The Tragically Hip - Fiddlers Green

[bj4fattmatt666]

i saw them last summer in buffalo on the river. they were halfway threw the song the hole Canadian side of the Niagara blew up with fireworks. still give me goosebumps when i here this song. oh yeah turns out they were playing a show on Canada day so that was all about

[xer1ca22]

I love this...awesome live

[savage113]

Fabulous song

[brettjames]

They are awesome! I had the pleasure of seeing them at the Wiltern in the front row...I even gave Gordy my hat! lol

[TylerDz1701]

I missed these guys in concert, but they are a band that make me proud to be Canadian. What an amazing and under-rated band.

[zuma5278255424]

This song is beautiful

[canadianblackhawk]

BAYFEST!!!!!!!!!

[omgapotato1988]

@canadianblackhawk Ha ha was awesome when they played at Centenial lol.

[landrykkb]

I remember wanting to go to this concert at the time the Hip was playing at MacEwan Hall,but the tickets went on sale during the week while i was at work and I had no internet access whatsoever anyway then.

[keirsta85]

@trailbikerharo

whoops lol you answered your own question lol sorry

[keirsta85]

@trailbikerharo the song is actually about his nephew who died of heart problems "his tiny knotted heart well I guess it never worked to good" and for the band they rarely play the song because of the emotion behind it.

[TheMakemFolksinger]

Brillant love the Dubs, please drop in and have a listen to my Makem Folk songs

[onemanga91]

Rush is a great band from Canada, but the Hip is a great Canadian band!

[keirsta85]

beautiful song but yes very emotional if you know the story behind it.

[trailbikerharo]

@keirsta85 obviously a boy dies right? but whats the storey behind it?

[SpeedyGreen]

@trailbikerharo the lead singer (Gordon Downie)'s young nephew passed away of heart complications, and this song is the band's tribute to him.

[123dallasstars123]

Wish the douchebags yelling the entire time would shut the fuck up and let them play...

Great performance of an amazing song though.

[gaelslacrosse76]

This song is rarely played live because of it's personal connection to Downie, and you can feel the emotion as he sings it

[leafs852]

A beautiful song in every way, from the lyrics to the guitar work and then all the emotions on top of it.

[kraftdinnerlover]

my son i s born on semptember 17 and my wife always sings this song

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[karigro74]

Beautiful.

[0ri0ninh3ll]

The Hip ,.

[MyMoppet52]

What a beautiful, beautiful video.

[metallica606]

17 years old, seen the hip 5 times. I love this band.

[jasonriker]

@metallica606

Good work young man, keep going to shows!

[bobbyjoehope]

Beauty Eh?

[whatuppeepsable]

the tragically hip is the greatest canadian band ever

[mcnoobert]

I love that we love to wear the Canadian flag at their concerts.

[honeywatson]

Beautiful.  Thank you for sharing

[ryanvt77]

Seen them 18 times not canadian but love the hip :)

[Jookkor]

The hip will always rule. These guys still stop in to some places and play for beer now and then even though they could afford to have a caravan of beer trucks follow them around 24/7 if they felt like it.

[ROTTIWORLD]

anyone see them live at summerfest ,or was if sunfest ,at the old airport in gimli,mb.in or around 1990.what a party that was.

[nineohfivejdm]

his nephew died very young of heart troubles. and the mother in question is his sister.

I AM CANADIAN! i just dont have an attack beaver

[WorldContainerTTH]

as a heterosexual male, i feel perfectly comfortable in saying that I love this man, Gord Downie, this band, The Tragically Hip, this country, Canada and all my fellow "music lovers"

[archmik611]

@WorldContainerTTH

why does one begin a sentence explaining ones sexuality? one doesnt have to be a homosexual to love another man, nor does one need to emphasize he is straight.

[bryce00000000]

@WorldContainerTTH You love a man, ha, what a gay.

[Truemannnn]

most epic hip song ever

[ChevyZ241]

One of the many Greatest Canadian Bands of all time...Thanks for sharing this video...Tragically Hip ROCKS

[13MELA13]

Love this song =]

[canadiancowgirl44]

heartwrenching. but it sounded beautiful!

[btlc2000]

Just heard this on the radio, had to hear it again... classic.....

[lemonylimes]

This song breaks my heart everytime I hear it, it's so lovely though

[karlitosway26]

totally agree with you smithson876, but it might have been harder for him tho???? I feel so bad for Gordie, peeps were sure lucky and musta been a bit Nieve, and I think thats why he preformed it where he did maybe???

