The Tragically Hip - Poets (International Version)

[Jack53480]

Where can I get some of that sea weed for my tank?

[Pyromania0x]

omg last night was the best!!! seen them live!!!

[pimp2611]

fantastic



[darkcanuck77]

it's tragically hip.. if you don't get it now - sadly, you never will.

[nightmathzombieethan]

Is it just me or is most of this song making fun of the entire Rap and Hip Hop scene... cause that's what I've always gotten out of it.

[MrWizardmeat]

fuck you everybody that thinks assholes are eating all of your hotdogs,its not your asshole its the aliens eating up and over there and over buy loydys coffee assholes

[SeriousRhino]

that outro is wicked deadly.

[sonjahwkns]

Love the beat...Oh yeah, and the words and the music and the.....

[ryanandbranslurppiss]

lol i never realized all the cats in that basement

[fillabunny]

We got MuchMusic on basic cable in Cleveland for a while. This is a perfect example of why I miss it.

[zlaker1001]

@fillabunny It's funny because Much Music doesn't show music like this anymore.

[MrSTEELE210]

Listen to me rap, need subscribers! thanks.

[jordanbeaulieu]

My brother's friend's dad is good friends with one of the bandmates.

Closest relation I'll ever have to someone famous.

[mrJBKfilms]

I love the vocals from the Hip. They're one of a kind!

[7Ronan1967]

Gord's growing weed in his fish tank :)

[rumrich]

How does Oh Land and Rihanna end up being mentioned in the same video promos as the Hip? Fuck you Vevo

[pandorariven]

Long live The Hip - true Kingston Boys!

[tugatom]

soo many cats

[jjaakkeerrss1]

this is one of the greatest songs of all time.

[Cspags007]

Gords Singing Phrases are amazing! over the barline! hed be a great drummer

[arnolddrummer]

Best intro ever to a song.

the Hip are amazing. Everytime I hear that intro it sends shivers down my spine.

[sensfan09]

@PKTrekGirl ^^ This Girl knows what she's talkin about , Rock On People !

[senz20]

@sensfan09 I love your name!

[Bieberbroadcast]

i saw them oon thursday ,.. and gordy is just the fruitiest guy ever : ) Hes So much fun .. they are all so young in this video

[BeeDotSix]

great video!

[ddawg132]

wuts up with the singer?

i want whatever hes havin.

[BeeDotSix]

@ddawg132 Gord Downie - that's him restrained!

[TheZaidabdullah]

@BeeDotSix lol lol that`s him restrained 2 funny

[TheZaidabdullah]

@ddawg132 you are so dumb ha ha ha ha ha ha he on some happy drugs

[porterhg]

why complain about vevo putting ads in videos to make them free? the people who placed the ad paid for your ticket to watch it

.dummies..

[Challen7]

beauty band , these guys really know how to give'r

makes me feel good to be canadian !

[stevebeagle]

thank you Canada,,,from Raleigh NC via NYC.

[yamahadrums1989]

bobcaygeon june 25th 

[sabres685]

@yamahadrums1989 that was UNREALLLL

[jerodirwin66]

lol gord just loves stepping onto stage, gripping his hand around the mic, and lettin it all out. the best thing from canada medical marijuana, the trailer park boys, and the hip!

[Gringo5223]

lol gotta love the weed in the fish tank

[scooter1655]

Can't wait to see them at Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest this year! :D :D :D So stoked

[kerrman88]

Fuck yeah, one of the best in the world.

Seeing these boys on Canada Day, CAN'T WAIT.

[danawana1996]

@kerrman88 ME TOO so excited :)

[LuigieatsBabies]

So i turned this on today and my mom came running in and asked what the song was.. i told her this, and she told me when i was 2-3 i loved them and i knew all the lyrics to this song.. 14 now and still like TTH :)

[danawana1996]

if George was a really hot guy then the band would've gone so much further.

Sad that its all that matters to some people

HFL= hip for life

[ThePirateyouwanttobe]

@danawana1996 - mean Gord?

[danawana1996]

@ThePirateyouwanttobe lol yes, failed it.

