The Tragically Hip - New Orleans Is Sinking
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Stumble ThisFrom "Up To Here", The Tragically Hip's 1989 album.
"New Orleans is Sinking" is perhaps the band's most well-known song. When performed live, Downie often goes off on an ad-libbed tangent. In the most famous such version, a B-side from the 1994 CD single "Grace, Too", he performs a monologue about swimming with orcas, one of which bites his arm off after its mate falls in love with him. This version is often known as "Killerwhaletank". In other known versions, including the one that appears on the live album Live Between Us, he sings additional verses from songs by David Bowie, Joni Mitchell and The Beach Boys.
The song "New Orleans is Sinking" was largely shunned from radio play following the extensive flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina. (Thanks Wikipedia)
"New Orleans is Sinking" is perhaps the band's most well-known song. When performed live, Downie often goes off on an ad-libbed tangent. In the most famous such version, a B-side from the 1994 CD single "Grace, Too", he performs a monologue about swimming with orcas, one of which bites his arm off after its mate falls in love with him. This version is often known as "Killerwhaletank". In other known versions, including the one that appears on the live album Live Between Us, he sings additional verses from songs by David Bowie, Joni Mitchell and The Beach Boys.
The song "New Orleans is Sinking" was largely shunned from radio play following the extensive flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina. (Thanks Wikipedia)
Not that being Canadian makes you an auto-Hip-fan... but it probably should.