I actually got up on stage in Ottawa at Barrymore's Club in about 1986 and sang with the guys, long story about how I met them in Red Deer Alberta, but they remembered. It was great. RIP Doug
When I first heard this song, I thought he used the 45 on the girl. Nice to see the Slugs having fun throughout the video. RIP Doug. Great voice. Great talent.
Im a teenager, and im not into all that new shit, there are some good songs that came out recently, but not for the people my age category, im a Metallica, Iron Maiden, Beatles, Mason Williams, damn i even listen to Louis Armstrong at my age, i was born in the wrong decade.. i hate mine ahah
Who's that pretty hot woman at 0:30, I kind of think her name is Amelia as she really looks smokin' hot and pretty, sweet, and cute and lovely as it kind of really looks like that Doug really arouses the woman's interest as I think he really likes her, doesn't he? She looks like a great tie-down roper and also a Brahman bull rider, as well, too, as she looks like she's queen of the western rodeos, she really does?
It also shows at 3:21-3:25, it's really true, you know that? The past is never gone, it'll come back again, you know that?
In my eyes, there'll be another January 1st, 1996-December 31st, 2100-100th century-present rodeo seasons along with "Rodeo America's Number One Sport" by Thomas A. Bryant and artwork drawings by E. Vernal Wagner, the one that was published in 1986, as to let you know that you can really go back in time for real life, and time machines will be real as that's true?
@whodat16ip What did you mean when you said "i play this song at least 10times a day.. too bad its 2011", what did that mean?
In my eyes, there'll be another January 1st, 1996-December 31st, 2100-100th century-present rodeo seasons along with "Rodeo America's Number One Sport" by Thomas A. Bryant and artwork drawings by E. Vernal Wagner, the one that was published in 1986, as to let you know that you can really go back in time for real life, and time machines will be real as that's true?
@weirdscience85 I will more then grant you that 2000-2011 have not been exemplary with some exceptions ( Tokyo Police Club, Mariana's Trench, 3 Days Grace, Finger Eleven, Arcade Fire.) but the 90's?!? Matt Good Band, Our Lady Peace, Sloan, Crash Test Dummies, Bare Naked Ladies, Tragically Hip, Alanis Morissette, we're talking world calls bands here. We have always had amazing music and will always have amazing music, but the 90's were truly Canadian :)
@weirdscience85 In my eyes, there'll be another January 1st, 1996-December 31st, 2100-100th century-present rodeo seasons along with "Rodeo America's Number One Sport" by Thomas A. Bryant and artwork drawings by E. Vernal Wagner, the one that was published in 1986, as to let you know that you can really go back in time for real life, and time machines will be real as that's true?
@weirdscience85 In my eyes, there'll be another January 1st, 1996-December 31st, 2100-100th century-present rodeo seasons along with "Rodeo America's Number One Sport" by Thomas A. Bryant and artwork drawings by E. Vernal Wagner, the one that was published in 1986, as to let you know that you can really go back in time for real life, and time machines will be real as that's true?
@Defiant2379 In my eyes, there'll be another January 1st, 1996-December 31st, 2100-100th century-present rodeo seasons along with "Rodeo America's Number One Sport" by Thomas A. Bryant and artwork drawings by E. Vernal Wagner, the one that was published in 1986, as to let you know that you can really go back in time for real life, and time machines will be real as that's true?
I'm not crazy, it's really true, you know that? The past is never gone, it'll come back again, you know that?
0:12 far right, 0:49 plaid and cowboy hat, 1:14 in front, 1:37 far left, 2:02 far left, 2:15 first one to pass and 2:52 in middle, the detective... All my Uncle, Steve Bosley, the bass player for the band.
Back in "the day" I played in a band that backed up Doug & The Slugs.... I hit it off will the slugs right away (being a chick drummer, it seems to turn a lot of people on). I actually dated Steve (the cute bass player) off and on.
These guys were SO much fun to hang with.... and you should have seen there riders... included MANY bottles of fine alcohol..... let's PARTY.
I saw them in the Orpheum in Vancouver in around 83 or so, 4th row from the front. I had such a crush on Doug. This was the only concert I saw since they always played the Commodore but I couldn't go since I was underage.
