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  • Gord Downie is the biggest beauty. True artist in every sense of the word, and clearly has a kickass sense of humor.

  • downy clippin his toenails...gross

  • Of all the amazing songs the hip have i would have to say that this is my favourite. Love when this song comes on the radio, even as old as it is it still gets a shit ton of air time

  • The Hip need more fans

  • No.1 Band in Canada.....no doubt

  • @ligas234 No Doubt is American. See what I did there? :p Also Metric is the best :D

  • smoke a J to this tune

  • @incognegro75 Fire a B through your skull.

  • So thats why all my parcels from Jappan have been damaged.(3:43)

  • I wish the japanese guy had said 'it's for you' at the end of all that palava

  • THE TRAGICALLY HIP ARE THE MOST PROFOUNDLY BRILLIANT MUSICAL ARTISTS SINCE DAVID BOWIE.

  • LMAOO stole a cell phone XD

    niceeeee this is awesome

  • What's the song he's singing in between and throughout the song ?

  • @TheTragicallyhip101

    I believe the song is 'Pretend' which is also on the album 'World Container"

  • q manera de cagar la cancion con esos cortes.

  • i love how he stopps to look at that dead guy on the street haha

  • @hayden9090 and he quickly crosses himself!  Its hilarious! Gord rocks!

  • When you compare America to Canada it's not about accomplishments and economy and beer, the things that separates us from USA is the importance of communities, and the decency of majority of the population. It's just charming the way communities work up here.

  • This is by far the most hilarious Hip video I've seen. I love how Gord keeps having more and more people chasing him. Wonder if he ever gets a hold of the girl he was supposed to meet. Guess not. Anyways this is a classic!

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  • This song never fails to put me in a good mood.

  • stop running gord!,they just want to give ya a take out menu.

  • ahahaha 2:03. awesome

  • I didn't know Bert sang professionally. I guess Ernie is playing Bass in the background LOL.

  • where was this recorded?

  • @Hayeshacker1 Pretty sure its in china town in Toronto.

  • there was 6 asians in the resturaunt, then 84 were chasing him out of the basement.

    leave it to the asians to materialize an army within seconds

  • They're like Russian Nesting Dolls...but asian.

  • What album is this on?

  • world container

  • i've been meanin to calll uuuuuu

    fb status all the way

  • People are retarded.

  • when the song stops in the video and its playing a slow acoustic song by gord, whats the name of that song? anyone know?

  • Pretend on the World Container album

  • shazam

  • throw em a Cat and they will stop chasing you. Its like throwing a steak for a guard dog.

  • rock on! XD

  • I always keep an extra cell phone on me in case a bunch of asians start chasing me.

  • @dharmafreak

    lmao

  • ahahah this video is hilarious.....and the song makes me happy :)

  • You shouldn't steal their phones then.

  • he shoulda just asked to borrow it

  • haha i wonder what the guy is saying on the phone at the end " yea i just got done chasing some white guy who stole my phone" XD

  • Is the guy at 2:54 just some random, or is it some celeb...I cant tell.

  • This song makes me thing of fall when the leaves are all over the ground and everything is frosty and that smell is in the air...

    oh autumn love....

  • this is a really wierd video . . .

  • He is a undercover cop trying to bust open the toronto triads.

  • HAHAHAHA

  • ahh man, seeing these guys in london on thursday!! its gunn be sick!

  • Me toooo!

  • I was wondering if anyone knew of a tab or chords for the song he plays on the accoustic. It`s called ``Pretend`` from World Container, and I have yet to find chords. Thanks.

  • LMFAO RUN GORD RUN YOUR BEING CHASED BY THE PHONE MAFIA i can just picture that kid "HEY MAN GET BEACK HERE YOU STOLE MY BLACKBERRY!!!!" *angry face* xD

  • thats such a great videeo:)

  • what are the chords for this song? all the tab websites are wrong.

