Comments on: ONE STAR AT A TIME

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:01:08 +0000

Music is funny like that. Listening to an older song seems to bring you back to the time you were listening to it. Which is probably a reason why most passive listeners tend to stick to the stuff they listened to in high school and college throughout most of their adult lives. Obviously just not having the time (or energy) to check out new stuff, and not being smothered with exposure to it is another reason.

As for liking bands from your country — yeah, that makes a lot of sense. They just feel closer I suppose — like you have more of a connection. I’ve got quite a few of those as well.

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:34:08 +0000

When I first moved to the states I would listen to a lot of Canadian music to remind me of home. Now, Bobcaygeon in particular, reminds me of San Francisco

One benefit of living in the US is that when the Hip come to town, it’s almost always in a small club, because they’re not nearly as popular here. So you get to see this amazing band that in Canada you’d have to go to a GM Place type venue to see, in a small intimate place. And, you’re usually surrounded by Canadians living in that city.

In fact, when I saw the Hip in San Francisco, the entire crowd burst into “Oh Canada” about 5 minutes before they took the stage. It was a room full of Canadians working in silicon valley.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:51:44 +0000

the hip is my favourite band. i make everyone listen to bobcaygeon when we drive through.

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:28:46 +0000

Canadian artists top my all time list…Neil Young, Tom Cochrane, Bruce Cockburn, Matt Mays, Sam Roberts, The Hip …

By: jessica

jessica — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:59:11 +0000

The Weakerthans has been my favorite Canadian band for the last 10 years!!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:13:19 +0000

Shortly after this album was released, I took a trip to Puerto Rico and Brazil for a couple weeks with some good friends. In hindsight, it was one of those coming of age/finding oneself trips. The kind they make movies out of. The whole while this song, (and Thompson Girl) was the soundtrack running trough my head.
I still remember how, when returning home to Vancouver, the usual melancholy sadness one feels at the end of a trip was replaced by an overwhelming sense of luck and peace.
All the while, that bass line groove was running through my head….

Thank you for reminding me of that tremendous experience.

By: Roshan

Roshan — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:53:49 +0000

This is my fav Hip song as well. The lyrics are perfect ‘It was in Bobcaygeon, I saw the constellation, reveal themselves one star at a time’. Lovely and fantastic. The music is so great and the song tells me that the singer has found contentment and knows where he belongs and go to stay with his lover.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:47:24 +0000

My friend Chelsea got me into the Hip last year and Bobcaygeon is simply amazing. It’s in my iTunes Top 25 Most Played ever since. I also love Sarah McLachlan; Sweet Surrender, Building a Mystery, Adia, Possession (original and acoustic)- I’ve loved them all for years, I never get tired of hearing them =)