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10-18-2017, 06:47 AM
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RIP Gord Downie
Thank you for all the great music thru out the years
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10-18-2017, 06:48 AM
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Thats sad, he was a good one.
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10-18-2017, 06:58 AM
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A true Canadian legend. Not only a great musician but a wonderful person as well. Forever remembered.
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10-18-2017, 07:05 AM
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Another good one gone way too soon ....... RIP Gord.
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10-18-2017, 07:05 AM
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I just heard a clip of Wheat Kings on the news, gave me goosebumps.
Sad day.
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10-18-2017, 07:20 AM
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A legend lost. RIP
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10-18-2017, 07:26 AM
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Courage...... It couldn't come at a worse time......
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10-18-2017, 07:38 AM
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Thank you Gord for entertaining us, you are already missed.
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10-18-2017, 07:41 AM
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We've lost so many lately...this one bothers me the most.
A great band, great music and a true gentleman.
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10-18-2017, 07:42 AM
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Thank you for all the great music thru out the years
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10-18-2017, 07:43 AM
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We've lost so many lately...this one bothers me the most.
A great band, great music and a true gentleman.
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Could have not said it better. he will be missed.
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10-18-2017, 07:46 AM
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No band or artist has ever captured Canada's history like the hip. Gord was an intellect who gave us all a new perspective on who we are. R.I.P.
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10-18-2017, 07:47 AM
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We all new it was coming, but it is a big shock, R.I.P Gord.
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10-18-2017, 07:51 AM
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Sad news for sure....
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10-18-2017, 07:53 AM
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RIP Gord. You may be gone but your music and impact on this country will last forever.
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10-18-2017, 08:10 AM
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Sad news for sure, I hope he didn't suffer. RIP.
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10-18-2017, 08:11 AM
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R.I.P Gord, you will be missed your music got me through some tuff times when I was a kid...always an ambassador for Canada..
one of my favs..glad I was able to meet you and see you 7 times in concert..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdWlDxHnjg8
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10-18-2017, 08:12 AM
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Rest in peace one of my favorite all-time bands
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10-18-2017, 08:22 AM
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RIP Gord,
Thank you for reminding ourselves what it was like to grow up in Canada with your music.
We will always relate fondly of a different time in this country of ours.
Thanks Brother, I will sip a Whiskey tonight and raise a glass to you bud !!!!!
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10-18-2017, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by EZM
RIP Gord,
Thank you for reminding ourselves what it was like to grow up in Canada with your music.
We will always relate fondly of a different time in this country of ours.
Thanks Brother, I will sip a Whiskey tonight and raise a glass to you bud !!!!!
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Wow, that sums it up pretty good. To put it another way, if Gord didn't invent Canadiana he surely re-defined it.
When I hear a Hip song I cant help but remember driving down miles and miles of gravel road through bright yellow canola, pulling jackfish out of a mist shrouded river and dragging them home in the old Radio Flyer wagon, and Christmases spent in farm houses full of relatives and heated with wood stoves.... to me Gord captured the Canadian golden age minus the BS.
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One of the greatest & proudest Canadians to ever live, right up there with Stomping Tom. They are woven into the fabric of this great nation. God speed Gordie
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10-18-2017, 08:38 AM
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I will sip a Whiskey tonight and raise a glass to you bud !!!!!
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10-18-2017, 08:39 AM
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RIP Gord.
One of the true greats, a Canadian legend!
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10-18-2017, 08:41 AM
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He loved Canada , and I loved his music
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10-18-2017, 09:13 AM
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Goodbye our warrior poet.
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10-18-2017, 09:28 AM
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RIP Gord. You may be gone but your music and impact on this country will last forever.
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Agree, knowing the music will never go away makes it better.
I heard on K97 this morning a musician tweeted Canada is closed today, we lost one of our own or something like that. So true. Rip and thanks for the tunes Gord.
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10-18-2017, 09:35 AM
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It's a sad day. Bourbons all around.
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10-18-2017, 09:42 AM
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Rough week as we lost 2 great Canadian entertainers....
Love him or hate him but our PM delivered an emotional tearful tribute to Gord.
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10-18-2017, 09:44 AM
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Didn't expect to read this news over coffee. RIP Gord, you've done us proud.
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10-18-2017, 09:57 AM
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Terrible day
This really really really sucks. I love this band, and I am just so miserable about Gord passing away.
Bloody awful news.
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