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* StupidStatementDanceMix: “Lost in Space (Theme)”, which consists of quotes from [[Film/LostInSpace the movie of the same name]].
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* StupidStatementDanceMix: “Lost VoiceClipSong: "Lost in Space (Theme)”, which (Theme)" consists of quotes from [[Film/LostInSpace the movie of the same name]].
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Apollo 440 has contributed to the soundtrack of various films and video games including ''Film/CharliesAngels'', ''Film/{{Eurotrip}}'', and ''VideoGame/RapidRacer''. They have also collaborated with various other artists, including Music/JeffBeck and Music/JeanMichelJarre.
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Apollo 440 has contributed to the soundtrack of various films and video games including ''Film/CharliesAngels'', ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'', ''Film/{{Eurotrip}}'', and ''VideoGame/RapidRacer''. They have also collaborated with various other artists, including Music/JeffBeck and Music/JeanMichelJarre.
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* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: The band's songs show a lot of variation in lyrical tone. Many are instrumentals at a 0, while some are at 1, being purely silly such as "1,2,3,4"," and "Stadium Parking Lot". The rest range higher on the scale, reaching 5-6 with more cynical songs such as "Love is Evil", "Children of the Future", "Make My Dreams Come True", and "High on Your Own Supply". "Dude Descending a Staircase", "Hustler Groove", and "Electro Glide in Blue" all reach a 7 with explicit sex and drug references.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most songs are around Level 2 ("Christiane", 1,2,3,4") or Level 3 ("Stop the Rock", "Bulletproof Blues", "Time is Running Out"). Others go up to Level 7, such as "Escape to Beyond the Planet of the Super Ape", and most of the songs from ''The Future's What It Used to Be''. "Fuzzy Logic" from said album starts out as a 1, then switches to a 3.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most songs are around Level 2 ("Christiane", 1,2,3,4") or Level 3 ("Stop the Rock", "Bulletproof Blues", "Time is Running Out"). Others go up to Level 7, such as "Escape to Beyond the Planet of the Super Ape", and most of the songs from ''The Future's What It Used to Be''. "Fuzzy Logic" from said album starts out as a 1, then switches to a 3.
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* DiscoSucks: ''Dude Descending a Staircase'' has a song called "Disco Sucks".
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* DiscoSucks: ''Dude Descending a Staircase'' has a song called "Disco Sucks". The singer is all dressed up for the club, but the DJ sucks, he can't dance, the ladies aren't interested, it's too cold outside to leave, and the one woman who catches his eye [[UnsettlingGenderReveal turns out to be a man]]. And yet, he still loves the actual music and hates himself for it.
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* AlliterativeTitle: "Astral America" and "Bulletproof Blues".
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* AlliterativeTitle: "Astral America" and America", "Bulletproof Blues".Blues", and "Rope, Rapture and the Rising Sun".
* DiscoSucks: ''Dude Descending a Staircase'' has a song called "Disco Sucks".
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* GratuitousSpanish: The version of "Carrera Rapida" featured on the album ''Electro Glide In Blue'' includes Spanish words and phrases such as "amigo", "pescado" and "hasta la vista".
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* GratuitousSpanish: The version of "Carrera Rapida" is Spanish for "the fast race". The lyrical version featured on the album ''Electro Glide In Blue'' includes Spanish words and phrases such as "amigo", "pescado" and "hasta la vista".
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* HarmlessFreezing: Played with in "Liquid Cool", when discussing the topic of cryogenic preservation. The person who is frozen is said to be neither alive nor dead, but in a third state known as biostasis.
* MortalityGrayArea: "Liquid Cool" states that a person who is frozen in cryogenic preservation is said to be neither alive nor dead, but in a third state known as biostasis.
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** ''Gettin’ High On Your Own Supply'' has a title and song named after a line from ''[[Film/Scarface1983 Scarface]]'', advising drug dealer Tony Montana to not use his own product.
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** ''Gettin’ High On Your Own Supply'' has a title and song named after a line from ''[[Film/Scarface1983 Scarface]]'', advising drug dealer Tony Montana "Don't get high on your own supply", meaning to not use his own product.
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** ''Electro Glide in Blue'' is named after the film ''Electra Glide In Blue''.