[smithson876]

I wish the audience would have kept completely silent during this. Seems pretty fucking disrespectful to hoop and holler every time Gord stops singing. Its especially disrespectful because of what this song is about.

[maccosmo32]

@smithson876 Question what is your thinking of what this song is meaning???

[smithson876]

@maccosmo32 From what I've heard, it is about his nephew who died.

[msaul815]

thats my phone at 2:24, i still got that on my phone. Go hip.

[electriceye7]

If you can't appreciate this song then you must be musically challenged!! Almost perfection

[ROTTIWORLD]

only seen them twice.tragic!

[azimuth30]

I am pleasantly surprised that you got this good of sound at the Mac, every show show I've seen there has been tainted by poor auditory channels. Thanks for the vid.

[Lennon4life1968]

You ever notice that Hip fans all seem to have the ability to respect and enjoy others?

[Zxceelxuz]

Too busy being entranced by great music to cause any trouble :D

[cgord31]

@Lennon4life1968 that"s cause we hip fans are Canadians.

[tawmkat]

@cgord31 And please don't forget to say "Please and Thank You" as Canada is known for!! Thanx

Cheers_---_ from a proud Canadian

[cleolowe]

@Lennon4life1968 my you have great taste in music Lennon!! lol must run in the family;)

[Lennon4life1968]

@cleolowe ...ah it does it does..lol

[cbappa2]

@Lennon4life1968 fuck off

[mcnoobert]

@Lennon4life1968  hit the nail right on the head

[henriggle]

First night I heard these guys. I'm seriously considering seeing them in about two weeks. This song is awesome. Need to check out some more.

[azimuth30]

do it. see them every chance you get.

[stone8675309]

Yes you do my friend yes you do.

[pebbs17]

His voice amazes me.

[claudeyelle1]

Seen them a dozen time n will see them many more long live CANADAS house band!!!

[CRAZYCAKERDUDE]

My Fave toon of theirs! Long Live The HIP!

YOU ARE THE BEST!

Cheers! From Oakville

[1Dimitri2]

i Live on this road! Wooo

[00greatscott00]

in Hamilton?

[0ri0ninh3ll]

I'm in Hamilton...Not on fiddlers though.

[kydiddy]

hahaha i was at this when i was living at calgary at the time ....what a night

!!!! love the hipp ...i seen them i think it was a year later at the stampede

[tgomorgan]

beautiful song...

[sportsandbeer]

Beautiful lyrics!!

[olaig]

One of my favourite Hip songs. Sad, beautiful and has really impacted on me since becoming a father recently. My heart goes out to any of you who have suffered such loss.

[tgomorgan]

turn those blue eyes...

[zephyer42]

fiddlers green is also an old irish song about a paridies for the fiddlers and fishermen who didnt want to spend eternity on a cloud, it is also a really good song

[unc0nnected]

It's also a little down outside of Ancaster Ontario

[pyth500]

haha ya i'm from there

[StCircus]

And a damn sight better than this one...

[tgomorgan]

AWESOME

[topgunner44]

Thank you for this upload..

[booquilty]

wicked

[allenst]

the only fiddlers green i know is when a sailor takes an orr, slings its over his shoulder, and walks inland, until some asks " what is that you are carrying?" only then you have reached fiiddlers green...........where no one knows the sea or what an ore is. that is paradise, that is fiddlers green.

[DisfiguredCowboy]

Haha, I'd never heard that before. Pretty cool idea...

[derekjm19]

I was at this show...about the same view this video was shot. Seen the hip 10 times now, this was, by far, the most memorable song of them all. Best Canadian band ever!

[saskiasolveigh]

Canadian? They are german!!

[derekjm19]

Are you joking??

[EvanDavid666]

Dude they;re canadian!!

[maiasaura08]

pulzod, there were two Fiddler's Greens. One, the local cheap bars and whores district for sailors ashore, and two, the Fiddler's Green as a metaphor for Sailor's Heaven. So it makes perfect sense that this is about Gord's young nephew who died of cancer. I'm sorry, Gord, for your family's loss.

[markymarcm]

Wow, you must be right.

[debeer41]

his nephew didn't die of cancer. " his tiny knotted heart, well i guess it never worked too good" He was born with a heart defect and passed away, following one of many surgeries, in recovery. Gord wrote the song to ease his sisters fear that her son would be alone in heaven. The song was not originally intended to be on the record, that is why it is a treat to get to see it live...

[123Prangley]

I never knew this, thank you.

[nuktubian]

Great tune. Fun to play on the guitar as well.

[tgomorgan]

beautiful song...

