When I was 12-13 years old and it was the late 90s, this was a grooving tune. As someone who grew up on classic rock, Smashmouth was a 90s band I actually enjoyed. Thanks for the memories, Steve and RIP.
Me too--there are very few bands in the '90s that I know of that were worth listening to. Smash Mouth, Fatboy Slim, Beck. I think that's the end of the list?
@@christiangerlach2747 Have faith in artificial intelligence and the technological singularity it will bring.🙏 With luck we will soon develop regenerative medicine advances which will cause us to be young perpetually.
All star gets all the hype but this is their best song. The guitar and organ go so hard and the rhythm in which he sings the lyrics makes it so catchy. RIP Steve
This song is sooo good, musically and lyrically. I honestly miss the 90s so much for this kind of creativity. Rest easy Steve. You left a big impact on many generations.
I was so young when this came out but i could still vividly remember the super unique sound and voice they had and also this style of music vids back then is so nostalgic. RIP Steve Harwell! gone too soon
I definitely relate. I never knew what this nostalgic song was until I got older. My vivid childhood memory of this song is seeing the music video play at JC Penny back when they sold TVs
Thanks for all the Incredible Songs Steve.... Keep on walking on the Sun and don't look back, go in peace 🕊️ My condolences to all his friends and family... Man.
Thanks for the memories Smash Mouth. 90's were a amazing time for me and songs like Allstar, Walking on the Sun will forever be remembered by millions for that time period of our lives, including me. Rest easy Steve, thanks for the work and I bet the 90's were absolutely amazing time for you, I hope you can lean on those memories to ease your transition.
Rest in Peace, you will be missed by many. Thank you for making such great music, this song will play for many future generations during the Summer My deepest Condolences to his family and all his loved ones 🙏🏽
This song always was one of those that made you want to hear it again and again as soon as you first heard it. I remember thinking at the time it was released that musically(in terms of instruments, tones, and the arrangement) that it sounded very much like late 1960’s music of The Doors…which I also really like. An instant classic from Smashmouth! Thank you Steve for the great music.
You can’t think of the 90’s without thinking about Smash Mouth. Hate to hear Steve Howell only has hours to live. Thank you for the music, you will love on through it.
Given the funky pop vibe I understand how massively understood this group is. The messages are so simple yet so deeply profound within each individual! What a miracle these guys are!
When this was released in 97 it stood apart from EVERYTHING at the time. If you weren’t living then you probably don’t get it. Maybe you do. This shit was fire then and it is now. They had a unique sounds and his voice was just as distinct. Stands the test of time. Thanks for creating this masterpiece. RIP Steve.
It was ground breaking and yes ahead of it's time. My girlfriend back then hated this song. She just didn't get it. It made me play it extra loud when she was in the car lol!!
@@cosmosaic8117 I hear ya but as someone who was born in 1980 and a teenager through most of the early and late 90s, I just feel like voice of a generation isn't really appropriate for Steve Harwell. A really good songwriter and lyricist for sure (RIP) but when I think of voice of a generation for the 90s I think of the Seattle guys like Kurt Cobain, Eddie Vedder, Layne Staley, and Chris Cornell, or Billy Corgan or maybe even Shannon Hoon or Bradley Knowles, before I'd think of Harwell. Whatever, it's a silly argument and I have mad respect for him either way.
I got Smash Mouth's Fush Yu Mang album on a trip to Canada for school and I wandered around by myself in the city and bought the Cd from a store and listened to the whole album walking around feeling like I was in a different world. The music was epic. Timeless classics and he has a timeless great voice. I will truly miss him and Smash Mouth in his passing. God bless him!
Fun fact: The guitar tone in this song was done with a Fender Jaguar, a Marshall plexi, and a fuzz pedal with a dead/dying battery and they were never able to recreate it. It's an absolutely incredible sounding guitar riff and I've always loved how they managed to get that tone.
It was 1999, one of the few memories I have as a 3 year old is driving around in my Dad’s convertible on a sunny summer California day and All Star comes on the radio and my Dad and sister are teasing me because apparently it’s my favorite song and I lose it whenever I hear it. Shed a few tears today hearing that the singer passed, didn’t know how dear to my heart they were. Later on I got caught up in the jokes and memes about Smash mouth, but they’re no joke. These songs are timeless and dude is an insane lyricist.
This song was so far ahead of its time while also encapsulating imagery and awareness of the decades past. It was an anomaly in the hard-rock dominated late 90s and will always be a classic. RIP!
Not an anomally at all, they were contemporaries to the likes of No Doubt, Fastball, Sugar Ray, and the video follow other videos like Fastball The Way, Offspring Pretty Fly, Fat Boy Slim Rockafeller Skank But of course they deserve all the merits.Thats an awesome song
This song wasn't "far ahead" of anything, or even that original----it's obviously influenced by late '60s psychedelic rock, but that's why I liked it, and probably why it was such a big hit.
