Jonathan Richman (A Song about Love.)

[rocketqueen376]

I can't people people are ragging on this guy so much for the name of the song. He's not ripping off his lyrics or anything, he's writing a nice song about a musician that means a lot to a relationship. It's really not that big of a deal... He hasn't ripped Richman off and made a shitload of money out of it. Unless I've missed something, it's a simple song that he's posted on youtube. Don't like it, don't watch it.

[sunrawb]

....cool. Jonathan has a songs about The Velvet Underground and The Baltimores; the Replacements have a song called Alex Chilton; and Wesley Willis based his whole output on celebrity titled songs. Following in a long line of solid tradition.

[Torgette]

I was gonna get into the arguments about this, but in the end I just wanna say I really like this song and it's a tribute to Jonathan whether or not intentional. I feel safe to say, Jonathan would love this.

[ziffels]

You knew what you were doing in appropriating the name. The song's not bad, but you are an coniving asshole who isn't even honest enough to admit to his self-serving motives. What a dick.

[proclusian]

@chris3ff: these comments in the past three months, telling you the song is bad, or that you're being opportunistic in titling the song "Jonathan Richman (A Song about Love)" ...? Ignore them. Great song. Great (poetic) conceit. The music and your style of singing puts me in mind of Niel Halstead (which I intend as a compliment). As it happens, I had a similar thing happen to me, although it was at the Bowery in NYC and not the Middle East in Cambridge. Anyway, great tune.

[squeakystool]

What a scam, I thought it was going to be a Jonathan Richman video.

[ellegaunt]

This boy looks sad. It did not make me happy through osmosis.

[mothermarmalade]

Jonathan Richman would make you feel that way.

[gurachn]

Yeah, the title is misleading.

Put your name first or take it down.

Not a great song either in my opinion.

[gurachn]

Yeah, the title is misleading.

Put your name first or take it down.

Not a great song either in my opinion.

[kiloelo]

this guy needs to shut the fuck up

[hepstyle]

The second I realized this was not Jojo I hit stop. I agree that it's weak to put his name up there. It smacks of an opportunistic attempt to get hits with someone else's name. Some tribute. I'm a musician and my band has so-called homages all over youtube. But we don't try to ride coattails.

[chris3ff]

@hepstyle This wasn't meant to be a "tribute", nor am I riding anyone's coattails. This is a song about the first night I met a girl, and we went to a Jonathan Richman show together and he was singing a song whose lyrics were so appropriate and perfect, we were both floored. He was something we both had in common, and he was the reason we met at all.. which is why I named the song that way. Without him, we never would have known each other. Maybe next time, you shouldn't jump to conclusions.

[hepstyle]

@chris3ff You told someone else this video is a "thanks and homage to him" now you're saying it isn't a tribute? Get your story straight, or are you so bent on being a defensive twit that you'll say anything? Like I said before, I don't have a problem with the idea that Jojo has played a role in your life and you want to write a song with his name as the title or whatever. The problem is, you are deceiving people. You don't even have your name up there. It's clear that you're riding coattails.

[tnus3]

@chris3ff That was terrible and you know it.

[AJBeetle1]

I don't get what everyone's problem is, I think this song is really sweet, and this guy is obviously a big fan. HE's just singing about a time when he fell in love, I like it

[hepstyle]

@AJBeetle1 Kinda feel like I've made clear my problem. But I will explain more clearly. Everyone wants people to hear their music and see their videos. Most people have a basic set of ethics that prevents them from trying to fool people into seeing their work. This person lacks that ethical standard. He could be the best songwriter ever, he's still trying to get somewhere with someone else's name. I named my dog after Jonathan Richman, but I'm not using his name to promote myself.

[DavidJBuchner]

Um, yes. It did.

[iamkaokao]

at least change the title ... show some respect for jonathan richmond anyone who knows JR will take this as an insult

[chris3ff]

@iamkaokao at least spell his name right ... this song is written as a thanks and homage to him, it's anything but an insult. you, on the other hand, are a retard.

[kingshitgoldenboy]

no no no...i do not enjoy this...please take it down.



[chris3ff]

@kingshitgoldenboy why are you watching and commenting on it, then? go fuck yourself, you stupid cunt.

[kingshitgoldenboy]

@chris3ff fair enough

[kingshitgoldenboy]

@chris3ff I am sorry to have offended you. I enjoy and support any music created and especially music thrust into the public (or world). I deserve your profanity. I wrote my statement at a time when I was looking for various Jojo tunes. I am embarrassed by my statement. I hope you continue to record, perform, share your music without the consideration of Audience. I'm sorry. If you have something to say, say it. Forget the Audience. There will always be a few that love it and a few that hate it.

