The Pursuit of Happiness "Hard To Laugh"

[aklassen17]

I love this song, but I love Moe's blue blouse even more.

[RonPaul2008dotcomluv]

This video is ruined by the irritating high-pitched noise that we can hear for the entire duration of the video.

[jamesmcneil1963]

saw moe once on the streetcar coming back from the motel strip after a night of coke (me on coke not moe) too fucked up to talk too him in 1989

[humanjukebox1958]

Leslie Stanwyck

[loudmusic67]

Does anybody know what the dark haired womans name is?

[RaguelAngelofBalance]

When I don't see the videos, I think of Weird Al Yankovic singing.

[bloodsling]

@RaguelAngelofBalance omfg lol,now that's all I hear

[RaguelAngelofBalance]

@bloodsling In some songs its more so than others. Not a bad thing, but....

[jamesbondaygee]

This album rocked!! Great College concert at UCC. Sure loved guitar chicks!

[MrWigby]

Went to school with Moe..Paul Kane st albert..remember his first band Hot Toddy

[MrManfly]

@MrWigby and of course his brother, Rob Berg, has been a long time radio staple at K-97 in Edmonton.

[LShiznit]

The drummer is my current manager

[xenophobe76]

@LShiznit

you wish broseph

[timersk1]

Those Amabile sisters were pretty cute. I'm surprised there is not much on the web with them in it. With their talent they probably could have continued to make it in the music business.

[therealshell]

In-fucking-credible !!



[gizmokc]

Moe Berg makes me want to forgive Canada for Celine Dion and Justin Bieber.

[aklassen17]

@gizmokc So who's gonna make us forgive you for George Dubya?

[trucker11686]

The more you listen to this song, the more epically awesome it becomes.

[jamesbondaygee]

Love this album.....especially love back up singers/guitarists. Met them at our College Pub after the show!!

[AjaxEddiefan]

Total Rock.

[Catsscratchfever]

AWESOME...Backups sound angelic ...Moe pls drop the production hat for a bit and create another album...Original band members ....Pls

[Hot80s]

i enjoyed listening to this one in 89 after my gf & i split.

[Daniea3]

Man, this video would crack me up when I was a teen! His hard rocking finger pointing is awesome.

[SousSherpa]

How come "The downward road" isn't on Itunes?

[quintessential37]

Thats pretty much just what I looked like when this disc came out. I bought the CD because I saw an ad in Rolling Stone or something and Moe looked just like me. Very cool album.

[rangerzep83]

Anyone know who the girl singing with them is?

[TheJonesin666]

@rangerzep83 Yep, it's Kris Abbott. She's in an amazing accoustic band now. Check out their tracks. Very chilled, very good! krisanddee[dot]com

[rangerzep83]

@TheJonesin666 Thanks! :)

[remywood81]

He looks like Jeffrey Dahmer with long hair.

[harrisonhall8888]

amazing song

[Rick951]

I went to high school with a girl who looked exactly like Moe Berg, same glasses and everything.

[cheaplaffsmahoney]

i feel old when people say they bought this record on cd. a coupla weeks ago a friend of mine found one in a record store in London ontario and we (i) played the beejeesus out of it -- what fun on vinyl with no headphones just lamf -- thanks moe and co.

[darrenroskam]

He looks like John Denver with long hair!

[darrenroskam]

He looks like John Denver with long hair!

He's a teacher? Better to be doing drugs.

[cloud9savagehenry]

I wanna be just like Moe. I mean it!

[RobNickel001]

@cloud9savagehenry start growing your hair NOW!  (what do I know? You could have hair like Moe already!)

[cloud9savagehenry]

@RobNickel001 nice. nope. very short hair. But i do have a dorky singing voice and sing about heartbreak and love lost. peace

[cloud9savagehenry]

Rock & Roll.... all I can say is... . . . . . . Always about falling in love or heartbreak. Doesn't get any better than that. Love TPOH

[cooktree]

Used to see them all the time. Moe is a blast!

[Tutor14]

Moe Berg is a superb songwriter! I miss TPOH.

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

these guys wrote great songs with great lyrics and good harmonies. 

[Inresurrection]

Moe is my music production teacher!

[AjaxEddiefan]

How in f---k did these guys miss?

[battlecryfreedom]

Awesome song!

[repelghosts]

they had label troubles with Chryalis and that ended thier entire run.

[WPGinterceptor]

Everyone who sees you thinks you should be smilingThat girl she's so press, that girl she's so beguilingEveryone who sees you thinks you should be happyThinks you should coo-coo her and start acting all sappyBut it's(Chorus)Hard to laugh when you know that she's been cheatingHad her hands around him and she's been giving it a beatingHard to laugh when you know that she's been lyingBut you've got to laugh to prevent yourself from cryingEveryone asks you why you're so serious'

[WPGinterceptor]

@WPGinterceptor

Cause your woman's got a body that would make most men deliriousYeah, she's got a body of that you're painfully aware'Cause everytime you see yourself you want to pull out your hair

[Hinsdaledad]

Damn...these guys were freakin amazing...Met Moe when he was a bartender/ DJ @ Lee's Palace

[Hinsdaledad]

Damn...these guys were freakin amazing...

