The Tragically Hip are playing their final concert tomorrow. This is a band that is deeply entrenched in Canadian culture and an enormously important band for myself in my teenage years. Sadly, singer/lyricist/frontman Gord Downie has terminal brain cancer and will be lucky to see 2017.
As I got older my musical tastes shifted and I listened to The Hip less and less, however, they are still absolutely mandatory for all road trips
I used to be a huge Daily Show/Colbert Report fan too, and fell out of the habit of watching those as well, and then, suddenly, they were gone also. I also passed on the last RUSH concert too, not realizing that it may be the last time I could see them live.Thankfully, I will have the opportunity to see the big show on the CBC tomorrow, so perhaps I will get a sense of closure then? Why is it we as humans are often so prone to taking things for granted in life?