Highway Girl (Live - Double Suicide Rant) - Tragically Hip
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- Gord Downie's 'Double Suicide' monologue during a performance of Highway Girl.
She had a beautiful apartment
She had a beautiful apartment
Well, actually it was a lousy apartment
But sh-she's very handy with her hands
And she's got architectural digest magazines
So she knows what she's doing
She likes to decorate her apartment in the Santa Fé tradition
I told her it was dated
But I see more of the world than she does
She got an apartment where the property was cheap
Next to the free way
She said "I save lots of money but I lose lots of sleep,
in my apartment where the property is so cheap"
And We'd Laugh! And We'd Laugh! And We'd Laugh!
Ah, and we'd take pop shots at the passing cars Ping
And We'd Laugh!
We were dumping the body and we'd laugh.
We found a place that was dark and rotten,
a place where the police helicopters would never spot us.
I destroyed the map that we'd so carefully plotted.
Every day we're dumping a body, she and me
Every single day.
And we'd laugh about it.
That's when I knew it was time that we both killed ourselves together. Together we were nothing but a menace. Apart we were nothing but lonely. I read too much. I thought we should kill ourselves. She doesn't read a thing. She believed me.
Are you really the messiah?
Yes I am.
She was younger than me too, she was younger than me. And I said to her, I said, You know Colline, no one stamps on a burning bag of shit anymore. Nobody!
Are you really the messiah?
Yes I am.
Believe it.
So we opted to kill ourselves, as I said, but we had one rifle and one bullet, so I told her to put her head down close to the barrel and put the barrel sort of into her mouth and I'd be right behind it with my head right behind hers and I said her life would end instantly; mine might have a few extra minutes of agony and suffering.
She couldn't pull the trigger, so we attached a string to it around the lamp and to the doorknob.
The first person to come into her cheap fucking apartment would blow both our heads off.
Then we got, we got to thinking; we changed our minds. You know, I mean, we got scared. And, ah, and, and kind of chickened out.
And we'd laugh, you know, we'd laugh together. What were we thinking? We're not; together we're not that bad. We're not that bad. We don't need to kill ourselves. We don't need to kill ourselves.
And then the D-train rattled overhead and knocked the joor, door ajar, the joor adar, the door ajar, the door ajar, the jar adoor. The lock... the faulty lock, the door swung open.
And killed her.
That's my story
and I'm stickin' to it - Hudba
When the rhythm sections kicks back in after the rant I get chills. Every. Single. Time.
Gord was a great story teller in improvisation, this song is only about 3 to 4 min, this live version tells his story in life in between the song then gets right back into it when he's done with the story. Pure genius I get u bud I get the chills...
Anytime I'm lagging on a workout and I need a boost I go to that every time. Know exactly what you're saying.
Doesn’t get any better than that.
I said don't you think, Gordie, push a bit too fast?!?! I said slowin down dont make it last! 🤘
Thank you, I'm not alone!!! 😃👍
I had to hear this again. I love Gord! fuck cancer right in the cancer!
American fans of the hip are rare and I'm proud to be one.
Not so rare brother...all share your pride in being Hip fans and our love for Gord! Thank you Canada, thank you Kingston, and THANK YOU GORD!! Fuck cancer
Thank The Hip, saw the show on Monday night. Breaks my heart. Their music has gotten me through a few bad patches in my life plus many more good times. Thanks for the memories, boys. And I agree, Fuck Cancer. If it's any consolation, Gord didn't look like he wanted to leave the stage. Too all those who think he was forced to do it... no way. Just watch the videos and you'll get it
The last show in Kingston was absolutely amazing! I'm so happy CBC decided to live stream it on CZcams or I wouldn't have been able to watch.
3 fucking encores!
I think they are at the peak of their popularity right now. A few weeks back they had all 14! of their albums in the Billboard top 100!
+Metropolis Noir I'm not sure if any of their albums have ever broken the top 200 in the US. Maybe Now for Plan A & Man Machine Poem
Best band frontman ever. Ever.
Ever and forever
Word
#Absolutely
EVER!
Makes Mick Jagger look like an amateur.
Absolutely the best version of this tune RIP gord when we lost you we lost a large peice of 🇨🇦
Couldn't agree more. I was thinking the other day: it doesn't even seem LIKE Canada anymore without the Tragically Hip.
@@keithshergold9257 cause it's true
I saw this in a small club in Montréal at the beginning of their career. The rant would go on for at least 30mn. This was in the days Downie had long hair and would spit the air..........one of the best shows I ever seen.............it was RAW!!!
I was there...they opened for 5440. What a show
I was listening it live on CHOM
The Spectrum. Great show. 1990
Did it sound just like this Vero of the story?
