The Pursuit of Happiness "Cigarette Dangles"

[outformyown]

Angle of the dangle, anyone?

[AE43]

How many of you have busted your thumb nail trying to light a match?

[ef6854]

Isn't cigarette dangles when you pull down your pants and dangle your penis like a cigarette

[skunkdad7]

great song !

[bryand117]

Mo "Letter" Berg.

[MrAvc27]

this song reminds me of all the pot ,women and alchol i came across as a teenager CLASSIC....

[TheSoundboardGuy]

"This is college music. College music sucks."

[skunkdad7]

@TheSoundboardGuy you are a moron

[TheSoundboardGuy]

@skunkdad7 It's a quote from when Beavis and Butthead watched this video you fucking dildo.

[burpo]

Doesn't the lead singer sound like Kasim Sultan?

[dominickmack]

what an incredibly underrated band!

[PrivateLectures]

I hate words..

[4threconmarine]

Seven people never went to college.

[rotishack]

God bless the 90s. I am so glad my "impressionable youth" phase came during this decade....

[RaguelAngelofBalance]

Her head bobbing at 0:33 is hawt!

[irfoote]

Cigarettes are Sexy!

[vigo894]

@irfoote= So was Lucrecia Borgia. And they're both deadly.

[irfoote]

@vigo894 Yeah, right...

A substance that takes more than 40 years of sustained consumption to kill me does not qualify as "deadly" in my book. I don't care how expensive your study was.

[RegionalHotties]

Thumbs up if Beavis and Butthead made you aware of this song!

[SwiftyMagee]

@RegionalHotties That show is SPECIFICALLY why I'm watching this video on YouTube right now!

[mbinghamfilms]

@RegionalHotties

Ha. Just now. Hilarious. I'm not the only one.

[YouCantHoldOnTooLong]

Funny enough, it was from an episode of Beavis and Butt-Head where I first became familiar with this video and I loved the way the song sounded so much that I went out and special ordered me a copy of The Pursuit Of Happiness album The Downward Road back in 1993 when I was fourteen years old. I am now a huge fan of The Pursuit Of Happiness!

My thumb is up for you!

~Dutch

[Ratt2004]

@RegionalHotties he said dangles huh huh

[theslayersociety]

eheheheehehehe i i wanted to read i go to school

[l3oozehound]

I was thinking about how Beavis and Butthead should be on the screen again and this song popped into my head lol good times :D

[hueseph]

These guys were awesome live. No autotune. MIDI was just starting out but these guys were all for real. They played like the cd but better. Great band.

[MADDOG6400]

As seen on Beavis and Butthead.

[BigStickky]

What is this song about?

[jzimm1075]

The angle of the dangle is inversely proportional to the heat of the beat.

[jaelaothesaint]

@jzimm1075 What the Hell are you talking about Beavis?

[tobis1212]

Feels like I am 16. I saw them in concert so cool !!!

[markj15062]

I hate smoking but I love this song..

[jamesbondaygee]

Funny.....chorus catch phrase..........he's hilarious!!

[rockypc24]

this sucks

[hueseph]

@rockypc24 And you know all about sucking don't you?

[rockypc24]

@hueseph obvously u dont have something against gays cause this is what this music appeals to

[hueseph]

@rockypc24 Again, you would know wouldn't you? I have no idea. I'm a father of three children.

[MADDOG6400]

@rockypc24 Uhh, I'm straight and I blast this song when it plays on my iPod.

[brianab31]

@rockypc24 Yeah, I'm a heterosexual female and I love this song. I'm not sure I get your point.

[emcitement]

@rockypc24 that makes sense because I'm gay and don't like this song AT ALL.

nice job

[funeguy2]

hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!sexy

[funeguy2]

cool

[JLSPFOC]

you know what makes me hard?? cigarette dangles bitch..

[lonegroover]

Love the Rundgren harmonies - unmistakeable.

[garethscott1]

what an awesome number! awesome

[Drumspiracy]

Todd Rundgren produced them, genius. They had more airplay then U2 at there height. Respect.

[VS120sfan]

This song is about the smoking fetish, it's that simple.

The writer gets it and digs it!

Cool tune!

[deathsentencepanda]

This is college music. College music sucks. Huhuhuh.

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

@deathsentencepanda this college music fucking houses all nu-metal and other lame ass fuck crap coming out now. it also pretty music killed everything else back then.

[Reverus]

@deathsentencepanda settle down, beavis.

[ScooterandSparky]

Some people just don't get the double entendres and in-jokes of the majority of the TPOH Catalogue... It's called metaphor people :)

[KJOSCOT]

Seven people have a serious problem with their own Happiness.

