January 20, 2004
All Kinds Of Time. . .
Like fellow bloggers Jim Henley and Radley Balko, I'm completely in the tank for alt-pop rockers, Fountains of Wayne. I tripped over their album, Utopia Parkway in a Borders a couple of years back, strapped on the headphones, and was hooked right away. Besides being awfully catchy, with very smart lyrics, the album really captured what life is like in and around my old stomping grounds in the New York metro area.
Back in the Summer, the band finally released its followup, Welcome Interstate Managers, which actually got some attention -- most of it via the video for Stacy's Mom starring Rachel Hunter.
But hidden on the disc is a personal favorite of mine that's also caught the fancy of Henley, a little ditty about football called All Kinds Of Time:
He looks to the left
He looks to the right
And there in a golden ray of light
Is his open man
Just like he planned
The whole world is his tonight
It's hard not to think of the Patriots' Tom Brady while listening to this, especially since the band has some New England roots to go along with its New Jersey pedigree.
If the folks at NFL Films haven't already grabbed the rights to this song, they ought to right away. It's the perfect backdrop for a season opening video montage. If Steve Sabol is reading this, give me a call, I've already got the shooting script in the can.
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