Moxy Früvous
Moxy Früvous was a folk-pop, geek-rock, socially conscious, politically-sat… Read Full Bio ↴Moxy Früvous was a folk-pop, geek-rock, socially conscious, politically-satirical band (1990-ca.2002) from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, just north of Toronto. Canada and the "human experience" are a common theme in Früvous songs.

The band formed in 1990 when Jian Ghomeshi and Murray Foster, former classmates at the local Thornlea Secondary School, and participants in the school choir, joined with Mike Ford and David Matheson to busk in Toronto. They drew unusually large crowds, and, eventually, the attention of Toronto-based CBC Radio One, which commissioned songs about political and local issues for the radio show Later the Same Day. Some songs written for the show later appeared on their albums; these songs include "The Gulf War Song" and "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors", which was written for a Toronto authors' festival.

They cut a six-song demo tape in 1992, and their first major-label album was released the next year. Its single, "King of Spain", was only the second Canadian independent #1 hit in that country's history. (Torontonians Barenaked Ladies were first by a few months, with 1991's "Be My Yoko Ono".) Shortly after, they embarked on a touring schedule that continued, practically without stopping except to record new material, until the end of 2000.

The band reminds some listeners of the Beatles (which Früvous happily acknowledges) or They Might Be Giants. They sometimes sang with little or no accompaniment in a style similar to contemporary a cappella, drawing comparisons to Da Vinci's Notebook. A number of their songs also express the band's progressive political leanings ("The Greatest Man in America", for instance, harps on Rush Limbaugh, and "Big Fish" lambasts former Premier of Ontario Mike Harris). Früvous was also known for their close relationship with their fans and their live shows, which were full of political commentary, humorous banter, and musical improvisation.

The band gave its last concert in 2000 (excepting performances at annual fan conventions in 2001 and 2002), and the last update to the band's website occurred in 2002. As of fall 2005, Jian Ghomeshi was hosting National Playlist on CBC Radio One, and Murray Foster was the bass player for Great Big Sea. On September 5, 2005, Ford, Foster and Ghomeshi performed on CIUT, the University of Toronto's campus radio station, as part of the morning program Toronto Unlocked (an ad hoc program produced and hosted by locked-out CBC Radio One staff).
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Moxy Früvous Lyrics


Ash Hash Ash Hash (All) Now, if all that ash used to be hash Wha…
B.J. Don't Cry Never had a girl to call his own From the Fruvous…
Bad Jim (Murray) Bad Jim Bad Jim (thunderclap)…
Bed and Breakfast Romeo rhinoceros Prowls around the bar Head afire, he spills…
Beware The Killer Tents Beware the Killer Tents! Beware the Killer Tents! The te…
Big Fish (Dave) As a young boy Michael helped his mother cook, Down…
bittersweet Now all of the planes have landed And the soldiers are…
BJ Don't Cry Never had a girl to call his own From the Fruvous…
Boo Time (Chorus) It's Boo Time Boo Time It's Boo Time (spoken) Stop…
Darlington Darling (Mike) Down the line, comin' down the line, a V6 Merc…
Down From Above Your mother made you cry when she told you about…
Downsizing Color balloons, an appreciative handshake, If that counts a…
Drinking Song And the band played on as the helicopters whirred. Drunk on…



