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The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - gsmacleod - 06-01-2018

Looks like we have the first tie; goodbye Vaccination Scar and Goodnight Attawapiskat.

10 - Vaccination Scar
10 - Goodnight Attawapiskat
12 - The Drop-Off
13 - The Last Recluse
14 - Highway Girl

Vote for the song that you feel is the weakest from the second place finishers in each poll. After 48 hours, we will remove the song with the most votes and move on to Round 6. In the event of a tie, both (or more) songs will be eliminated.

This round will end on Sunday at 11:48am Eastern.

Happy voting!

Shane

Re: The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - fingernailsonhull - 06-01-2018

Well, I'll try My Music At Work again. Not a bad song, but I've just never connected with it.

Re: The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - direwolf74 - 06-01-2018

Voting MM@W as well. Great song, but it just doesn't hit me as powerfully as the others.

Re: The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - potsie - 06-01-2018

My fourth vote for the Dark Canuck. I feel a bit guilty for kicking it so many times.

Re: The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - andrew sharpe - 06-01-2018

I'm shocked that people like Canuck and MMAW more than Recluse, DropOff, Atta & Scar. In my mind those four are vastly superior.

Re: The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - potsie - 06-01-2018

Surprised as well. I think the biggest surprise for me is the number of people that put any of these 2000's songs ahead of Vaccination Scar or Recluse. I love the sound of Rob's pedal steel in Vaccination Scar, the depth and potential multiple meanings of the lyrics, and the great line of "So the chemistry's set" as an opening lyric... it's a lyric that begs to hear the next line to see what he's singing about. As for Recluse, that song gives me chills. It has a haunting and melancholic feel to it that I love.

Re: The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - andrew sharpe - 06-01-2018

potsie Wrote:Surprised as well. I think the biggest surprise for me is the number of people that put any of these 2000's songs ahead of Vaccination Scar or Recluse. I love the sound of Rob's pedal steel in Vaccination Scar, the depth and potential multiple meanings of the lyrics, and the great line of "So the chemistry's set" as an opening lyric... it's a lyric that begs to hear the next line to see what he's singing about. As for Recluse, that song gives me chills. It has a haunting and melancholic feel to it that I love.
Agree on all points, especially Scar's opening line, which I would only put second to "He said I'm fabulously rich, c'mon just let's go" in the list of great opening Hip lines.

Re: The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - chancellor - 06-01-2018

potsie Wrote:My fourth vote for the Dark Canuck. I feel a bit guilty for kicking it so many times.

Been voting for this several rounds.

Re: The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - gsmacleod - 06-01-2018

andrew sharpe Wrote:I'm shocked that people like Canuck and MMAW more than Recluse, DropOff, Atta & Scar. In my mind those four are vastly superior.

I'm glad I'm not the only one:

Vaccination Scar - great opening line and that pedal steel!

Drop Off - holy fuck it's Jesus!

Recluse - haunting and wonderful.

Shane

Re: The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - loach - 06-01-2018

Was debating between Attawapistat and Vaccination last round, so that worked out OK for me. M@W, you are up.

Re: The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - Escape@Hand - 06-02-2018

andrew sharpe Wrote:I'm shocked that people like Canuck and MMAW more than Recluse, DropOff, Atta & Scar. In my mind those four are vastly superior.

Canuck is my favourite Hip song, period. Sad to see it seems to be going out this round.

Re: The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - direwolf74 - 06-02-2018

What a shame to see World Possessed taking the lead. I honestly think it's one of the greatest songs they've ever written, and can easily hold it's own against anything from the back catalogue.

Re: The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - potsie - 06-02-2018

direwolf74 Wrote:What a shame to see World Possessed taking the lead. I honestly think it's one of the greatest songs they've ever written, and can easily hold it's own against anything from the back catalogue.

I used to bristle when reading the word 'mature' in a album review as it was often synonymous with 'boring'. 'Mature' never seemed like a flattering term for rock music. However, over the years I've grown to see the term in a different light. When factoring in both music and lyrics, 'In a Word Possessed' seems to me to be the most 'mature' song in the Hip catalogue. There are others, particularly on NFPA, that could also be labelled as such but 'In a World Possessed' seems like a song for grown-ups. And I appreciate that evolution in the band.

Re: The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - loach - 06-02-2018

Agreed. Obviously tough competition, but I feel Possessed shouldn't be going yet.

Re: The Weakest Link - Silver Medallists - Round 5 - fingernailsonhull - 06-02-2018

When the jokesters voting out Possessed at this point step forward, I hope I laugh, and I hope I say, "It's fine."