Nautical Disaster - Day for Night - The Tragically Hip

metalliczepplin15 Says:

Jan 3, 2012 - a real crowd pleaser

tweedside16 Says:

Jan 10, 2012 - sorry buddy but this song is based on the unsuccessful Canadian raid on Dieppe on the second world war.

BluesGuitarJam Says:

Jan 15, 2012 - ''As those fingernails scratching on my hull'' I still get shivers from that lyric.

inkswamp Says:

Jan 26, 2012 - It may refer to that event but that's not what this song is about.

MrWizardmeat Says:

Jan 26, 2012 - there is way too much jam on my sandwich ....to be continued

hoprabbitbunny Says:

Feb 11, 2012 - Day for Night is a great record! Tres bien, Monsieur Downie!

Jack53480 Says:

Feb 20, 2012 - The best hip song hands down!

rlui123 Says:

Mar 1, 2012 - 1994, the darkest days of grunge. It influenced even vets like Cranberries and The Hip to write songs about war and disaster. Powerful moving music followed the rise and fall of Nirvana, those were a few years that i will never forget.

loubob111 Says:

Mar 15, 2012 - the two guitars blend so wonderfully, part of the hip's magic

running42k Says:

Mar 21, 2012 - Amen brother!

richardthewriter Says:

Mar 22, 2012 - Seeing the hip in concert. Yeah. Those years will also hold good memories for me as well.

user98xp Says:

Mar 23, 2012 - You said "...the single most powerful lyric in music. So much that everyone can relate to..." Do you care to elaborate?

ericguyot Says:

Mar 26, 2012 - I'm with you here, User98xp. I find the lyric about the sound of the fingernails scratching the hull of the boat much more vivid and chilling than the part about being woken up by a phone call. But that's the beauty of art, it's in the eye (or ear) of the beholder.

jsgm77 Says:

Mar 26, 2012 - I don't think you can pull the two lyrics apart: "Anyway...Susan, if you like, our conversation...is as faint a sound in my memory as those fingernails scratching on my hull" is his reflection on the telephone call and, using the nautical disaster imagery, how vivid it is to him.

user98xp Says:

Mar 27, 2012 - It IS in the eye or ear. I asked because it seemed like this guy was just drunk, and what he really wanted to type was a generic rant about how things aren't how they used to be.

Opaquegirl Says:

Apr 1, 2012 - You really think it was Nirvana, and not the Troubles that influenced the Cranberries to write songs about war and disaster?

DavidOpdyke Says:

Apr 3, 2012 - The entire "dream-into-diaster-into-broken relationship" is so well-crafted, so powerful, and ROCKING even if you're not into the whole symbolism thing. LOVE!!

emily02140214 Says:

Apr 4, 2012 - The first Hip song I ever heard... 18 yrs later I know a whole lot more.

superiorpatrician Says:

Apr 11, 2012 - >not some bullshit about owning a fast car or whatever music is about now-adaysMusic's had music about fast cars as long as music has existed, music was no better then than it is now, you just have to look.

JesterNeil Says:

Apr 16, 2012 - GOTTA BE PROUD TO BE CANADIANS, FUCK I AM :D

nillerbn Says:

Apr 18, 2012 - That is good in a way, then we get to keep them to ourselves. I learned of this bands existence spending a year in Canada, so much history to each song and the respectable lyrics. It makes me fall in a deep place where nothing else matters.

Faggotbitchfuck Says:

May 2, 2012 - ""Then the dream ends, when the phone rings" is the single most powerful lyric in music. So much meaning that everyone can relate to, not some bullshit about owning a fast car or whatever music is about now-adays. But the bottom line is, I while listen to this song 5,6,7 times in a row just to hear that one verse." Is the most single stupid comment on youtube

Dorian InSable Says:

May 12, 2012 - to this day...their best song...passion and wonderful imagery...and it rocks!

Bill Sykes Says:

May 22, 2012 - I love how retarded people are for these tone-deaf, talentless ass-clowns. Trust Canada to actually think this is good music cause Lord knows they don't have many other home-grown bands to blindly support. Seriously... No appeal at all. I'm Canadian too and can't stand these wanks... how does anyone else?