#fountainsofwayne

[vinylanswer]

Fountains of Wayne’s 2005 album, “Out-of-State Plates,” was a sprawling collection of B-sides, live tracks and ephemera, and now it’s their final album to get a vinyl reissue. Reputed to be Adam Schlesinger’s favorite FoW album, it’s fairly “diehards-only” material, especially when you consider that this was a band that specialized in novelty songs and these were tracks that didn’t make the cut to appear on an album. Out of the live material, I’ve always felt that one glaring omission here was their truly heartening cover of the Kinks’ “Better Things” that they played on Conan O’Brien when that show came back on-air for the first time after 9/11. Still, there’s some gems buried here, including their brilliant Christmas single, the pop-tastic, hilarious “I Want An Alien For Christmas” and it’s own B-side, “The Man in the Santa Suit,” which is emblematic of everything FoW could be at its best, with its tuneful portrait of a shopping mall Santa that is funny, sad, respectful and littered with telling details that soeak volumes about this character; it’s a masterclass in economic songwriting. Due out on Friday, the double-LP arrived on my doorstep a few days early. They say it is “Junkyard” colored but let’s be honest—that looks like vomit.

[daletraeng]

See the lyrics for the song “Hey Julie” by Fountains Of Wayne

[sirenrecords]

#fountainsofwayne #iggypop #jormakaukonen #theloniousmonk AVAILABLE RECORD STORE DAY BLACK FRIDAY 11/25 @ 9AM. Time slot reservations are available at the link in bio or go to www.sirenrecords.com. GENERAL ADMISSION BEGINS AT 11:30AM and goes ALL DAY until 10pm. If you don’t have a reservation, FEEL FREE TO HANG AROUND STARTING @ 9AM IN CASE OF ANY CANCELLATIONS #rsdbf #rsdblackfriday #recordstoreday #blackfriday #recordstore #recordshop #vinyl #records #vinylrecords #vinylrecord #supportrecordstores #loverecordstores (at Siren Records) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClSMGDQD_CW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rockmusicassoc]

In The Rock 6/10/2003: Fountains of Wayne release ‘Welcome Interstate Managers’, their third LP. Regarded by many as their best record, it’s a fantastic snapshot of Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger at their peak. #FoW #FountainsofWayne #RockHonorRoll

[jamieroxxartist]

*I mean, didn't we all know a few Stacy's Moms at one time or another when we were kids?

Happy Birthday. Today, Oct 31, 1967 – #AdamSchlesinger, American bass player, songwriter (#FountainsofWayne, #Ivy, and #TintedWindows), and producer was born.

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Schlesinger)

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

New Audio: Acclaimed Indie Trio Ivy Shares Demo Version of "I've Got A Feeling"

New Audio: Acclaimed Indie Trio Ivy Shares Demo Version of "I've Got A Feeling" @IvyFanPage @barnonerecords @grandstandhq @fountainsofwayn

The acclaimed alt rock/indie rock outfit Ivy — Andy Chase, Dominique Durand and the late Fountains of Wayne co-founder and frontman Adam Schlesinger — can trace their origins back to several events that feel more like a movie script than real life. Dominique Durand had no intentions of being a musician, let alone fronting a band, when she left Paris for New York in 1989, but some serendipitous…

[smiley-virus-2020]

Man, this song. It took a while to get here and now my Google search history is weirder. I started it last summer as, “Racist Mom” but I never quite felt it worked. I tweaked it a bit as “Q-AnMom” which didn’t flow right either. Read to the end for the plot twist. 

Here’s “Crazy Mom,” to the tune of “Stacy’s Mom” by Fountains of Wayne 

Crazy Mom, has got it all wrong

Crazy Mom, don’t know what’s goin’ on 

Crazy Mom, has got it all wrong

Crazy Mom, don’t know what’s goin’ on 

Stacy did you switch over to the news?

(To the news)

Did you get a look at all of these fools?

(Look at these fools)

Did your mom get back from her DC trip?

(DC trip)

Is she there, or is she trying to give feds the slip?

(Give Feds the slip)

You know, I saw she was live through the insurgency

Her face showed up on

Reddit, did you see?