An absolutely underrated classic. Takes me right back to being a kid…hanging out at the community pool eating fries, pretzels, and Italian ice with this song blasting over the speakers every 30 minutes on the radio. Though Steve will likely pass in the coming days or weeks, this song will invoke emotion in many for years to come! “It ain't no joke when a mama's handkerchief is soaked With her tears because her baby's life has been revoked The bond is broke up, so choke up and focus on the close up Mr. Wizard can't perform no godlike hocus-pocus”
RIP Mr Hartwell damn so I just lost my Aunt in Arkansas my Cousin Albert in Vegas my friends mother in Barstow, CA and now this i need the harvest to stop for a long minute
There ain't to many music videos that take me back to my living room in the 1990s, this is one of them. Remember having to watch every single music video waiting for your favorite to come on
First, R.I.P. to Steve Harwell. This song always will always will have special place in my heart. I was really huge jazzbo; stuff like Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, etc... Then I heard this song in the summer of '97. All my friends hated it, but I loved the vibe and the ambience of the spring reverb guitars and warmth the vocals and drums. This track feels like a beautifully hot summer day with an unmatched brilliance to it. Novel yet very classy. I also owe this band a massive thank you for getting me into experimental lounge music specifically the group Tipsy! - a Bay Area duo that was also incredibly amazing for its time. I always wish they would have collaborated together and made some weird experimental lounge madness together. Stay Fresh!
This song is unironically fantastic. The 60s vibes, that organ setting on the Casio, and just the chill vibe makes me want to go to a beach and drink tequila.
It's a fender Rhodes keyboard, like the doors used. It's been rumored this was a doors song that wasn't released. I dunno if that's true though, but it is a fender rhodes keyboard.
This was my dance teacher’s go to song growing up for our warm-up/across the floor combinations. Every Thursday at 6:30 without fail for a solid 5 years in a row. Never once got tired of hearing it, it slaps so hard. Rest in peace, Steve ❤️
This music was SOOO catchy ~ just a really cool vibe! As a fan of The Doors, I loved this pseudo-throwback to the 60's! I'll always remember the 90's w/so much affection.... RIP Steve Harwell ~ like so many other great entertainers, you are gone TOO SOON!💔
I remember being around 5 when this song came out and going to the water slides & beach and having the best summer ever!! I loved smash mouth rest in peace thank you for making my childhood memories amazing
Smash Mouth was one of the biggest bands around during my early childhood in the late 90’s and early aughts. It broke my heart to hear about Steve’s passing this morning. Getting old sucks.
He wasn't "old," he was only 56. He died from acute liver failure due to decades of alcoholism, which was no doubt exacerbated by the tragic loss of his 6 month old son to leukemia.
@@Il_Exile_lI really?? This was a number 1 single, on the ALL GENRE FORMAT hot 100!!! Selling out was impossible, they were already sold. This album was just as formulatic as Astro Lounge. But they vary in different ways. The thing is, when this song came out it sounded unique and original. But by 1999 this sound had already been in the forefront of the mainstream with other artists performing similar music. After the likes of Sugar Ray, Sublime and other reggae/ska influenced groups started putting out hit after hit, it was so familiar. So Smash Mouth did NOT sell out. They only happened to represent a popular movement in music.
Very sad to hear that Steve Harwell passed away TODAY. Such a talented singer for Smash Mouth. I hope he had a good life with family, friends, his band mates and fans. 🌞 🌅 Walking On The Sun; will always be one of my favorite songs. 🌅 🌞 Can't believe he's gone now. Rest in peace Steve.
@@Nuisance_Bear How and/or why does it matter? Dead and Gone is STILL Dead and Gone. I seriously doubt that his family and friends really give a S#!T about why. They just know he is...RIP Steve Harwell, God's Speed!
@@ArrowArchitect the 90s is a total blank for me. No radio , no tv, no movie's. So everything from the 90s is basically new for me. So sad that you are so cynical
@@sauropod5393 dude, being 73 doesn't make you Amish or a hermit. You had to have actively avoided American society as a whole for like a decade to not have heard a Smashmouth song. Like not just the 90s, early 2000s with Shrek as well. You would be more believable if you said you were an immigrant in the mid 2000s lol. I don' think you are any of the above, including even being 73
@@ArrowArchitect actually I m 73 and I also never saw the movie Shrek. Even today I don't listen to the radio or watch tv. I listen to music from the 59s 60s and 70s on TH-cam and get my news from the internet and whenever my brothers share with me info that would interest me. There are a lot of groups and songs that IIam hearing for the 1st time because of TH-cam. .
@@mariobuild11.39 There's some stuff from the mid-to-late 60s where the organ riff would fit perfectly, IMO. I agree with Melissa though...lyrics not so much.
@@bryanduncan9091 it does. I don't know why I hear She's Not There by the Zombies. I think the organ from She's Not There and the guitar in this is really close to the same melody.
RIP, Steve Harwell. Rest assured that you and Smash Mouth will eventually get the recognition you deserve! I've always loved the Retro Alt-Rock sound of your vibe. Fantastic!
This grew on me to become my favorite of Smash Mouth's songs over the years. The way Steve effortlessly flows with the rhyming scheme in the song creates such a fun feeling that you can't help but vibe with it/him. RIP, thanks for being making a formative years that much more entertaining.
