Top Ten Tragically Hip

xSmackSoundx

I just started listening to tragically hip, and I have a problem. I need to know the best songs to listen too... I downloaded the discography...

My top 3 after not listening to much....

1. Poets
2. Silver Jet
3. Grace, too

smarchee

10 of my favs:

* Nautical Disaster - Day For Night / Live Between Us
* Bobcaygeon - Phantom Power
* Escape Is At Hand For The Travelling Man - PP
* Springtime in Vienna - Trouble At The Henhouse / Live Between Us
* In View - World Container
* The Lonely End of The Rink - World Container
* Toronto # 4 - Music@Work
* Leave - In Violet Light
* Thompson Girl - PP
* Grace, Too - Day For Night

soulsinging

didja get the 3 i gave you?

if you have the tracklist, their greatest hits album (yer favourites) was voted on by fans and thus reflects fan picks of their best songs, plus 2 new ones (no threat, new maybe). so really, any 10 off that album are safe bets, but ill star my favs:

1. No Threat
**2. Grace, Too
3. My Music at Work
4. 38 Years Old
5. Gift Shop
**6. Ahead by a Century
7. Vaccination Scar
8. Three Pistols
**9. So Hard Done By
10. Fiddler's Green
11. Looking for a Place to Happen
12. Cordelia
13. 'It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken'
14. Blow at High Dough
**15. Wheat Kings
16. Fifty-Mission Cap
17. New Orleans Is Sinking
**18. Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin' Man
Disc: 2
**1. Fully Completely
2. Twist My Arm
**3. Courage (Four Hugh MacLennan)
**4. Lake Fever
**5. Poets
6. Fireworks
7. Boots or Hearts
**8. Bobcaygeon
**9. Nautical Disaster
10. Highway Girl
11. Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park
**12. Scared
13. Something On
14. At the Hundredth Meridian
**15. Long Time Running
16. Darkest One
17. Locked in the Trunk of a Car
**18. Little Bones
19. New Maybe

Todd76

my favs (in order - I think)

1) It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
2) Nautical Disaster
3) Pigeon Camera
4) Wheat Kings
5) The Drop Off
5) Scared
6) The Lonely End Of The Rink
7) Grace Too
8) Fiddlers Green
9) 38 Years Old
10) Locked In The Trunk Of A Car

xSmackSoundx

soulsinging wrote:

didja get the 3 i gave you?

if you have the tracklist, their greatest hits album (yer favourites) was voted on by fans and thus reflects fan picks of their best songs, plus 2 new ones (no threat, new maybe). so really, any 10 off that album are safe bets, but ill star my favs:

1. No Threat
**2. Grace, Too
3. My Music at Work
4. 38 Years Old
5. Gift Shop
**6. Ahead by a Century
7. Vaccination Scar
8. Three Pistols
**9. So Hard Done By
10. Fiddler's Green
11. Looking for a Place to Happen
12. Cordelia
13. 'It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken'
14. Blow at High Dough
**15. Wheat Kings
16. Fifty-Mission Cap
17. New Orleans Is Sinking
**18. Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin' Man
Disc: 2
**1. Fully Completely
2. Twist My Arm
**3. Courage (Four Hugh MacLennan)
**4. Lake Fever
**5. Poets
6. Fireworks
7. Boots or Hearts
**8. Bobcaygeon
**9. Nautical Disaster
10. Highway Girl
11. Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park
**12. Scared
13. Something On
14. At the Hundredth Meridian
**15. Long Time Running
16. Darkest One
17. Locked in the Trunk of a Car
**18. Little Bones
19. New Maybe

Yeah.. I got those three... I LOVED Poets... I really liked Grace, too... and Courage was good

||Release_Me||

What kind of music is Tragically Hip?

civ_eng_girl

hahah... i tried to do this exercise a few weeks ago.... it was tough, but this is what i came up with:

http://forums.pearljam.com/showpost.php?p=4803371&postcount=1658

soulsinging

xSmackSoundx wrote:

Yeah.. I got those three... I LOVED Poets... I really liked Grace, too... and Courage was good

then grab lake fever, ahead by a century, silver jets, thugs, and greasy jungle. they're in a similar vein. you might tend more to the newer stuff than their old classics given those preferences.

also, to the hip fans here, is hipeponymous worth grabbing for $40? ive gotten 2 yes's but i keep hesitating, hehe.

xSmackSoundx

soulsinging wrote:

then grab lake fever, ahead by a century, silver jets, thugs, and greasy jungle. they're in a similar vein. you might tend more to the newer stuff than their old classics given those preferences.

also, to the hip fans here, is hipeponymous worth grabbing for $40? ive gotten 2 yes's but i keep hesitating, hehe.

Yeah... thanks for the help... I love silver jet... I'll check out the rest...

soulsinging

xSmackSoundx wrote:

Yeah... thanks for the help... I love silver jet... I'll check out the rest...

oh yeah... lonely end of the rink. my fav on the new album. and you're welcome. glad you're diggin them for the most part.