Early Morning Rain Originally done by Gordon Lightfoot In the early morning ra…
Earthquakes (random guitar noodling) (Jian speaking) I'm gonna go an…
Entropy (Mike in a deep voice) Galileo, Netwon, Watt, they were genu…
Fell in Love Something I never would have known Not knowing knowledge nev…
Fly When you've played out As the World Turns You don't need…
Get in the Car I'm alright... Look what I'm drivin'. Look at the curves An…
Good Date Band? Good Date Band? (Murray) In the interim while we have a …
Gord's Gold (Mike, doing a Gordon Lightfoot voice) She had that disposi…
Green Eggs & Ham Hey kids, listen up if you want to be sick 'Cause…
Green Eggs and Ham Hey kids, listen up if you want to be sick 'Cause…
Grudge Grudge (as performed in the fall of 1998) (Mike and Jian…
Guinea Pig Don't ya tell me what you're putting in my lunch…
Gulf War Song We got a call to write a song about the…
Half as Much Bell tower At the station Is ringin' the morning out. Impri…
Hate Letter Bu-dup-bup-um-bwhy-yaye-yaye..... Woah... Woah... No...…
Heatseeker Boy (Mike on Lead) Moonlight Nothing could slow you down. A man…
Horseshoes My sister Sue and me were doing stunts with electric…
Huge on the Luge Grandpa hated winter Couldn't stand the site of snow He go…
I Love My Boss He can't stand a loss He's always cross His name is Ross…
I Will Hold On I'll hold you if you feel you'll fall I'll hold…
I've Got to Get a Message to You Well, the preacher turned to me And he smiled He said, "come…
If Only You Knew The mist of the morning in this strange town, Lifted slowly…
Incredible Medicine Show We are here, To calm your fears, And turn your world…
Independence Day (Murray on lead) The streamers were red and gold. And all …
Intra-Pennsylvania Rivalry (Jian) Well, thank you very much everybody. What a thrill i…
It's Too Cold You're the last of a breed and it's beginning to…
Jenny Washington (Dave on lead) It's ten-til-two and I've not a thing to…
Jockey Full of Bourbon (Mike) Edna Million in a drop dead suit Dutch Pink on a…
Johnny Saucep'N (All) Well he was just some Johnny Saucep'n when he walked…
Johnny SaucepN Well he was just some Johnny Saucep'n when he walked…
Kasparov vs. Deep Blue (Murray) Well, I... I do have a question. How many people…
Kick in the Ass (Murray, then rest) Kick in the ass. Kick in the ass. Kic…
King of Spain Once I was the King of Spain, now I eat…
Kirk King Intro (Jian) It's Jim Kirk, Live again at the Mercury Lounge. (M…
Laika When I was 3, my mother said to me Eat up…
Lazlo's Career (Jian) Everyone has a groovy time with Lazlo. He speaks p…
Lazy Boy The Lazy Boy (Jian) I have a life of pleasure I am subm…
Lee Only just we two Blood in my veins The shadow of you Perfec…
Losers (Jian) How many people, uh, how many people here would cons…
Love Set Fire Small paper cranes And wallpaper stains That the pictures …
Michigan Militia I like to keep it in the refrigerator. Keeps the powder…
Misplaced Your phone call from Montreal said I was back into you But…
Morphée Longue journée Qui s'achève dans une chambre foncée J'entend…
My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors Well you should see my story reading baby, you should…
My Poor Generation My poor generation, We're on for the ride, An ocean of choic…
Naked Puppets (Jian) ...just happens to like being naked. There's nothing…
Nature Sounds ((Murray) Play and record again. (Dave) Play and record at t…
No No Raja (Jian on lead) I wanna taste it, give me a little…
Nuits De Reve Loin des guerres et des caisses populaires y avait de l'amou…
On Her Doorstep I started out a little tightly wound Like a rocket shot…
Organ Grinder (Jian) There's a guy down at Queen and Bay (Hey Organ…
Pisco Bandito (Mike - congas/shaker, Jian - electric guitar, Murray - acou…
Poor Mary Lane (Jian) She lowered her head when they layed all the blame …
Pork Tenderloin Many brave men have fallen Their brothers to join In the h…
Present Tense Tureen Circumstances eat themselves The present tense has been Fi…
Psycho Killer (Jian) I can't seem to face up to the facts I'm tense…
River Valley Who will save the river valley? That's my drinking water Thi…
Sad Girl Sad girl, Taking every cue from every ad, girl. Hopelessness…
Sad Today Sad today Even coffee can't make it go away I murdered my…
Sahara Do you recall those days of Sahara? Shade was our ecstasy. P…
Spiderman (Mike) Spiderman, Spiderman Friendly neighborhood Spiderma…
Splatter Splatter (guitar intro) (Mike on lead, speaking through distortion…
Stuck in the '90s Clem had a daydream, daydream from heaven Picked up the head…
Stuck in the 90s Clem had a daydream, daydream from heaven Picked up the hea…
The Drinking Song And the band played on as the helicopters whirred. Drunk on…
The Goal Judge Pity the poor goal judge Pity the poor goal judge Man in…
The Greatest Man in America Ditto.. Ditto... Ditto.... Ditto..... Coming from Canada, w…
The Gulf War Song We got a call to write a song about the…
The Incredible Medicine Show We are here, To calm your fears, And turn your world…
The Kids' Song The Kids' Song (Live) (All) We took the babies we knew a…
The Lazy Boy The Lazy Boy (Jian) I have a life of pleasure I am submerge…
The Lowest Highest Point (Mike) Which state has the lowest highest point? Eh? Flori…
The Mitosis Waltz If it's ze secrets of life that you seek, Zen srough…
The Norbals! (In thick German accents) If it's ze secrets of life that…
The Present Tense Tureen Circumstances eat themselves The present tense has been Fi…
Video Bargainville Take... We can take a trip up to the corner... corner...…
Welcome to C (Jian on lead) 1... 2... 1, 2... Hello, you savvy little Fr…
When She Talks When she talks I listen. It's something significant because…
You Can't Be Too Careful You can't be too careful. You can't agonize over it. You can…
You Will Go to the Moon Orbiting Rondelle You will go to the moon You'll proba…
Your New Boyfriend (Jian) Well, it was me, you, and Jacko and your…


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