He ONLY Released 1 Song in His CAREER...It HIT #1 & Then HE PURPOSELY VANISHED! | Professor of Rock

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  • Опубликовано: 10 дек 2024

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  • @ProfessorofRock
    @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +43

    Poll: What is your pick for the COOLEST ONE HIT WONDER of the 80s and 90s?

    • @TerrickTerran
      @TerrickTerran Месяц назад +15

      You Get What You Give (90s) and Amadeus (80s)

    • @Code.Name.V
      @Code.Name.V Месяц назад +12

      80's : Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene
      Jean Beauvoir - Feel The Heat
      90's : Joydrop - Beautiful
      K's Choice - Not An Addict
      Mad Season - River Of Deceit
      Oleander - Why I'm Here
      Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground
      Spacehog - In the Meantime

    • @catherine6653
      @catherine6653 Месяц назад +23

      Steal My Sunshine, Len 🌞

    • @aaronrogers1971
      @aaronrogers1971 Месяц назад +12

      The Flys - Got You (Where I Want You)

    • @Lam_3-22-23
      @Lam_3-22-23 Месяц назад +14

      Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
      Steal My Sunshine - Len
      One Time - Earthsuit

  • @cartilagehead
    @cartilagehead Месяц назад +25

    He didn’t quit music, he became a really successful songwriter and won a bunch of industry awards. That’s like the opposite of quitting music.

    • @SlickArmor
      @SlickArmor Месяц назад +5

      You might have missed it, but he did include that. 15:37 16:40

  • @aaronrogers1971
    @aaronrogers1971 Месяц назад +222

    I literally just shed a tear when I did the math in my head and realized Get What You Give is 25 years old and qualifies for "classic rock" radio standards. Fffff...I'm old now. 😩

    • @Polyphemus47
      @Polyphemus47 Месяц назад +20

      Do not despair! You'll likely still be discovering 'new' music well into your 70s and beyond. (I know I am).

    • @enigmawyoming5201
      @enigmawyoming5201 Месяц назад +15

      Lucky you! I had that same “slap in yo’ face” reality check 30 years ago.
      EDIT: 43 years ago.

    • @JamesAllen-xk8bc
      @JamesAllen-xk8bc Месяц назад +7

      Yeah, it happens. I was taking a Lyft one day. He and I are close in age and the radio station was playing music from back in the day and I said “The music I grew up with is now Classic Rock!” He just said “Yep. Same here.” All in the blink of an eye!

    • @jimmyramone7396
      @jimmyramone7396 Месяц назад +4

      15 years ago, all the music i grew up with was considered Classic Rock. Welcome to my world 🌎

    • @chrisrj9871
      @chrisrj9871 Месяц назад +6

      Nobody hates the term "Classic Rock" more than Xennials.

  • @teerat8451
    @teerat8451 Месяц назад +307

    Joni Mitchell in an interview said that this was the only song in many years that she heard that had greatness in it. Upon hearing Gregg Alexander quit she added "good for him, I knew he was my kind of guy."

    • @enigmawyoming5201
      @enigmawyoming5201 Месяц назад +16

      Great comment! Thank you!

    • @wanderlking8634
      @wanderlking8634 Месяц назад +18

      I love this story. Real people not institutions!

    • @chrisrj9871
      @chrisrj9871 Месяц назад +7

      Yeah you never know this stuff when you're in high school and just want to do the cool thing. Don't do the cool thing, people hate you; DO the cool thing, people hate you. Can't win. That's always been an issue with schools, but students just want to belong.

    • @Lessontobe
      @Lessontobe Месяц назад +6

      I like this song but Jodi is so over rated, ugh! Alexander actually had talent.

    • @BednariksGhost
      @BednariksGhost Месяц назад

      ​@@LessontobeI don't know who Jodi is, but if you mean Joni Mitchell is overrated, please lay off the meth.

  • @LonewolfDusk
    @LonewolfDusk Месяц назад +24

    I knew what this was before I even clicked the link! I love this song. One of the most memorable songs of that time of my life… just out of college when this hit.
    Thank you for this. New Radicals/Gregg Alexander… greatest one hit wonder of all time in my book

  • @HeroAntagonist
    @HeroAntagonist Месяц назад +27

    Serious respect for Greg, hit hard with a subversive song, let it fly then walked away. I love introducing this to younger friends and seeing their reactions. Does qualify as a timeless classic.

  • @joejackson6205
    @joejackson6205 Месяц назад +138

    Still crank this song to ear bleed whenever it comes on the radio. Still have The Dreamers Desease at 67.

    • @VerdantSquare
      @VerdantSquare Месяц назад +7

      Right behind you at 63. The first time I heard YGWYG, my heart and soul exploded. Same sensation now - what a song, what a message. And then to walk away? Gregg Alexander is a flipping BOSS. I’m with Joni, full stop. Off to crank up some New Radicals!

    • @jillwklausen
      @jillwklausen Месяц назад +1

      Me too!

    • @harristurner6836
      @harristurner6836 Месяц назад

      How you crank up pop fluff?

