Best/worst line on Gregg Alexander's 1992 single "The Truth"

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Cw: suicide, homophobia, antisemitism, in this early solo single by the "You Only Get What You Give" man

This is very much a battle for 2nd place

Vote for the one that holds the most grim fascination w/r/t how the people around him allowed it to happen I guess

Poll Results

Option	Votes
[screaming] I am a Jew! A JEW! And you're my Hitler!	19
[Slow Ride by Foghat]	9
I got fifty women, and damn, am I a fag	4
I'll pay my brother three dollars an hour to dig my burial ditch (ditch)	4
Are you ready? Are you ready? Here comes the lawsuit, baby!	3
No more lying / A wop-bom a loo-mop, this is the truth	3
Cause the things that make you happy make me me seeeeaaaaaaagghhhhd	2
I go to church / But damn, I think I’m God!!	1
Let's play, who!	1
Let it ring / Let it ring all month	1
I've heard it all / one little boy’s confession 😏	1
Now do me in-aw! Whoa! Who-who who yeah yeah oh no oh no / (Tell me what...) Oh no!	1
I’m so suicidal / I’ll kill you with a flower	1
I ain't your fuckin buddy! You smile like a coward	1
I ask the questions / but you are the riddle-aw!	1
Damn I hate money / but man I'm so rich	1
So come on, take me alive!	0
Man, I’m such a winner / I'm a loser	0
Here it comes! Here it comes! Here it comes! Here it comes!	0
Who, oh no, baby!	0
I am a giver and I'm a user	0
I don’t follow fashion / cause man it's such a drag	0
And them things you want so bad I've already haaaaaaaad	0
No more lying, this is the truth	0
I hate the future / You (/yet?) try to look mod, whoa-who!	0
[whispering] You don't wanna know	0

― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Friday, 11 September 2020 10:55 (five years ago)

look we can skirt around it but i think we already know the real answer

― how do i shot moon? (Noodle Vague), Friday, 11 September 2020 10:57 (five years ago)

He should've given this one to Ronan Keating.

― chap, Friday, 11 September 2020 12:00 (five years ago)

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bc/37/a7/bc37a797487b5e3c74b7faf2f24b936e.jpg

A JEWWW!!

― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Friday, 11 September 2020 12:14 (five years ago)

browsed through these thinking “hmm these are all pretty bad” then happened upon the correct answer and voted instantly

― ptah el dude (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 September 2020 13:07 (five years ago)

Holy fucking shit what is this

― Boring, Maryland, Friday, 11 September 2020 13:17 (five years ago)

you can't appreciate that line properly until you've heard him "sing" it

― how do i shot moon? (Noodle Vague), Friday, 11 September 2020 13:19 (five years ago)

He should've given this one to Ronan Keating.

lmao

also, jfc at....all of this

― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Friday, 11 September 2020 13:19 (five years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I58CAdlItho

― ABBA O RLY? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 September 2020 13:20 (five years ago)

lawsuit deserves 2nd place so i went with that

― billstevejim, Friday, 11 September 2020 14:00 (five years ago)

this might be the single worst song I've ever heard and honestly I'm pretty impressed by it

― frogbs, Friday, 11 September 2020 14:09 (five years ago)

don't just read the lyrics baby you gotta listen to it, trust me

― frogbs, Friday, 11 September 2020 14:09 (five years ago)

jesus fucking christ

― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Friday, 11 September 2020 14:19 (five years ago)

i'll pay my brother three dollars an hour to dig my burial ditch (ditch!)

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 11 September 2020 14:23 (five years ago)

that one got my vote lol

― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Friday, 11 September 2020 14:25 (five years ago)

same. had "here comes the lawsuit" and "slow ride by foghat" been one option though i would've voted for it

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 11 September 2020 14:27 (five years ago)

it's the best kind of bad when you really have to wonder what was happening that allowed this to exist

― billstevejim, Friday, 11 September 2020 14:40 (five years ago)

important to note that Gregg Alexander got a second chance in the music biz and made the most out of it so if you're ever feeling down in the dumps no more lying well this is the truth

― frogbs, Friday, 11 September 2020 14:41 (five years ago)

Oh, it's the one on Stanley Son of Theodore. I must've always fast forwarded to Alison Moyet, unless I somehow forgot about this.

― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Friday, 11 September 2020 14:52 (five years ago)

I'm noticing a theme in this dude's songs where he does lots of "ow yea c'mon baby whoa oh no" things

― billstevejim, Friday, 11 September 2020 14:54 (five years ago)

He was thematically consistent

― billstevejim, Friday, 11 September 2020 14:54 (five years ago)

music was a mistake

― cat, Friday, 11 September 2020 15:17 (five years ago)

oh who am I kidding, this is incredible

― cat, Friday, 11 September 2020 15:18 (five years ago)

oh that "50 women" line, holy shit

amazing to think this guy apparently got massive stage fright which is why he wore that bucket hat

― frogbs, Friday, 11 September 2020 15:21 (five years ago)

Not so amazing when you think about it, do u see?

― ABBA O RLY? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 September 2020 15:29 (five years ago)

too much truth

― ptah el dude (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 September 2020 15:30 (five years ago)

Voted "I got 50 women..." but that was before I got to the end of the song where he breaks into Slow Ride. That made me laugh harder than I have in weeks, so thanks for that

― J. Sam, Friday, 11 September 2020 15:35 (five years ago)

this is just such a rich cornucopia

― cat, Friday, 11 September 2020 15:42 (five years ago)

I've definitely seen worse than this being repped in all seriousness on ILX.

― chap, Friday, 11 September 2020 15:48 (five years ago)

the song makes you hate/but AHH WEEE HA I think it's great

― frogbs, Friday, 11 September 2020 16:59 (five years ago)

melroseplace-core

― billstevejim, Friday, 11 September 2020 17:00 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

How has Internet/meme culture not discovered this????

― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 11 September 2020 22:03 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

also a stolen bit from the dead milkmen

― i got a homogenic björk wine farmer permabanned (voodoo chili), Friday, 11 September 2020 22:27 (five years ago)

How has Internet/meme culture not discovered this????

Not a single person under the age of 30 gives any shits about New Radicals.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 September 2020 23:34 (five years ago)

What did I just witness

― The little engine that choogled (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 12 September 2020 00:45 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

BTW the album was called "Intoxifornication" lol.

― Boring, Maryland, Saturday, 12 September 2020 02:56 (five years ago)

ive never heard this lmao what on earthhh

― Spottie, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:51 (five years ago)

right

it's horrible and it's my new favorite thing

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:53 (five years ago)

could not imagine a more fitting video either, this is art baby

― Spottie, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:02 (five years ago)

i had to make sure it wasnt a shreds video before commenting

― Spottie, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:04 (five years ago)

i cry laughing every time i get to the foghat part

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:05 (five years ago)

christ

― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:18 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

How is this not a meme by now?

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 19:36 (five years ago)

it does have that inscrutable, Tommy Wiseauian quality to it

― frogbs, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 19:54 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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This is better than You Get What You Give - less boring.

"This year's Thanksgiving? It was alright, I guess. Last year's was more memorable because I got food poisoning."

― Simon H., Friday, 18 September 2020 15:33 (five years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 19 September 2020 00:01 (five years ago)

This is so fag v hitler v slow ride.

― James Gandolfini the Grey (PBKR), Saturday, 19 September 2020 02:28 (five years ago)

Wow, the look on my wife's face when slow ride kicked in changed from general annoyance with being asked to watch this travesty to revulsion bordering on horror.

― James Gandolfini the Grey (PBKR), Saturday, 19 September 2020 02:43 (five years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 20 September 2020 00:01 (five years ago)

slow ride!

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 20 September 2020 00:59 (five years ago)

take it easy!

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 20 September 2020 01:00 (five years ago)

this guy wrote "the game of love"

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 20 September 2020 02:16 (five years ago)

everything deserving got a vote. you love to see it.

