the blog of a disabled mother who likes to game, and "get in the pit"
When Bub was a baby, I used to hold his butt in one of my hands supporting the rest of him with my other hand making him dance to some of my music when he had a hard time falling asleep. (And now he’s thirteen years old and 5’7″, so taller than me, so all I can do is get him to dance with me some of the time nowadays.)
A few of his favorite songs to dance to were “Clumsy”, “Glamorous”, and “London Bridge”… three of mine too!
I still have mixed feelings about the passing of Smash Mouth’s lead singer.
I don’t feel like he should be blamed for his liver disease, even if his alcoholism did cause or contribute to it, even if it had anything to do with his eventual demise. But I do have problems with the fact that he insisted on having concerts during the worst of the pandemic knowing that it was during the worst of the pandemic, eventually going so far as to give people Nazi salutes. If this was on the part of some kind of neural degeneration, I feel like his band members should have intervened as things started to get bad, and apparently they never did. Personally, I find it the easiest just not to talk about Smash Mouth (Smashmouth? Smash Mouth?) any more, even if I did listen to their music growing up. Conversations about what he did or did not have control over just tend to get confusing after awhile, and I don’t feel like having debates or discussions about him beyond what’s already been said, with most of it having been said on Facebook.
I have mixed opinions on the poor health of Smashmouth’s lead singer even though I grew up on his music (and, more specifically, this song). On one hand, I don’t want anyone to see this as some kind of opportunity to make fun of the lead singer for his alcoholism leading up to this, or blame him for his own death on down the line… even if that “on down the line” may only be a matter of days from now. But I’ve heard about the concerts he insisted happen during the worst part of COVID, the Nazi salutes that he’s actually given, and that was apparently just him getting started. Once all of this… stops being talked about, I will be thankful.
Legends never die
When the world is calling you
Can you hear them screaming out your name?
Legends never die
They become a part of you
Every time you bleed for reaching greatness
Relentless you surviveThey never lose hope when everything’s cold and the fighting’s near
It’s deep in their bones, they’ll run into smoke when the fire is fierce
Oh pick yourself up, ’causeLegends never die
When the world is calling you
Can you hear them screaming out your name?
Legends never die
They become a part of you
Every time you bleed for reaching greatness
Legends never dieThey’re written down in eternity
But you’ll never see the price it costs
The scars collected all their livesWhen everything’s lost, they pick up their hearts and avenge defeat
Before it all starts, they suffer through harm just to touch a dream
Oh pick yourself up, ’causeLegends never die
When the world is calling you
Can you hear them screaming out your name?
Legends never die
They become a part of you
Every time you bleed for reaching greatness
Legends never dieWhen the world is calling out your name
Begging you to fight
Pick yourself up once more
Pick yourself up, ’causeLegends never die
When the world is calling you
Can you hear them screaming out your name?
Legends never die
They become a part of you
Every time you bleed for reaching greatness
Legends never die