[treworfalse]

im from the states and canadian rock is way better than the states. dont get how bands like poh, trews, hip, big sugar, odds, sloan, wmm dont/ didnt get huge they have talent and good songs. its a shame

[drinktheworm]

@treworfalse because they don't sell out at the drop of a contract. i'm ashamed of nickelback, they did sell out and it shows.

TPOH is as canadian as they get; music for the sake of music

[maxxm28]

aahhh. This takes me back to Toronto in the 80's. Good times. Love junk was the first CD I ever purchased (all vinyl till then). I didn't even have a CD player at the time.

[ScooterandSparky]

I remember seeing them open up for the Hip at Fort Henry in 1990, I thought they were going to crumble the walls around the place.

[Magnanime30]

This brings back some teenage memories...Love Junk was a great album

[sagman68]

@Magnanime30 I saw them for free at Frosh week at Ottawa U in 88 or 89. Best free concert I ever saw.

[Magnanime30]

@sagman68 Lucky you :-)))

[loudmusic67]

Don't know why this album didn't sell well in America! It is an "totally awesome" album...for real!

[guitar241990]

Ah America. The land of McDonalds and ignorance.

[guitar241990]

If all Canadians are gay , then are all Americans stupid? Probably. Oh yes and I'm not gay thanks.

[sawmonkey]

Yow! That brunette was some hot but it's been 20 years since. Wonder how she looks now...

[stenx13]

@sawmonkey

You mean Leslie? Yeah was damn yummy then. So was Kris the rhythm guitar player. I saw TPOH EVERY time they were here in Saskatoon! Too bad Leslie left the band but she did start her own: Universal Honey (she's on myspace). She still looks good. Nice and milfy!

[TheMichaelseymour]

had the chance to talk to moe once ....didnt take it...geez i am a dick.

[Theboxer500]

Is this shit JOKE or WHAT?

[Karl036]

Great track..

[Di0genesus]

lol. Border wars

[bannedagainfromutube]

Lead singer is a fag. Everyone else is a dyke. Just like all of Canada.

[callinator92]

@bannedagainfromutube fuck you

[aklassen17]

@bannedagainfromutube come to Canada and say that tough guy..... Probably just bitter cause you lost your job and house and you have $40,000 in credit card debt. Meanwhile our economy, jobs, etc.. are all fine, our beer and woman are better and I don't have to fly north to hunt and fish becuse my ancestors didn't destroy all our natural resources......Sound about right douche-tard?

[bannedagainfromutube]

@aklassen17 Lol, STFU Canafag. Everyone knows all Canuck are faggots.

[aklassen17]

@bannedagainfromutube look me up when you're in Winnipeg and I'll fuck you in the ass.

[bannedagainfromutube]

@aklassen17 Like I would ever go to Canada, land of the fags. Nobody goes to Canada unless they are forced to. Lol @ thinking I would ever set foot in your shitty country. Go fucking kill yourself lol.

[Mr420Mahoney]

@bannedagainfromutube lemme guess... 12-17 years old, about 5 foot nuthin, and 40 pounds overweight. see we can perpetuate your stereotypes as well. dont talk about what you dont understand. jesus and i love your retarded inbred redneck ass

[punkrockefeller]

2:01special kiss!

[kennypeeandpoo]

I've seen them 5 times :)

[dccarles]

I remember playing this album at earsplitting volume between classes in high school. On a Walkman.

[JTTJ17]

No Canadian band did a better job at the three minute, three cord, rock & roll song then TPOH...Moe Berg...where is he now?

[zig45]

@JTTJ17 Moe Berg lives in Toronto and works as a producer and writer.

[khwalt2]

@zig45 ..and a DJ on weekends.. as I found out the hard way after playing North by Northeast last year, my mates went out after the gig.. and who was DJ-ing?? Moe-freakin-Berg... Damn.. I really dig TPOH, even now..

[jenzeppelin]

loving this

[jenzeppelin]

excellent band, grew up with this, long live Canadian music

[justinjuse]

Does ANYONE have a clip of Moe Berg on the mike bullard show performing "why god why?"

[rocktenniscat]

I still LOVE this album. - listen to it often. Produced by Todd Rundgren....you can hear the influence of this great musician.

[jenzeppelin]

@rocktenniscat wow...i had no idea...no wonder the album is such a masterpiece. classic.

[Creaulx]

I remember the Sudbury Ontario show in 1990 - they closed with Abba's Waterloo and it was so unexpectedly incredible, I'll never forget it. Still one of my favourite bands 20 years later.

