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    'The Tragically Hip', Singer Gord Downie ‘unofficial poet laureate’ of CANADA Dead at 53 Years

    Gord Downie, Tragically Hip frontman, dies of cancer aged 53
    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/18/tragically-hip-frontman-gord-downie-dies-aged-53
    Lead singer of Canadian rock group and the country’s ‘unofficial poet laureate’ has died following battle with brain cancer


    Gord Downie, Tragically Hip frontman, dies of cancer aged 53

    Lead singer of Canadian rock group and the country’s ‘unofficial poet laureate’ has died following battle with brain cancer

    Gord Downie, frontman of Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip, has died after a battle with brain cancer.

    A message on Twitter attributed to the Downie family announced that the musician had “passed away with his beloved children and family close by”. The statement went on to say that “Gord knew this day was coming – his response was to spend this precious time as he always had – making music, making memories and expressing deep gratitude to his family and friends for a life well lived”. Downie revealed that he had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in May 2016.

    In my lifetime of loving music and that in all gendres, I've never seen a better 'Front Man' for any Great ROCK Band. Gord Downie was indeed Special and certainly loved and fully and completely appreciated in Canada.

    Canada went into grief yesterday with the announcement of his expected death to this life. Up here we love 'The Hip'. We love Gord Downie.

    Our Prime Minister was in tears when he spoke of this los to Canada in a Special Press Conference yesterday. I cannot even imagine the horrific pain we'll feel when that other Gordon passes away. I mean Canadian Icon Gordon Lightfoot. There was recently yet another tribute to his great works just recently and Gordon somehow keeps on.
    Last edited by woodbuck27; 10-19-2017, 01:10 PM.
    ** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
    ** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
    ** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
    ** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau
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    ** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
    ** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
    ** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
    ** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau

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      ** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
      ** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
      ** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
      ** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau

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      • #4
        ** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
        ** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
        ** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
        ** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau

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        • #5
          ** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
          ** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
          ** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
          ** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau

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          • #6
            ** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
            ** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
            ** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
            ** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau

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            • #7
              ** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
              ** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
              ** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
              ** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau

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              • #8
                ** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
                ** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
                ** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
                ** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau

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                • #9
                  ** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
                  ** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
                  ** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
                  ** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau

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                  • #10
                    My goodness but Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip Band Members could write the best ROCK Songs...." Three Pistols" is the second single by The Tragically Hip from the band's second studio album, Road Apples (1991). The song reached #1 on the RPM CANCON (Canadian Content) chart.

                    The title of the song refers to 'the city of Trois-Pistoles, Quebec', and the song is about the Canadian artist ''Tom Thomson' a Member of ' The Group Of Seven ', Famous Canadian Artists.

                    Note: Trois-Pistoles is a city in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.The town is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
                    Last edited by woodbuck27; 10-19-2017, 02:05 PM.
                    ** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
                    ** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
                    ** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
                    ** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau

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                    • #11
                      CTVNews
                      http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/a-collection-of-memorable-song-lyrics-written-by-gord-downie-and-his-bandmates-1.3637411


                      A collection of memorable song lyrics written by Gord Downie and his 'The Tragically Hip' bandmates
                      ** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
                      ** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
                      ** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
                      ** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau

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                      • #12
                        Hutchingame: Remembering Gord Downie through his songs
                        http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/hutchingame-remembering-gord-downie-through-his-songs
                        Gord Downie chose to bravely confront death head-on, raising awareness of his causes and his cancer.


                        Hutchingame: Remembering Gord Downie through his songs

                        Ronalee Hutchingame ... RONALEE HUTCHINGAME

                        Published on: October 18, 2017 | Last Updated: October 18, 2017 1:54 PM EDT
                        ** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
                        ** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
                        ** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
                        ** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau

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                        • #13
                          Gord Downie's muse: 4 topics that influenced his songs | CBC News
                          http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gord-downie-legacy-lyrics-1.4360141
                          Gord Downie is known primarily as a chronicler of Canada, but his lyrics also dealt with bigger ideas, writes John Mazerolle.



                          ANALYSIS Gord Downie's muse: 4 topics that influenced his songs

                          Tragically Hip frontman wrote extensively about environment, Indigenous issues

                          By John Mazerolle, CBC News Posted: Oct 19, 2017 9:52 AM ET Last Updated: Oct 19, 2017 12:49 PM ET

                          " ...It's all there in the lyrics.

                          In interviews, Gord Downie was sometimes halting and introspective, always trying to find the right words. He could be maddeningly vague when asked directly about his artistic intent, but listeners could find most of what they needed to know in the album sleeves of the Tragically Hip's 13 full albums and Downie's four side projects.

                          Downie, who died Tuesday at age 53, was seemingly incapable of writing a cliché. His lyrics avoided pop-rock boilerplate and had themes and motifs, not to mention heart and insight. ..."
                          ** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
                          ** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
                          ** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
                          ** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau

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                          • #14
                            Gord Downie's take on ' the prospect of death ', is captured in the band's 2002 song ' A Beautiful Thing '. A phone call surprises the narrator in the dead of night:

                            "You'd better be dying" — and you were

                            So we talked about things and where they went

                            Big remarkable events

                            And how each day's a new day

                            And they get spent

                            How you'd continue, artfully, like the breeze

                            Trying to do one true beautiful thing "

                            ** Since 2006 3 X Pro Pickem' Champion; 4 X Runner-Up and 3 X 3rd place.
                            ** To download Jesus Loves Me ring tones, you'll need a cell phone mame
                            ** If God doesn't fish, play poker or pull for " the Packers ", exactly what does HE do with his buds?
                            ** Rather than love, money or fame - give me TRUTH: Henry D. Thoreau

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                            • #15
                              "Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - Woodbuck

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