“Put away the crack, before the crack puts you away.” Some of the most powerful lyrics ever written. RIP Steve, you’re an All Star and I hope you’re already Walkin’ on the Sun up in the big sky.
My older brother was particularly excited to purchase this CD because there was music video you could watch on the computer. Also these lyrics are exceptional and underrated and constantly relevant in these modern times. Thanks for taking the time to read this comment and be cool peeps.
RIP Steve. This was the first song I heard from Smash Mouth. Always brings me back to my carefree teenage years. Lots of love to the band and Steve's family in this difficult time.
Smashmouth hit it big while I was at Northern Arizona University and was part of the soundtrack of what was, without a doubt, the best 5 years of my life which was followed by another set of damned decent years. Rest in peace Steve Harwell.
Go Jack's! What a great College Town and an even better University. My days go back to 1970 thru 1974. Hey, South Campus was hardly even a thing in those days. Great time in my life. I wouldn't trade or change a thing about those years...The sound track of your days in Flagstaff are something which will stay with you for a lifetime! Was Radio KEOS A.M. much of a presence while you were there? It was that or KUPD F.M. Phoenix "24 Carrot Rock" when we could get it via Cable TV.
1997 was my freshman year in college studying Psychology. I had spent almost six years listening Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal and Black Metal and then this song came out on the radio as I was on the autobus going to classes, suddenly I was swinging and dancing that sunny and warm morning and and that same afternoon a cousin tolde me his father had bought him this CD and this song became part of the remix tape for going camping with my friends. Today, 25 years later I woke up singing and I have listened this same tune eight times. There is no such a time machine like the memories and this music is the fuel moves its engine.
SmashMouth quite literally made my childhood aesthetic. Their tone and music being used in media like Shrek and others was a generational icon, Steve, thank you so much for marking a legacy on our generation. Your music will forever be played in honor of you.
Hi, I like you. Can you help me with a statement made before time, also mine. The Honorable Reverend, Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. The Self Evident Truth of Equality shared in Commonwealth.
It's funny you mention cause there's was a Door's interview Jim Morrison mentioned in the future will be this type of music around in the later future.
Playing this at my 26 year old son's engagement party! Was his absolute FAV when he was about 9! He and I used to dance to it in the living room. Sigh ... not long afterwards came the years of "Mom, you embarrass me!" ... probably will if I pull him up on the dance floor with me at the party! BUT .... I FULLY INTEND TO DO IT!!!
Grimmy Grimm Anthony Mitchell No worries! As MY age, nearly 60, I'll take all the compliments I can get. LOLOL Well, except the nasty nasty ones. But I don't think he meant that to be ugly. But thank you, Grimmy, for standing up for gentlewomen everywhere! We also appreciate that, at leat, I DO! :-) Now, where ARE the 60 yr old SINGLE men? With my son marrying, who am I going to take care of when he's gone? Sigh.
Never would of guessed he was so depressed. He lost a baby son and fought addiction. The music was so uplifting and inspiring ❤😢 Rest in Peace This is so nostalgic
This sort of music is refreshing in such a manufactured era we live in today. The late 90's were really the end of popular music that wasn't manufactured and over-produced, before the X-Factor and social media. It wasn't about the looks or the costumes and what band members tweet what they had for lunch. These guys are talented, they made good music that had some actual thought and skill go into it, and it was successful. If only this could resurge today.
![Smash Mouth - Walking on the Sun [Live 1997?]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/B64UtybqSwo/mqdefault.jpg)
When I was 12-13 years old and it was the late 90s, this was a grooving tune. As someone who grew up on classic rock, Smashmouth was a 90s band I actually enjoyed. Thanks for the memories, Steve and RIP.
Wot? 12-13 years old. YOU WERE JUST A KID. I was already 35!!!
Same here 14 and mom turned me on to classic rock so this hit me right as rain
Me too--there are very few bands in the '90s that I know of that were worth listening to. Smash Mouth, Fatboy Slim, Beck. I think that's the end of the list?
These punks kids. I think I was in my late 20s.....
@@joseschmoe2800 Yeah, I'm 38 now and you are OLD.
Rip Steve, you were a big inspiration to a lot of people. Smash mouth was a big part of my childhood. You will be missed, bro 🙏❤
Rip steve
@@benh-d8733 right
Your music will never die, rest in peace
The 90s retro-60s aesthetics were amazing.
Yeah but the song is kinda a criticism of that is it not? “The fashion is smashing the true meaning of it.”
It’s because in the 90’s there was a lot of nostalgia for the 60’s, same in the 80’s for the 50’s. Today there’s nostalgia for the 80’s and 90’s.
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Just 3 more years and this song will be 30 years old 🎉 getting old fuckin sucks😢
@@christiangerlach2747 Have faith in artificial intelligence and the technological singularity it will bring.🙏
With luck we will soon develop regenerative medicine advances which will cause us to be young perpetually.
All star gets all the hype but this is their best song. The guitar and organ go so hard and the rhythm in which he sings the lyrics makes it so catchy. RIP Steve
Agreed!
