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The Apples in Stereo — Skyway
Album: New Magnetic Wonder
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5.5

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Total ratings: 256









Released: 2007
Length: 2:40
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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Forty times you may question your life
Fortified with a hunting knife
Before you find out if you survive
Questioning marks have turned into scars

For the record you remember the few, yeah,
Who for a second time you bid adieu
Forty days in the neon haze
Festering dreams are dressed in vagaries

You follow the skyway
You follow your right-of-way
You follow the streets and the cars
And the shadows and the stars.

Forty lessons you may hear from the sun, now
You never listened to a single one
Falling leaves whisper like thieves
Not that you mind you live on stolen time

You follow the skyway
You follow your right-of-way
You follow the streets and the cars
And the shadows and the stars.

Fists loaded with a furious disdain
Your ferocity will be your shame
Fast motion like a curious flame
The best I can do is to turn my back on you

You follow the skyway
You follow your right-of-way
You follow the streets and the cars
And the shadows and the stars.
You follow the skyway
You follow your right-of-way
You follow the streets and the cars
And the shadows and the stars.

Streets and the cars and the shadows and the stars
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What, really, is the point of this composition? I searched in vain for any redeeming qualities. Of course, music appreciation is highly subjective, but this sounds rather like shite to my ears. Not so good for the ears. It simply does not sound good and wastes the stereo.
Posted 14 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
How long till these guys get sued by Apple Corps (The Beatles) for their name?
Posted 14 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
Love hearing Apples in Stereo on RP . . .   Very nice!
Posted 14 years ago by beezoo    [ Reply ]
Darned if I know why, but I get a T. Rex/Mott the Hoople vibe out of this!

(yeah, I'm old and slightly past weird, but there ya have it...)
Posted 15 years ago by Porgie_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:
Dropped from a 2 to a 1.  That lead "singer" is pathetic.
 
I prefer his singing to your constant downbeat rap.


Posted 15 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
I'm giving this an 8 because it's good pop. And also because lead singer Robert Schneider lives in Lexington and we have seen him perform and have met him several times, and he's just a really nice guy. You know, the kind of guy you want to hug.
Posted 15 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
You really need to see these guys live to appreciate them. They really are good.
Posted 15 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
Thanks, Bill, for telepathically knowing I'm plowing through insurance and benefits forms and in SORE need of a lift!  {#Bananasplit}
Posted 16 years ago by KitKat    [ Reply ]
Dropped from a 2 to a 1.  That lead "singer" is pathetic.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
diazo wrote:
This takes me back to those thrilling days of yesteryear when bands like XTC, Devo, and the B-52's dared to make rock and roll fun again. I just don't understand the low ratings for this one; it's fun and catchy as hell!
Agree! And Bill's fun segue from The Romantics is a nice remider that great power pop emerges from every R&R era.
Posted 16 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
OK by me
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
This takes me back to those thrilling days of yesteryear when bands like XTC, Devo, and the B-52's dared to make rock and roll fun again. I just don't understand the low ratings for this one; it's fun and catchy as hell!
Posted 16 years ago by diazo    [ Reply ]
Ultra Pop... but some how I just love it.
Posted 16 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
This was stuck in my head all weekend!
Posted 16 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Denver's own (sort of).
Posted 16 years ago by Captain_D0D00    [ Reply ]
Just plain fun!
Posted 17 years ago by Uncle_Fenester    [ Reply ]
livegirl wrote:
I thought they sounded a little like Velvet Underground. Maybe it's the Lou Reed-y singer.
Had me thinking of The Fall...
Posted 17 years ago by FilmSurgeon    [ Reply ]
Apples in Stereo, remind me of "Odds". Which makes me want to hear some Odds. I don't think I have ever heard Odds on RP. May I suggest anything off of the "Good weird feeling" disc by Odds. Their other discs are good too.
Posted 17 years ago by ludite    [ Reply ]
What an awesome set !!!!
Posted 17 years ago by heathenchild    [ Reply ]
Way to shake things up Bill! 9
Posted 17 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
8 9
Posted 17 years ago by littleRoom    [ Reply ]
7 8
Posted 17 years ago by bcorcoran    [ Reply ]
Ignore the haters, this is pretty good and a lot of fun.
Posted 17 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
go ahead and drop this dog . . .
Posted 17 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
Super duper.
Posted 17 years ago by melissab    [ Reply ]
I'm getting Magazine from this.
Posted 17 years ago by Pazzat    [ Reply ]
...it might have gotten more than a "1" from me if it weren't produced and engineered like total crap...
Posted 17 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
I'm surprised Yoko hasn't sued them over their name. Cause she's entitled to it.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
livegirl wrote:
I thought they sounded a little like Velvet Underground. Maybe it's the Lou Reed-y singer.
And the kicking Guitar riff.
Posted 17 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
I thought they sounded a little like Velvet Underground. Maybe it's the Lou Reed-y singer.
Posted 17 years ago by livegirl    [ Reply ]
daveesh wrote:
if liz phair were to get a sex change operation, this is what she'd sound like.
hmmmm, maybe . when it first came on thought it was Spoon's Book I Write.
Posted 17 years ago by enidualc    [ Reply ]
Have these folks been listening to the Dandy Warhols?
Posted 17 years ago by divinemadness    [ Reply ]
Refreshing, outstanding
Posted 17 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
An album cover like that always helps! duh dub dub dub duh-dub!
Posted 17 years ago by Ebabeleba    [ Reply ]
Simple to play, catchy melody, and you can sing along....average stuff.
Posted 17 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
Good song - good album, too!
Posted 17 years ago by winter    [ Reply ]
apples to oranges?
Posted 17 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
Like it better tonight for some reason.
Posted 17 years ago by birthfirst    [ Reply ]
I prefer my apples in mono.
Posted 17 years ago by Daniel_Pittenger    [ Reply ]
I CANNOT ESCAPE APPLES IN STEREO! RP, Sirius, WERS here in Boston... and none of these songs are any good!!!
Posted 17 years ago by stinkycheese    [ Reply ]
Waaah! They are playing at the Dame here in Lexington RIGHT NOW! And we didn't go.
Posted 17 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
They were a Denver band. I know Robert Shneider is based here in Lexington, KY now. There was a good article in the paper about him (and this album) yesterday. Seems that he's become fascinated with higher math and has developed a version of a non-Pythagorean musical scale that he wrote this album with.
Posted 17 years ago by Jimi_the_Saint    [ Reply ]
I prefer the Peaches in Heavy Syrup.
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
I much prefer their older stuff...
Posted 17 years ago by JWU42    [ Reply ]
I see they're a Denver band. Can't say as I've heard of them.
Posted 17 years ago by MJB    [ Reply ]