I've definitely seen worse than this being repped in all seriousness on ILX.
― chap, Friday, 11 September 2020 15:48 (three years ago) link
the song makes you hate/but AHH WEEE HA I think it's great
― frogbs, Friday, 11 September 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
melroseplace-core
― billstevejim, Friday, 11 September 2020 17:00 (three years ago) link
Given the lawsuit line and his future in the New Radicals, there's obviously some self-awareness in here. But the fact that you can't pinpoint exactly how much is what makes it so weird for me
― Thoia Thoing, Maryland (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 11 September 2020 17:11 (three years ago) link
How has Internet/meme culture not discovered this????
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 11 September 2020 22:03 (three years ago) link
He's bottled it and tried to ironically distance himself from the wacky lyrics and he's fucking fell in the gap very badly
He seems like enough of a dipshit to have actually cleared the Foghat sample but still done the lawsuit line imo
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Friday, 11 September 2020 22:24 (three years ago) link
also a stolen bit from the dead milkmen
― i got a homogenic björk wine farmer permabanned (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 September 2020 22:27 (three years ago) link
Not a single person under the age of 30 gives any shits about New Radicals.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 September 2020 23:34 (three years ago) link
What did I just witness
― The little engine that choogled (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 12 September 2020 00:45 (three years ago) link
idk Johnny I don't think anyone's watching this thinking "wow! can you believe this guy wrote a hit song 6 years later!"
― frogbs, Saturday, 12 September 2020 02:12 (three years ago) link
I'm with Whiney and listening to it a second time (lol) he seems not entirely serious BUT! It was a single! From a major label in 1992! Which means the record company thought this could get radio/MTV play! And nothing about the video or the packaging/artwork of the single and the album it came from give an indication that this is given with a wink or meant to to be some kind of novelty song. If this had come out after, say, "Detachable Penis" or "Push th' Little Daisies" it might be different but 1992 college rock was all deadly serious.
― Boring, Maryland, Saturday, 12 September 2020 02:55 (three years ago) link
BTW the album was called "Intoxifornication" lol.
― Boring, Maryland, Saturday, 12 September 2020 02:56 (three years ago) link
ive never heard this lmao what on earthhh
― Spottie, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:51 (three years ago) link
right
it's horrible and it's my new favorite thing
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
could not imagine a more fitting video either, this is art baby
― Spottie, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:02 (three years ago) link
i had to make sure it wasnt a shreds video before commenting
― Spottie, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:04 (three years ago) link
i cry laughing every time i get to the foghat part
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:05 (three years ago) link
christ
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:18 (three years ago) link
Holy shit, I started laughing before he even started singing. He sounds extremely constipated. This is an annoyingly huge chorus and ubiquity away from taking "What's Up" off the Mount Rushmore of musical shit.
― James Gandolfini the Grey (PBKR), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link
How is this not a meme by now?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 19:36 (three years ago) link
it does have that inscrutable, Tommy Wiseauian quality to it
― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
No more lying / A wop-bom a loo-mop, this is the truth
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
https://c8d8q6i8.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Gregg-Alexander-Contact-Information.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
omfg this is astonishingly awfulcan't get over his look in the video, it's p hot and i wish i had the hair or the incredibly close shaving skills to pull it off, and at the same time it seems pretty blatantly clear that the video director figured "this song is godawful but if i play my cards right, i could market this clip to some spoof film that wants to parody Val Kilmer's performance in The Doors" voted for the Holocaust line just over the homophobia line. even WITHOUT those it's a trainwreck --- come back, Silverchair and Noel Gallagher, all is forgiven.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 17 September 2020 12:20 (three years ago) link
seriously I think the only recent-ish ILM discovery i could compare this to is when Neanderthal made us all listen to "Planes"
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 17 September 2020 12:22 (three years ago) link
Please what is "Planes"?
― chap, Thursday, 17 September 2020 13:52 (three years ago) link
I've always kind of loved You Get What You Give but The Truth is the awkwardness of the closing "rap" in the former blown up to song length.
― James Gandolfini the Grey (PBKR), Thursday, 17 September 2020 14:01 (three years ago) link
― chap, Thursday, September 17, 2020 9:52 AM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Sensual aircraft, iirc.
― James Gandolfini the Grey (PBKR), Thursday, 17 September 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
Richard Marx meets Baz Luhrmann
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 17 September 2020 14:05 (three years ago) link
cuz the things that make you happy make me saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaæääd
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 September 2020 14:20 (three years ago) link
Current fave is "let it ring all month." All *month*? That's, like, 30 days of truth ringing! (but no more)
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Thursday, 17 September 2020 14:27 (three years ago) link
most wtf lyric in Jefferson Airplane's "Planes"
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 17 September 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
I don't think I am mentally capable of listening to this song and watching the video at the same time. Too powerful.
― Simon H., Thursday, 17 September 2020 14:57 (three years ago) link
i'm gonna need to know which month before i vote.
