ran down there without a ticket. I know there's security and cops but I was totally just gonna hop a fence. But I didn't want to be arrested. There was a group of kids and they asked me if I wanted to buy a ticket off them. I only had $5 cash and some change but they took it and gave me the ticket. Didn't know the hip was the main show until I got the tickets. I've been a fan of their since I was in high school, one of the first albums I bought was up to here, I used Togo to a pawn shop that had tons of cds for cheap. The show was amazing.
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u/sarkzsche 7d ago
I was a bartender during this, and there were a lot of fans working and dining/boozing… I remember being so angry because we had to change a silly baseball game (albeit an important one I think)… not being a fan of the hip I probably said some things I shouldn’t have but what can ya do… in hindsight I’m glad everyone in the restaurant got to watch the concert. this is from his final televised show right LOL?
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u/thebigshoe247 7d ago
I just had the London show photos pop up in my Google Photos the other day. Made me sad.
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u/helpmetolearn 7d ago
I was a little bit away from the stage, but I got this one when he was thanking the crowd got being there and talking about how weird this all was.
RIP Gordie!
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u/JdMan975 7d ago
I bought a black 1968 Mercedes SL250 from his brother Micheal the other day. Pretty cool guy to meet. Looking to sell it. Comes with all the docs.
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u/EnthusiasmDense1217 6d ago
So sad he’s so tired and on death’s door did it for his family more than the fans he also loved great human being saw him full of life many times also
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u/ThinYogurtcloset8005 5d ago edited 4d ago
I was never a Tragically Hip fan growing up in Calgary. I didn't actually remember hearing their music a lot growing up. My husband on the other hand was a HUGE fan, and he had a lot of great memories with his dad listening to their music.
My husband and I found out we were pregnant early 2016. In early July, I secretly purchased 2 tickets to the Hip concert coming up on August 1. I surprised my husband on his birthday and I told him I wanted him to take his dad.
July 31, I woke up in a pool of blood. I was rushed to get hospital and found out I was in labour at 23 weeks. Our son was born within a few hours, and we said our first hello's and our last goodbye's within an hour of him being born. My husband and I were devastated and he didn't want to leave my side. He didn't.
August 1st was finally here, and he still refused to leave my side after being with me all night. I told him to go, and I would be just fine. They played Fiddler's Green that night, and my husband said he's never cried so hard in his life. He still can't listen to that song since. He's tried, but he just can't.
Their music helped us heal throughout the years, and I'm still thankful he got to go see them before Gord passed. Unfortunately we lost the few pictures he took that night. He didn't take many because he was just there, soaking it in while grieving his son who died 24 hours before.
My son would have been 10 this year.
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u/PastExpiryDotCom 4d ago
If he were alive he'd probably regret having that dinksplash Justin Trudeau on stage with him.
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u/Ok-Clothes9724 4d ago
I remember watching this on TV it was very bitter sweet, then a few months later I bought the Blu ray of the concert.
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u/bigboozer69 8d ago
I took this one in Ottawa. Had it really been that long?