The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
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Artist: The Modern LoversEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2006-10-23
Music Label: Sanctuary UK
Soundtracks:
- Roadrunner
- Astral Plane
- Old World
- Pablo Picasso
- I'm Straight
- Dignified and Old
- She Cracked
- Hospital
- Someone I Care About
- Girl Friend
- Modern World
- Government Center
Free Music Notes for The Modern Lovers
Free Music Review: It's NOT punk but it IS an essential classic.
Hit: 5 Stars
Richman says this is NOT the "original Modern Lovers". This CD is mentioned as a punk influence because the Pistols own it, but there are a lot of things I hear in bands from Violent Femmes to White Stripes to Flaming Lips to REM that came from here.
The VU influence is the organ and simple drum lines, the twisted lyrics, but it's not a VU ripoff, and while Reed hid his white collar Long Island roots, Richman was "rockin' the suburbs" and pointed out the things he saw around him.
Cale's name as a producer was put to this project, and it may have helped in getting some attention, but the surprising thing is that the songs were written and recorded in '71, released officially in '76 at a time when Richman's style took a left turn into being more upbeat but still has its dark moments.
Richman is prob. known for being the guy in "There's Something About Mary" and still continues to tour, but he does little as far as songs from this CD go. But he will do at least one.
I think it's (mostly) timeless because the songs hold up well in 2007.
This CD is an enjoyable listen, which is the most important thing. But I would put this with people who are discovering what came from the Velvets and came before punk. I would also go with Patti Smith's first one, Television's "Marquee Moon", NY Dolls, and Suicide's first one for starters. There are more, but those are the essentials.
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2006 reissue of this absolutely mind-blowing classic 1976 album packaged in a miniature LP sleeve from Jonathan Richman and his original line-up of The Modern Lovers which featured David Robinson (later of The Cars) and Jerry Harrison (later of Talking Heads). This is as raw as Richman would get, mixing basic Rock 'N Roll with a distinct Velvet Underground influence (VU's John Cale actually produced much of this release). Features five bonus tracks: 'I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms', 'Dance With Me', 'Someone I Care About', 'Modern World' and a different version of 'Roadrunner'. Sanctuary.The Modern Lovers were Led by Jonathan Richman (Including Future Car Elliott Easton in the Lineup) and Came from Massachusetts in the Early 1970s. This Classic Debut Album Includes Heartfelt Songs About Dating Awkwardness, Growing Up in Massachusetts and Love of Life. Many Feel this is their Best Album. The Sound of the Band in this Period Owed a Great Deal to the Influence of the Velvet Underground (Owing that These Sessions were Produced by None Other Than John Cale), but also Pointed the Way Towards Much of the Punk, New Wave and Indie Rock of the Following Decades.
Jonathan Richman's nasal little kid's voice and playful innocence turned out to be a perfect detour for the still-young punk movement in the mid-'70s. This 12-song, 1976 album, actually a collection of demos from earlier in the decade, opens with the ultimate Boston driving anthem, "Roadrunner." In addition to its fun, straightforward guitar-and-keyboard songs, such as the anti-drug "She Cracked," the loopy "Pablo Picasso" and the rocking-secretary "Government Center," the album is notable for historical reasons. David Robinson was the Lovers' drummer before he joined the Cars, Jerry Harrison was keyboardist before he joined Talking Heads, and ex-Velvet Underground violist John Cale produced half the tracks. Steve Knopper
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