A man of class I see. This song rules, obviously Allstar is a great song but there's something special about this one.
True
One of the few songs I'll dance to. Such a classic!
100%
This one hurt. Walking on the Sun was such a banger back in the day..... and still is. Rest in power, brother 😢
Unforgettable sound and style. Always put a smile open your face and got you moving! so sad to be gone so soon. RIP.
It's summer time song I think of summer time picnic 🧺 BBQ California surfing 🌊 beaches
Rip steve Harwell
Great jam to liven it up.
@@dirkwilburnsincitykid702 Hardly a coincidence that Steve Harwell dies on the official LAST DAY of summer.
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This song is sooo good, musically and lyrically. I honestly miss the 90s so much for this kind of creativity. Rest easy Steve. You left a big impact on many generations.
Thanks to Smash Mouth. Your music always brings a smile to my face.
I was so young when this came out but i could still vividly remember the super unique sound and voice they had and also this style of music vids back then is so nostalgic. RIP Steve Harwell! gone too soon
I definitely relate. I never knew what this nostalgic song was until I got older. My vivid childhood memory of this song is seeing the music video play at JC Penny back when they sold TVs
It’s Steve Harwell. No “d.”
Thanks for all the Incredible Songs Steve....
Keep on walking on the Sun and don't look back, go in peace 🕊️
My condolences to all his friends and family... Man.
RIP ❤️📻🙏
Amen bro
🙏
RIP Steve Harwell
We will miss you
Thanks for the memories!!
I was 9 years old and would wait next to the radio or TV all day just for this song to come on again. Thanks, Steve, rest in peace 🙏
YOU KID. I WAS ALREADY 35!!!
You didn't have to wait all day, they played it like every hour on MTV!
Thanks for the memories Smash Mouth. 90's were a amazing time for me and songs like Allstar, Walking on the Sun will forever be remembered by millions for that time period of our lives, including me. Rest easy Steve, thanks for the work and I bet the 90's were absolutely amazing time for you, I hope you can lean on those memories to ease your transition.
Have a drink 🥃 Steve Harwell lived his life the way he really wanted: he went out happy🫡😌
Rest in Peace, you will be missed by many.
Thank you for making such great music, this song will play for many future generations during the Summer
My deepest Condolences to his family and all his loved ones 🙏🏽
Yes sir! I love your comment ❤️ VERY SAD! GREAT SONG 🎵
Another childhood icon gone to soon I'm at a serious loss right now they seem to be dropping like flies lately 😢😢😢😢 I'm heartbroken
RIP Steve ❤️📻🙏
RIP ❤
Yeah all 6 of his fans will be heartbroken
This song is a timeless classic fr. I'm still gonna be playing this in 50 years. It's just a whole mood of its own.
We need to make dad bands a thing again.
yeah
Yes
Even 'The Beards' are no more, Rest in Beards
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Id be down
Yep
The sound of our youth in the summertime... This one hits really hard... Rest in Peace Steve 💔❤️❤️❤️☀️
Omg the memories of this song😭
Dang yes so true 😢
RIP ❤️📻💖🙏
My heartfelt condolences. Rest in peace, Steve ❤️ What an iconic character. Your remarkable contributions made our childhoods truly unforgettable 😢✨
4-8-24 ECLIPSE DAY - Who else has this song stuck in their head today ??! 😜 ☀️
Definitely blasted it a few times earlier today
That song did enter my mind and it brought me back here.
Okay, glad I wasn't the only one
❤❤❤
Must listen
This song always was one of those that made you want to hear it again and again as soon as you first heard it. I remember thinking at the time it was released that musically(in terms of instruments, tones, and the arrangement) that it sounded very much like late 1960’s music of The Doors…which I also really like. An instant classic from Smashmouth! Thank you Steve for the great music.
You can’t think of the 90’s without thinking about Smash Mouth. Hate to hear Steve Howell only has hours to live. Thank you for the music, you will love on through it.
I like how Smash Mouth can make music that sounds like a hot summer day
Yes! The lead singer's voice has that feeling of summer in the early 2000s
They got that 60s surf rock vibe with a hint of 80s new wave.
I'm ready to listen to this one Summer day while at a Beach somewhere! Thank you Smashmouth for this song. Happy 2021! 🍀😁🙏🏻💖💌
@Samson Themighty
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Its the cymbals sounding bloated and saturated in the background
Given the funky pop vibe I understand how massively understood this group is. The messages are so simple yet so deeply profound within each individual! What a miracle these guys are!
Nice pfp
SM! You brought back some 50's -60's sounds and incorporated your own vision and lyrics that will preserve as Anthems .
Rest in Power Steve .🖤🔥💐
When this was released in 97 it stood apart from EVERYTHING at the time. If you weren’t living then you probably don’t get it. Maybe you do. This shit was fire then and it is now. They had a unique sounds and his voice was just as distinct. Stands the test of time. Thanks for creating this masterpiece. RIP Steve.
I agree!
