Gord Downie has passed away

[Mayne]

 

[Iron Woode]

http://nationalpost.com/news/gord-d...t-53/wcm/c7b612ea-e6da-4272-afae-dda4a0b1ae71

 

[Thebobo]

Can't say I've heard of him but doing some searching looks like he led a productive life. Nevertheless 53 is far too young, RIP.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

This just breaks my heart to wake up to this morning. It's unbelievable how much Gord Downie and The Hip are ingrained into Canadian culture. I paid a fortune to go to the last show they did here in London as my wife's had never been to one of their concerts and I would do it again every day.

When I take my kids camping we have a tradition where every time we drive down the last road of the trip we put on Wheat Kings and let that take us the rest of the way to the lake. The last time we did that was the day he announced he had cancer. Literally just after we finished down the road my wife called to tell me. I actually started bawling like a baby at the concert when I was interviewed by Macleans Magazine to tell that story. This morning I find myself again a little teary eyed.

RIP Gord.

 

[Mayne]

never heard of the Tragically Hip?

 

[Thebobo]

never heard of the Tragically Hip?

Oh yes I have just never knew the band members names.

 

[Iron Woode]

probably the best song and video by The Hip:

 

[sdifox]

RIP

 

[KMFJD]

We knew it was coming but damn it still hits like a brick, saw them live so much back in the mid to late 90's....

from the early days

RIP Gord

 

[MomentsofSanity]

 

[dawp]

had heard of the tragically hip back in the nineties and I have only one of their CDs, trouble in the hen house which was left in a cd drive of a system that was returned when I worked for AST computers.

RIP

 

[echo4747]

RIP...God bless Gord, the Downie family and the entire Tragically Hip organization, along with their families.

 

[Rifter]

It was a huge loss of canadian music to be sure. RIP Gord, you went away from us to soon.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

CTV has moved up the premier of Long Time Running, the documentary of his illness and final tour, to tonight. Was originally supposed to air November 12 for those who might be interested.