Ah, Ray Stevens. Even now, in the nightmare that is 2020, I can always count on Ray Stevens to put a smile on my face. Thank you sir, I needed that.
@Bailey86k3 жыл бұрын
Amen to that
@CrismaFire11 жыл бұрын
Love this song. Especially the Washington DC part.
@oldermusiclover3 жыл бұрын
that is funny
@briankady145610 ай бұрын
Where the descendants of Erik can still be found today, working as special agents for the IRS...
@OrdinaryishPerson3 ай бұрын
Brings back so many memories of my dad showing it to us kids
@kookycoconut2 ай бұрын
My mom showed him to me 😊
@anitaharris90954 жыл бұрын
He never fails to make me laugh and brighten my day
@oldermusiclover3 жыл бұрын
me too
@CausticFr0st9 жыл бұрын
This song brings back so many memories. I first heard it from my dad when I was around 6 or 7yrs old. That was almost 30 years ago now and to this day it remains one of my favorites. He passed away 4 years ago and I was never able to recover the cassette I had when I stayed with him back then. Thanks for making my childhood absolutely hilarious, Mr. Stevens.
@stantackett1074 жыл бұрын
Erik didn't get your dad, did he?
@karenaltman68544 жыл бұрын
So crazy
@ladyfango Жыл бұрын
I remember growing up and had an interest in vikings and my dad brought me this song to start teaching me about the historical things in a nice kind of way. I always loved this song
@EmeryLeii7 жыл бұрын
how the bloody hell could people dislike this funny as hell song?!?!?!
@jesussaves79735 жыл бұрын
Em yes we it IS funny. But seriously Nothing funny about hell
@SamGullion Жыл бұрын
There’s only six oars on his 37 oared fjord (I didn’t dislike it a great song)
@georgeherod42522 жыл бұрын
29 years later and listening to it dozens of times, it still makes me laugh
@ACcountryFan10 жыл бұрын
@Michael Eshom: Yes, you are correct! "Erik the Awful" debuted in 1984. The 'He Thinks He's Ray Stevens' album had a CD reissue in 1992 under the title "Mississippi Squirrel Revival" and I assume that's the reason some others had been citing 1992 as the year this song came along. I'm a long time fan of his.
@jamese31695 жыл бұрын
I haven't heard this song in 30 years. Awesome!
@codyreactions Жыл бұрын
Been listening to Ray Stevens since i was 3 years old and still listen to him he always makes me smile and laugh and everything is beautiful will always be his most powerful song
@georgiayost5505 жыл бұрын
I love his songs. He is so good
@WolfAristora11 жыл бұрын
This song is old, but funny how it ties into today.
@xres13292 жыл бұрын
As a former Washington area resident and member of the Norwegian Society of Wash.DC --- I can attest that this is the truth!
@deewesthill13583 жыл бұрын
This is probably NOT QUITE historically accurate, but it is hysterical all right.
@marhawkman3037 ай бұрын
Certain aspects are legit, but only a few.
@kathleenirwin513911 жыл бұрын
Hey Ray, We need more,more,more of you starring in your unbelievable and funny videos! Show that talent! Love ya! Kat
@DrLrux2 жыл бұрын
This song will forever be remembered in my heart.
@BessieRiggs5 жыл бұрын
I’m going to Bergen, Norway next week, so I had to listen to this childhood favorite
@garymilbert87406 жыл бұрын
Happy birthday ray stevens ive listened since 12 years old im 43 now cant get enough your the best
@choicewoods8893 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THIS VIDEO RAY STEVENS
@shananagans511 жыл бұрын
Oh wow,I had no idea it was old. You are right,it ties into today & probably always will tie into "today" whenever today is.
@Brissieskater18 ай бұрын
Another brilliant song by Ray Stevens.
@msalis111 жыл бұрын
Loving the part about the IRS. Especially after the news this week. (05/18/2013)
@michellecarroll97333 жыл бұрын
Love...LOVE...LOVE
@Bailey86k3 жыл бұрын
I can't be the only one listening in 2020
@necrillagorilla536911 жыл бұрын
Someone should make a skyrim version of this
@kandj89643 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love Skyrim!!!!
@scottgrimes63029 жыл бұрын
think what the villagers thought. Something along the lines of "Oh crap".
@918Mitchell11 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, viking was a profession.
@txgunguy27664 жыл бұрын
Yup, in Norse to "go viking" meant to "go raiding". It is believed that Icelandic is the closest modern language to Norse.