It was ground breaking and yes ahead of it's time. My girlfriend back then hated this song. She just didn't get it. It made me play it extra loud when she was in the car lol!!
It didn't matter what song it was whether you had heard before it or not, you know it was Smash Mouth the second the radio station queued it up.
🔥 😎 2cewl4skool with this one track
I was in high school when this came out, This is 90s gold right here
Us 90's kids are all here paying our respects. The voice of a generation.
Yes amen this is Trevor
That was Kurt Cobain
Yes Cobain but late 90s kids don’t fully grasp that as deep as early 90s teens
@@cosmosaic8117 I hear ya but as someone who was born in 1980 and a teenager through most of the early and late 90s, I just feel like voice of a generation isn't really appropriate for Steve Harwell. A really good songwriter and lyricist for sure (RIP) but when I think of voice of a generation for the 90s I think of the Seattle guys like Kurt Cobain, Eddie Vedder, Layne Staley, and Chris Cornell, or Billy Corgan or maybe even Shannon Hoon or Bradley Knowles, before I'd think of Harwell. Whatever, it's a silly argument and I have mad respect for him either way.
I was born in 2009 but I'm all about the previous song generation's
This song reminds me when I arrived to the U.S.A was hit in radio & clubs 🥰😍 love it
Smash Mouth was a huge part of the soundtrack of my late teens/20s. Thanks for the music, Steve. RIP
I got Smash Mouth's Fush Yu Mang album on a trip to Canada for school and I wandered around by myself in the city and bought the Cd from a store and listened to the whole album walking around feeling like I was in a different world. The music was epic. Timeless classics and he has a timeless great voice. I will truly miss him and Smash Mouth in his passing. God bless him!
Fun fact: The guitar tone in this song was done with a Fender Jaguar, a Marshall plexi, and a fuzz pedal with a dead/dying battery and they were never able to recreate it. It's an absolutely incredible sounding guitar riff and I've always loved how they managed to get that tone.
No idea what you said but sounds clever! I tune pianos 😅.
Interesting! Had no idea it was a guitar sound
you need to look for a video Eric Clapton shreds if you want tone
Thank you, Professor! 😉👍
Wow no way r u serious ! That's y I can't duplicate the fricken sound!
I love Smash Mouth's "All Star" song but "Walkin On The Sun" was their first song I heard from them that made me into a fan.
Rest well, Steve. The first song I heard of theirs and remains their best. Still relevant all these years later. Clever as hell.
Here's to the people who actually listen to lyrics. Skål!
90s feel good vibes is what they put out. If you were there, you know.
I was there. And I’m so glad I was. RIP Steve.
Optimism ruled the day in the 90s.
It was 1999, one of the few memories I have as a 3 year old is driving around in my Dad’s convertible on a sunny summer California day and All Star comes on the radio and my Dad and sister are teasing me because apparently it’s my favorite song and I lose it whenever I hear it. Shed a few tears today hearing that the singer passed, didn’t know how dear to my heart they were. Later on I got caught up in the jokes and memes about Smash mouth, but they’re no joke. These songs are timeless and dude is an insane lyricist.
RIP Steve Harwell
This song was so far ahead of its time while also encapsulating imagery and awareness of the decades past. It was an anomaly in the hard-rock dominated late 90s and will always be a classic. RIP!
Not sure it's fair to say that the 90s were hard rock dominated. Nirvana is not hard rock. Pearl jam is not hard rock.
@@RPGreg2600 not hard rock but they sure rocked hard!
@@hellotherehru4309 hell yeah they did!
Not an anomally at all, they were contemporaries to the likes of No Doubt, Fastball, Sugar Ray, and the video follow other videos like Fastball The Way, Offspring Pretty Fly, Fat Boy Slim Rockafeller Skank
But of course they deserve all the merits.Thats an awesome song
This song wasn't "far ahead" of anything, or even that original----it's obviously influenced by late '60s psychedelic rock, but that's why I liked it, and probably why it was such a big hit.
I wasn't a big fan of Smash Mouth, but Walkin' On The Sun has one of the most irresistible grooves of all time.
Agreed
Great song
One of my favorites from the 90's.
That organ
That groove is from the 60’s it’s from “When the music’s over” by The Doors. Both are great songs
An absolutely underrated classic. Takes me right back to being a kid…hanging out at the community pool eating fries, pretzels, and Italian ice with this song blasting over the speakers every 30 minutes on the radio. Though Steve will likely pass in the coming days or weeks, this song will invoke emotion in many for years to come!
“It ain't no joke when a mama's handkerchief is soaked
With her tears because her baby's life has been revoked
The bond is broke up, so choke up and focus on the close up
Mr. Wizard can't perform no godlike hocus-pocus”
I’m right with ya riding the memory lane train back to the 90s
RIP, hes left us now, he is a legend
I have the same memories, bro. Classic song from that era.
And he’s gone now 😢 I couldn’t remember the name of the song so I came to TH-cam to enjoy the music again
RIP Mr Hartwell damn so I just lost my Aunt in Arkansas my Cousin Albert in Vegas my friends mother in Barstow, CA and now this i need the harvest to stop for a long minute
There ain't to many music videos that take me back to my living room in the 1990s, this is one of them.
