How'd You Get Into The Apples?

[grimeyno1]

I'm sure this topic comes up every two months, but I've got nothing else.

For me, "Strawberryfire". It came with some version of Windows XP that was preinstalled on a Dell Computer (along with the standard Beethoven song and, oddly enough, "Older" by They Might Be Giants and "Rascuache" by At the Drive-In... I'm a fan of both bands, now, as well).

That was back when I was only maybe thirteen. I didn't buy Her Wallpaper Reverie until about a year later. Then I became convinced that The Apples in Stereo were one of my favorite bands of all time.

And from then until now, I've not only been diving deeper into The Apples, but I'm a total queerbag for all things Elephant 6, too. To think: a good chunk of my musical tastes is all thanks to some Windows Media Player sample mix I could have easily overlooked.

Well, hurray for timing, I suppose.

[hockywierdo]

basically I found E6 through music.yahoo.com which totally dictated my music taste at the time.
i was into dcfc, bright eyes, postal service, cursive, saddle creek bands and they were connected with some E6 bands. Specifically Beulah and Neutral Milk and OTC. I REALLY loved beulah then found: Neutral Milk Hotel. got into the ladybug transistor, (and grandaddy to), camera obscura, magnetic fields, and then i stumbled upon elephant six much deeper. all the bands connected with neutral milk, beulah, dont forget of montreal (and a lot of polyvinyl bands) and then The Apples In Stereo. at this time i got into a lot of record labels and their rosters like Barsuk, Arts and Crafts (canada), POLYVINYL, and then i Found the "elephant 6" label and Orange Twin.

I really didnt appreciate the apples much until i got Her Wallpaper Reverie. Now im so deep in love its unbearable.

[Brien]

I heard "I Want" on the radio, looked it up on the radio's online playlist (without knowing the title), and found the band through intricate search.

[SlowCoreSadness]

The Powerpuff Girls!

[samanthafayIFD]

Originally posted by grimeyno1
For me, "Strawberryfire". It came with some version of Windows XP that was preinstalled on a Dell Computer (along with the standard Beethoven song and, oddly enough, "Older" by They Might Be Giants and "Rascuache" by At the Drive-In... I'm a fan of both bands, now, as well).

oh my god, i totally forgot about that.
i think that's how i started listening to them too. how weird.

[ThatKid]

Originally posted by SlowCoreSadness
The Powerpuff Girls!
Ditto.

[el topo]

I heard Strawberryfire on a CMJ mag comp. And it kind of clicked because a friend had been telling me I'd like them a few years prior (because I liked the Beatles), but I hadn't gotten around to checking them out. So then I got Her Wallpaper Reverie, which I loved. This was at almost the exact same time I heard Neutral Milk Hotel on college radio while driving around Seattle, and quickly drove to the nearest record store repeating "Neutral Milk Hotel King of Carrot Flowers" over and over again so I could find the record, knowing I'd forget that mishmash of words if I let any time pass. Very dangerous driving, if I recall. And around that time a co-worker played Black Foliage for me and I loved it, so when I heard all three bands were connected, I got into E6 very quickly.

[ThatKid]

Originally posted by el topo
I heard Neutral Milk Hotel on college radio while driving around Seattle, and quickly drove to the nearest record store repeating "Neutral Milk Hotel King of Carrot Flowers" over and over again so I could find the record, knowing I'd forget that mishmash of words if I let any time pass. Very dangerous driving, if I recall.
Haha. I laughed out loud at this story. Very nice.

[kartoonz]

This kid Adam had a Beatles turned Flaming Lips site back when Soft Bulletin came out. He had some really great music recommendations including the Apples. Downloaded Strawberryfire and loved it. It eventually opened my eyes to the whole e6 thing. Thanks, Adam.

[Freek]

I found a cd in a cd-rent and buy shop called The discovery of ... and it looked intruiging. I thought I had heard the name before but wasn't sure. I rented, fell madly in love with it, checked allmusic and found out that there was such thing as elephant 6. It had escaped my attention completely (not so difficult living in the netherlands with very little attention in the printed media). the next band I wanted to check out (because allmusic called The gay parade the indie sergeant pepper) was Of Montreal. they're still my favorite but I love most of E6 (although the more experimental stuff the least)

[beau]

Originally posted by ThatKid
Originally posted by SlowCoreSadness
The Powerpuff Girls!
Ditto.
Heh, same here.

[mothersofthepearl]

Out of sheer luck. I asked my brother to get me "A Band of Bees" CD. He accidentally bought Fun Trick Noisemaker. I haven't let go of the band since.

[Malarky]

Funny story actually, when I was in 4th grade in lets see.....something like 1996, Robert came to my class and sang us songs, most memorably "I ♥ the Animals" after that day in elementary school I went down a dark road. You see, way back then I didn't understand what good music actually was, and went to wal-mart and bought the spice girls cd (no joke, and no, I am not female). Now I've been re-introduced through a very good old friend who I lost touch with when him and I both moved away. After falling in love with the music of the apples I realized I've listening to a bunch of bands on the elephant 6 label for a long time now. So, I have to offer a very big thanks to Robert for singing to his brother's (and my) 4th grade class way back in the 90's. I am very thankful indeed.



Robert, please tell me you remember this!!! and send a pm


[Edited on 8-20-0606 by Malarky]

[feeling_retro]

amazon.com,
back in november/december 2003, i would listen to this radio station from australia on the internet (triple j) and they introduced me to the shins.
i then went on amazon.com to listen to more tracks by the shins (as they have the 30 second sampler) and then they reccommended the apples in stereo to me.
and the rest is history.

