>In a Time interview, U2 lead guitarist The Edge is quoted saying "You Get What You Give" is the song he is "most jealous of. I really would love to have written that."
>In the liner notes to her 2004 compilation Artist's Choice, Joni Mitchell praises "You Get What You Give" for "rising from the swamp of 'McMusic' like a flower of hope."
>In 2006, Ice-T was asked on Late Night with Conan O'Brien about what he has heard, besides rap music, in the last few years that really grabbed him and his only reply was "You Get What You Give".
i thought it was a u2 song for a while. any time someone would ask if i like u2 i'd say "yeah, that song where they go 'courteny love and marilyn manson' is really good."
wtf he doesn't sound like bono maybe the music but not the voice
Daniel Adams
i never really listened to u2 so i couldn't tell.
Bentley Perry
i also thought this was u2
William James
it sounds like mick jagger and billy corgan combined
Ian Reyes
Oh it’s that song? I like this song, although I also thought this was u2, the instrumental sounds like half the Joshua tree songs and most late 90’s alt rock starts to sound the same at some point. But nah, this song is much better than most u2 songs I’ve heard
Adrian Scott
The album's worth a listen too boy was a good songwriter
Kevin Hughes
I never forgot what Joni said about that song, because it was such an unexpected comment
IIRC this guy retired after that album to become a producer
Camden Peterson
I remember reading an interview with Beck that he ran into this guy in a store sometime after that song came out, and the dude shook his hand and basically begged him not to hate him for that song and not take it personally. Beck recalled accepting very gratefully because the guy was like twice his size and could have squashed him if he'd really wanted to kick his ass.
Daniel Butler
>Much of the media attention "You Get What You Give" received centered on the closing lyrics: >"Health insurance, rip-off lying >FDA, big bankers buying >Fake computer crashes dining >Cloning while they're multiplying >Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson, >Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson >You're all fakes, run to your mansions >Come around, we'll kick your ass in."
>According to lead singer Gregg 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 suspected, a considerable amount of press began to appear about the name-dropping, and the other political issues were largely ignored.[1]
>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 with Courtney Love.... I'll crack his [Alexander's] skull open if I see him."[2] 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.[3] Alexander collaborated with Hanson, whose drummer, Zac Hanson, called him "a bit of a character, but a cool guy."[4]
Blake Ross
remember when marilyn manson got buttblasted and tried to fight the buckethat man?
Nolan Ward
Yea Forums posters really underrate U2 or have a very distorted zoomer opinion on them based on how uncool Bono has been for over a decade.
