Gord Downie: If Jesus was hung, would we pray to a rope?
Gordon Downie has released two solo albums: 2001's "Coke Machine" and 2003's "Battle of the Nudes". Gord has also released a book of poetry called Coke Machine Glow.
The song 'Nautical Disaster' is based on the Allied raid on Dieppe, France, during WWII. Eighty-two percent of the raid were Canadian soldiers, and eighty percent of the Canadians died. If the raid had failed, D-Day might not have occured in 1944.
In the 1996 song 'Don't Wake Daddy', Kurt Cobain reincarnates as a husky sled dog.
The song '38 Years Old' is based on true events from the early 70's, of convicts who escape from the prison Millhaven located in Bath, Ontario. The main character in the song was incarcerated when he was a teenager, so 'he's 38 years old, never kissed a girl' was true.
The Tragically Hip appeared in the 2002 curling movie Men With Brooms, as Team Kingston. The Tragically Hip are originally from Kingston, Ontario.
The Tragically Hip took their name from a skit in the Michael Nesmith film Elephant Parts.
The Tragically Hip performed at Woodstock 1999.
The song 'Fifty Mission Cap' is writen about a Toronto Maple Leafs player, Bill Barilko. Bill disappeared in 1951, when an airplane returning from a fishing trip went down. Eleven years later, the airplane was found, and the Leafs won the Stanley cup for the first time since Bill's disappearance.
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