[danawana1996]

@danawana1996 Gord*

[jerodirwin66]

@danawana1996 geroge? and hottness? your an idiot!

[danawana1996]

@jerodirwin66 oh thanks man. so much love

[whitehouse106]

I love the Tragically Hip, seen them in Chicago once and have been a fan ever since, those who know them, love them 1

[arnolddrummer]

That bass guitar doesn't maker any sense!!!

[keeponrockin999]

I love these guys, i've never heard music that just FELT canadian. I don't know if they try but they do, it's just music intended to be music, not a cash flow and i love it!

Was suprised they weren't at the Olympics though. That would have been pretty cool. Or Rush too.

[MerchManDan]

I absolutely frikkin' LOVE this song!! Don't fully understand it, but I love it!!

[WrongOrRight901]

i like vevo... I like the way it SUCKS FUCKING BALL SACK!!

30 bucks the first thing you saw was FUCKING!

[solmar1013]

From Orting Washington Here! Tragically Hip Fucking Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jasonbass311]

vevo can FUCK OFF..

[bobbackwards18]

amazing band my favourite and they come from the same city as the one and only DON CHERRY! good old Kingston, Ontario

[anon55555555]

I always wondered what it says in the background vocals throughout the second verse. Anyone know? At the end it sounds like "not expected to take a piss" 1:34

[iamcondescending]

the sound of canada right here! I Love it, and if you don't, well, dont claim to be canadian either, cuz ur not!

[winsumsprifa]

no cats were injured in the making of this music video

[GENERALWACKASS]

@winsumsprifa What about the fish?

[metalman664]

I love this band. I grew up listening to them going camping. now every time I hear it I think of my cabin! :D tragically hip is freedom for me.

[metalman664]

I love this band. I grew up listening to them going camping. now everytime I hear it I think of my cabin! :D tragically hip is freedom for me.

[guitar57lespaul]

canada, thats all i have to say

[Frostmanej]

wow sooo underrated youd think it would be at a million or so views by now..

[dirty30jr]

I'm glad they avoided the Olympics

[dfbhcf]

@dirty30jr Me too. Although I'd have loved for them to play at the Olympics, I wouldn't want them to be associated with shit sell out bands like Hedley and Nickelback to an international audience.

[TheZeusgoose]

Vevo doesn't watch out for them little bones.....

Damn, wrong video

[tigerfaith62]

GOOD TUNES BY THEM!!!!!!

[PKTrekGirl]

I'm not a Canadian - I'm an American. But as far as I'm concerned, this band is a Canadian National Treasure who never compromised their craft, just to 'make it' south of the border. But those of us south of the border who pay attention and don't just settle for whatever our music industry force-feeds us know who the REAL Canadian rockers are, and these guys are it! Just pure awesomeness.

[nervoussplat]

@PKTrekGirl Thank you! That is all that needs to be said here! Just thank you!

[ac42975]

@PKTrekGirl totally! I too am American and I have seen The Hip 25 times! the first time I saw them was in 1989! and In 1993 I followed their tour across eastern Canada! Good times!

[ilovechickenskins]

@ac42975 I'm severely jealous!

[Kentrone24]

@PKTrekGirl f*cking eh! Long live true rock.



[lordpeekaboo]

@PKTrekGirl....... Couldn't agree more. Looking forward to U.S. concert dates and a new album!

[420jaymac]

@PKTrekGirl well said! 

[AYouthInRevolt]

@PKTrekGirl And your welcome to come see a show here anytime! BEST CONCERT EVER! (unless marijuana offends you)

[PKTrekGirl]

@AYouthInRevolt Hah! I'd love to see this band live. Do they mainly tour in the summer? I should plan a trip and see a few shows. And no...weed does not 'offend' me. Heh.

[allhotnewmusic]

@PKTrekGirl  canada is the shit

[JudoJasonTemple]

@PKTrekGirl check out their appearance on SNL... someone posted both songs on here in good quality recently... "Grace Too" and "Nautical Disaster" just flat out amazing preformances.

