Sloan - The Good In Everyone

[@josuenoriega7126]

One of my favorite songs of all time. How a band as catchy as Sloan failed to break in the USA I'll never fully understand.... I just count my blessings that I grew up in Upstate NY (Albany) and that we got MuchMusic. When I saw this video in summer '96 my world was turned upside down. This was all pre-internet music, so I had to wait until a college trip to Ottawa to actually score this CD. ¡Viva Sloan!

[@colinclayton8042]

I think it had to do with the fact that the US Geffen label wanted to sign Sloan and make albums that were similar to their first album Smeared (think sonic youthy, alt rock). They changed up their sound obviously and wanted to continue making power pop music and so Geffen ultimately didn't sign them and they faded into obscurity in the US.

[@drsloanski]

I agree! I’ve been preaching the Sloan gospel in Portland Oregon for 30 years. Made a few more fans for sure.

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

@colinclayton8042 Sad that the same audiences that ate up bands like Oasis, didn't get to hear Sloan

[@d_ruggs]

yea, they should have been huge. so many really really good songs

[@JonathanFredericks-s1c]

Maybe it's because they had a 2 minute silent, bordering on pointless, intro to their debut video. Great band though. PS I'm from halifax.

[@DarrenBlin]

I worked on this video. It was shot in the spot that Air France jet crashed at Pearson Airport in Toronto last year.

[@winkstar9265]

Yeah i remember it was a good time.

[@ratedrrr]

GIVE ME BACK MY CANADIAN 90'S PLEASE!!

[@DylanKempEntertainment]

Redge S why canadian music in the 90s sucked humungous stinky ass and sloane ws the biggest turd of them al

[@Me24Eric]

...he says, as he comes here to listen to some Sloan.

[@ratedrrr]

@@halohunter5217 No era in music was completely perfect. If it means taking Nickelback while also taking in Rusty, Our Lady Peace, Sloan, Change of Heart, Treble Charger, Moist, Limblifter, Age of Electric, Pure, and the Tea Party just to name a few, then yeah bring that sh** back!

[@FileAssassin]

@@DylanKempEntertainment Thank god for Drake eh

[@addiwrki108]

@@Me24Eric exactly! 🤣

[@Ottotherepoman1]

Sloan is the band Oasis could only dream of being. A couple of brothers that get along, and make great albums for 30 years with over 20 great hit songs (in Canada) I can remember by heart.

[@evansmith4489]

There are no brothers in Sloan.

[@MyVideos-fm7ug]

@@evansmith4489 I’m actually distantly related to some Sloans here here I live. Even one of the sheriffs in the late 80s last name was Sloan… which is why when I first discovered Sloan in 1998, I assumed there was someone named Sloan in the band. I was 19 years old and stationed in Korea when for my 20th birthday, my dad sent me a box. One of the items was a VHS tape with videos he recorded off this Canadian music video channel… I forget what it was called. But Money City Maniacs was one of the videos on the tape I listened once, and then spent the next few hours in my barracks room rewinding the tape to the beginning of that video, then listening over and over again. I was legitimately blown away

[@okjeffy6581]

I think I’ve heard of them sometime when I was 10 years old, cause when hearing these songs they remind me of those times. Idk they just give me a sense of familiarity.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

😂😂😂😂 wrong but ok

[@MedalionDS9]

I remember seeing Oasis live in Toronto back in 2002 and Sloan was one of their opening bands then, it was the best... the only opening act that had as much enthusiasm at it as the main act from the audience

[@ssbtd00m]

a moment in time, when four young men were cooler than you ever were or will be. I love them.

[@norekfamily]

I grew up in Albany, NY, where we had the good fortune of getting Muchmusic but the misfortune of being unable to buy Canadian import CD's. I remember taping this video and watching it endlessly. Incredibly hook-filled power pop! I finally got up to Ottawa a year later and was able to buy the CD. Happy to report that 23 years later, the band was incredible last night in San Francisco.

