Another great Canadian performer from the 80’s, Larry Gowan is an amazing artist. I’ve been a fan since the very beginning. Strange Animal started as an “ear worm” a few days ago. Now I can finally go to sleep … with Gowan reverberating in my brain … 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
Mostly loved about This Awesome tune was the Awesome Athleticism he used to perform.. Definitely NEED your music like An Animal!! Great upbost for my Gymnastic/Dance Niece's n Nephew♥️♥️♥️☺️
i would have said i do not like this song as a kid, but the wheel turns , and as surely as a canadian you will shovel forty feet of snow from your driveway each winter , so too does the nostalgia for my childhood and i find that the songs that were on radio all the time , have become the background music to my life story . So here i am enjoying a classic song i never liked , and find myself thinking this was pretty good . maybe im just nostalgia drunk , either way , i am enjoying it now. .... man i would have laughed so hard at myself now as a kid .
@@JMunchen-wf2yjNo. Regan's drug war was claiming the lives of innocents, HIV was running rampant and was called a "gay virus" (thus making hate crime skyrocket), cocaine was EVERYWHERE, people spent more than they had...
@@wiscorpio72 I said beautiful trainwreck, but this comment was a yr ago. I honestly dont remember what I was thinking. I first heard the song on Louder with Crowder.
@silent_soliliquy funny Crowder would use Gowan. I first heard him on MuchMusic when this channel aired MuchMusic and his music went on Degrassi Junior High. A lot of good music in Canada was never released in the US.
@silent_soliliquy he was born in Glasgow, Scotland, immigrated to Scarborough, Ontario. I was 12 when this single was released but I didn't see a Gowan video or heard a song until a year later when my local TV station aired MuchMusic and I wondered why doesn't MTV play his videos? He's so good.
@@MasDoucAs a moderate, I have to ask you, how is it "brain rot" if most of the information is factually correct? I've been following him for a few months now, and so far the only thing he's been misinformed about is Trump's comment about the illegal Haitian immigrants in Ohio eating pets. That's it. I'm not ashamed to admit when I think someone is wrong. However, he was RIGHT about the thousands of them driving cars without insurance and crashing into other cars in the street. There's video evidence. Other than that, 100% of the things he says about Kamala Harris is true. She's a communist airhead who flip flops on her so-called "values" and doesn't know how to answer a simple question. I love watching Crowder call Kamala and Hillary out on their bullshit. 😂
I just realized how little of this song I actually know. I want to blame Steven Crowder and I do, but it's also on me because I never listened to this song in it's entirety. I am SO happy I did.
Lyrics Well they say I should approach you With caution But not to let you be aware of my fear Never know what you'll find (never know what you'll find) Don't understand your kind 'round here Watching your moves They look so radical Hearing your words They sound fanatical Something inside reveals you're magical How can I get enough You're a strange animal That's what I know But you're a strange animal I've got to follow They've been trying to stick a line In your system Analysing the defenses you hold Trying to open wide (trying to open wide) Hoping to step inside your soul But everything here is unfamiliar Nothing they've seen remotely similar How can it be you're so peculiar How can I get enough You're a strange animal, that's what I know But you're a strange animal, I've got to follow I've got to follow I've got to follow Oh-oh-oh... How can I get enough You're a strange animal, that's what I know But you're a strange animal, I've got to follow Oh ominous spiritus You're a strange animal, that's what I know But you're strange animal, I've got to follow You're a strange animal, that's what I know But you're a strange animal, I've got to follow Oh ominous spiritus You're a strange animal, that's what I know But you're a strange animal, I've got to follow
I gotta say, Gordys Home was my favorite 90s sitcom. This was a great theme song, still a bop!
Another great Canadian performer from the 80’s, Larry Gowan is an amazing artist. I’ve been a fan since the very beginning. Strange Animal started as an “ear worm” a few days ago. Now I can finally go to sleep … with Gowan reverberating in my brain … 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
I've had the same earworm as well this week. We're a strange animal. NB
@@woodchucker And proud of it … aren’t we? 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
@@Momcat_maggiefelinefan 😊Absolutely
I need this song today because the last few days have been rough.
