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Apr 1, 2020 · Adam Schlesinger, the co-founder of pop-rock band Fountains of Wayne and an Oscar-nominated songwriter, has died from complications related to coronavirus. He was 52.
Apr 1, 2020 · Adam Schlesinger, co-founder of the New Jersey power-pop group Fountains of Wayne and Emmy- and Grammy-winning songwriter for film, television, and theater, died Wednesday from complications ...
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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.
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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 a key songwriting contributor and producer for Brooklyn-based synth-pop duo Fever High .
- Fountains of Wayne, “Radiation Vibe” (Fountains of Wayne, 1996) The first song on Fountains of Wayne’s self-titled debut is a slacker-y delight with zonked nonsense verse typical of the era: “Are you alone now/ Did you lose the monkey/ He gave you backaches/ And now you slouch.”
- Fountains of Wayne, “Sink to the Bottom” (Fountains of Wayne, 1996) “Sink to the Bottom” failed to chart stateside, but did respectably in the U.K., peaking at No. 42 and (oddly enough) hitting the top 10 in Finland.
- The Wonders, “That Thing You Do!” (That Thing You Do! , 1996) The musical centerpiece from the Tom Hanks-directed ’60s-set comedy of the same name is more than just a theme song: It’s a central character, an action sequence, a love story, a rise and a fall in 166 glorious seconds.
- Fountains of Wayne, “Denise” (Utopia Parkway, 1999) This carbonated 4/4 jam with wheedly synths has a sneaky way with detail about its titular love interest (“She drives a Lavender Lexus/ She lives in Queens/ But her dad lives in Texas”) and her day job (“She works at Liberty Travel/ I hear her heart’s made of gravel”).
Apr 1, 2020 · Adam Schlesinger, cofounder of "Stacy's Mom" rock band Fountains of Wayne and songwriter for film and television, died from complications related to COVID-19. He was 52.
Apr 1, 2020 · Adam Schlesinger, co-founder of the pop-rock band Fountains of Wayne and a songwriter on The CW's 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,' has died, Billboard has confirmed. The musician was 52.
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