Hawkshore

A lot of great suggestions here already......but for my starting 10 I would go with:

1 Looking for a place to happen
2 Twist My Arm
3 700 Ft Ceiling
4 Fifity Misson Cap
5 Spring Time in Vienna
6 At the 100th Meridian
7 Little Bones
8 Ahead by a Century
9 Nautical Disaster
10 Yer Not the Ocean (For something new)

direwolf74

My current top 10-- and keep in mind, my list tends to change from day to day:

1. Nautical Disaster (the greatest rock song ever written. Yea, that's right, I said it.)
2. The Dire Wolf
3. Escape is at Hand for the Travellin' Man
4. Pigeon Camera
5. The Lonely End of the Rink
6. Gift Shop
7. Opiated
8. Bobcaygeon
9. Family Band
10. It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken

honorable mentions:
The Drop Off
Three Pistols
Springtime in Vienna
Save the Planet
No Threat
Cordelia
Looking for a Place to Happen
Yer Not the Ocean
The Luxury
Yawning or Snarling
The Heart of the Melt
Fight
On the Verge
Fiddler's Green
Ahead by a Century
At the Hundredth Meridian (the studio version doesn't do it justice. Try to find a live version if you can.)
38 Years Old
When the Weight Comes Down
Leave
Sharks
Tiger the Lion
Thompson Girl
Chagrin Falls

...just to name a few.

direwolf74

||Release_Me|| wrote:

What kind of music is Tragically Hip?

Uniquely Canadian alt-rock with elements of folk, blues, country, punk, and good old fashioned kick-you-in-the-nuts hard rock. In short, these guys can play anything.

mookie blaylock 10

c'est impossible!

i don't think i could pick a top ten or a single fave, maybe i can list some of my faves in no numerical order?

evelyn
small town bringdown
all of "up to here" except blow at high dough
all of "road apples" except little bones
all of "fully competely except courage and eldorado
grace, too
greasy jungle
yawning or snarling
fire in the mf'n hole!!!
so hard done by
nautical disaster
thugs
inevitability of death
scared
all of "henhouse" except apartment song and let's stay engaged
all of "phantom power" except membership
all of "music @ work" except train overnight and the bear
all of "in violet light" except are you ready and all tore up (special * for The Dire Wolf :) )
gus
vaccination scar
it can't be nashville
if new orleans is beat
the heart of the melt
one night in copenhagen
are we family
goodnight josephine
all of "world container"
problem bears


thanks smacksound for the thread, as i've been listening to hip tunes while i was compliling my "thorough" list not that i need an excuse to crank some "locked in the trunk of a car" (let me out let me out!!!!! )enjoy the jewel that is the hip as you discover more. you'll find some tunes will hit you right away while others you may need to listen to quite a few times before they start to grow on you...so if you hear it and don't like it initially give it a few more shots...some of their tunes are just that way.

mookie blaylock 10

direwolf74 wrote:

My current top 10-- and keep in mind, my list tends to change from day to day:

1. Nautical Disaster (the greatest rock song ever written. Yea, that's right, I said it.)
2. The Dire Wolf
3. Escape is at Hand for the Travellin' Man
4. Pigeon Camera
5. The Lonely End of the Rink
6. Gift Shop
7. Opiated
8. Bobcaygeon
9. Family Band
10. It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken

honorable mentions:
The Drop Off
Three Pistols
Springtime in Vienna
Save the Planet
No Threat
Cordelia
Looking for a Place to Happen
Yer Not the Ocean
The Luxury
Yawning or Snarling
The Heart of the Melt
Fight
On the Verge
Fiddler's Green
Ahead by a Century
At the Hundredth Meridian (the studio version doesn't do it justice. Try to find a live version if you can.)
38 Years Old
When the Weight Comes Down
Leave
Sharks
Tiger the Lion
Thompson Girl
Chagrin Falls

...just to name a few.

great list direwolf. i would say the same about springtime in vienna that you said about hundreth meridian. the live version blows the album version away.

the hip have so many good tunes, it's just plain silly!

dCowboyPJ

Wow. This is so hard to pick just ten...

1) 'It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken'
2) 38 Years Old
3) Ahead By A Century
4) Bobcaygeon
5) Nautical Disaster
6) Blow At High Dough
7) Long Time Running
8) New Orleans Is Sinking
9) Little Bones
10) Fifty-Mission Cap

civ_eng_girl

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

great list direwolf. i would say the same about springtime in vienna that you said about hundreth meridian. the live version blows the album version away.

the hip have so many good tunes, it's just plain silly!

