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the thing is they were clearly quite talented, vocally, melodically and in being able to rhyme things with other things. but all those aspects are absolutely nothing compared to the sheer power of torontonian cringe, which will envelop and suffocate everything it comes into contact with. worst city in the western world

I found this video via reddit (= ! It's awesome!

Big Ears Bear shouldn’t see this.

they’re so cringe when they’re on screen😭

Man, this very well might be one of the worst songs ever recorded lmao - everyone nostalgic for this I'm sorry, like genuinely. You must have been fighting for metaphorical music scraps back in the day

Da pwincess of my DWEAMS.

Jian was the King of Pain.

This takes me back.

thanks video from 5 years ago you helped me destress from my horrible day this is weird im starting to at times sleep to this why is it so relaxing

GOOD LORD WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THERE!?

Never heard of these people in my life, but came to this video from reading Sarah Polley’s book. Spotted her in the video just twice, super briefly. I’m assuming it would have been a big deal for her to be in this video, wasn’t she extremely famous in Canada at this time?

Saw them in concert in Waterloo. An unknown singer named Jann Arden opened for them.

My favorite 😂

Weird how coherent the song actually is

Idk what I was expecting but this was perfect

thank you simpleflips

Simple actually looks like that now that he's lost so much weight.

I hung out with these guys, esp Murray, for a number of years, until they finally went their separate ways. I went to well over 100 of their shows, all over Ontario, and western New York. I don't wanna think how many miles I put on my old van taking my boys to their out of town shows. I have a big box FULL of mementos of those *Fruvous Years*. I always met the most interesting people at their parties. My 3 young sons were always invited. I gave Dave Matheson (the King of Spain) my accordion. Spent one musical Christmas at Mike's house with my boys where I met MP Jack Layton (now deceased) and his wife Olivia Chow (now Mayor of Toronto), I helped Jian Ghomeshi with his taxes. Enjoyed fascinating correspondence with Murray when they went on the road, then over the drink to England, Scotland and elsewhere. He was my fave. Their "Gulf War Song" always made me cry. Good times....

Another shit that gave me cáncer x_X

still one of the best oatmeals

Why did bro censor "kill" lmao

lame as rape

This one.was gonna be my fave unless you mashed it total pieces😂 So yeah it is , out of march❤

You know i expect this.every march now.right? Dont. DISSAPPOINT. 😤

definitely a great track, needs a little work with the filler audio but altogether a dope concept

this is so wholesome and Canadian. it takes me back

WOAH

🕶

All these years I listened to the song and sang the main chorus, yet I never knew it was about him being in "CANADA." This makes me happy... 😁😊

Glorious thing to find this masterpiece.

I love everything about this song; The joyful bounciness of the melody, the simple yet whimsically absurd premise of the lyrics, the incredible acapella, all of it 😁

I'd say for the last 20 years or so, anytime anyone mentions Spain, I always say, "once I was the king of Spain." Doesn't matter if it's a stranger or whoever, and like Lamb chops, I'll go on and on my friend😂

SUPER MARIO RPG IS BACK AND THIS SONG WAS IN THE TRAILER.

Never heard of this before and thought it was gonna be a king of pain by the police mashup

Stumbled across this hidden in the depths of my favorites, still holds up 💯

Heard this on ChapoTrapHouse’s newest episode

In late 2014, Ghomeshi was arrested and charged with four counts of sexual assault, and one count of choking, in relation to three complainants.[5] He was charged with three additional counts related to three more women on January 8, 2015.[6]

Back in the 90's when this song (and CD) first came out, I was working as a DJ. I was hosting a high school dance and had a list of songs the school administration told us not to play. Things like Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirt and Pearl Jam's Even Flow. They felt the songs would lead to moshing and that would be a huge liability for them. They also said not to bring any 80's music as they only wanted modern music to be played. And that was fine. Still plenty of great stuff to play. However, students started coming up on stage to request stuff we couldn't play. Nirvana. Pearl Jam. Songs from the 80's. At first, we thought that was normal. The kids didn't know we were given a list of restrictions. But then the president of the student council took me aside and let me know that the teachers were purposely telling students to come up on stage to ask for the very songs we couldn't play. Their plan was to make the students have a less than great time at the dance so they could try and pay us less for DJ'ing their event. Total douchebag move. So, I thought to myself "You want them to have a bad time? Fine by me!" So I put on this weird little song from a new band called Moxy Fruvous; King Of Spain. It immediately packed the dance floor and the crowd erupted! First, they cheered as though someone had scored a winning goal during a Stanley Cup playoff game. Then they sang to the song in unison. You could barely hear the original song. They fricken loved it! And that one song turned the dance around. Kids stopped requesting songs and we overheard them telling the teachers to let us play whatever we wanted. Later that evening, I went on to slow things down with Moxy's Stuck In The 90's and then played the Spiderman song. Again, the kids sang loudly over the songs and blew me away with their knowledge of this band I'd never heard of before. And when it came time to be paid for my work, the school admin didn't have a leg to stand on when they tried to renegotiate. We even got them banned from being able to hire Much Music's Video Dance Party (which was a big deal back in the day) because we knew the folks who ran those events and had no patience for clients who pulled that crap. Point is: this song unexpectedly saved the day and gave some high school kids (and myself) a night to remember. 😄👍

i was so surprised when this played during the mario movie

Imagine charting this

hey, where did you find the music video for this song? i was looking for their other music videos which i know exist, but they don't appear to be online anymore

What the fuckkkkk HOW

This is why RUclips was made

banger

pure chaos

This video was made using stammer by Arden Butterfield! You can find it and try it for yourself here: github.com/ArdenButterfield/stammer

A simple and magnifique masterpiece?! ❤

This is incredible!

Sounds a little like save ferris