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This list is more-or-less permanent in my books:

1. NOIS. I don't think it's as good a pure song as Nautical, but has sentimental value, and besides, it IS an absolutely killer tune, not to mention their signature number.

2. Nautical Disaster. The only other song in the catalogue that can be considered truly 'definitive' of what the band is about.

3. Scared. Haunted and haunting. 'As kids wade through the blood out to it to play...' And then there's the devastating, cynical blast of the closing lines, rendering all the more tragic what has gone before.

4. So Hard Done By. Simple, but simply perfect: a wonderful portrait of souls gone to seed. And what a vocal.

5. Fiddler's Green. Touching, muscular yet elegant; but #5 is the hardest one to pick. Opiated, Montreal, Trunk, Yer Everywhere, and Poets are all lurking in the weeds.

I can't do 5!!!!! Really, I can't!!!

Ok, I'll try. Here goes:

Nautical Disaster
Escape Is At Hand
Gus: The Polar Bear
She Didn't Know
Thugs

Whew....that was hard.

NO, wait, wait, wait...

I changed my mind:

Grace, Too
When The Weight Comes Down
On The Verge
Vaccination Scar
Wheat Kings

Ok, that's it...I think.

Sorry folks, sorry folks. I changed my mind again.

Here is the REAL list:

Fully Completely
Opiated
Chagrin Falls
At The Hundredth Meridian
Sherpa

Hmmmm, that might not be it either.

....ah.....f%$* it....told you I can't do 5, I can't!!!!!

Very difficult...constantly changing, but as of this moment....completely pissed up on Christmas time Jack Daniels and Canada Dry I give you the following, in no particular order:

1. Nautical Disaster
2. Escape
3. Dire Wolf
4. Get Back Again
5. Makeshift

with honorable mention going to Emperor Penguin, and Josephine.

Goulet!!!

My top consists of from what i hear on the albums... i don't let the live versions if songs influence this. I have a top five i like to hear live that's different than this.

1. My Music @ Work
2. Blow at High Dough
3. Little Bones
4. Fifty Mission Cap
5. Nautical Disaster

My friend Talia and I have this debate on a semi-regular basis. We've concluded that choosing five favourite Hip songs is impossible...but for argument's sake I submit the following for your consideration:

1. Thugs
2. Long Time Running
3. Grace, Too
4. As Makeshift As We Are
5. Locked in the Trunk of a Car

Honourable mention to "Another Midnight", "Vapour Trails", "Vaccination Scar", "Escape is at Hand for the Travellin' Man" and "Get Back Again".

Steve-o :jump