Remember having to watch every single music video waiting for your favorite to come on
This band will forever be ICONIC. RIP Steve, our all star. ❤
RIP, Steve. Thanks so much for the awesome tunes and memories. Smash Mouth is one of the bands that really defined my grade school years. 💔
Rest easy Steve, you all helped make so many childhoods, as well as unforgettable tunes to just groove to.
First, R.I.P. to Steve Harwell. This song always will always will have special place in my heart. I was really huge jazzbo; stuff like Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, etc... Then I heard this song in the summer of '97. All my friends hated it, but I loved the vibe and the ambience of the spring reverb guitars and warmth the vocals and drums. This track feels like a beautifully hot summer day with an unmatched brilliance to it. Novel yet very classy.
I also owe this band a massive thank you for getting me into experimental lounge music specifically the group Tipsy! - a Bay Area duo that was also incredibly amazing for its time. I always wish they would have collaborated together and made some weird experimental lounge madness together. Stay Fresh!
So sad to hear the news about him. May he rest in peace when the time comes. Will always be one of my favorite tunes. Walk on the sun brother
Rest In Peace Steve, I will always remember you and all the joy your music brought into my life, love you forever, man.
REST IN PEACE, the song that introduced me to this band late night on MTV..... gone but never forgotten 😢😢😢
RIP Steve 💖💖💖🧡
This song is unironically fantastic. The 60s vibes, that organ setting on the Casio, and just the chill vibe makes me want to go to a beach and drink tequila.
sparklesugarskittles - I just randomly came across it after all these years and immediately rocked out lol... totally forgot how much fun it is
Lol it does feel like that, till you figure out what the songs about. Its talking about the AIDS virus.
It's a fender Rhodes keyboard, like the doors used. It's been rumored this was a doors song that wasn't released. I dunno if that's true though, but it is a fender rhodes keyboard.
@@reddeadweb-head6796 I always thought it was about how good causes can get turned into souless labels and trends.
@Ryan-Rami Ayoub also exactly like Soul Kitchen by the Doors
This was my dance teacher’s go to song growing up for our warm-up/across the floor combinations. Every Thursday at 6:30 without fail for a solid 5 years in a row. Never once got tired of hearing it, it slaps so hard. Rest in peace, Steve ❤️
This music was SOOO catchy ~ just a really cool vibe! As a fan of The Doors, I loved this pseudo-throwback to the 60's! I'll always remember the 90's w/so much affection....
RIP Steve Harwell ~ like so many other great entertainers, you are gone TOO SOON!💔
Was going to say this sounds similar to the doors, I never heard the connection till today!
Very Soul Kitchen-esque…. Almost too much
I love The Doors and Smash Mouth!
I literally had no idea that he was dead until I read your comment.. RIP.. I grew up with Smash Mouth
The song is underrated, it was very original and had a unique throwback performance. Easily the best thing Smash did.
Don't think it was underrated,but agree it is their best song.An absolute classic.
RIP! Thanks for bringing me an amazing childhood experience with your music ❤
An unforgettable voice and sound- so many of their songs- the first bar and EVERYONE knows who it is. RIP- huge loss and so sad.
Yup. Feel Good music. Hard to find.
I remember being around 5 when this song came out and going to the water slides & beach and having the best summer ever!! I loved smash mouth rest in peace thank you for making my childhood memories amazing
61 years old and 1:12 here jammin nov 15, 24
I'm 70 and gets me moving everytme !
Oh hell yeah ❤
Arguably one of the greatest songs of all time.
for sure
Um, there’s thousands of great songs….there can’t be that many greatest songs, sorry
#everybodyStopExaggerating
@@jesken7taste in music is in the ears of the beholder.
Opinion is pretty dumb, do you even listen to the lyrics they're incredible and the song is awesome Funk Rock
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Man! I love songs like this! The rush I get while I’m thinking of my youth is an awesome ride.
Rest in Peace Steve Harrell.
Smash Mouth was one of the biggest bands around during my early childhood in the late 90’s and early aughts. It broke my heart to hear about Steve’s passing this morning. Getting old sucks.
Same.. RIP Steve ❤️❤️❤️📻
"Getting old" 😂
He wasn't "old," he was only 56. He died from acute liver failure due to decades of alcoholism, which was no doubt exacerbated by the tragic loss of his 6 month old son to leukemia.
He couldn't cope because he never learned the therapy he needed, so drank himself to death. Rest in peace and rise in glory Steve.@@calisongbird
Love this song. Merry Christmas guys ❤😂🎉
Feliz ano novo
This song has aged like fine wine, can ya dig it?
of course :D
Yes we can
Absolutely
Smash Mouth hd a really unique sound in the late 90s. I can’t name another band who sounded like them.
Shame they totally sold out after this album.
@@Il_Exile_lI really?? This was a number 1 single, on the ALL GENRE FORMAT hot 100!!! Selling out was impossible, they were already sold. This album was just as formulatic as Astro Lounge. But they vary in different ways. The thing is, when this song came out it sounded unique and original. But by 1999 this sound had already been in the forefront of the mainstream with other artists performing similar music.
