Jonathan Richman

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I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar 03:43 Tools
Egyptian Reggae 02:38 Tools
That Summer Feeling 05:15 Tools
Velvet Underground 03:30 Tools
Parties In The U.S.A. 04:48 Tools
Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild 02:29 Tools
Vampire Girl 03:34 Tools
You Can't Talk To The Dude 02:53 Tools
Tandem Jump 02:14 Tools
Roadrunner 04:02 Tools
Twilight In Boston 04:11 Tools
True Love Is Not Nice 02:11 Tools
Rooming House On Venice Beach 05:08 Tools
Vincent Van Gogh 03:05 Tools
A Higher Power 03:23 Tools
Let Her Go Into The Darkness 03:17 Tools
Grunion Run 02:35 Tools
When I Dance 02:52 Tools
No One Was Like Vermeer 03:00 Tools
Since She Started to Ride 02:33 Tools
When She Kisses Me 02:27 Tools
You're Crazy For Taking The Bus 02:31 Tools
The Neighbors 02:44 Tools
I'm So Confused 03:27 Tools
Pablo Picasso 04:20 Tools
When We Refuse To Suffer 02:15 Tools
Time Has Been Going By So Fast 02:44 Tools
Old World 03:21 Tools
Not So Much to Be Loved As to Love 02:46 Tools
Es Como El Pan 02:59 Tools
Cosi Veloce 03:31 Tools
Ice Cream Man 03:02 Tools
Our Drab Ways 03:18 Tools
Everyday Clothes 03:07 Tools
My Baby Love Love Loves Me 03:11 Tools
I Love Hot Nights 02:57 Tools
New England 01:58 Tools
The Lovers Are here And They're Full Of Sweat 02:59 Tools
The Girl Stands Up To Me Now 02:27 Tools
New Kind of Neighborhood 02:43 Tools
Reno 04:01 Tools
The Heart of Saturday Night 01:55 Tools
This Romance Will Be Different For Me 03:20 Tools
Dancin' Late At Night 03:27 Tools
She Doesn't Laugh At My Jokes 01:57 Tools
Fender Stratocaster 02:56 Tools
Le Printemps Des Amoureux Est Venu 02:34 Tools
You're The One For Me 03:11 Tools
Sunday Afternoon 01:19 Tools
Nineteen In Naples 02:59 Tools
Affection 04:14 Tools
As My Mother Lay Lying 03:04 Tools
Walter Johnson 02:52 Tools
Our Party Will Be On The Beach Tonight 04:03 Tools
Cappuccino Bar 03:31 Tools
Corner Store 04:45 Tools
Action Packed 02:57 Tools
When I Say Wife 01:40 Tools
California Desert Party 02:07 Tools
Here It Is 04:26 Tools
Circle I 02:35 Tools
The Lonely Little Thrift Store 00:00 Tools
O Moon, Queen of Night On Earth 02:12 Tools
I Must Be King 02:28 Tools
He Gave Us the Wine to Taste It 02:41 Tools
In Che Mondo Viviamo 02:26 Tools
Love Me Like I Love 03:34 Tools
To Hide A Little Thought 03:15 Tools
Hello From Cupid 03:07 Tools
These Bodies That Came to Cavort 02:42 Tools
Give Paris One More Chance 02:41 Tools
Gail Loves Me 02:49 Tools
Behold the Lilies of the Field 03:07 Tools
Monologue About Bermuda 07:07 Tools
Back in Your Life 02:17 Tools
Closer 03:24 Tools
If She Don't Love Me 02:30 Tools
The World Is Showing Its Hand 02:24 Tools
The Night Is Still Young 02:13 Tools
Springtime in New York 02:54 Tools
Salvador Dalí 02:22 Tools
Les étoiles 02:14 Tools
Abu Jamal 02:18 Tools
I Can Hear Her Fighting With Herself 03:17 Tools
You Must Ask The Heart 03:26 Tools
City Vs. Country 02:31 Tools
When Harpo Played His Harp 02:34 Tools
If You Want to Leave Our Party Just Go 02:34 Tools
Satisfied Mind 01:55 Tools
African Lady 02:35 Tools
Here Come the Martian Martians 03:16 Tools
On a Du Soleil 02:13 Tools
Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow 02:25 Tools
I Can't Find My Best Friend 02:55 Tools
I Was the One She Came For 04:12 Tools
Our Dog is Getting Older Now 02:30 Tools
The Origin of Love (Reprise) 04:06 Tools
My Love Is a Flower (Just Beginning to Bloom) 02:23 Tools
There's Something About Mary 01:45 Tools
My Career As A Homewrecker 03:37 Tools
They're Not Tryin' On The Dance Floor 01:53 Tools
At Night 03:42 Tools
I Eat With Gusto, Damn! You Bet 03:53 Tools
Sa voix m'atisse 02:51 Tools
Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad 02:59 Tools