― Simon H., Sunday, 20 September 2020 02:20 (five years ago)

I saw my wife was logged into the joint Spotify at home, so I remotely played this song from my phone as a fun gift for her

regrettably due to poor 4g reception it took a while to load, by which time she had joined a work-related zoom call and couldn't figure out how to make it stop blaring out of her work computer

― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Thursday, 1 October 2020 16:58 (five years ago)

oh excellent

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 October 2020 17:03 (five years ago)

i hope everyone could handle the truth

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 October 2020 17:03 (five years ago)

oooof

― Quiet Storm Thorgerson (PBKR), Thursday, 1 October 2020 17:03 (five years ago)

The things that make me happy
get you saaaaaaaaaaacked

― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Thursday, 1 October 2020 17:05 (five years ago)

She was very acutely aware of the threat posed by the impending second verse and managed to get rid of it by then fwiw

It's been a long couple of weeks for her tbh

― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Thursday, 1 October 2020 17:07 (five years ago)

really hope the Foghat part didn't play, I would hate for her to get sued

― frogbs, Thursday, 1 October 2020 17:09 (five years ago)

lolllll sgt biscuits amazing

― Spottie, Thursday, 1 October 2020 17:39 (five years ago)

a friend of mine recently sent pr0n to her team by accident. this sounds several orders more mortifying

― the typo doer (Simon H.), Thursday, 1 October 2020 17:46 (five years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McyZ98Udek4&feature=emb_logo

― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 9 October 2020 00:15 (five years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McyZ98Udek4

― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 9 October 2020 00:16 (five years ago)

I was coming here to post that! It lifted me out of a terrible mood yesterday.

― Je55e, Sunday, 11 October 2020 15:59 (five years ago)

three months pass...

no more lying
this is the truth

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 18 January 2021 04:03 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

Can he shoehorn Ariel Pink and John Maus into the rant at the end

― PaulTMA, Monday, 18 January 2021 14:09 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

But apparently, I'm his Hitler, so...

― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:03 (four years ago)

slow ride

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:16 (four years ago)

take it easy

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:16 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

is this the reason why he wouldn't show his face

― PaulTMA, Monday, 18 January 2021 22:28 (four years ago)

Holy fucking shit what is this

― Boring, Maryland, Friday, September 11, 2020 9:17 AM

― pomenitul, Monday, 18 January 2021 22:30 (four years ago)

tutti frutti

good booty

― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:31 (four years ago)

Still enjoying ditch (ditch)

― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 00:06 (four years ago)

from the youtube comments:

Gregg: Here comes the lawsuit baby! Slowww ride!
Foghat: Anyone know what the hell is happening right now?

lol spot on

― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 00:28 (four years ago)

Cos when the night is falling
You cannot see the ditch
Ditch

― 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 (four years ago)

one year passes...

Thanks for explaining fgti

― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 11 April 2022 23:46 (three years ago)

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 (three years ago)

this is the only thread

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 11 April 2022 23:48 (three years ago)

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 (three years ago)

one month passes...

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 (three years ago)

two years pass...

youtube resurfaced this in my recs today

― ivy., Wednesday, 25 September 2024 14:11 (one year ago)

If he were really "new" or "radical" he would have performed this at the Biden inaugeration

― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 25 September 2024 14:17 (one year ago)

The Middle-Aged Moderates

― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Wednesday, 25 September 2024 14:19 (one year ago)

https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/unnamed-9-e1724429433145.jpg?w=892&h=595&crop=1

― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Wednesday, 25 September 2024 14:20 (one year ago)

omfg, someone I've been listening to a lot recently has been using the 'here comes the lawsuit baby' sample all over their work and i never thought I'd find out where it came from

― imago, Wednesday, 25 September 2024 14:24 (one year ago)

(Ditch)

― Sade of the Del Amitri (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 September 2024 15:22 (one year ago)

one year passes...

i really should'nt have been surprised by this song. a fresh listen to "Someday We'll Know," the New Radicals' abandoned second single, is nothing but warning signs, in hindsight.

― Hiphoptimus Rhyme (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 22 November 2025 03:54 (two days ago)

Tbh the album makes me sad

― Edward Albee Sure (Neanderthal), Saturday, 22 November 2025 04:01 (two days ago)

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