History YMMV / TheTragicallyHip

* AmericansHateTingle: The group had a career that spans 30-plus years, and were hugely successful and revered in Canada, but were treated with outright indifference or irrelevance in the United States. They were never able to break through into the American market (besides UsefulNotes/{{Michigan}} [particularly UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}] and the Buffalo, UsefulNotes/{{New York|State}} area), despite appearing on at least one episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and doing several American tours, and had more or less given up on trying to make it south of the border.

* AmericansHateTingle: The group had a career that spans 30-plus years, and were hugely successful and revered in Canada, but were treated with outright indifference or irrelevance in the United States. They were never able to break through into the American market (besides UsefulNotes/{{Michigan}} [particularly UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}] and the Buffalo, {{New York|State}} area), despite appearing on at least one episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and doing several American tours, and had more or less given up on trying to make it south of the border.

* AmericansHateTingle: The group had a career that spans 30-plus years, and were hugely successful and revered in Canada, but were treated with outright indifference or irrelevance in the United States. They were never able to break through into the American market (besides UsefulNotes/{{Michigan}} (particularly UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}) and the Buffalo, New York area), despite appearing on at least one episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and doing several American tours, and had more or less given up on trying to make it south of the border.

* FaceOfTheBand: Gordon Downie and that guy with long hair (Rob Baker) are usually the only members anyone can remember. Some might also be able to name the bassist, Gord Sinclair, mostly because he shares the same first name as Downie, though he also has a decent list of writing credits as well, but that's usually the exception, not the rule. Say the names Johnny Fay (drums) and Paul Langlois (rhythm guitar) to anyone but the most fanatical of Hip fans and you'll usually just get blank stares.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse : "Nautical Disaster" is not a regular on radio playlists, but is still viewed as one of the band's best songs by much of the fanbase.

* AmericansHateTingle: The group had a career that spans 30-plus years, and were hugely successful and revered in Canada, but were treated with outright indifference or irrelevance in the United States. They were never able to break through into the American market (besides Michigan and the Buffalo, New York area), despite appearing on at least one episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and doing several American tours, and had more or less given up on trying to make it south of the border.

** ''Trouble at the Henhouse'' was, in fact, their final attempt to break through into the US market. If one looks closely at the content, they'll find it contains way fewer Canadiana references versus their releases both prior and future. Ironically, it went on to tie their highest-charting album ''in Canada'' with their prior release, ''Day for Night'', and spawned what might still be their most well-known song, "Ahead By A Century".

* AmericansHateTingle: The group has a career that spans 30-plus years, and are hugely successful and revered in Canada, but are treated with outright indifference or irrelevance in the United States. They've never been able to break through into the American market (besides Michigan and the Buffalo, New York area), despite appearing on at least one episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and doing several American tours, and have more or less given up on trying to make it south of the border.

* TearJerker: "Heaven Is A Better Place Today". Even moreso after Gord's passing.

** On May 24th, 2016, it was announced that Gord Downie has inoperable brain cancer. It does respond to treatment, but because it's inoperable, it ''will'' kill him. Shortly after, the band announced their tour for their latest album ''Man Machine Poem'', and it is widely expected to be their last.
** August 20, 2016, the Tragically Hip gave their final performance, in Kingston, to a global audience streamed on CBC and online platforms. Not a dry eye in the country.
** Gord's death. ''We all saw it coming'', but as Justin Trudeau said, that doesn't mean anyone wanted to accept it.

* BrokenBase: Many Hip fans believe that the band's quality dropped somewhere between ''Music @ Work'' and ''In Violet Light''.

** Gord Downie's passing in 2017 was covered in Canada like the loss of Music/DavidBowie, Music/{{Prince}} or Music/TomPetty. In the United States, his death received a comparatively muted reception: It certainly got ample coverage from most music publications - many of whom brought in a Canadian writer to explain how much the band meant to the country - and he got the standard lengthy obituary from ''The New York Times'', but it didn't nearly have the reaction it had above the border. It was particularly telling when many NHL stars and teams, including the league itself [[https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1400689-hockey-world-remembers-gord-downie paid tribute to Downie]] on Twitter the day of his death, but his beloved Boston Bruins did not take part in it.

** Gord Downie's passing in 2017 was covered in Canada like the loss of Music/DavidBowie, Music/{{Prince}} or Music/TomPetty. In the United States, his death received a comparatively muted reception: It certainly got ample coverage from most music publications - many of which brought in a Canadian writer to explain how much the band meant to the country - and he got the standard lengthy obituary from ''The New York Times'', but it didn't nearly have the reaction it had above the border. It was particularly telling when many NHL stars and teams, including the league itself [[https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1400689-hockey-world-remembers-gord-downie paid tribute to Downie]] on Twitter the day of his death, but his beloved Boston Bruins did not take part in it.

** Gord Downie's passing in 2017 was covered in Canada like the loss of Music/DavidBowie, Music/{{Prince}} or Music/TomPetty. In the United States, his death received a comparatively muted reception: It certainly got ample coverage from most music publications - many of which brought in a Canadian writer to explain how much the band meant to the country and why - and he got the standard lengthy obituary from ''The New York Times'', but it didn't nearly have the reaction it had above the border. It was particularly telling when many NHL stars and teams, including the league itself [[https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1400689-hockey-world-remembers-gord-downie paid tribute to Downie]] on Twitter the day of his death, but his beloved Boston Bruins did not take part in it.