  • I love the song and the Hip, but agree with commenters who don't like the song cutting in and out during the vid. This video doesn't work for me. Oh well... just another reason to see the Hip in concert again for the eleventieth time :)

  • Also Gord is spider fucking man.

  • Video is a little off for me, the pauses mostly, but otherwise it's not bad.

  • I don't really like the pauses, but really good song!

  • great song and vid. right on.

    these guys are gonna be soo awsome to see live!

  • good video

  • love this song!...the vid is miss for me though

  • gord downie needs to move to telus

  • dude the video ruins the song like cuttin out in between parts but the he album and live verision is amazing ps there from my town

  • fuck this video sucks.

  • How could this only get 4.5?!?!? :(

  • maybe cause gord was clipping his toe nails??? lol

  • this is my wife's fave band. i saw them in 2007 when they came to Cleveland. this was my 1st time seeing them and they put on a good show.

  • Your wife has great taste :)

    Is she Canadian?

  • Yup. A very proud Canadian.

  • what a great video.

    the hip are the best

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  • Easy on the American bashing guys, I'm one of many hip-lovers down here. If we sucked so much why did Gord have to come to NY to find a decent Chinatown? NY's Chinatown feels more like Hong Kong than Shanghai, incidentally.

  • Rush, Blue Rodeo, The Guess Who, Neil Young, Brian Adams, Bare naked Ladies, Etc..... Are all Canadian, but The Hip is better than all of em.'

  • I agree partially but Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen are undescutable greats of all time. The Hip remind me a little of REM - another of my fav bands. Agreed - you can't compare Blue Rodeo, Adams and BNL with them but don't diss The Guess Who - a great pop-rock band.......Cummings' voice is one of the Canuck greats ever - Bachman's guitar playing was legendary.

  • undescutable??? what does that mean

  • indescutable = can't be disputed or denied. We've had some other greats in the popular music genre and also some incredible artists in other areas. Loreena McKennett, Diana Krall, Lenny Breau, Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson....to name a few. IMO the Hip belong with them and a few others I forgot...........

  • its undesputable

  • LOL I've been living in France for so long I've started to mix the 2 languages........my bad.  Indescutable in French means, not able to be discussed. In English the closest would be irrefutable. The Hip are one of my favourite bands of all time........and that's saying lots !!!

  • You may want to check your spelling Roget.

  • thesaurus the dinosaurus.............Hip hops better than most canook banz. I still like alanis' 1st album lots. I can't stand Geddy Lee's voice though as musicians Lifeson, Lee and Peart are excellent. I saw them lots in the 70's and 80's. Lifeson is a great guitarist IMO

  • And don't diss RUSH either.

  • Canada Rep!

  • Rush is Canadian also.

  • and afghanistan

  • Since I am an American I get very annoyed when I try to talk about the Hip. Mostly because nobody realizes their music genus. I'm actually surprised they aren't big around the world though they are a GREAT band. heh not really though

    AMERICA FTW! All the Canadians have ever offered to the world is Canadians bacon maple syrup and the hip.

  • dont forget , freshwater, lumber and oil.

  • Dont leave out Fresh Air, Wide open spaces, great hockey teams, Manly beer, Tolerance, Understanding, and an incredible ammount of pride,

    Not to mention free healthcare :)

    but you Americans dont have it all bad right?

  • yeah, theyre only sending our armies into iraq to fight their fights

  • um bacon doesnt originate in canada though LOL I am canadian and its funny as hell when people mention that

    truth is most of the worlds bacon comes from the US I think chickens are mainly from Canada though

  • And Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and Neil Young and Gordon Peterson aka Indio...."Hard sun"

  • Canada is the Best, I love it here!

  • love this song<3

  • It`s actually sometimes cooler for bands not to blow up worldwide, because then every ass hat that hears one song, suddenly claims them whether they really get the music or not

  • I loved these guys ever since I saw them on SNL in 94, Speaking as American, the fact that these guys aren`t bigger in the States is a testament to how if you not top 40 crap, you`re often overlooked here. btw has anyone else ever noticed Gordie bears a resemblence to Rod Marinelli the football coach? I doubt Rod had Gordie`s killer moves though. Can`t wait for the new album.

