GOWAN ~ A CRIMINAL MIND ~ THE VIDEO

[unwell333]

his facial expressions are adorable

[LadyScorpio39]

what a masterpiece!!!! music and lyrics BOTH!!!

[2015103]

he is my teachers brother lol

[jdlovesmusic]

awesome Gowan.... :)

[zzzombie888]

Thanks been looking for this video for ever..Loved this tune since the days back in the 80s on music tv

[noelle9102]

I had a crush on Gowan in my teens and he still was cute when he was on cribs a few years back on MTV. awesome fave song and now have my little 7 year old addicted and singing it all the time

[metalheart4u9]

this is a good song!!!but there's something i really dont understand...why you people,if you dont like this music,why you vote???if you dont know about music,just dont see the video!!!and keep seeing and listening your creepy music!!!

[DaChieftain]

Gowan. Huge talent!

[ufofan1980]

Saw Larry play in Styx last night, and he should be an original member. I forgot Dennis DeYoung existed for a long moment.

[jennakinz1]

6 people missed the like button...

[AesaFilms]

very awesome.

[amcanmike]

TO ALL THE BAD BOYS OUT THERE

[shilododd29]

i love this song because i no some people who r like this but its ok there my friends like best friends friends family people i bump in to loved ones and ya no how that is lol

[Keyser187]

this video was disturbing me at the time I was young, its still a classic song.

[auscangerm]

I find gowan has not a crinimal but a genious musical mind. love 80´s music.

[nubjub2008]

this is a really good songg!!!! :)

[brywool]

I like Gowan, but MAN, he had the mulletiest mullet ever.

The version he did with Styx is a better version as it's not so dated sounding.

The Good Catches Up is a great tune.

[lorrainegar]

@brywool mullet's were cool then

[SweetWhiskerz]

By far one of my favorite Canadian-made videos of all time.This song is sooooo much my theme song when it comes to being rightfully vengeful LMAO

[wreckerish]

theres alonger version ...you see my hands are bloody..

[TheTucker70]

dont like the little bit at the start,aprt from that tho, a real classic that would have passed me by if a mates brother hadnt put it on the end pf a tape he was doing nfor me,so glad he did...always reminds me of my first mushroom trip aswell which is not such a good thing,lol

[FoodSexRecords]

Fabulous! The perfect song and video combo. This track is amazing and shows why Gowan is one of the best lyricists ever (along with Morressey, Curt Cobain, and Bernard Sumner). Plus this video is amazing! The production is fantastic. The visuals are astonishing. Sort of a cross between Skinny Puppy and A-ha! Gowan is a legend!

[amcanmike]

AAHHH  1985

[mccoobs]

@ GOWANGIRL... how does someone without a creditcard get that CD/DVD? Years ago Gowan's reps said they'd send me a copy of his self titled album "Gowan" (oceana, keep up the fight etc.) want this one!

[Inkinator]

Is really looking forward to the Gowan concert in Niagara Falls tonight :D

Such a great toon!

[blaqkpearl]

@Inkinator Did you go? I was there - he was incredible! Who would think he is 53?

[myst54444]

@Inkinator i SEEN HIM THE OTHER NITE IN THE FALLS.... WHAT A GR8 SHOW..!!!

[blaqkpearl]

Saw Gowan last night - he was simply brilliant, an amazing guy with real talent.

[Kenjutsumasters]

such a great song and for anyone whos been arrested and spent allot of time in and out of court its so true lol

[MrJo1340]

By far one of the best 80's song.

It's a master piece.

[velvetfog]

Wow! Thanks for the upload.

[amcanmike]

WOW

[CSuperMoiC]

This song is soo good, not much like that these days. Brings back memories.

[prettyfaceNatasha]

I thought this was actually from Queen.

Because Gowan sounds alot like Freddy Mercury.

This song is fricken sick!!

[kagezan1313]

An amazing song, definitely one of his best, although the Moonlight Desires album was a tour de force in its entirety. I just wish he'd continued with the seriousness of the scene where he started singing to go with the seriousness of the song, and left out the cartoons, and the goofy inoffensive crap they filled the rest of the video with.

[boarderis4snow]

I love this song so much. haha, the 'I am!' cartoon version of him-- I SWEAR that's Kevin Spacey 1:31. hahaha. Gowangirl, is there a song you'd recommend off that album to get a good taste for the rest? I long gave up on buying cd's that only have one or two decent songs and a bunch of filler. :P

[boarderis4snow]

I love this song so much. haha, the 'I am!' cartoon version of him-- I SWEAR that's Kevin Spacey 1:31. hahaha. Gowangirl, is there a song you'd recommend off that album to get a good taste for the rest?

