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Description
jD, Pete, and Tim are back and this week they're discussing the EP Saskadelphia.
Tracks
Montreal - Studio outtake
Ouch - Studio version
Crack my Spine (Like a Whip) - Live from Halifax 1991
Reformed Baptist Blues - Studio version
Transcript
Track 1:
[0:00] If you're a fan of the Tragically Hip, this is your hip fest.
Getting Hip to the Hip, September 1st at The Rec Room.
Celebrate the music of the hip with a live tribute act, the finale of a hip-based podcast, and a silent auction with amazing hip prizes, with all proceeds going to support the Gord Downieand Chani Wenjack Fund.
If you're a fan of the hip, you need to be there. Tickets available now at gettinghiptothehip.com.
Track 2:
[0:28] The first, and to date, only posthumous release by the tragically hip is 2021's marvelous EP, Saskadelphia.
[0:37] Borrowing its title from the original name of Road Apples, this record packs a punch in under 20 minutes of non-stop rock.
Even the chilling theme of the song Montreal moves mountains with its haunting chorus.
I remember downloading Saskadelphia on the mail-on weekend in 2021 and I was immediately transported back to 1991.
[0:59] In some cases, we're even invited into this studio with banter between Gord and someone named Bruce.
It was a total trip hearing these songs from a bygone era with a pair of ears from the 21st century.
In some cases it was familiar, as I own bootlegs of Crack My Spine Like a Whip and Just as Well, but these new versions were bursting at the seams with nuance that only a studiorecording can offer.
I felt nostalgic and sad listening, but by the end I was grinning ear to ear.
This was a fantastic hip experience, and it's one I hope we get to enjoy with the upcoming re-release of Phantom Power, and I'm calling it here first, but I think we see an Up to Here boxset celebrating 35 years sometime in 2024.
But don't quote me on that, unless I'm right of course.
At any rate, I'm nervous about giving this one to Pete and Tim.
Although they both enjoyed Road Apples initially, will they appreciate the significance of this EP?
Will nostalgia be a factor for a pair of people who only first heard the band in November of 2022?
[2:08] What kind of impact will this have? We'll have to wait and see on this episode of Getting Hip to the Hip.
Track 5:
[2:40] All right hey hey it's JD here and we are back again for another uh well let's call it the penultimate episode of getting hip to the hip i'm here as always with my friends Pete and Timto discuss Seminole Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip we're going through every album and we find ourselves at the last album.
An EP as it were, Saskadelphia.
It was released for the May long weekend in 2021 and it's a it's it's a trip back to the road Apple days.
Before we get too deep into that discussion though, how the fuck are you guys doing? Well you know I'm a little a little of a Climbed a lit