Fountains Of Wayne

[hekawi]

FOW's newest cd was released earlier this year, just got around to getting it yesterday. good stuff...really like the closing track:



interesting lyrics:

"Cemetery Guns"


Elizabeth
That thundercloud is creeping up the Empire Hill
There's shadows on the overpass
And puddles in the old dirt path

Peoria
Lay silent still in the belly of the overgrown
All quiet on the open plain
Footprints to the family plot

Where evermore will restless sorrow sleep
In a broken heap

Cemetery Guns go bang bang bang
Shooting all the sky full of holes
Twenty-one times in row
For the blue war widow in the gray raincoat
On the green grass down below

Elizabeth
Our fathers came and settled where the ground was flat
Drew water from the Indian wells
Cut timber from the rolling fells

Grandaddy-o
Bled hearth and home for oiling the company gears
No rest for the errant ones
Godspeed their reckless sons

Who evermore play their forefathers' hands
On the foreign sands

Cemetery Guns go bang bang bang
Shooting all the sky full of holes
Twenty-one times in row
For the blue war widow in the gray raincoat
On the green grass down below

[tele-bastard]

They definately have some good tunes. I just remember a couple of songs from the 90's though.

[Just-Jim]

I have kept their CD with "Radiation Vibe" in regular rotation since it first came out. Then I heard "Stacey's Mom" and quickly lost interest. Then saw them on Austin City Limits and have kind of come around to them again. I definitely think they are under rated.

[DMace]

Originally Posted by Just-Jim

I have kept their CD with "Radiation Vibe" in regular rotation since it first came out. Then I heard "Stacey's Mom" and quickly lost interest. Then saw them on Austin City Limits and have kind of come around to them again. I definitely think they are under rated.

I'm the same. 'Stacey's Mom' immediately killed whatever interest I had in the band. Some of the earlier stuff, as stated above, was quite good.

[micpoc]

Loved the first two albums, but sort of lost interest after that, despite the obvious abundance of talent.

[vanguard]

love this band. they are the current saviors of power pop. i happen to really like "stacy's mom" too. when you listen to their other half nostalgic, half tongue-in-cheek musings on adolescence (and consider their influences like The Undertones) it makes more sense; plus the melodies and hooks are grade A. the first track on the new record "summerhouse" almost makes me cry every time it comes on. those are some seriously heartbreaking lyrics.

[hekawi]

love this one, from a previous album:

[Shidoin]

'Welcome Interstate Managers' is one of my all time favorite CD's. Every song is great; plenty of cool guitar tones and playing. FOIW are a bright light in the darkness of modern pop.

[Alex W]

I love this one, especially the guitar fills, for example the little bit at about 2:14 right after the line "whiting out our streets along the way."

[brookdalebill]

Brilliant stuff!

[hwy145]

That thing you do- 'Nuff said...

[SteveO]

One of my favorite bands,Utopia Parkway has been in heavy rotation for years.

[hwy145]

Originally Posted by SteveO

One of my favorite bands,Utopia Parkway has been in heavy rotation for years.

Is "Denise" on that album? Love that song!!!

[bowman]

Fountains of Wayne has been one of my favorite bands since the first time I heard them. Great tunes, great playing & singing. And they have a sense of humor, too, which is all too rare in a business where everybody who writes a song thinks they're an artiste.

[JCBurke59]

FOW is on the very short list of 'buy it first day' and 'see them live at every opportunity' around here.
My wife and I are in agreement on this one.

[blowtorch]

Great band, incredible songwriting.

[McGlamRock]

Originally Posted by hwy145

That thing you do- 'Nuff said...

That's what I'm talking about! I Loved that band before I even knew they were a band! "I want something snappy. None of that lover's lament crap!"