[ryleighsunshine]

Hahahahaha your video description made me smile so huge :) Haha

[Timmybear]

@sergeemama - Oh, I don't know. Jonathan has sung in praise of the old pop song Bee Gees, so he might like Britney as another popster. I'm not entirely sure about vodka, though I'm reasonably sure I've heard of Jonathan drinking alcohol.

[Timmybear]

Pretty and awkward (the best combination). :)

[sinaKACHU]

i like this =]

[sergeemama]

yikes.

brittney and voka shots.. i stpped there.

if u had jonathan richman influence...????

ok. just listened to the rest. cute. thx.

[skweetis1234]

I read the comments and watched the vid. it's great art and I love it. it's all gay and shit at times and the whole thing just cracks me up.

[missjess85]

so soppy that it's almost pathetic - but i love it

[IcyCombina720]

Dang Bro :) nice vid, great lyrics! Check out my song too! :D

[taoistcowboy123]

Is that funky wall paper or Xmas wrapping paper in the background.

[mer7389]

he sounds a bit like elliot smith

[ateenagelobotomy]

This is amazing. Really really good.

[ek00rb]

ahahahhahahahahhahah i love thisss

[gudlaffy]

how cunting dare you sub

[satema100]

great!!!!

[StraightGruesome]

whoa, wtf, this is great. lovin the crap outta of it.

[cleon777]

any chance to find the lyrics somewhere?? please:-D it's brilliant!!

[heyimraquel]

i absolutely love this :) it's so sweet and pure...

[silviafarfallina]

HI...I liked this song....but you should consider shaving :)

[kookyzone]

That was fucking brilliant

[KochaBF]

Great tribute to Jonathan, good lyrics! Peace from Stockholm

[snakeeyes171]

i was at that show too. hell of a show.

[anggoesgrr]

why did you make the ghetto boy one private? ....probabally cause of people like me who like to watch it everynow and then, right? :]

haha

[colormekristen]

I love this song! It's so cute and fun.

[pipefx64]

awful lot of product placement in this song

[chris3ff]

all factual and consequential. i'm not selling a damn thing here.

[razurandal]

at the gaybar... GAYBAR!!!

[chris3ff]

This song is about a girl. I fail to see where the gaybar comes into play.

[razurandal]

it must be a question of style and FASHION FASHION FASHION!

[corpsechild]

@chris3ff I think they're referencing this song youtube.com/watch?v=HTN6Du3MCg­I For the record I like your video/song :)

[nightie82]

If this video hits 10.000 views within the next 24 hrs... that would be me watching it like constantly.

(lol over the comment below)

[chris3ff]

Excellent! I was always particularly pleased with this song/video. I'm glad you enjoy it.

[nightie82]

hm.. can I download it anywhere?

[3lizabeast]

jonathan richman is straight buddy...

[Babieisis]

great song!

[chris3ff]

Hey stranger! Thanks!

[shecaptain]

Yup! Yeah, that pretty much did the trick.

[yeslauren]

I downloaded this when you first posted this video, and I listened to it every day or so afterwords. This is beautiful, honestly.

[chris3ff]

wow, that's really sweet. thank you.

[stylistbrighton]

can we just share a wardrobe?

[chris3ff]

And everything else I own..

[stylistbrighton]

i wish...

[chris3ff]

How could I say no to a face like that?

[jabbanato]

Credit your muse

[RobLeepopart]

absolutely brilliant

[chris3ff]

thank you so much

[jemelend]

i left this video a comment elsewhere on youtube, but i felt it necessary to give it a 5 star rating and comment agani to you directly. this has made my day, very beautiful. i love jonathan richman, i love this too. thank you so much!

[chris3ff]

wow, thanks! that's really great to hear :)

[oO0yanyu0Oo]

where can i illegally download it?(haha just kidding i buy my music!) that aside i love the song i would definitely buy your cd =D

[chris3ff]

you can actually download it on my myspace page, which is linked from my profile :)

[chris3ff]

i lied, it's actually not up there. but i may fix that soon.

[supered86]

I LIKE IT!

[snowemerald]

hehehe i like this

[kduuub]

if this were on a CD, i'd buy it, i believe

dont get big headed.

[chris3ff]

oh, thanks

[chemicaljordan]

loving the song!

[ohitsjackiezhou]

What an adorable song. :D I love the classicness of your backgroudn and how dazed you look at the beginning.