I saw them in the Orpheum in Vancouver in around 83 or so, 4th row from the front. I had such a crush on Doug. This was the only concert I saw since they always played the Commodore but I couldn't go since I was underage.
I heard one of the original band members on my local radio station and he was asked why the album was called Cognac and Bologna. He said it was because Doug sang like cognac but looked like bologna
i fucking loved this song, video and pretty much everything they did in the 80's.now that was the best decade of music.this song also reminds me of my childhood and the dances i went to as a kid.....great times and even greater music sorry if i'm rambling,just brings back good times...r.i.p. Doug,thanks for finding this stuff thecatkeaton,awesome
@likesspice73 Thought I might have known you as an ancient friend 'til I went to your site and saw "Steeler's Wheel "Stuck In The Middle". I am now at a loss. However If you appreciate Doug we can talk.
Did Doug write in any other formats? His lyrics are so literate and playful it's pretty obvious he was a big reader. I sure would like to find some long-form writing by him.
RIP Doug, if you noticed a bump in sales down Nashville way, I did my best.
ya i am welcome to canada fonzi. where did you come up with that one? a nas car rally? trailer trash. never would have crossed my mind. why dont you go hit the clubs or drive your lowrider around? then and you can hear some manswer jokes instead? maybey you can figure out why your like the way you are because im sure youve thought of fucking somone in your family like your parents obvously did, look at the fucking video its corny you idiot it was a joke. i dont have a sis. id whip your ass.
Okay, fellow Canadian Gen-Xers, it's time for the ultimate blast from our childhood past, the ultimate brain jolt. Seeing/hearing this again for the first time in eons got me thinking about another rendition of this number: Does anyone remember being 10 to 14 and seeing a bunch of young girls who called themselves The Little Ladies performing 'Too Bad' on Chris Makepeace's old CBC after-school show, Going Great...? It had to be one of the earliest episodes (circa 1981), if not the very first.
Yes, Chris Makepeace hosted a show on the CBC (1981-circa 1985) called Going Great, which did pieces on young people who were making a name for themselves or somehow contributing to society in ways beyond their years. The Little Ladies were a teenaged singing group who did a version of 'Too Bad'. I'd love to see/hear that piece again, and I wonder whatever became of them in adult life.
I also remember a piece on another teenaged Canadian band called Destiny, who covered Sly Stone....
It was great that the NORM SHOW picked this as their theme in 1999. I remember hearing it and wondering why is this being played on television, so I ran downstairs to the tv.
OMG! The Misty Moon... Damn, I remember that. And the Lower deck, and the famous Liquor Dome... Damn, just mentioning that place brought back some memories. Thx.
My 11 yr old is dancing to this right now, and he's born and bred in Texas (I grew up in Saskatchewan). I use this song on mix CDs I play between classes at school so am exposing a new generation of normally disinterested slouches to the wonders of Doug and the Slugs.
I remember going on a date with one of my sister`s friends and taking her to see Doug and the Slugs in Toronto....damn, she couldn`t dance worth a damn and wanted to talk all night instead trying to impress me with her intelligence!
She is probably still talking somewhere...........
UPDATE - the original guitarist for D & the S is alive and well and apparently living in Victoria, B.C. Nice guy....jammed with the house band at SWANNS by the Victoria harbour in February, 2009. Too bad the House band was CLUE-LESS when i requested "Too bad " to be played....the guitarist laughed it off.......
I was in the journalism program at Sheridan College in the mid-80s and interviewed Doug after he did a show at the Galaxy on the North Service Road near Trafalgar Rd. Great guy, full of life, and put on a great show. Great memories.
The girl in the video (forgot her name) was a stripper trying to get her high school diploma. She was dating the cameraman Stan. Shot at the Yale Hotel on Granville St Vancouver. Started 6 AM Sunday morning...the smell off piss in the air and finished 6 AM Monday morning.