[6pagan9]

the hip really know how to write emotional songs, when you hear this song you can t help but feel touched, same goes for 38 years old.....long live the hip!!

[darwinanddd]

fan of the hip for 20 years and this one is my favourite, thanks Gordie!

[ghaderghader]

ya thoes people should all be quiet for this song totaly kinda disrespectfull if u acculy know the hip

[Born2RazeHell]

This song is about Gord's nephew who died at an early age due to cancer. Although recorded on the album 'Road Apples' it is very rarely performed live because it is so personal. This is the first live performance

[Grado2003]

Fucking morons in the crowd screaming!!

[tgomorgan]

loads of irish in North America...

[beowulfsword08]

Ty for sending me this the lyrics are lovely!

[folkmaster1072]

does anyone know what this song is about?

i fall asleep to this song a lot. it's so beautiful & calming.

[pulzod]

In port cities a long time ago a fiddler's green was the area where all the cheap bars and whores could be found. How that relates to the characters in the song...your guess is as good as mine. Falstaff is a character some of Shakespeare plays.

[pianoman9494]

Oy! Definitely one the best from them..I've seen the Hip many...times, and Never heard this but once Live. The fans put it on "Yer Fav."It's Impossible to pick a Hip Tune as #1, Hell, good luck Picking an Album ay...Thanks for this Post again...to watch Baker play live makes me wanna pick up the Tele..Oh, They re-did their Websight, so Chek it out (pretty Cool)

[shabba1222]

Such a sad song. Hip lyrics are poetry.

[nflandas]

This is my all time favorite Hip song. They don't perform it a lot. I've been told because it is really personal for them. You were so lucky to hear it live.

Thank you for sharing.

[landrykkb]

@nflandas It's personal more to Gord Downie than the rest of the band because it was his nephew he wrote and sang about.I actually didn't realize that until today.

[kelman66]

I was at this concert too! I was about 3 rows back in front of Robbie and Gord S.

I have the setlist on my wall! whoohoo! This was song #10 on the night :P

[BoojumFed]

If it's possible to pick a 'best-Hip-song-ever', this one's got my vote.

But that's a BIG 'if'...

[YouBoob112]

It's not possible.

[themartianmanhunter]

agreed.

but fiddlers is very good

[raina873]

it was hard for him to sing that first time ever live love it!

[hellzblade44]

Aha i was at this concert.

[kande99001]

old rocker says, look at my stuff....I will take you back..this is where I started, wanna follow?????

[gaterl]

Its personal for him because its about his nephew who died at an early age due to heart complications...and fiddler's green is a sailor's version of heaven with fiddlers and dancers.. "His tiny knotted heart

Well, I guess it never worked too good"..."He doesn't know a soul

And there's nowhere that he's really been"....

[JoeyNavinski]

"Balloons filled with rain" makes me tear up big time. I will never see an IV bag the same way.

[LASTMAN024]

The number of a ghost is, 30-psychiatry.

And the number of a perfection is, not available.

Recognized by,

Vaqas

[hammerhead300]

I'd ask you what your drug of choice is, but from looking at your user page I now know that no one drug known to man, by itself, could make a person as mentally unstable as you apparently are.

[hammerhead300]

Either you're using a crappy online translator that's somehow translating perfectly fluent, rational Dutch into broken English that reeks of paranoia and drug- or psychosis-induced mental disarray, or you're really as batshit insane as I think you are.

There is no third possibility.

[UnitedSovietParty]

this is a song that the Hip rarely do live because it's personal (for a reason I don't know)

[guitarplayeraustin]

listened to this song on the way to my great grandmas funeral..:(

[supersteve4444]

dang...FAIL

[guitarplayeraustin]

ok.

[parky81]

DermotF is a bawbag. He's probably into Destinys Child

[DoubleDDebilious]

I listen to this song at least once a day , it's one of my favorites.

[90sBlade]

upps wrong vid sorry^^

[90sBlade]

Der beste von Fiddlers Green ist immer noch "I'll be there", dieser hört sich sehr nach REM an, finde ich.

[phillsilver]

These guys are more than OK!..seen them 14 times, yes I'm Canadian don't matter. these guys rock. What a concert!!! They are the best.

[anurse1971]

pretty sure that fiddlers green is a reference to a place equivalent to a sailor's heaven.... far from the water and free from hard labour. My grandfather was a seaman, and used to say he deserved to find his fiddlers green. but he didn't drown so won't ever get to walk inland from the shores of the dead to a place where noone even knows what a 'godforsaken oar looks like' mind you he did like to rant a bit. and he looooved a tip of rum

[Pilgrimage85]

or it's a street name. In Ancaster, Ontario.

