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The Modern Lovers were an American 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 the Stooges, and is now sometimes classified 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, 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.
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Albums by Jonathan Richman & the Modern LoversSort:By AlbumA - Z
You Can Get It If You Really Want: The Definitive Collection [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Coomyah | 2:10 |
Roadrunner, Roadrunner: The Beserkeley Colection [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Back in the U.S.A. | 2:24 |
Amazing Grace | 2:46 |
The Wheels on the Bus | 2:28 |
Chapel of Love | 2:41 |
Buzz Buzz Buzz | 1:56 |
Lydia | 3:08 |
I Hear You Calling Me | 2:49 |
Rock Hits & Ballads [Music] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Morning of Our Lives |
Home of the Hits!: The Best of Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Back in the U.S.A. | 2:26 |
Radio On/Stop & Shop with the Modern Lovers [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Buzz Buzz Buzz | |
Lydia |
23 Great Recordings by Jonathan Richman ... [1990]
Song | Duration |
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Buzz Buzz Buzz | 1:58 |
Back in Your Life [1979]
Song | Duration |
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Buzz Buzz Buzz | 1:57 |
Lydia | 3:09 |
I Hear You Calling Me | 2:52 |
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers [1977]
Song | Duration |
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Back In the U.S.A. | 2:22 |
Springtime | 3:52 |
Amazing Grace | 2:51 |
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers [Bonus Tracks] [1977]
Song | Duration |
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Back in the U.S.A. | 2:26 |
Springtime | 3:54 |
Amazing Grace | 2:48 |
Rock 'N' Roll with the Modern Lovers [1977]
Song | Duration |
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Coomyah | 2:10 |
Rock 'N' Roll with the Modern Lovers
Song | Duration |
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The Wheels on the Bus | 2:27 |
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