[@jeffreybarkin3177]

Thought Geffen distributed them in the USA.... No? They Didn't??? WILD!!! Sorry to Learn THIS... As I did hear them when I was traveling there ODD... Real ODD! 😮

[@norekfamily]

@@jeffreybarkin3177 you're half correct! 😀 Geffen released the first two Sloan albums in the USA but they didn't pick up the 3rd album which featured "The Good In Everyone."

[@andybetts2685]

The beginning is an ode to the beginning of the late 60s classic Easy Rider.

[@bradstevenson8532]

And you beat me by 6 years. And here I thought I was clever.

[@christopherkotsopoulos701]

I just learned this in the Music Music book written by Christopher Ward. I also learned this was shot at Pearson Airport.

[@WeatherWeasel66]

i Love the sound that Sloan makes :) These dudes are Awesome !

[@justin9605]

Thank you. Here from Michigan.

[@MitchClement-il6iq]

You welcome from a fellow Canadian who loves underrated Canadian alternative music.

[@brianmathews2926]

Massive nostalgia for the days watching MuchMusic as a teenager, this was one of my absolute favourites

[@Misifumisifu]

one of my favorite bands. Canada has some great bands and artists who are not appreciated or even known by most people. Love this song!

[@peterjohnisback]

Canadian musicians are pretty forgotten. The only ones who even known are Avril Lavigne, Drake, Justin Bieber etc. The rest is history.

[@UvayBowl]

One of the greatest Canadian songs ever! I remember seeing this on MuchMusic Countdown!

[@ytv2965]

In June 28 1996!

[@peterjohnisback]

I keep finding myself in a Canadian music rabbit hole.

[@treffbennett6534]

Sloan-one of life's barely discovered treasures!!! Perfect Ear Candy right here! Like melody, harmony, and rockin' guitars with positive lyrics? Then proceed to purchase every damn album Sloan has produced!!!

[@brianhood7092]

AAAAAAAMEN!

[@arrowhead4666]

Song seems obscure now, but it was huge if you lived in Canada during the day.

[@MultiJamesman]

It should be huge always.

[@pxreluv14]

sloan is still huge they are releasing a new album in september i just got back from seeing them play live

[@Melissa-Lucia]

Detroit, too.

[@zaxxx1975]

Arrowhead true true...

[@Generatorhead]

Arrowhead Saw them in Wash DC when they were touring “One Chord....” and the crowd went completely bonkers when they played this.

[@Yasinchuk]

I never, ever, ever, get tired of this song. Hard to find a better riff...

[@bf_sorry]

I grew up hearing sloan. My mom played it in the car on our way to school and stuff. A few years ago, a band I was in played at a music festival in Toronto. A band with some members of Sloan (can't remember the name) was headlining. Almost nobody was there when we played. By the time the sloan guys' band went on the place was completely packed and people were freaking out. I think the flaming lips were playing on the other side of town but it seemed like everyone was at our venue. I had no idea Sloan was such a big deal in Canada. Nobody I knew had ever heard of them. 👍

[@peterjohnisback]

When you think about it, a lot of Canadian musicians are forgotten. With a few exceptions like Drake, Avril Lavigne, Justin Bieber, Etc. The rest are history.

[@MedalionDS9]

This was my introduction to Sloan back in the day and damn what a song!

[@MitchClement-il6iq]

They were all over muchmoremusic/ much music in canada!

[@ccarta192]

I love the way song keeps changing tempo

[@peterjohnisback]

And I hate how it’s starts 2 minutes into the video.

[@athenassigil5820]

Sloan were the best power pop band from Canada, period. I miss that era, but time passes on...not the music.

[@duncefunce1513]

Yeah? Who's the greatest Polish breakdancer? Fuckn small beer.