I Can't Stay Mad At You 01:34 Tools
Couples Must Fight 02:05 Tools
The Sea Was Calling Me Home 01:29 Tools
We'll Be the Noise, We'll Be the Scandal 01:55 Tools
She Cracked 02:54 Tools
Astral Plane 03:00 Tools
Rodeo Wind 02:19 Tools
Buzz Buzz Buzz 01:59 Tools
Winter Afternoon By B.U. In Boston 04:02 Tools
My Affected Accent 02:53 Tools
I Have Come Out To Play 03:47 Tools
The Bitter Herb 02:17 Tools
My Love For Her Ain't Sad 01:30 Tools
Man Walks Among Us 02:21 Tools
Lydia 03:11 Tools
I Took a Chance on Her 02:51 Tools
Maybe a Walk Home From Natick High School 01:15 Tools
Important in Your Life 03:40 Tools
1963 01:36 Tools
Yo Tengo una Novia 02:35 Tools
Harpo Played His Harp 02:34 Tools
Just For Fun 03:02 Tools
Me and Her Got a Good Thing Goin' Baby 02:43 Tools
Even Though I Know I Am the Wind and the Sun, I 01:37 Tools
Leaves on the Sidewalk After the Rain 00:42 Tools
El Joven se Estremece 02:50 Tools
Abdul and Cleopatra 03:18 Tools
Tonight 02:08 Tools
Just Look at Me 02:37 Tools
Vampiresa Mujer 03:27 Tools
It Was Time for Me to Be With Her 03:25 Tools
Roadrunner (Once) 04:05 Tools
Everything's Gotta Be Right 02:48 Tools
Our Swingin' Pad 03:27 Tools
Con El Merengue 02:02 Tools
Dodge Veg-O-Matic 03:51 Tools
Abominable Snowman in the Market 02:28 Tools
Lonely Financial Zone 03:00 Tools
Government Center 02:19 Tools
The Sea Was Calling Me Home (Reprise) 02:15 Tools
Roller Coaster By The Sea 02:09 Tools
French Style 03:17 Tools
Just Because I'm Irish 01:51 Tools
Hey There Little Insect 03:13 Tools
Surrender 03:25 Tools
The Morning Of Our Lives 05:07 Tools
This Kind Of Music 00:00 Tools
The Beach 00:00 Tools
My Jeans 00:00 Tools
That Little Sleeper Car 03:08 Tools
Someone I Care About 03:40 Tools
That's How I Feel 02:06 Tools
Hospital 02:12 Tools
I'm Just Beginning To Live 00:00 Tools
Satisfy 02:14 Tools
Down In Bermuda 03:00 Tools
Somebody To Hold Me 00:00 Tools
Stop This Car 00:00 Tools
Not Yet Three 02:42 Tools
The Rose 01:34 Tools
Fly Into the Mystery 03:18 Tools
The Theme From Moulin Rouge 01:31 Tools
Girlfriend 03:39 Tools
The Fenway 00:00 Tools
Rock 'n' Roll Drummer Straight From the Hospy-Tel 03:31 Tools
My Little Girl's Got a Full Time Daddy Now 02:19 Tools
South American Folk Song 02:39 Tools
New Kind of Neighbourhood 02:42 Tools
It Will Stand 02:39 Tools
Back in the USA 02:24 Tools
Floatin' 04:16 Tools
Rockin' Rockin' Leprechauns 00:00 Tools
Chewing Gum Wrapper 00:00 Tools
Those Conga Drums 00:00 Tools
Afternoon 00:00 Tools
Cerca 03:43 Tools
Amorcito Corazón 00:00 Tools
When I'm Walking 00:00 Tools
The New Teller 01:43 Tools
I Had a Dream That the Sea 03:54 Tools
Modern World 03:23 Tools
Blue Moon 03:55 Tools
Dignified and Old 02:54 Tools
I'm a Little Dinosaur 01:59 Tools
Nothing Can Change This Love 02:05 Tools
Lover Please 01:59 Tools
Party In The Woods Tonight 03:01 Tools
The U.F.O. Man 00:00 Tools
Summer Morning 03:54 Tools
Malagueña De Jojo 02:12 Tools
The Tag Game 00:00 Tools
Sa Voix M'Atisse - Reprise 01:51 Tools
Miracles Will Start To Happen 03:08 Tools
Sleepwalk 02:14 Tools
Vampiresa Mujer (Vampire Girl) 00:00 Tools
Coomyah 02:12 Tools
Una Fuerza Alla (A Higher Power) 00:00 Tools
Now Is Better Than Before 00:00 Tools
Time Has Gone By So Fast 02:48 Tools
Road Runner 00:00 Tools
I'm A Little Airplane 02:42 Tools
A Mistake Today For Me 02:14 Tools
I'm Nature's Mosquito 02:44 Tools
I'm Straight 04:18 Tools
Così Veloce 03:31 Tools
Up In The Sky Sometime 00:00 Tools
Rockin' Shopping Centre 03:39 Tools
The Baltimores 00:00 Tools
Sa voix m'atisse (Reprise) 01:51 Tools
It's You 00:00 Tools
Circle 00:00 Tools
Harpo en su harpa 02:50 Tools
Angels Watching Over Me 00:00 Tools
Stop Your Sobbing 02:18 Tools
Que Reste-T-Il de Nos Amours? 01:59 Tools
