Adam Schlesinger, Songwriter for Rock, Film and the Stage, Dies at 52
Source: New York Times
Adam Schlesinger, a singer-songwriter for the bands Fountains of Wayne and Ivy who had an award-winning second career writing songs for film, theater and television, died on Wednesday. He was 52.
The cause was complications of the coronavirus, said Josh Grier, his lawyer.
In Fountains of Wayne, which was started in 1995, Mr. Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood perfected a novelistic form of hummable pop-rock in a style derived equally from the Kinks and 1970s groups like Big Star and the Cars. They chose northern New Jersey and the outer boroughs of New York City as their territory, chronicling the lives of suburban mall shoppers, Generation X slackers and down-market cover bands in songs like Hackensack and Red Dragon Tattoo.
The band was named after a lawn ornament store in Wayne, N.J., near Mr. Schlesingers hometown, Montclair.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/arts/music/adam-schlesinger-dead-coronavirus.html
Botany
(70,504 posts)n/t
Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)turbinetree
(24,701 posts)Initech
(100,075 posts)Fuck this virus!
GeorgiaPeanut
(360 posts)My condolences
TeamPooka
(24,226 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)This is awful news.
ProfessorGAC
(65,042 posts)Beautifully crafted.
Really a shame he died.
Dr Vegas
(456 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,042 posts)Love the movie, love the song, and loved more than a few Fountains' songs.
Until now, wasn't aware he wrote it.
Danmel
(4,915 posts)When "welcome interstate managers" was released, my son Danny was 9. He became obsessed. His favorite song was "Hey Julie".
He sang it at our daughter's bat mitzvah.
The following summer, we saw Fountains of Wayne perform at Battery Park City. By that time, we owned the full Fountains catalog and Danny knew every song. We were close to the stage and Danny was singing along with a girl who also knew every song. At the end of the concert, one of the roadies came over and gave Danny a few picks. He said the band was watching him and got a kick out of the little kid who knew all the words to the obscure songs.
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marble falls
(57,081 posts)this may well have not happened.
Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)Beacool
(30,247 posts)May Adam rest in peace.