Oh! And the metal band part, how clever.

:D

[Benschemiiiin]

You've got a great Voice !!!!

[iroehrig]

Lovely song. Nothing like seeing Jonathan live and being next to someone you really like.

Ah, he's my hero. and your song isn't bad either!! haha

[Timmybear]

Beautiful. I love the wallpaper especially. :)

I had this horrifying thought upon reading the description that this would be a cover of MY LITTLE KOOKENHAKEN, though. ;)

[surfnakd23]

haha, i love the intro, you walk in looking around like, where the hell did I put the camera? turn around... and at 2:30 when the mystery girl kissed jonathans hand lyric, u kinda look like you're about to say, 'that bitch'

[chris3ff]

i hope i don't look like that. i certainly had no qualms with it. jonathan richman's hand can and should be kissed by every woman ever.

[surfnakd23]

ya its just me. Im not above that. I woulda been like BITCH what the eff. him or me? Then leave her anyway and make a bowl of honey bunches of oats. god daaaAAAAaaaaAAamn.

[zionschurch]

You do a great job man!!!!

[pusillanimoushero]

This is definitely one of my favorite songs of all time.

I love your voice, the guitar reminds me of Nick Drake a little.

[chris3ff]

Oh wow, thanks so much! I love Nick Drake.

[raegoesdown]

do you still have pink eye?

i love this song. it gave me love bubbles in my tummy.

[chris3ff]

NO DUDE THAT WAS LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO duh where have you been

[robleblanc]

I've been trying to comment on this video for more than a day because Youtube has been malfunctioning or something. And now I forget what I was going to say, other than that it's a tight song, man.

[greencow423]

my favorite part was when you whispered "about our lives" at the end. but you didn't seem too enthused...

[chris3ff]

really? that's my least favorite part of this video! haha

[jawwjarr]

reminded me of the moldy peaches.

i really liked it.

[chris3ff]

awesome, thanks!

[vanawesome]

damn dude that was awesome. especially over on your main page. Everybody go watch it for some mean tapestry on tapestry action.

[chris3ff]

FABRICS GONE WILD! HOT HOT HOT XXX

[bonezjc]

I CAN'T POST ANY COMMENTS!

[bonezjc]

oh great, just great youtube.

I downloaded this yesterday, but for some reason I couldn't post a comment about how awesome this somg is. and that I loved that the lyrics say britey bitch

[chris3ff]

haha thanks for noticing that!~

[steventheskater9130]

then how did you post this?

[bonezjc]

I did it telepathically

[lifeinacndyswrl]

I love the lyrics! :)

[WHITEYinnit]

this is beautiful.

favourited. (:

you are very talented, sir christoff. ;)

[chris3ff]

oh, thank you! i appreciate that!

[joelovesyou]

Sweet song! Happy love!

[chris3ff]

'Tis the season!

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Aww, yes, very nicely done and the osmosis worked perfectly =) I'm still smiling after the last notes have long passed, hehe

[chris3ff]

So glad to hear it!

[Maryoftoday]

this is very sexual! wow! great song! you look like a beatle! no not a bug! the band! or a Ramone! you could be a ramone! no actually you kind of look like a sexy beast!

[chris3ff]

Sexual???????????????????

[makafeke]

Absolutely fabulous! I like the color of your hair too for some reason...Nice!

[chris3ff]

Yes, a delightful shade of poop.

[crazymikala]

i really liked this song. :)

very nice <3

[bwhahrhr]

That was one of the sweetest songs I ever heard, exept the ones I have written for my numerous ex-girlfriends ;)

[chris3ff]

Right, haha. I have one of those. You just have to pretend they're not written about anyone in particular :D

[GrandeMochaLate]

This is totally "Juno"!!!  Dammit, Chris... why didn't you do this when they were filming the movie? hahahaha You rock. I love your stuff. Lets hear more music!

[chris3ff]

I would love to write songs for a movie like that.

[EmiliaTsontilis]

my heart melted a little.

shit, look what you've done.

[chris3ff]

i'll get the mop.

[EmiliaTsontilis]

s'alright i put it back in.

I know I'm messy, disorientated and pretty much screwed but I still have a heart.

[chris3ff]

That's what I tell people too.

[ohjoannabanana]

Very cool song. I think it could be on the soundtrack of a movie. Maybe you can write the screenplay next :)

[chris3ff]

I would love to write a soundtrack for a film. I don't have the patience to write a whole screenplay but I'd love to be the basis for one :)

[samrrool]

I'm flabbergasted

[chris3ff]

that's good, right?