    • @sharonjensen3016
      @sharonjensen3016 Месяц назад +3

      "You Get What You Give" reminds me of my first car- a Mitsubishi Magna. The song was actually used in an ad for Mitsubishi Magnas.

    • @joejackson6205
      @joejackson6205 Месяц назад +3

      @sharonjensen3016 it is also right out of The Bible. You reap what you sow. I also love the next line of the song, you got the music in you, you got the dreamer's disease.

  • @kevinfinn9086
    @kevinfinn9086 Месяц назад +70

    " Don't let go,You've got the music in you"
    One of the great lines

    • @M2Mil7er
      @M2Mil7er Месяц назад +2

      then he let go.

    • @I.M.SofaKingdom
      @I.M.SofaKingdom Месяц назад

      Exactly what I was going to say! 😂😂😂😂

    • @I.M.SofaKingdom
      @I.M.SofaKingdom Месяц назад

      Exactly what I was going to say! 😂😂😂

  • @GeoffSweet
    @GeoffSweet Месяц назад +5

    I was going to Bemidji State University in northern Minnesota...and in the spring of '99 these guys opened for the Goo Goo Dolls at the hockey arena on campus..I took my girlfriend (now wife of 24 years) and bought tickets to see them...little country college getting the Goo Goo Dolls and New Radicals...we were blown away! Thanks Professor, this truly was a trip down memory lane!

  • @DeronMidge
    @DeronMidge Месяц назад +21

    The One song I call My guilty pleasure and my buddies at the time always made fun of me for absolutely loving this song. And still get goosebumps to this day.
    Thank you brother, keep going and you're just a pleasure to watch. Beautiful authentic delivery and style 🫵🌟

  • @danielmarquis5258
    @danielmarquis5258 Месяц назад +47

    The message of this song STILL APPLIES!!

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +7

      Amen!

    • @spook75a28
      @spook75a28 Месяц назад

      Shadow puppets on a cave wall. The smarter people have been trying to wake people up for thousands of years, and yet nothing has changed. Are you surprised anything at all could change for the better in 25 years? No, humanities talent lay in the other direction, making life much worse for other humans at a more rapid pace than you could ever think possible.
      How are you enjoying the collapse, as so far?

  • @jeffreynesmith3636
    @jeffreynesmith3636 Месяц назад +57

    Greg Alexander's song is simply legendary. The Todd Rundgren vibe in the song helped.

    • @jillwklausen
      @jillwklausen Месяц назад +8

      That is so true. Now that you mention it, I totally hear the Rundgren reference.

    • @kennethalfastsen4656
      @kennethalfastsen4656 Месяц назад +1

      The first time I heard it, i thought of Runt and Something Anything

  • @eggsngritstn
    @eggsngritstn Месяц назад +111

    This is one of the best one-hit wonders of all time. A song that could live in many different eras.

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +13

      Amen!

    • @xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
      @xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Месяц назад +3

      For sure.

    • @annechoyrocks
      @annechoyrocks Месяц назад +2

      True Lightning in a Bottle, right? ​@@ProfessorofRock

    • @harristurner6836
      @harristurner6836 Месяц назад

      Huh? 30 seconds of fame & never heard from again until you came here

    • @jw70467
      @jw70467 Месяц назад +1

      Someday We’ll Know is another banger on this album

  • @Lam_3-22-23
    @Lam_3-22-23 Месяц назад +52

    This is one of those songs I fell in love with the first time I heard it.. still do.

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +4

      Same!

    • @charleswagner2984
      @charleswagner2984 Месяц назад +4

      ​@@ProfessorofRockI immediately went to buy the CD as soon as I found out who the artist was. Not many songs do that to me.

    • @sharonjensen3016
      @sharonjensen3016 Месяц назад +1

      Same here.

  • @TerrickTerran
    @TerrickTerran Месяц назад +139

    If the concept of sleeping in on Saturday never occurred to you as a kid because that's when the good shows were on, you'll love this channel.

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +15

      Thanks Terrick!

    • @dennishuyvaert1416
      @dennishuyvaert1416 Месяц назад +12

      Land of the lost !

    • @adreanmarantz2103
      @adreanmarantz2103 Месяц назад

      @@dennishuyvaert1416 Starblazers/gforce

    • @bmanske1
      @bmanske1 Месяц назад +5

      As immortalized in the song Saturday Morning Confusion.

    • @chrisrj9871
      @chrisrj9871 Месяц назад +5

      That went on for me well until I turned 16/17, when cartoons started getting weirder and more soulless, like the 90s animation renaissance was ending... and when local tv stations started playing THE NEWS on Saturday Mornings (which I'm pretty sure is illegal).
      Then Pokemon happened and killed the renaissance once and for all.

  • @Polyphemus47
    @Polyphemus47 Месяц назад +34

    "He had softly and suddenly vanished away - for the snark was a boojum, you see." ~Lewis Carroll
    That line, from Carroll's "Hunting of the Snark", fits this story so well. We spend so much of our lives chasing down our own personal snarks, only to find we've caught something that we never really wanted.
    Thanks again, Prof, for enlightening this old pop music lover. I was completely out of touch with contemporary pop at that time, and this is the first I've heard of this great song, and its composer/performer. You do so much to bring 'new' music that I missed by tuning out and dwelling in the decades before. I'll be digging into Alexander now. Joni Mitchell's praise goes a long way here.