After the likes of Sugar Ray, Sublime and other reggae/ska influenced groups started putting out hit after hit, it was so familiar. So Smash Mouth did NOT sell out. They only happened to represent a popular movement in music.
an elvis costello
The doors ( sort of)
the SPIN DOCTORS a little nit!
Very sad to hear that Steve Harwell passed away TODAY. Such a talented singer for Smash Mouth. I hope he had a good life with family, friends, his band mates and fans.
🌞 🌅 Walking On The Sun; will always be one of my favorite songs. 🌅 🌞
Can't believe he's gone now. Rest in peace Steve.
That's what he passed away. So, we must remember him.
You don’t know why he died huh
@@Nuisance_Bear In this week, I knew through the news.
RIP
@@Nuisance_Bear How and/or why does it matter? Dead and Gone is STILL Dead and Gone. I seriously doubt that his family and friends really give a S#!T about why. They just know he is...RIP Steve Harwell, God's Speed!
This album made it to me and my bros bedroom in the 90’s and we passed it around like a good movie.
I am 73 years old and this is the 1st time I've heard this song. Amazing vocals and instruments. Puts a😊 on my face
I don't believe any of that bs statement
@@ArrowArchitect the 90s is a total blank for me. No radio , no tv, no movie's. So everything from the 90s is basically new for me. So sad that you are so cynical
@@sauropod5393 dude, being 73 doesn't make you Amish or a hermit. You had to have actively avoided American society as a whole for like a decade to not have heard a Smashmouth song. Like not just the 90s, early 2000s with Shrek as well. You would be more believable if you said you were an immigrant in the mid 2000s lol. I don' think you are any of the above, including even being 73
@@ArrowArchitect actually I m 73 and I also never saw the movie Shrek. Even today I don't listen to the radio or watch tv. I listen to music from the 59s 60s and 70s on TH-cam and get my news from the internet and whenever my brothers share with me info that would interest me.
There are a lot of groups and songs that IIam hearing for the 1st time because of TH-cam.
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@@ArrowArchitect Maybe he was incarcerated during the 90s or in a coma? It's possible.
This song has such a summer vibe to it, freaking classic.
Anytime really
This could've been recorded in 1966 & fit perfectly, the overall tempo, the guitar, everything. And that's a major compliment.
Except for the lyrics
And organ riff
Beginning riff sounds like soul kitchen by the doors just a lower pitch so you’re not wrong at all
@@mariobuild11.39 There's some stuff from the mid-to-late 60s where the organ riff would fit perfectly, IMO. I agree with Melissa though...lyrics not so much.
@@bryanduncan9091 it does. I don't know why I hear She's Not There by the Zombies. I think the organ from She's Not There and the guitar in this is really close to the same melody.
RIP, Steve Harwell. Rest assured that you and Smash Mouth will eventually get the recognition you deserve! I've always loved the Retro Alt-Rock sound of your vibe. Fantastic!
Yeah really sucks past several years we have lost some iconic and legendary singers😢
“Recognition they deserve” ??
Were you not born during their breakout years?
They got a good couple years with this song, and of course All Star.
Steve's not gone...he's just walking on the sun ☀️❤️🩹
This grew on me to become my favorite of Smash Mouth's songs over the years. The way Steve effortlessly flows with the rhyming scheme in the song creates such a fun feeling that you can't help but vibe with it/him. RIP, thanks for being making a formative years that much more entertaining.
Well said, it's a great song
“Put away the crack before the crack puts you away”
That’s a barrrrrr bruh
“Put away the crack, before the crack puts you away.”
Some of the most powerful lyrics ever written.
RIP Steve, you’re an All Star and I hope you’re already Walkin’ on the Sun up in the big sky.
hardly
My older brother was particularly excited to purchase this CD because there was music video you could watch on the computer. Also these lyrics are exceptional and underrated and constantly relevant in these modern times. Thanks for taking the time to read this comment and be cool peeps.
I was a caregiver for my elderly parents back in the 1990s. This song and other Smash Mouth songs made that time easier for me. RIP Steve. 🧡🙏
Man this band was one of my favs in the 90s, I still love them in 2024! Rip steve
RIP Steve. This was the first song I heard from Smash Mouth. Always brings me back to my carefree teenage years. Lots of love to the band and Steve's family in this difficult time.
Esos hermosos recuerdos de los 90 y 2000 no se olvidarán jamas.. Se te recordará por siempre..... vuela alto Steven😢😢😢
Rest in peace some say they were a one hit band but they will always have banger tunes rest in peace Steve ❤️
Good music never dies no matter what year it is
Smashmouth hit it big while I was at Northern Arizona University and was part of the soundtrack of what was, without a doubt, the best 5 years of my life which was followed by another set of damned decent years. Rest in peace Steve Harwell.