[jenzeppelin]

@Creaulx damn i'm from there and i missed that show....aaaaahhhhh!

[rocktenniscat]

@jenzeppelin - Oh WOW, Now I have to listen to this again. Seriously, this is one of my favourite Canadian rock albums EVER. (Check out The Odds too, if you aren't familiar with them....GREAT BAND TOO!)

[jenzeppelin]

@rocktenniscat love the song to the Kids In The Hall's new series Death Comes To Town...was thrilled to learn it is performed by the Odds...

[rocktenniscat]

@jenzeppelin - hey, that's great. I went to see The Odds at the Baysville Arena in 1995. There were definitely Kids in the Hall hanging out...nice to see theyr'e still collaborating. Wickedly good songs. My son used to sing "Heterooooh Sexooooel....Maaaan" at the top of his lungs in his car seat (age 2) Of course he didn't understand a word of that song, now unfortunately, he's 16, and he understands!

[jenzeppelin]

@rocktenniscat That is soooooooooooo cute!!! :)

[chazo64p7]

Wow havent heard this in a long time. For some reason I just thought of it, and, Youtube Has it. Thank you so much for posting this. I got my axe out cranked it up and jammed with it.

[roccotanto]

moe berg was one of the best writers from this era......GREAT lyrics.....love TPOH!

[DOUGDONUT]

Toured with them. Great peeps.

[real80smusic]

what band?

[threnners]

They were *awesome* live.

[Soundchaser88]

MIA represent yee!

[rawbwan]

One of Canada's best! Should be headed to the Juno Hall Of Fame Award!!!!

[TheHMSillustrious]

I had a friend in highschool who always(still does) had his pulse on all the new stuff comming down the pipe...He handed me this tape and i instantly LOVED it!..Still have it today!

[ErikGaminek]

My Dad knows the drummer!

[deeboks]

Moe Berg is my teacher for Production in my audio school! fuckin sweet! haha

[rezzy333]

sup fellow MIA

[deeboks]

hahaha, holller!

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

that's seriously cool. tell him to do a reunion tour or to bring his guitar and play some songs or have you guys do the other parts, bass, drums, etc.

[MrChiffy]

seriously ?? what's he like ? good guy ?? loved this CD - this is high school man.

[dong2phat4u]

@deeboks

That is awesome. Nice to have a teacher with some street cred. Is he still cool?

[photon72]

I saw them on stage a few years ago. They were opening for Allanah Myles and stole the show!

[tordom]

That kiss at 2:02 cracks me up! 

Great video. Love TPOH!

[ilovemred]

Leslie was a cutie

[cochranexyz]

So true!!

[Minionuup]

Dave, thanks man great fing song.

[alfahammond]

What an amazing band this is... I just love these guys. Great songwriting.

[Skibble5150]

The album was recorded like shit. The stereo spectrum is fine.

[greycell]

The left-channel is missing in this particular upload.

But buy the effing album or DVD :P

[kermankalle]

Vikings? Berg? Borg? Burg? Dimmuburger? Serge Gaisbourgh?

[dionphaneufandjzbabe]

the lead singer looks like da guy from da movie SLapshot. lol

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

T.P.O.H. were like a bunch of vikings that came down and settled in Canada. I'm convinced of it. lol

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

greatest band ever

[gutturrat]

the lead singer looks like a girl

[punkrockefeller]

u must have just been released from prison. or maybe discharged from the navy!

[gutturrat]

LMFAO!!

[punkrockefeller]

huh?

[gutturrat]

laugh my fucking ass off is what it means

[punkrockefeller]

thnx 4 the info.

[gutturrat]

no problem

[slangman01]

I LOVE this band !!!!

[CelesteK]

That's the ultimate way to get revenge on an ex is to pack up his/her stuff and throw the box into the back of a waiting garbage truck.

Way to go Moe. FIGHT THE POWER!! L.O.R.L!

[DrunkenGirlfriend]

Not sure what happened to this band,

but they were quite popular here in Canada,in the late 80's.

Anyways,this is my favorite song by

The Pursuit of Happiness.

Good tune.

[Erok67]

I love the blonde chicks little poofy poodle hair in a bunch up top:)

[Erok67]

Dude down there is right you got Rush April Wine and the phenom band Triumph I won't go Nickelback they are o.k but nothing compared to those other bands and these guys.

[LifegrindX]

Saw them when I was 4, my favorite childhood band.

[joltcoladude]

im envious bro

[krankfreak]

I had the great honor of meeting these guys several times , it even got that i saw them so much they just would put my of the guest listhahah my band even opened for them twice and moe dave kris and brad are the nicest people on the planet. i told Moe several times he had the perfect band and idea for original music.. Great guys too bad the were so underrated..

[fredd39]

Why so serious? Hahahaha I couldn't resist!