  • @marsus576
    @marsus576 Месяц назад +25

    Men that was the end of the decade, the end of the century and the end of the millenium and that song represent exactly all that. We don't have music like that today, I don't care if that is only one hit wonder but men what a hit. I still remenber me going to my job and listen that song in my mind, arrive to that place and look the faces of every coworker so apathic, so miserable and I was in another dimension, I don't say I was better than the rest but unleast I feel much better than all of them together. You bring me a lot of good memories and that song still represents a lof for me and I still listening in my mind when I feeling down, thanks bro.

    • @CodeBleu724
      @CodeBleu724 Месяц назад +2

      I remember when that song came out in late 1998. It was a breath of fresh air. When I first heard it it sounded like a guy influenced by Todd Rundgren and 90s Britpop. I was thinking that this is the direction indie rock/pop needed to go to appeal to America on a large scale.

  • @Simon-oq6ds
    @Simon-oq6ds Месяц назад +24

    As a 70s and 80s guy, I thought the music sucked starting in the 90s, but this song and a few others has me realizing how many good music I might have missed. Thank you Prof for informing me. Found this song via Spotify, thought it was surprisingly good but never knew how much others liked it until now.

    • @barrydavid6634
      @barrydavid6634 Месяц назад

      U R right about the 70s & 80s music! 90s had quite a few awesome songs, though! music actually started going downhill about 1997/1998!

    • @jhillst
      @jhillst Месяц назад

      @@barrydavid6634 Disagree. I thought the late '90s was the start of an upswing after a dull streak in the late '80s through the early-to-mid '90s. The 2000s are a criminally underrated decade for music.

  • @thejackal007
    @thejackal007 Месяц назад +34

    I defini9tely heard this song a bunch but never really dug deep into the lyrics. That's part of the reason why I love your videos so much, Adam. Helps me take things and re-examine them and gain a deeper appreciation for them in the process!

  • @jeffevangelho9909
    @jeffevangelho9909 Месяц назад +13

    Glad I finally found out who created the bass line on this song. Amazing! Great song also, it feels like something Todd Rundgren would have done in the late 80s, in a good way.

  • @davidgilpin5200
    @davidgilpin5200 Месяц назад +18

    "Come around, we'll kick your..." Great hook, great chorus, it became one of my earworms in the late 1990s. Thanks Professor for this walk through music history! Congratulations on all your recent successes and the new merch site. "Three Chords and the Truth" buddy... I've been a sub since you had less than 20k!

  • @koobs4549
    @koobs4549 Месяц назад +29

    I was always bummed that neither New Radicals or Len managed to take off. They’re both very under rated

    • @spook75a28
      @spook75a28 Месяц назад +5

      Oh, he took off all right, he just jettisoned the launch before he went into orbit. He read into the meaning of Icarus and his wax wings and took action.

  • @DexFlett
    @DexFlett Месяц назад +33

    Loved 'You Get What You Give'. One of the best songs ever.

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +4

      Amen!

    • @robertcuratolo5339
      @robertcuratolo5339 Месяц назад +4

      😢 Yes Very True. Also check out his solo {Greg} songs there is something there for everyone. As for the song HOW THE HELL did this song not even come close to number 1.
      Billboard Hot 💯 only #36. At least a top ten come on.

    • @mbarrett99
      @mbarrett99 Месяц назад

      @@robertcuratolo5339 with more promotion by the label, I'm sure it would have easily been top-5.

  • @rikimarudonchelie1229
    @rikimarudonchelie1229 Месяц назад +13

    Haha Manson getting pissed off kinda tells you the levels of raw reality effectiveness & a forecoming to this song becoming a classic hit.

    • @timmy841212
      @timmy841212 Месяц назад +3

      Seeing how Manson is no longer respected makes this song even more timeless. ☺️

  • @chrisfavorin1107
    @chrisfavorin1107 Месяц назад +14

    Just got out of the Army and moved back to my parents home from living in Italy and deploying to hot zones. This song helped me transition to being a civilian after 8 years and a some serious injuries. Those that served will know. It was not easy. I am an Airborne Infantry soldier and I wanted to give everyone the middle finger! Sitting in my car after a long day dealing with civilians and not knowing if I could handle it, I would crank this song and enjoy the music and the vibe as I understood the punkness of the song and the middle finger the singer was throwing out there. This was one of many songs that helped me (still helping me at 55) get through the transition. But the timing of the release on this one makes it special to hear again!

    • @ShelleybutyoucancallmeShell
      @ShelleybutyoucancallmeShell Месяц назад +3

      Glad to hear you made it out alive. Something tells me they don't make too many of your kind anymore, and right when we're needing them, too.

    • @LuckyCharms777
      @LuckyCharms777 Месяц назад

      Fun Fact: Veterans aren’t the only people who’ve experienced hardships. Get over yourself, soldier boy.
      PS: You signed up for it, quit being a whiny baby.

