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Multicolored microbus
Plowing over rugged terrain
We're jacking the radio
Passing the afternoon train
Around the roses
She showed us hyacinths and sage
Gold-plated garden tools
Sunlamps, and it's all the rage
Stay low to the ground or they'll sniff you out
You never know what you will find
When you go out of the blackness
Into the great big sky
Supercollider
Shooting inside your mind
Gather round the gas tower
Don't it kinda look like a bong?
I heard it backwards
Hidden in a Pink Floyd song
Stella radiata
It's got to set your mind at ease
Spinning on the tire swing
Flying like Tarzan through the trees
And back to the bus when the sun goes down
Try to aim it back into town
We're riding out of the blackness
Into the great big sky
Supercollider
Shooting inside your mind
Supercollider
Shooting inside your mind
And coriander grows along the banks
Where we go walking at night
Creeping slowly over the grounds
We tiptoe round the garden
Trying not to tramp it down
Stay low to the ground or they'll sniff you out
You never know what you will find
When you go out of the blackness
Into the great big sky
Supercollider
Shooting inside your mind
Supercollider
Shooting inside your mind
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: May 04, 2009 - 20:05 TobyRush wrote: Okay, since we're sharing lyrics, here's one of my favorites from the album, "All Kinds of Time": {snip lyrics} I don't know if there is a music video for this one, but I've already gotten one written in my mind: the football play, the fans, cheerleaders, the family around the big screen, it's all in super-slow motion, except of course for FOW, singing the song at regular speed on the field amidst the players moving in slow motion around them... It's not really about football, you know...  |
| toomanyollys (cruz del rey, london) | Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 07:00 mcklein18 wrote: I guess I'm no rock star...but this band makes me sad...I mean you are an Oasis knock-off..so you are a carbon copy of a mediocre band with a few solid tunes. come on RP, you're better than that. This song makes me sad. FoW have a load of really good rock/pop songs, and yet this Oasis knock-off is one of the few that gets played on RP... |
| Marr (Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 06:56 rdo wrote: Does a song ever get dinged on RP? This has a 5.8 average rating with 465 people responding. That's pretty low. Yeah, but look at the crest of the bell curve. Right in the 7 range. |
| steeler (Sixth Heaven) | Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 06:55 When you're out of the blue and into the black . . . |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Mar 02, 2009 - 18:21 Does a song ever get dinged on RP? This has a 5.8 average rating with 465 people responding. That's pretty low. |
| Gils | Posted: Feb 10, 2009 - 13:16 First time that I've heard this. Sounds a bit like early Floyd. |
| mcklein18 | Posted: Feb 10, 2009 - 13:12 I guess I'm no rock star...but this band makes me sad...I mean you are an Oasis knock-off..so you are a carbon copy of a mediocre band with a few solid tunes. come on RP, you're better than that. |
| bindi (North Carolina) | Posted: Dec 29, 2008 - 13:35 Land_Shark wrote: Normally I enjoy the uniqueness and originality of Fountains of Wayne. But this song just sounds drab. It's the kind of song you forget about thirty seconds after hearing it. yeah, you are right, totally forgettable - sounds like Oasis! With all the great tunes on this CD, why play this one? |
| superfido (Sweden) | Posted: Dec 29, 2008 - 13:30 natural_tools wrote: This song is a good example of why I like FOW so much... it's such a picturesque set of words that it leaves itself open to personal interpretation. Of course the song is just about drug culture, but there's also something so inspiring about the spirit behind "out of the blackness, into the great big sky." It could be the drugs expanding your mind, but it could also be these kids waking up to the larger world. Ok, there's my over-analysis. Fine, but what exactly is wrong with his voice? Did he have a cold on the day of the recording??  |
| natural_tools (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Nov 07, 2008 - 20:27 This song is a good example of why I like FOW so much... it's such a picturesque set of words that it leaves itself open to personal interpretation. Of course the song is just about drug culture, but there's also something so inspiring about the spirit behind "out of the blackness, into the great big sky." It could be the drugs expanding your mind, but it could also be these kids waking up to the larger world. Ok, there's my over-analysis. |
| bindi (North Carolina) | Posted: Sep 25, 2008 - 17:34 Great CD! I can't say I'd pick this to respresent it - sounds like an Oasis copy. |
| buckeyes (mile high) | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:30 There was this great restaurant next to Fountains of Wayne on route 3, I cannot remember what it was called, but I am pretty sure it is closed down now. |
| Land_Shark (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:29 Normally I enjoy the uniqueness and originality of Fountains of Wayne. But this song just sounds drab. It's the kind of song you forget about thirty seconds after hearing it. |
| Phlegmaticman (270 miles south of Paradise, CA) | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:26 Great band. They were on Austin City Limits once and they rocked. |
| Droidac (4066 kms east of Paradise) | Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 12:06 Wisecrowe wrote: These guys are great. This sounds so Oasis!