[Shamwowdood]

TPOH what more can be said. This guys blasted out of my car's stereo ( much to the chagrin of my neighbors) all through high school! Awesome post thanks so much!

[mimickick]

When the world looks back someday and tries to understand why smoking was cool, I hope they include this song. I've never been a smoker but I've always agreed that it's a symbol of sex appeal.

[KJOSCOT]

@mimickick I can never understand why anyone would. Smoking is disgusting, extremely unhealthy, and prematurely ages women and men. Not to mention, smelling like a house fire is not sexy.

[mimickick]

@KJOSCOT I was thinking more of like old movies and rock stars and stuff like that, not my grandmother's two packs a day resulting in yellowed walls and stinky fabrics... fantasy vs reality... ;)

[KJOSCOT]

@mimickick Gotcha. See what you mean. Yes. Back in the day, it was glamorous and popular because, they didn't know better then as far as the ramifications. The BIG stars then made it popular. Everyone did it then. The rock and roll bands carried that torch thereafter.

[tardlio]

hahaha why would you use the video to emphasize such shitty lyrics instead of distracting listeners from them?

[Reverus]

Uuhhh, is this college music? Yeah! College music sucks! Long live B&B!

[MoltenGoodness]

hey! a dangling cigarette makes me hard too!!!!

[reivenlocke]

Only 2 - 3 good songs on the album, unfortunately. The lead singer sounds like Weird Al trying to sing seriously on a majority of the tracke.

[scottvska]

1:04 that chick is hawt.

[mrgoatlives2003]

True tj, that's where I heard it for the first time: catchy tune: in204 is right, that song is nothing without the ladies' harmonies....I wonder what they look/sound like now??

[TheRealWebWarlock]

Anyone know who the woman is in this video? The one that is smoking. @2:39-2:40.

[SandyBurnell]

This is such a great, hard-driving song.

[atman5150]

Ah, yes....the "angle of the dangle" video! Awesome

[Karl036]

I'm a techno freak but TPOH for some strange reason "work for me"...

[bannedagainfromutube]

@Karl036 Hopefully a shotgun in your mouth works too.

[Karl036]

@Karl036 Gee that's not really nice to say..have a nice day :)

[fireproh99]

damn those back up singers were hot...yummy

[wileycoyote64]

Blondy is kind of sexy!

[DirectorSG]

The weird thing about this song is that even though it came out in 1993 it sounds more like it's from 1986-1988. Like it could've been on the soundtrack for, say, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It's mad catchy though. Oh you Canadians and your whimsical sexual innuendo.

[chasebizzy]

@DirectorSG The guitar riff sounds like something off of a Living Colour track.

[adultcynic]

god, I want a cigarette

[richm444]

I like this song - yes like everyone else I saw it on B&B. Very well arranged creative tune that rocks.

[ReillyRocketFuel]

love moe berg <3

[sawmonkey]

These guys opened for Kim in our town 20 years ago. My buddy was thinking ahead and smuggled bottles and bottles of whiskey into the venue a couple of days before the show (the ceiling tiles in the washroom). Clever little fucker, no? At any rate, we had a blast at that concert! I remember falling in love with "Dancin' Girl" a little...

[atcoffeegrl]

I love the way this video starts!

[majesticteam12]

college music

[eieiowens]

Goof: The words on the screen says "cats" and then "the lyrics say "feed HIM later" , so 'cats' (plural) is now singular.

[79jer1979]

@eieiowens It's supposed to be "cat's" as in "cat is". They just forgot the apostrophe.

[mick2plus2]

Dude, if you're gonna quote Beavis and Butt-Head, at least get it right..."The angle of the dangle is inversly proportional to the heat of the meat!"

[AlbanianMan]

I remember this from Beavis and Butthead

[BigRedCat]

Me too! "The angle of the dangle is inversely proportionate to the heat of the beat."

[lanathor]

i saw thos guys in a show opening for 54-40...they were awasome

[nakedgun17]

turn-out the lights; put-out!

a great band with disturbingly-man-friendly lyrics... Thanks from all us guys who used your music as subliminal messages to our girls!

[ltyrnbxpt]

seeing rectangles..

[nickleus1977]

reminds me of weird al =)

[fagbert]

TPOH is a very underrated band.

[Yasinchuk]

Berg is a poet and author. Writing is what he does best (in fact he's a college instructor now). The catchy hooks? Yeah, he knows a thing or two about that, too. Miss these guys...

[Creaulx]

Candy-coated background vocals hid some pretty disturbed lyrics... I love 'em!