    • @ShelleybutyoucancallmeShell
      @ShelleybutyoucancallmeShell Месяц назад

      @LuckyCharms777 Wow. 'Til you are staring down the people you have been told are the enemy, and you know either you pull, or it's you on the ground, you don't have a bloody clue. It's an extremely awful and difficult job to do, especially when you know it also involves protecting those such as yourself, who don't have a clue, or consider much beyond your own narrow point of view.
      Man, you're a real piece of work. Probably get off on it,too.

    • @LuckyCharms777
      @LuckyCharms777 Месяц назад

      @
      Talk about not having a bloody clue (nice pun by the way), only 10% of troops see direct combat. The overwhelming majority of troops are paper pushers and other non-combat roles. Regardless, American troops haven’t protected the US since WW2. Wake up.

  • @stephenbrown4211
    @stephenbrown4211 Месяц назад +19

    One of the best songs of the nineties. Got the album and really loved it. And Someday We’ll Know is so underrated. That song has meaning for me, I also was once confused why a relationship ended

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +2

      Agreed!

    • @xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
      @xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Месяц назад +1

      It’s such a cool song.

    • @jasonk848
      @jasonk848 Месяц назад

      You prob know but if not - Switchfoot & Mandy Moore cover Someday We’ll Know and it’s great

  • @bradball
    @bradball Месяц назад +9

    Truly one of the best songs of the late 90's.

  • @Jims_Camera_at_dawn
    @Jims_Camera_at_dawn Месяц назад +34

    Sometimes, we do get what we want just to discover it's not what we thought. Wonder how many have the integrity to walk away?
    ☕️☕️🎶🎵🎶

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +2

      Thanks!

    • @Polyphemus47
      @Polyphemus47 Месяц назад +2

      This is the theme of Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" - a favorite of mine. I've gotten what I thought I wanted many times, and sometimes DID have that integrity. But. Sometimes not, and thereby hangs a tale or two.

    • @xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
      @xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Месяц назад +1

      Yup!

  • @jameswoodruff7182
    @jameswoodruff7182 Месяц назад +10

    This was always a “background” song to me. I liked its catchiness but never really delved into the lyrics. Thank you Professor for once again opening my eyes, and ears, to the value of music and what it has to say to us.

  • @JJ-bz4bq
    @JJ-bz4bq Месяц назад +5

    What a great story. I have so many great memories mixed in with this song. When you said he co-wrote “Game of Love” I realized immediately that both songs evoke similar emotions and that’s because this guy’s fingerprints are on both. Really cool.
    I’m glad this kid didn’t stick around to be tortured by touring and interviews until his love of music was destroyed BUT….I can’t help but be saddened thinking about the great catalog of wonderful hits that could have been. His voice is One of One. Unique and emotional…I don’t think it’s a coincidence that people like Joni Mitchell and Santana were drawn to him.

  • @evanstaub2548
    @evanstaub2548 Месяц назад +21

    I still hear this song on local FM pop stations and SiriusXM’s 90’s on 9 all the time and I’ve never gotten tired of it. My tongue still gets twisted trying to sing the last verse at the end of the song. Good job Adam.❤

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +2

      Thanks for watching!

    • @Code.Name.V
      @Code.Name.V Месяц назад +3

      A very enduring tune. I hear it all the time as well.

    • @stephenbrown4211
      @stephenbrown4211 Месяц назад +4

      Know what you mean. That last verse is the best part but so difficult to get

    • @xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
      @xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Месяц назад +1

      Right? It’s a hard one to sing.

    • @VerdantSquare
      @VerdantSquare Месяц назад

      @@stephenbrown4211Put it on loop; you’ll get it. LOVE this song.

  • @aaronwhite3298
    @aaronwhite3298 Месяц назад +22

    As always thank you for anything from the 90's Professor. I turned 19 in 1999 and with my 20's on the horizon, this was my last teenage anthem! Rock on sir!

    • @mournblade1066
      @mournblade1066 Месяц назад +3

      And I turned 29 in 1999! December 31, 1999 was a really, really surreal day. I remember watching the television all day, including a concert by Jean-Michel Jarre at the pyramids at Giza, and an interview with Arthur C. Clarke about whether 2000 or 2001 was the official start of the new millennium. Also, drinking beer pretty much the entire day, wondering whether the Y2K Bug was going to destroy civilization as we knew it.

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +2

      Awesome!

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +2

      Thanks for sharing!

    • @xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
      @xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Месяц назад +3

      Getting old!

  • @sharonbass6110
    @sharonbass6110 Месяц назад +2

    This is one of the best songs from the 90’s. I had it on replay in my car forever. Still listen to it and “Carolina” a lot.

  • @austintrousdale2397
    @austintrousdale2397 Месяц назад +7

    Once in a very long while, pop culture gets something right. Number one both on the chart and in our hearts 🫶✌️

  • @wanderlking8634
    @wanderlking8634 Месяц назад +6

    Gotta admit this song always filled me positive vibes. Didn't realize it was a dark as all that.