Government Centre 02:19 Tools
Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love - Version 2 02:46 Tools
Una fuerza allá 03:20 Tools
When We Refuse To Suffer - Second Version 04:03 Tools
not just a "plus one" on the guest list anymore 00:00 Tools
No te oye 02:55 Tools
Just About Seventeen 00:00 Tools
When We Refuse To Suffer - Second Version Album Version 00:00 Tools
Roadrunner (twice) 04:42 Tools
Dancin Late At Night 03:28 Tools
Papel de chicle 02:30 Tools
A Plea for Tenderness 07:12 Tools
No más por fun 01:50 Tools
I'm a Little Dinosaur [Live] 02:00 Tools
My Little Kookenhaken 03:30 Tools
Ahora es mejor 02:06 Tools
Not Just a Plus One on the Guest List Anymore 00:00 Tools
Los vecinos 02:40 Tools
Salvador Dalì 00:00 Tools
Foggy Notion 03:10 Tools
Shirin y Farad 04:25 Tools
El U.F.O. man 04:00 Tools
(She's Gonna) Respect Me 02:50 Tools
Pantomima de »El amor brujo« 03:08 Tools
Melodía tradicional Ecuadoriana 02:17 Tools
Abdul & Cleopatra 03:18 Tools
Let's Take a Trip 00:00 Tools
Neon Sign 00:00 Tools
Double Chocolate Malted 04:06 Tools
Broken Promises 04:14 Tools
Pablo Piccasso 04:04 Tools
The Morning of Our Lives [Live] 05:14 Tools
This Love of Mine 04:14 Tools
Ancient Long Ago 04:32 Tools
I'm A Little Airplane [live] 02:46 Tools
The Wheels on the Bus 00:00 Tools
The Desert 00:00 Tools
Dream of the Sea 02:06 Tools
Ice Cream Man [Live] 07:57 Tools
Hi Dear 00:00 Tools
Compadrito Corazón 01:57 Tools
The Sweeping Wind (Kwa Ti Feng) 02:02 Tools
Yo Jo Jo 03:30 Tools
No Mas for Fun (Just for Fun) 01:48 Tools
Rockin' Shoppin' Spree 00:00 Tools
As We Walk to Fenway Park in Boston Town 01:44 Tools
Amazing Grace 00:00 Tools
I M A Little Dinosaur 00:00 Tools
Dodge-Veg-O-Matic 00:00 Tools
My Little Kookenhaken [live] 03:33 Tools
Girl Friend 00:00 Tools
La Fiesta Es Para Todos 02:34 Tools
Springtime 00:00 Tools
El UFO Man 03:59 Tools
Sabor a mí 01:39 Tools
Emaline 02:07 Tools
Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love (Alternate) 02:45 Tools
I Hear You Calling Me 02:52 Tools
Rockin' Shopping Center 00:00 Tools
Abominable Snow Man In The Market 02:07 Tools
La Guitarra Flamenca Negra 02:27 Tools
Bonus Track 1 00:00 Tools
Back In The U.S.A. 00:00 Tools
The UFO Man 03:22 Tools
I M A Little Airplane 02:42 Tools
Hey There Little Insects 03:12 Tools
I'm a Little Dinosaur (live) 02:00 Tools
Abdominable Snowman In The Mar 00:00 Tools
Egyptian Reggae [1977] 02:37 Tools
Shirin & Fahrad 00:00 Tools
Wandering With Mike P 02:45 Tools
Abdominable Snowman In The Market 02:30 Tools
The Morning of Our Lives (live) 05:09 Tools
Bonus Track 2 00:00 Tools
Nothng Can Change This Love 02:07 Tools
Sweeping Wind (Kwa Ti Feng) 02:01 Tools
Wheels On The Bus 00:00 Tools
I Had a Dream That the Sea Was Calling Me Home 02:06 Tools
Shirin and Fahrad 00:00 Tools
New Teller 00:00 Tools
Not Just a 'Plus One' on the Guest List Anymore 02:50 Tools
My Love is a Flower 02:21 Tools
I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms 00:00 Tools
The Sweeping Wind 02:02 Tools
You Can Have A Cellphone That's OK But Not Me 01:43 Tools
Una Fuerza Alla 03:23 Tools
Dance With Me 00:00 Tools
Our Swingin’ Pad 03:30 Tools
When We Refuse To Suffer - Second Version Album Version 04:00 Tools
I Like Gumby 02:57 Tools
Better 02:27 Tools
My Name Is Jonathan 02:30 Tools
J'aime Paris au mois de mai 04:37 Tools
It's for You 00:00 Tools
Morning Of Our Lives 00:00 Tools
Don't Change For Me 02:07 Tools
Ishkode! Ishkode! 04:55 Tools
Dignified & Old 02:26 Tools
Roadrunner Twice 04:46 Tools
A Que Venimos Sino A Caer? 02:33 Tools
Underneath 03:10 Tools
The Beach - Live 05:06 Tools
Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste 01:50 Tools
Whoa! How Different We All Are! 02:03 Tools
Wait! Wait! 01:01 Tools