[PKTrekGirl]

@JudoJasonTemple Yeah...I saw those and actually posted them to my Facebook feed recently. Great videos - I especially love the one of Nautical Disaster, but Grace, Too rocks! When were they on SNL? I don't think the videos say....

[smith37s]

@PKTrekGirl Seems like most Canadian bands lack the ego which most others seem to succumb: money, ego, creative differences, the 3 things that wreck a band. Rush has been together for almost 40 years, and TTH have for over 25 years. Maybe that says something about Canadian culture...TTH is the most explicitly Canadian band definitely, but you can't forget about the awesomeness of Rush.

[santoslittlehelper06]

Bubbles lent his cats to The Hip for this video.

[santoslittlehelper06]

0:35 "BRING OUT YOUR DEAD!!! BRING OUT YOUR DEAD!!!"

[patrick112590]

What's different about the international version? Did they remove some Muslim-offending lyrics, or something?

[Paratrooper177]

@patrick112590 Thank god this song doesn't have the word faggot in it. The CRTC would have banned it too.

[santoslittlehelper06]

@Paratrooper177

I can't believe that they banned that song! I fell in love with the guitar because of that song.

I'm all for same-sex rights, but it's just a word. Sometimes I wonder if the CRTC is a little too overzealous sometimes.  Free speech is still free speech, the Notwithstanding Clause notwithstanding, hehe...

[uneedtherapy42]

3 people are poets I imagine

[TheWhalemeat2012]

what happened to real music like this?seems to be strangely abscent from the world.

[KMKlym]

Now the commercials are in a language I dont even speak. Yesterday when I was watching a video an embeded commercial was playing over the song and I had to stop the song and wait till it was over. Remember when the guys who made this site only had the one little ad on the side. FUCK, its killing the song for me.

[Uberpawn]

I heard Gord took a crap once, and then his crap took a crap, and that crap crapped and so on and so forth; until 40 years later, when the last crap descendant died, a parasite named justin bieber was born from the dying decay of that crap.

[bellababy420]

Gord you rock my socks

[zomb3kill3r]

... be my dad.

[bluebootzz]

This is Canadian genius at it's finest. Love it!

[ultravioletradio]

This song is brilliant. If REM were the Beatles, T-Hip would be the Stones.

[MrStanlee9]

The fish are stoned ! You tell me.

[jager18903]

nickleback and Alanis Morrisette where a big WTF moment for the closing ceremonies.

NOT a good representation of Canadian rock to the world.I thought, "Is this the best they could come up with?". I would have had Hip,Big Sugar,and Rush (one man's opinion)

[joegman986]

love the video, VEVO SUCKS MY ASS, though

[Louie14DGB]

@joegman986

Vancouver will snub anything from Ontario

[beaups10]

@joegman986 why is vevo so bad may i ask

[jerodirwin66]

@joegman986 you wanna pay for this?

[beckymhad]

@joegman986 Just use firefox with add blocker

[pokeybadger]

@joegman986

Lucky! For me, they only let me watch videos for free...

[dwdeclare]

i wish i lived in the kitty house

[MrStanlee9]

@dwdeclare Cat nip in the fish tank bro. LMAO

[sanctuary1985]

one of the most underrated bands ever....seen them...love them...you got to be a real music fan to appreciate them...i just want to adopt the band and take them home

[kirstenschlange]

Anyone big enough fans to remember The Rodents

[Josy3710]

les meilleures....

[MrCocklips]

Fucks canada is the shit!

[tjcool25]

anyone else notice the cannabis in the fish tank? ;)

[scattnasty]

@tjcool25 i think that's sea weed

[tjcool25]

@scattnasty you'd think that, but no.

[neonstratusguy]

@scattnasty kinda looks like weed man!!

[bigredonedday]

@tjcool25 by brother did.

[bigredonedday]

@tjcool25 my brother did.

[hawkzeyes]

these guys are soo good lol

[BranMac97]

its kinda cool...my hole family loves te tragically hip and my friends love em to

[hearditman]

It's like watching your dad dancing.