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** ''Electro Glide in Blue'' is named after the film ''Electra Glide In Blue''.''Film/ElectraGlideInBlue''.
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Apollo 440 are a British electronic rock band founded in 1990.
The band has contributed to the soundtrack of various films and video games including ''Film/CharliesAngels'', ''Film/{{Eurotrip}}'', and ''VideoGame/RapidRacer''. They have also collaborated with various other artists, including Music/JeffBeck and Music/JeanMichelJarre.
The band has contributed to the soundtrack of various films and video games including ''Film/CharliesAngels'', ''Film/{{Eurotrip}}'', and ''VideoGame/RapidRacer''. They have also collaborated with various other artists, including Music/JeffBeck and Music/JeanMichelJarre.
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Apollo 440 are a British electronic rock band founded in 1990.
1990. Their name is derived from the Greek god Apollo, along with the standard tuning pitch A440 (the A note played at 440 hz), and the sound sampler known as the Studio 440.
The band reached the record charts in 1997 with the singles "Krupa" and "Ain't Talking 'bout Dub" while their biggest hit came in 1999 with "Stop the Rock'', considered to be the band's SignatureSong.
Apollo 440 has contributed to the soundtrack of various films and video games including ''Film/CharliesAngels'', ''Film/{{Eurotrip}}'', and ''VideoGame/RapidRacer''. They have also collaborated with various other artists, including Music/JeffBeck and Music/JeanMichelJarre.
The band reached the record charts in 1997 with the singles "Krupa" and "Ain't Talking 'bout Dub" while their biggest hit came in 1999 with "Stop the Rock'', considered to be the band's SignatureSong.
Apollo 440 has contributed to the soundtrack of various films and video games including ''Film/CharliesAngels'', ''Film/{{Eurotrip}}'', and ''VideoGame/RapidRacer''. They have also collaborated with various other artists, including Music/JeffBeck and Music/JeanMichelJarre.
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* BrokenRecord: "Stop the Rock" does this for most of the lyrics:
--> ''Stop. The rock. Can't stop the rock, you can't stop. The rock. Can't stop the rock, you can't...''
* BrokenRecord: "Stop the Rock" does this for most of the lyrics:
--> ''Stop. The rock. Can't stop the rock, you can't stop. The rock. Can't stop the rock, you can't...''
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*
* AntiEscapismAesop: "High On Your Own Supply" is about the destruction that idealistic fantasies and self-indulgence cause to the individual.
* BrokenRecord:
** "Stop the Rock" does this for most of the
--> ''Stop.
--->''Stop. The rock. Can't stop the rock, you can't stop. The rock. Can't stop the
** "Altamont Super-Highway Revisited", which consists of the repeated lyrics "One! One! One! One-one-one-one-one!" to punctuate the rhythm.
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* GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply: “High On Your Own Supply”, from the album ''Gettin' High On Your Own Supply'', discusses this topic and the destruction it causes to the individual.
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* DontFearTheReaper: One of the tracks on ''Millennium Fever'' is an electronic cover of the Music/BlueOysterCult song of this name.
* EpicInstrumentalOpener: Most of Apollo 440's songs don't begin their lyrics for at least a minute. Examples include "High On Your Own Supply", "Electro Glide In Blue", and "Millennium Fever".
* GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply:“High On Your Own Supply”, from the album ''Gettin' High On Your Own Supply'', discusses Supply'' is named after this topic expression, with the titular song “High On Your Own Supply” using it as a metaphor for SanitySlippage.
* GhostInTheMachine: Inverted with the title of the track "Machine in the Ghost".
* GratuitousSpanish: The version of "Carrera Rapida" featured on the album ''Electro Glide In Blue'' includes Spanish words and phrases such as "amigo", "pescado" and "hasta la vista".
* {{Koan}}: "Fuzzy Logic" includes an audio clip of author Creator/RobertAntonWilson describing a Buddhist ''kōan'', said to be a simulation of enlightenment.
--> ''You sit down, as long as you can, and think of as many aspects of thedestruction it causes answer to the individual.question, "Why am I sitting here doing this exercise?"''
* HarmlessFreezing: Played with in "Liquid Cool", when discussing the topic of cryogenic preservation. The person who is frozen is said to be neither alive nor dead, but in a third state known as biostasis.
