Jonathan Richman- Roadrunner

[telegramsam2000]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this!!!!

[petraSID]

Sex Pistols' cover is better (:

[anginicholls77]

@petraSID

nothings better than jonathan x

[babybundon]

This guy held up great why cuz no drugs

[trapadoored]

@babybundon

yeah-I know he doesn't do drugs, but I forget, does he drink alcohol? Or is he no-drugs and no booze?

[Sspazz5]

@zip1324 Wow u had a 8 track that recorded!!  I too had an 8 track from

Radio Shack....It took 8 D batteries!!!! I also had a WCOZ Frisbee. I wonder where you can find that Comunity Audition episode...,,,,STAR of the day who will it be

[johnny991965]

Raw and earthy, just like live music should be! Jon looks like he's enjoying himself:-)

[drstevie]

great post..thanks for this !!

[thallassocracy]

Jonathan is the kind of strange that you usually get only with obscure rural blues artists. Peg Leg Howell, Barbecue Bob, even Big Mama Thornton - you can hear them all behind this music.

[donpedrossy]

this s***ks

[lorrie1956]

@donpedrossy you sux

[PAULLONDEN]

Swéét......®unne®

[ty3165]

@MARMARR1 why is that then? you area joke

[nabisco1959]

YOU ARE REALLY sMart!!!! Thank yOU1 for HELpIng ME UnderSTAND the OrGiNs of Punk rock!!!!! YoUR cUMtMENT reaLLY helped Me$. !. ps i love CAPS!!!!!

[Lovelybones1973]

I'm a roadrunner baby and you can't catch me!!!!!!

[ty3165]

one of the greatest songs ever recorded

[portlemouth]

randomly picked this on sids birthday march 1st . is this a message from you sid???

[bleachdude251]

thi s feels like 10 min instead of 3

[madbyte31337]

....just like Sister Ray said....

[0liferider0]

jonathan here

[bolabus]

aahhhh ok then buddy

[smoskepof]

niep niep /;

[MRDAVIDINGLIS]

Cocaine? Melancholy and avocados.

[bolabus]

wow,the ravages of cocaine really left their mark on jonathan eh ??

[Jeffro321]

Jonathan was drug free you idiot... Hav you not ever listened to the modern lovers???????

[smithjedediah]

stop n shop is a grocery store chain in Massachusetts, with a few in Connecticut, New York, and other places. It's not a roadside store. Just for context.

[ildtch26]

stop n shop is only in massachusettes? i never knew that!!!

[deweypug]

Thank the maker this guy was born... What a tremendous talent!

[ToXiCxB]

@deweypug lol is that dragon age?

[Babyhowdy233]

@deweypug

My very thought! :D

[1946apps]

er,what's a 'stopping shop'-brill song!

[verosartis]

it's Stop 'n' Shop - a roadside store

[brodycomic]

If I saw Jonathan Richman play Roadrunner live I would NOT just stand there. Maybe the crowd was full of surviving members of the NY Dolls and they were too old to move.

[modernistheremin]

I agree...

[scaldingwalter]

Man, I used to work right around the corner at St. Marks BookShop in the 90s and ALL these cool dudes would come in-- Lou Reed, Joey Ramone, Allen Ginsberg, Willem Dafoe, John Waters, Beck, Rollins, Rik Ocasek, Greg Corso, etc. etc. etc. the list goes on and on and on. Last year i went down to the ol' stomping grounds and was a bit depressed on what I saw. Guess I'm just gettin' old.

[drummer78]

No, it actually is depressing now. I used to go to the Continental and GBGB's back around 93. Now, there are hardly any rock clubs in that area. It is chain stores and yuppie stuff.

[Efrasnel]

You're not getting old. The world is going stale...

[Nussekudden]

Jonathan Richman I love - Roadrunner, great song. Sex Pistols just used this great song.

[fiscornioman]

Its funny, Jonathan Richman is almost totally unknown here in Spain, but he won a Radio Show Award, the "Throw up" awards, showing the crappiest singers and songs.

Surprisingly, he became a well respected singer here, because his songs wasnt that "bad" at all, in fact, people really liked the songs, but its some weird things in them that made it funny.

Hes a hero now.

[vaspers]

This is a blistering version even though it's meant to be fun for a birthday bash. Dang that's some wild guitar in there. CONGRATULATIONS, btw: Today this video was selected by the NYC Punk Rock Evolution Foundation. A true pioneer and innovator in art/comedy/soft punk.

[freezazoid]

for some reason the term "soft punk" is hideous to me. This is the first time i've heard it and was instantly repulsed. The original version of roadrunner wasn't any softer than any ramones song. I think he was erroneously put into the punk genre, but he was just doing his music. And I'm not the biggest fan ever but roadrunner is the only punk sounding song I know of his.

[fruitygalaxy]

Thanks for posting!

[frankc5322]

What the fuck why didn"T I get a invite?

[Dalgren96]

We've got the power of the AM

and I got my radio on!

Thanks for uploading!

[freezazoid]

what's the power of the AM? AM radio? I don't get it... let me in on the joke.

[sean100main]

Back in the 1960's AM radio was king, it was where you went to hear pop and rock. FM radio was not widely used and didn't become the home of rock radio until some time in the 70's.

[freezazoid]

hey, SEAN100MAIN: ummmm am I missing something here? I think you accidentally replied to my comment.... Because not only am I already aware of everything you said, but it had nothing to do with the comment I wrote. Thanks for the info though....

[freezazoid]

Hey, SEAN100MAIN: oh, shit... nevermind. I read my other comment. Okay, so I get that AM was AOR and the underground music place to be.... But I didn't really make the connection I guess. Okay, thanks a lot.

[asszzes]

i wish this was still the case, so i wouldn't hear hotel california forty times a day, or lite-pop hits that sound like warm farts

[Timmybear]

I am at a loss as to why seintzeit's comment was marked as spam. It IS hot hot hot.

[SaltSeahorse]

Looking for Mr icecream man...love to listen to the roadrunner and the egyptian reggae...tappin' feet..hot stuff Mr Richman...

[28if]

and Government Center

[labernese]

Buzz buzz buzz....goes the honey bee.

[jacizatsi]

So Pretty. I want one.

[jollyjarvis]

Thanks for posting!

[frankhattre]

Were is Joey the Birhday Boy?

[ClownPoet]

What better way to say 'Happy Birthday Joey!'?. Touching.

[ZocXochuin]

Yeah. Used to have the "original Modern Lovers" but was stolen. This, she cracked and dance with me are some of my all time favorites

[lorenzaleebarrett]

I love this song. Thanks for the video!