My older sister (17 at the time) dragged me to it when I was thirteen! They weren’t going to let us in but she blew the bouncer while I ate Belle Province Poutine in another room 🤣😂🤣! I made sure to tell that one (among a few others 🤣) to her teenage daughters who are always getting in trouble for being a little wild themselves lol!
DIG Gord's rants! "That's my story & I'm stickin' to it..."
Remember driving My 5 ton truck 🚛 to New York. Played this non stop there and back. Thank you Gordie. RIP 🙏
They said, "Don't you think, Gord, you push a bit too fast?"
I said," Slowin down don't make it last"
"Are you reall the Messiah?"
"Yes I am."
Yes I am
If someone were to ask me what it was like to watch Gord and the boys live on stage, I would point them to this recording. Gord's rants were perfect.
I just played the original studio version and then the "rant" version.
Wow, the band is soooo much tighter and Gordie is so set FREE, just whalin' it !!
RIP Gordie, and I wish Ry Cooder could've delivered your eulogy.
This was a staple on many awesome road trips through the many mountains of British Columbia. Miss you Gord!
There's still a huge void in the Canadian music scene and my heart. For me it's the day the music died. Love ya Gord!
It's so unfortunate such an incredible story teller and artist from Canada got cancer. He is such an amazing artist. Can't wait to see him one last time.
I remember when this was released as a radio single
Early nineties
Couldn t buy it then
Anywhere
But heard it everywhere
So subversive
So cool so good
The hip became
Canadian gods
At that point
P$
Hope yer drunk and singing in heaven
With the angels Gordie
Thanks for it all
Everything
All of it
Nope it was released as a radio only single. Finally found a bootleg a few years later.
She likes to decorate her apartment in the Santa Fe tradition, I told her it was dated... but I see more of the world than she does
No one stomps on a burning bag of shit anymore. Is Gord the Messiah..... Yes he is!!
Gord is a genuis poet.
This was one of the first Hip songs I ever heard and I've been hooked ever since. We're behind you 1,000,000% Gordo. Peace brother.
Same here
The best part of this is that Gord's rant shows up in the lyrics of Locked in the Trunk of a Car off Fully Completly. Awesom
Such a genius .. RIP Gordie
Best Canadian band ever!
,Highway Girl Live,the song that turned me on to the Hip.Sitting in front of a bonfire by the lake with family and friends rocking with the Hip.Saw them for the first time at the mtl forum in feb of 95,bitterly cold at the time,place was packed! Thanks for all the great music and memories that will never fade away.
I remember sitting in a park with my wife and dog on July 1 in Charlottetown listening to The Hip play a concert...Canada Day in the city where Canada became a nation with The Hip. Sadly, my wife just died of same glioblastoma that claimed Gordy. She was even being treated in Kingston.
Had to listen to this today to get me through the news.. you will really really be missed by us all lucky enough to have heard you perform!
Missed 😞
I think this might be the greatest song of all time
Hands down the best of the best.
RIP Gord.
One of the best songs of all time. ALL TIME. Driving home to Buffalo from Cleveland one night back in '97 I almost blew the speakers out of my rear window at about two thirty one morning when 97.7 Hitz FM played this.
Best Hip tune ever bar none. Period.
early hip Gordie at his best hes a Canadian treasure.
I miss you Gord Downie, like I never thought that I would miss you guys this much.......
it sucks so bad that Gord ended up with cancer,,,,,,that is just brutal, especially to an iconic band like The Hip
I MISS YOU SO MUCH GORD,
LOVE YOU GUYS,
LOOKING FORWARD TO JAMMING WITH YOU GUYS IN HEAVEN AND THROUGH ETERNITY -
Amen > > >
This is SO Tragic...you guys are the best band in Canada!!!Way to keep rocking Gord.....cancer fucking sucks...keep fighting.
Gordie. Is he ever bored ? What a riot !
And we'd laugh
I think Gord channels Jim Morrison at times. Love Gord.
I love this band
This. Song. Blew. My. Head. Off.
I can just picture them in an apartment by the Gardiner Expressway. Ya know Pauline......no one stomps on a burning bag of shit anymore. no one.
Allen Cross played this on his show “the ongoing history of new music” back when I was in college. I recorded the whole thing and it was the first time I had heard this version. By the end of the following summer all my friends had made recordings off of my tape, or other friends tapes. Man you could barely make out the song it had degraded so bad but we played the hell out of it.
That was such a good show
Alan Cross, my fav all-around music guy since 1985 (CFNY- the Spirit of Radio) ! The station was unique, and sponsored Canada Day festival events - Molson Park in Barrie. Amazing as The Hip played with a list of 10 or so CDN bands (1990 ?) and a few other years to follow. The BEST times 🎶🤘🏻...still listening to Alan 💯🙌🏻
@@kelleyb.4072 oh ya! Loved the roadside attractions.... went to many of them. I flew back home to see them when they played in Caygeon and it was like a roadside reunion. Good times.
