They battled persistent monitor problems, but it didn't help matters that all four members of the Nova Scotia band took turns singing lead, even though only two of them had any aptitude for the task. In the opening set, Sloan had less luck transferring the band's Beatlesque studio sound to the stage. Another sunny melody was used to describe a woman whose job's so awful that all she has to look forward to is a "Sick Day." Intro Riff 1 x4 > Verse 1 Riff 1 Are you alone now Riff 1 Did you lose the monkey Riff 2 He gave you backaches Riff 1 And now you slouch Riff 1 He didnt mean it Riff 1 Hes just a dumb ape Riff 2 Reading Playboy Riff 1 On your couch > Chorus E And now its time to say D What I forgot to say A Baby baby baby A/F Come on, whats wrong A.
When their voices blended into Beach Boys harmonies, they sang not of "Good Vibrations" but of a "Radiation Vibe," with hints of melanoma. Every chorus they did play boasted an intoxicating melodic hook, but one soon noticed that the extremely romantic music was married to anti-romantic lyrics. The band declined requests to play Schlesinger's Oscar-nominated song, "That Thing You Do!," pointing out that they'd played it on the intermission tape.
#RADIATION VIBE LYRICS PLUS#
The quartet did all but one of the album's dozen songs plus covers of tunes by Neil Sedaka, the Zombies and the Electric Light Orchestra. Anchoring that beat was Schlesinger, who proved an inventive as well as solid bassist, and Posies drummer Brian Young.
On the choruses his voice was joined by Schlesinger's below and guitarist Jody Porter's above for harmonies that seemed to float above the crunching beat. It's often a problem for such overdub specialists to take their music to the stage, but Collingwood and Schlesinger pulled it off impressively at the 9:30 club Thursday night.ĭespite having the flu, lead singer Collingwood was able to bring the recording's busy, bouncy melodies to life. Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger, the leaders of Fountains of Wayne, made the band's debut album pretty much by themselves, multi-tracking parts until they had constructed a quirky, seductive power-pop delight.
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