Crazy Mom, don’t know what’s goin’ on 

It’s not a joke

And she couldn’t be more wrong

Lady can't you see?

There’s no big conspiracy 

I know we get along but

I can’t stand your Crazy Mom

Crazy Mom has got it all wrong

Crazy Mom, don’t know what’s goin’ on 

Did you know she protested near the White House lawn?

(White House Lawn)

Your mom showed up with just her rifle drawn

(Rifle drawn)

I could tell she didn’t want results declared 

(Results declared)

From the way she said

"You missed the Q posts I shared”

(The Q posts I shared)

And you know that I think she’s stuck in fantasy 

She won’t admit defeat

And learned a different history

Crazy Mom, has got it all wrong

It’s been a joke 

That she isn’t quite in on

Lady can't you see?

He’s lost the Presidency 

I know we get along but

I can't stand your Crazy Mom

Crazy Mom, don’t know what’s goin’ on

(Don’t know what’s going on)

It’s been a joke, she’s been baited for too long

(Baited and baited)

Lady can't you see 

There’s no big conspiracy 

She’s completely wrong

I can't stand your

(Crazy Mom oh oh)

I can't stand your

(Crazy Mom oh oh)

Wait a minute 

Maybe it could be

That she’s just the one for me

I know it might be wrong but

I might bang your Crazy Mom

[artdjgblog]

Sleeve insert for Luna’s 1995 album Penthouse next to album cover for Bob Dylan’s 2006 album Modern Times. Photograph: Ted Croner 

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Album covers with the by music groups Fountains of Wayne and Flamingoes released two weeks apart in 1996. Photograph: Nick Waplington

[radiolewes]

Vapour Trails Gary Grimble Xmas Show 19.12.19

[vinylanswer]

Fountains of Wayne’s fourth album, Traffic & Weather, got released on vinyl for the first time a few weeks ago on Black Friday. Probably best-remembered as ‘the one after the one with ‘Stacy’s Mom’ on it,’ the album finds their power-pop as tuneful and hooky as ever, adding in some new flavoring in the form of big group harmonies at points, but it also sees them discovering the limits of their songwriting. FOW honed such a unique style with their tragicomic songs, all populated by an endless parade of deluded suckers failing at love, life or both. The thing is, on earlier albums, the songs really felt for those characters—you could recognize something of yourself in those hapless dopes and chuckle knowingly as their delusions. This album starts to feel like it’s laughing at them instead of with them, however, and the results occasionally teeter on the edge of sneering. Unsurprisingly, this was the album that began to sow discord within the band about their direction—there isn’t a bad song on it, but it doesn’t tread any new ground either. There’s still a lot of bright spots, with the anti-meet cute “Someone To Love,” the on-the-run-from-the-mob snapshot “Strapped For Cash,” and the long-distance relationship paean “I-95” among them. There’s plenty of songs that will get stuck in your head for the rest of the day; the only drawback is that they don’t quite reach the heights of their previous two albums—which, to be fair, would be nearly impossible.

[marc-neys-aka-swoon]

Next spin #fountainsofwayne #ialsolikecds (bij Blaasveld, Antwerpen, Belgium) https://www.instagram.com/p/CScZNQfNUvW/?utm_medium=tumblr

[timeispoetry]

Spinning today: @blitzentrapper “All Across This Land” (from @vintagevinylnj) and Fountains of Wayne “Welcome Interstate Managers” red vinyl (from @realgonemusic). #vinyl #blitzentrapper #fountainsofwayne https://www.instagram.com/p/CRXiestJgD3/?utm_medium=tumblr

[sirenrecords]

RESTOCKED: #fountainsofwayne #welcomeinterstatemanagers AND #utopiaparkway (at Siren Records) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZfAdsPJ__7/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rockmusicassoc]

In The Rock 4/6/1999: Fountains of Wayne release their second LP ‘Utopia Parkway’. Despite brilliant songwriting and the fantastic lead single, “Denise”, it doesn’t connect with record buyers, leading to the band breaking with their ambivalent label. #FountainsOfWayne #RockHonorRoll

[jamieroxxartist]

Happy Birthday. Today, Oct 3, 1967 – #ChrisCollingwood, English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (#FountainsofWayne) was born.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Collingwood)