[jodycw7bon]

You fuckin' rock & I wanna do ya'all !!! Have had You're CASSETTE since 1993...luv the net cuz I've finally found u again !

[real80smusic]

I wanna do it with that lovely blonde.

[Sabtecha]

hilarious .. song just popped into my head, heard it when i was a kid and looked it up funny stuff gotta love youtube

[jacknapyer]

@Sabtecha lol same here. remembered it from beavis and butthead.

[brianab31]

@Sabtecha just popped into my head today. (I was not a kid, sadly, when it was going strong) But, seriously odd how it just seems to pop into your head outta nowhere! So glad it's not just me.

[katrus]

These are some of the worst lyrics, ever. :D

[JLSPFOC]

@katrus You shut your dirty mouth.. This song is genius.

[katrus]

Well, they did something right. It's an amazingly earwormy song.

[sexyme93]

Maybe the chorus part I'd agree, I don't need to hear about the big wave.

[headstones]

Best lookin chix in rock baby....

[southernboygonebad]

What is this song about exactly? What exactly does it have to do with a cigarrette? And what the hell is a cigarrette dangle?

[bluenote71]

I'm guessing it's about a lover who smokes. "Open up the bombay" - her legs.

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

tpoh were great. played on kroq a lot

[Tycho114]

TPOH had such great harmonies.  And Moe's sexual frustration always made for great songs, like this one and "Beautiful White" from their first album.

[NigarT]

1:11 over and over

[ScottfromTexas]

LOL! I remember this featured in a Beavis and Butthead vid. The image of the curly haired girl here was burned in my brain and I tried desperately to find this song. I found a Yahoo answers link that the questioner asked for a list of songs featured on B&B. As soon as I saw it I knew I was right - but I never would have remembered the name of this song. Thanks for uploading.

[vdrum1693]

Kris and Rachel are really sexy in this video. I miss TPOH!

[KJOSCOT]

@vdrum1693 Yeah. They are looking good here.

[Stossburg]

Great chorus, but the bass is flat at 0:42 and 1:12.

[Stossburg]

Hmmm... and it's flat at the same places on the 1994 live recording too. That's consistency, at least.

[southernboygonebad]

This is college music.

[ckg927]

In the States, yes.

Not in their home country of Canada. Album rock stations still play their music even today.

[yourgayassdrinkspiss]

it's better than gay ass acdc

[jonblast]

This is a great song, and a great album. too bad it's so fucking obscure you cant even torrent it.

Butthead - "College music sucks"

[yourgayassdrinkspiss]

b and b sucked though.

[sexyme93]

BULLSHIT!

[yourgayassdrinkspiss]

bullshit what? you're a loser? i disagree

[sexyme93]

Someone made a comment about Beavis and Butthead, your a loser, I'm right.

[sexyme93]

and yes I know I should've wrote you're instead of your, so attack me on that.

[yourgayassdrinkspiss]

hahaha you're an idiot loser who can't even spell properly.

case closed

[yourgayassdrinkspiss]

attn idiot. the only loser here is you, dirtbag.

let us know when you get some friends, graduate jr college and move out of your mothers basement, DUMBFUCK.

case closed

[sexyme93]

I did move out of my mom's basement, into my three bedroom two bathroom 3 story house, DUMBFUCK.

[yourgayassdrinkspiss]

ya sure ya did, LOSER DUMB FUCK. sure ya did. you probably collect welfare. hahahaha

[sexyme93]

And you have no brain, thats why you insist on perpetuating a pointless dialogue that consists solely of personal insults on a faceless entity, thats probably why your last retort was the universal defense mechanism of "sure, whater, yeah I bet", thats probably why instead of thinking of a clever negative title to hang on me you settled for just merely adding loser in front of dumb fuck, thats probably why you chose an entirely hypothetical assertion "welfare" in place of a logical inference.

[sexyme93]

You are childish, unintelligent and sad, you lobby insults to cover for a lack of relevance or insight in your beliefs, I think you should either kill yourself or go outside and actually live in the real world, last time I reply because I no longer wish to indulge your stupidity.

[yourgayassdrinkspiss]

and also when you grow a dick.

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

no you're still a loser and dumbfuck that can't spell properly, uglyyou93.

[shingaki777]

Yup. I heard them first on B&B too!

[Wildcock23]

"Cigarette dangles make me hard"?........ what the hell is this song about?

[vigo894]

I don't know dude. It was the Eighties. Songs and videos didin't have to

make sense back then.

[yourgayassdrinkspiss]

this is early 90s

[kchamz]

Hot chicks with a cigarette dangling from their mouths and getting laid. What the hell do you think it's about? Maybe it the song made reference to non-smoking or recycling, it would make more sense to a younger crowd.

