Line #40 Music/MoxyFruvous


1	->''"Once I was the King of Spain (now I eat humble pie)\
2	I was looking for off-handed ways to improve us (now I eat humble pie)\
3	I'm telling you, I was the King of Spain (now I eat humble pie)\
4	And now I'm jamming with Moxy Früvous! (once he was the King of Spain!)"''
5	-->-- ''King of Spain''
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7	A folk/pop group of TheNineties and change, Moxy [[HeavyMetalUmlaut Früvous]] (commonly spelled Moxy Fruvous, Moxy Fru Vous, Moxy Frü Vous, or any of a dozen other variations) was formed in Toronto, Canada by musicians Jian Ghomeshi, Murray Foster, Mike Ford, and David Matheson. The band was characterized by a clever, occasionally biting wit, lush vocal harmonies, a wide variety of instruments, and a liberal political slant.
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9	Riding the wave of Canada's alternative music craze started by the Music/BarenakedLadies, Moxy Früvous went out to have a successful career of its own. The single band they sound most like, though, is probably Music/TheBeatles, even down to a middle-eastern slant in some of their songs.
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11	Moxy Früvous disbanded in 2001. Jian became the host of the arts and entertainment news radio show, ''Q'', on the Creator/{{CBC}} Radio One national public radio network until October 2014, while Murray has become a supporting member of Music/GreatBigSea. He and Mike have also formed a [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion British Invasion]]-style band, "The Cocksure Lads," and appear live as the band on occasion.
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13	Any previous hopes for a full Früvous reunion have likely been dashed following recent allegations and criminal charges of [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sexual violence]] brought against Jian Ghomeshi, which also led to his dismissal from the CBC.
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15	Their complete discography is:
16	* ''Moxy Früvous'' (1992, demo, rare)
17	* ''Bargainville'' (1993)
18	* ''Wood'' (1995)
19	* ''The 'b' Album'' (1996, b-sides and other oddities)
20	* ''You Will Go To The Moon'' (1997)
21	* ''Live Noise'' (1998, live)
22	* ''Thornhill'' (1999)
23	* ''The 'c' Album'' (2000, b-sides and other oddities)
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26	!!Moxy Früvous provide examples of the following tropes:
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28	* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: "King of Spain" describes the king's economic policies as "laissez-faire" (it rhymes with "I don't even give a care") while naming three distinctly non-laissez-faire measures: lowering interest rates to ease poverty, shortening the work week, and universal food supplements for infants (although the choice of chocolate eclairs may need some workshopping from the neonatal nutrition standpoint).
29	* AuthorTract: Several songs are unabashedly taking shots at right-wing targets - for example, "Michigan Militia." There's also their anti-gambling song, "The Ballad of Cedric Früvous."
30	* BreakupSong: "Fly"
31	* GreenAesop: "River Valley"
32	* [[HeavyMetalUmlaut Folk-Pop Ümlaut]]: See the band's name (when properly spelled)
33	* InTheStyleOf: "Gord's Gold" is a homage to Gordon Lightfoot.
34	* LibationForTheDead: "The Drinking Song"
35	** LyricalDissonance: ...though at first it just seems like a typical drinking song.
36	* ListSong: "Johnny Saucep'n"
37	* LiteralAssKicking: "Kick In The Ass"
38	* LoonyLaws: The song "King of Spain" has a mild (and relatively benevolent) example:
39	-->It's laissez-faire,
40	-->I don't even give a care;
41	-->Let's make Friday part of the weekend
42	-->And give every new baby a chocolate eclaire
43	* MotorMouth: "Johnny Saucep'n"
44	* OdeToSobriety: "The Drinking Song", at the end.
45	* PrinceAndPauper: The story of "King of Spain" - and name-checked in the same song.
46	* ProtestSong: "Gulf War Song".
47	* ShoutOut: One song on "Live Noise" ends with a faintly sung "[[Music/TheyMightBeGiants the statue got me high...]]"
48	* TheSomethingSong: "The Drinking Song," "The Food Song."
49	* StudioChatter: "Live Noise" contains a fair bit of it, having been pieced together out of concerts in four different New England cities. Examples include an improvised EDM number, an absurdist discussion of the Kasparov vs. Deep Blue TabletopGame/{{chess}} match, and Jian telling the crowd how happy they are to be back in Pittsburgh... [[EpicFail in Philadelphia]].
50	-->'''JIAN:''' "Well, we figured for the live album, Pittsburgh would be a cooler city to be in, so..."\
51	'''PHILADELPHIAN AUDIENCE:''' boos
52	* SupremeChef: The title character of "Johnny Saucep'n," who is able to put together a menu that would put ''Series/IronChef'' to shame in 30 minutes.
53	* TakeThat: A number of the songs on ''The 'b' Album''.
54	** "The Greatest Man In America" to Creator/RushLimbaugh
55	** "Big Fish" to former [[UsefulNotes/CanadianPolitics Premier of Ontario]] Mike Harris
56	** One of the few changed lines in their cover of Music/TheyMightBeGiants' "Shoehorn With Teeth" stated "People should be beat up for [[UsefulNotes/IceHockey skating like the Leafs]]."

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