The Modern Lovers

The Modern Lovers was an American Proto-Punk Rock band led by Jonathan Richman in the 1970s and 1980s. The original band existed from 1970 to 1974 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later. It featured Richman and bassist Ernie Brooks with drummer David Robinson (later of The Cars) and keyboardist Jerry Harrison (later of Talking Heads). The sound of the band owed a great deal to the influence of the Velvet Underground, and is now sometimes classed as "Proto-Punk". It pointed the way towards much of the Punk Rock, New Wave, Alternative and Indie Rock music of later decades. Their only album, the eponymous The Modern Lovers, contained idiosyncratic songs about dating awkwardness, growing up in Massachusetts, and love of life and the USA. Later, between 1976 and 1988, Richman used the name Modern Lovers for a variety of backing bands, always billed as "Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers". These bands were quieter and featured more low-key, often near-childlike songs as Richman drew on Folk-Rock and other genres. Of Richman's original bandmates, only Robinson was part of any of the other Modern Lovers incarnations.

The Modern Lovers (1973)

01 - Roadrunner

02 - Astral Plane

03 - Old World

04 - Pablo Picasso

05 - She Cracked

06 - Hospital

07 - Someone I Care About

08 - Girlfriend

09 - Modern World

10 - Dignified & Old

11 - I'm Straight

12 - Government Center

13 - I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms

14 - Dance With Me

15 - Someone I Care About (Alternate)

16 - Modern World (Alternate)

17 - Roadrunner (Alternate)

The Original Modern Lovers (1981)

01 - Road Runner #1

02 - She Cracked

03 - Astral Plain

04 - I'm Straight

05 - Walk Up The Street

06 - I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms

07 - Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste

08 - Dance With Me

09 - Girlfren

10 - Road Runner #2

Live At The Longbranch And More (1992)

01 - Someone I Care About

02 - Dance With Me

03 - She Cracked

04 - Hospital

05 - Girlfriend

06 - Foggy Notion

07 - Ride Down The Highway

08 - Pablo Picasso

09 - A Plea For Tenderness

10 - Walk Up The Street

11 - Modern World

12 - Old World

13 - 96 Tears

14 - I'm Straight

15 - Wake Up Sleepyheads

16 - Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste

17 - Roadrunner

96 Tears (2011)

01 - Modern World

02 - 96 Tears

03 - A Plea For Tenderness

04 - Old World

05 - Walk Up The Street

06 - I'm Straight

07 - Wake Up Sleepyheads

08 - Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste

09 - Roadrunner

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