I Use To Work For Him In 1981 Kingston Shows Always a packed House, If It Was Not For Doug, I Would Never Continued In Photography. I still have All The Auto's From Original Slugs In 1982. I Miss My Friend a Lot RIP Doug. I Owe Him A Great Deal Thank You Buddy. I Did Not Know He Died Til 6 Months After His Death. During One Of His Shows He Grabbed My Camera Out Of My Hand And Got Pissed at Me And Stuck The Lens Down His Pants And Started Clicking The Camera, Them Gave My Camera Back To Me
RIP Doug!~ Remember being on a date, seeing these guys perform live in Toronto. Man, that date was one smart girl...last time I let my sister hook me up!
Oh MG I hit the wrong key thumbs UUUPPPP! Remember The little red head From TORONTO THEN WELLAND DOUG! 80s Holding your big skin full of vodka!eehhhhh shouldn't have let you go. What a blast from the passed still going strong even now I haven't changed in looks or style my hair is still red and down to my butt.People say I never get old still look the same and I do! Young at heart-ramblinrose you cant keep a good girl down! Ramblinrose
I partied with theses guys in Toronto then again in Welland in the 80ds good guys wonderful memory's that was the time, still is,this is the life not a groupie just good at it. lol
What is the instrument with the Hawaiian feel in between 1:22 - 1:33 ?
emmaandnilla 1 week ago
Yes! I found it! (Only took me three months, hahaha. >_<)
WingZeto 1 week ago
I actually got up on stage in Ottawa at Barrymore's Club in about 1986 and sang with the guys, long story about how I met them in Red Deer Alberta, but they remembered. It was great. RIP Doug
wiesh1957 4 weeks ago
May he rest in peace
simplygr 1 month ago
1 of my favorite 's i love this thanks for posting this
ponkaton1 2 months ago
spec song rip doug
GAVIN271 2 months ago
When I first heard this song, I thought he used the 45 on the girl. Nice to see the Slugs having fun throughout the video. RIP Doug. Great voice. Great talent.
Monkofmagnesia 3 months ago
Im a teenager, and im not into all that new shit, there are some good songs that came out recently, but not for the people my age category, im a Metallica, Iron Maiden, Beatles, Mason Williams, damn i even listen to Louis Armstrong at my age, i was born in the wrong decade.. i hate mine ahah
MegaGanjalord 3 months ago 2
@MegaGanjalord Same here, I'm 15 but I grew up with 80's and later songs.
Feels good man
JillnRe 2 months ago
@MegaGanjalord YOUR DECADE DOES SUCK, YOU HAVE JUSTIN BIEBER.
lonnyv1 2 months ago
Rest In Peace Doug you will be Missed
jayceerocker 3 months ago
Heard this for the first time in Banff last week. Don't know how I missed in in '80. Great song for a summer road trip in beautiful Alberta.
henderjess900 4 months ago
I need to learn this for karaoke
southtowns27 4 months ago
RYShShe
mzaleschuk 4 months ago
this was the first music video i ever saw in 80..RIP doug.. u will be missed
goingnutts57 4 months ago
This song is great, does anyone know of any bands/songs that sound similar to this, or have a similar feeling?
MoreThanEarthItself 4 months ago
groovy.
HughJassBard 5 months ago
R.I.P. Doug
cardfan1962 5 months ago
lololololololol! :D
qwertyhnbvcxzjp 5 months ago
I miss the Norm McDonald's show.
poncho58 5 months ago 2
@poncho58 That's where I remembered this song. I forgot what it sounded like, but I knew it was good.
DarkReapersGrim 3 months ago
i think cowboymcleod might have a little thing for her....lol
hosemasterg 5 months ago
Who's that pretty hot woman at 0:30, I kind of think her name is Amelia as she really looks smokin' hot and pretty, sweet, and cute and lovely as it kind of really looks like that Doug really arouses the woman's interest as I think he really likes her, doesn't he? She looks like a great tie-down roper and also a Brahman bull rider, as well, too, as she looks like she's queen of the western rodeos, she really does?
COWBOYMACLEOD 5 months ago
It also shows at 3:21-3:25, it's really true, you know that? The past is never gone, it'll come back again, you know that?
In my eyes, there'll be another January 1st, 1996-December 31st, 2100-100th century-present rodeo seasons along with "Rodeo America's Number One Sport" by Thomas A. Bryant and artwork drawings by E. Vernal Wagner, the one that was published in 1986, as to let you know that you can really go back in time for real life, and time machines will be real as that's true?