@oldcrowallnaturals87123 жыл бұрын
Eric mcgill
@918Mitchell2 жыл бұрын
This showed up in my feed again after 8 years
@daveheidecker320911 жыл бұрын
The song is at least 20 years old, so it's not a reference to Eric Holder. Unless Ray has some superpowers we don't know about. But the coincidence seems almost Providential!
@davidschonhardt49583 жыл бұрын
This is really fantastic!
@raerncornerproduction6073 Жыл бұрын
Erik the Awful descendants are still in Washington DC working at the IRS. LOL
@codyreactions Жыл бұрын
Me and My uncle favourite songs and video's were i saw elvis in the ufo it's me again Margaret the streak surfing U.S.S.R shriners convention sitting up with the dead guitarzan Mississippi squirrel revival help me make it through the night can he love you half as much as i erik the awful my uncle that i looked up to as a dad god rest his soul was a huge fan of ray stevens and that's how i became a big fan and we also liked santa claus is watching you
@shananagans511 жыл бұрын
lol Love it. I knew it was going to eventually tie into DC.
@tritchie62729 жыл бұрын
I had to share this with a friend named Eric!
@ThatGreenSpy3 жыл бұрын
*Firde fir de fiske fee de forde fide fike!* I love my Norwegian heritage.
@nikkiseale53915 жыл бұрын
I’m part Viking!!
@brandonk89483 жыл бұрын
That's just awful!😉
@runnininthe80s846 жыл бұрын
I haven’t heard this song in probably 20 years but every now and then it pops into my head
@larynxax74832 жыл бұрын
Vikings never had horns on their helmets until they were portrayed in operas in the 1800s. Because horns on a helmet are completely impractical for fighting, pillaging, etc., but look mighty impressive onstage.
@jerrydrouillard2 жыл бұрын
The horned helmets were used for ceremonial purposes.
@georgeray19068 ай бұрын
Well you can't blame everyone thinking Vikings wearing helmets with horns since I'm sure it would've intimidating.
@oldermusiclover3 жыл бұрын
Viking Fans rejoice
@TherealRNOwwfpooh11 жыл бұрын
Well, Erik was one of his popular songs. I'm suprised at the use of cartoons, but still...
@warningeagle855825 күн бұрын
I enjoy reading other people comments.
@petergenet2130 Жыл бұрын
What fun
@Stephen6131 Жыл бұрын
I played this in protest of the Minnesota VIKINGS beating the New York Giants!
@maverickbna10 жыл бұрын
YEEEEOOOOOOWWWWW !!!
@catherineehlers81152 ай бұрын
Jumped a Greek freighter across the Mediterranean Sea to...... Mongolia??? How did they manage THAT??
@lindseyhiccups3 жыл бұрын
Love ya :)
@m3rrys0ngstr3ss3 ай бұрын
Yeah, when I was younger I did NOT understand what a hickey was, and now I realize that was Ray offering a slightly politer version of the usual last word in "ravage, plunder, pillage, maim and...", well you get it.
@oldcrowallnaturals87123 жыл бұрын
I am I Will
@JadenVonBat11 жыл бұрын
I think he blew a fuse at the end.
@donniewinter53317 жыл бұрын
Listen to original classic, his mama named him Erik cuz she couldn't spell Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
@justincooper51897 жыл бұрын
The original version of this song was on the album "he thinks he's Ray Stevens"
@bradenclark86058 жыл бұрын
This song for some reason gave me god awfull nightmares as a kid LOL!!!!!
@TedBronson19186 жыл бұрын
Well, he told you...You could run but you could not hide.......lol
@nativeflutterbynails30165 жыл бұрын
AUUUGH!
@morrigankasa57011 жыл бұрын
this is a funny song
@jameswest61612 жыл бұрын
The fact I got a uncle named Eric makes this funny
@maddisonjohnson43084 жыл бұрын
He looks like Yosemite Sam. 😂🤣
@tonyhartley84933 жыл бұрын
Nobody could make him stop saying that. Is he in a lot of pain, or what?
@joanmorris22924 жыл бұрын
Eric is the silliest song he s made!👹👹👹👹👹😘👹😘👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹
@necrozmaggron58404 жыл бұрын
OKAY!
@contronka360410 жыл бұрын
XD Enough Said
@jamescornflake1542 Жыл бұрын
Someone please write down Eriks Call please.