  • @10000Times
    @10000Times Месяц назад +23

    Gregg also had a writers credit on The Gane Of Love by Santana

    • @mbarrett99
      @mbarrett99 Месяц назад +4

      He also wrote Murder on the Dance Floor.

  • @constipatedinsincity4424
    @constipatedinsincity4424 Месяц назад +14

    I know this band personally and Danielle. This song was and still is strong. What's strange is I am listening to this song right now!

    • @jillwklausen
      @jillwklausen Месяц назад +3

      OK, that's a wild coincidence. 😊

    • @staninvegas777
      @staninvegas777 Месяц назад +1

      I thought he might talk a little more about Danielle, given her acting history. Love this song and can really identify with Gregg.

    • @constipatedinsincity4424
      @constipatedinsincity4424 Месяц назад +1

      @stanjames4031 Me too. But you know Men.

  • @marioerueda-almonte7938
    @marioerueda-almonte7938 Месяц назад +8

    This song was my battle song for quite some time back then. A great one.

  • @mbarrett99
    @mbarrett99 Месяц назад +26

    To me, "you get what you give" captured the optimism of the late 1990's and stands as one of the top songs from that era.

  • @jtt8886
    @jtt8886 Месяц назад +4

    Love this song. Can't turn it off when it comes on. He might not have liked grunge, but the song had that ethic.

  • @treeskier802
    @treeskier802 Месяц назад +12

    Great song. Thank you for covering it.

  • @catbutte4770
    @catbutte4770 Месяц назад +8

    I've heard the story behind The New Radicals and of the song, "You Get What You Give", but I'm super excited to get a more in-depth story from you, Professor!

  • @mycawk7171
    @mycawk7171 Месяц назад +12

    This is my favorite anti-pop, pop song. So brilliantly satirical and sarcastic.

  • @DukesMusic84
    @DukesMusic84 Месяц назад +13

    YES, love this song. I've been wondering for years about the story behind You Get What You Give. It's aged finer than wine and the lyrics hit so different now

  • @ronmckee9019
    @ronmckee9019 Месяц назад +4

    Such a great Song. I love this show how it's always reminding me of these special lightning in a Bottle songs u don't usually think of unless they pop onto the Radio or a movie or lately without those as much, This Show.
    P.O.R has more passion and musical knowledge than a whole group of Music Heads. Rock On Brother.

  • @frazzx6
    @frazzx6 Месяц назад +3

    That's what I love about your song break downs, Heard this song hundreds of times, knew it had some cool lines, but never really listen that closely or make out all the words, great channel

  • @Code.Name.V
    @Code.Name.V Месяц назад +31

    I really liked their song Someday We'll Know as well.

    • @MrAmtrak457
      @MrAmtrak457 Месяц назад +5

      I agree 100% with you. That should have been a full fledged single.

    • @TerrickTerran
      @TerrickTerran Месяц назад +2

      going to have to try that song when I can.

    • @bobdavis4848
      @bobdavis4848 Месяц назад

      That was my other favorite song from their album.

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +2

      Agreed!

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +1

      @@MrAmtrak457 FOr sure!

  • @ronschmidtling
    @ronschmidtling Месяц назад +3

    “You Get What You Give” had such nice non-grungy production, good retro- so much like Todd Rundgren, I loved it!

  • @susanmcinroy5428
    @susanmcinroy5428 Месяц назад +3

    Great song with lots of meaning and depth, so rare today.

  • @onehitterquitter2130
    @onehitterquitter2130 Месяц назад +10

    Record labels are the downfall of music.

  • @duckylove3930
    @duckylove3930 Месяц назад +6

    I am going to have to give this song a whole new listen! Thanks Professor

  • @cherylreichardt
    @cherylreichardt Месяц назад +40

    New Radicals! I loved that song! Nice to hear about them! Thanks!

  • @chrismizuno239
    @chrismizuno239 Месяц назад +19

    If you remember the stale gun in baseball cards, you'll love this channel

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +4

      Good one!

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +1

      ?

    • @bobdavis4848
      @bobdavis4848 Месяц назад +5

      "Sorry, Teach...I didn't know the gum was loaded!" "You didn't know Freshen Up was loaded with flavor?"

    • @marktait2371
      @marktait2371 Месяц назад +2

      same football cards topps this summer i bought a bunch of beatles cd neighbor moving threw in the beatles gum mini cards with cover photo and lyrics on the back friend was a baseball player so we always got at 7 11 chewcon the way back home on our bikes so stale like chewing leather

  • @empressphoenixrose
    @empressphoenixrose Месяц назад +14

    Really good video on a great underappreciated song. It's a rare pop-ish song that I actually like.

  • @bwillard2250
    @bwillard2250 Месяц назад +1

    I feel the album as a whole takes you on a journey…starting with Mother We Just Can’t Get Enough gets you out of your chair and sets a mood for what’s about to come ❤

  • @seanaabrown
    @seanaabrown Месяц назад +4

    Soon as I saw the silhouette of the hat ..I knew what song that was.. it's one of my all-time favorite songs... It's a great pick me up song when not all is well. ..and damn I miss the days of the malls.. thanks again

  • @ripvanwinkle2002
    @ripvanwinkle2002 Месяц назад +2

    this guy is so famous and talented, ive never heard of him or his songs
    and i lived through the 70-80-and 90s
    and im into music..