Must disagree. This sounds horrible. Sounds like some bad Blind Melon (which would be ALL Blind Melon). |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 20:20 lophrequa wrote: does not
does too |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Jun 02, 2008 - 19:55 buck-arkansas wrote: i'm a 50-something big fan of FOW. the sound on/in their various albums is great, and the lyrics of many of their songs are worth pondering by the younger generation. and anyone else who is young as heart. 
Love these guys! |
| lophrequa (the very edge of the land) | Posted: Jun 02, 2008 - 19:55 does not |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Jun 02, 2008 - 19:54 copymonkey wrote: Nuh-uh! Yeah-huh |
| copymonkey (in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool) | Posted: May 22, 2008 - 13:35 Mugro wrote: This band sucks.
Nuh-uh! |
| Mugro (Lane Village, Red Sox Nation) | Posted: May 22, 2008 - 13:19 This band sucks. |
| The_Enemy (The Sewer) | Posted: May 02, 2008 - 10:00 RadioDoc wrote: This is OK, but I just can't get past their "Stacy's Mom" transgression.
At least he never hit on Stacy's Grandmother |
| TobyRush (Greeley, Colorado) | Posted: May 02, 2008 - 09:45 Okay, since we're sharing lyrics, here's one of my favorites from the album, "All Kinds of Time": The clock's running down
The team's losing ground To the opposing defense The young quarterback Waits for the snap When suddenly it all starts to make sense He's got all kinds of time He's got all kinds of time All kinds of time He's got all kinds of time All kinds of time He takes a step back He's under attack But he knows that no one can touch him now He seems so at ease A strange inner peace Is all that he's feeling somehow He's got all kinds of time He's got all kinds of time All kinds of time He's got all kinds of time All kinds of time He thinks of his mother He thinks of his bride-to-be He thinks of his father His two younger brothers Gathered around the widescreen TV He looks to the left He looks to the right And there in a golden ray of light Is his open man Just as he planned The whole world is his tonight I don't know if there is a music video for this one, but I've already gotten one written in my mind: the football play, the fans, cheerleaders, the family around the big screen, it's all in super-slow motion, except of course for FOW, singing the song at regular speed on the field amidst the players moving in slow motion around them... |
| Wisecrowe (York, PA) | Posted: May 02, 2008 - 09:40 These guys are great. This sounds so Oasis! |
| zaknafein (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: May 02, 2008 - 09:40 This album is really good. It's just straight up smart power pop done right. |
| Zep (Bleacher Seats) | Posted: May 02, 2008 - 09:40 wferrier wrote: Six for the song - ten for the lyrics. No 11 for the lyrics.
Hyacinths and sage, indeed! |
| wferrier (Johnson City, New York; Home of the Factory) | Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 13:35 Six for the song - ten for the lyrics. No 11 for the lyrics. |
| buck-arkansas (Northwest Arkansas) | Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 13:31 i'm a 50-something big fan of FOW. the sound on/in their various albums is great, and the lyrics of many of their songs are worth pondering by the younger generation. and anyone else who is young as heart. |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 13:31 Trying to out-Oasis Oasis? |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 13:30 Nabla wrote: Multi-colored microbus
Wow! A cool flashback to '68-'69!!!Plowing over rugged terrain We're jacking the radio Passing the afternoon train Around the roses she showed us Hyacinths and sage Gold plated garden tools Sunlamps and it's all the rage |
| Marr (Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 13:29 zaknafein wrote: I don't see what's so awful about that. It's a purely tongue-in-cheek straight up pop song. Not to mention that it was their nod/wink/nudge to their collective love of the Cars. |
| zaknafein (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 13:28 RadioDoc wrote: This is OK, but I just can't get past their "Stacy's Mom" transgression.
