SOUNDTRACK: RHEOSTATICS-Le Colisee, Quebec City QC (November 30 1996).
This is the 16th night of the 24 date Canadian Tour opening for The Tragically Hip on their Trouble At The Henhouse Tour. This is the same show that the Double Live version of Saskatchewan was taken from. It is also the show Dave wrote about in On A Cold Road.
The site has recently added a DAT version of the show in conjunction with the existing fan-recorded version (which is quite different and an interesting perspective).
The show opens with a recording of (maybe) a French-language hockey game? I love how the opening guitars of “Saskatchewan” just start during the cheering.
Obviously this is a great version if they chose it for their live album.
It segues right into “Fat” which opens a little funky. It runs to about seven minutes with the rocking ending being fun as usual. “Fat” segues into a quiet and beautiful “Digital Beach” with great guitars from Martin and then, surprisingly into “Claire.” Martin’s solo sounds very different–single notes played in a unusual (for him) style. I like the change and it works well for the song.
Dave asks: Whats the shouting? more shouting. Martin: WHAT!? (on the other recording you can hear that some guy is shouting: “Bad. Time. To. Be. Poor.” The guy then deliberately shouts: “We came here to see you guys.” Shame it’s not acknowledged).
Dave says, “We’re gonna do four songs in one from our new album, The Blue Hysteria. Thanks to the whistling bats over there.”
“Four Little Songs” is goofier than usual. And then Don, ever the salesman says “this next song is the current single from our brand new record which you can buy here at the venue.” When they do play “Bad Time to Be Poor,” (those guys must have gone nuts), it sounds great.
Dave: “Thanks very much. Save a bit for The Tragically Hip. I don’t want you to….”
On “Sweet Rich, Beautiful, Mine,” Martin hits a slight wrong note before the roaring midsection which is kind of shame, but he recovers fine and the rest of the song is spot on.
A lovely “Dope Fiends” ends the show with a cool acoustic guitar and drum middle. Martin has some fun with the “dark side of the moon” ending growling it somewhat and Dave says “By Pink Floyd. Side two.” Just before Martin roars his awesome guitar ending.
The song and show ends with Martin playing and then singing “You Are Very Star.” It’s a very sweet ending.
[READ: June 2018] Start Without Me
I really enjoyed this story. It was funny and dark and played with all kinds of twisted family portraits.
As the book opens Adam wakes up in the house he grew up in. But in the basement.
A young child sizes him up, “Who are you?”
“I’m Adam. Uncle Adam.”
The boy shakes his head. “My uncle’s Travis. He lives in Texas.”
“I’m your other uncle.”
“Why are you on the couch?”
Indeed, why is it? It is Thanksgiving. One of his siblings or their offspring is in his old room. They weren’t sure if he would show.
Finally it dawns on the boy, “Are you the uncle who smashed the pinata?”
“Jesus, that’s what you remember?” Did he actually owe apologies to the kids, too? (more…)
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