    • @hippiebits2071
      @hippiebits2071 Месяц назад

      I never heard this song until maybe 2006. It must not have gotten a lot of airtime in certain markets. I had to go digging to find out who and what I had just heard.

  • @josephalexander5161
    @josephalexander5161 Месяц назад +3

    Was just thinking how jealous I am of Adam's shirt collection then he announces that collaboration! Cool, will definitely check it out.
    This song is a perfect example of me not even knowing what i didn't know--had not listened closely enough to the lyrics. The story of him hearing his song on someone's radio is so cool. Thank you Professor!

  • @mind_of_a_darkhorse
    @mind_of_a_darkhorse Месяц назад +2

    I respect a guy who does something and figures out it is not for him even after being successful with it!

  • @ianrobinson4200
    @ianrobinson4200 Месяц назад +3

    I love the whole album, sure this is the best track but there are no skips on it. Gregg Alexander is certainly a mysterious character, very few interviews since the New Radicals and yet, he's been able to keep busy in the music industry

  • @rollingthunder9579
    @rollingthunder9579 Месяц назад +1

    I always remembered this as one of the high points of the nineties. The groove, the drum sound, the vintage feel which at the same time sounds fresh, that piano and of course the vocals. Simply a stand-out track of the decade, of any decade, really

  • @RichGurska
    @RichGurska Месяц назад +3

    I find it such a coincidence that you said that Prince's Purple Rain is what inspired him to want to be a musician, because every time I hear this song, when the guitar solo comes in at around 2 :50, I start hearing Prince's guitar solo from the Live Aftershow 1988 version of Just My Imagination

  • @justme420ism
    @justme420ism Месяц назад +18

    The New Radicals' You Get What You Give sounds like a World Party tune--a genre I consider Pop Psychedelia.

    • @ProfessorofRock
      @ProfessorofRock  Месяц назад +2

      COol!

    • @marktait2371
      @marktait2371 Месяц назад +6

      yehit always reminds me of ship.of fools

    • @stevedillinger653
      @stevedillinger653 Месяц назад +4

      The first few times I heard it I thought that it was a new World Party song. I was surprised when the DJ said that it was the New Radicals.

    • @xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
      @xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Месяц назад +3

      It sounds so cool.

    • @thehaikulibrarian
      @thehaikulibrarian Месяц назад

      ​@@stevedillinger653 l always thought it was The Verve 🥺

  • @fairdose
    @fairdose Месяц назад +50

    I don’t think people realize how many souls that song has saved over the years.

  • @ragnarokxg2113
    @ragnarokxg2113 Месяц назад +1

    As a bassist I have always applauded the bass line for this song. It is proof that bass lines do not have to be in your face to push the flow of the song.

  • @nip245
    @nip245 Месяц назад +5

    Thank you for covering this group. I’m still upset that they put out one perfect album from start to finish and then walked away.

    • @harristurner6836
      @harristurner6836 Месяц назад +2

      Wasn't a group....just him. No bands members at all

  • @nickmurray9151
    @nickmurray9151 Месяц назад +1

    Awesome video, a truly brilliant, uplifting song. That is why I love this channel. Great job Adam

  • @markmcarthy596
    @markmcarthy596 Месяц назад +6

    One of My all time favorite albums. Never gets old

  • @dunkieofficialmusic
    @dunkieofficialmusic Месяц назад +1

    Thank you. Gregg, for me, is one of THE overlooked and under rated singer/songwriter/Producers of all time. He was inspired by the best, he honours the best songwriting, and 'plays the game' of the music industry the way I wants. Also... Just like Film Director's, he himself is a true 'auteur'. His songwriting signatures are all over the songs he has written for other artists to perform... from Texas, The Hollies, Keira Knightley, Ronan Keating, Mel C, INXS, Julian Lennon, and as you listed Adam, many more.
    He's up there for me with Goffin/King, Neil Diamond, SAW... Are you able to interview him sometime in the future please? I'd love to hear how he approaches writing a song, what inspires/influences him when writing, and who are the songwriters he's respected from a child. With an added Top 5 songs that he loves from the 50s through to the present day.
    Brilliant, and long overdue, upload Adam, but hugely grateful that you have included this into your hugely impressive catalogue.
    Three chords and the truth indeed, Adam ❤

  • @WatchtowerHunter
    @WatchtowerHunter Месяц назад +29

    Interestingly Greg left the JW’s and became a “stick it to the man” icon, Prince, who started it all for him, became a JW and significantly toned down his music.

