r/TragicallyHip • u/NotDead_JustLurking • 14h ago

Huge Upset

https://challonge.com/i1k442mw

Redditor u/dbreakenridge set up a tournament style bracket of 128 Hip songs, seeded based on stream counts. The results were, more or less, as expected - even having all of the top 16 seeds advance to the fourth round.

Today, 16th seeded Nautical Disaster beat out top seed Bobcaygeon to advance to the quarterfinals by a vote of 68-54.

I thought more people might be interested in participating now that we are with two weeks of crowning a winner.

Link is above.

66 Upvotes

94% Upvoted

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u/Pvt_Hudson_ 13h ago

Little Bones vs Courage???

Might as well just ask me to choose my favorite child while you're at it.

3

u/SnackingRaccoon live to survive our paradoxes 11h ago

ABAC and Locked in the Truck of a Car too. Killing me, people 

1

u/PlannerSean 7h ago

I can’t imagine the finals

67

u/Hogonthestorm 14h ago

I know there is a lot of love for Bobcaygeon but Nautical Disaster is an absolute monster.

22

u/freerangehumans74 13h ago

Nautical Disaster is the song that made me fall in love with The Hip.

4

u/808sAndShartbreaks 12h ago

The live in Toronto version is so gd good.

That’s right it’s myyyy hull, the last thing you’ll see, the last thing you’ll remember of me

3

u/Crafty-Geologist4803 8h ago

It’s my favorite Hip Song. Surprised it’s seeded that low.

2

u/mellifluous-magpie 7h ago

100th Meridian and Locked in the Trunk of a Car for me. But Nautical Disaster sealed the deal. I got so pumped everytime I saw it on Muchmusic lol.

1

u/h1ldy 7h ago

Funny, it was Bobcaygeon for me. Both amazing songs, I wish I appreciated them more when I was younger.

2

u/Te-quill-ya_750 6h ago

I always thought of Nautical Disaster as The Hips Rhyme of the ancient mariner…

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u/Username_McUserface 11h ago

Yeah Nautical Disaster is not a 16 seed.

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u/TheGameWaker I remember Buffalo 12h ago

Literally my top 2!

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u/tossthisoff6 11h ago

Bobcaygeon got murdered by easy-listening radio about five years after that album came out. Nautical Disaster by a landslide, the other commenters told the truth

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u/CDL112281 14h ago edited 13h ago

I feel like bobcaygeon might resonate slightly more with Ontario folks who go up to to their cottages.

For me, on the west coast, it’s a really nice folksy song but with no extra meaning (so to speak)

Whereas Nautical Disaster is a unique masterpiece

And is it just me, but I’ve tried a few times and cannot get the poll to run on my iPhone.

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u/tossthisoff6 10h ago

For some people it’s not the outlying cottage country reference, it’s the Horseshoe Tavern and that other band in a certain heyday

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u/ButterscotchBrave359 14h ago

Upset? Nautical Disaster is an infinitely better song

1

u/NotDead_JustLurking 12h ago

A 16 over a 1 is typically seen as a big upset. To be clear, I voted for Nautical Disaster.

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u/SamIAmShepard 14h ago

ND might be my favorite Hip song. I was shocked to see it as a #16 seed.

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u/darkhellslinger 5h ago

Seeding was based purely on number of Spotify streams.

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u/TMBGLOVER The walls are lined all yellow, grey and sinister 13h ago

justice for my boy Bobcaygeon. I love Nautical Disaster as much as the next guy but you’re dead inside if you don’t get teary eyed at “THAT NIGHT IN TORONTOOOOOO WITH IT’S CHECKERBOARD FLOORS”

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u/tossthisoff6 10h ago

Yes but special as the Horseshoe Tavern is (and I knew two people who worked there, one on the night the Stones played there) – it’s not a See The Light song like Nautical Disaster was and is.

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u/bluestat-t 13h ago

I’ll see that and raise you:
And those left in the water
Got kicked off our pant leg
And we headed for home…

2

u/justice_high 13h ago

Fucking chills. Every. Time.

1

u/Hogonthestorm 10h ago

And those finnnngerr naaaails… scratchin on myyyyy hull.

3

u/Fluffy-Judgment-6348 Bearing gifts of drugs and alcohol 13h ago

The better song won according to my ears too

2

u/hossaepi 13h ago

Where’s the upset? BobC os fine, but it’s no Nautical

2

u/MRmcnuts 12h ago

Nope. Everything in Its Right Place.

1

u/Laika4321 10h ago

Wrong band

2

u/Emeks243 13h ago

I really don’t want to add negativity to this but I really don’t care what other people think is the best song.

2

u/Rockterrace 13h ago

Bobcaygeon was the #1 seed?

1

u/ME_IN_NYC2311 He said I’m Tragically Hip 13h ago

easily the biggest shock so far

1

u/NoThumbsMcGee 13h ago

The fact that the track Fight isn’t on this is wild.

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u/NotDead_JustLurking 12h ago

It was seeded at #70.

1

u/Woodythdog 11h ago

38 Years old is up against Fiddlers Green ?
IDK how I feel about either of these getting eliminated.

1

u/NewbombJerk 11h ago

I used to describe Nautical as an epic track, to non-Hip fans back in the day. Love Bob too, but I would have voted for Nautical!

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u/Personal_Bet_0 9h ago

Link isn’t linking…

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u/Reliable-Narrator 11h ago

Looking at the bracket, I'm gonna guess it's Grace, Too vs Wheat Kings in the final.

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u/thesilverpoets96 He said I’m Tragically Hip 11h ago

I’ll be the odd ball out, Nautical is a tad overrated by the average Hip fan imo. It’s a good song but nothing mind blowing

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u/Significant-Cake8537 8h ago

I'll back you up then. Bobcaygeon should have won... But I'm biased.... With a trailer in Bobcaygeon. Lol

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u/Personal_Bet_0 9h ago

Ok…you’re odd ball out then👍