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Perhaps it's inevitable that any band that gets interviewed on three different NPR shows will be called "geek rockers", but these guys are too witty to dismiss. Two songs are particularly hooky and literate, Stacy's Mom (for which there's an audio file at the Fresh Air site):
Stacy's mom, has got it goin on
Stacy's mom, has got it goin on
Stacy's mom, has got it goin on
Stacy's mom, has got it goin on

Stacy can I come over
After school (after school)
We can hang around
by the pool (hang by the pool)
Did your mom get back
from her business trip (business trip)
Is she there?
Or is she tryin to give me the slip (give me the slip)

You know I'm not the little boy
that I used to be
I'm all grown up
Now baby can't you see!?

Stacy's mom, has got it goin on
She's all I want, and I've waited for so long
Stacy can't ya see? you're just not the girl for me
I know it might be wrong but,
I'm in love with Stacy's mom

Stacy's mom, has got it goin on
Stacy's mom, has got it goin on

Stacy do you remember
when I mowed your lawn (mowed your lawn)
Your mom came out
With just a towel on (towel on)
I could tell she liked me
From the way she stared (way she stared)
And the way she said
"ya missed a spot over there" (spot over there)

And I know that you think its just a fantasy
But since your dad walked out
your mom could use a guy like me

Stacy's mom, has got it goin on
She's all I want and I've waited for so long
Stacy can't ya see?
You're just not the girl for me
I know it may be wrong but,
I'm in love with Stacy's mom

Stacy's mom has got it goin on (shes got it goin on)
She's all I want and I've waited for so long
Stacy can't ya see, You're just not the girl for me
I know it might be wrong, I'm in love with-

Stacy's mom, ah-oh-ah-oh
I'm in love with-
Stacy's mom, ah-oh-ah-oh
Wait a minute
Stacy can't ya see?
You're just not the girl for me
I know it might be wrong but
I'm in love with Stacy's mom
...and, from their eponymous first disc:
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
Both are so compulsively catchy that you'll have trouble getting them out of your head, but smart and fun enough that you'll not much mind when you find yourself singing them.

(Reviewed:05-Jul-03)

Grade: (A)

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See also:


    OFFICIAL SITE: Fountains of Wayne
    -LYRICS: Fountains of Wayne (All Lyrics)
    FAN SITE: Fountains of Wayne
    -Fountains of Wayne (All Music Guide)
    AUDIO INTERVIEW: Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood (Fresh Air, June 20, 2003)
    -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)

Comments:

"Stacey's Mom" is peddled masturbatory teenage smut. Someone should sic Phyllis Schlafly on "Fountains Of Wayne." Good Christians everywhere should reject this disgusting attack on the Western Judeo-Christian tradition.

- Burzum

- Jan-18-2007, 15:27

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