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NEW - SNL 1995 with the Tragically Hip: He Said the Wrong Word and It was Accidental Genius
Tragically Hip Saturday Night Live 1995 started with Gord Downie walking out and saying the wrong first lyric. Instead of fabulously rich he said tragically hip because he could hear Dan Aykroyd introducing them in his head. The band had smoked weed before going on. Jake Gold was watching from the wings. Nobody planned it and it stuck forever.
What does it feel like to look back on a single year and realize it contained Maple Leaf Gardens in February, the Rolling Stones in Europe that summer, Page Plant for 30 shows in America, and two nights at Madison Square Garden to close it out? Jake…
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