This song makes me so proud to be a kiwi. As a kiwi living overseas I can tell you all - it is entirely true. Don't whinge; Aotearoa is a fantastic country and until you've seen the state of the rest of the world you don't appreciate just how good we have it back home!!

@MsMesem

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's why John Clarke left to live and die in Australia.

@ehaurader2640

2 жыл бұрын

It's true it's strange that lol Taking it for granted

@defenestrator1210

Жыл бұрын

15 years later I’m in the same boat feeling the same way!

@James-wj8eq

9 ай бұрын

​@@MsMesem who is 'David'?? This was John Clarke.

@anzac5399

6 ай бұрын

Totally missed the point, mate. This song is satire. It's taking the piss out of people who look at genuine problems in New Zealand and try to brush them under the rug by saying that we're lucky to be here. Just take a look at the lyrics: There's a guy I know who lives in town I see him about once a year I suppose He's had a coronary since Easter He's got a haemorrhage in his ear He went bankrupt a couple of weeks back And now his wife's left him too I said "You're looking odd mate You're looking queer, what are ya gonna do?" [Chorus] He said "We don't know how lucky we are To live in this joint Fred" So, there's a guy who's experiencing: - serious heart problems, - haemorrhaging in his head - bankruptcy - divorce and the consequent breakdown of relationships All of those things by themselves are enough to seriously diminish a person's quality of life. All of them together? That's a life which is basically in ruins. But the bloke goes on to say that despite all of this, despite destitution, poor health, divorce, and potentially impending death (from the heart problems), he's "lucky" because he lives in a certain place. Total bollocks.

Still as relevant as ever…a positive attitude seems harder to find today…but it’s there if you uncover gems like this. RIP John Clarke

The greatest New Zealand comedian / satirist. He will be greatly missed.

Incredibly relevant now, Love you NZ

"He said we don't know how lucky we are to live in this joint Fred, we don't know how lucky we aaaare he repeated" gets me every time 🤣

Fred Dagg is often right when he says we don't know how lucky we are.

Another absolute kiwiana classic. God I love NZ.

Great song from the great John Clarke. Indeed, we don't understand how propitious are our circumstances compared to the rest of the globe, nor the great ruck we possess.

We don't realize how propitious are the circumstances. Damn I love this song.

Bloody love this song!!! New Zealand truly is the best, kiwi pride brethren

Awesomely true. Annamieke from Kawerau

Thiis is the New Zealand i remember 😔

R.I.P Fred gone to the great gumboot store up yonder, your comedy is never far from home

We need to make another one of these. Gosh, 1998, so many years ago and back then, 'We didn't know how lucky we were'.

R.I.P John Clarke - yep we don't know how lucky we are! Thank you for helping us laugh at ourselves and especially politicians!

R.I.P to one of the fathers of New Zealand comedy you did a hell of a job and you deserve all the glories of heaven mate have a good one your one mighty bloke can't get as kiwi as this

RIP Mr Dagg...you were one of NZ's best !

Brilliant R.I.P. John Clarke aka Fred Dagg

RIP John Clarke. Fred Dagg was my mentor growing up on a Farm.

Kiwis, you don't know how lucky you are! One of the World's greatest nations!

Despite the Earthquakes, we don't realise how proficious are the circumstances, Frederick!

RIP John Clarke, we didn't know how lucky we were.

@ehaurader2640

2 жыл бұрын

Full stop we didn't know

I don't understand how this can have less views than the population of New Zealand

@trevdagg

2 ай бұрын

Buggered if I know either if this man does not constitute a cultural icon then I reckon as country we are fair dinkum fucked culturally

I'm a kiwi currently in the UK and watching what's happening here vs in NZ with Covid 19 this song is 100% accurate

@bagpopuk

4 жыл бұрын

Why the hell are you still here in the nuthouse?! Get back to where it's sane while you still can, NOW! Also, when you get back there, don't breathe another word about this fictitious island nation called New Zealand, because the fewer people know about it, the safer it will remain, not that it exists anyway. (A concerned UK citizen recently returned from a fictitious place.)

@Prauwlet213

2 жыл бұрын

same

@MsMesem

2 жыл бұрын

What utter BS..Its thé Godzone mentality of sleeping sheep NZ'ers that has put thé place under tyrannical gouvernance. Helen Clark....was thé start of thé décline.

@junglebunny3000

2 жыл бұрын

while u over there bro dont forget tu back the ALL BLACKS chur cuz

Such a great song. I quote it often to people when they are moaning. John Clarke is a national treasure.

Absolutely bang on, Fred ! I'm a Pome who loves his own country, but loves the bloody Hell out of NZ, too... spent several years there and absolutely love the place, and the Kiwis aren't a bad a mob of fellas, either (just don't anybody tell em, don't let em know... It'll be bad... just like when they've downed half a stubby of Tui... it'll go to their heads :)

Brilliant 🎼🎵🎵🎶🎤🎹🎸❤️👌🇳🇿👏🇳🇿👏🇳🇿👏🇳🇿👏

Rest In Peace, John. We knew we were lucky to have you!

Oh, what a fabulous collection of well-known faces in their early days!!! Love it!

I've watched about a million clips on youtube. And this is the best.

John Clarke is very funny & a lot of fun! He will always live on through his comedy!

We don't how lucky we are, mate, we don't know how lucky we are... I love this song man!

iv never understood why anyone would want to live anywhere else but here

RIP MATE! You will be sorely missed. Rest easy John Clarke.

