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- “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.
Sep 12, 2012 · "I became a race car driver," says former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, lightheartedly explaining the 14-year gap between his new solo album, Look To The Sky, and his last, 1998's Let It Come Down. "Seriously, though, I don't really have a good answer," he says.
Apr 7, 2021 · Probably the most famous song he penned is Stacy's Mom, the racy video for which features supermodel Rachel Hunter. It has had almost 140 million views on YouTube. The band had a love-hate ...
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Let It Come Down is the first solo album by American guitarist James Iha. [1] It was released in 1998, during which Iha was still with the Smashing Pumpkins, before the release of Adore.
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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 .
Apr 7, 2020 · The name of his best-known band wasn’t dissimilar. Fountains of Wayne. It sounds mythical, encompassing the grandeur of nature, the power of water, and something somehow legendary. It was...
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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 ...