COWBOYMACLEOD 5 months ago
Awesome song lol
chadp54 5 months ago
i play this song at least 10times a day.. too bad its 2011
whodat16ip 5 months ago
@whodat16ip What did you mean when you said "i play this song at least 10times a day.. too bad its 2011", what did that mean?
In my eyes, there'll be another January 1st, 1996-December 31st, 2100-100th century-present rodeo seasons along with "Rodeo America's Number One Sport" by Thomas A. Bryant and artwork drawings by E. Vernal Wagner, the one that was published in 1986, as to let you know that you can really go back in time for real life, and time machines will be real as that's true?
COWBOYMACLEOD 5 months ago
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weirdscience85 6 months ago
@weirdscience85 dude, there is a lot of good music coming out of here right now! :) though i have to say that think we kind of peaked in the 90's
Defiant2379 6 months ago
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weirdscience85 6 months ago
@weirdscience85 I will more then grant you that 2000-2011 have not been exemplary with some exceptions ( Tokyo Police Club, Mariana's Trench, 3 Days Grace, Finger Eleven, Arcade Fire.) but the 90's?!? Matt Good Band, Our Lady Peace, Sloan, Crash Test Dummies, Bare Naked Ladies, Tragically Hip, Alanis Morissette, we're talking world calls bands here. We have always had amazing music and will always have amazing music, but the 90's were truly Canadian :)
Defiant2379 6 months ago
@Defiant2379 Haha.. good lists
weirdscience85 6 months ago
@weirdscience85 In my eyes, there'll be another January 1st, 1996-December 31st, 2100-100th century-present rodeo seasons along with "Rodeo America's Number One Sport" by Thomas A. Bryant and artwork drawings by E. Vernal Wagner, the one that was published in 1986, as to let you know that you can really go back in time for real life, and time machines will be real as that's true?
COWBOYMACLEOD 5 months ago
@weirdscience85 In my eyes, there'll be another January 1st, 1996-December 31st, 2100-100th century-present rodeo seasons along with "Rodeo America's Number One Sport" by Thomas A. Bryant and artwork drawings by E. Vernal Wagner, the one that was published in 1986, as to let you know that you can really go back in time for real life, and time machines will be real as that's true?
COWBOYMACLEOD 5 months ago
@Defiant2379 In my eyes, there'll be another January 1st, 1996-December 31st, 2100-100th century-present rodeo seasons along with "Rodeo America's Number One Sport" by Thomas A. Bryant and artwork drawings by E. Vernal Wagner, the one that was published in 1986, as to let you know that you can really go back in time for real life, and time machines will be real as that's true?
I'm not crazy, it's really true, you know that? The past is never gone, it'll come back again, you know that?
COWBOYMACLEOD 5 months ago
Used to play "The Place Inn" in Kamloops with these guys. So sad that Doug Bennett is gone....These guys were ahead of the curve back in the 80's....
BucksOwin 6 months ago
Too bad, that 3 people had to get caught and probably lost face :-P lol
Defiant2379 6 months ago
Might be going to watch them tonight, along with Dr Hook. :D
PaulSaysShezam 6 months ago
Dedicated to Imran Qayyum and John Ryan
newjinn 7 months ago
Imran, this one is for you ...
newjinn 7 months ago
this great song reminds me of "The Norm Show", great tv series
Bur3bista 7 months ago
RIP Doug, you are missed.
cannaba420 7 months ago
0:12 far right, 0:49 plaid and cowboy hat, 1:14 in front, 1:37 far left, 2:02 far left, 2:15 first one to pass and 2:52 in middle, the detective... All my Uncle, Steve Bosley, the bass player for the band.
ZzlucaszZ1 8 months ago 2
i have this album on VINYL!
