Toad

I bought the album "Maybe You Were Brainwashed Too" years ago when "You Get What You Give" was in rotation, and I must say, I still love this album.

Even though I'm not into drugs, which this guy clearly glorifies several times, I just think I can ignore it with this one.

Anyone else like this "group"? Why did he break everything off after one album (or is that not how the story goes)?

AtlDVD

Im not sure-

it was a great CD

It also featured the little girl from All in the Family - cant remember her name - Danielle? on it

Alyoshka

He broke it off in the middle of the tour because he never wanted to be in the music industry. He was sort of lied to about what his contract would mean when he reluctantly agreed to make the album. He decided during the tour that artistically it wasn't worth touring, so he broke contract and said he wouldn't return to music again.

That is as best I can remember the story. I doubt we'll ever hear from the New Radicals again, but I did like them.

Dubya

Because they were destined to be a one hit wonder?

Toad

Having two hits kind of negates "them" becoming a "one-hit wonder."

Applejack

What was their second hit?

SAShepherd

I was just about to say the same thing.

Makes me think of that thread a couple weeks ago about one-hit wonders. I thought the definition of "one-hit" was pretty narrow; it seemed like anybody who got airplay on more than one song was eliminated. To me, I think the hit has to do fairly well (e.g., Billboard's Top 40) and subsequent music can get played on the radio, but just can't make the previous standard.

Can't there be some "gold standard" definition of "one-hit wonder"?

Hey, I liked "You Get What You Give," too, but I think they quite clearly meet the definition of "one-hit wonder," even without the negative connotation the phrase usually implies.

El Scorcho

Their other 'hit' was "Someday We'll Know".

I still listen to this CD on occassion. He has some solo efforts out from way back when. Intoxifornication is one and I think Michigan Rain is the other.

Pikul

Gregg Alexander still writes and produces for other artists.

Toad

I'd be interested to know for whom -- I love his stuff.

Regarding the "one-hit wonder" deal, I'm not going to be baited into an argument about this, but I *thought* Someday We'll Know made the Top 40. If that's not a "hit", then I don't know what is.

SAShepherd

Easy, there, not trying to bait you. It's just that I can't recall "Someday We'll Know", and that was when I still listened to commercial radio, so I've got some basis for wondering what their second hit was. If it made the Top 40, then great, I hereby rescind their "one-hit wonder" status.

Remember, I said I liked "You Get What You Give."

Toad

Well, as I said, I may be wrong -- it may not have made Top 40....


...but damnit it should have!

El Scorcho

Hey, I walked into a restaurant once (Red Robin) and heard "Someday We'll Know".

Therefore, it's a hit.

fsubruce

Gregg Alexander produced most of Carly Hennessy's "Ultimate High" album. It was released in November by MCA and can be found very cheaply online. I picked up a used copy at amazon.com for $5.00 a few months ago. It's definitely worth picking up if you're a New Radicals fan.

bv3

He also worked on "Read My Lips" by Sophie Ellis Bextor. Very cool CD. Released in August.

Giles

It album surprised me in that they are a number of really good tunes and not just the two they played on the radio: my fave "Flowers"

Toad

I completely agree with you, but I think the reason is that most of his songs on that album have something to do with drugs and/or use strange language. Who knows...

BUT, his music is great, and I could see a lot of those tunes in more ads, just like You Get What You Give was featured on that car ad. Jehovah Made This Whole Joint For You would be a great tune for another car ad.