Oh man... I knew this was coming but still wasn't prepared. This is a tremendous loss for Canada, and for the world of music at large. While the great Canadian band The Tragically Hip was not really known well at all outside of Canada, they are without a doubt one of the best and most well recognized bands inside of Canada, and are about as Canadian as they come.
Today is a very sad day.
For those unfamiliar with
The Tragically Hip, here are a few select classic songs from their catalogue for your enjoyment:
Nautical Disaster Little Bones New Orleans Is Sinking Locked In The Trunk Of A Car One interesting piece of fun trivia is that Gord Downie wrote down random things he heard other people saying from fragments of conversations etc. in a bar and said he would turn it into a hit song. That song became
Little Bones which did become a hit song which is amusing as it is basically nonsense lyrics. :)
Gord and band were brilliant and he will be very much missed by Canadians everywhere. RIP Gord.
