i once went to the staten island mall. it was a rainy night in december and i was joyriding with a friend in his pickup truck. we saw a bad movie on a whim.
the events of that evening were nowhere near as exciting as the ones in this video. however, i did learn a lot from the experience. i gave nothing on that trip to staten save for the bridge toll, and and thus i got very little in return.
when i do eventually go back, things will be different. i plan to hijack a lambretta and do a little moshin' in the food court.
Music video
The music video for "You Get What You Give" was filmed in the Staten Island Mall, New York and directed by Evan Bernard. New Radicals' front man Gregg Alexander said he chose this setting because he sees the shopping mall as a metaphor for society - a fake, controlled environment engineered to encourage spending. The video showed a group of teenagers led by Alexander, going through the mall wreaking havoc -- tossing nets on security guards, placing businessmen in animal cages, knocking overmerchandise, hijacking Lambrettas, and moshing in the foodcourt.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdB5x8Jsgpw
Selected comments from Youtube:
ReplyDelete"Grew up in NY...heard this song for the first time on my way to my GF's house in Toronto. I had arrived on Amtrak and taken the subway to the bus...then on to her place...we were together for 5 years...I loved her then, and I love her now. Man I messed up. Forgive this emo nonsense. SOrry, ya'll. Lots of good memories."
-photos4jay
"what does he got with marilyn manson at the end of the lyrics? M.M. is a good person!"
-laybackrockguy
"I think the reference is that MM portrays himself as some sick satanist and he's really more likely to live in his mom's basement. He's just a fake, that's all."
-jencomackey
"According to Alexander, he had written this section for the song as a test; to see whether the media would focus on the important political issues of the first few lines, or the petty celebrity-dissing. As he suspected, the music press raked considerable muck about the name-dropping and the rest of the song was glossed over entirely. Marilyn Manson commented that he was "not mad he said he'd kick my ass, I just don't want to be used in the same sentence as Courtney Love.... I'll crack his [Alexander's] skull open if I see him." Beck reported that Alexander personally apologized for the line when they met each other by chance in a supermarket, claiming that it was never meant to be personal. Recently Alexander has been collaborating with Hanson, who called him 'a bit of a character, but a cool guy'"
-KR1963
"Remember when Tiffany toured the malls by the way? Now that was some wild shit!"
-SOGGYmilktoast