* HumanPopsicle: The subject of "Liquid Cool", about using cryogenic preservation to reach the far future.
* IntercourseWithYou: Done in "Stop the Rock", with the repeated line "Let's get down and dirty, babe".
* LyricalDissonance: "Make My Dreams Come True", an optimistic-sounding song about the singer's desire to be beaten to death.
* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: The band's songs show a lot of variation in lyrical tone. Many are instrumentals at a 0, while some are at 1, being purely silly such as "1,2,3,4"," and "Stadium Parking Lot". The rest range higher on the scale, reaching 5-6 with more cynical songs such as "Love is Evil", "Children of the Future", "Make My Dreams Come True", and "High on Your Own Supply". "Dude Descending a Staircase", "Hustler Groove", and "Electro Glide in Blue" all reach a 7 with explicit sex and drug references.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most songs are around Level 2 ("Christiane", 1,2,3,4") or Level 3 ("Stop the Rock", "Bulletproof Blues", "Time is Running Out"). Others go up to Level 7, such as "Escape to Beyond the Planet of the Super Ape", and most of the songs from ''The Future's What It Used to Be''. "Fuzzy Logic" from said album starts out as a 1, then switches to a 3.
* EpicInstrumentalOpener: Most of Apollo 440's songs don't begin their lyrics for at least a minute. Examples include "High On Your Own Supply", "Electro Glide In Blue", and "Millennium Fever".
* GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply:
* GhostInTheMachine: Inverted with the title of the track "Machine in the Ghost".
* GratuitousSpanish: The version of "Carrera Rapida" featured on the album ''Electro Glide In Blue'' includes Spanish words and phrases such as "amigo", "pescado" and "hasta la vista".
* {{Koan}}: "Fuzzy Logic" includes an audio clip of author Creator/RobertAntonWilson describing a Buddhist ''kōan'', said to be a simulation of enlightenment.
--> ''You sit down, as long as you can, and think of as many aspects of the
* HarmlessFreezing: Played with in "Liquid Cool", when discussing the topic of cryogenic preservation. The person who is frozen is said to be neither alive nor dead, but in a third state known as biostasis.
* HumanPopsicle: The subject of "Liquid Cool", about using cryogenic preservation to reach the far future.
* IntercourseWithYou: Done in "Stop the Rock", with the repeated line "Let's get down and dirty, babe".
* LyricalDissonance: "Make My Dreams Come True", an optimistic-sounding song about the singer's desire to be beaten to death.
* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: The band's songs show a lot of variation in lyrical tone. Many are instrumentals at a 0, while some are at 1, being purely silly such as "1,2,3,4"," and "Stadium Parking Lot". The rest range higher on the scale, reaching 5-6 with more cynical songs such as "Love is Evil", "Children of the Future", "Make My Dreams Come True", and "High on Your Own Supply". "Dude Descending a Staircase", "Hustler Groove", and "Electro Glide in Blue" all reach a 7 with explicit sex and drug references.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most songs are around Level 2 ("Christiane", 1,2,3,4") or Level 3 ("Stop the Rock", "Bulletproof Blues", "Time is Running Out"). Others go up to Level 7, such as "Escape to Beyond the Planet of the Super Ape", and most of the songs from ''The Future's What It Used to Be''. "Fuzzy Logic" from said album starts out as a 1, then switches to a 3.
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** “Stealth Mass in F#M” uses sad-sounding, ethereal one-woman wails for much of the song.
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* ThePerfectCrime: ''Gettin' High On Your Own Supply'' has an instrumental track with this title.
* ThePromisedLand: Mentioned in "Bulletproof Blues", with the line "Take me to the promised land, take me girl and hold my hand".
* ThePromisedLand: Mentioned in "Bulletproof Blues", with the line "Take me to the promised land, take me girl and hold my hand".
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "Stop the Rock" repeatedly states the title in this manner: "Stop. The rock. Can't stop the rock."
* SanitySlippageSong: "High On Your Own Supply" is a song about losing self-control and respect, with drug metaphors as well.
* {{Scatting}}: In "1,2,3,4", from ''Dude Descending A Staircase'', "bam-bam-bam, bam-bam-bam-bam-bam" is repeatedly used.
* SecondPersonNarration: "High On Your Own Supply" is sung in the second person, as a SanitySlippageSong.