[Lebon19]

This is BY FAR the best Gowan song, ever. And, "Strange Animal" is his best album!

[gowangirl]

@Lebon19 Have you picked up "The Return of The Strange Animal" yet... a new remasterd cd with a dvd included? Available wherever music is sold in Canada.

[Nirad007]

@Lebon19 i have to dissagree, I'll be there in a minute is one of the best piano only pieces of his. and the best songs is dancing on my own ground, and when there's time for love

[ladygoofbot]

Phenomenal

[brideofvalentine13]

Gowan'a s freakin' genius!! A hot, hot genius.

[gowangirl]

Everyone can now order Gowan's Return of The Strange Animal from the True North Records website... Limited Edition copies of Gowan's new CD/DVD will ship immediately, autographed by Gowan !!!

[Lebon19]

@gowangirl thank you so much for this news! I had no idea they would release a 25th anniversay edition! I bought it upon reading your comment!

[DonZaloog88]

gotta luv the one by Styx (a cover) too! :)

5/5

[tomanoma0]

Lawrence Gowan is now the singer of Styx, so he's still performing his own song. Not really a cover ahah :P

[WiLMaster002]

Hahaha this video is hilarious.

Great song though.

[beigewood]

all of these comments are as genius as this song!!

[mfex187]

Love the shoulder pads!

[suffering1231]

original video! ..

[ATOMIKDOG23]

love this ! saw gowan live in 1998ish in uk .....

[doireallyneed1]

Luckily the cassette tape wore out before my arm joints did (from airdrumming @3:17).

Good memories from teenland.

[Sampsinite1]

Video really did kill the radio Star...

[scream3930]

ask anyone if im really that bad...

I AM

[SamanthaNewton14]

what a great song!!

[archDeluxxe]

he would make a good Hamburglar

[Stannage17]

This is not the MTV video I remember from 1985, which had all the words... It's too brilliant a song, to leave out bits of it.

I hope I find that vid, somewhere. This is one of those theme songs, that people have for their lives. It's mine.

(But I share).

[QueenFan271]

I saw him last night in Niagara Falls! he was AMAZING!

[LOKISlog7]

BRILLIANT!

[pandorasmisery]

I saw Gowan in concert and it was almost a religious experience...

[art4arts8]

this song is dedicated to Steven Joseph Boyer..Diagnosed as criminally insane and sadly..ask one who's known him..he's really that bad. I hope for god's sake you are long dead, from your own demise.!!! he hee heeee!!!!

[no1zgrl4eva]

Ask one who's known me, if I'm really so bad

I am.

Me too.

[MrFurious333]

Arent we all? :)

[Poltr1]

Shame that this a slightly edited version of the song; one of the verses is missing.

[viewerguy27]

Slightly incorrect. The missing line from verse 1 is "You see my hands are steady, you've seen my face before. Soon you can take your last look, and then they'll close the door." The missing line from verse 2 is "I've spent my life behind these steel bars. I've paid my debt in time, but being brought to justice... that was my only crime." You know, just FYI.

[darkvampire69]

Lawrence Gowan + Cage= Sexy

[Hot80s]

4:04 look at upper right screen "RCMP all worried" LOL!

[justintime42000]

What a great song. I remember when it came out an just thought of it for some reason for the first time in decades. The video has always reminded me of The Wall movie. I had no idea Larry Gowan played with Styx!

[daretohaveorangehair]

this song is in the movie BloodSport! i think not all of the song but just a bit !!

[amcanmike]

BASED ON TRUE STORY  AND THE LAW

[wadros]

Well he would have gotten away with it if he hadn't stopped to sing.

[shoopdog]

hahahahaha

[artsnflies]

Haven't seen this since high school - it was great then as it is now! Thanks for posting it.

[tomvondoom]

We used to get the CBC in Washington State, I remember seeing this on "Good Rockin' Tonite"! God bless you Canada, for your Gowan, for your Honeymoon Suite and for your Beachcombers.

[SKOLDvsKMFDM]

this song kicks ass, i just don't get why they need to cover him in pancake batter... the fuck...?? LOL

[TNTITAN]

Now you know how our canadian system works. No one want to commit a crime knowing they will be covereed with pancake butter.

[BluChimera]

2:13 lol

I hope he's stealing a Tyrone

[JanBee1122]

Truly one of the best videos that came out of the 80's. Revolutionary.  Thanks for putting it up.

[Rynn57]

LMFAO at 2:23 "I am"

[supergabriel]

they used to play this every morning on CityTv before school

we would get up early to watch videos at like 7:30am it started

[Frokenilla]

woooow. this is the best !