[laurajones]

aw i love it =DD

[dakotazoe]

you are sooo adorable

[AliceInWorthlesstown]

Aww cute ^.^

[punkrocknitsocks]

this is sweet and adorable and i am horribly jealous of you, for both seeing jonathan richman and having a wonderful girlfriend.

[chris3ff]

Yesss he still tours constantly, you should catch him sometime.

[luvthecanadian]

You obviously don't know how we met.

Fuckin douche.

[chris3ff]

Woooaah, hostility!!! Effheads, get her!! Rate her comment negatively!!! Or else evil wins over all of us!

[EllipticalExistence]

I just took his/her rating down a notch, ( literally!!!!!!!)

too much exclamation points? There isn't enough in this world.

[chris3ff]

I was totally joking. She's a friendly, and that was her twisted way of being nice.

[EllipticalExistence]

I blindly combated evil.

[ghostwise]

so plushy and mushy. :)

[myalteredself]

Lol I love it, I laughed at the 'satanic metal band' part.

[AurianSky]

:D how cute

<3

[hermaladrOitness]

That's so sweet.. Brilliant video and you sing really good. :]

[MrVisions]

I liked it, put me in mind of a Billy Bragg song I have. You are a talented little fellow you are.

[muserine]

That's soo sweet =)

[LUCBILLY]

the osmosis worked, today's a happy day.

[chris3ff]

great!!

[JeffBazz]

your lyrical prowess does far exceed my own Sir Chris *takes a knee*

great song!

[chris3ff]

oh thanks man! i haven't written anything i've been particularly proud of in awhile, but i like these lyrics. step one: mean what you sing

[JeffBazz]

agreed! it's really hard writing lyrics that you're proud of. but when you do, it's a great feeling!

[lefthandedlove]

any show is better with pre-vodka shot fun.

anywho, cute song. you two seem adorable w/ eachother. (still think she should have played your drinking game..) hahaha.

[HaleyMary]

Beautiful song. Hope your girlfriend liked it.

[chris3ff]

She did, very much. Thanks.

[nezoone]

tip top job!

[luvchoco356]

oh my gosh

that was sooooooooo sweet!

brill song !

[chris3ff]

thanksss

[therealxNightSkyx]

chris this rocks!! great job I know your gf will love it! i know i do

[speedyconkiwi]

I'd love to say "you're such a bad ass" or something like that, but srsly, this was just cuteness overload. That's all I'm gonna comment, because I'd just repeat the word "cute" over and over until it wouldnt make any sense anymore, so.. the end.

PS: cute!!

[chris3ff]

street cred: -10,000 pts

[singmesilence]

would you believe that i've never actually been inside the middle east. upstairs or downstairs!

i've been close about a hundred times, but jeeze, i deserve to die in a hole somewhere.

[chris3ff]

Catch a show there! It's such an intimate venue!

[singmesilence]

yeah, i know people who've played there before, i'm just never there when they are, hah. i'd like to be, though!

[susipunkrockprincess]

beautiful song

[babyporridge]

i had to go through about 58 of those silly capchas..

this was phenomenal, christopher. phwoaaaar.

the song in itself was adorable, but i really like what you did with the video - seven kinds of detached sweetness.

but you already knew that i love you.

[chris3ff]

Those captchas are a still legal form of cruel and unusual torture.

[K80Blog]

Goddamn. Really great!!!! : D

[jabazzy]

I want to sing with you <3

\oo/

Why did you use Trippy in your description? sheesh.

[chris3ff]

Oh god ew you're right. I'm taking that out right now.

[jabazzy]

You actually took it out! HA. That made my day.

[chris3ff]

Of course I did! I don't want any Trippy fanatics coming round here on accident! Yech!

[musosf]

Beautiful song, beautiful moment to capture. I love how you look slightly annoyed when one of the vocal tracks starts adlibbing. Some great lyrics in there too - "goddamn hindsight" is probably my favorite.

[chris3ff]

Thanks, friend.

[zionschurch]

Great job!!!

[Halbouty]

i am soooooo cooooooolllll

[chris3ff]

are you?

[cheekychen]

this is damn cool.

work them puppy dog eyes :]

[surfnakd23]

so melodic.. kick down mp3's. does marsinfurs get shit from peta?

[chris3ff]

haha no petafiles have approached me thus far.

[surfnakd23]

jonathan richman did not say this...in the darkest night you see the brightest stars. quick who was it?? bonus question, ''snak pack? your the coolest'' and its not the brady bunch like u all may be thinking.