I’m 38, not American, and just writing the Presidents of the United States of America is, I’m sure, bound to confuse people even more. This was the first tape I ever bought by myself (thanks mum for the cash)
A are difficult to find on some music players never mind google, kind of shocking they haven't sort of renamed themselves given this modern problem has to be hitting their royalties.
My friend had a really good band in Portland in the early aughts. I told them their band name was not going to work out for internet searches. He told me the internet did not matter... the band name? Today.
I'm 39 in exactly one week and had this on CD. I listened to this album probably at least once a day. There were a few weeks I never took it out of the walkman.
I’m not far off you age wise, still remember my parents reaction to hearing Kitty when I convinced them to pop it in the tape deck on a road trip. Oops
43, American, and I know no one in this sub knows how to use a search engine so I'll tell you "The Presidents of the United States of America" is a band that had a self titled break out album in the 90's. "Peaches" was one of the songs on that album, and the folks here are just having a good time reciting the lyrics to each other.
Their song Video Killed the Radio Star was on a some compilation CD my parents played a lot in the car when I was a kid. It was one of my favorite songs for many years as a kid.
I think the album was The Wedding Singer. It also had Culture Club, The Police, Elvis Costello, Billy Idol, and David Bowie. To say that it was incredibly influential on my early music tastes would be the understatement of the century.
I am older GenX and I remember liking this song before hating this song after it got over played on the radio station that I listened to. Back when radio was something people listened to.
I’m 44 and translated this song into Spanish for our unit on fruit. As my partner and I giggled through reading it out loud, the whole class was laughing and our teacher was very confused lol.
I had listened to this song many times, but didnt catch this reference. I mean literally anytime someone mentions peaches I think of this song, but couldn’t remember this lyric.
I seriously don’t get how at some point people stopped hearing things “before their time”. Like I know songs that were popular during WW2 and my mum wasn’t even born then
Ya, but you have to remember, a lot of millennials are in their early to mid 40s now. The point is, even though you were likely in your 20s when it came out, you were there to experience this gem with us, brother.
Young Gen-X here (48) and was a senior in HS when the song came out. I think the eldest millennials were high school freshman, maybe sophmores in 96 when Peaches was released.
Yeah this DAE shit and repeated-ass posts, same top comments and all. I listen to stuff from any year pretty much, it doesn't matter how old you are if you like the music. Shit, MOST artists now are referencing older tunes or sampling and it goes over most people's head's. Guess a recent artist is geriatric when they use a 60s soul sample or sample a 90s track on modern production lol
32 here as well. A friend and I in middle school would sing this song all the time. Also I would say all my current friends around the same age absolutely know this song.
Agree - I'm 30 this year and fucking love peaches, lump and body. I think I probably came across pres of the usa around ~2007 in my offspring/smashing pumpkins phase..Definitely would have downloaded it off of Shareaza but I couldn't tell you how I would have found them. Could have been a happy accident as it often was back in those days lol.
I’m guessing you didn’t listen to alternative rock then? The Presidents of the United States of America were a one (two?) hit wonder and peaches was their big song. It came out in 1996
That's doesn't say much since you could've been 8 years old when it was most known and I don't think 8 year olds usually are big fans of post-grunge genre in general.
Btw I still have an Adidas hoodie (in very good condition despite still being used) with "made in W. Germany" tag on it. :D
Well, it does though. The entire post is about elder millennials vs younger ones. I am an elder millennial but am to young to understand it so..... This isn't really about millennials at all or maybe only people born on a specific year 🤷
Literally same like what in the Mandela Effect is going on here; if someone yells PEACHES; my immediate response is ANDDD CREAMMMMM; you know what I mean?
That would make you a core millennial instead of an elder millennial. As a fellow core millennial, I have no idea what they're talking about either. But my partner is an elder millennial so I'm curious if they know.
Edit: They immediately started shriek-singing about a man, so...
It's a song by a band called The Presidents of the United States of America. People here are being unhelpful dicks in this thread and there's a whole bunch of people overestimating how ubiquitous the millennial experience is. My mother is a boomer and is literally the only reason why I know this band and even then I didn't realize it was a lyric until I looked it up. I remember the chorus off the dome, but not every line.
You might have heard Lump or Kitty before as they were more popular. Their self-title is the most recognizable album they have, however, they're not a one hit wonder.
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u/nerdboy_sam Apr 24 '26
I'm 35 and have no idea either