[@athenassigil5820]

@@duncefunce1513 Lvov. lady Seamstress for the band Pretty-eyed Pirate smile You'll marry a music man Ballerina You must've seen her Dancing in the sand And now she's in me Always with me Polish break dancer in my hand Jesus freaks Out in the street Handing tickets out for God Turning back She just laughs The boulevard is not that bad Piano man He makes his stand In the auditorium Looking on She sings the songs The words she knows The tune she hums But oh, how it feels so real Lying here, with no one near Only you and you can hear me When I say softly, slowly Hold me closer, polish break dancer Count the headlights on the highway Lay me down in sheets of linen You had a busy day today Hold me closer, polish break dancer Count the headlights on the highway Lay me down in sheets of linen You had a busy day today Blue-jean baby Lvov. Lady Seamstress for the band Pretty-eyed Pirate smile You'll marry a music man Ballerina You must have seen her Dancing in the sand Now she's in me Always with me Polish break dancer in my hand Oh, oh, how it feels so real Lying here, with no one near Only you, and you can hear me When I say softly, slowly Hold me closer, polish break dancer Count the headlights on the highway Lay me down in sheets of linen You had a busy day today Hold me closer, polish break dancer Count the headlights on the highway Lay me down in sheets of linen You had a busy day today

[@MedalionDS9]

Canada had a lot of great power pop or power pop adjacent bands in the 90's

[@Mikee22ification]

One of the most underrated bands ever, anywhere Kinda like most Canadian bands underrated always, everywhere, unfair

[@algonquin91]

This music video was filmed on Convair Drive in Mississauga just outside Toronto Pearson Airport :-)

[@QuickenDude09]

89x Windsor, Detroit. Thank you.

[@79tazman]

use to listen to 89X when I lived in Leamington and Windsor but now I live in London and can't get it here

[@mrparkinson]

I love the opening for no other reason than it stirred up a bunch of people on KZbin.

[@laidtexcom]

this is when muchmusic was so much better then it is now.

[@chocomanger6873]

The funny thing is that people were saying the same thing back in the early 90s, that MuchMusic and MTV used to be so much better before.

[@PpPayton379]

just discovered this band 2 minutes ago... love them already :)

[@spinjennies]

Your life has just vastly improved!

[@marctessier5798]

You're in for such a treat.

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

How did you discover them?

[@MiscFightVids]

It's a cheeky homage to the beginning of Easy Rider. Just enjoy it.

[@jfalkins]

I love the bassline to this song ! Not to mention its also such a catchy tune !

[@skipmichaels6184]

I mean this is pure straight up rock and roll....NUFF SAID !

[@LOVER_LINK]

one of the most underrated bands in history

[@HolmesAZ]

Flying under the radar since...well forever!

[@BigBoss1292]

These guys deserved to be wayyyyy bigger

[@peterjohnisback]

Ikr, Canadian musicians are so obscure.

[@joselujan9102]

The moment the guitar begins : pure rock.

[@NeonMoose89]

The Real Band, The Best Band.

[@mb2453]

What a fantastic song

[@Damaged7]

Sloan had some pretty good songs, i always remember them for this absurd music video intro.

[@michaeladams5636]

It was classic lol.

[@Osric13th]

still one of my favorite songs from CFNY!

[@AVirtualTourist]

So, skid row, Toronto, middle of a hot summer day I'm walking past the dudes with the B-Tooth spkrs. These are some fairly gangster guys. Not Jane and Finch, but you know. Someone got Jay-Z, next is playing Drake. Last guy he's playin', I hear "I. CLOSE. MY. EYES. I CAN'T GIVE IT UP. I. DOSE. MY. MIND. I CAN'T GET ENOUGH" I'm not really paying attention so I don't recognize it yet, but I'm thinking 'yeah, this sounds pretty gangsta' Then it clicks, these guys are listening to Sloan! I'm floored. Guys pushin' fent, coke, and heroin are listening to four white guys from Nova Scotia. Only in Canada. And it fit, at least for a few seconds. I walk away with a better opinion of both Sloan AND the druggies. Awesome.

