# RIP Adam Schlesinger, damn it **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [April 1, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840 "2020-04-01T22:33:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/1 "2020-04-01T22:33:21Z")
One of the cleverest and most versatile songwriters, from Fountains of Wayne > **[Adam Schlesinger, Emmy Winner and Fountains of Wayne Cofounder, Dies of...](https://variety.com/2020/music/news/adam-schlesinger-coronavirus-dead-dies-1203552130/)** > > Adam Schlesinger, a musician and songwriter highly regarded for his work as a member of Fountains of Wayne and an Emmy-winning songwriter for TV’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” has died … ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/2 "2020-04-01T22:38:42Z")
Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/3 "2020-04-01T22:45:46Z")
That’s a semi-local story for me. I had heard a couple of days ago he had been on a ventilator for 2 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/4 "2020-04-01T23:06:13Z")
Awful news. His music has brought me so much enjoyment. RIP, Adam. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/5 "2020-04-02T00:01:25Z")
No! :eek: This one hurts. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/6 "2020-04-02T00:59:09Z")
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. And fuck again. Motherfucker. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/7 "2020-04-02T01:51:46Z")
Terrible loss. Fountains of Wayne was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/8 "2020-04-02T01:55:21Z")
Fuck. I just heard. ---
**Author:** ![Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/59ef9b/32.png) [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/9 "2020-04-02T06:26:23Z")
Lost my job, then heard about Adam Schlesinger. What a shitty, shitty day. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/10 "2020-04-02T11:48:53Z")
So sad. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/11 "2020-04-02T16:08:32Z")
He also produced the recent Monkees album, _Good Times!_, which every Monkees fan should hear. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/12 "2020-04-02T20:38:01Z")
A relative of ours is “in the business” and has posted about his death. Turns out they knew him. So I’m two degrees of separation from someone who has died from this now. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/13 "2020-04-03T03:04:48Z")
I was reading his bio and damn what a creative person! Apparently he won an Emmy for writing “It’s Not Just For Gays Anymore” for Neil Patrick Harris to sing at the Tonys. [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BHyfYiBt5o). ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/14 "2020-04-03T04:41:13Z")
I’ve always been annoyed that he didn’t win an Oscar for the title track of “That Thing You Do!” That movie just doesn’t work unless it’s got a ridiculously catchy 1960s-style pop single as its centerpiece, and that’s what he delivered. But, of course, that’s not the kind of song the Oscars typically favor. It’s fun to dream, in any case. ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-adam-schlesinger-damn-it/850840/15 "2020-04-05T18:54:35Z")
“Apartment Life” by his other band Ivy is a top-ten desert island album for me. “Radiation Vibe” by Fountains of Wayne is one of my favorite singles ever. Dammit!..