Jonathan Richman live 84 Part 1

[@TheZambonisOfficial]

I am a huge fan. I have declared Richmanism as my religion since I was 17 years old. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for posting this. What a treat on a nice sunny Saturday.

[@jeremymorel550]

Agree

[@miguelpereira7934]

"I m straight " ...that song put a smile on my face everytime I.....

[@miguelpereira7934]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJDIqamBo9d-bMk

[@lucienlodger]

no one can make me quite as happy as jojo ! every time i feel hopeful or alone i always come back to him and feel like i'm getting a hug ♥️

[@hercules1451]

I subbed to your playlist some time ago and am lile i know that cool name from somewhere and then i find out i got to your playlist lol

[@lucienlodger]

@@hercules1451 awww thank you 🤍

[@hercules1451]

@@lucienlodger wow that was quick

[@neilyoung1576]

I guess a few people call him Jojo

[@sandraleepitts]

He is a wonderful and warm human being! Just listening to him and when you actually meet him. I first met him maybe two years after this the last time I saw him was 2014. But he’s always doing something

[@arkhangelsk]

well, goodness gracious. i haven't fallen in love like this since i met my husband 8 years ago. jonathan, JONATHAN.

[@consumer973]

I really hope to see this man live. What a beautiful artist

[@bekfreak247]

When everything is opened back up you will. He tours all the time. I've seen him 12 times!

[@frankvazquez5974]

I almost saw him prior to the pandemic. Just saw him yesterday for the first time in a small theater in the middle of Sonoma. It was an experience. Already scheming to do it again....

[@vt1476]

He’s coming to Brooklyn !! If that helps 😊

[@frankpeter6851]

We used to see him once a year and it was always like a church and he whipped us into a frenzy and I'll never not love Jonathan Richman

[@frankpeter6851]

his great musicianship and beautiful voice almost gets lost in all that charm. haven't been to one of his shows in a long time! i remember they felt like having attended a really rare amazing inspiring sermon.

[@vahekatros]

such a beautiful human

[@dynjarren8355]

He’s a genuine eccentric and he is committed to his music. And he’s very earnest and expresses his enthusiasm in his songs. I didn’t know he even played the Sax. He tries hard to connect with the audience and win them over. So I can’t say anything. I prefer the Modern Lovers but he’s completely jettisoned the previous music he made. I wish him well and success.

[@cyclone411]

What a great video! I love when stuff pops up that I have never seen before. This is really the only video of Jonathan I have seen that really captures the joy of his shows of that classic era. He always seemed most comfortable in front of foreign audiences. Looks like someone finally let him talk without asking idiotic questions. Never seen him smile so much while talking about himself!

[@Koshirozation]

This is probably the most sunny video ever! I love it when Jojo talks about his rock n roll star status ahaha! As someone said in the comments "such a beautiful human"

[@darrenlund3835]

Thanx for posting this

[@jrgbello]

-One more time! -OK. Genius.

[@chriscarney5374]

Such a great band.

[@amanfromnorthcountry]

Jonathan, you ARE a star!

[@vdvilela]

this is GOLD!

[@BillByrne]

Brilliant stuff. This is probably the best live footage of Jonathan Richman I've seen on KZbin. Classic. Part 2 is great too.

[@darrenlund3835]

Agreed, what a discovery.

[@前橋みき]

Great upload- many thanks!

[@ilmostrodellalaguna]

One of the best concert ever?

[@ClownPoet]

I don't think this was 1984. In 84, Jonathan was touring with a full band (Ellie Marshall, Beth Harrington, Michael Guardabascio, etc) He didn't tour with only Brennan Totten and Andy Paley until about 1987 - it was these three that put together the album Modern Lovers '88

[@trapadoored]

I'd like to know just that. I've been watching this video for a while now but it still perplexes me. It's gotta be one of the best Richman live things I've seen, but all most the songs are clipped and it's obscure as hell! I would want a full dvd release of the whole show, but I think this version with the shortened songs is the only version that exists, because it was some kind of documentary for foreign TV. I wonder if Jonathan has even seen it.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

It's from a show called "Arsenal" made for and broadcast by TV3 which is a Spanish TV channel, filmed at Otto Zutz Club, Barcelona, Spain, Broadcast on April 10th 1986. This version, you have been watching is from a 2012 Digital rebroadcast, but it's been edited, the original broadcast has more video of Jonathan wandering around Barcelona, with music overdubbed. Im Digitising my original 32 year old Betamax recording of this as I type and by the time you read this it will be on my KZbin channel in full, which is 30mins.

[@seglarskor]

This saved my day. Thanks.

[@axeelll]

wonderful Music +++

[@Ferranets63]

Creo que es la sala Otto Zutz de Barcelona

[@johntanner2217]

This is still the only live version of this kind of music I know of

[@IndieFolks]

thanks for uploading this amazing videos!!!

[@samtgodfrey]

Bring it back, Jojo! We need your reality in this screwball century!

[@emilianosanchez9880]

Soon as he said cucarachas, I lost it ....

[@brainproductions1]

WE LOVE YOU, JOJO!!

[@MemoriesOfStuff]

A disgrace that this has so few views. Love me some Ice Cream Man

[@therealparanormale]

love ya!

[@josefreitas730]

He is a very funny guy! Divertido!

[@hightimesbruce]

Introduces himself in Spanish, performance subtitled in French; ONLY JONATHAN! :)

[@mondoairbag]

Not french, It´s catalan, an official language in Spain that it´s spoken in Catalonia and other areas in Spain. This video is from a Tv channel from Barcelona.

[@Jahtoof]

Sades a star

[@metakineticman]

he is the bulls balls, whatever, I love him, we are lil dinosaurs!

[@dioneck]

amazin, its just a pity that its not complete :(

[@NOWtheband]

Here's the complete concert = kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmfMZ6Vjf62CnpI

[@miss_jess]

I had no idea he could play the sax!!!

[@mark1800]

what the hell is the story on this gig?

[@dobbsiancant]

except that he says that he is 34,which would make it 1984 or 1985...

[@Cutters79]

Is that the Paley Brothers?!?

[@ClintTrucks]

Cutters79 Yup.

[@waukivorycopse2402]

Andy Paley and Brennan Totten.

[@insatiablecuriosity2555]

Hi.

[@salvie5]

Trabajadores

[@Samhain35]

surprised that Jonathan wouldn't be playing guitar..

[@JustBenRough]

He's playing sax. Can't beat that.

[@dioneck]

i mean, the songs are cut

[@andreasglumm]

right.

[@marcosmedvedov1557]

Got my like!

[@justincburch]

If this isnt punk I don't know what punk is.

[@joanmoret]

Catalan, like Spanish, is a Roman language, not a dialect. Thanks for trying.

[@Hister333]

They're earlier, and probably. And Chuck Berry's better than both of them. But what does that have to do with anything?

[@sugarishrunkthehoney]

He is very good, but he seems to be an awful bollocks.