[jharbid]

I live near Toronto, remember hearing this back in high school on the radio, great song.

Forgot about it for ages. I love You Tube!

[SpamNapkin]

Kinetic typography is always fun.

[79jer1979]

@SpamNapkin So are mass graves filled with graphic designers.

[sawmonkey]

I guess Moe got bored of writing different versions of the same tune after a decade. Kudos for spotlighting the girls in the band for once. He's either some suited Toronto-type music producer or a no-name schmo by now... Whatever happened to those babes? Inquiring minds need to know...

[elendyelendy]

This is college music.

[yourgayassdrinkspiss]

this is alt music. and it's better than afro or redneck shit

[Pusfan]

Is this song about the nekid vaginah sexins?

[tjboucher]

hah. I learned of them thanks to Beavis and Butthead, ran out and bought the CD after they gave it a 'suck'

[ronallen10000]

@tjboucher College music sucks! ;)

[profilercms]

does anyone agree that Moe looks like Steve Morse with glasses?

[BigEasyWinger]

Beavis and Butthead! LOL!

[Lockjaw2k]

First heard this song on Pandora on my Rush channel. VERY impressive! Must. Buy. CD.

[banjarist]

I always had the biggest crush on the girl taking the pictures. I wonder where she is today. I wish I could meet her, so my life would be complete.

[SuperchargedSteed]

I asked Moe who she was back in 1993 and he told me she was the daughter of the director or someone like that... She happened to hang around the set and they added her in... Moe pointed out that she was fourteen when the video was shot...

[somedudeinva]

I *heart* TPOH.

[FlashFace]

Are you a complete moron? It's the harmonies that MAKE this song that masterpiece that it is. Prepare to be bitch slapped.

[bigfilmhat]

There is something about the singing that doesn't work in this song.

[ilovemred]

well, it's a redo of Hard to Laugh, Walking in the Woods, and Two Girls in One. I still dug them though.

[ne0nsurf]

top song

[lobstertexas]

i discovered this song on beavis & butthead too, but when I bought the album, it turned out this was the only decent song -- all the others were really fucking stupid and the lyrics of most the other songs were unnecessarily disgusting -- seemed like they were just trying to be shocking.

[greycell]

Disgusting? Really? I could understand a knee-jerked misogynistic assumption if you were female.

I find they're pretty revealing of how an awkward guy feels. They're painfully earnest for the most part.

[lobstertexas]

I'm not female :p but nice try at the armchair psychoanalysis -- plain and simple they were incapable of writing a song that wasn't corny or had gratuitous mentions of blowjobs and sex acts.. it was as if they were trying so hard to have this shock value by making blatant sexual references every chance possible but ended up not being very innovative..

[ne0nsurf]

that's how they've always been. very sarcastic and a comedy type band.

[ne0nsurf]

greycell green

[liquidgee13]

Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Greycell Green

[ne0nsurf]

love ned's

[tlm315]

saw these guys at the living room in providence r.i got to hang out with moe,kristen,and johnny after the show for awhile they were cool desent people wish them all the best

[ShawnLanting]

F*ck those girls are hot

[in204with420]

that song's nothin without those harmonies..

nice work ladies.

[gaIIery]

Yes, they steal the show.

[franklloydvinyl]

Totally agree. There's something about the notes that is absolutely perfection. Maybe it's the bass note with them?

The rest of the song is mediocre at best.

[christophersfollie]

Love this song, takes me back to my party days in the 90's....

[Blackroo1967]

I saw it once years ago on Beavis and Butthead...

but no thanks to the censors, it was taken off of

MTV... that one video... because they thought it

encouraged teen smoking!

The censors... what a bunch of chodes!

[Ace00Frehley]

Beavis and Butt Head's a really cool show if you want to discover great bands :D

[jimmysherriff]

I beg your pardon. I should have said Trip Shakespear.

[mixxycan]

Yes, I'm sure Pursuit of Happiness tried their hardest to copy a band that didn't even exist when they released this song in 1993. Don't post if you don't know what you're talking about.

[gangesexcavating]

do you have "beautiful white" by this band?

[ugalawdog98]

Damn right.

[joltcoladude]

thats a good one as a matter of fact theyve neve rmade a bad song lol

[HelmutVonSphincter]

Butthead: I hate words.... words suck.....if I wanted to read I'd go to school.

Beavis: the angle of the dangle is inversely proportionate to the beat of the meat.

Butthead: WHOA..... Beavis, you're pretty smart.

[mojorisen74]

I can't get enough of this song! TURN IT UP!!!!!