In the Checkout Line 02:27 Tools
You can have a cell phone that's ok but not me 01:40 Tools
Rockin' Shoppin' Center 03:37 Tools
When We Refuse To Suffer (Album Version) 02:15 Tools
Celestial 02:03 Tools
I Feel Alright 00:55 Tools
Try This Brand New Dance 02:14 Tools
No One Was Like Vermeer (Album Version) 03:00 Tools
O Sun! 02:17 Tools
Without The Heart For Chaperone 03:19 Tools
New England (Live) 00:00 Tools
Chapel Of Love 00:00 Tools
Let Me Do This Right! 02:45 Tools
When I Dance (Album Version) 02:50 Tools
Nineteen In Naples (Album Version) 02:59 Tools
But Then Ego Went Away 02:04 Tools
Mother I Give You My Soul Call 05:09 Tools
'A Nnammurata Mia 02:04 Tools
Give Paris One More Chance - Live 02:06 Tools
Longtemps 00:30 Tools
Chewing Gum Wrapper - Live 00:00 Tools
Love Me Like I Love (Album Version) 03:33 Tools
Back Into Your Life 02:15 Tools
Walk Up The Street 03:12 Tools
Silence Alors, Silence 02:42 Tools
Affection (Album Version) 04:13 Tools
Outside O' Duffy's 02:54 Tools
[Untitled Track] 02:06 Tools
Veil Of Cold 02:18 Tools
The Lonely Little Thrift Store (Album Version) 02:51 Tools
If She Don't Love Me (Album Version) 02:29 Tools
Compadrito Corazón (Manuel Esperon Y Jesus Camacho/Pham) 01:58 Tools
Heart of Saturday Night - Live 02:35 Tools
When We Refuse to Suffer (Second Version) 03:59 Tools
Not So Much to Be Loved As to Love (Version 2) 05:15 Tools
I'm So Confused (Album Version) 03:26 Tools
Ha Muerto La Rosa 02:26 Tools
The Night Is Still Young (Album Version) 02:13 Tools
Buzz, Buzz, Buzz 01:57 Tools
Vincent Van Gogh - Live 05:06 Tools
weeds breaking through the concrete 01:01 Tools
Sabor A Mí (Alvaro Carrillo/Pham) 01:20 Tools
Una Fuerza Allá (A Higher Power) 00:00 Tools
Ride On Down The Highway 03:13 Tools
revolution summer theme 02:00 Tools
Thunderbolts of Joy 03:43 Tools
Womanhood 02:49 Tools
I Can't Find My Best Friend (Album Version) 02:54 Tools
Our Drab Ways (Album Version) 03:19 Tools
Que Reste-T-ll de Nos Amours? 01:59 Tools
Crazy Little Mama 01:34 Tools
Hello From Cupid (Album Version) 03:06 Tools
I'm A Little Aeroplane (Live) 00:00 Tools
a chill in the night air 01:20 Tools
Laura's Song 01:35 Tools
francine's theme 01:31 Tools
That Summer Feeling - Live 02:13 Tools
I'm Young 02:14 Tools
I Can Hear Her Fighting With Herself (Album Version) 03:16 Tools
Es Como El Pan (Album Version) 02:59 Tools
hipster cafe 01:09 Tools
Dodge Veg-O-Matic (Extended Version) 05:42 Tools
music for next year's jukebox 03:21 Tools
vacant lot 05:15 Tools
Action Packed - Live 02:37 Tools
The Neighbours - Live 04:52 Tools
Theme from the Moulin Rouge 01:51 Tools
Just For Fun - Live 01:51 Tools
The Origin of Love (Hedwig and the Angry Inch cover) 03:59 Tools
Old World (Album Version) 03:22 Tools
hope's theme 01:34 Tools
My Love Is A Flower (Just Be 02:17 Tools
South American Folksong 02:39 Tools
Egyptian Raggae 02:37 Tools
hope's theme (reprise) 00:40 Tools
06 Back In Your Life 00:00 Tools
Falling In Love Must Be Two Way 04:27 Tools
Not Just A -Plus One- On The Guest List Anymore 02:50 Tools
When We Refuse To Suffer [Second Version] (Album Version) 03:59 Tools
Instrumental 00:35 Tools
Awkward Love 02:27 Tools
Ice Cream Man (live) 07:57 Tools
Modern World (Alternative Version) 03:16 Tools
Gail Loves Me - Live 02:38 Tools
Here It Is (Album Version) 04:27 Tools
Singing In The Rain 03:42 Tools
My Baby Loves Loves Loves Me 03:11 Tools
01 Abdul and Cleopatra 03:19 Tools
Oh Carol 00:00 Tools
It's You - Live 02:37 Tools
I'm Dropping My Friends (One By One) 00:00 Tools
When We Refuse To Suffer [Second Version] 03:58 Tools
sa 03:58 Tools
When I Say Wife - Live 03:58 Tools
The Mixer ( Men And Women Together ) 04:35 Tools
Little Latin Lupe Lu 01:07 Tools
True Love i 02:39 Tools
francine's theme (reprise) 03:43 Tools
