Apollo Up!
Apollo Up! is a post-punk or pop-punkindie music band based in Nashville, Tennessee, chronologically aligned with the post-punk revival of the early 21st century. Billboard.com describes the band as post-hardcore: "cerebral but impassioned," with tricky song structures and unexpected dynamic shifts. Their sound has been compared to Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, and Fugazi.
Singer/guitarist Jay Leo Phillips, bassist Mike Shepherd, and drummer Jereme Frey, each former or ongoing members of local bands Lotushalo, Shiboleth, On Command, and Forget Cassettes, formed the band in late 2002. Their debut album, Light the End and Burn It Through, was released by indie label Theory 8 Records in January 2004.
Phillips divided his activities between Apollo Up! and dream pop trio Forget Cassettes, touring with both bands and working on the latter's second album, Salt, before concentrating on Apollo's second release, Chariots of Fire in June 2006. The group continued to gig locally and toured, playing, among other venues, at Cincinnati's Desdemona Festival in 2006. The band released a 5-song EP, Walking Papers, in 2008.
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ALBUMS
- Chariots of Fire released: 2006
- Light the End and Burn It Through released: 2004
Apple Pie
by: Donell Jones[Verse 1:]
I remember when met you back in June
Knew you had a man, but I was diggin' you
I behaved patiently, waiting for you to come running to me (ooh yeah...)
Now we're in July, hanging everyday
Sex is on my mind, cuz you're next to me
I've been a gentleman, now it's time to let a n***a get in (ooh lady...)
[Chorus:]
Why... should I... give myself to you
I think it's too soon
So girl I'm just not your average guy
C'mon break me a piece of your apple pie
And if... I do... then tell me just what will I get from you
Oh, girl I'm a man with a hearty appetite
C'mon break me a piece and you will see tonight
[Verse 2:]
Girl it's been a while, and I'm hungry now
Know you want me to, why you holdin' out
I gonna be good to you (I wanna be good to you)
I'mma do the things your man couldn't do (lady.)
What's it gonna be, no more questionin'
Ass is tease me, patience running thin
I know you're trynna take your time
But that apple pie is bound to be mine (ooh lady...)
[Chorus:]
Why... should I... give myself to you
I think it's too soon
So girl I'm just not your average guy
C'mon break me a piece of your apple pie
And if... I do... then tell me just what will I get from you
Oh, girl I'm a man with a hearty appetite
C'mon break me a piece and you will see tonight
So tell me what do I need to do to get a taste from you
Won't you come and lay down with me and make yourself comfortable
Your booty's looking right, enough to fill my appetite
Don't put up a fight, baby let me come inside
For that apple pie
It's bound to make me lose my mind
So c'mon baby...
[Chorus:]
Why... should I... give myself to you
I think it's too soon
So girl I'm just not your average guy
C'mon break me a piece of your apple pie
And if... I do... then tell me just what will I get from you
Oh, girl I'm a man with a hearty appetite
C'mon break me a piece and you will see tonight
[Bridge:]
Break me off a piece of your apple pie girl
Break me off a piece of that apple pie girl
Break me off a piece of your apple pie girl
Break me off a piece of that apple pie girl
Said I'm taking off those clothes tonight...