[@jaymonnin]

Sloan may be my biggest influence as a songwriter

[@rpro.3309]

Great track. Very underrated band.

[@TheCanuckBeaver]

Love it!

[@MongoBiggityBongo]

The best is Andy's crazy fake mustache. I've seen Sloan at least 7 times and loved them every show. They are definitely getting better with age. This is by far the greatest Canadian band ever produced.

[@scottstalcup4453]

Let's see how well I remember this from the MuchMusic Spotlight... Jay Ferguson: It's a scene near the beginning of the film, Easy Rider. It was an idea of Andrew's. He said, "Look how cool this looks!" and we said, "Yes, this is excellent!" so we decided to rip it off shot-for-shot. Chris sat through the whole video made sure every angle was the way it was in the movie. It's a cool exercise to me. Chris Murphy: And in the transfer we copied the colours, the way the colours were in 35 millimeter. Pretty elaborate, and I guess... confusing in the end for the... programmers.

[@38Gaucho]

Typical 90s Canadian music video, no budget, filmed by the side of the road, they were probably just on tour and were like "yo we need a music video for The Good in Everyone, PULL OVER FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES."

[@38Gaucho]

***** Yeah, I'm not sure what I was talking about. I guess I vaguely remember "Canadian 90s videos often involved cars and roads and highways and shit", but I couldn't tell you which fucking ones lmao.

[@MultiHasheesh]

There isn't an airport at York. Shit man, you gotta at least try if your gonna B.S.

[@skillracoonful]

I actually prefer rock videos to be shot like this! The simplicity is beautiful!! Why do they need to make the music video like a movie?

[@maxrockatansky3102]

Sloan being from Halifax, I believe this video was shot at the end of the runway at Halifax International Airport. I work in one the hangers there and this area looks exactly like the scene in the video. This is also where that Air Canada flight crashed short of the runway a couple of years ago. The plane clipped the telephone pole wires running parallel with the road and bounced off the top of the embankment behind the band and ended up on the runway. Thankfully nobody was killed but the aircraft was totaled.

[@ponyo3922]

So fucking true

[@kolbeycam1328]

Saw them in Vancouver! Sick show!!!

[@jcrosato]

Forgot that the non-song portion of the video is just as long as the song lol

[@kenkovar2647]

new fave power pop band!

[@golsonmoldon9455]

Quarter century later, still listening..

[@peterjohnisback]

It never fails to piss me the fuck off how the song only starts 2 minutes into the video.

[@MrSkateboardfreak123]

stop complaining, they had to make the song last to exactly 4:20

[@babytabby]

😂

[@TheSoundOfGoalHD]

Song starts at 2:11

thanks

[@cidshroom]

You're doing God's work

[@BigBoss1292]

Thanks for letting us know your attention span is under 3 mins.

[@david2theKay]

Big Shiny Tunes 1!!!

[@bhotsnax]

...and I like the intro! Never seen it before!

[@johnbharris]

From the US...absolute love Sloan. Amazing pop tunes!!!

[@classicalsquire2016]

Awesome Sloan Rocks!

[@jeffreylinenkugel8120]

Just saw them in Detroit. Excellent band.

[@snowdog03]

I got to watch Much Music in Cleveland thanks to cox cable back then, Happy memories of yesteryear.

[@johnschober1819]

This scene is taken from the Movie Easy Rider.

[@jsmix]

That's right.

[@jonathanlehmann8719]

OMG i hav'nt heard that song like ............4ever

[@1leisure1]

One of the catchiest tunes ever!!!!!!

[@Ryan-re7oj]

First concert EVER! Palmerston, Ontario @ Norwell HS!! Circa....1997-8???

[@PhantomSpanker]

it's an homage to the opening of 'easy rider' and is quite well done.

[@Mercury-Wells]

After 15 years you finally get a 👍 for this very observant comment

[@PhantomSpanker]

@@Mercury-Wells Thank you! Now I may rest peacefully.