My Honest Dear 03:13 Tools
Flying Saucers Rock and Roll 02:08 Tools
Jerk 04:27 Tools
As My Mother Lay Lying (Album Version) 03:05 Tools
Such Loneliness 00:00 Tools
Instrumental - Live 03:59 Tools
When Harpo Played His Harp - Live 02:28 Tools
California Desert Party - Live 02:38 Tools
Take Me To The Plaza 05:29 Tools
So Much Respect For You 01:20 Tools
Winters Get Hard In New England 02:47 Tools
As We Walk To Fenway Park In Boston Town (Album Version) 01:44 Tools
My Love She Is From Somewhere Else 02:08 Tools
Everyday Clothes - Live 03:20 Tools
05 Buzz Buzz Buzz 00:00 Tools
Touch Me If You Want To 01:28 Tools
02 - This kind of music 03:35 Tools
Weeds Breaking Through The Concrete (Reprise) 04:03 Tools
04 Affection 00:00 Tools
Monologue About Bermuda - Live 00:00 Tools
Intro 00:54 Tools
Roadrunner (Alternative Version) 04:55 Tools
Someone I Care About (Alternative Version) 02:58 Tools
Instrumental Doodle 01:21 Tools
Do You Believe In Magic? 03:58 Tools
Afternon 02:49 Tools
04 - somebody to hold me 03:20 Tools
People Are Disgusting 03:31 Tools
Someone I Care About - Alternative Version 04:30 Tools
I'm Not Alone (The Heavens Love Me) 02:19 Tools
A Penchant For The Stagnant 02:19 Tools
03 - the neighbors 03:20 Tools
05 - those conga drums 03:05 Tools
08- Egyptian Reggae 03:50 Tools
08 My Love Is A Flower (Just Be 02:17 Tools
Wandering With Mike P. 02:46 Tools
The Fading Of An Old World 02:46 Tools
Lets Rock 'n' Roll 02:40 Tools
This Kind of Music - Live 00:30 Tools
07 Party In The Woods Tonight 00:00 Tools
Scat Melody 01:32 Tools
now what? 02:32 Tools
Song Of Rememberance For Old Girlfriends 03:04 Tools
Going Home 03:33 Tools
02- Not Just A -Plus One- On The Guest List Anymore 02:50 Tools
I`m a little dinosaur 01:40 Tools
Five-Year-Old Feeling 03:05 Tools
Ice Cream Man - live 07:57 Tools
I'm a Little Dinosaur - Live 02:03 Tools
10 Emaline 02:03 Tools
Vampiresada 02:03 Tools
Cappuccino Bar - Live 02:03 Tools
06 - stop this car 01:49 Tools
Ride Down The Highway 02:32 Tools
I'm a Little Airplane - Live 02:46 Tools
12 I Hear You Calling Me 02:47 Tools
08 - give paris one more chance 02:55 Tools
Silent Treatment 03:08 Tools
Let's Take The Long Way Home 04:19 Tools
I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar Live 00:30 Tools
dream of the sea [hidden track] 02:06 Tools
Modern World - Alternative version 02:24 Tools
Dialogue 01:01 Tools
O Mind! Just Dance! 01:01 Tools
07 - not yet three 02:42 Tools
Im A Little Dinosaur 02:07 Tools
And That's Rock 'N' Roll 02:38 Tools
10 - When I'm Walking 03:03 Tools
09 - you're the one for me 03:19 Tools
Barcelona 02:27 Tools
wandering with mike p [hidden track] 02:45 Tools
Hi Fred We Still Love You 02:04 Tools
I'm Not Obsessed With Her 04:21 Tools
Young and in Love 02:17 Tools
The Silent Treatment (Live) 02:56 Tools
I Was Dancin' In The Lesbian Bar 04:34 Tools
Shirin Fahrad 04:43 Tools
My Little Kookenhaken - live 00:00 Tools
11 - The Tag Game 04:30 Tools
Abominable Snowman in the Mark 00:00 Tools
The Morning of Our Lives - Live 05:09 Tools
Egyptian Reggae (Surrender to Jonathan) 03:50 Tools
i'm just beginning to 03:25 Tools
And Do No Other Thing 03:25 Tools
I Love The World 03:31 Tools
Songs Of Remeberance 00:00 Tools
The Tag Game [*] 04:34 Tools
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Lydia 00:00 Tools
O Mind! Let Us Go Home! 00:00 Tools
Wandering 02:46 Tools
I'm a Little Airplane (live) 02:46 Tools
Not In My Name 00:48 Tools
This Lovers' Lane is Very Narrow 00:48 Tools
Yes, Take Me Home 00:48 Tools
Twist and Shout/Willie and the Hand Jive/Trip to the Sea 04:17 Tools
96 Tears 04:17 Tools
The Sad Trumpets Of Afternoon 04:17 Tools
When We Refuse to Suffer (II) 03:09 Tools
Egyptian Reggea 04:17 Tools