* SanitySlippageSong: "High On Your Own Supply" is a song about losing self-control and respect, with drug metaphors as well.
* {{Scatting}}: In "1,2,3,4", from ''Dude Descending A Staircase'', "bam-bam-bam, bam-bam-bam-bam-bam" is repeatedly used.
* SecondPersonNarration: "High On Your Own Supply" is sung in the second person, as a SanitySlippageSong.
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** “Stop The Rock” has the line “Dancing like Music/{{Madonna}}, into the grooving”.
** "High On Your Own Supply" mentions "You're no [[Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons Captain Scarlet]], you're not indestructible".
* TheSingularity: The theme of "Omega Point", which describes the titular goal as gaining "control of all matter and forces".
* SomethingBlues: “Bulletproof Blues” is named as if it were a blues song.
* SongStyleShift: "Fuzzy Logic" starts out as slow-paced, before switching to a more typical electronic rock style at 3:37.
** "High On Your Own Supply" mentions "You're no [[Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons Captain Scarlet]], you're not indestructible".
* TheSingularity: The theme of "Omega Point", which describes the titular goal as gaining "control of all matter and forces".
* SomethingBlues: “Bulletproof Blues” is named as if it were a blues song.
* SongStyleShift: "Fuzzy Logic" starts out as slow-paced, before switching to a more typical electronic rock style at 3:37.
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** “Love Is Evil” uses clips from a speech by philosopher Slavov Žižek.
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* BrokenRecord: "Stop the Rock" does this for most of the lyrics:
--> ''Stop. The rock. Can't stop the rock, you can't stop. The rock. Can't stop the rock, you can't...''
* CarSong: Several songs are about cars, such as "Start the Car", "Cold Rock the Mic" and "Hold The Brakes".
--> ''Stop. The rock. Can't stop the rock, you can't stop. The rock. Can't stop the rock, you can't...''
* CarSong: Several songs are about cars, such as "Start the Car", "Cold Rock the Mic" and "Hold The Brakes".
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* NonAppearingTitle: “Electro Glide In Blue”, “Lost in Space (Theme)”, “Electronic Civil Disobedience”, “Diamonds In The Sidewalk”, and “Bulletproof Blues”.
* OneWomanWail: “Christiane”, “High On Your Own Supply” and “Stealth Mass in F#M” all make use of this.
* OneWomanSong: “Christiane”.
* OneWomanWail: “Christiane”, “High On Your Own Supply” and “Stealth Mass in F#M” all make use of this.
* OneWomanSong: “Christiane”.
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* NonAppearingTitle: “Electro Glide In Blue”, “Lost in Space (Theme)”, “Electronic Civil Disobedience”, “Diamonds In The Sidewalk”, and “Bulletproof Blues”.
Blues” don't have their titles in their lyrics.
*OneWomanWail: “Christiane”, OneWomanWail:
** “Christiane” combines this with vaguely foreign-sounding, wordless vocals.
** “High On Your Own Supply”and has one as a bridge, after the first chorus.
** “Stealth Mass in F#M”all make use uses sad-sounding, ethereal one-woman wails for much of this.
the song.
* OneWomanSong:“Christiane”.“Christiane” has a woman's name as the title, though it is an mainly an instrumental.
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** “Christiane” combines this with vaguely foreign-sounding, wordless vocals.
** “High On Your Own Supply”
** “Stealth Mass in F#M”
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** ''Gettin’ High On Your Own Supply'' is one to ''[[Film/Scarface1983 Scarface]]''.
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** ''Gettin’ High On Your Own Supply'' is one to has a title and song named after a line from ''[[Film/Scarface1983 Scarface]]''.Scarface]]'', advising drug dealer Tony Montana to not use his own product.
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* SpokenWordInMusic: SpokenWordInMusic:
** The lyrics of “Diamonds In TheSidewalk”, “Love Is Evil” and Sidewalk” are a recording from Creator/JackKerouac, reciting the 228th chorus of his poem "Mexico City Blues".
** “Fuzzy Logic”which include readings from Creator/JackKerouac, Slavov Žižek and begins with Creator/RobertAntonWilson respectively.describing an exercise taught by a Buddhist monk, as described in one of {{Creator/Aleister Crowley}}'s books.