[josiejosie36]

well that's just HAWT. you Canadian boys you, You will play at my wedding in NS- and I will also win the lotto. But before that we will get a new MAYOR for Halifax, and better yet a new? prime minister... keep it all you and keep sending it too...xox from HALIFAX

[7flies4U]

just can't get enough, wish dreams like these were power in this crazy dull world

[riverdale999]

Is it possible for a song to be cooler than this? Maybe Come Together or Tangled Up in Blue . . . but that's be about it.

[39chevpickup]

there were goldsmiths, silversmiths, and blacksmiths known for their respective craft by their excellence. Gordy is a wordsmith.

[donottawaguitar]

i thought you should have billions of views since your music eclipses the rest !!!!yaaaaa!!!!!

[shoegal330000]

Fuck yes.. I love this song

[TheBraveheart1973]

Jeroen, I love you. Still. And I always will. Steffi

[clavin747]

kinda bass is that? looks kinda short

[Volacious1]

I AM CANADIAN

[bethnca]

Love, love, love!!!

[LAK770]

these guys rush and maybe some other bands at the Olimps lol not those crappy ones that had

[hate420breed]

I AM CANADIAN!

[MCharbonneau91]

they made a funny cameo on Corner Gas

[Popartastic]

I wonder if maybe they are not olympic supporters? I have no clue.

[thehip63]

@Popartastic They played a concert at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics for the Canadian athletes...still have it on VHS tape :)

[revlissicnarfnevets]

there are lots of cats because the house the video was made at was a cat shelter. I was there when it happened. And YES they should have closed the Closing ceremonies of the Olympics, no other Canadian band should have!

[PlayForLOLs]

imagine if the closing ceremonies had the tragically hip and rush, best canadian bands, it would have been sooooooo much better

[jaysatanfox]

Sound like a Canadian R.E.M.

I like.

[riverdale999]

@jaysatanfox These guys make REM look like a garage band.

[libbystarz]

Like the song thanks, came across it randomly. Check out my videos....

cheers! I have a funny OPEN BREAKUP LETTER and am a poet.

[nxdefiant1]

Why are there so many cats?

[notme2468]

I also ways thought of tth as Canada's version of red hot chili peppers

[mongo88now88]

yes, can you imagine if they played The Hundreth Meridian? ;-O

[j0U5Hb0XXX]

isnt there hip music video with the trailer park boys in it?

[crimsonking666666]

@j0U5Hb0XXX

The one with the TPB's is the darkest ones.

[j0U5Hb0XXX]

@crimsonking666666 thanks

[MrStanlee9]

The darkest ones ! You tube. All the best !

[sv6civic]

Best group ever to see live...I seen them play Cobo Hall

[mongo88now88]

ya got that right. Nickelback (whateve) bore me to tears. I grew up on Hip and Gord never failed. Old days at the Horseshoe. Wow. Woulda been cool if they played 'Hundredth.., eh?

[xDirectJABx]

He's definitely stoned :D! Love this band

[santoslittlehelper06]

Robbie Baker is my guitar hero!!!

[Spic173]

ur my guitar hero...

[balazsaboo]

tell me about it. but then you think about it. the olympics isn't about canada. it's about the world. so you've got to appease the masses. unfortunately that means avril, and nickelback. those are the only two choices i disagree with. i don't mind buble, and i like alanis, and i fuckin love neil young. plus the guys in the hip probably just wanted to watch the game.

[mijj22]

dam, these guys shoulda played at the closing cerimonies at the olympics

[BnLfan111]

@mijj22 Yeah, they should have.

[cgord31]

@mijj22  Damn! That's exactly what I was yelling at my TV set while watching Avril Laviegn.

[happygofucky]

@mijj22 I was just thinking that

A real Canadian band here mate

[slipacigarette]

@mijj22 YES! The bands that played during the olympics were not the greatest...

[frasermack18]

yeah, we got stuck with Nickelback and Alanis Morrisette!

[AwesumLittleRedTruck]

@mijj22 I felt the same way.

[RUSHROCKS757]

@mijj22 i know i was pissed i was hoping these guys played or RUSH/April Wine