Theme From "Moulin Rouge" 01:28 Tools
Not Yet 3 03:09 Tools
Egyptian Reggae (live) 02:31 Tools
Satified Mind 03:31 Tools
Cumbya 02:12 Tools
Jonathan Richman - Springtime In New York 03:31 Tools
When We Refuse to Suffer (I) 03:30 Tools
Roadrunner (Live) 03:31 Tools
Five Year Old Feeling 03:07 Tools
The World is Showing Me Its Hand 03:15 Tools
11- Ice Cream Man 02:19 Tools
Goverment Center 02:18 Tools
Not So Much to Be Loved As to Love (Alternate Version) 02:46 Tools
¡Alegre Soy! 02:46 Tools
My love is a flower (just begi 02:21 Tools
Rockin' Shopping Center' 03:36 Tools
not just a ''plus one'' on the guest list anymore 00:00 Tools
She Cracked (1972 Demo version) 02:40 Tools
Not Juat A "Plus One" On The Guest List Anymore 03:30 Tools
08. The Fenway 00:00 Tools
I Was Dancing In the Lesbian Bar (Live Acoustic Version) 01:30 Tools
let her go into the distance 00:00 Tools
06- Stop This Car 02:40 Tools
My Little Kookenhagen 03:30 Tools
My Little Kookenhaken (live) 03:33 Tools
Que reste-t-il de nos amours ? 02:00 Tools
You Can Have A Cell Phone That's Okay But Not Me 01:41 Tools
2. This Kind of Music 03:30 Tools
Vampresa Mujer (Vampire Girl) 02:24 Tools
Jonathan Richman - Yo Tengo Una Novia 01:41 Tools
01- Egyptian Reggae 02:24 Tools
Here It Is (leonard cohen cover) 02:44 Tools
The Sweeping Wind (Ewa Ti Feng) 03:35 Tools
02- The Beach 02:24 Tools
Rollercoaster By the Sea 03:45 Tools
(surrender to jonathan)01- ju 03:45 Tools
lesbian bar 03:45 Tools
3. Neighbors 03:45 Tools
Velver Underground 03:36 Tools
Now Is Better Than Before (Later) 02:27 Tools
Pantomima de "El Amor Brujo" [Instrumental] 03:45 Tools
Singin' in the Rain 03:40 Tools
Outside O'duffy's 03:11 Tools
4. Somebody to Hold Me 03:40 Tools
Road Runner ['Bamboo Banga'] 04:41 Tools
Capuccino Bar 03:35 Tools
They're Not Tryin' On the Danc 00:00 Tools
The Tag Game (bonus track) 04:29 Tools
10. When I'm Walking 03:36 Tools
12. Now is Better Than Before 03:36 Tools
6. Stop This Car 03:36 Tools
8. Give Paris One More Chance 03:36 Tools
Theme from moulin rouge 03:35 Tools
I'm Natures Mosquito 02:44 Tools
Not Just A - Plus One - On the Guest List Anymore 02:50 Tools
7. Not Yet Three 02:44 Tools
5. Those Conga Drums 02:44 Tools
Jonathan Richman - In Che Mondo Viviamo 02:44 Tools
I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar (Studio Version) 03:58 Tools
Roadrunner(twice) 04:47 Tools
Government Center [*] 04:47 Tools
03- My Jeans 03:26 Tools
05- Hey There little Insect 04:34 Tools
So Much Respect 01:18 Tools
Deam Of The Sea 00:00 Tools
Kumbaya 02:12 Tools
9. You're the One for Me 04:29 Tools
Rock 'N' Roll Drummer Straight 03:31 Tools
3-Important In Your Life 03:41 Tools
Goverment Centre 00:00 Tools
Honest Dear 03:11 Tools
Not Just a "Plus One" On the Guest List 02:49 Tools
The Heavens Love Me 02:17 Tools
(surrender to jonathan)02- no 02:50 Tools
10- When I'm Walking 01:18 Tools
Roadrunner (Once) [*] 01:18 Tools
Every Day Clothes 01:18 Tools
04- Here Come The Martian Martians 01:18 Tools
Build Me Up Buttercup 02:17 Tools
Abominable Snowman In The Supermarket 02:17 Tools
My Baby Love Love Loves Me Now 03:42 Tools
Not Juat A 'Plus One' On The Guest List Anymore 02:50 Tools
(Cd 1) Jonathan Richman - Vincent Van Gogh 03:01 Tools
When We Refuse To Suffer (Acoustic Version) 04:15 Tools
I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar (Live) 20:46 Tools
Astral Plane (Live) 03:42 Tools
08- Give Paris One More Chance 03:25 Tools
fenway 03:42 Tools
As My Mother Lay Dying 03:05 Tools
07- This Kind Of Music 03:42 Tools
02 hospital 03:25 Tools
Jonathan Richman - I, Jonathan - 03 - You Can't Talk To The Dude 03:42 Tools
Jonathan Richman - Egyptian Reggae 02:35 Tools
Wait Wait 04:06 Tools
(surrender to jonathan)08- eg 20:46 Tools