STUKASHOCK 9 months ago
god loves doug and the slugs sooo many memories where is this pub???
mooster03 9 months ago
god loves doug and the slugs sooo many memories
mooster03 9 months ago
<3 this baand
tarelle1231 9 months ago
awesome tunes
WABUDDY2 9 months ago
This is brilliant
dechausseman 11 months ago
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did this video come out before much music, which was on the air in 1981.
nostalgia43 1 year ago
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.did this video come out before much music??, which started in 1981..
nostalgia43 1 year ago
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nostalgia43 1 year ago
Doug caught my boyfriend (now husband) and I making out to this at a concert and he stopped the band!! MISS THEM
NLTbabe00 1 year ago 2
@NLTbabe00 "Who knows how to make love stay".. I guess you do. God bless ya.
alpha18412 11 months ago
Great song and I loved the video - many thanks for posting it!!
ccdg1066 1 year ago
I was supposed to see them play in Edmonton just before he passed... i missed it for a dumb reason. too bad, sooooo sad! :'-(
ShortnSweetEdm 1 year ago
I heard he put on a really great show!
ShortnSweetEdm 1 year ago
i shook his hand at the Shamrock, the slug didnt like it but I did it anyways :D R.i.p Doug
Ackdacka 1 year ago
@Ackdacka
Back in "the day" I played in a band that backed up Doug & The Slugs.... I hit it off will the slugs right away (being a chick drummer, it seems to turn a lot of people on). I actually dated Steve (the cute bass player) off and on.
These guys were SO much fun to hang with.... and you should have seen there riders... included MANY bottles of fine alcohol..... let's PARTY.
scorp8pus 1 year ago
HOW DID HE DIEEEEE????
smcoscis 1 year ago
@smcoscis nobody wants to tell us how he died i guess
ty1977 1 year ago
@ty1977 p.s.... he passed away in October of 2004.
scorp8pus 1 year ago
@scorp8pus thanks brother
ty1977 1 year ago
@smcoscis
Be patient some one will tell you.... ME.
Unfortunately as I said in my other comment Doug loved to have his drinks and more drinks...
This ultimately took a toll on his liver.
Just before he was to go out on tour I saw him on a local TV program doing a song with his new touring band.
I have to say poor Doug looked awful.... all puffed up... really sad.
The tour made it as far as Alberta where he was hospitalized and passed away.
We lost one of the best front men of all time that day.
scorp8pus 1 year ago
how did he die?
ty1977 1 year ago
i like how he spits at 1:00
ty1977 1 year ago
classic 80s
1961ang 1 year ago
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I saw them in the Orpheum in Vancouver in around 83 or so, 4th row from the front. I had such a crush on Doug. This was the only concert I saw since they always played the Commodore but I couldn't go since I was underage.
K3PPOCH 1 year ago
I saw them in the Orpheum in Vancouver in around 83 or so, 4th row from the front. I had such a crush on Doug. This was the only concert I saw since they always played the Commodore but I couldn't go since I was underage.
K3PPOCH 1 year ago
anyone notice he spits at the 1 minute
ty1977 1 year ago
i dont need any persuasion to like this song (refferance 35 seconds in)
Katadikasmenos13 1 year ago
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My mom loves this song, who doesn't? <3
Yazzyu 1 year ago
My mom loves this song, who doesn't? <3
Yazzyu 1 year ago
My name is Doug. :)
diamondking1308 1 year ago
@diamondking1308 hahahaha. maybe you guys are related
ty1977 1 year ago
I heard one of the original band members on my local radio station and he was asked why the album was called Cognac and Bologna. He said it was because Doug sang like cognac but looked like bologna
dwsimms47 1 year ago
I find this song inspirational! Thumbs up inspiration!
mchenrinson 1 year ago
College radio hit in US? I remember playing this when it came out in early 80s at a college radio station nr Boston. Great song.
wmwmblues 1 year ago
so sad
starcraftfan9117734 1 year ago
wow he does sound like chris griffin, still love the song though, now i really wanna see a family guy spoof of this. lol
wordupwhitey 1 year ago
yeaaa slugs
starcraftfan911666 1 year ago
crim101, final exam-----i thought i was so smart and yes i was right-----I'M MORE SMART THAN YOU THINK----
rodoobaba1 1 year ago
Sounds Like Chris Griffen
rdz500one 1 year ago
best ever rip doug
starcraftfan9112012 1 year ago
i fucking loved this song, video and pretty much everything they did in the 80's.now that was the best decade of music.this song also reminds me of my childhood and the dances i went to as a kid.....great times and even greater music sorry if i'm rambling,just brings back good times...r.i.p. Doug,thanks for finding this stuff thecatkeaton,awesome
usualsuspect101 1 year ago
There's only one thing better than early '80's videos and music.....Canadian early '80's videos and music. R.I.P. Doug.