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** “Fuzzy Logic”
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Apollo 440 are a British electronic rock band founded in 1990.
The band has contributed to the soundtrack of various films and video games including ''Film/CharliesAngels'', ''Film/{{Eurotrip}}'', and ''VideoGame/RapidRacer''. They have also collaborated with various other artists, including Music/JeffBeck and Music/JeanMichelJarre.
[[AC: Discography:]]
* ''Millenium Fever'' (1994)
* ''Electro Glide in Blue'' (1997)
* ''Gettin' High on Your Own Supply'' (1999)
* ''Dude Descending a Staircase'' (2003)
* ''The Future's What It Used to Be'' (2012)
!!Tropes:
* GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply: “High On Your Own Supply”, from the album ''Gettin' High On Your Own Supply'', discusses this topic and the destruction it causes to the individual.
* NonAppearingTitle: “Electro Glide In Blue”, “Lost in Space (Theme)”, “Electronic Civil Disobedience”, “Diamonds In The Sidewalk”, and “Bulletproof Blues”.
* OneWomanWail: “Christiane”, “High On Your Own Supply” and “Stealth Mass in F#M” all make use of this.
* OneWomanSong: “Christiane”.
* ProtestSong: “Electronic Civil Disobedience” invites people to stand up and occupy the streets, to get "down with the man".
* ShoutOut:
** The title and cover art of ''Dude Descending A Staircase'' is one to Marcel Duchamp’s painting ''Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2''.
** ''Gettin’ High On Your Own Supply'' is one to ''[[Film/Scarface1983 Scarface]]''.
** ''Electro Glide in Blue'' is named after the film ''Electra Glide In Blue''.
** “Stadium Parking Lot” includes the lyrics “Back from [[Literature/TheLandThatTimeForgot the land that time forgot!]]”
* SpokenWordInMusic: “Diamonds In The Sidewalk”, “Love Is Evil” and “Fuzzy Logic” which include readings from Creator/JackKerouac, Slavov Žižek and Creator/RobertAntonWilson respectively.
* StupidStatementDanceMix: “Lost in Space (Theme)”, which consists of quotes from [[Film/LostInSpace the movie of the same name]].
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The band has contributed to the soundtrack of various films and video games including ''Film/CharliesAngels'', ''Film/{{Eurotrip}}'', and ''VideoGame/RapidRacer''. They have also collaborated with various other artists, including Music/JeffBeck and Music/JeanMichelJarre.
[[AC: Discography:]]
* ''Millenium Fever'' (1994)
* ''Electro Glide in Blue'' (1997)
* ''Gettin' High on Your Own Supply'' (1999)
* ''Dude Descending a Staircase'' (2003)
* ''The Future's What It Used to Be'' (2012)
!!Tropes:
* GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply: “High On Your Own Supply”, from the album ''Gettin' High On Your Own Supply'', discusses this topic and the destruction it causes to the individual.
* NonAppearingTitle: “Electro Glide In Blue”, “Lost in Space (Theme)”, “Electronic Civil Disobedience”, “Diamonds In The Sidewalk”, and “Bulletproof Blues”.
* OneWomanWail: “Christiane”, “High On Your Own Supply” and “Stealth Mass in F#M” all make use of this.
* OneWomanSong: “Christiane”.
* ProtestSong: “Electronic Civil Disobedience” invites people to stand up and occupy the streets, to get "down with the man".
* ShoutOut:
** The title and cover art of ''Dude Descending A Staircase'' is one to Marcel Duchamp’s painting ''Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2''.
** ''Gettin’ High On Your Own Supply'' is one to ''[[Film/Scarface1983 Scarface]]''.
** ''Electro Glide in Blue'' is named after the film ''Electra Glide In Blue''.
** “Stadium Parking Lot” includes the lyrics “Back from [[Literature/TheLandThatTimeForgot the land that time forgot!]]”
* SpokenWordInMusic: “Diamonds In The Sidewalk”, “Love Is Evil” and “Fuzzy Logic” which include readings from Creator/JackKerouac, Slavov Žižek and Creator/RobertAntonWilson respectively.
* StupidStatementDanceMix: “Lost in Space (Theme)”, which consists of quotes from [[Film/LostInSpace the movie of the same name]].
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