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07 June 2008

Fountains of Wayne Hotline: hilarious homage/parody by Robbie Fulks. (The song is embedded in a tiny little player at the end of the article in the first link.)

post by: BoringPostcards at: 09:43 | 5 comments

I love Robbie Fulks. But I can't help feeling that he would be twice as popular if he were half as clever.

posted by BitterOldPunk 07 June | 11:48

I love Fountains Of Wayne. I saw them live and the gig was ruined by awful sound. It was in my favourite London venue, so I know it wasn't the acoustics, rather the cretinous sound man. Grrr.

posted by TheDonF 07 June | 12:49

I got to see FoW on the "Welcome Interstate Managers" tour in what amounted to a large church basement. It was freakin' great.

I've never seen Robbie Fulks play live, though I'd like to.

posted by BoringPostcards 07 June | 14:00

When I first heard this a while ago I had to go online and get some extra info, becasue I couldn't tell if FOW were involved or not. He totally nailed their sound and song writing approach.

I've seen FOW 5 or 6 times insc e the first album, and they never disappoint. They're one of my favorite bands that are still active.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 07 June | 15:02

Nice.

Funnily enough I think the songs structured like that are what initially attract people but for me the ones that truly stick are songs like Hackensack and Fire Island

TheDonF - I think I was at that gig too

posted by dodgygeezer 07 June | 17:25

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