slugg63 1 year ago
haha i know the guitarists son
thenatebrown 1 year ago
the norm show theme song!
eeelick 1 year ago
THANK YOU YOUTUBE for deciding that someone watching the video of a 1980's Canadian band would want to see what MrChiCity3 keeps in his refrigerator.
alpha18412 1 year ago
@alpha18412 ?
likesspice73 1 year ago
@likesspice73 Thought I might have known you as an ancient friend 'til I went to your site and saw "Steeler's Wheel "Stuck In The Middle". I am now at a loss. However If you appreciate Doug we can talk.
alpha18412 1 year ago
@likesspice73 lol, what is the matter with steelers wheel or stuck in the middle? I also have the bertha butt boogie in there.
likesspice73 1 year ago
Just another reason to be proud of Canadian music, eh?
stupidpplmakemegag 1 year ago
Seen them performing at a UBC dance back in the early 90's. Great band
RIP Doug
johnisallin 1 year ago
thats talent and a fun song
1961ang 1 year ago
doug reminds me of norm macdonald
warcraftfan911 1 year ago
yup! good lesson to learn for all those wayward mates! awesome song
margaretadams100 1 year ago
Did D&tS ever appear on SCTV or are my college TV room memories congealed into one big lump?
alpha18412 1 year ago
what a superb band to see live.
TheMistermuppet 1 year ago
if doug was alive id elect him to be primeminister
warcraftfan911 1 year ago 2
great tune
warcraftfan911 1 year ago
Did Doug write in any other formats? His lyrics are so literate and playful it's pretty obvious he was a big reader. I sure would like to find some long-form writing by him.
RIP Doug, if you noticed a bump in sales down Nashville way, I did my best.
facelesshorseman 1 year ago
warcraftfan911 you're such a lame kid..go have sex with your sister douche bag
FadeVlad 1 year ago
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ya i am welcome to canada fonzi. where did you come up with that one? a nas car rally? trailer trash. never would have crossed my mind. why dont you go hit the clubs or drive your lowrider around? then and you can hear some manswer jokes instead? maybey you can figure out why your like the way you are because im sure youve thought of fucking somone in your family like your parents obvously did, look at the fucking video its corny you idiot it was a joke. i dont have a sis. id whip your ass.
warcraftfan911 1 year ago
Cunt!
woodbinedrinker 1 year ago
did you know that doug faked his own death? just like tupac. they are neighbours in russia.
warcraftfan911 1 year ago
Oh god I love this song sfm. :( ♥
GravityIsOptional 1 year ago 21
@GravityIsOptional rhinoparty?
starcraftfan9112012 1 year ago
man doug was just the greatest guy im told. lotta class.
warcraftfan911 1 year ago 2
Who's the girl?
donkeysnot 1 year ago
This song is just the coolest thing!
chaotix567 1 year ago 12
medicine man
XMIR10C 1 year ago
medicine man
XMIR10C 1 year ago
test
XMIR10C 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
These guys are just gone and forgotten!
Halpin2006 1 year ago
you make me sick.
warcraftfan911 1 year ago
saw them in 86;87;in Banff;i miss that place;the old mount royal hotel, was it? good times!!
bigwheelkeepson 2 years ago
I saw these guys in Banff in 1988. What a show. Missin' Doug. Greetings to Adrian from Hazel in Toronto.
elchoroad 2 years ago
"The taste of your mashination" NIce lyric!
Jellogel 2 years ago
This song means the Norm show for me.
Atta67 2 years ago 5
RIP Doug on of the best
ericdogloi 2 years ago
A man among men.
machinationation 2 years ago
RIP Doug. One of a kind. Go Canucks Go!
