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Last time I visited my parents, this song came on the radio. My mother and I sang along. Then "Mr Blue Sky" by ELO came on. Gregg Alexander singlehandedly repaired my relationship with my mum! CLASSIC!

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 8 September 2005 12:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Can't really decide which is worse....this or "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 8 September 2005 12:33 (eighteen years ago) link

And the irony of the message of the lyrics in such a mass-marketed song.

-- Sasha (ahmar...), September 8th, 2005.

eh?

― N_RQ, Thursday, 8 September 2005 12:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Too busy pitching the song to every network, movie studio and ad agency imaginable to get around to that whole "kicking Marilyn Manson's ass" pledge, I guess.

― disco violence (disco violence), Thursday, 8 September 2005 15:28 (eighteen years ago) link

No, he had the time to do all the pitching 'cause Marilyn etc never took him up on the offer to "come around."

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 8 September 2005 15:33 (eighteen years ago) link

"Neither new nor radical"

know who said that? someone on telextext that's who said that.

― jive session (elwisty), Thursday, 8 September 2005 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Kennedy's "your mama" is just another proof of Greg Alexander's godlike genius.

― snowballing (snowballing), Thursday, 8 September 2005 16:08 (eighteen years ago) link

"You got the music in you" empowered teh youth with sincerity, but in many ways it was Alexander's ode to himself, his, how you say, self-challenging manifesto to not only write slick pop hits for others but to embody "the music in him" as a performer himself. I salute this!

― jb, Thursday, 8 September 2005 16:22 (eighteen years ago) link

also, IMMENSE dud.

― jb, Thursday, 8 September 2005 16:25 (eighteen years ago) link

i once had an interview with this dude devolve into a huge argument about (wait for it) music's capacity to affect political change. he very honestly felt he could change the world with the right song.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 8 September 2005 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link

I agree with him. You've heard "A Mighty Fortress?"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 8 September 2005 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link

The song he did for Hanson is GREAT. It's called "Lost Without Each Other" and you should get it immediately.

― deej.., Thursday, 8 September 2005 18:15 (eighteen years ago) link

is that how pop works? you write a song and pitch it to ad agencies?

-verse breakdown
-market
-competition

― Enrique, naked in an unfamiliar future where corporations run the world... (Enri, Thursday, 8 September 2005 18:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Hall & Oates covered a song from the New Radicals album on their latest.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 8 September 2005 18:28 (eighteen years ago) link

....and the world really sat up and took notice, didn't it.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 8 September 2005 18:58 (eighteen years ago) link

IT'S THE WORLD'S FAULT

http://andwedanced.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/hoates.jpg

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 8 September 2005 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Can't really decide which is worse....this or "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes.

-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), September 8th, 2005 11:33 PM. (later)

This. By far.

And the irony of the message of the lyrics in such a mass-marketed song.

-- Sasha (ahmar...), September 8th, 2005.

eh?

-- N_RQ (bl0cke...), September 8th, 2005 11:35 PM. (later)

Well, the song called for the 'kids' to wake up and think for themselves - which, if they followed the advice in the song, would lead to them eschewing bland commercial pap like this, no?

― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 9 September 2005 00:44 (eighteen years ago) link

The insinuation that free-thinkers must listen to non-commercial music is tired and baseless. USE OTHER WORDS PLEASE.

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 9 September 2005 00:49 (eighteen years ago) link

And it's an exhilirating pop song. What beter way to get kids "thinking for themselves"?

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 9 September 2005 00:53 (eighteen years ago) link

I liked "You Get What You Give," loved "Mother We Just Can't Get Enough" (though the latter makes me think of cocaine), and only played through the rest of the album once. Yeesh.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 9 September 2005 00:56 (eighteen years ago) link

I mean, if you could make a version that cuts out that stupid bit at the end, it would be one of the very best songs of the 90s, easy.

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 9 September 2005 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link

"Bland commercial pap" in an era of blander "noncommercial" commercialism? That's actually kind of original, you big dumbass. New Radicals could've possibly been the most honest thing happening at the moment, not that any of us would ever know for sure (but who slips the line "Jehovah made this whole world for you" in a song who is seeking to appease the masses with music-by-numbers? Sometimes, being worldly and jaded can actually mean you're less "in the know."

― You Big Dumbass, Friday, 9 September 2005 03:15 (eighteen years ago) link

So you're saying you gave what you got.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 9 September 2005 03:17 (eighteen years ago) link

So you're saying you gave what you got.
No, not really. Nobody insulted me, actually. I just felt the need to swat the "bad dogs" with a newspaper due to the audacious presumption they've displayed on this thread. "Extra! Extra! Read all about it! You're a big dumbass!" (Not you, Ned; I'm referring to the same people upthread I insulted before.)

