PEACHES COME FROM A CAN

They were put there by a man!
- In a factory, down tooooown!
  
  If I had my little way

Old millennial checking in. No fucking clue what this is about
- It's ok, we can't all be cool :)
- I remember just driving around in the backseat of mom's minivan, and it could've been 92.3 KROCJ, or 100.3 Z100, or 97.5 PST, Peaches by Presidents of the United States of America was just a popular alt rock tune, sandwiched in between Third Eye Blind and the Gin Blossoms.
- Apparently they all know the lyrics of Peaches way better than just Millions of peaches, peaches for me. Millions of peaches, peaches for free. Followed by ninja noises lol.
- The song Peaches by The Presidents of The USA
- How about Gump?
  
  Hes in my head. But. He might be dead.
  
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- It means shitposting is older than we thought.
  
  Memes were passed around on floppy disks.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GCrzjVdmSg
  
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  Principal Skinner was right!
- How? This was everywhere
- Thanks for giving me an answer to my question of which millennial would know the correct answer, cause I had y'all pegged at knowing who "The Presidents of the United States of America" were.
  So how old is an old millennial, anyhow? I kinda thought that's where I was, but this song was/is my jam.
  
  The oldest Millennials are in their early 40s.

THEY WERE PUT THERE BY A MAN
- IN A FACTORY DOOWWN TOOOOOWWWWN!
  
  IF I HAD MY LITTLE WAY
  
  @FARTYSHARTBLAST WOOMANNN!
  @ickplant @FARTYSHARTBLAST

"They were put there by a man, in a factory downtown..."

I'm gonna move me to the country, gonna eat me a lot of peaches.

I thought we were Gen x or y?
Anyway, this entire album is fucking banger.
- The generational boundaries are somewhat arbitrary. They were put there by a man who just happened to be the guy who got that particular assignment. In a factory downtown that produces nothing but information for immediate consumption, I’m sure the generational gaps can seem more severe.
  If I had my little way, I’d want people to understand it was much more of a spectrum (it still is); we lived in roughly the same world as the kids five grades above us had lived in at our age. I’d eat peaches every day in the lunchroom and didn’t have to defend them because I was sitting with kids two grades above me. And when I met alums from the school who had graduated they seemed like full-on adults, but they were the same culture as me. Didn’t seem like a different generation.
  I lived in the country in the 90s, going to a little school. I ran track, and I remember sitting around with the girls waiting for various events, just sun soaking, or sitting on root bulges in the shade, lazing around. No cell phones, forced to socialize though I was terrified of it.
  Growing up was roughly the same for us as the kids 5 years ahead of us. Except we were The Class of 2000, and had been raised to subtly believe we were the pioneers of a new civilization based on avoiding endlessly-growing-landfill apocalypse and acid rain.
  I dreamed about you, woman
  
  This may be the most amazing comment in the history of the internet
  
  This comment is a goddamn work _{o fart} of art DAMNIT
  
  I think this is especially true the older you get, but my experience was vastly different to my husband's who was born 4 years before me, and somewhat significantly different from my brother's 3 years behind. Part of the gap between my husband and I has to do with the large age difference in our parents, but the biggest difference is how quickly technology was changing in our formative years in the early 2000s. I am the youngest of the millennials,, my brother is firmly gen Z (though only born the first or second year of them) and my husband is firmly a millennial
- This is according to the US Census
  Gen X: (born 1965-1980)
  Gen Y is the same as Millennial: (born 1981-1996)
  
  And the album was released in 1995, so lots of gen x would be in their late teens early twenties when it was released, prime audience for it.
  
  Woah. I always thought I was Gen X but TIL I'm probably a millennial.
- Severely underrated album. Holds up better than almost any from that year
- Theres 5 strings between the guitar and bass and it's still a masterpiece. So much sound for such a minimalist approach to their instruments. Kitty is a supreme banger.
  
  Just as I'm thinking about repairing it some little friends come along with some 2 string, 1 string, no string guitars and they plug em all in to the back porch
  https://piped.video/watch?v=TmrXHEdT-E0
- Little blue dune buggy.
  That's all I have to say.
  
  Back Porch is a favorite of mine
  
  I've been selected to orbit the planet in a rocket.
  (In a rocket)
- they're fucking ace in concert too. I had zero expectations for the evening and they tore the face off of it, like, goddamned fun show.

Younger millennial checking in, despite the relevance of my username I have no idea what this means.
- Here you go
  
  I'd never seen the video. Did not expect to see Ninjas
  
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  I didn't recognize it from the image (description of "shriek singing" also had me imagining something totally different) but immediately recognized the song 2 seconds after it started playing. Guess that makes me dead middle millennial
  
  TIL The PotUSA’s looks like bald Dennis from IASIP.
  
  Oh I know that song. I was imaging it was referencing a commercial or something.
- Yeah, I got nothing either. Maybe this is a US-centric thing?
  
  Nope, I'm English and this song was fairly big here at the time too
  
  Canadian and I know it.
  
  they were huge in Aus when that album dropped. was my first album I owned
- Allow me to explain
  https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c566f057-2a7d-43ae-8e91-cd7b4f7f0f31.jpeg

Took a little nap where the roots all twist
Squished a rotten peach in my fist
And dreamed about you, wooooomaaaaan
- That scream always threw me off.

