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AUDIO INTERVIEW: Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood (Fresh Air, June 20, 2003)

Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood co-founded the band Fountains of Wayne. Their new album, Welcome Interstate Managers, has just been released. The New York-based band released its self-titled debut album in late 1996. This interview first aired June 10, 1999.

It's a terrific interview, but a warning: if you listen, you'll want their cd's.

Two songs are particularly hooky and wry, Stacy's Mom (there's an audio file at the Fresh Air site), and:

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 fag
I wonder if that guy's read one word
That wasn't in a porno 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

MORE:
-LYRICS: Fountains of Wayne (All Lyrics)
FAN SITE: Fountains of Wayne
-Fountains of Wayne (All Music Guide)
-PROFILE: A band that means business: Fountains of Wayne back with 'Welcome Interstate Managers' (Todd Leopold, June 10, 2003, CNN)
-REVIEW: of Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers (G. Beato, The Washington Post)
-REVIEW: of Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers(Gary Glauber, PopMatters)
-REVIEW: of Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers (James Norton, Flak)
-REVIEW: of Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers (Mark Martelli, Pitchfork)
-REVIEW: of Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers (Roy Opochinski, GrooveVolt) Posted by Orrin Judd at June 22, 2003 6:33 AM