Smashed Mouths
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At least Roy Batty never had to see the hellscape of 2020.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 7:40 PM on September 7, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 7:40 PM on September 7, 2020 [3 favorites]
wow, this is horrible and I know at least three people I need to share it with immediately
posted by DoctorFedora at 7:40 PM on September 7, 2020 [8 favorites]
posted by DoctorFedora at 7:40 PM on September 7, 2020 [8 favorites]
Another chance to post Jason Gore's Funeral for Smash Mouth!
posted by rikschell at 7:44 PM on September 7, 2020
posted by rikschell at 7:44 PM on September 7, 2020
Check out the Bill Hader/Tom Cruise on Letterman one that is likely in the "related" sidebar. That's crazy creepy
posted by Windopaene at 7:48 PM on September 7, 2020
posted by Windopaene at 7:48 PM on September 7, 2020
BATEMAN: You like Smash Mouth?
ALLEN: Um, they're okay.
BATEMAN: Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when "Astro Lounge" came out in '99, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. They've been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Smashmouth has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
ALLEN: Hey, Halberstram?
BATEMAN: Yes, Allen?
ALLEN: Why are there copies of the Style section all over the place? Do you... Do you have a dog? A little chow or something?
BATEMAN: No, Allen.
ALLEN: Is that a raincoat?
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 7:52 PM on September 7, 2020 [2 favorites]
ALLEN: Um, they're okay.
BATEMAN: Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when "Astro Lounge" came out in '99, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. They've been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Smashmouth has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
ALLEN: Hey, Halberstram?
BATEMAN: Yes, Allen?
ALLEN: Why are there copies of the Style section all over the place? Do you... Do you have a dog? A little chow or something?
BATEMAN: No, Allen.
ALLEN: Is that a raincoat?
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 7:52 PM on September 7, 2020 [2 favorites]
2020: Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming
IDK it's like the 191st of March today, so maybe the years did stop coming
posted by aubilenon at 7:59 PM on September 7, 2020 [5 favorites]
IDK it's like the 191st of March today, so maybe the years did stop coming
posted by aubilenon at 7:59 PM on September 7, 2020 [5 favorites]
I love the cultural afterlife of All Star.
posted by Mavri at 8:12 PM on September 7, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by Mavri at 8:12 PM on September 7, 2020 [2 favorites]
We are now as far away in time from the release of All Star as Smash Mouth were, at that time, from Van Halen's release of their debut album Van Halen.
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 8:19 PM on September 7, 2020
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 8:19 PM on September 7, 2020
Those shots actually uh...look fake to me.
posted by storybored at 9:42 PM on September 7, 2020
posted by storybored at 9:42 PM on September 7, 2020
You were a fan before this?...
Pretty much par for the course from those assholes...
posted by Windopaene at 10:57 PM on September 7, 2020 [1 favorite]
Pretty much par for the course from those assholes...
posted by Windopaene at 10:57 PM on September 7, 2020 [1 favorite]
Mr. Harvell had been warned of such an occurrence, and freely admits to not excelling in intelligence.
posted by glonous keming at 4:36 AM on September 8, 2020
posted by glonous keming at 4:36 AM on September 8, 2020
He ate the sharpest tool in the shed
posted by aubilenon at 5:48 AM on September 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by aubilenon at 5:48 AM on September 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
Going maskless at a concert, you might as well be walking on the sun.
posted by emelenjr at 5:52 AM on September 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by emelenjr at 5:52 AM on September 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
Having just Smash Mouth's Wikipedia entry, I learned that, prior to being in Smash Mouth, Mr. Harvell was in a rap group called F.O.S. (it stood for Freedom of Speech, which may not be the first acronym to spring to mind).
They released one single in 1993, 'Big Black Boots' (the cassingle's available for $1.12 on Discogs, but you probably want to pay the extra four cents for the 12", which also includes the instrumental).
Mr. Harvell attempts to rap like Ice Cube (who released a song with a chorus about big black boots during the previous year), while his colleagues, whose names may have been lost to history, aim for sort of a dollar-store DJ Muggs beat. To be kind, I'll say that they're... not especially successful.
Like, it's not the worst white-guy rapping I've ever heard, but there's a good chance it's the worst white-guy rapping you've ever heard.
posted by box at 8:28 AM on September 8, 2020 [4 favorites]
They released one single in 1993, 'Big Black Boots' (the cassingle's available for $1.12 on Discogs, but you probably want to pay the extra four cents for the 12", which also includes the instrumental).
Mr. Harvell attempts to rap like Ice Cube (who released a song with a chorus about big black boots during the previous year), while his colleagues, whose names may have been lost to history, aim for sort of a dollar-store DJ Muggs beat. To be kind, I'll say that they're... not especially successful.
Like, it's not the worst white-guy rapping I've ever heard, but there's a good chance it's the worst white-guy rapping you've ever heard.
posted by box at 8:28 AM on September 8, 2020 [4 favorites]
I'm sorry, future historians. We're just going to absolutely fuck the historical record by the time we're done.
posted by Your Childhood Pet Rock at 1:27 PM on September 8, 2020
posted by Your Childhood Pet Rock at 1:27 PM on September 8, 2020
deepfakes? these are shallowflakes at best.
posted by StarkRoads at 2:16 PM on September 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by StarkRoads at 2:16 PM on September 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
Not a big fan of Smash Mouth after they held an August 9 maskless concert, pronouncing "fuck that COVID shit!", that generated 100 COVID cases.
Maybe even more, if that study pegging the number of Sturgis Rally-related cases at around 250,000 is right.
They should just change their name to The Super Spreaders.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 8:05 PM on September 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
Maybe even more, if that study pegging the number of Sturgis Rally-related cases at around 250,000 is right.
They should just change their name to The Super Spreaders.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 8:05 PM on September 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
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posted by Rhaomi at 7:32 PM on September 7, 2020 [3 favorites]