My Music Monday

Near the end of this year, when Apple tells me what music I listened to most, and most by month, the Tragically Hip will be at the top of July and somewhere in my top 10 overall for 2025.

The band has ceased to exist since singer Gord Downie's death from Glioblastoma almost a decade ago. But they were THE Canadian band. 

In their existence, they only had one line-up change in 33 years. 

I don't say it lightly about.being THE Canadian band. During his final year - and knowing his outcome -Downie and the band toured and their last concert was broadcast live. More than one-third of ALL Canadians watched it. 

That is amazing. 

The Hip never broke in the U.S., not really. I found them when our cable provider broadcast MuchMusic, which was Canada's MTV, but only ever played music videos - and the majority were Canadian bands and artists. Heck, that would have had to been around 1997-2005. It's been a while. 

But they hit my playlist not long ago and then when I have worked out for the last few weeks, it is has been exclusively to the Tragically Hip. That's not even an exaggeration. And I work out 1.5 hours per day, 5x per week. It's a lot of the Hip.

I'd say "their music isn't for everyone" but you can say that about any artist. They are primarily rock. Sometimes a folk-influenced or blues-influenced song gets in there. Sometimes harder rock really gets in there. 

There is a plethora of songs from which to choose, and none would appeal to all of you, so I took a stab with "Nautical Disaster" from 2007-ish. I'd have used "Grace, Too", but there is no official video for it. Not that it should matter. 

Not sure if this is anyone's style, but I think it's a band that should be known and heard .