I hope they pull this one out of the mothballs for the final tour. Gord's finest moment.
have known these awesome fuckers since they came ou to the 'Peg. remember you thrashing in your youth and your awesome sense of shit man. this song is the best ever written. u should see them perform it. Mel
Another great song. Thank you. Always loved this rendition.
I've been Stateside too long - I only just today learned that Gordie died, and he died the same way my sister did :( Doubly sad now, but at least we got this song! And killerwhaletank! I'll be jamming Road Apples on the way home, and watch all these Cali-ites look at me like WTF is that? :)
R.I.P. A VERY HUMBLE AND TALENTED MAN!
Lyrical master. Probably one of my favorite Hip tunes ever.
Freaking AWESOME. His rants are why i listen to the hip.
My fave Hip song...saw them in London Ontario in 89...fell in love.
seriously the best live song ever
RIP Gord :-(
One of my favorites ever. RIP
Thank You!! That was a MIND-BLOWING Experience that I Gaurantee will B played Many More Times!! They REALLY Kicked Ass at their live shows. I only ever saw them play outdoors - Which was Fantastic, but sometimes I wish I had Seen them INSIDE at least once!! This was SO GOOD!!
Night After night I find myself getting lost in these uploads ... over and over... remembering........ and I think what now? I'm still stunned and grieving. 21 times I saw them from Misty Moon to Seattle and every where in between... FUCKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!
Been too long for a comment on this.... best ever live rant in rock history.... forget Plant , Mercury......just released Live at the Roxy in June 2022... do yourself a favor and get it now...... find the loudest and best system in your car or house and blast it......
Only gordi and Morrison were on this level of mic skills
RIP man!
Thank you, Interwebs, for bringin' her home to me. Man, I haven't heard this in AGES! Love it.
I love Tragically Hip, but this song tho 🥰🥰🥰 its my absolute favorite song. Every time I hear him sing the memories of working his shows tho 😓😓 Fuck I miss gord
A flame is never supposed to be extinguished so quickly,though when they are there usually incredible.
We will again on the other side!
@sinabuen Thanks man. BTW, GREAT lyrics. My favorite, to say the least. Still, after ALL THESE YEARS, they're still my favorite band, and most likely, my favorite song. Lots of personal memories associated with it, of course, as all memories are, but damn, great, great song Thanks, 97.7 Hits FM for broadcasting as far as Buffalo.
good example of an icon at his best....❤
Awesome rant!! Thanks for posting this!
Gonna see you July 24th Gord! Hoping you can do this one for me! Love you dude! You are Canadiana!
ahaha I love how he talks about Locked in the trunk of a car!! :)
Whatever Gord was on this night, gimme some of that! He's on one this whole show and it's fuckin epic
I sang this song to a girl I was with for 15 long years, she hated it cause it was the truth!!! God bless gorrdy.
I've seen these guys 4 times.... never old
you will be missed Gord
@tyler870: Oh yes we DO......an AWESOME band from Toronto.....we LOVE them !
Simply one of the best songs ever. Ever.
Ohhhhh gordie ! Your spirit lives on god bless ! He can put you in that apartment ! I could throw rocks pewww peeww !
luv the hip!
RIP Gord
one of my favorite songs thats we
have
when I saw them
O M G thank you so MUCH for this upload
greatest live song ever by the hip
GREAT post, thanks!
too funny!love ya Gord..new meme...WHAT WOULD GORD DO?
A Ry Cooder eulogy, slide on an acoustic guitar would be perfect!
i say them for my birthday last month, awesome show! He did a small rant about golf during New Orleans
And we laughed; love it!
Best song ever
They are from Kingston Ontario. And thank You for this, they are musical Gods :)
Fav rant! So quotable. Oh, and fuck cancer.....every....single....day.
Best frontman in the business. Period.
Buffalo loves the Hip!!!!
I lov it
yaaa! new years eve day...was lookin' for this! if ya throw enuff rocks 1 might break through!
awesome song
goddamn amazing right here!
dam,,,i miss you gordie,,,forever
My absolute favourite HIP tune.
@yootoob975 His rants make him an even better performer. He is amazing.
This is the best ever. Best what? Yes. Best everything
Greatest song of all time. Ever. Ever.
Great live-version, I have this song (apart from the official version of course) too, on a radio-taping of the Hip's Dutch debut at Amsterdam's Melkweg (Milkyway), 1990 if I'm correct ;-)
mostest epic rant, *EVA* !
RIP Gord
Holy Fuck this is good !
Door Ajar!!
Jar Adoor!!
miss the good Ness. ....keep up in the world of life's of hearts .....
EPIC
Epic.
I wish they would release a rant album.
an we'd LAFF about it,,,miss you gordie,,,xoxo
We don’t step on burning bags of shit anymore..thank you Gord