[Philtertip]

I love how they work the backing vocals... this is such a TPOH signature with the women repeating the lead vocals... It sounds so damened good...

[bhobsolid]

don't it, tho? (sound "damnened"(don' worry -- I know what you meant) ) good? Snare drum popping like a damn .38 snubby in a bathroom....those girls, those danged Canuckian GURLS always singing back there, sounding freaking GREAT. Gits fuzzed up just right (maybe a TAD too much chorus on that lead, but what the hell do I know. Answer : not a lot.) It's AMAZING power pop, Philter....maybe the best ever, IMHO...

Best Regards, Moe Berg

..........hee hee.

[Philtertip]

Those damned Canuckian women! Ha! Have you heard of Alannah Myles? Great Canuckian singer, great band at her peak.... Want to see some more hot Canuckian backup singers, do a Youtube search for "Someday Glass Tiger"

Another great Canuck band with GREAT backup singers!

[TheMerryMisanthrope]

Love these guys...Mo kicks it

[finalforever2]

uh correction..they SAW him not say him

[finalforever2]

i met Moe many years ago..i was dating his cousin...nice guy...we went to a shopping center and walked by a music store and they say him and rushed out for autographs...was fun

[npj333]

damn, i would pay 100 bucks for the love junk cd, can you get me one?

[mufasa1234]

I have an autographed one! Would never sell it though, sorry!

[kennypeeandpoo]

@npj333 hey you still looking? send me a message, I copied the cd to my computer, and I found it on vinyl a few months ago WOOHOO! I can let you have the cd I have, and for slightly less than 100 bucks haha :)

[gorramdoll]

I'm amazed that my dad let me listen to this song so much when I was a little kid.

[Kaylore]

This sounds exactly like Cigarette dangles. What a joke.

[2707694]

It's called the style of music. Just like how all a/c d/c songs sound the same. You are probably an ignorant yank, seeing as how all the great rock bands come from CANADA!

[MultiHighMaintenance]

@2707694 Watch the yank shit would ya? Raised in NY. TPOH Just happened and still til this day remains one of my very fovorite bands! I even jumped the border to drive up to Toronto to see them A couple times. All the great rock bands come from Canada,HUH??? Oh!!!! I see your an Opus fan are you?

[gizmokc]

@2707694 Oh yeah, thank you for Celine Dinone, Not!

[rikkitiboe]

I played the cd a 1000 times! still not bored!

[4familyman4]

What a great band. It kills me that they aren't on itunes.

[komodoman]

Anyone have the "Killed by Love" vid?

[kennypeeandpoo]

@komodoman I do, on VHS hehe :)

[slangman01]

Moe has had some experiences! this songs tells it all!

[marc80s]

Leslie and Johnny when they weren't feuding with Moe...

[HAIDARAVEN]

you cant spell happiness wothout penis

[rdangelo]

The pursuit of hah penis.

[gangesex]

This song is still sweet after all these years.

[Lastchancers]

I think this song has actually gotten better with time.

[Philtertip]

TPOH... kick'd f'n ass....

[elkangman]

classic canadian

[soundofpwnage]

dedicated to TRACEY O"..... -..BITTTCCHH.

[artboy55]

moe greenberg is one talented motherfucker.

[peace0ff]

actually his name is moe berg. I used to roadie for them.

[peace0ff]

brilliant

[pyewacket001]

peace0ff - your comments on this video are a fraudulent mask of the bigoted racist hatred you openly urinate onto other YT videos. You are a middle aged blathering chunk of expectorated primate bile wallowing in your dead mum's vaginal cheese. This also goes for your alter-ego neo80s and your other personalities.

[Sheldon66]

Hey pyewacker001!!!! You're an idiot!!

[ugalawdog98]

Who says I am Canadian? I just appreciate music that does not suck.

[JOEDICK67]

I love this group.Anybody got KILLED BY LOVE?

[McMickster]

Typical xenophobic response (see above). TPOH, Tragically Hip, Max Webster, Teenage Head, to name a few ..... certainly rocked my world in Barrie, Ontario during the 80's!

[iandgust]

Best 80s bands?! Are you sure you Canadians know what you are talking about?

[oakley9860]

Saw them three times at the Misty Moon in Halifax........Super cool!! Does anyone know if they still tour? Love the Moe!

[Bronxfan]

I agree. I loved this group when I was in college. The two ladies are probably the best backup singers I ever heard. Does anyone have a ong they did called "Feels For You"?

[dramagodx]

It isn't called 'feels for you' it's called ten fingers. it's on love junk

[Cheops2112]

Not only do I agree, but I saw them In Kelowna,BC at a nightclub called "Flashbacks" In '97. They sounded great and It was one of those magical nights that I will never forget.

[ugalawdog98]

One of the very best 80s bands. Don't agree? Blow me.