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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnybody remember Fountains of Wayne? Adam Schlesinger is in an induced coma due to coronavirus
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More awful news. Fountains of Waynes Adam Schlesinger is in a medically-induced coma due to COVID-19. He is 52.
Jonathan Demme, with his glorious ears, used this Kinks cover in The Manchurian Candidate.
Schlesinger, 52 and a Montclair native, has reportedly been on a ventilator for two weeks since becoming infected with COVID-19.
Schlesinger co-founded Fountains of Wayne in 1995 and released five albums with the band.
He is a three-time Emmy winner, having worked in television from Sesame Street to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and has written and produced for other bands, including his projects Ivy and Brooklyn-based Fever High.
He was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe in 1997 for writing the title track from the Tom Hanks film That Thing You Do! He was also nominated for two Tonys in 2008 for Cry-Baby the musical.
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/03/fountains-of-wayne-band-founder-nj-native-adam-schlesinger-in-coma-from-covid-19.html
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE- Better Things via
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Here's wishing you the bluest sky
And hoping something better comes tomorrow
Hoping all the verses rhyme
And the very best of choruses, too
Follow all the doubt and sadness
I know that better things are on the way
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Anybody remember Fountains of Wayne? Adam Schlesinger is in an induced coma due to coronavirus (Original Post)
octoberlib
Mar 2020
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The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)1. Very sad
I learned most of what I know about this group from "Crap from the Past" which is a show on KFAI in Minneapolis that I listen to by streaming. A particularly beautiful song I ADORE is "Valley Winter Song."
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)3. They're best known for Stacy's Mom but it wasn't my favorite.
Valley Winter Song is beautiful.
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,897 posts)2. Sure. One of their songs was used in a minivan commercial. NT
Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)4. So sad to hear it. I loved "Red Dragon Tattoo"
I sincerely hope that Mr. Schlesinger makes a prompt and complete recovery.
ProfessorGAC
(64,425 posts)5. Bummer!
I loved their song "Stacey's Mom"!