  • @thelastgeneration5862
    @thelastgeneration5862 Месяц назад

    Omg, I had forgotten about this song. But it is a timeless bottle of lightening truth drop...still perfect and revelant in this very day!
    I keep a playlist of older songs full of truth drops that i was too young and blind to fully take in at the time of their release...but now i hear the words loud and clear these days, and i play thru the whole list on the daily while I'm at work. Reminds me that I am not so alone in seeing the current reality I am living in. These songs seem to reach thru the timeline to teach and comfort me in these pretty dark days. Like a time traveling miracle.
    Thanks for this reminder...I couldn't wait to add it to my list!!❤❤❤❤

  • @FrizleFry00
    @FrizleFry00 Месяц назад +5

    Wow, what a story. I was pretty much an anti-pop guy when this song was released, but this video has given me a new respect for it. Cheers, Adam!

  • @guywardell
    @guywardell Месяц назад

    hey professor rock! biiiiig thank you for covering new radicals sooooo much. even when i am at my lowest with bipolar this song just picks me up and makes me wanna take over the world with positivity. love ya. aussie gi.

  • @dgarve
    @dgarve Месяц назад +14

    Definitely one of the best songs of the '90s, and the video was filmed at Staten Island Mall, here in New York! Have a great day! - Dave

  • @OscarVaughn
    @OscarVaughn Месяц назад +28

    He controlled his own fate in an industry where most artists don't or can't control a damn thing. That makes him even more bad ass.

    • @Code.Name.V
      @Code.Name.V Месяц назад +4

      Excellent take!

    • @dankeith6522
      @dankeith6522 Месяц назад

      Please, he was a hack. And riding off nostalgia.

    • @OscarVaughn
      @OscarVaughn Месяц назад

      @@dankeith6522 whatever that means. I guess if being a success is so easy then you do what he did.

  • @JankoFrancisty
    @JankoFrancisty Месяц назад +3

    Thanks for this one Adam. You are getting better and better at being you. A true Professor Of Rock ! 💪👏🤝🍻 This is my favorite song ever. I did a research about Greg and about this song myself about two years back so it's interesting how you scraped up all the info there is. Really great job👍 Wish you did an interview with the Man himself. That would be awesome. I also love "Someday we'll know" aslo an amazing song. Greg is a genius. Such a shame he gave up the game. I understand him but still.. wish he did at least one more album.

  • @paulflint7596
    @paulflint7596 Месяц назад

    Wow! Great video & song breakdown mate. Thanks for explaining & finally solving what all those lyrics mean.
    I've always luved the positive & uplifting vibe this song has always held! 🇦🇺

  • @edpaparo9916
    @edpaparo9916 Месяц назад +5

    Hey Adam, the term "frenemies" was used back in 1953 by Walter Winchell, suggesting the relationship between the US and Russia be considered "frenemies". Anyhow, keep up the great work. I look forward to seeing your videos, the best music history channel ever!
    Also, have you done one on Ben Folds or Ben Folds Five?

  • @littlecatfeet9064
    @littlecatfeet9064 Месяц назад +11

    I never hear this song without cranking it all the way up! It’s lush and energetic and beautifully sung.

  • @yvettevitacaponigro
    @yvettevitacaponigro Месяц назад +7

    Good day everyone! Thank you Professor! ✌🏼🎃

  • @YouMeAndAnAlbum
    @YouMeAndAnAlbum Месяц назад +1

    Great segment. I kept waiting for you to mention that Danielle Brisebois of All in the Family was part of New Radicals. She didn't play on this song (though I think she's briefly in the video), but that connection never ceases to amaze me.

  • @staceypop4BTS
    @staceypop4BTS Месяц назад +5

    I listen to “Get What You Give” at least once a week.

    • @robinvaughan9236
      @robinvaughan9236 Месяц назад +1

      Me too! And so does everyone else at the bowling alley.

    • @lowender75
      @lowender75 Месяц назад +1

      Check out The Maine's cover of this song; it's terrific

  • @MyName-pl7zn
    @MyName-pl7zn Месяц назад +1

    Talk about a man true to himself, his story reminds me of the song I Did it My Way. Great song that he could be still performing to this day if he chose to instead he chose himself. Amazing, great episode professor!

  • @sharonc6602
    @sharonc6602 Месяц назад +3

    His birth name is Gregg Aiuto and I hope to meet him some day. He's a genius. Someday We'll Know

  • @leoborganelli
    @leoborganelli Месяц назад

    Great message in the lyrics for sure but this song musically is fantastic too! The instrumental components in this song come together like a fine wine. Just a great great song all around. Thanks Prof!

  • @allengray5748
    @allengray5748 Месяц назад +4

    COOL! One of those rare not my Jamm but I actually LIKE songs!! It's one thing to have the passion,,, it's another to take charge and GO Do what it takes!! Good for him and Great Story Adam! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎🎸🤟🏼

  • @varioushardcore
    @varioushardcore Месяц назад +1

    Ear Worm. Teenage Symphony to God. There is a supernatural vibe in this song that hits the soul. When this song/video came out I was well into adulthood, way too old to be wearing those comically giant flared pants the kids were sporting back then, but this song hit me, too, just as hard. I never bothered to search out who did it. I didn't want to spoil the magic by knowing everything. At that time I was obsessing over Jason Molina and Songs:Ohia which was a different vibe of light in the darkness, but equally magical. I forget how long ago I heard 'YGWYG' again, but it hit me again uplifting the soul just as it did in '98-'99. This is one of the few songs I will listen to twice in a row. Eventually it finds me again and I will feel it. It will be played at my funeral. Thank you Professor for filling in the blanks 25 years later.

