 Day For Night (1994) [ larger cover art ] |
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I could make you scared, if you want me to
I'm not prepared, but if I have to
He said, I can make you scared, it's kind of what I do
If you're prepared, here's what I propose to do
You're in Russia and a more than a million works of art
Are whisked out to the woods
When the Nazis find the whole place dark
They'll think god's left the museum for good
I can make you scared, if that's what I do
If you're prepared, and if I have to
If I make you scared, and you pay me to
That's the deal, now here's what I can do for you
Now there's a focus group that can prove
This is all nothing but cold calculation
Tests have shown that suspicious are hostile
Their lives need not be shortened
Truth be told, they can live a long, long while
Tickled to death by their importance
If you can make me scared, if that's what you do
If I'm unclear, can I get out of this thing with me and you
If you feel scared, and a bit confused
I got to say, this sounds a little beyond anything I'm used to
Now there's a precious few that can prove at the root
This is all nothing but cold calculation
Clearly entranced, you're heading back now
Defanged destroyer limps into the bay
Down at the beach it's attracting quite a crowd
As kids wade through the blood out to it to play
Okay, you made me scared, you did what you set out to do
I'm not prepared, you really had me going there for a minute or two
He said, you made me scared too, I wasn't sure I was getting through
I got to go, it's been a pleasure doing business with you
| G_Raffa (How far is all the way?) | Posted: Mar 27, 2013 - 06:32 More Hip! |
| jim1964 (british columbia, but use to ride the IRT to work) | Posted: Apr 21, 2011 - 18:39 Yeah, love the guitar playing in this one. |
| wendyleefrancis (Banff, AB Canada) | Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 16:06 Great acoustic tune that really highlights Gord Downie's smooth voice. |
| ploba (the other coast and hang a left) | Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 06:09 mongoose01ca wrote: I'm late for my ride but I'm not leaving until this is over. amen to that! |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 07:20 such versatility with this band. Saw them last year at the National Arts Centre. It was a night of screaming guitar and Gord has just wild screaming and well just being Gord. They opened the second set with two acoustic numbers, one Courage, which they usually do in full flight. More Hip please. |
| linz_bobinz (the city of the newly wed & the nearly dead) | Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 17:42 thanks for playing this ! |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jan 02, 2010 - 07:04 good tune! |
| JimmyJamez | Posted: Oct 31, 2009 - 14:26 Love it when RP plays the Hip. Nice to know that not just Canadians know about them.  |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Sep 29, 2009 - 23:36 Nice! |
| ejsamuel (great white north) | Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 14:28 Zep wrote:   |
| raerae333 (Jacksonville, FL) | Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 14:24 I've been memory tripping / life evaluating while i work from home today and this is really just hitting the shit out of me right now |
| tm (Atlanta) | Posted: Dec 19, 2008 - 06:50 Not enough Tragically Hip played. |
| mongoose01ca (Terminal City, BC) | Posted: Nov 17, 2008 - 16:31 I'm late for my ride but I'm not leaving until this is over. |
| kellis | Posted: Oct 17, 2008 - 04:19 Gotta love the Hip. Definitely one of their best songs, particularly out of their more recent (ie 10 years) work. Memories of high school....:) |
| The_Enemy (The Sewer) | Posted: Sep 15, 2008 - 13:11 TJOpootertoot wrote: Which is to say that they remain huge amongst the cheep-beer-drinking loogan crowd who are, generally, incapable of grasping the depths of their best work - this song included. I'll drink to that |
| Ag3nt0rang3 (Canada) | Posted: Jul 14, 2008 - 07:45 Thank Eris for The Hip. |
| JohnErle (in a Steeltown) | Posted: Apr 19, 2008 - 17:29 Ellehcim wrote: It was 'Made in Canada':
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Canada Such a great show! I love the Hip  It was indeed Made In Canada, as this YouTube clip proves. Good show, great band. - John Dynamic Range Radio |
| Ellehcim (Ottawa) | Posted: Mar 10, 2008 - 09:46 It was 'Made in Canada': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Canada Such a great show! I love the Hip |
| TJOpootertoot (Toronto) | Posted: Mar 10, 2008 - 09:41 sans wrote: Actually I think it was The Newsroom...