XLR8RBC 2 years ago 5
great canadian band
jason75 2 years ago 3
Check it out, buddy's wearing machinaws. That's funny.
pburkeame 2 years ago
Saw the group twice live in a nighclub .Did a great show.
nnrrtt 2 years ago
Okay, fellow Canadian Gen-Xers, it's time for the ultimate blast from our childhood past, the ultimate brain jolt. Seeing/hearing this again for the first time in eons got me thinking about another rendition of this number: Does anyone remember being 10 to 14 and seeing a bunch of young girls who called themselves The Little Ladies performing 'Too Bad' on Chris Makepeace's old CBC after-school show, Going Great...? It had to be one of the earliest episodes (circa 1981), if not the very first.
jannyrcobs 2 years ago
Chris Makepeace had a show on CBC? Never heard of it. Just watched My Bodyguard last week, which I rented from netflix.
NaitchahBoy 2 years ago
Yes, Chris Makepeace hosted a show on the CBC (1981-circa 1985) called Going Great, which did pieces on young people who were making a name for themselves or somehow contributing to society in ways beyond their years. The Little Ladies were a teenaged singing group who did a version of 'Too Bad'. I'd love to see/hear that piece again, and I wonder whatever became of them in adult life.
I also remember a piece on another teenaged Canadian band called Destiny, who covered Sly Stone....
jannyrcobs 2 years ago 2
Love these guys...bought their cassette in Brandon Manitoba...10 Big Ones, wore that out...takes me back
borninhavremt 2 years ago
"It's over, kaput, except for the tail spin!"
Truestoryguy 2 years ago
Doug and the slugs toured NYC several times .... they were a pleasure to work with and lots of fun ...a gentleman that Douglas Bennett
youkiddinme123 2 years ago 3
It was great that the NORM SHOW picked this as their theme in 1999. I remember hearing it and wondering why is this being played on television, so I ran downstairs to the tv.
hotskel2546 2 years ago 2
Cool song
SevereRepugnance 2 years ago
I used to see him often at the Misty Moon in Halifax. Great shows, funny guy. Really connected with the audience. RIP
lisapteri 2 years ago
I remember this has a kid and wished mtv showed it more. I grew up in oregon in usa. I love canada were they canadian.
lockenjr 2 years ago
OMG! The Misty Moon... Damn, I remember that. And the Lower deck, and the famous Liquor Dome... Damn, just mentioning that place brought back some memories. Thx.
Whuntmore 2 years ago
this was the theme to norm,lol
GMANKOOL23 2 years ago 5
Muppet show appearance, never happened but I just imagine,
morestuff75 2 years ago 3
great memories of you doug rip
MegaElcholo 2 years ago
Saw then once. Canada Day. 1987? Fuzzy memory. Great show.
cochranexyz 2 years ago
A part of my youth these tunes, thanks.
R.I.P. Doug
BBQMAN81 2 years ago
still cool 30 years later
anthonyrotar 2 years ago 2
does anybody know how to play this song on the guitar, if so please reply lookin for chords and tabs. thanks!
eguitar190 2 years ago
God this brings back memories of my youth!!!!!
Y2JSin 2 years ago 2
RIP Doug....they played at my wedding!! Awesome little band, they're missed.
chillipeppereater 2 years ago 26
@chillipeppereater rockinman
warcraftfan911 1 year ago
@chillipeppereater how did he die?
ty1977 1 year ago
is this song 1982
hotdave86000 2 years ago
My 11 yr old is dancing to this right now, and he's born and bred in Texas (I grew up in Saskatchewan). I use this song on mix CDs I play between classes at school so am exposing a new generation of normally disinterested slouches to the wonders of Doug and the Slugs.
GumbytheUnstoppabIe 2 years ago
The song's great, but Nicole makes a tremendous contribution to this video.
MichelJDrouin 2 years ago
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MichelJDrouin 2 years ago
I remember going on a date with one of my sister`s friends and taking her to see Doug and the Slugs in Toronto....damn, she couldn`t dance worth a damn and wanted to talk all night instead trying to impress me with her intelligence!
She is probably still talking somewhere...........
CanadaAstro 2 years ago 4
I was sorry to here of his demise. On the East cost we try keep his image alive through working hard, and some drinks.
Pawor9 2 years ago
the Norm Show theme song!