THEY WERE PUT THERE BY A MANoh fuck
- Got me too. Don't feel bad.

Kitty on my foot and I wanna touch it
- FUCK YOU KITTY, YOURE GONNA SPEND THE NIGHT
  
  OUT. SIIIIIIIIDE!
- Fuck you kitty!

- You're welcome. Now get off my lawn!
  
  Millennial correction:
  “Get off my landlord’s lawn”

Also works for younger X.
- Totally. The Oregon Trail generation.
  
  I’m still unreasonably afraid of contracting diysentery.
- Xennials here, can confirm, this will be stuck in my head for a week now.
  
  1978?

Look out!
Then the ninjas jump out of the tree.

Yep. 1995 here and ive got no idea.
- Well you see peaches come from a can, they were put there by a man in a factory downtown.
  
  If I had my little way I would eat peaches every day
- Here now you can pretend to be born in the mid to late 80s instead:
  https://youtu.be/wvAnQqVJ3XQ?si=j2IDH3d8ntQ22u8P
  
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- 96, I only know cuz I have an older brother

“Lump lingered, last in line for brains”
- And the ones she got were sorta rotten and insane
- Did you know that song was inspired by his brain tumor? Not a joke.
- Gump sat alone on a bench in the park
  
  And that is all I have to say ABOUT THAT

I'm a young millennial and I love this song but none of my peers knew wtf I was talking about
- It is your duty to inform them.
- Sounds like you have a rock and roll problem, and we've got a solution.

For the folks who don't know The singer from POTUSA sings kids music as Casper Babypants and his songs are bangers that my 11 month old daughter and I both enjoy equally.
- holy shit checking this out now

Little blind spider took the wheel
- Navigating grass blades completely by feel
  
  Gotta sassy chassis sparkling in the sun

58 Gen X Brit here. Even I know the correct response. It was a popular tune.
- 50 Gen here I saw them live.

Any of this posts' targets with little kids looking for fun music check out Caspar Babypants

Makes me want to move to the country.
- Gonna eat a lot a peaches?

Wtf does this mean?
- Millions of peaches! Peaches for me. Millions of peaches! Peaches for free.
  LOOKOUT!
- THEY WERE PUT THERE BY A MAN!
  
  I see...
- <-- Younger millenial.
  
  I'm not even a millenial lol.

Late Gen X here (born '77). I love the video for this song.

I guess I am the Elder One.

I think zoomers have access to Spotify.
- Zoomers won't listen to POTUS by their own accord. DJ X isn't going to serve it to them either.
  
  LIES BECAUSE HOW ELSE AM I SUPPISED TO GET MILLIONS OF PEACHES?!?! SPECIFICALLY PEACHES FOR ME!?

I just scream out......CASPER BABYPANTS!
- His kids stuff is just so good

I'm early Gen Z and I know this song lmao. It played here and there on the local alternative rock radio stations.
- Seattle area? They are from North West and their songs play fairly often here
  
  Salt Lake City area, actually. Pretty far from Seattle. Peaches is the only song I know off the top of my head though.

Best mosh pit I was ever in, surprisingly enough. That song can hit a properly primed and amped up crowd nicely.
- I can totally see that

That was the first CD I bought when I got a CD player for christmas.

Gonna eat me a buncha peaches.

Hwat?
- This
  
  Looks like a US-thing. Never heard this song and I'm elder-millennial.
  
  I don't know what to say. 🍑

It's gonna blow oh whoa oh whoa whoa 🌋

This was never a good song. But I will add that pears in can are better than fresh pears that ain't Asian pears. Those crispy things are delicious

As an elder millennial, that song has always been garbage
- As an elder millennial, how does it feel to be so wrong?
  
  I'll let you know when I get a chance to experience it 👍
- I played it for my Gen Alpha kids and it's still a smash hit
  
  Your Gen Alpha kids might just be lame.

Grew up in 90s. I learned only recently what alternative music actually encompasses, realized I absolute hate it by and large. There was so much shitty music in the 90s and it was the bulk of alternative that sucked so much.
*Edit: to the haters down voting me: all I can say is that my life is pretty plain.

Oh, its an American thing. Guess Lemme's not immune to the "Nowhere else exists except the United States" rule of the internet
- Nah, not a US only thing at all. See the charts here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaches_(The_Presidents_of_the_United_States_of_America_song)#Charts
  
  I'm pretty sure I fall under older Millenial (89) and I definitely didnt hear this song enough for the lyrics to immediately bring up that response, but I can accept I'm an anomaly I guess
  Edit: Lmao, the other comment I was at least aggressive, but like, this is the most passive agreement I might be the odd one out here, how is this one getting downvoted to oblivion?
- i wouldnt go on a chinese website and complain about it being chinese centric
  
  English doesnt equal American dumbass

That song sounds lame af
- You too will get millions of peaches one day
- Found my new nemesis
- They fought ninjas. How many ninjas have you defeated?
- Someone doesn't like 90's Alt Rock.
- I respect your opinion, but I must now buy the album to compensate for your failure. Good day.