I don't think The Newsroom had a theme. It came in from black titles...I don't recall The Hip ever doing a TV theme though I could be forgetting something... |
| sans (Philly) | Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 13:20 Actually I think it was The Newsroom...  |
| Zep (Hear hear!) | Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 11:18 |
| Bakaretsu (South Burlington. VT) | Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 11:16 sans wrote: That's it! Song was Blow At High Dough... just checked it is on cbc afternoons....will have to tape it. also check out the show "Little Mosque on the Prarie" way too funny Wed at 8pm |
| sans (Philly) | Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 11:13 Bakaretsu wrote: Could it be "Made in Canada" with Rick Mercier? GREAT GREAT SHOW!!! WAY TO FUNNY That's it! Song was Blow At High Dough... |
| Bakaretsu (South Burlington. VT) | Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 11:10 sans wrote: There used to be an excellent Canadian television program - a show about a news show for which they did the theme song. It was a great song... anyone?
Could the show be "Made in Canada" with Rick Mercier? GREAT GREAT SHOW!!! WAY TO FUNNY |
| sans (Philly) | Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 11:07 There used to be an excellent Canadian television program - a show about a news show for which they did the theme song. It was a great song... anyone? |
| crushedvelvet (where the lights are off but everybody's home) | Posted: Sep 03, 2007 - 19:29 Thistle wrote: Outstanding.
I have watched the Radio Paradise audience slowly come to accept the genius of The Hip. Glad to see so many converts.  Here's another one. |
| FluorideFreeMN (Central Minnesota) | Posted: Sep 03, 2007 - 19:19 Labrat wrote: That exact tune line up happened again today...
and again today. |
| Labrat | Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 12:49 That exact tune line up happened again today... inindian wrote: Recycled playlist! canadianbug, that's a joke, right? If not, maybe u could start ur own webcast with no playlist repeats 
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| jdorn1 (Land o' Milk & Cheese) | Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 12:49 ...irresistable melody and in your face, thoughtful and provocative lyrics....and still it gives me to goosebumps and chills down my spine...the not many songs do that... |
| pauleywalnuts (Springfield) | Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 12:47 Great tune from one of their best albums. |
| ludite | Posted: May 16, 2007 - 17:17 There is a lot of Hip that I like. It's hard to pick a favorite song or album, but I'll suggest "Ahead by a century" as another beautiful song with a similar tone. Week-end mornings I like to gently wake-up my girl friend with music and a cup of coffee. "Ahead by a century" is always a good wakey-upy song. |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: May 16, 2007 - 17:03 This was the first Tragically Hip album I bought. It is a very interesting album. I have bought many of their albums since that time. They are very cool, melodic, deep, deep lyrics. |
| inindian ('bout 45 north) | Posted: Mar 14, 2007 - 23:01 Recycled playlist! canadianbug, that's a joke, right? If not, maybe u could start ur own webcast with no playlist repeats
canadianbug wrote: GASP!! recycled playlist!!!! (see 2 posts below)
6:15 am - The Tragically Hip - Scared 6:12 am - Turin Brakes - Slack 6:07 am - The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes 6:02 am - Calexico - Deep Down |
| jdorn1 (Land of Milk and Cheese) | Posted: Feb 27, 2007 - 06:59 wheat kings!!!! |
| 67nj (Ravenna, Italy) | Posted: Feb 11, 2007 - 17:22 just beautiful  |
| gernick (Groningen (in the cold northern Netherlands)) | Posted: Jan 28, 2007 - 02:08 On_The_Beach wrote: The Hip peaked in the mid-ninties with "Fully Completely" which is the CD to buy if you only want one. Day for Night was a pretty decent follow-up, but the quality of their music has never been up to those standards since. Think The Stones after Sticky Fingers: still good, but never the same.
