ANTHEMS: Smash Mouth — All Star

Switched on Pop

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Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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When Smash Mouth wrote "All Star,” they knew that it was going to change their lives. But they never expected it would become an anthem played in sports arenas, soundtracked by Hollywood, and embedded into seemingly every internet meme. Darryn King joins the show to break down "The Never-ending Life of Smash Mouth's 'All Star.'" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.0	Welcome to Switched on Pop. I'm musicologist Nate Sloan, and I'm songwriter Charlie Harding.
0:38.0	Charlie, somebody once told me that today we are going to be discussing for our Anthem series, Smash, Mouths, All Star.
1:01.0	That was beautiful.
1:04.0	And I wanted to explore this song because it's something you hear in stadiums,
1:10.0	it's something you hear in schools, it's something you hear all over the world at this point.
1:16.0	But it's also kind of a unique anthem. It's an anthem that is as mocked as it is beloved.
1:23.0	Yeah, I think of it almost like a Twitter meme more than a song.
1:27.0	Totally. And that's what I want to do. I want to explore first the musical qualities that make this song so anthemic
1:34.0	and have given it such staying power.
1:36.0	Yeah.
1:37.0	And the musical qualities that make this song like the ultimate musical meme.
1:42.0	Great.
1:43.0	And let's start with the chorus.
1:58.0	Only shooting stars break the mold.
2:03.0	You know, it's one of those songs where I've heard it so many times I can't even hear it with fresh ears.
2:09.0	I feel the same way, which is why I thought it was necessary for us to bring in an expert.
2:14.0	This is Darren King. I'm a New York based off journalist.
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