Best Tragically Hip Songs
What the title says, the best of the best Hip tunes.
So hard to decide which is actually my favorite! It sometimes seems to be whichever one I'm listening to at the time. However, when I'm not listening to any of them, and I really think about which one impacts me the most emotionally, I would say it is Bobcaygeon.
The Hip has had so many great hits, but Bobcaygeon showcases Gord's best voice, the song that sets him apart. To be driving late at night and for this to come on the radio, you crank up the volume and enjoy some of the best vocals ever sung, vocals that go deep and touch one's soul.
This is awesome! This is my favorite Hip song, but I did not think that it was going to be in the top spot. I am very surprised and thrilled.
I can and will never get enough of this song.
By far my favorite Hip tune. As a fan of acoustic rock songs, this is crazy good. To all the fools who said Gord Downie didn't have a voice, listen to the high notes on this masterpiece.
It's so hard to pick one favorite song! I think this one shows the best of all the band with clear, crisp words.
I think this is by far their best song. It describes so many of us so well.
I have this tattooed on my left forearm!
Cool song. Very cool riff and lyrics. Oh, and did I mention the song rocks?
So many great memories attached to this one.
I listen to this over and over. Love it.
Blow at High Dough is one of their best songs ever made. Actually, I am kind of sad because I think their best song that they ever did was 38 Years Old. Then Boots or Hearts, then Blow at High Dough, then New Orleans is Sinking, then Little Bones, then Three Pistols. These songs are the best they did. They have that classic rock feel, and the newer songs they sang are sappy and not like the albums Up to Here or Road Apples or Fully Completely. Those were their best years.
The song that gets the concert crowd totally rocking out. In the early days, they started with this one. Now it's the encore song. Love it!
This is what I think rock should be.
There are so many great Hip songs. This one just grabs me a little more.
This one has to be in the top 3 to 5. Classic Hip song. Great guitar riffs.
Good party song! I think it should be a bit higher!
What an amazing track. Just stunning. The lyrics here are incredibly evocative. Apparently, Gord is singing about a ship that had overturned during WWII, I believe. "Fingernails scratching on my hull." Deep, deep magic here.
Best lyrical genius of all time. Historical, creative, poetic, romantic, familiar. It's the complete lyric.
Easily the best Hip song of all time. Utterly Canadian, great lyrics, provoking rock glory.
One of their best songs, if not their best. Why it doesn't even crack the top ten is beyond me. "Heard a tap on the window, in the middle of the night. Held back the curtain for my older brother Mike..." Classic Hip.
Deep lyrics, great slide guitar, nice track all around. This was the album that made Canada realize that they had a real find in the Hip.
Just wonderful, the best "weeping guitar" I have heard. Sad to the core but so artfully done!
The Newcomers
How is this song not ranked higher?
Lush song about a bullfighter. Don't be chicken.
NOTHING rocks harder than this. Hip in their finest form, complete with Canadian content and all!
Enigmatic, poetic, entrancing rock!
The story behind it, and listening to Gordie sing it in his last show - wow, I don't think I've ever been more affected by a song.
Knowing the story behind the song, this might be the most heartfelt and poignant Hip song ever done. You can feel the emotion in Gord. Pure Hip.
Beautiful piece of music with beautiful lyrics. It moves me to tears every time!
I adore the menacing riff. It's lyrically brilliant and illustrates the poem-like writing of the Hip.
So many great songs. This one and Courage are my two favorites. Love the Hip.
There are a ton of amazing Hip songs, but this is their best.
Powerful metaphor on societal complacency, even indifference, while years drain away in the lives of the wrongfully convicted. David Milgaard, the inspiration for the song, was but one contemporary example stretching back through Steven Truscott and a host of others. Not standard rock fodder, but a perfect example of the Hip's depth.
My favorite song to listen to when sitting by the lake.
Something about the intro to this song gets my juices flowing. Love the steady build of the rhythm.
Just a very powerful opening and then it continues to build throughout. Fantastic piece.
Best opening song of any concert ever! And that's where they play it!
An outstanding beginning. Mesmerizing, melodic, it takes you deep within the song for a tranquil, settling ride. Definitely one of the Hip's best!
Beautiful song. Great singing by Gordie. Beautiful guitar by Robbie. Needs to be played more live. Hopefully in the 2015 tour!
R.I.P. Gord, thanks for the music and the memories that went with them.
Amazing song. Probably not their best but deserves to be in the top ten. Likely overshadowed by more "popular" songs.
How is this not in the top ten? Such a great song!
This is by far my absolute favorite Hip song.
This is a classic and wasn't even listed. For shame!
Don't know why they don't play this live. Awesome song!
Kickin' beat! You can't go wrong cranking this one up on the box.
This will become the quintessential Tragically Hip song in the years to come.
A riff that flows over me like no other and transports me like a time machine to an earlier, happy age.
As good a song as the Hip ever did!
Love, love this song! Downie's signature up-and-down vocals are wonderful.
My favorite ballad. I've listened to it a thousand times and it touches me every time I hear it.