Today, my friend Denise made me think of Fountains of Wayne….who have a song that as it happens, is called Denise..
I was so happy to see FOW twice last year….including a great back to back of FOW and Cheap Trick to kick off Virgin Mobile Festival 2007 in Baltimore…..Power Pop HEAVEN!
Don’t dismiss these guys as that Stacy’s Mom or Radiation Vibe (for you older cats) band – check ’em out, and pick up an album….I suggest Traffic and Weather or Welcome Interstate Managers.
So many great smart ass lyrics and 80s pop culture references…..
And of course this song features very few of either – instead, it is a good example of the other thing I really like about Fountains of Wayne – the introspectively deep side – see songs like “I-95,” “Troubled Times,” and this one…
Fountains of Wayne – I Know You Well
This morning under awaking glow
The sun filled our room like December snow
Like morning through an old window
There’s a place in your head I will always know
To the same world born two of a kind
If it’s on your mind, it’ll be on mine ’cause
I know you well
Like the soil in the ground
Grass grown in the shadow of a bell
And if the bell will never toll
You and me grow old
I hope we’ll live to tell
How you know I know you knew I know you well
Fountains of Wayne – I Know You Well (from Out-of-State-Plates)
(not bad for a B-side!)
P.S. – bug me, and perhaps I’ll post some of the cool Fountains of Wayne live stuff that I’ve got.
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A favorite FOW song of mine has always been “She’s Got A Problem” 🙂
Although, “Sink To The Bottom” is a very close second*
I admit I was not a fan of FOW until I saw them with you last year at V-Fest 2007. Thanks for opening my ears a little more to a band I figured was only a one hit wonder, boy was I wrong.
Brian – they’re really underrated…
Kelly, funny that you mention “She’s Got a Problem” – I was a huge fan of the first album, and not completely blown away with the next two.
In recent years though, it’s shifted, and I’m more of a fan of Utopia Parkway and Welcome Interstate Managers (and the b-sides collection too.)
The 1st album stuff kind of sounds dated to me at this point, but I still enjoy hearing the occasional track.