― andrew m., Thursday, 17 September 2020 15:00 (three years ago) link
honestly the lyrics are dreadful but the vocal is much, much worse
― Simon H., Thursday, 17 September 2020 15:05 (three years ago) link
This is a great Thurston Moore parody.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 17 September 2020 16:42 (three years ago) link
The delivery on 'I ask the questions but you are the riddl-aw' is underappreciated ITT
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 17 September 2020 23:36 (three years ago) link
He was just a little boy and he sat there in his school
And that boy grew up to be... Gregg Alexander. His love of planes become love of truth.
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Friday, 18 September 2020 04:00 (three years ago) link
Michigan Rain rocks.
― I_Got_Loaded, Friday, 18 September 2020 04:03 (three years ago) link
idk, right now "*whispering* You don't wanna know" is doing such a succinct job of summing all of it up.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 18 September 2020 04:13 (three years ago) link
On third watch I think the way he repeats 'ditch' may be the most cringeworthy bit.
― chap, Friday, 18 September 2020 11:28 (three years ago) link
Doctor Casino at 8:20 17 Sep 20 it seems pretty blatantly clear that the video director figured "this song is godawful but if i play my cards right, i could market this clip to some spoof film that wants to parody Val Kilmer's performance in The Doors"
― peace, man, Friday, 18 September 2020 12:08 (three years ago) link
Cos when the night is fallingYou cannot see the ditchDitch
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Friday, 18 September 2020 13:32 (three years ago) link
the weird thing about this song is that it sounds like an outrageous parody, but one that isn't even funny. how did such a terrible thing get written, performed and released without everyone involved saying "you know what, this really isnt working"?
― 好 now 烧烤 (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 18 September 2020 13:41 (three years ago) link
voted for "Cause the things that make you happy make me me seeeeaaaaaaagghhhhd" bc the way he sings that last word is like nails-on-a-chalkboard annoying
― na (NA), Friday, 18 September 2020 13:48 (three years ago) link
did they not have multi-take editing back then or?
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Friday, 18 September 2020 13:50 (three years ago) link
the weird thing is this song is not that far away from "you get what you give" which i love
― na (NA), Friday, 18 September 2020 13:53 (three years ago) link
it really isn't. there are loads of lyrical similarities. luckily he worked out how to sing a bit better by 1998
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Friday, 18 September 2020 13:57 (three years ago) link
This is better than You Get What You Give - less boring.
― chap, Friday, 18 September 2020 14:10 (three years ago) link
feel like i can divide my life pretty cleanly into before i heard "the truth" and after
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 18 September 2020 14:52 (three years ago) link
I was coming here to post that! It lifted me out of a terrible mood yesterday.
― Je55e, Sunday, 11 October 2020 15:59 (three years ago) link
no more lyingthis is the truth
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 18 January 2021 04:03 (three years ago) link
i finally watched this. dear god i tried counting the number of sexual moans and ran out of appendages
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Monday, 18 January 2021 04:11 (three years ago) link
I’m holding onto the idea that someone in Biden camp is an ILX’r and helped give America the New Radicals reunion we didn’t ask for or even deserve.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Monday, 18 January 2021 05:19 (three years ago) link
Can he shoehorn Ariel Pink and John Maus into the rant at the end
― PaulTMA, Monday, 18 January 2021 14:09 (three years ago) link
the song "I Hope I Didn't Just Give Away The Ending" from the New Radicals album is kinda like a semi-decent version of this
― frogbs, Monday, 18 January 2021 21:54 (three years ago) link
I am not going to lie: I always thought he was kind of hot.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:03 (three years ago) link
But apparently, I'm his Hitler, so...
slow ride
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:16 (three years ago) link
take it easy
That deep-dive video raises the question: is he singing “A-wom-a-lomp-bom-a” or “Oh, I’m a love bomber”? I can’t tell which is more egregious (and therefore more likely)
― Guys don’t @ me because I tazed my own balls alright? (hardcore dilettante), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
is this the reason why he wouldn't show his face
― PaulTMA, Monday, 18 January 2021 22:28 (three years ago) link
Holy fucking shit what is this
― Boring, Maryland, Friday, September 11, 2020 9:17 AM
― pomenitul, Monday, 18 January 2021 22:30 (three years ago) link
tutti frutti
good booty
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:31 (three years ago) link
Still enjoying ditch (ditch)
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 00:06 (three years ago) link
from the youtube comments:
Gregg: Here comes the lawsuit baby! Slowww ride!Foghat: Anyone know what the hell is happening right now?
Foghat: Anyone know what the hell is happening right now?
lol spot on
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 00:28 (three years ago) link
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Friday, 18 September 2020 14:32 (four months ago)
lmao
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:01 (three years ago) link
Thanks for explaining fgti
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 11 April 2022 23:46 (two years ago) link
Oops, totally wrong thread sorry. Oh well, good chance to revive this thread
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 11 April 2022 23:47 (two years ago) link
this is the only thread
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 11 April 2022 23:48 (two years ago) link
I was gonna say—i’d like to hear an explanation for this
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 00:00 (two years ago) link
every time I hear Machine Gun Kelly I think of this video. as though AI created an entire person using only this video as input
― frogbs, Monday, 6 June 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link