― You Big Dumbass, Friday, 9 September 2005 18:02 (eighteen years ago) link

classic: "you get what you give"
dud: that awful hat

― petesmith (plsmith), Friday, 9 September 2005 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link

audacious presumption

Bahahahahahaha

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 10 September 2005 00:56 (eighteen years ago) link

"What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes

― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link

is worse.

― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link

This is worse than 4 Non Blondes. Linda Perry dressed better, for a start. Plus: no video for a good song has ever taken place in a mall.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Linda Perry dressed better, for a start.

This is not at all true.

Plus: no video for a good song has ever taken place in a mall.

This is the very quintessnce of truth.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Plus: no video for a good song has ever taken place in a mall.

This is the very quintessnce of truth.

-- Alex in NYC (vassifer@earthlink.net

Er, Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now."

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:16 (eighteen years ago) link

You're saying that's a good song?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:17 (eighteen years ago) link

Stop treating your ears like a urinal, Alfred.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Glad to have yer back, Alex.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:19 (eighteen years ago) link

LET YOUR GOLDEN SHOWERS RAIN UPON ME

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Shut up, Beardy McBeardster with a Spin shirt.

― You Big Dumbass, Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:24 (eighteen years ago) link

i love the new radicals song you get what you give! i will do it for karaoke this weekend!

― huell howser (chaki), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Invest in some courage and stop hiding behind an anonymous e-mail, Old Radical.

I interned at SPIN in 1989, hence the t-shirt.....and that also explains why it's a bit too "form fitting".

x-post

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:26 (eighteen years ago) link

"Why make a site for a band that imploded 4 years ago?
They're that good."

http://www.newradicals.net/

http://www.newradicals.net/downloads/etc/New Testament.pdf

PS. Eat a dick.

― Radical Randy, Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:31 (eighteen years ago) link

I bet Alex a beer that his karaoke version of "You Get What You Give" is as kick-ass as we all expect.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Invest in some courage and stop hiding behind an anonymous e-mail, Old Radical.

Get some sense and realize you make a public ass out of yourself regularly with a real email address.

I interned at SPIN in 1989, hence the t-shirt.....and that also explains why it's a bit too "form fitting".

That does not explain the beard, Beardy!

― You Big Dumbass, Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:38 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm not the biggest fan of the Tiffany version but "I Think We're Alone Now" is a good song, Alex. Cf. the Tommy James thread that was live a few days ago.

― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Get some sense and realize you make a public ass out of yourself regularly with a real email address.

You obstreporously defend New Radicals, and I'm the ass? Okay, whatever you say.

That does not explain the beard, Beardy!

I really don't see any problems with having a beard. Get over your tonsorial hang-ups.

I'm not the biggest fan of the Tiffany version but "I Think We're Alone Now" is a good song, Alex. Cf. the Tommy James thread that was live a few days ago.

Well, I was referring specifically about Tiffany's rendition. And Tommy James' finest hour, for my money, is "Crimson & Clover".

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:55 (eighteen years ago) link

"And Tommy James' finest hour, for my money, is "Crimson & Clover"."

As remade by Joan Jett.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Agreed.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 10 September 2005 01:59 (eighteen years ago) link

I bet Alex a beer that his karaoke version of "You Get What You Give" is as kick-ass as we all expect.

It would kick your ass in, even.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 10 September 2005 02:03 (eighteen years ago) link

The song he did for Hanson is GREAT. It's called "Lost Without Each Other" and you should get it immediately.

Hang on a moment! Weren't the tow-headed brothers Hanson on Greggggg's list of prospective kicked-in asses? What a cop out.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 10 September 2005 02:05 (eighteen years ago) link

You obstreporously defend New Radicals, and I'm the ass? Okay, whatever you say.

Obstreporously? Yeah, you're the ass all right. If you're going to use such a ridiculous word, at least spell it right. If George Bush hid behind an anonymous proxy, he could use words like "Strategery" all day long without embarrassing himself. That's what Karl Rove and Dick Cheney do when they laughingly write his scripts.

Who's more embarrassing: Buckethead or Axl Rose?

― You Big Dumbass, Saturday, 10 September 2005 02:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Damn you, dictionary.com!

Who's more embarrassing: Buckethead or Axl Rose?

That's a bit of a random question here, but at this point I'd say Axl. For all of Buckethead's numerous quirks, he's at least still moving forward.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 10 September 2005 02:13 (eighteen years ago) link

dood dont be a dick! the new radicals song you get what you give is awesome! i would ever expect alez in nyc to like it though! sheesh! alex, i think your beard looks cool!

― huell howser (chaki), Saturday, 10 September 2005 02:14 (eighteen years ago) link

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