  • @jhenz3378
    @jhenz3378 Месяц назад +3

    one of the greatest pop songs of all time.

  • @megjacot
    @megjacot Месяц назад +1

    I think he was involved in writing most of the songs on the Begin Again soundtrack, which includes Lost Stars, and he recorded two songs for it under a pseudonym. Love that soundtrack. It’s one of my favorites. And I love You Get What You Give, too. I hope he keeps writing, even if he isn’t recording himself.

  • @haroldvechina8300
    @haroldvechina8300 Месяц назад +5

    God Bless you Greg! 🤟

  • @ThatBowlerDude
    @ThatBowlerDude Месяц назад

    I remember first hearing this song while vacationing in Mexico, Christmas 1998 and loving it and then going back home to America and it was a hit. This is my favorite 90s song and one of my all-time favorites.

  • @HandlebarsAndHijinx
    @HandlebarsAndHijinx Месяц назад +4

    Alright, you've finally done the New Radicals. Now you HAVE to do Wheatus "Teenage Dirtbag". The story behind the band, the recording of the song, and particularily the lost master recording of the song are so interesting. Please Adam, not only is it a great "Bottled Lightning" song and story, but both the band and the song have garnered quite the cult following.

  • @user-ru6mq5sc5n
    @user-ru6mq5sc5n Месяц назад

    I totally respect his honesty!! You absolutely see artists and bands still touring that haven't cared at all for years. If you don't love it anymore get out!!

  • @cannonball666
    @cannonball666 Месяц назад +8

    New Radicals' "You Get What You Give" sounds like 1970s Todd Rundgren

    • @blebhan8213
      @blebhan8213 Месяц назад

      Sounds like Bono

    • @martinjaramillo2429
      @martinjaramillo2429 Месяц назад +1

      You have something there. We got to get you a woman/Real Man/can we still be friends.

    • @cannonball666
      @cannonball666 Месяц назад +2

      @@martinjaramillo2429 Just like Queensryche's "Silent Lucidity" sounds like Pink Floyd

    • @cannonball666
      @cannonball666 Месяц назад +2

      @@martinjaramillo2429 How could you forget "Hello, it's Me"?

    • @martinjaramillo2429
      @martinjaramillo2429 Месяц назад +1

      @@cannonball666 oh yeah 😂

  • @cuzzindave
    @cuzzindave Месяц назад

    I joined a New Radicals forum in 2002 and 22 years later we are all still together and they are some of my best friends!
    The New Radicals have 2 new songs out and a good one is "Murder On the Dance Floor!" Great song!

  • @lowender75
    @lowender75 Месяц назад +8

    One of my all time favorites for sure...when this released, I was in the Navy based in SoCal, and I would just drive around up and down the PCH with the windows down and this CD playing...so many great tunes on this one that you could probably do a whole episode on the entire album. Though I am primarily a metal/rock guy, I have always appreciated well crafted pop music, and this sits at the summit for me. Thanks for covering it!

    • @powderedtoastfacekillah734
      @powderedtoastfacekillah734 Месяц назад +1

      Damn this sounds like the PERFECT song for rolling down the PCH
      That must’ve been a great experience

    • @lowender75
      @lowender75 Месяц назад

      @@powderedtoastfacekillah734my single favorite memory from being stationed there

  • @x77punk77x
    @x77punk77x Месяц назад +2

    My favorite part of the music video is when they free all the doggos from their crates and they’re joyfully running through the mall!

  • @Code.Name.V
    @Code.Name.V Месяц назад +15

    Greetings and Salutations fellow Audiophiles, Melomaniacs, and Music Junkies one and all! Enjoy the episode!

    • @TerrickTerran
      @TerrickTerran Месяц назад +1

      indeed.

    • @Lam_3-22-23
      @Lam_3-22-23 Месяц назад +1

      Howdy from Texas! I was wondering where everyone is from, a few I'm aware of but not many.

    • @Whisper_292
      @Whisper_292 Месяц назад +1

      Hey y'all.

    • @TerrickTerran
      @TerrickTerran Месяц назад +1

      @@Whisper_292 there's Whisper. Heya.

    • @Whisper_292
      @Whisper_292 Месяц назад +2

      @@TerrickTerran Running a little late thus morning.

  • @ianngalbraith
    @ianngalbraith Месяц назад +2

    The whole record is a gem. Top to bottom.

  • @eauhomme
    @eauhomme Месяц назад +8

    A long-time favorite of mine, and one of the greatest videos ever.
    Though she didn't play on "You Get What You Give", Alexander's main keyboardist/percussionist and co-songwriter both on his earlier albums and in the New Radicals touring band was child actress Danielle Brisebois, best known for her role on "All in the Family" and its follow-up "Archie Bunker's place" as Archie Bunker's niece. She also wrote the bottled lightning song "Unwritten" for Natasha Bedingfield.