Here It Is (Leonard Cohen) 02:10 Tools
icecream man 04:06 Tools
Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love (Second Version) 04:06 Tools
12- Circle I 03:20 Tools
Let S Take A Trip 03:31 Tools
It Will Stand [*] 02:36 Tools
(surrender to jonathan)06- i 02:10 Tools
Roadrunner 1 04:06 Tools
Rockin rockin leprechauns 02:13 Tools
Nishi 00:19 Tools
When We Refuse To Suffer [Second Version] (Second Version) 04:06 Tools
Dodge Veg-O-Matic [Extended Version] 04:06 Tools
fly into mystery 02:28 Tools
Her Mystery Not Of Highheels And Eyeshadow 03:05 Tools
Hot Nights 03:04 Tools
Our Dog Is Getting Older Now - Jonathan Richman 04:06 Tools
Dancing in the Lesbian Bar 04:06 Tools
titel song 02:35 Tools
14- That Summer Feeling 02:13 Tools
Hi Fred 02:06 Tools
Sweeping Wind 02:13 Tools
Rock'n Shoppin Centre 03:05 Tools
Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner 04:05 Tools
03 - Me and her got a good thing goin' baby 03:05 Tools
summer feeling 03:05 Tools
Song Of Remembrance For Old Girlfriends 03:05 Tools
Jonathan Richman - I, Jonathan - 04 - Velvet Underground 04:05 Tools
Morning of Our Lives [Live] 03:04 Tools
Hospital (Live) 04:05 Tools
(surrender to jonathan)05- su 03:04 Tools
Girlfren 04:05 Tools
(surrender to jonathan)03- th 03:48 Tools
(surrender to jonathan)09- wh 03:58 Tools
Pretty Little Girl 04:05 Tools
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Jonathan Michael Richman (Natick, Massachusetts, May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic, backing. He is known for his wide-eyed, unaffected and childlike outlook, and music that, while rooted in rock and roll, often draws on influences from around the world. Jonathan Richman began playing music and writing his own songs in the mid-1960s. In 1969 he moved to New York City, where he spent time living on the couch of The Velvet Underground's manager and working odd jobs while trying to break in as a professional musician. Failing at this, he returned to Boston. Having moved back, he formed The Modern Lovers. Other notable members of the group were keyboard player Jerry Harrison and drummer David Robinson, who later joined Talking Heads and The Cars, respectively. In 1972 they recorded a series of songs with John Cale producing, including the seminal "Roadrunner," which were eventually released on the group's sole album, Modern Lovers, in 1975. Shortly after these recordings were made, Richman broke up the band and embarked on his long and eclectic solo career. For a while he continued recording under the "Modern Lovers" name (or rather, the more telling "Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers" appellation), but all the members were different, and in the new incarnation were essentially his backing band. The sound of the new group was considerably different as well, focusing on acoustic instrumentation rather than the prior electric guitars and drums. The album Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers was released in January 1977, Rock and Roll with the Modern Lovers followed a month later, and Modern Lovers Live in 1978. In 1979 Richman finally went completely solo. That year's Back in Your Life was released under the "Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers" moniker, but this was true of only about half the disc—the rest was solo work. This album was probably the most extreme detour by Richman into eclecticism; after the odd but traditional acoustic rock of the previous albums, this one's solo tracks showed off a string bass and Glockenspiel as main instruments.A few years' hiatus ended in 1983 with Jonathan Sings!