[vieta1972]

Hey gabriel...... As a good Toronto boy I remember those days too LOL ( Around the time B.T first came on the air ) All these years later I STILL LOVE THIS TUNE..... CHEERS :)

[PrincessAmori]

I'm in love with this mans voice! It sends chills down my spin!

[TheCDNTanker]

I love this video, thank you for posting it.

[abigfatdog]

I remember this video scaring the hell out of me whwn I was a kid. I can *kinda* see how I would hav ethought that at the time, but now? Hilarity sauce.

[Nirad007]

awesome song

[EyeCice]

i saw his house on cribs

and he played part of this song on the piano

fucking epic

[SakuraRavenfangirl]

he's hot and a awesome singer love this song

[RedTone14]

love this song

[MontrealMan1970]

I AM.

[Fahrdaris]

I love this guy, always have, always will. Absolutely brilliant artist in every sense of the word.

[juliette020z]

where is he now??Anyone knows?

[gowangirl]

He is playing with STYX !!

[maurice9966]

@juliette020z He is replacing Styx singer, composer, writter, Dennis de Young... 

[paulostroff99]

Wonderful singing! Bravo!

[spamtrap]

I saw Gowan at the TSC in St. John's, NL back in the late 80s. He was incredible. Then I saw him open for Supertramp, and he had such energy and power that he made Supertramp look old and tired. Gowan rocks!

[xEMOxBRAN3Yx]

I love the video

The song ,

[gollymctabby]

I found that white goo scene unsettling as a seven year old.

[WinterWoven]

Yeah, no kidding. Why are they pouring pancake batter on him anyway?

[NerdyCanadian]

LOL

[TayThePurpleNinja]

Love this song!! Doing it for a contemporary solo!!!!!!!!!! :D ♥ ♫

[snorgle]

Wow - I love this song! Great to see the video again. :D

[JCWachell]

This was the Video that changed all Video's!!! I remember he upped the anti on Music Video Quality in the 80's!!!! After this came out, and a few others, suddenly video's went from boring shots of the musicians again and again, to great stories like this one!! the way the should be!!! Yay!!! Larry!!!!

[xEMOxBRAN3Yx]

Wow :-o

[xEMOxBRAN3Yx]

A criminal mind , is all I , all i ever ad.

[msbreastner]

Okay, if anyone doubts the coolness of gowan, please remember Chris Deburgh, AND Neil Diamond. These are the treasures rarely remembered. Check out Spanish Train..sooo good...

[ragingmouse]

ultrawicked song but seriously - not to get all flamed and whatnot by you folks but, punishment of shoulder pad build up is beyond cruel *giggles* (been there - oh the 80's)

[domrct]

Uncanny resemblance to Russell Crowe

[MegaRATEDRKO]

AWESOME VIDEO!!!!!!

[JadeCurtissThePeanut]

Makes total joke of the song... because it is very funny. But the song is so amazing..

[sackgirl78]

awesome song = )

[MontrealMan1970]

Awsome to hear & see the vid after

20+yrs I think i like it more now than when i was 16 with Gowan's hair!!! lol.

Thanks Gowangirl.

[profyle]

wicked song

although i was scared of this video back in the day lol

[robertbhedley65]

early 80's....1 rememberer " The best of time, the wrost of times:"

[torontokimmi]

Larry.... ohh L... you rocked!

[anickdownunder]

OMG i had forgotten about that song, i loved it!

Is Gowan still around these days?

[gowangirl]

He is very much so...touring mostly in the USA and Canada with STYX for the past ten years!! Go see them on their upcoming summer tour with REO Speedwagon...They ROCK!!!

[Jaggabone]

I remember this track! Masterful video actually.

[bri4den]

This brings back so memories for me. I saw him so long ago in Toronto at Ontario Place. He was memorizing then as he still is. Proud to be Canadian. Thank you so much for posting this gowangirl

[isave]

this is awesome, one of my friends went to school with Larry Gowen. I love the song, but wow, that video is just plain odd

[Jaggabone]

Toronto native here as well. Did you see him at the Molson Ampitheatre or the previous stage that had the slow moving stage - in a circle - at the very end of Ontario place?

[bri4den]

yes lots of great bands at Ontario Place, especially summer

[deirdre27]

Now there's some shoulder pads to be proud of.

[acerb45666555]

* * * * *

[BullseyeTargitt]

....i am

[ILuVSaBBath]

classic canadian content......gowan rocks

[jonnyjetski71]

Gowan is pure talent, makes me proud to be canadian. He gives 110%

[Volcom1323]

this guys brother is my teacher

[Thalassa05]

Gowan looks gorgeous even covered in pastry dough!

