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Fastball Is An American Power Pop / Rock N Roll Band That Formed In Austin Texas In The 1990s. The Band Originally Called Themselves "Magneto U.S.A" But Changed Their Name After Signing With Hollywood Records. They Released Their First Album Make Your Mama Proud In 1996. Fastball Consists Of Miles Zuniga Lead Guitar And Vocals Tony Scalzo Bass And Vocals And Joey Shuffield Drums . They Released One Breakout Hit Single "The Way" In 1998. Other Songs Receiving Significant Radio Airplay Included "Out Of My Head" "You're An Ocean" And "Fire Escape". "The Way" Ended Up Peaking At Number-One On The U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Bringing The Group Into A Mainstream Audience. The Group's Fifth Full Length Album Little White Lies Was Released In Spring 2009. Their Most Current Album As Of Spring 2013 It Is Distributed By MRI/RED Distribution. The Group Continues To Tour To A Loyal Cult Following.
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"The Way" Revolves Around An Older Married Couple Who Decide To Give It All Away By Packing Up And Going Driving And Drinking. Along The Way Their Car Breaks Down So They Continue On Foot. As The Song Goes On It Becomes Apparent That These Two Achieve Happiness By Losing Touch With The World. Fastball Bassist Tony Scalzo Came Up With The Idea For The Song After Reading Journalistic Articles Which Described The Disappearance Of An Older Married Couple Raymond And Lela Howard From Salado Texas Who Left Home In June Of 1997 To Attend A Family Reunion But Never Arrived 1 . They Were Discovered Two Weeks Later Dead At The Bottom Of A Ravine Near Hot Springs Arkansas Hundreds Of Miles Off Their Intended Route 2 . About The Song Scalzo Said That "It's A Romanticized Take On What Happened" - He "pictured Them Taking Off To Have Fun Like They Did When They First Met." At The Beginning Of The Song It Plays A Radio Scanning Through The FM Stations And One Of The Songs Is Jewel's 1997 Song Foolish Games.
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Fastball Is An American Power Pop / Rock N Roll Band That Formed In Austin Texas In The 1990s. The Band Originally Called Themselves "Magneto U.S.A" But Changed Their Name After Signing With Hollywood Records. They Released Their First Album Make Your Mama Proud In 1996. Fastball Consists Of Miles Zuniga Lead Guitar And Vocals Tony Scalzo Bass And Vocals And Joey Shuffield Drums . They Released One Breakout Hit Single "The Way" In 1998. Other Songs Receiving Significant Radio Airplay Included "Out Of My Head" "You're An Ocean" And "Fire Escape". "The Way" Ended Up Peaking At Number-One On The U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Bringing The Group Into A Mainstream Audience. The Group's Fifth Full Length Album Little White Lies Was Released In Spring 2009. Their Most Current Album As Of Spring 2013 It Is Distributed By MRI/RED Distribution. The Group Continues To Tour To A Loyal Cult Following.
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"The Way" revolves around an older married couple who decide to give it all away by packing up and going driving and drinking. Along the way, their car breaks down, so they continue on foot. As the song goes on, it becomes apparent that these two achieve happiness by losing touch with the world.
Fastball bassist Tony Scalzo came up with the idea for the song after reading journalistic articles which described the disappearance of an older married couple, Raymond and Lela Howard from Salado, Texas, who left home in June of 1997 to attend a family reunion but never arrived[1]. They were discovered two weeks later, dead, at the bottom of a ravine near Hot Springs, Arkansas, hundreds of miles off their intended route[2].
About the song, Scalzo said that "It's a romanticized take on what happened" - he "pictured them taking off to have fun, like they did when they first met."
At the beginning of the song, it plays a radio scanning through the FM stations, and one of the songs is Jewel's 1997 song Foolish Games. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.