I don't see what's so awful about that. It's a purely tongue-in-cheek straight up pop song. |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 13:28 To continue from my previous comment - "Utopia Parkway", "Leave the Biker" ... "Janice's Party" ... man I gotta dig up my CD's and make some better quality rips so I can upload. This is one great great band! |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 13:26 RadioDoc wrote: This is OK, but I just can't get past their "Stacy's Mom" transgression. Look a little deeper. These guys are one eclectic bunch. |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Jan 17, 2008 - 14:24 This is OK, but I just can't get past their "Stacy's Mom" transgression. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Jan 17, 2008 - 14:21 ...okay, am i loopy for thinking that this vocalist sounds like weird al yankovic?.. |
| erichb | Posted: Dec 28, 2007 - 12:53 Seriously, is this Liam Gallagher? |
| Nabla (Ver-Cork-st (Ireland)) | Posted: Nov 27, 2007 - 03:25 Multi-colored microbus Plowing over rugged terrain We're jacking the radio Passing the afternoon train Around the roses she showed us Hyacinths and sage Gold plated garden tools Sunlamps and it's all the rage Stay low to the ground or they'll sniff you out You never know what you will find When you go Out of the blackness Into the great big sky Supercollider Shooting inside your mind Gather round the gas tower Don't it kinda look like a bong I heard it backwards Hidden in a Pink Floyd song Stella Radiata It's got to set your mind at ease Spinning on the tire swing Flying like Tarzan through the trees And back to the bus when the sun goes down Try to aim it back into town We're riding Out of the blackness Into the great big sky Supercollider Shooting inside your mind And coriander grows along the banks where we go walking along at night Creeping slowly over the ground We tiptoe round the garden Trying not to tramp it down Stay low to the ground or they'll sniff you out You never know what you will find When you go Out of the blackness Into the great big sky Supercollider Shooting inside your mind |
| Inflatablewoman (Munich, Germany) | Posted: Nov 27, 2007 - 03:23 h_in_bristol wrote: Hey, it's Oasis! Exactly what I thought. |
| windhorse (New Zealand and other parts global) | Posted: Nov 15, 2007 - 19:11 Really like their sound... |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Oct 15, 2007 - 10:12 Nice physics theme, Bill. A nod to our favorite (former) troll perhaps? |
| (former member) (Shadow Valley Condos) | Posted: Sep 25, 2007 - 08:48 or maybe Prom Theme Here we are at last
The moment soon will pass We'll go our seperate ways We'll vanish in the haze We'll never be the same We'll forget each other's names We'll grow old and lose our hair It's all downhill from there But tonight we'll reach for the stars We'll rent expensive cars And dream our dreams Of a perfect night And we'll sing our prom theme Here we are at last We're running out of gas The air is getting thick The girls are feeling sick We'll pass out on the beach Our keys just out of reach And soon we'll say goodbye Then we'll work until we die ------- Brilliant! But tonight we feel like stars We'll play our air guitars Cause we're eighteen It's a perfect night To sing our prom theme OK, I'm done for now. |
| (former member) (Shadow Valley Condos) | Posted: Sep 25, 2007 - 08:46 My Favorite - though it's really hard to define one: Sick Day And here is the man pushing paper past her
Thinks up ways to make the day go faster But the day goes on and on He dreams of his lawn And all about the pretty careerist the next cube over The fat secretary, the lunchtime lovers 'Til the path train finally comes The platform's full of bums again And she's making the scene With the coffee and cream And the copy machine's not working She's a hell of a girl She's alone in the world And she likes to say "hey good lookin'" She's on her way She's taking a sick day..soon |
| Pyro | Posted: Sep 25, 2007 - 08:45 h_in_bristol wrote: Hey, it's Oasis!
Wonderwall |
| kerr (Up a bit) | Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 13:58 Yeah, I think that's probably my son's favourite as well. nate917 wrote: Mexican Wine is my favorite: I used to fly for United Airlines Then I got fired for reading High Times My license expired in almost no time Now I'm retired and I think that's fine. |
| nate917 | Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 13:50 kerr wrote: I got this CD for my son (age 11) the other day and he loved it. He likes the obvious ones (Stacy's Mom etc) best, but I think this is maybe my favourite track.
Mexican Wine is my favorite: I used to fly for United Airlines Then I got fired for reading High Times My license expired in almost no time Now I'm retired and I think that's fine. |
| kerr (Up a bit) | Posted: Aug 13, 2007 - 13:47 I got this CD for my son (age 11) the other day and he loved it. He looked askance at the cover and then I heard him start to play it in his room. An hour later he came downstairs eyes shining with glee. Really great moment being able to share some music. |
| gonzafr (Northridge, Ca) | Posted: Jul 24, 2007 - 11:21 h_in_bristol wrote: Hey, it's Oasis! Hey, it's Stereophonics! 
Kewl sound none the less! |
| canadave (Ottawa, ON) | Posted: Jul 24, 2007 - 11:19 Awesome! I've never heard FoW on RP before, though maybe I just have bad timing. "Supercollider" isn't my favourite of their tracks, though... be nice to see something like "New Routine" or "Sink To the Bottom" get some play. |
| crinky (New England) | Posted: Jul 24, 2007 - 11:17 DoctorHooey wrote: I love this band. They have many better songs than this - "Red Dragon Tattoo", "Radiation Vibe", "She's Got a Problem", it goes on and on
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