@@Nepzer1 Sorry you’re having a rough day. Some great Canadian music will help. Take care and let’s hope things will improve. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
Just got home from seeing him at Rock the River Saskatoon! It was awesome. He kicked ass!🤘🏼🇨🇦
I saw Gowan and Spoons together in the 80s. Simpler times, when the biggest worry was getting nuked.
was everyone oddly siting down at the concert. ? that was weird.
@@Styphonwe never worried about that either tbh
@@thedeadguymore comfortable for sure
Gowan rocks! Perhaps the most underrated Canadian artist of all time.
He hasn't gotten anywhere near the recognition he deserves!
🥰🫶💫
He is from England
Sadly, they are nearly all underrated
Calm down
Thank you Steven
We both came here because of the same man.
Same here
Same here fella’s
Same here
Yes Mr Crowder.. thank you
Very talented is understatement
💯💯💯
Saw him play in the parking lot for free 1985 Ottawa !🤘
That had to be a sight .
The intro of my favorite 90s sitcom, The last episode was a smash hit.
What sitcom
@@mattluszczak8095 The one from the movie Nope.
😂😂😂😂 I love it
Hope Gowan getting some royalties for that TD Super Bowl commercial sampling this song, anybody else catch that?
This is 100% the pinnacle of Canadian music videos. Bravo!
For years I thought this guy was Australian! Hahahahaha
p.s. Canada = FLA and Skinny Puppy for me.
You haven’t seen Kim Mitchell’s “Go For a Soda”, I take it. Transcendent.
@@jmparker78love this song 🙌🏼
nah celine dion is
Was in University when this came out. Loved it.
I was 14 and loved it. The eighties and Canada produced some great music.
Mostly loved about This Awesome tune was the Awesome Athleticism he used to perform.. Definitely NEED your music like An Animal!! Great upbost for my Gymnastic/Dance Niece's n Nephew♥️♥️♥️☺️
i would have said i do not like this song as a kid, but the wheel turns , and as surely as a canadian you will shovel forty feet of snow from your driveway each winter , so too does the nostalgia for my childhood and i find that the songs that were on radio all the time , have become the background music to my life story . So here i am enjoying a classic song i never liked , and find myself thinking this was pretty good . maybe im just nostalgia drunk , either way , i am enjoying it now. .... man i would have laughed so hard at myself now as a kid .
i also wasn't into this as a kid but now at 45 i like it!
Peter Gabriel's backing band, Some great songwriting chops. Gowan joined Tony Levin and his band a few times to do versions of Gabriel songs
No wonder it sounds so much like an upbeat "Games without frontiers!"
I didn't know this. Makes sense though. I love Gowan and Gabriel. Cheers.
This tune is the shit when you are stoned thanks for sharing 🤘🎤🎸🐺
I’m 48 and I just discovered this gem via a current movie. Such a good song!
I discovered it watching Louder With Crowder.
@@johnscottyward4588 thats where i found this lol, he made a cool intro with it
What movie?
@@annablueheaven1497 probably Nope
Wolfcop? >.>
The bass sounds amazing.
Always does when the iconic Tony Levin plays on stuff-as he has been for many decades!
Go listen to/watch "Waiting Man" by King Crimson Live at Frejus 82. Levin on the Chapman stick is a thing of beauty.
If you never saw this video, you wouldn't know the guy is playing a Chapman Stick instead of the bass. Cool!!
Most underrated song of all time
The ultimate mullett...😊😊😊 Thanks Larry...❤❤❤
I used to play this album at the House of Lords in St Catharines...all the time.
80's baby!
Those were the real days not the f -up world we live in now
LMAO!!! You think the 80s were perfectly smooth sailing?
Lol no, it was the same as it is now, they just didn't have the Internet. You must have been a child in the 80s to remember it like you do. :)
The 80s were definitely better though - more fun. More happiness. More optimism, it was a very optimistic decade.