—memorably featuring a cover with Richman serenading a crowd wearing nothing but a guitar and neck strap. This was followed up with a series of pop efforts (Rockin' and Romance, It's Time for Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, and Modern Lovers 88 from 1985, 1986 and 1988 respectively). Soon after, he returned to swooping madly around the musical landscape: country music with 1990's Jonathan Goes Country, and Spanish translations of his earlier work (as well as traditional Spanish songs) with 1993's Jonathan, Te Vas a Emocionar! Always possessing an ardent cult following, Richman has become better known in recent years thanks to a series of appearances on fan Conan O'Brien's show; also helping was a major part in the 1998 movie There's Something About Mary, where he played half of a two-man Greek chorus that commented on the movie while performing in the framed action itself. He has continued his release schedule all along, with You Must Ask the Heart in 1995, Surrender to Jonathan in 1996, I'm So Confused in 1998, Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow in 2001 and Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love in 2004. In 1998 a live album of Modern Lovers recordings from the early '70s was released, Live at the Long Branch & More. There is also a DVD of a live performance Take me to the Plaza 2002. A tribute album, If I Were a Richman, was released by Wampus Multimedia in 2001. In live 'solo' shows, he frequently tours with drummer Tommy Larkins, the other part of the two-man chorus mentioned above. He is a tremendously charismatic stage presence, and this has helped maintain his dedicated cult following. Richman's work with the first incarnation of Modern Lovers is a major influence on punk rock. One critic called him the "Godfather of Punk". Artists as diverse as the Sex Pistols and Joan Jett have covered "Roadrunner". Boston ska-punk band, Big D and the Kids Table, have covered "New England" live and on their Gypsy Hill EP. A version of "Pablo Picasso" performed by Burning Sensations was included in the 1984 cult film, Repo Man. David Bowie covered "Pablo Picasso" on his album Reality. Velvet Underground founding member John Cale has a version of the song on his 1975 album, Helen of Troy, and continues to include the song in his live shows. Iggy Pop has performed "Pablo Picasso" live and wrote an extra verse for it. Echo and the Bunnymen covered "She Cracked" in concert in 1984 and 1985 and Siouxsie and the Banshees have a version of the song on Downside Up. Richman's music has set the tone for many alternative rock bands, such as Violent Femmes, Galaxie 500, They Might Be Giants ("Roadrunner" reportedly inspired John Flansburgh to become a musician), Weezer, Tullycraft, Jens Lekman, singer Frank Black (who composed the tribute song "The Man Who Was Too Loud"), Brandon Flowers, Art Brut, Craig Finn of The Hold Steady & Lifter Puller and Nerf Herder who composed a song about him, titled "Jonathan", which appeared on the band's second album How To Meet Girls. British country rock band The Rockingbirds released the single "Jonathan, Jonathan" in tribute to Richman in 1992. As a producer himself, Richman and drummer Tommy Larkin produced Vic Chesnutt's final album Skitter on Take-Off in 2009 which appeared on Vapor Records. Chesnutt opened for Richman at concerts many times during his later years. "Roadrunner" is on the soundtrack of School of Rock. In the commentary, director Richard Linklater mentions it is often called "the first punk song" and wanted to include it for that reason, along with all the other seminal rock songs in that film. A tribute album, If I Were a Richman: a Tribute to the Music of Jonathan Richman, was released by Wampus Multimedia in 2001. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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