A light blue
T-shirt last night
From some band
I couldn’t stand
But their logo was alright...
That’s a lyric from Adam Schlesinger, who passed away at 52 yesterday from COVID-19.
You may not know his name, but you probably know his music. His band Fountains of Wayne had a huge hit with “Stacy’s Mom,” as well as a whole catalogue of smart, funny, cool pop songs.
He also wrote songs for That thing You Do (remember that Tom Hanks movie about a one-hit wonder pop band?). And he won Emmy awards for his songwriting on the tv show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
And it would be hard to overpraise his contributions to the Hugh Grant/Drew Barrymore romcom Music and Lyric. The core song of that movie, “Way Back into Love” is fantastic, both on its own and as a way of reinforcing the theme and advancing the movie’s plot.
But this is my favorite of his. Adam’s the bass player and backing singer, and these guys were a really great songwriting team. Fuck.
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