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Finch Platte
 Post subject: AllMusic's Album of the Day
PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:07 pm 
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Every so often, a band comes along that digs back into what pop music is all about — good, fun tunes. Fountains of Wayne is one such band. The wonderful thing about the duo (singer Chris Collingwood and bassist Adam Schlesinger of Ivy) is that they manage not to be overtly retro — the album is a wholly modern production. The only non-modern aspect of it is the fact that the songwriting is so straightforward and wonderful; nearly every song is a pop gem. The result is an album that's almost innovative, when you really think about it — very few albums released in the '90s have been this pleasant, charming, and all-around likeable. The obvious reference points would be Teenage Fanclub, Big Star, and the Posies, but even these don't quite capture the duo's sound. Think of some of They Might Be Giants' best pop tunes and scrape away every trace of silliness, and you'll be a little closer.

My favorite? Leave The Biker.

Seems the further from town I go
The more I hate this place
He’s got leather and big tattoos
And big scars all over his face

And I wonder if he ever has cried
Cause he couldn’t get a date for the prom

He’s got his arms around every man’s dream
And crumbs in his beard from the seafood special
Oh can’t you see my world is falling apart
Baby please leave the biker
Leave the biker, break his heart
Baby please leave the biker
Leave the biker, break his heart

Now his friend leans over and says
Looks like we got us a f@g
I wonder if that guy’s read one word
That wasn’t in a p*rno mag

And I wonder if he ever has cried
Cause his kitten got run over and died

He’s got his arms around every man’s dream
And crumbs in his beard from the seafood special
Oh can’t you see my world is falling apart
Baby please leave the biker
Leave the biker, break his heart
Baby please leave the biker
Leave the biker, break his heart

And I wonder if he ever has cried
Cause he couldn’t get a date for the prom

He’s got his arms around every man’s dream
He crumbs in his beard from the seafood special
Oh can’t you see my world is falling apart
Baby please leave the biker
Leave the biker, break his heart
Baby please leave the biker
Leave the biker, break his heart

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Does anyone have the Robbie Fulks song "Fountains Of Wayne Hotline"?
It is begging to be played here.

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PopTodd Wrote:
Does anyone have the Robbie Fulks song "Fountains Of Wayne Hotline"?
It is begging to be played here.


44 Fulks tunes in my itunes library, but not that one...

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Great pop album. One of the underappreciated pop albums of the 90's, I think.
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