I still hold this sentiment; we dont know how lucky we are. No matter how hard it looks for us, we dont have it anywhere near as bad as some othet countries; we have rights, social justice and help, no wars, and probably most importabtly - most people dont know where we even are on a map so were relatively safe 😂

Brilliant song so true at the moment

Collectively we are not cognisant of how how propitious are the circumstances we find ourselves in New Zealand. What I love about this from John Clark in the 70s is that there are 2 levels. It is a great song to lift your sprits on face value. It also has a satirical meaning from when it was written. Back then we used to go on about how lucky we were and all the social, health and financial problems people had at a personal level were usually swept under the carpet. Not talked about and not addressed. Making them worse. Probably the 2nd meaning is lost now, but any fan of John Clarke will be well aware of his brilliance at satire. Thus not surprised to learn the second darker meaning of this song. RIP John Clarke. We are poorer without you. On both sides of the Tasman.

@nickthx1138

8 ай бұрын

Yes, but the face value is definitely true esp today!

A great song for the current climate.

nice one fred

Awesome!

should be the national anthem ....

Things are looking really bad today. Vale Fred. The world is a sadder place

i'm born 1995 and i think this should be the only voting requirement...

RIP John Clarke AKA Fred Dagg. You will be hugely missed.

RIP Fred Dagg.

nz real national anthem

And if it were not for our gumboots, Fred, where would we be?

Shocked to hear he's gone. RIP

RIP John. We don't know how lucky we are to have had you to make fun of us

who the hell could dislike this song!!!!! DX

RIP John Clarke aka Fred Dagg

I am so lucky and happy right now :)

Sean Fitzpatrick is in this video ^^ A fine engine-room All Black and captain, who didn't score many tries like tight forwards do these days, but I do remember one where he got up from a ruck and ran like over 10 meters and dived straight under the post like a GOOOOAAAAAL ^^ That was when I was a kid. Earliest childhood memories and I can never forget that face.

@no15minutecities

3 жыл бұрын

thugby yawnion zzzzzzzzzzzz

Great song. Hit number 1 after being re-vamped from an earlier, rather insipid (to be honest) version. And the beauty is it remains a legend because it never gets played on mainstream radio. I always preferred his other hit, "Gumboots", until this fantastic re-vamp came out.

RIP Fred!!

Rest in peace John Clarke aka Fred Dagg x

RIP John Clarke

This makes me happy in the current climate.

NZ is the best place to live (:

The guys a bloody legend, love it 👍

Never forget

This feels like something you'd see in V for Vendetta. It's not "New Zealand is great" it's "Everywhere outside of New Zealand is so horrible, that if you complain about New Zealand then you don't know how lucky you are to have been born here."

Two kiwi icons gone in as many months! RIP John Clarke! We truly "Don't know how lucky (blessed) we are to live in Godzone! Thanks for the laughs mate!

Rip John Clarke !!

R.I.P mate, you'll be missed

Brilliant-

RIP John Clarke, huge loss for NZ and Australia. But right now I'd say God is asking: "is this new bloke for real?"

Yes New Zealand is Gods own..

A throwback within a throwback; the TAB/Hyundai Sports Cafe

R.I.P John

Funniest comedian of all time. I love this.

@barryphillips7327

2 жыл бұрын

What about Billy T James or billy Connolly????

an absolute classic

Rest in peace John Clark

NZ before Ardern what a wonderful memory made you proud to be kiwi,

Today New Zealand's circumstances suddenly became a lot less propitious RIP #FredDagg

RIP Fred Dagg :(

I come back to this and the Gumboot Song all the time

New Zealand's true nation anthem.

You'd miss it if you're a bit younger or from overseas but most of the people in this video were pretty big NZ celebrities at the time. Helen Clark, ex Prime Minister of New Zealand, is there at 1:26

cool I love it

Rest in Peace, John.

fantastic i love fred dagg! Post more skits of his please

especially with son in video.. iconic

Of course we do, who else would come up with l&p?

kiwi classic

RIP John

Rest in Peace Mr Dagg

Hahaha awesome! Thanks for uploading!

Why isn't this our national anthem?

@captain_turd

2 жыл бұрын

even better gumboot song should be

@cliffordmarshall4263

2 жыл бұрын

Because that is "slice of heaven"

@captain_turd

2 жыл бұрын

@@cliffordmarshall4263 footrot flats

you got that mixed around

I miss Helen

Mate, I know one Aussie who reckons we're dead lucky. Ricky Stuart. Fair suck of the sav mate. And they go because, you never really truly appreciate your country until you've lived else where. I loved the series he did about the Olympics over your side of the ditch but.

Good ol sports cafe

Aaah Fred Dagg...They just don't make em like this anymore 😀.

It's still the greatest country on earth. Like the saying goes, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT.

@davexb6595

2 жыл бұрын

Or do BOTH!

@exmachinz

2 жыл бұрын

That's bullshit. Just because we are extremely fortunate to live here, doesnt mean it cant get better.

maaaaate

And we still don’t!

@Amberol I agree. And his too littlest kids got eaten by a whale, are you going down there this year, he said "Fred, right on the nail!" I loved that line most of all:)

@spots2012 I hardly think that's fair. The point is that we live in this wonderful country with so many good things and we don't even know it! Most of us are whinging on about how amazing other places are and what a 'hole' NZ is, without realising what a great place it is to live in! The point is that we DON'T know how lucky we are...

I've been to Australia but I found it full of Australians.