@mrider1004 ай бұрын
Ahem...YEEEEEEEEEEOWWWWWWW!!!
@mrider1004 ай бұрын
Ahem....YEEEOWWWWWWWW!!!
@blisstickmystic11 жыл бұрын
Now you know who I am
@robertharrison16012 жыл бұрын
I know that guy
@meandale11 жыл бұрын
Erik.......... Eric????? Eric Holder?????
@delainalouise48924 жыл бұрын
My dad recommended me this song
@erikreyes45983 жыл бұрын
That me am erik
@AMIBUGGINU3 жыл бұрын
Sad fact. Vikings didn't wear horns☹
@nativeflutterbynails30165 жыл бұрын
Prrrtuurrpurrrturrrrr!
@Lee.Higginbotham3 жыл бұрын
Eric never yelled bork bork bork!!
@Lizzard-ef4lc2 ай бұрын
My dog was named Erik the awful he was rotten chow (rottwieler and chow.) One of the guys at hubby s work asked who the guy in the front seat wearibg the carhart coat was? Dave (hubby) said that s no guy that s my dog.
@mrider1004 ай бұрын
Hmmmm...so why didnt Erik and his heathens end up in Minnesota?
@henrybass22597 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the vikings were then what radical Islam is today!!!
@kellyrayburn40932 жыл бұрын
This boy is smooth up nuts. All the way to the banks. Yes, I said banks. He can't keep all of his money in one bank. He has too much for just one.
@bethosmon80696 жыл бұрын
I am actually a descendant of Vikings
@itsallaboutthatbass85584 жыл бұрын
So you work for the IRS?
@libralordzodiac508611 жыл бұрын
is erik real or just a product of this video?
@zadan76595 жыл бұрын
Libralord Zodiac i know this is 5 years old but yeah Erik is real, this song is about the famous viking Erik Bloodaxe, you can probably guess what he was like.
Is it just me or does it look like the Foglios drew this
@jamesmcgreevey2679 Жыл бұрын
I own the same plastic hat, and I am hairy
@coorsman19624 жыл бұрын
1 of those IRS figures looked like Trump
@bobbierobinson62693 жыл бұрын
😄😆
@brittanypruett84596 жыл бұрын
his mama named him Eric BC she,didn't know how to spell ahhhhh
@donniewinter53317 жыл бұрын
Original much better
@tartsonawire11 жыл бұрын
People are trying to turn this song political? Are you kidding me???
@aguywholikesmilitary53944 жыл бұрын
Cause it does turn a little political
@TheMayonakaTenshi3 жыл бұрын
Damn Ray.... My ancestery says I'm Norwegian and Scandinavian.... As well a mixture of other things
@jussihursti49815 жыл бұрын
lol
@mrbadx1911 жыл бұрын
needs to get back on his meds, us swedes are kind and good, except the socialists in Minnesota! yah hey dare!
@beckybrooks99749 жыл бұрын
Is it at all possible for you to sing a serious song? I hope not! :) (I think Misty is the only serious song I've ever heard from you)
@texasgungeek97788 жыл бұрын
+Becky Brooks HE DID "EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL" WHICH IS COMPLETLY SERIOUS. I GREW UP WATCHING A VHS TAPE OF HIS VIDEOS AND THAT WAS THE LAST SONG ON IT.
@sammymusselwhite72608 жыл бұрын
+texasgungeek Just had to thumbs up another texan that grew up on that vhs.
@PeeboTyson8 жыл бұрын
He actually sang ( and produced other artists ) serious songs at the beginning of his career. He didn't make it big until he stated singing funny songs. They have some of his earlier songs on KZfaq.
@PeeboTyson8 жыл бұрын
Also, I'd like to add, if you're interested in his serious songs he has an album titled A Brighter Day ( although I can only find it in cassette and vinyl form ) that has all serious music ( including some gospel ).
@TedBronson19187 жыл бұрын
Becky - Everything is beautiful..in its own waaay... . Look it up here on YT. If you don't remember it now, you will when you hear it. But I like his funny stuff best too.
@donniewinter53313 жыл бұрын
Original is better
@heroicjam3 жыл бұрын
redpilotsun?
@fuzzypaws1711 жыл бұрын
Seems like Obama has gotten to Ray about his political songs and has succeeded in shutting him down... All that's going on in politics and this is what Ray comes up with?
@dragonson725 жыл бұрын
@fuzzypaws17, This song was written back in the 70, or 80 dude