Poll: Which song do you think is the weakest on In Between Evolution? - You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
Heaven Is a Better Place Today
23.64%
13
23.64%
Summer's Killing Us
30.91%
17
30.91%
Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park
3.64%
2
3.64%
Vaccination Scar
1.82%
1
1.82%
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
1.82%
1
1.82%
If New Orleans Is Beat
3.64%
2
3.64%
You're Everywhere
5.45%
3
5.45%
As Makeshift as We Are
5.45%
3
5.45%
Mean Streak
9.09%
5
9.09%
The Heart of the Melt
7.27%
4
7.27%
One Night in Copenhagen
1.82%
1
1.82%
Are We Family
0%
0
0%
Goodnight Josephine
5.45%
3
5.45%
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The Weakest Link - In Between Evolution - Round 1
#1

The Dire Wolf brings home the title from In Violet Light and with that we are on to In Between Evolution!

So far our champions are:

EP - Smalltown Bringdown
UTH - New Orleans is Sinking
RA - Three Pistols
FC - Locked in the Trunk of a Car
DFN - Nautical Disaster
TATH - Ahead by a Century
LBU - Grace, Too
PP - Emperor Penguin
M@W - Lake Fever
IVL - The Dire Wolf

Vote for the song you believe to be the weakest on In Between Evolution and after 48 hours, we will remove the three songs that have the most votes. As before, a song must have at least 10% of the vote in order to be removed otherwise it will carry forward into the following round.

The poll will end Wednesday at 8:03am Eastern.

Happy voting!

Shane
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#2

Two albums in a row it's track #1 for my first vote. Although, I'll take Heaven over Are You Ready anyyyy day of the week.
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#3

Moof_Milker Wrote:Two albums in a row it's track #1 for my first vote. Although, I'll take Heaven over Are You Ready anyyyy day of the week.
Said this in the other thread but Vaccination Scar is the obvious opener for me. And so the chemistry's set...
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#4

Yes, 'Scar' would have made a vastly better opener. Follow it up with 'Gus,' and I think this record would have gotten a very different response than it did. Too many fans never got past the awful 'Heaven' and the glorious but difficult clattering madness of 'Summer.' Disappointment in these numbers coloured many folks' reaction to the entire record.

'Heaven' is the only irredeemable cut on this awesome record and my vote consigns it to the afterlife where it belongs. I'm amazed anyone could pick 'Yer Everwhere,' 'Mean Streak,' or the exhilarating 'Makeshift' as the worst songs on the album. Confusedhock: All three are tremendous songs.
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#5

Makeshift is great. Lead never leaves your system no matter who you are.

The only thing that irks me is Gord changing the stress on ar-Tist to match "combat math". It doesn't sound clever enough to justify.

I do love the title, and "Here’s where I slowly close my eyes and say, I’m too drunk for this" is such a Gord Downie line.

I'm pretty bad at interpreting Hip songs, and often just enjoy individual lines for the wordplay, but is Makeshift about art VS war, and how both are ultimately improvised best-attempts?
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#6

This is an easy one for me. Goodbye Summer.
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#7

more like we're killing summer amiright
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#8

To me, the exhaustion that Gord is able to convey into Summer (especially the 'wooo' at the end) saves it for me. There's at least 3 songs I'd vote for ahead of Summer.

On that note, bye bye Heart of the Melt.
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#9

This was tough for me; as I went through the songs, the one that seemed to stick with me the least was You're Everywhere but before voting, I went back and listened to it. Decided that while I enjoy Heaven, it is more deserving of a first round vote so went that route.

Shane
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#10

Had to go for Summer. Aside from a pretty reputable "WOAH" thrown in by Gord, the song really doesn't do anything for me.
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#11

Just keep piling up the votes for Heaven and Summer so that another song doesn't get the 10% and have to leave with those two miscreants.

I voted Heaven because the Woo! in Summer makes it less bad -- "difficult clattering madness" is a pretty apt description.

Whoever voted for Goodnight Josephine is clearly a lunatic.

ct
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#12

Chris Tanz Wrote:Whoever voted for Goodnight Josephine is clearly a lunatic.


:thumb:
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#13

I don't understand how anyone would feel the need to look past the first two songs to find a song to vote for. Heaven and Summer should be splitting 100% of the vote in this round.
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#14

loach Wrote:On that note, bye bye Heart of the Melt.

Heart of the Melt is the Hip in maximum overdrive: Gord brashly throwing out "f**ks" and taking no prisoners, Rob and Paul with guitars cranked to 11, Johnny thrashing the drum kit, all combining to make a glorious noise. Summer and Heart of the Melt are both assaults on the ear drums, but one is enjoyable, and one is the opposite of that.
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#15

potsie Wrote:
loach Wrote:On that note, bye bye Heart of the Melt.

Heart of the Melt is the Hip in maximum overdrive: Gord brashly throwing out "f**ks" and taking no prisoners, Rob and Paul with guitars cranked to 11, Johnny thrashing the drum kit, all combining to make a glorious noise.

Robby's frenetic guitar shredding on that tune is one of his finest moments. In the words of Wayne and Garth: "that guy can really wail."
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