#red sweater by the aquabats

[mossmutant]

Well I met you in the third grade

I didn't know that you liked lemonade

I met you another year later

You wore a red sweater with an alligator!

[kickerofelves]

Red sweater — The Aquabats

[meowkid1000]

Mom: stop asking for the same Christmas present you’re going to end up with multiple

what if that was my goal all along mother. What then.

[scruffiandraws]

I never told tumblr but I saw the aquabats aug 17 at the oc fair and I was main character…I have mcbc water bottle, eaglebones pick, and so much attention…like I made pins and crash took them and gave eaglebones his pin and put the rest in his pocket!!!!! (Hope he gave them out to the rest of the guys) me and the commander grabbed hands and he pointed at me a lot. Also, I will never be able to listen to red sweater normally again because of this…OH MY GOD. OH MY GOOOOOOOOD

[gardengnosticator]

Username Song Game

rules: pick a song for each letter of your username and tag that many people

i was tagged by @kavabar and wehhhhhhhh this was a hard one.

G. get old forever by jeff rosenstock A. all about you by outtaline R. red sweater! by the aquabats D. darwin by harms way E. end your life by years spent cold N. nightcall by kavinsky G. glenn the dawg by cherry glazer N. no place by splendora O. octopus angel 8000 by uncle outrage S. shadows fall by glassjaw T. thick skin by stop and think I. if the gov't could read my mind by the vandals C. could be worse by no comply A. all i want by the offspring T. tight by mindless self indulgence O. one for the ski mask by moscow death brigade R. roller coaster by blink 182

jeez that took way too much time so imma not tag anyone but if yall want to try just say i sent ya

[icedcoolatta]

look at this while listening to red sweater by the aquabats for the full experience

[become-a-robot]

OH MY GOD YOU SHOULD TOTALLY LISTEN TO FURY OF THE AQUABATS BY THE AQUABATS!!!!!

ONE OF MY FAVE BANDS EVER!!! THEY'RE SUPER SILLY!!!!

The Fury Of The Aquabats! - The Aquabats! (1997)

We meet again, mormon ska homestar runner yo gabba gabba vigilante superhero gang.

I remember one post from twitter (I think?) where it said something like "ska music sounds like what plays in a 12 year olds head when they get cheese sticks for dinner", except The Aquabats are the type of band who would literally write a song about having cheese sticks for dinner.

I like their sprinkling in of style mashups they do in songs with no prompting whatsoever. Red sweater has 1950s doo-wop music, Magic Chicken has a random hip hop break, Lobster Bucket with a ragtime feel, etc.

So. The recurring themes of this album are people eating, people geting eaten, being down bad, and getting mauled to death. Cool. Anyway, my favorite tracks are The Story Of Nothing and Martian Girl. I enjoy the former for its imagery of literally disappearing as a result of feeling like a nobody after rejection, and the latter for something something. I'm Going To Kiss the Girl From Venus

The Aquabats have always had some interesting nerdy love songs, coming up with the strangest, most esoteric ways to be attracted to people, that somehow loop back around to being somewhat sincere. It's less "Hey girl I think you're pretty. want to go out?", and more "Hey girl, I saw how you knocked over the produce stand in the supermarket and started pelting people with tomatoes, and wanted to let you know we are happily married in the scenario I made up in my head".

Really fun album, very silly ass band. It's a little much sometimes tho, I don't personally think i can listen to more than one Aquabats album at a time lol.

Also, thanks for the reccomendation! You get: A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing - Sparks (1973)

[tiny-brain]

gUYS

SOMETHING AMAZING HAPPENED LAST NIGHT

ok so over the past few months I was in a couple of local talent shows, and both times I sang a song by The Aquabats. First time was Red Sweater, second time was The Story of Nothing.

Well, my parents started sending the links to the videos of me singing those songs to their siblings

WELL APPARENTLY my dad‘s brother knows a person who knows a person who is APPARENTLY FRIENDS WITH THE LEAD SINGER OF THE FREAKING BAND, CHRISTIAN JACOBS

THE MC BAT COMMANDER SAW ME SING RED SWEATER AND MY MIND IS BREAKING

[daisy-spot]

Story Of Nothing!

Powdered Milk Man!

Red Sweater!

For the aquabats ask game?

- @boyfriendblogging

i'm FREEEE ok now i answer you!!!!

Story Of Nothing!: Give it to me straight. How bad was the pining?

HARD. with all, really. i'm the kind that doesn't really know her feelings so it's kinda strange but even when i realize i just stay the fuck silent XD so the pinning is devastating

Powdered Milk Man!: What is something you both dislike? Why?

all of us have a huge personal grudge with abusers, but in different ways. lok.i + ghos.t and i is for personal reasons, while johnny is more of 'how dare you fuckers have hurt my loved ones????' also simon and i have arfid or at the very least texture issues so... bad textures count.

Red Sweater!: How did you meet?

with lok.i i have a few diff AU stuff, but most of them are mainly isekai based in some way. with the bois 💀+🧼 it's either very soft and comforting (like meeting at a cafe), while stationed (slight angst), or straight up brutal angst meeting i like to have diff ideas as you can see, so i just count them as different versions of a similar story. in a few there's a crossover and all!!!

[whoareyoueventhough]

Convincing you to listen to The Aquabats! and think about your blorbos

1: Red Sweater! Dynamics: Fem x Masc, Childhood friends to lovers, just some guy x just some girl

When I met you in the first grade, I didn't know that you liked lemonade When I met you another year later, you wore a red sweater with an alligator

2: My Skateboard! Dynamics: Unrequited love, Masc x Fem < Androgynous, Jock gets the girl, Lonely guy with a skateboard

I just wanted you to come over, sit on my couch and hold me tight But you went out with some dumb jock, and left me alone with my skateboard tonight

3: Super Rad! Dynamics: Unstoppable friendship, hero's, kids-show vibes

All systems go, soon the world will know Tell your mom, tell your dad we were super rad

4: Martian Girl! Dynamics: Human!Androgynous x Alien!Fem, Can be interpreted as unrequited or flustered, Completely in love human

Martian girl from planet V, will you marry me? Woah woah woah woah woah She came from outer space she came to see if earth was good! Woah woah woah woah woah

5: Lobster Bucket! Dynamics: Friendship, support, strength in numbers, hurt/comfort

There are times, when you find, lobsters in a bucket can't get out. Why can't they get away? Because other lobsters pull them down.

6: All the other Aquabats songs go listen to all of them! These ones were just from The Fury of The Aquabats! because that's my favourite album but there are so many other good songs :))

[real-artemis]

@eddiestardust @halloweengirl1225 @witchscarykid @ anyone else who wants to join

Challenging you all!

Put your music library on shuffle, then list the first five songs that come up in a poll to let people vote for which one they like the most!

Then tag Tumblr friends to keep the game going!

[aquabatsyoutubecomments]

[selecthumor]

#wearetheaquabats Aquabats August may be a theme I am doing this month. This illustration based on a redraw I did for the @aquabats hit song: Red Sweater. Please support their goals of funding the Aquabats Super Show through this link: http://kck.st/2vmbUKs