[22cats23]

casey anthony's theme song

[idealkneelsinryhme]

just in case the criminal is actually considering going straight; the government has created the flawed and dark attempt at a justice system to make sure that criminals stay criminals; forever rejected by society and never "healed"...prolly cos real "healing" is so few and far between offered to any of us; including to pple in positions of authority

[idealkneelsinryhme]

thank you so much for sharing this !! Love Gowan !!!!!

bless you !!!

[RebelSimplicity]

Love it!! Thanks for posting..

[wywy124]

Is that Adam West doing the intro?

[bubbabubba20042004]

of course not, that's the cbc voice dude, like on wayne and shuster specials. heh, guess the crtc is good only to the border

[ShadowSonic2]

I think it's Les Grosman.

[wiggertronix]

who the hell is " the bad guy" in this vid ...

[PushBacon]

The evilness itself.

[kdai2012]

Lawrence I think..

[wiggertronix]

the bass line kkkicks

[snobear41]

Hey anyone with the ability..

Put this song to video tape of Gov Blagojevich's impeachment hearings- now that would be must see TV LOL

[dwoodward1]

Miss MuchMusic in the 80's

[snobear41]

Ode to the Illinois Governor Blagojevich!

[Fuzzywuzhere]

A womans' song... perfected by a man singing it.

Good ole 1985 satire gets lost over a decade or two

[Fuzzywuzhere]

A womans' song... perfected by a man singing it...

Good ole 85 tongue and cheek satire.

[sculean]

lol its like batman

[wiggertronix]

how true !

[BlueKanteen]

LMAO the beginning makes me crack up

[BlueKanteen]

omfg the song is this old???

[wallice345]

the end of this song is creepy

[H295V]

this is a beautiful song, but the key and the fact that the drums are on the downbeat and he's on the upbeat and the fact that he has no concience in this song make it disturbing.

but it is one of my favourite songs.

beautiful.

[buddharoman1981]

thank you for all the videos

[hughericsean]

gowangirl: "FTW" means For The Win... it's interweb nerd slang I picked up from being on car message boards. ;)

[Justus7777]

In Canada, Liberal schools...Liberal courts..."will never break me...til the day i die." Your lessons on Justice and Truth have taught me only that I have a criminal mind. Despite this, "I have no guilt to haunt me, I feel no wrong intent."

[sweetbabylost]

wow, sound quality is great!

[ByHisStrypes]

Thank you very much!

[ElJaCobra]

great song

[HerculesTAK]

This song gives me goose bumps. I will love it till the day...I DIE!!!!

[hughericsean]

Beauty Canadian stuff right here.

Gowan FTW!

[kdai2012]

OMG! Thats him!? Holey! XD He was and still is cute! He is AWESOME live.I've seen him 9-10times with STYX live :)

[delusions101]

One of the few videos that were better than I remembered. Very cool, thanks for posting!

[hulkhogan100]

awseme

[khashayarvosough]

OR actually as part of the soundtrack for DARK KNIGHT. this song would be a great GREAT addition to the sound track for the right movie..

[khashayarvosough]

this would have been an amzing piece, if they had thought of it for the "SILENCE OF THE LAMBS"

[rebler]

amazing song; a song that everyone knows ...the video does it no justice at all. lawrence gowan was so talented, whoever his producers and agents were are the reason he didnt make it in the states...this song could have been the next "school" by supertramp

[Mdmrch]

not everyone is persuaded by acclaim

[hulkhogan100]

dis is mad i luv dis song

[SilverBladeOfShadows]

This song...I love it...

Lawrence Gowan...why'd you have to go and join Styx?

[hebber1961]

exactly

[nicole2535]

hes so cute in this vid like omg

[motherocean24]

THIS TUNE ROCKS!!!

[motherocean24]

This tune majorly ROCKED!!!

[ah19741]

I think this is a sad song, I don't believe he is so bad! He may have been dissed by society, picked on by classmates, teachers, and/or parents, maybe suffering heavy metal poisoning from a vaccine or mercury dental fillings (Vaccines have mercury that can cause criminality), or nutritional deficiencies like omega-3 from grassfed meat or wild fish, and this is what made him so bad. Everyone is born with good and bad, although I'd say more bad, and I refuse to believe he is really so bad!

[chukidani]

this song is amazing gotta love it♥xD

[wiggertronix]

jesus (son of god) was a "CRIMINAL" and he was tortured (no geneva laws back then) but who cares ,as long as "we" punish and feed to the lions ...everything is OK

[ah19741]

What do you mean Jesus was a criminal?