#walking on the sun

[divinitybeings]

Sorry kids, I'm on vacation 😎✨

[simeonscott]

A Look Back at Smash Mouth

Taking a break from my normal topics to try and make sense of a lot of thoughts I've been having about one of my favorite bands in light of recent tragedy.

[goopychaosgremlin]

The fact that Smash Mouth has a song that explicitly says you should stay sober for your kids, only for Steve Harwell's only child to die and send him onto a spiral of alcoholism that would eventually kill him feels like some sort of Shakespeare-themed tragedy to me.

And the fact that I've only seen people reference his death in the context of Shrek makes it feel like a Black Mirror episode.

[clarityvisions]

I'm watching An American Werewolf in Paris... Twelve minutes in, and it's awful. I realized within the first five minutes. I liked An American Werewolf in London better. One redeeming quality is they played Smash Mouth.

[myimaginaryradio]

Walking On The Sun - Smash Mouth - 1997

[deadfunks]

We lost Steve Harwell today, so I’m looking back at a Smash Mouth-approved mashup to remember that he’s more than just the All Star guy, he was a cultural icon

[remusinfurs]

All Star is the one always mentioned first…but this is the one I remember…that crunchy guitar hook was so fucken cool.

…new guitar rock was still What Was On the Radio…no cell phones. Dial-up you internet. Top 10 countdowns on mtv and vh1, where you’d see something like this. It was a different time, everything was way more hopeful. Or at least more mysterious.

I hope he finds peace on the other side. Sounds like he had a hard life. But I’m glad his 15 mins was as enduring as it has been…

When the Morning Comes was also a good song

[euesworld]

"Oooh girl, it may only be 90° out.. but standing next to you feels like I'm walking on the sun."

Every month is summer when I'm with you - eUë

[breadknight-likes-things]

I probably wouldn't even still be alive if not for the music of Smash Mouth. I know it's fun to be ironic about them because Shrek, Rat Race, etc, but I love them and their music deeply and they've gotten me through a lot of tough times.

Rest in peace Steve Harwell, you had your troubles, but I loved you, and you were a legend to me.

[freakydream10]

Do you think there are bears walking the streets in Russia? Ha! No! A non-binary person is walking along the streets and scaring passers by his appearance! (Sorry if there are any mistakes, it's all Google translator's fault) Lol, crooked Photoshop to hide real gender.

I'm thinking of giving my girlfriend a transgender bracelet as a gift. What do you think about this?

[lys1th3a]

Drew this chick

while listening to Smash Mouth. A lot different than what I normally draw.

Ignore the whimsical child next to her

[lizard-priestess]

My husband made this in 2 hours. While I dealt with three separate home-based clusterfucks. Happy Thursday!

[lalaicanthearyou]

I can't get enough of this song I'm so sad he's dead

[bacchuschucklefuck]

typical tavern scene

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

getting older can be so amazing? you get more familiar with yourself. learn tips & tricks for troubleshooting your own brain. trial & error helps you build routines that minimize discomfort, maximize reward. your preferences/interests don't get set in stone, but you do find out which ones are going to stay with you in the long-term, and which ones are fun but transient joys to appreciate in the moment.

you learn that the world is so much more complex than you were taught, and that that's okay, and that there's an endless supply of things you can learn or watch or experience or think about if you want to. if you're lucky, you loosen up, stop putting so much pressure on yourself. if you're lucky, you learn to recognize that negative inner voice, and whack it with a baseball bat until it hushes up. if you're lucky, you learn to treat yourself gently, not because you are fragile but because you are worthy of gentleness. (i hope you are lucky.)

and some things will change. some things will get better. some things will get good. and maybe you start to recover from the dehumanizing stress of childhood/education. maybe you learn the power of your own autonomy. maybe you learn how to walk away from bad situations (which is a superpower even if you don't realize it yet). and you get to choose your own clothes. and your own food. and which relationships to pursue! and what you do with your free time. and with your life (but don't worry you get to choose that gradually). and that's crazy! and sometimes scary. and extraordinarily, indescribably precious.

[ririarts]

x

some soft wyllstarion after I traumatized everyone with my earlier post <3