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TorontonianTorontonian Posts: 532
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Is the best song ever.

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    iOnlyownMymindiOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,520
    yikes
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    TorontonianTorontonian Posts: 532
    yikes
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    TorontonianTorontonian Posts: 532
    Ok the best song ever is It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken
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    igotid88igotid88 Posts: 27,292
    it's a great underrated song
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    lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 11,858
    Disagree  strongly
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    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
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    mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,834
    Definitely the best song on backspacer and a kick ass song live. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,876
    edited October 2018
    One of the better songs on Backspacer but wildly overrated overall. For evidence of this, see claims that it is the best song ever.
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    KN219077KN219077 Montana Posts: 897
    Easily the best backspacer song live. Lightning Bolt, Unthought Known, and Given to Fly are all great and have that soaring chorus. I remember seeing the song played in 2012 and it was great to hear live,
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    1ThoughtKnown1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    Torontonian said:
    Ok the best song ever is It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken
    Great song and art is subjective of course, but I would argue that isn’t even the best song ever by the Hip. 
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    Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Torontonian said:
    Ok the best song ever is It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken
    Great song and art is subjective of course, but I would argue that isn’t even the best song ever by the Hip. 

    And you would easily win that argument!
    "My brain's a good brain!"
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    TorontonianTorontonian Posts: 532
    edited October 2018
    I am just kidding on both counts but I do love both songs.  There is no best song ever just good songs... Grace, Too.
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    Lerxst1992Lerxst1992 Posts: 6,112
    Torontonian said:
    Ok the best song ever is It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken

    Well thats a close second after Machine, which is a real box bending stunner.
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    willbarclaywillbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    Machine is killer. Ocean Next live kicked my ass too.
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    hestillstands1015hestillstands1015 Posts: 26
    The song takes on special meaning for me. My 8 year old son has autism, and while i already liked the song, the first time i heard it after he was diagnosed, i was immediately blown away by the last verse ("See the path....you'll be no one's rival"),  and how that's exactly how i felt about him and the whole situation. So anytime I hear it live now, i always get extra pumped and emotional. I wish i could thank Eddie for writing those words, because there's no song/verse I've ever heard that means as much to me in regards to my son as Unthought Known. 
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    willbarclaywillbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    hestillstands1015 said:
    The song takes on special meaning for me. My 8 year old son has autism, and while i already liked the song, the first time i heard it after he was diagnosed, i was immediately blown away by the last verse ("See the path....you'll be no one's rival"),  and how that's exactly how i felt about him and the whole situation. So anytime I hear it live now, i always get extra pumped and emotional. I wish i could thank Eddie for writing those words, because there's no song/verse I've ever heard that means as much to me in regards to my son as Unthought Known. 

    I have a somewhat similar experience with this song. A couple years ago my dad passed away and for some reason I was in a backspacer phase at the time and this song constantly reminds me of that hard time in my life. Not in a negative light though, More in a spiritual sense.
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