I meant the, I was gonna say the Mayor, I meant the Prime Minister, he's going to be looking good for about, at least 12 more years. It really means a lot, to all of us, but mostly thank you, everybody. Thank you, to the Prime Minister, for coming to our show. Thank you, to the men & women behind the show, helping us put on the show. Thank you, for this fine building, for a gathering of the community. Thank you, people, for keeping me pushing, and keeping me pushing." A singer needs to keep his or her voice always warm, and it only took me 28 years to figure that out. "In the glowing days of the band, in the glowing days of the band, with the help of a good friend, we've invented: 'The Scarf made out of 2 Socks'. It's Really, Really BAD, but, we're going to figure it out. To figure out, 'What the Hell Went On Up There?', but, it isn't cool!. He's going to take us where we need to go, and we've got to be a country that's going to take us a 100 years. "Thank you, Prime Minister Downie, but, you know, Prime Minister Trudeau's got me. Justin Trudeau, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada, in tears he did not wipe away, remembered Gord Wednesday morning.Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip delivers a very powerful message ( 0:50) to Canadians and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the need to fix the un-cool bad things, which everybody knows is happening against the people way up North, Inuit, against First Nations and against Metis - People who can no longer be ignored by the Government of Canada and others: “We are less as a country without Gord Downie in it.” “He loved every hidden corner, every story, every aspect of this country that he celebrated his whole life.” Gord was my friend, but Gord was everyone’s friend, it’s who we were, our buddy Gord, who loved this country with everything he had.” “We lost one of the very best of us this morning. Gord Downie, who made himself part of Canada's national identity with songs about hockey and small towns as lead singer and songwriter of iconic rock band The Tragically Hip, has died at age 53 after a battle with brain cancer.Ī statement on the band's website said he died Tuesday night "with his beloved children and family close by." The statement did not give a cause of death, though he had been diagnosed earlier with brain cancer.
Since The Tragically Hip's first album in 1987, the band has provided a soundtrack for the lives of many Canadians. "Ahead by a Century" and "Bobcaygeon" are among the best known. While Canadian musicians Drake, the Weeknd and Justin Bieber have made waves internationally, the Tragically Hip built a huge following of die-hard homegrown fans.ĭownie was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive and incurable brain cancer, in December 2015.
When the band made the news public the following May, expressions of sorrow poured in from across the country. That same day, the band said it would mount a Canadian tour despite Downie's cancer. Tickets for the 2016 summer tour sold out almost immediately, culminating in a national broadcast of the band's final tour stop at Kingston, Ontario.
#Justin trudeau gord downie series#
Millions tuned in.ĭownie later said that he needed six teleprompters during the concert series so he would not forget lyrics. But through it all, Downie remained the consummate showman, rocking out on stage in distinctive leather suits.
0 kommentar(er)
