[The Nth Degree]

Does anyone else love this song? It is so hard driven and sounds like it belongs on Day For Night, Im loving this song......too bad its so short.

[MattPower]

I think it's the best tune on the album. It reminds me a little of Fire In The Hole or An Inch An Hour. When I'm driving and I get to this song, I CRANK the volume. :thumb:

[LoftyPines]

It's amazing, It took over Mean Streak and is now my favorite tune on the album.

It Rocks :jump

[The Nth Degree]

I can't wait to see them do this song live.....it really does have the undertones of "Fire in the Hole" I also hear ever so slightly some guitar work from 50MC in it as well. I love the part where he talks about the "dorsal fin......closing in". Great stuff!

[trevor]

The song is quite hard-edged. It's a really great song. Almost a tribute to what they used to sound like. I almost think that the riff sounds a lot like the riff from Wherewithall. I was actually hoping that they would lead into Heart of the Melt from Wherewithall or vice versa at Wasaga but it never came about.

Can anyone else confirm they are hearing the connection or am I just on crack?

hock: T.

[MattPower]

The song is quite hard-edged. It's a really great song. Almost a tribute to what they used to sound like. I almost think that the riff sounds a lot like the riff from Wherewithall. I was actually hoping that they would lead into Heart of the Melt from Wherewithall or vice versa at Wasaga but it never came about.

Can anyone else confirm they are hearing the connection or am I just on crack?

hock: T.

It is similar tho The Wherewithal. The tempo is exactly the same and it's got a similar feel to it.

[D-man]

It's like The Wherewithal meets Rockin in the Free World.

Sorry chris, somebody had to say it eventually.

[dirtyepic]

Melt was the only track i had to put on repeat my first time through. it should definitely be the next single.

[lilbones]

I love Melt man, wicked tune...The last 45 seconds can only be defined as electric.

[MikeS]

It's probably the most "Canuck-centric" track on IBE, what with the hockey and Joni Mitchell references...

I think Melt could be sub-titled "After the Fireworks"...if Fireworks were about the spark at the beginning of a relationship, Melt seems to pick up the "puck" and take it to the point where that spark extinguishes...evolution, anyone? :wink:

I'd love to see them juxtapose these two in a setlist... :thumb:

M.

[Killer Whale Tank]

My only beef (if anyone cares) is that he sounds too much like Geddy Lee on that tune. But it is absolutely deadly---especially the part about the dorsal fin, etc..

Are the last twenty seconds or so THE most ferocious guitar work on any Hip album? They just may be. :thumb:

[mcwslc]

I too love this song. But there is something that I can't get out of my head every time I hear it...

Don't the vocals sound exactly the same as the 'fast' version of So Hard Done By? I love the 'fast' version, but I always thought I had a bad recording because it sounded 'sped up' and the vocals were kind of 'high' (like Mickey Mouse). But now that I hear HOTM, it sounds very similar.

[cpierson]

For those who don't like people who sing along at concerts, stay well away from me when they hit the dorsal-fin part of the song. You've been warned.

[Drez7]

For those who don't like people who sing along at concerts, stay well away from me when they hit the dorsal-fin part of the song. You've been warned.

Alright, when that part comes on it's all you...I'll head for the exits :thumb:

[Drez7]

Oh yeah, if you're in the 100 section at Darien, beware...I've heard the usher's are very Nazi like this year!! They've been know to throw people out for singing along too loudly, hitting beach balls, taking pictures, wearing any NHL jersey other than the Sabres. I know one guy who got kicked out for smiling during the Dave Matthews show.

As for the Heart of the Melt...I have one knock on the song....ITS TOOOOO SHORT!! I could use another minute or so...awesome song.