An intimate and unvarnished look at the extraordinary 40-year journey of Canada's most beloved rock bands. | dHNfWl9ZeUtzcmV5ZWc
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00:00No dress rehearsal, this is our life.
00:03That's what you got to do, you got to make the most of it.
00:06From Kingston, Ontario, Canada, my friends the Tragically...
00:12If any of us were in another band, I don't think we'd be able to do it
00:16because we wouldn't be in another band with our friends.
00:18Crowds would get so loud that you couldn't hear anything happening on stage.
00:23They put on a monster show.
00:24They were loud and tight and forceful and Gord was mesmerizing.
00:30They made it cool to be Canadian.
00:32I feel silly being sort of emotional about it.
00:34The songs that we wrote matter a lot to people.
00:37It came at its cost.
00:4330 years, relationships can get strained.
00:46We probably should have had some therapy.
00:48I think at that point we probably needed it.
00:50We knew there were problems.
00:52There was anger and frustration and resentment.
00:55And then Gord got his diagnosis.
01:00He had brain cancer and was incurable.
01:03The worst of the worst.
01:05Memories, which used to be my forte,
01:07and now I can't remember people's names and can't remember lyrics.
01:10What he's planning to do next is nothing short of awe-inspiring.
01:14We got together and started to rehearse, to write an end to our own story.
01:19No dress rehearsal.
01:23This is our life.
01:28People came out and they showed their appreciation,
01:30gave Gord their love, and it helped him.
01:37I swear as we progressed, he got better and it was unbelievable.
01:42By the end of the tour, he felt like old Gord.
01:48I love you.
01:53Multiple generations of Canadians
01:56decided that the Tragically Hip were our band.
02:00They will define for generations to come
02:04the music that exemplifies this country.
02:18The Tragically Hip