Most likely, we will hear all of the Fully Completely album, and this is the first song off the album. This is "Courage". The video below is pretty hilarious. Classic mid-90s Tragically Hip. Who is that guy shaving? Why was that included? What are you trying to tell us, Tragically Hip!?!? Sidenote: the Boston Bruins jersey Gord is wearing... they're his favourite team, apparently.
This is for sure one of my favourite songs. In the Live Between Us version, he intermingles a story about the tragedy at the Ecole Polytechnique where a madman went on a shooting rampage and murdered a bunch of women (specifically women), and I'll be damned if it doesn't add a whole new dimension to the song, and maybe if you listen with that as the backdrop, you'll have a better understanding of the song. Thinking out loud: Maybe the guy in the video is someone who tried to stop the madman, unsuccessfully, and has to live with the consequences of his actions? Who knows.
Let's meet some of the band, shall we? This is Rob Baker, the lead guitarist. The beard and his glorious hair is how you'll tell him from the rest of the band. Just take a minute to drink in that majestic mane. Ahh. The majesty.
Picture credits to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Baker_(guitarist)#/media/File:Robbaker.jpg
http://kickasscanadians.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Rob-Baker-feature2.jpg
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