| The Tragically Hip – Fireworks Lyrics | 23 years ago |
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Sorry, not really about Hockey, any more than American Pie was about Chevies. the '72 summit series was a great moment for Canada, and one ofthose moments of youth you will never forget (if you were alive!). The reference to Participaction the "National Fitness Program" is another one of those unique Canadian memories growing up in the 70's. But I think the song is about how stars have been replaced with fireworks. Great people, great moments are lost in the modern rush of moments and people. When everyone gets 15 minutes, no-one gets 16. The bright stars of yesterday are replaced with the brief fireworks of today. Cool tune, though. |
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| The Tragically Hip – At The Hundredth Meridian Lyrics | 23 years ago |
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I've always thought "the Hundredth Meridian" was a metaphor for the 49th parallel, and all it means to Canadian Artists. They have to go there, they must be carried there to be considered successful, but they lose themselves there. If you change "The Great Plains" could be the flat countryside of central North America, or it could be plain as in ordinary, nondistinct, homoginized, as American Music tends to become. Much of what he cries to be carried away from (swollen city-breeze, acts of enormity) seem very american. The song is an acknowledgement that they may have to travel south of 49 (across the 100th), but they will not allow it to change them. |
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