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Available publicly for the first time: Adam Schlesinger, A Music Celebration, Virtual Show. Organized by Jody Porter and featuring appearances by Courtney Love, Sean Ono Lennon, Mickey Dolenz...
- 128 min
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- Jody Porter Unearthed
On April 1, 2020 Adam Schlesinger passed away from complications due to COVID-19. I had the unbelievably good fortune to know and work with Adam for 5 years,...
- 44 min
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- racheldoesstuff
- 5 min
- Jon Dolan,Brian Hiatt,Christian Hoard,Daniel Kreps,Angie Martoccio,Alan Sepinwall,Simon Vozick-Levinson
- “Utopia Parkway” (1999) Three years after landing an alt-rock hit with the Collingwood-penned “Radiation Vibe,” Fountains of Wayne returned with a concept album about dead-end suburban ennui that rivals the best of the Kinks.
- “Red Dragon Tattoo” (1999) There are Fountains of Wayne songs that rock harder (“Little Red Light,” to name one), but the band may not have recorded a more propulsive track than this Utopia Parkway highlight about a dude who takes the N train out to Coney Island in a desperate attempt to impress a girl who doesn’t know he exists.
- “It Must Be Summer” (1999) A most excellent power-pop bummer hidden at the very end of the second Fountains album, “It Must Be Summer” is the kind of song that would have guaranteed them a spot in the cult-classic canon even if they’d never scored another hit.
- “Stacy’s Mom” (2003) There was nothing really wrong with Stacy. She wore Van Halen T-shirts, rocked heart-shaped sunglasses, and liked to hang around by the po-oo-ol.
Watch the new official music video for The Beatles’ “Let It Be”, filmed on the day after the January 30th rooftop concert. The footage has been meticulously restored from the 16mm negative....
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- TheBeatlesVEVO
Apr 2, 2020 · Adam Schlesinger’s 30 Essential Songs Hear tracks from Fountains of Wayne, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” and more — plus a tune written about the power-pop dynamo, who died of the coronavirus at ...
A native of New York City, Adam Schlesinger (1967-2020) was a founding member of Fountains of Wayne, Ivy, and Tinted Windows. He received two Grammy Award nominations for “Stacy’s Mom,” an ...
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Adam Lyons Schlesinger (October 31, 1967 – April 1, 2020) was an American musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He was a founding member of the bands Fountains of Wayne, Ivy, and Tinted Windows, and was also a member of the band Fever High. He also wrote songs for television and film, for which he won three Emmy Awards, a ...