  • Canada and probly most european countries appreciate the non top 40 bands a whole lot more then the States do... but the hip are top 40 in their own way, in canadian standards.

  • yes SNL creator is CANADIAN yesss

  • This is my all time favourite song

  • i love the SONG but this video pisses me off!

  • I love this song!

  • gordie baby, it's the 21st century...get a cell!

  • i'm sure he's got one ... nice video though :)

  • Offbeat song. I like it much.

  • american reporting in.

    the hip are one of the best bands out around this time. thank god for living close enough to canada to pick up their radio waves, and hence introducing me to the hip

  • nice

  • im loving the video aha gotta love the hip

  • can't a band have fun once in a while and do something different ?

    i LOVE this song, it's brilliant as is all THE HIPS work !

    i really like when Gord makes his sign of the cross in respect for the guy that just got hit by a car ... and the guy gets up and runs after him... brilliant... true tongue in cheek Gord humor. brilliant if you get it... sucks if you don't.

    THE HIP 4ever

  • Well, unlike you negative creeps, I like the song. I just wish it wouldn't keep stopping.

  • wtf were they thinking making the music stop every 10 seconds, i love em but...god damn

  • ... Bobba, SCROGY, SHUT THE FUCK UP.

    And don't expect me to reply if you attack me.

  • but anyways im sick and tired of this crap anyways because when i think its over and just do my thing and then next thing you know you come out of nowhere and start being a fag like seriously get a fucking life man i could care less what the fuck an old man listen's to.

  • ok who cares. you guys need lives to be having an ONLINE argument.

  • You might be 38 but you havn't kissed a girl.And debating and politics are poop.So im going to be the adult in this situation unlike Mr.38 over here the cure might of won the battle but THE TRAGICALLY HIP WON THE WAR!! Woot Woot.

  • Listen you little turd. I think it's about time the baby sitter tucked you in. And making a pun out of a TH song title? OOH, very clever. What's next? Using Family Guy insults? That last point doesn't even make sense, since the Cure could buy and sell the Tragically Hip. And you may just want to get off the whole Cure thing since you wore it out long ago. I mean I could insult one of your has been, no longer relevant grunge bands, but that'd be as lame as your Cure put downs. ASS!

  • haha you take things so serious haha i knew you were going to get some pissed off at that haha wow man you need a life hands down haha BTW the cure cant buy and sell the hip because there too busy buying make-up.ASS! oh man this is so god damn funny because you definatley never get laid you prlly like a 38 year-old virgin still playing world of warkraft.btw stp is back and pearl jam has been out for a while and when was the last time the cure put ourt an album um.2003 but anyways who cares ha.

  • Too bad those bands are no longer relevant. You see there's this thing called getting stale and repetitive, and TBQH I never really said anywhere in here that I like the Cure (though I do). You just ASSUMED it (or you looked at my favorited videos). I listen to a lot of diff genres from classical to jazz to death metal to alt to indie to punk, because I am not a narrow minded piss ant like yourself.

  • umm are you stupid they are touring and tbqh be more specific also you cant jugde someone by looking at there favorite videos music aint about videos i dont see no jazz no death metal no alt i didnt see much indie all i seen really is punk and you dont even know me you narrow minded piss ant like yourself haha.

  • Morphine is Jazz influenced rock (their own genre actually, called LOW ROCK). Venom and Celtic Frost are old school death metal. Love and Rockets are alt. Care to be corrected on anything else? And BTW, who the hell said I actually have videos of EVERY genre I like? I listen to Hendrix, Segovia and Coltrane, but I don't have any videos of them. Is there some law that I am not aware of?: If you listen to something you MUST have it on youtube or you go to jail?

  • umm first of i dont give a fuck on what you listen to and I said you have videos of EVERY genre I like? and yes it is the law skadouche.Boy those bands are old.

