8/31/2023 0 Comments Roxy and elsewhere tragically hip![]() ![]() This was the album which signified that The Tragically Hip weren’t just a band, they were a cultural movement. The album yielded six singles and got The Tragically Hip in front of every person in Canada. Fans who had been won by The Tragically Hip, Up To Here and Road Apples as well as new listeners who were looking for something of their own fell in love with Fully Completely because it rocked hard and felt familiar. Not only was it genius, but it was respected in its own time. Needless to say, the focus of view on Fully Completely was a bit more narrow but, for Canadian kids, the thematic turn was a revelation – in the Hip, they had found a group that thought like them, talked like them and saw a world they knew, rocked hard and had just enough poetry in their collective soul to make the songs both welcoming and habitable. The band focused more on Canadian images with songs about Canadian explorers like Jacques Cartier and Toronto Maple Leafs alumnus Bill Barilko, locations like the prairies, and products like Canadian beer (the ‘Fifty’ in “Fifty Mission Cap” refers to Labatt 50 ale). With Fully Completely, EVERYONE in Canada became acquainted with the Hip, because the themes were accessible to everyone. Fully Completely marked a turning point for the band in that regard with their third full-length album, the Hip broke through into every quadrant of Canadian pop culture. They were able to tour comfortably, but they still needed to be on tour a lot in order to LIVE comfortably. and Europe as well but, in the grand scheme of things, they were still just a well-respected college rock band, at most. ![]() ![]() Between the releases of their first two full-length albums ( Up To Here and Road Apples), the Hip had already built up a loyal fanbase in Canada and made a few inroads into the U.S. By the time The Tragically Hip released Fully Completely in 1992, they were already stars. ![]()
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