Jonathan Richman and a new line up of 'The Modern Lovers' - including Ernie Brookes and Curly Keranen; and  maybe Andy Paley too.

1975 Mar 29 Boston USA Stone Phoenix Coffee House

Jerry

The very first JR song I ever heard. I heard Hospital on the radio around 1976 or so. That got me hooked for life.

Pol Dodu

The proper title for this one is "At my front door", although on stage in 1979 in Paris for the Chorus show, Jonathan himself first introduced it as "Crazy little Mama", before correcting himself. It's a cover of the biggest hit by The El Dorados, from 1955...

"Parties in the USA" goes into "Hang On Sloopy"

1994 Nov 4 Ogunquit USA

She's not so scary she's got all of my records! 

The term "Vampire Girl" has entered into my natural dialect because of this song

This album has grown on me over the years.

This has the most "clean sheet" feel of the rounder albums...took me a couple listens to start to really hear it though. I have grown to really enjoy and appreciate this record

Very short though. Under 30 minutes I believe.

You Must Ask the Heart (1995)

You Must Ask the Heart

Just the last few seconds were recorded from "Her Way Moves Me"

1997 May 29 Shibuya Japan Club Quattro

I love it when JR writes songs about real people. Velvet Underground,Pablo Picasso,Walter Johnson, etc.

Set 2 starts with the second version of "Let Her Go Into the Darkness"

1998 Aug 6 New York City USA Knitting Factory

This is a really good recording and definitely deserves to be classed as Excellent!   

2001 Oct 17 Manchester UK Manchester University

How is JR able to point out things that rarely get pointed out in such a lucid way?

Another great show from the UK spring tour... and the last recording of a run of four successive nights from different cities.You can clearly hear, across the four nights, a couple of new songs being developed and worked on...  'Older Girl' and 'For drama we have the seasons'.

2004 Apr 11 Bristol UK The Fleece and Firkin

Doesn't seem to get played much anymore, but I love this song

Great recording made by P3 Live (Swedish Radio)

2004 May 8 Gothenburg Sweden Tragarn

"I Love the World", "That Summer Feeling", and "Not So Much to be Loved as to Love" are clipped

2004 May 10 Stockholm Sweden Mondo

2005 Apr 2 Munich Germany Feierwerk (Hansa 39)

2005 Apr 16 Murcia Spain Garaje de la Tia Maria

The instrumental is funky (Funky Goodtime?)

2005 Jun 9 Atlanta USA The Earl

2005 Jun 22 Akron USA The Lime Spider

My own recording from pretty near the front of the audience, and about 10 or 12 feet from Jonathans guitar. An intimate venue with good acoustics.

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