  • You fucking moron, do you even have a grade two grammar comprehension level? Go back and re-read that post. You are responding to things that weren't even said (I didn't say anything about what you like). But I guess that comes with the diminished mental capacity that a turd like you has. BTW, Morphine and Coldplay are N-E-W-E-R than The Hip and Nirvana. Look it up douche. With every post you type, you make yourself into a bigger fool. Why not give it up?

  • COMON SCROGY DONT BE ACTING ALL ROBERT SMITH ON US NOW LIKE GET A LIFE I just turned 16 i got a gf and i got my permit so what and your gf is prlly Ms.Garrision so its no wonder she is cheating on you because you cant get along with anybody anyways it doesnt matter whats newer because N-E-W-E-R music SUCKSSSSSSSSSSSSS everybody knows that except faggots like you.

  • WHAT IN THE FUCK MAN!!!!

    dude, the cure sucks ass really tragically hip own the hell out of the cure and yes new wave sucks balls. get out of the fuckin house and stop verbally abusing teens over the internet u fuckin freak. and no oasis, radiohead or blur never listened to the cure...they listened to good music, not love cats....oh yeah, and tell ur butch gf i'll see her tonite....cuz u cant satisfy her.

    ;)

  • First. YOU don;t know **** about what Oasis and Radiohead listen to. Second my GF would break your little pencil dick in half, and then choke you out and take a crap on your chest. So stay out of fights that you have no business in, little one. Oh, and shouldn't you be in bed? It's after 9:00.

  • hey douchebag! just wanted to let u know that i look up on things b4 i mention them u dumbfuck and the cure is a very rare influence on any good band.....dumbfuck....this is my busisness cuz cuz i've been watchin this for days and its stupid as hell PLUS ur like 40 years old and ur here sayin this shit to teens....u should be put in fuckin jail man u FREAK....

    P.S.: ur wife will never touch my dick cuz she's probably a man but did it feel good when she cracked urs off???.........;)

  • The fact that you have been watching it does NOT make it your business asshat. I watch the Olympics on TV. Does that give me the right to participate dong licker? Now get the hell out of here because you are boring the hell out of me. And you STILL know **** about who influences who.

  • Ummmm you see....i dont give a sweet goddamn if u don't want this to be my business cuz well,I'm makin it my buisiness, so u can fucking deal with it cuz i'm not goin anywhere....you child predator.

    moving on...i know who influence who cuz i study this shit i dont say stuff i dunno about like u and the gay cure. the fact that ur makin a big deal of this makes u look really stupid cuz im having fun with this and im shur bobba765 is too...;) and p.s.: YOU ARE A DOUCHE, get a life and a job..fag

  • Easy to talk tough when you don't have to back it up fucktard. I have a job idiot, unlike you. Which means I buy my own clothes my own food and my own car AND I have a GF unlike you. You think being 15 makes you the shit eh? You're so cool, what with relying on MOMMY and DADDY for everything. You're not even old enough to drink legally or drive a car. Real cool, loser.

  • so u think cuz im 15 ur the shit, eh? what in the hell is ur problem? so what i dont have a job...well im 15, i cant get one.

    i dont have a car...im 15 i cant drive, so what? i dont care what u have cuz u have a job and a car and a GF who is stonger than chuck norris doesnt make u top shit either.

    Real cool,loser.you're still a fag, ur here insulting 15 and 16 year olds and ur 38...fuck man.PLUS grunge does own the fuck out of new wave and ur music taste and knowledge are idiotic. look it up

  • who me ..? or that one dude

  • no man the other dude sorry if u got mixed up

  • ohh yah, bitch him out

  • yes man, add me as friend dude

  • I don't give a shit how old you are, you're still an asshole. And BTW I'm not the one who is constantly WRONG about musical genres and the eras that bands are from. You guys laugh at my music for being old (funny that these vids aren't even the oldest stuff I listen to) yet most of it is N-E-W-E-R than grunge. So who is the idiot? Once again I shall repeat: MORPHINE and COLDPLAY are more recent than Nirvana/STP et al.