Go Jack's! What a great College Town and an even better University. My days go back to 1970 thru 1974. Hey, South Campus was hardly even a thing in those days. Great time in my life. I wouldn't trade or change a thing about those years...The sound track of your days in Flagstaff are something which will stay with you for a lifetime! Was Radio KEOS A.M. much of a presence while you were there? It was that or KUPD F.M. Phoenix "24 Carrot Rock" when we could get it via Cable TV.
1997 was my freshman year in college studying Psychology. I had spent almost six years listening Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal and Black Metal and then this song came out on the radio as I was on the autobus going to classes, suddenly I was swinging and dancing that sunny and warm morning and and that same afternoon a cousin tolde me his father had bought him this CD and this song became part of the remix tape for going camping with my friends. Today, 25 years later I woke up singing and I have listened this same tune eight times. There is no such a time machine like the memories and this music is the fuel moves its engine.
Hi I Recommend a new indie Song called 'Looking Into the mirror' By Robert Nix
Best advertisement for a shrink I have ever seen. 😂😂 Almost the same experience but engineering for me.
But return to metal and discobar Nu metal
1997 was my senior year in college, but same vibe. God bless you and yours !!!!
How did they psychology degree work out for you?
SmashMouth quite literally made my childhood aesthetic. Their tone and music being used in media like Shrek and others was a generational icon, Steve, thank you so much for marking a legacy on our generation. Your music will forever be played in honor of you.
To hear this type of great music again...we might as well Be Walkin' On The SUN.
You could be swinging on a star.
This song transports me to my happy '90s adolescence. Thanks for the memories Steve. Rip🖤
Smash Mouth, you just nailed the 60's. Thank you for your music contributions to the world.
+Jimmy Templeton *ahem* 1990's.
+Ben Ward, cool. I was referring to the style of music, dress in the video, beach and drag race parts. Very reminiscent for me of the 60s.
+Jimmy Templeton agreed!
I also nailed a lot of smash mouths in the 60s oh and acid.PEACE
age is just a number. like 69..ask your mother..
I introduced smash mouth to my son when I was a toddler, and he was hooked. He's 22, and he's still fan. Thanks for the kick ass 🎶 music. RIP Steve.
you had a son as a toddler?
@@nuclearwinter1984🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
63 y/o black woman here cause I've been jamming like this for years. Growing up in San Francisco, CA we grooved to everything and still do.
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This song sounds like something The Doors would’ve made, RIP Steve
It's funny you mention cause there's was a Door's interview Jim Morrison mentioned in the future will be this type of music around in the later future.
Listen to the Doors Soul Kitchen or When the Music’s Over and yeah. They were definitely inspired by Doors riffs.
Waiting for the Sun.
That there's who Steve liked
Playing this at my 26 year old son's engagement party! Was his absolute FAV when he was about 9! He and I used to dance to it in the living room. Sigh ... not long afterwards came the years of "Mom, you embarrass me!" ... probably will if I pull him up on the dance floor with me at the party! BUT .... I FULLY INTEND TO DO IT!!!
omg! awesome!
+Anthony Mitchell Now, now, kiddo.. She's a bloody family woman, you utter pillock. Respect women, will you?
Grimmy Grimm Anthony Mitchell No worries! As MY age, nearly 60, I'll take all the compliments I can get. LOLOL Well, except the nasty nasty ones. But I don't think he meant that to be ugly. But thank you, Grimmy, for standing up for gentlewomen everywhere! We also appreciate that, at leat, I DO! :-) Now, where ARE the 60 yr old SINGLE men? With my son marrying, who am I going to take care of when he's gone? Sigh.
+Terry Licia how did the engagement party go? Hope it went well! Did he dance with you? LET us know and take care.
Having a private wedding......lol
I love 90s songs with 60s influence
Excellent lyrics with a tremendous power poetry impact. - Just like poetry - Gives the ears a joyride journey - FANTASTIC.
Rest in peace Steve Harwell. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Depression and alcoholism are real
I probably hadn't seen this video since the 90s. Watching it now is so nostalgic, it gives me chills. RIP!
Same feeling here
Crazy to think this song came out almost 20 years ago!
Ste men
U also here?
Damn, I remember listening to this when I was a young kid XD
prank channel gone wrong gone sexual
Your kj
This Song was Amazing, a Masterpiece, not gonna lie.
Never would of guessed he was so depressed. He lost a baby son and fought addiction. The music was so uplifting and inspiring ❤😢 Rest in Peace
This is so nostalgic
When the world was still a fun place
The song has survived the test of time thus far. Still sounds good over 20 years later. It's great.
The true SoCal sound right here
This song cheers me up even in difficult times ✌Thanks Smash Mouth!
This is one of my favourite songs from that time. The energy 🎉🎉
This sort of music is refreshing in such a manufactured era we live in today. The late 90's were really the end of popular music that wasn't manufactured and over-produced, before the X-Factor and social media. It wasn't about the looks or the costumes and what band members tweet what they had for lunch. These guys are talented, they made good music that had some actual thought and skill go into it, and it was successful. If only this could resurge today.
👏👏👏👏
It's fucking smash mouth dude
+Rynosaur94 thanks dad, now fuck off and take your boyfriend with you