[garyw]

pete and pete!!

[uncle eggma]

Originally posted by beau
Originally posted by ThatKid
Originally posted by SlowCoreSadness
The Powerpuff Girls!
Ditto.
Heh, same here.

yeah me too, i think i was a junior in high school when that video came out. they used to show it late at night between episodes of space ghost. i didn't know the apples were ever on pete and pete. season 3 i must assume...because i own the other two and i don't recall any apples in stereo on them...

[uncle eggma]

wow, 4th grade in 1996? that makes me feel old....

[grimeyno1]

3 marginally relevant facts about yours truly:

1) i was near the beginning of elementary school in 1996
2) i watched space ghost coast to coast on cartoon network late at night (so amazing) and i remember seeing that powerpuff girls music video
3) i own seasons 1 and 2 of pete and pete on DVD -- and i am damn angry that nickelodeon is refusing to release the third.

[garyw]

their song tidal wave was on a couple pete and petes... i dont recall them all, but i believe it plays when little pete and a black kid are riding down a hill on garbage can lids or something like that... i think its on one of the dvds

[grimeyno1]

apparently it's at the end of an episode called "allnighter".

[quixoticgoat]

powerpuff girls also... then i heard "allright/not quite" and i was FREAKIN' hooked...

[bethsticks]

It was discovery all the way baybeee..

[uncle eggma]

Originally posted by garyw
their song tidal wave was on a couple pete and petes... i dont recall them all, but i believe it plays when little pete and a black kid are riding down a hill on garbage can lids or something like that... i think its on one of the dvds

hmm, i think i know the episode you're talking about...may be season 1, i'll have to rewatch.

[garyw]

pete and pete is also the reason im into magnetic fields haha... good stuff

[Harnk]

natural progression from apple sauce, as an infant.

[horseface]

apples were my first taste of e6...my buddy ordered "tone soul" on a lark way back when it was being offered from one of those music clubs (it'd be cool if they still offered e6 titles) never having heard of them before..."tone soul" is still my fave apples to this day.

[voltaire]

This is kind of lame... but I had heard of them in passing, and was a huge NMH fan. A boy I fancied was coming up to visit and I saw that the Apples were playing a local show, and since he also liked some other E6 bands (Of Montreal in particular) I thought it might be a nice show for us to go to. It was more than nice, it was beyond awesome.

[nicolaigherghe]

Powerpuff girls video the music enchanted me, and I've been an an apple to the core since.

[grimeyno1]

Originally posted by nicolaigherghe
Powerpuff girls video the music enchanted me, and I've been an an apple to the core since.

2 points for nicolaigherghe.

[sixpac_drinkur]

You know that honeymoon spell you go through when you've just discovered one of those rare bands that you take to heart so much that you listen to very little else for a good month or two? I'm experiencing that right now with Apples in Stereo. Gather round as I hit storyteller mode.

I'm utterly in love with all things Super Furry Animals so when, a few years ago, I saw them described as a "Welsh Olivia Tremor Control", I immediately set about getting hold of the 2 OTC albums which as you should all know by now are utterly stupendous. Interest in the E6 now aroused, I ordered 'Her Wallpaper Reverie' second hand off Amazon but found it to be almost comically Beatles-aping upon first listen and eventually sold it on; not however without copying it to my computer first.

A month or two ago, a good friend whom I had got into OTC was round my place and inquired about these Apples so I stuck on 'Strawberryfire' and thought, well, these guys ain't half bad after all. I am still listening to it obsessively (along with 'Fun Trick Noisemaker' and 'Tone Soul Evolution' which I have since procured). I ordered the other two albums this morning and eagerly await the new 'un, arriving happily enough just one short month after the new Gruff Rhys album. What a start to ought seven, dagnabbit!

Bless you Robert Schneider and co, and welcome to the rarified atmosphere of 'bands I just can't get enough of'. You're in some pretty tasty company.

[redbaron056]

Originally posted by grimeyno1
I'm sure this topic comes up every two months, but I've got nothing else.

For me, "Strawberryfire". It came with some version of Windows XP that was preinstalled on a Dell Computer (along with the standard Beethoven song and, oddly enough, "Older" by They Might Be Giants and "Rascuache" by At the Drive-In... I'm a fan of both bands, now, as well).

That was back when I was only maybe thirteen. I didn't buy Her Wallpaper Reverie until about a year later. Then I became convinced that The Apples in Stereo were one of my favorite bands of all time.

And from then until now, I've not only been diving deeper into The Apples, but I'm a total queerbag for all things Elephant 6, too. To think: a good chunk of my musical tastes is all thanks to some Windows Media Player sample mix I could have easily overlooked.

Well, hurray for timing, I suppose.

ahh yes. I first heard the apples in my old as hell windows ME desktop. it came on my musicmatch jukebox, and i have loved them and TMBG since.

[feeling_retro]

Originally posted by grimeyno1
3 marginally relevant facts about yours truly:

1) i was near the beginning of elementary school in 1996
2) i watched space ghost coast to coast on cartoon network late at night (so amazing) and i remember seeing that powerpuff girls music video
3) i own seasons 1 and 2 of pete and pete on DVD -- and i am damn angry that nickelodeon is refusing to release the third.


woah me too- minus owning season 2.
i started 3rd grade in late 1996.
i watched cartoon planet before i watched space ghost coast to coast late at night (fridays especially) on cartoon network.
i remember when the powerpuff girls were on the "What a Cartoon Show"