you just wouldn't have this AMAZING song nor the heartstopping Nautical Disaster, so get both (at least) there's a precious few, that can prove, at the root, this is all nothing but cold calculation it's been a pleasure doing business with you LOVE IT |
| stabby (Montreal) | Posted: Dec 15, 2006 - 10:06 Nice more obscure mellow tune from this intense poetic unique rock and roll band. Amazing live shows with the enigmatic, poet/lead singer, Gordon Downie throwing in nuggets of improv and spastic ramblings. Suggestion for new fans: Up to Here (1989), Road Apples (1991), Fully Completely (1992) and Day for Night (1994) are a great starter. If you want to sample some Live Hip, I suggest Live Between Us from 1997. They also have an excellent greatest hits double CD which came out in 2005 called Yer Favourites. It includes 95% of their classic hits with many of their latest hits as well which is cool. Most fans agree that their masterpiece albums were in the early 90's but their recent offerings always had a minimum of 1-2 excellent tunes on each CD. Maybe not worth getting the album, but the nuggets certainly qualify as 'greatest hits' material. |
| Powderworker | Posted: Dec 15, 2006 - 09:57 On a two month repeat. 9:44 am - The Tragically Hip - Scared 9:40 am - Turin Brakes - Slack 9:35 am - The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes 9:31 am - Calexico - Deep Down canadianbug wrote: GASP!! recycled playlist!!!! (see 2 posts below)
6:15 am - The Tragically Hip - Scared 6:12 am - Turin Brakes - Slack 6:07 am - The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes 6:02 am - Calexico - Deep Down |
| tnt_thomas (Prince George, BC) | Posted: Dec 15, 2006 - 09:51 Hey, Canadian RPs: Didn't you love it on "Corner Gas" when "Brent" kicks them out of his garage while they are rehearsing so that ThunderFace can re-unite! ("And leave the amps!!") |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver, Canada) | Posted: Nov 01, 2006 - 14:15 The Hip peaked in the mid-ninties with "Fully Completely" which is the CD to buy if you only want one. Day for Night was a pretty decent follow-up, but the quality of their music has never been up to those standards since. Think The Stones after Sticky Fingers: still good, but never the same. |
| TJOpootertoot (Toronto) | Posted: Nov 01, 2006 - 13:49 The Hip are both the most overrated and underrated group in the history of Canada; the perennial "They Should Be Huuuuge in the States!" band. Which is to say that they remain huge amongst the cheep-beer-drinking loogan crowd who are, generally, incapable of grasping the depths of their best work - this song included. They're a damned solid band most of the time and very worthy of RP - it's lovely to hear them here. Now someone should upload their new tune, "In View" which, oddly, reminds me of River-era Bruce Springsteen.... |
| thewaxtadpole | Posted: Nov 01, 2006 - 13:46 joek wrote: This is the only Tragically Hip song I've heard that I like....OK...let the barrage of posts begin.
I only like one Hip song, and it's not this. (Ahead by a Century) |
| jdorn1 (Land of Milk and Cheese) | Posted: Nov 01, 2006 - 13:44 C'mon! |
| cordelia (Midwest, USA) | Posted: Oct 03, 2006 - 06:56 D'oh! How do I always miss the hip on RP? This is one of my favourites too... |
| joek | Posted: Oct 03, 2006 - 06:19 This is the only Tragically Hip song I've heard that I like....OK...let the barrage of posts begin. |
| jdorn1 (Land of Milk and Cheese) | Posted: Oct 03, 2006 - 06:18 C'mon people. Get those ratings up there. Being as critical as can be, this song is at least an 8.5 |
| canadianbug (nation's capital) | Posted: Oct 03, 2006 - 06:17 GASP!! recycled playlist!!!! (see 2 posts below) 6:15 am - The Tragically Hip - Scared 6:12 am - Turin Brakes - Slack 6:07 am - The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes 6:02 am - Calexico - Deep Down |
| Tireux_De_Roche (Central Massachusetts) | Posted: Sep 18, 2006 - 18:47 Amazingly, this song is only an "8" on the scale of awesome songs by The Tragically Hip. Seriously. |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | Posted: Aug 05, 2006 - 18:03 Absolutely outstanding string of tunes here, Bill: 5:59 pm - The Tragically Hip - Scared 5:56 pm - Turin Brakes - Slack 5:51 pm - The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes 5:47 pm - Calexico - Deep Down A most excellent selection from The Hip's extensive catalog. Wish we heard more on RP, but, hell, I own 'em all anyway. |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Jul 07, 2006 - 09:33 Never heard this band's music before, but I really like the expressive guitar and interesting lyrics. I'd wager that on a per capita basis Canada produces the finest music on the planet. The list of fine Canadian musical artists is quite impressive. |