@@JMunchen-wf2yjyeah if you were a straight white guy
@@JMunchen-wf2yjNo. Regan's drug war was claiming the lives of innocents, HIV was running rampant and was called a "gay virus" (thus making hate crime skyrocket), cocaine was EVERYWHERE, people spent more than they had...
Love Strange Animal 🎶 especially when Gowan says “Ominous Spiritus.”
Animus spiritus*
Latin for mind and spirit
@@eins2001it’s ominous not animus
This beautiful trainwreck. Crowder knew we needed this
why is Gowan a trainwreck? He rocks. Why is Steve Crowder brought into this?
@@wiscorpio72 I said beautiful trainwreck, but this comment was a yr ago. I honestly dont remember what I was thinking. I first heard the song on Louder with Crowder.
@silent_soliliquy funny Crowder would use Gowan. I first heard him on MuchMusic when this channel aired MuchMusic and his music went on Degrassi Junior High. A lot of good music in Canada was never released in the US.
@@wiscorpio72 Right. He was born in Michigan, but raised in Canada, so probably why. I was only 3yrs old when the song was released.
@silent_soliliquy he was born in Glasgow, Scotland, immigrated to Scarborough, Ontario. I was 12 when this single was released but I didn't see a Gowan video or heard a song until a year later when my local TV station aired MuchMusic and I wondered why doesn't MTV play his videos? He's so good.
Seeing him tonight in Calgary!🎉
How was it?
Man if I knew he was in Calgary I would have gone.
@@wayne6777just check his website online
Where in Calgary was this at?
Only 164k views. This is pure art. Why do I feel normal watching it?
The nostalgia...***sighs..❤❤❤❤
As long as you deliver it with confidence, you can call it rock n roll lol
😁
@@corysean533 who is narrating the video
Klaus Nomi showed us that 🙂
A winsor lad Gowen was great
Played with Styx also😎👍🇨🇦
Music in the 80s was so fun.
Classic song
Catchy tune, cool video and yes Steven Crowder is what brought me originally to this video.😎👍
You should probably stop watching that brain rot
@@MasDouc
Nah... I like getting actual information and facts as well as have it delivered in a humorous way... But hey thanks for your concern 😎👍
@@MasDouc Steven Crowder is very informative, and he's hilarious.
@@samspade8830 he's trash who peddles disinformation to the lowest common denominator
@@MasDoucAs a moderate, I have to ask you, how is it "brain rot" if most of the information is factually correct? I've been following him for a few months now, and so far the only thing he's been misinformed about is Trump's comment about the illegal Haitian immigrants in Ohio eating pets. That's it. I'm not ashamed to admit when I think someone is wrong. However, he was RIGHT about the thousands of them driving cars without insurance and crashing into other cars in the street. There's video evidence. Other than that, 100% of the things he says about Kamala Harris is true. She's a communist airhead who flip flops on her so-called "values" and doesn't know how to answer a simple question. I love watching Crowder call Kamala and Hillary out on their bullshit. 😂
im a big styx fan but not keen on the gowan years,but heard this on louder with crowder and was like oh its gowans solo stuff? i love it!
I just realized how little of this song I actually know. I want to blame Steven Crowder and I do, but it's also on me because I never listened to this song in it's entirety. I am SO happy I did.
what did he say about this exactly
@@RedStrikerBeetleborg Nothing, but this song is his intro song.
@@cleverusername4821 well he is a strange animal and Canadian
And it's a banger @@cleverusername4821
Well this is now my morning routine song. 😊
love this sound.
It's so cheesy I love it!
Cheesy? More like jammin son
@@ThereEbumpin amen on that papa
Amazing song and video 😊
I did not realise there was a narrator on his biggest hits videos, awesome
Undeniable
Crowder needs to get Gowan on his show.
This totality fits for Crowder. Crazy how things work out.
I just listened to this again on a whim at work and forgot how fun and silly it was.
@@Joey_Lance oh it absolutely is, but it’s not exactly the most serious song out there. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
Another Wolfcop brought me here. 👍
Man be Airbending there.
