"Like Nashville, with a tan." Yep, aside from being music centers, those two cities are basically the same. God, it's the stupidest lyric ever, even if he is trying to be ironic.
Shawn Mullins came out with his one big hit at around the same time as another person, Shawn Colvin, came out with her one big hit. They don't sound anything alike vocally, but they're both acoustic guitar players named "Shawn", so my brain tends to mix them together.
I can relate with Todd on the fact that I gravitated towards adult alternative stuff when I first started buying my own music, albeit ten years later. But I'm talking the same music from the late 90s
Also I didn't know Beautiful Wreck was this guy. I heard that one a bunch in my mom's car 😂
its funny i thought for sure i would absolutely hate this song, the whispering is so corny, the conceit is so played out and it has the potential to really come off douchey. but the chorus just absolutely hits for me, i dont know how but this skeevy spoken word frat bro hit on smth that feels genuinely comforting
Saw Shawn Mullins at a festival RIGHT at the peak of Lullabymania. He was doing everything he could to not play that song…and he was absolutely fantastic?? Like, shockingly so?? Sounded pretty different from the single but in a great way, much more storytelling with a sense of humor and a great backing band. And, funny enough…Mullins was on the third stage, while on the main stage later that night was Fuel, performing that OTHER "Shimmer" song. 🙂
@lakrids-pibe
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
Once I was told I should smile more, and I'm a guy. lol
The person who said it to me was also a guy. Older.
@theonlyegg
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
"Like Nashville, with a tan." Yep, aside from being music centers, those two cities are basically the same. God, it's the stupidest lyric ever, even if he is trying to be ironic.
@iwillquietlyresist6922
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
5:53 – Todd, i'm gonna have to ask you to never make that sound again. 😂
@Selfcontortion
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
11:42 I only know this band from looking up what else Pete Droge did after having that song on the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack.
@journeydeep2297
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
Shawn Mullins came out with his one big hit at around the same time as another person, Shawn Colvin, came out with her one big hit. They don't sound anything alike vocally, but they're both acoustic guitar players named "Shawn", so my brain tends to mix them together.
@hazelnut8619
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
My main memory association with this song is the Rockabye Ralph sketch from the Amanda Show
@amanda-panda413
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
the whisper voices are making my skin crawl lol
@GregDYep
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
How… Did I miss this one? Huh…
@BourbonondaBayou
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
This isn’t Mitch Hedberg?
@kartavianmacrath7219
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
I can tell you why I liked it, I had a crush on a girl that loved it and so I tried to learn it lol
@MarS-w6i
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
I loved this song… and Savage Garden. They were my first big concert (Sevage Garden)… Sorry you missed it. Truly deprived child you were 😂
@KahlessTheUnforgettable
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
3:15 you talking about Hendrix? 😂
@mattburns872
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
https://youtu.be/7ff-ABTUgjA?si=ayte1oKmR9ZPs062 some backstory on the song and its actually a true story
@crucifiednematode
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
Who likes California besides Katy Perry? Anthony Kiedis, duh
@1998_MIN
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
I can relate with Todd on the fact that I gravitated towards adult alternative stuff when I first started buying my own music, albeit ten years later. But I'm talking the same music from the late 90s
Also I didn't know Beautiful Wreck was this guy. I heard that one a bunch in my mom's car 😂
@wallacegrommet9343
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
You nailed it. He wrote another patronizing little girl song called Milky Way
@mariaquiet6211
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
Pete Droge: "If You Don't Love Me I'll K!!! Myself" from the Dumb & Dumber soundtrack
@Devergreen1977
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
Thanks for introducing me to The Thorns! Love their sound.
@seralouise.
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
its funny i thought for sure i would absolutely hate this song, the whispering is so corny, the conceit is so played out and it has the potential to really come off douchey. but the chorus just absolutely hits for me, i dont know how but this skeevy spoken word frat bro hit on smth that feels genuinely comforting
@itsorenji
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
That doge meme wow
@SweetSirenia
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
Saw Shawn Mullins at a festival RIGHT at the peak of Lullabymania. He was doing everything he could to not play that song…and he was absolutely fantastic?? Like, shockingly so?? Sounded pretty different from the single but in a great way, much more storytelling with a sense of humor and a great backing band. And, funny enough…Mullins was on the third stage, while on the main stage later that night was Fuel, performing that OTHER "Shimmer" song. 🙂
@eVanDiesel
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
I always felt this was a ripoff of Sir Rockabye by Frank Black
@custum18
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
I remember an MTV interview about him being a vet and getting a better contract because he already had the song.
@MutedGrowl
April 21, 2026 at 4:53 pm
Sorry, rare miss by Todd, this song rocks.
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