TheAssgas 2 years ago 5
remember the band and the song. Someday this could be the clinching question in an 80's music trivia contest
oldstock1607 2 years ago
UPDATE - the original guitarist for D & the S is alive and well and apparently living in Victoria, B.C. Nice guy....jammed with the house band at SWANNS by the Victoria harbour in February, 2009. Too bad the House band was CLUE-LESS when i requested "Too bad " to be played....the guitarist laughed it off.......
housesell 2 years ago
I saw Doug & The Slugs in Toronto when they
just started out.They sang this song,Then again
up by N.Falls. Partied with them both times,
A Good Bunch of guys liked to drink but no drugs
liked that about them too! Now someone e-mailed me and said Doug had died a few yr.s ago.Anyone know if that's true?
ramblinrose117 2 years ago
He`s gone sorry to say. Cancer
KennyBlueEyes 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
It was cocaine addiction and he lost everything, living in a room in debt. Be honest people.
moonpussies 2 years ago
I'm aware of them. They were always on the radio in my early teens.
BayviewFinch 2 years ago
The 1st time I saw this video on MTV, I thought it was the ultimate case of sexual harrassment.
Pbirv 3 years ago
I was in the journalism program at Sheridan College in the mid-80s and interviewed Doug after he did a show at the Galaxy on the North Service Road near Trafalgar Rd. Great guy, full of life, and put on a great show. Great memories.
bluefcp 3 years ago
The girl in the video (forgot her name) was a stripper trying to get her high school diploma. She was dating the cameraman Stan. Shot at the Yale Hotel on Granville St Vancouver. Started 6 AM Sunday morning...the smell off piss in the air and finished 6 AM Monday morning.
justmefilm 3 years ago 5
I loved this band... Doug died in 2004 after falling into coma for a week. I think he was diabetic. RIP Doug :((((
freethoughttv 3 years ago 2
I Use To Work For Him In 1981 Kingston Shows Always a packed House, If It Was Not For Doug, I Would Never Continued In Photography. I still have All The Auto's From Original Slugs In 1982. I Miss My Friend a Lot RIP Doug. I Owe Him A Great Deal Thank You Buddy. I Did Not Know He Died Til 6 Months After His Death. During One Of His Shows He Grabbed My Camera Out Of My Hand And Got Pissed at Me And Stuck The Lens Down His Pants And Started Clicking The Camera, Them Gave My Camera Back To Me
thaulsplace 3 years ago
I saw them in Red Deer years ago, what a great show they put on, I loved Doug and the Slugs.
testdog2000 3 years ago
Really? Damn, I'm in Red Deer too. must have missed that show
withinspace 3 years ago
i love how he looks slick and his band are a bunch of tards. great sense of humor these guys have.
kokanee112 3 years ago 2
RIP Doug!~ Remember being on a date, seeing these guys perform live in Toronto. Man, that date was one smart girl...last time I let my sister hook me up!
CanadaAstro 3 years ago
I got my nickname by singing part of this song with them on stage at a club called Grafitti (now long gone) in Pittsburgh during their 1984 US tour.
Doug & the boys said I did so well, they considered me an honorary Slug.
My buddies have called me Sluggo ever since...
numberzerooforgXIII 3 years ago
Love this song
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago
TOO BAD~
zitocrew 3 years ago
R.I.P. DOUG!!!!
indyfan402 3 years ago 2
This is for my X having a blast! Hi Doug bye John W R.
ramblinrose117 3 years ago
Oh MG I hit the wrong key thumbs UUUPPPP! Remember The little red head From TORONTO THEN WELLAND DOUG! 80s Holding your big skin full of vodka!eehhhhh shouldn't have let you go. What a blast from the passed still going strong even now I haven't changed in looks or style my hair is still red and down to my butt.People say I never get old still look the same and I do! Young at heart-ramblinrose you cant keep a good girl down! Ramblinrose
ramblinrose117 3 years ago
Doug died several years ago in Calgary.
inchargenow 3 years ago
I partied with theses guys in Toronto then again in Welland in the 80ds good guys wonderful memory's that was the time, still is,this is the life not a groupie just good at it. lol
ramblinrose117 3 years ago
Always thought this was a song about a guy against the law with a big shoot out at the end when he doesn't hesitate to use his "45"...
jackhandy0001 3 years ago
Awesome To be able to ear this again...Go Canucks !
luckypascal 3 years ago