I haven’t watched Steven Crowder since 2017. Does he still use this?
our songs are 'solid gold' now 😂😂😂😂😮😮😮😮😮😅😅😅😅😅
Voice over at the beginning dance animation definitely says "fuck yeah"
Searched for this tune after hearing it on louder with crowder ❤
Who is here in 2024
hell yeah
Louder With…Gowan!
@ ▷ Gowan
🎶▷ (You're A) Strange Animal
💿▷ Strange Animal
📅▷ 1985
🎬︎▷ Rob Quartly
c est ce que je sais.
Civilization?
I'll stay right here.
As a teenager this was my song...
♤Wolfcop 2 yall!♤ Best former dollar now buck twenny fi store purchase ever.
Ominous Spiritus
GORDY'S HOME!
Who’s listening to this in 2024?
Me too
I thought this song was from the 90's. It's actually much older. Ah! I knew it. My brother owes me a beer!
You know why you're here. I know why I'm here
1:29 is why you're here. Don't lie. It's OK we're all here
This song fights like hell.
Haha, me too. "How do I KNOW this song?"
I'm here because I heard it on the radio earlier.
Damn right my guy!!!
Too think that years later he would be in STYX
Louder with crowder 🎶
His voice reminds me of Geddy Lee
Backed by Peter Gabriel's band; Tony Levin, David Rhodes and Jerry Marrota !
In the studio not in the video !
And the best part is Gowan was of course a member of one of the best bands Ever STYX! ,who only get a bad rap from "Cynical Assholes" 🤷♂️
Big Daddy reference duly noted
was? still is
When I heard this song on the radio earlier today, I thought it was by Rush at first. (Please excuse me, I'm 23.)
Nice video, 👍🌹
Lyrics
Well they say I should approach you
With caution
But not to let you be aware of my fear
Never know what you'll find (never know what you'll find)
Don't understand your kind 'round here
Watching your moves
They look so radical
Hearing your words
They sound fanatical
Something inside reveals you're magical
How can I get enough
You're a strange animal
That's what I know
But you're a strange animal
I've got to follow
They've been trying to stick a line
In your system
Analysing the defenses you hold
Trying to open wide (trying to open wide)
Hoping to step inside your soul
But everything here is unfamiliar
Nothing they've seen remotely similar
How can it be you're so peculiar
How can I get enough
You're a strange animal, that's what I know
But you're a strange animal, I've got to follow
I've got to follow
I've got to follow
Oh-oh-oh...
How can I get enough
You're a strange animal, that's what I know
But you're a strange animal, I've got to follow
Oh ominous spiritus
You're a strange animal, that's what I know
But you're strange animal, I've got to follow
You're a strange animal, that's what I know
But you're a strange animal, I've got to follow
Oh ominous spiritus
You're a strange animal, that's what I know
But you're a strange animal, I've got to follow
I'm here cause of Crowder. MugClub Forever Baby 💪🇺🇲
omnibus spiritus!
He told me that I was a strange animal, then he sent me this
LWC
Was he classically trained?
Yes he studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Crowder brought this out of the dust forgot this song.
Who else discovered this from "Nope"?
Canada........
Louder with Crowder!!
How is this not 80s rock
1:30
Finally I found it from Steven Crowder.
Anyone here from The Iceberg??
Ominus Spiritus et ergo
Dominus Spiritus
Mug Club Forever
He had a mullet like Paul King of King and Bono of U2.
Louder with Crowder & The Mud Club brought me here. 👍
RUFIOOOOOOOO!!!!
Yaaaaaaas🔥
Yep, Rufio ripped off Gowan's hairstyle.
Crowders childhood song that he loved
Came here cuz of crowder
💯 me too
Me 3
Me 4.
4:10
Crowder brought me here.
Wolf cop 2
You talkin to me
Always think steven crowder even though i remeber this song from a kid.
The Iceberg brought me hear 🧊🧊🧊🧊
Dope a nope
Crowder brought me here
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