[@lareina3381]

why did Vancouver radio stations torture us with endless Celine Dion, Jan Arden and Sarah Mc Laughlin when we could have been listening to this ?? baffled

[@KimberlyPiercey-n6u]

This song is awesome 💯

[@bsfilmsinc]

song begins @ 2:10

[@chriscolbourne2001]

great tune forever loved.

[@glennchiasson581]

Signed disk from all of them..sloan is awesome!

[@exexalien]

Love that Sloan thought (and did) have the CanCon clout to make a video where the homage to Easy Rider was longer than the actual song!

[@potatoegirl31]

These guys were everything OASIS wanted (and failed) to be!!!

[@classicalsquire2016]

Great song Great Video glad I put it in my rotation!

[@RobertLaberge]

Song starts at 2:13 This is currently the opening theme song for the CBC late night show "The Hour" with George Strombolopoulos.

[@jamic39]

Great show in Toronto last weekend!

[@BluesBoyJonny]

I was 13 when I first saw this on MuchMusic, and I thought to myself, Why is Much playing a vid from the 60's in the Countdown? Thanks for the up!

[@MedalionDS9]

Bring back good ol Canadian rock n' roll

[@GhostfaceGriller-hd7jw]

I'm jamming in 2024 in North Carolina 😎

[@mantinicca1]

It reminds me my Canadian days 2010/2011

[@TheSuperman691]

I like this song nice job boys

[@petergarcia4108]

I L❤VE SLOAN

[@arnott360]

this reminds me of the 60's. love this song

[@shawnhambler9305]

Fin eh man what a good song artistry at it's best

[@dustdevil9614]

The strokes and the hives should thanks sloan

[@MedalionDS9]

why? Sloan didn't invent garage rock

[@72daystar]

Vintage SG's do smell fantastic...

[@ciggery]

SG Junior at that!

[@iran747]

Great Vid incorporating the once iconic Canadian Airlines International.

[@Mikenoronha]

This video takes me back. I love the buildup before the music kicks in. Sloan rules.

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

Where did they film this video?

[@ThomasCann]

I drive by that spot a couple of times a year - it's on the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia border!

[@GladiatorDude17]

Not only is Sips an awesome youtuber. He has good taste in music!

[@atomeyes99]

Chris Murphy taking his pick out from his closed mouth to start the song is a move!

[@Relyx]

Sips, favouriting obscure music since 2011

[@Beneluxer]

I like that their guitars are actually plugged into the amps

[@TheMusicalElitist]

They’re still miming

[@Beneluxer]

@@TheMusicalElitist I read that that is actually a recording their live performance of the finished version of the song that is on the album, so-I'm sorry-I don't believe you

[@-HiddenInPlainSight-]

Such an underrated track

[@79tazman]

Sloan playing a free show in London Ont for Canada's Day Fest on June 2

[@MrXabungle]

What an intro.

[@jeffj55]

All these years later I still don't get the intro.

[@schrottirr4783]

fantastic song, cool video

[@ernieballsting]

love that intro and outro

[@estook]

This is such a great pop song - no fat.

[@pricemac]

Epic tribute to Easy Rider.

[@lakesidepark2112]

Excellent band. Glad to see a B-sides CD release..

[@23v0lv32]

Shot for shot remake from easy rider. Shocked and disappointed this hasn’t been pointed out in earlier comments

[@drekcarver6252]

The Foo Fighters could be your American twins. Derrick Anthony Carvalho as seen on Facebook

[@mietschj]

I ONLY CAME HERE TO LISTEN TO SOME BLOODY SLOAN, WHY THE FUCK IS EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT SIPS?

[@Sneacker101]

lol /o You were subscribed to sips and other yogs before you even watched this vid. so STFU, acting not like the others.

[@mietschj]

Sneacker101 Yeah, I know Sips, I just don't get why everyone here is talking about him, ya doofus.

[@jamesm876]

+Mr. Meeseeks OH YEAH CAN DOOOOOOO