Probably one of the only songwriters who has conversations with himself in the middle of his own songs. "But you know, Jonathan...". It's part of what makes JoJo, JoJo.
It is about time somebody recognized the genius of Jonathan Richman. I have been listening to him since the seventies. If you want to talk Avant garde, He is on par with the Velvet underground., Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa. You could also include Roky Erickson. I'm A Little Airplane , let's give him his recognition before he passes away like so many others that were not given their due.
I had this playing on the bg without even looking at the screen and Abdul and Cleopatra had me smirking, then I came over to the screen to see how Jonathan was looking and I smiled real wide
![Jonathan Richman - The Bus Song & Roberto the Trainer (with Julia Sweeney) [May 1994]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MS_HRXI4Z3Y/mqdefault.jpg)
Probably one of the only songwriters who has conversations with himself in the middle of his own songs. "But you know, Jonathan...". It's part of what makes JoJo, JoJo.
What an incredibly beautiful patio and marvelous plant life!
It is about time somebody recognized the genius of Jonathan Richman. I have been listening to him since the seventies. If you want to talk Avant garde, He is on par with the Velvet underground., Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa. You could also include Roky Erickson. I'm A Little Airplane , let's give him his recognition before he passes away like so many others that were not given their due.
I would fall in love easily with jonathan richman
I’m a dude and I have.
"I've got nothing against aggression it's just that it's not my line of work".
Jonathan Richman, le gars qui jouait du punk quand tout le monde jouait du folk, qui jouait du folk quand tout le monde jouait du punk
His Bostonian accent is so great! I love that it never disappears when he sings and almost sounds innocent and child- like. He's soo cute ❤️
I'm just a tender soul and be glad you know
This is a great charismatic performance from Jojo! A singular talent and personality ❤️
Probably my favourite video on the web. Thanks VHS. Thanks Antoine.
I saw him live with his band back in 1981. In a tiny night club/ bar. Great show!
This guy is fascinating
it's gefilte fish green jello dessert makes him so, @Missho
I just love him...
What an amazing talent.
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh love this video. He gives the best interviews, and this performance of Abdul and Cleopatra is gut wrenching.
this man is so good
Is Adam Sandler's entire career an over-the-top bad impression of Jonathan Richman?
this is the best youtube comment ever
dude.... that is so so disrespectful. So oh so so disrespectful of what's happening with Jonathans music.
That's the first thing I thought when seeing this: HOLY COW, did Adam Sandler totally rip him off?
He perfected the art of the nerdy,awkward Jew way before Sandler and the Greenster.
@@smallwonder4465 that's what I thought. I wouldn't even put those two names in the same sentence.
I had this playing on the bg without even looking at the screen and Abdul and Cleopatra had me smirking, then I came over to the screen to see how Jonathan was looking and I smiled real wide
Life begins at the Tahitian Hop
Thank you for posting this, it made my day!!
really great! thanks for upload this
SALUT!
What a dreamboat.
I wonder how many guitars Jojo owns.
god
DÈS BARCELONA...AUSSI AVEC "UNE MEDITERRANEAN"FEELING...MERCI BEAUCOUP MONSIEUR MAXPOWER6677"!
he's got some great hair too
Embrace the Jonathan now!
What about Francoise Hardy, Jonathan, tell us how much you love La Francoise! Elle est si belle!
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Any idea on thee location this was filmed?
Brianna Borg-Smith Hello it was filmed on the roof of the french tv show office
Tahitian Reggae, walk with a Coconut
hey man - thanks for your jonathan richman uploads - do you got any shows to trade? i got some ... if you want to we could change some?
Does anyone know if he's autistic?
I had this same thought, because I see the autistic side of myself in him, but what does it matter?
No, artistic 🐛
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JoJo rawks.
LOVE
can anyone tell me the chords please
Is that weed in the back?
Maurice Chevalier ehhh?
"Zank hehvin for leettull gurlz //
Zay gwoe up in zee mose wunderfool wheys" - m.che.
Love him but he always sounds like he needs to blow his nose.
I've always wondered if it was the white powder butI don't think so. I met him once and he seems like such a wholesome guy. Good man.
@@michaelbanks7157 You don't know much about Jonathan if you think it's cocaine.
these french subtitles are so bad lol