"... past whispers in the closets, PAST SCREAMIN' FROM THE ROOFTOPS...."

possibly the single best live moment at a Hip show... i'm jumping out of my skin by then!

ok... tied with "fire in the mf'n hole"....

direwolf74

I can't believe I forgot "Fire in the mf'n Hole". That song is so freakin' heavy it scares me. I also forgot to mention Long Time Running: "I'll drop a caribou, I'll tell on you..." What a beautiful song.

MCG

Though I could probably name 50, here's 10 amazing hip songs as ranked by me:

1) Leave
2) Nautical Disaster
3) You're Everywhere
4) Tiger the Lion
5) Escape is at Hand for the Travellin' Man
6) Grace Too
7) Gift Shop
8) 'It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken'
9) Vaccination Scar
10) Bobcaygeon

MCG

soulsinging wrote:

also, to the hip fans here, is hipeponymous worth grabbing for $40? ive gotten 2 yes's but i keep hesitating, hehe.

Oh god yes! It's worth $40 for the live DVD alone.

restlesssoul

inevitability of death
fire in the hole
emergency
daredevil
greasy jungle
an inch an hour



there are so many....just get every album and start....listen to the full albums...dont listen random song by random song....the hip are LP EXPERIENCES....moods common through each song on every album...trust me...you'll want to think of songs as being together and from the same place....

HermanBloom

I love Dire Wolf and Dark Cannuck

Best two finishers of any album

Soupy

Direwolf.
Goodnight Josephine.
3 Pistols.
Escape...Travellin Man.
Fully, Completely.
Pigeon Camera.
Stay.
Grace, Too.
The Darkest One.
Blonde Solid :P

xSmackSoundx

Well... after listening to them for a little while I think I'm ready to create a top ten list for them... here it goes...

1. Little Bones
2. Fiddlers Green
3. Poets
4. Silver Jet
5. 700 ft. Ceiling
6. On the verge
7. Fire in the Hole
8. Greasy Jungle
9. Grace, Too
10. Opiated

Man, I LOVE this band... just my kind of music... prolly in my top 5 bands

soulsinging

xSmackSoundx wrote:

Well... after listening to them for a little while I think I'm ready to create a top ten list for them... here it goes...

1. Little Bones
2. Fiddlers Green
3. Poets
4. Silver Jet
5. 700 ft. Ceiling
6. On the verge
7. Fire in the Hole
8. Greasy Jungle
9. Grace, Too
10. Opiated

Man, I LOVE this band... just my kind of music... prolly in my top 5 bands

awesome im glad our enthusiasm has sold you! i owe you a thanks too... i'd kind of lost touch with the hip and between you and the never-ending hip thread i'm on a huge kick with them right now and loving it!

Tek Money

Goodnight Josephine
Highway Girl
Nautical Disaster
Ahead By a Century
Pigeon Camera
50 Mission Cap
Gift Shop
In View
Bobcaygeon

nocodelover22

I know you've probably got more than you can handle, but I just wanna see if I could pick ten tops.

1.Lake Fever
2.Boots or Hearts
3.The Lonely End of the Rink
4.Three Pistols
5.New Orleans is Sinking(cliche I know, but cmon, its fuckin classic)
6.New Orleans is Beat
7.Opiated
8.Fifty Mission Cap
9.The Dire Wolf
10.Fireworks

Yeah, I can't even fully stand by that list...listen to them all dude, their an amazing band

daryl jam

1. locked in the trunk of a car
2. are we family
3. scared
4. wheat kings
5. fully completely
6. three pistols
7. gus: the polar bear from central park
8. yer not the ocean
9. cordelia
10. gift shop

bonus track = a beautiful thing or something on

encore = fiddlers green or the dire wolf

locked

||Release_Me|| wrote:

What kind of music is Tragically Hip?

a cross between the Rolling Stones and Midnight Oil with a lead singer akin to Joe Cocker (with spastic stage antics), completely and utterly insane in his stage presence (makes Tool's lead singer appear well adjusted) ...
He interweaves random adlibs between introspective song lyrics and spot-on rhyme improv and visual chaos ...
while a Thin Lizzy-like lead guitarist (who looks like he's been beamed into this band from a 70's supergroup) wails away....their bassist looks like a bobblehead on an eternal crack high ....
the drummer winces with each drum smash treating his kit like an band of tin can barrels strewn together just for that performance..

oh ya, and their from Canada (I'm not... never been there but hope to some day)

locked

xSmackSoundx wrote:

Well... after listening to them for a little while I think I'm ready to create a top ten list for them... here it goes...

1. Little Bones
2. Fiddlers Green
3. Poets
4. Silver Jet
5. 700 ft. Ceiling
6. On the verge
7. Fire in the Hole
8. Greasy Jungle
9. Grace, Too
10. Opiated

Man, I LOVE this band... just my kind of music... prolly in my top 5 bands

good list but wait until you hear the Fully Completely CD..
it will change your music life forever...!

Its the "Sgt. Peppers" of their entire catalogue IMO...