[knickle03]

gord for prime minister

[melly1010]

its not based on any folk song, fiddlers green is a mythical tale of a place where sailors go when they dont die at sea, but this version was written about gord's young nephew who died too early due to heart failure and theyve rarely performed it live due to emotional impact

[aykm12345]

Last time I heard this song was about 9 years ago...on the way to my boyfriends (& and a good friends) funeral. I can still remember the feeling I had while listening to it...sad...crying...but such a great song. Everytime I hear this song I will remember him. He (they) will be remembered EVERY time I hear this song...Love and miss ya guys!

[FatherTomasino]

Lately, Gord's voice during shows has been less than spectacular. However, he sang this song perfectly. This has to be one of the saddest songs (lyrically) that I have ever heard. Is it based on actual events? Don't know. It's a powerful work though.

[vannessia]

I cant wait to see them for pemberton

[dadman55isme]

who gives a fuck when they did it.. enjoy the damn songg

[sullyz613]

Thanks Hip! Thanks CANADA!!!!

[deepsix34]

What's the name of the folk song this is based on? I can't remember.

[Guitahero360]

Maybe fiddlers green by the dubliners?

[nechistyle]

Babys Got Back!

[mrbraun13]

possibly the greatest band out there these days, they have some soul.

[mikedh9]

this is not the first time they have played it. i have seen them 22 times and seen it previously.

they played it in summer 2006....i heard it at two different shows.

[fulldoseage]

this was off of the album Road Apples which was released in 1991, so I don't know how this could possably be the first time they done this

[fxstbi2003]

Excellent!!!

[cridda78]

Pretty song on the ablum, Amazing LIVE ! The HIP ROCK !

[jeffbrassballs]

GOTTA LOVE THE HIP !!!!

[cridda78]

2nd fav HIP song

[kelman66]

Date correction:

This song was played on October 28, 2006 at MacEwan Hall in Calgary.

[kelman66]

ps. The first time they ever played it.

[jel0336]

they did it 8/20/1992. . . sccording to thier web site. . .

[pianoman9494]

Does anyone know how he's got that strat tuned - Open E doesn't seem to fit...Tnx ...Oh, the BEST live band I've seen in years...never missed a show in DTW = Should be havin a pint at the Electric Shoe in Halifax...

[devin999m]

gord wrote this becuz his knephew died

[snswilkie]

did i just read that someone had the audacity to write the sterophonics do a better version. wtf, get off my planet you freak. you cannot compete with the original

[TireuxdeRoche]

It is just an opinion. I don't agree with it but come on, it is just music.

No need to get hostile.

[williemaley1888]

Freak??  Whatever ya prick

[LostInNC06]

For those that don't know it there is a legend about "Fiddler's Green" which is the pub half-way down the road to hell. For those of you who haven't ready it, here is a good link. May I always give thanks to the Goddess for making me an Artilleryman.

[rwcd78]

I was at this show, most surreal thing I've ever seen. I've seen the Hip 11 times, nothing packed more of a punch that this. "We're all richer for having seen them..."

[carswell98]

I saw them on Jan 17th in Prince George BC, how I wish they would have played fiddlers green, but when they played new orleans is sinking the fuckin house came down, the HIP RULE

[habspatrol]

I was at that PG show. It was a very good show. I've seen them 6 times and have never seen them do Fiddlers Green

[gorams12]

The best band ever...wish they could come to Colorado more often

[williemaley1888]

Stereophonics do a better version FACT

[mytrace01]

it's a song written about his own sister's loss of her child. a "version" could never compare to the original feel. FACT

[1v2h3f]

CHECK THE DUBLINERS

[socksofbigfoot]

The Tragically Hip aren't doing a "version"... they wrote the song. Although I like the Sterephonic's cover, it ain't the Hip.

[frustratednoname]

FACT:

you are retarded

[yerfucked]

Hands down, the best band I've ever experienced!

[mjm321]

Nothing short of amazing

[GehtDiNixO]

aren´t they german?

[drumzac]

The Tragically Hip are from Kingston, Ontario, Canada...my hometown.

[GehtDiNixO]

oh sorry, there is a german band called ´fiddler´s green´^^

[hl2vshalo2]

their not german, their canadian. my home country

[SCKB76]

This song is about one of my best friend's brother. :(

[populationpominville]

they were awsome at artpark in concert gordie is hilarious

[jimmyp37]

emotionally shattering...