  • I really dont care man i listen all the way back to jimi hendrix so fuck urself....this is getting old cuz really im just doing this for fun and u just say the same shit over and over.......might as well stfu now cuz nobody cares what u say

  • yes well pardon me SCROGY well when i meant man whore i meant a gay man whore.and your saying i dont make any sense just read your last sentence you fudge-packing faggot.

  • yes im able to except the fact i suck at english because its stupid yes it is i aint going to write any plays or stories when im older thats why im more of a math,physics and chemsitry type of guy which i would say you suck at.IDIOT.BTW i have a girlfriend thats more pleasure than you can ever handle you and your micropenis well the gay refrences are for that shitty music taste you got NOOB!

  • I have to congradulate both of you I have never quite seen a youtube argument over music go on for 5 pages ...btw I highly doubt hes 38 calling people turds and douche bags 38 year olds have a little more sense BUT~! the true purpose of this message was to ask you if you can recomend some good bands for me

  • You cant insult someone with something they dont want common now SCROGAY tell me what the fuck you meant shakespeare

  • Now you're just being repetitive (actually you've been repetitive the whole time). Either kick your game up a notch or I'm going to find someone worth arguing with.

  • oh btw the joel plaskett emergency concert was so awesome.

  • You might be 15 but you have the debating skills of a 5 year old, and you assume things you don't even know. For all you know I am YOUNGER than you, but unlike you I don't have the mental capacity of someone half my age. Now how about you leave this conversation because you're making yourself look like a fool?

  • well im not making myslef look like a fag now i just got this message at 12:40 its just that people like you in canada dont apperciate the hip they are real not like some fag called robert smith since when does debating skills get into this and mental capacity come on now your starting to sound like a kid thats been listening to too many 80's music.

  • btw grow up if your actually 38 holy shit you got the worst taste in music i have ever listen to well a little bit better than all the crap thats out there bauhas wtf is that gothic is a fad and so is the cure.

  • Fag? At least I have a girl friend and don't have to get my sexual satisfaction by tossing it to daddy's porn collection. If you don't know what debating skills have to do with this you'd better stay in school. "too many 80's music"??? You type much goodly stupid person of lowly argue skill. BTW looking at my video profile is kinda lame. I'd look at your's but, well I'd have to care what some little turd thinks in the first place.

  • oh btw culture club is new wave and so is the gay old cure thats why they arein this conversation dumb-fuck.

  • no way man, this is a very very cherry good song, you have bad taste in mewsick

  • your weird.

  • Hehehe.... I know.

  • looks like a fidel castro hat.

  • So does Gordie do his own stunts? ...I'm thinking, he's just crazy enough, so yeah, he does.

  • That was a pretty impressive fall if he does... but I'm thinking no.

  • the real message in this video is awesome! I can totally relate to Gord in this video sometimes! hahaha. The Hip are such an intelligent band, it's still blowing my mind all these years. World Container was a great album

  • lol awssome he had about all of chinatown after him lol

  • why are asians jerking gord downie around

  • lol

  • The "stereotypical-ness" rocks!

  • Most Songs Have Hidden Messages,this One Is Good For Me,i love the Hip

  • funny

  • oops. I don't know bob, it just still might be possible that two people love each other like that in this world

  • Oh my yes. Hilarious.

  • great song, even greater music video....my favorite band

  • this song reminds me of my recently pasted away dad :) i love it man it takes me back to the days of goin to the park and chillin with him now i skate and jus listen to this music and it takes me back its great :)

  • sorry for the news, life goes on buddy , enjoy it

  • this is definetly one of my favourite band i love them because there so unique i have been listening to them since i was born cause of my parents plus my uncle knew gord downing.

  • its true plus the tragically hip bases their music on life how hard it can be how good how crazy its purely beyond fucking genious so if you do not like the hip do not comment no one wants to hear about it all!!!!!!!!!!!!