TOPPOP: Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers - I am A Little Airplane (Live)

Artist: Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
Title: I am A Little Airplane (Live)
Broadcast date: 1-6-1979
TV program: TopPop
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TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.
World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.
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TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.
World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.
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More info on Wikipedia ❯ goo.gl/RO1s74
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All copyrights for all videos on this official TopPop KZbin channel are cleared and belong to Dutch public broadcaster AVROTROS. Please contact [e-mail] for copyright-inquiries or [e-mail] for licensing.

[@thelyran]

He had balls opening at a punk concert in '77 with this number.

[@bencolemanart]

Totally, all the kids who'd heard 'Roadrunner' and were ready to kick the fuck off, and they get this?! He'd definitely moved on from those days (7 years down the line from the recording of the first Modern Lovers LP).

[@knowerzark]

Surf punk in a twelve bar blues progression…what’s not to love? And the hot girls loved it back in the day.

[@HearturMind]

Dude always knew how to be himself and it was SO refreshing in those times.

[@chev6art]

Hard to believe this clip is 40+ years old and Jonathan Richmond is almost 70 now.

[@Rock-iw7ov]

Nyow Nyow... Renember this from Sesame Street when I was little. So you could say I've been a Jonathan Richman fan all my life

[@blaze5645]

Jonathan is just the cutest

[@robbarratt1]

I saw him on this tour in Canterbury (UK) in 1979. The roadies gave us complimentary tickets in the pub beforehand and Jonathan was in the pub with them. It was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. The theatre was only half full so he got all the people in the balcony to come downstairs (via the entrance!). None of us knew what to expect. He wore those flared jeans too. So simple and original. Yes, child-like but genuine and probably as mad as a hatter! This is the daft song I remember best.

[@benday1218]

Interesting, what venue in Canterbury?

[@losttango]

The Odeon cinema is my guess. Saw a lot of bands there - Stranglers, Jam, Only Ones. The manager was a cool dude.....

[@born2lose803]

He rockin with that beautiful Jazzmaster

[@girlfriendofnone]

This is so brilliant. we used to sing it English, German and Finnish ... hahaha

[@suesjoy]

I’m going to teach it to my new student. She’s three and is jealous of her brother, who I also teach. She only speaks Chinese at the moment. Her brother speaks English now beautifully! Not sure if it’s because if me or the fact that he’s a smart cookie. Anyway, I use music to teach English! Songs like this are perfect! I will learn it in Chinese, too. My students can teach me! Thanks for the tip!

[@RemiPut]

Ice cream man is my favorite !!

[@thepuppethead1188]

what a polarizing song,these comments are either people who love it to death or people who're baffled and hate it

[@janattaaya]

I remember seeing the whole performance on dutch tv as a kid. I was...confused.

[@Nazzz65]

Magic.

[@martinjackman2943]

Glastonbury 1986 (I think) after heavy heavy thunderstorm Jonathan couldn't do his set except for one or two songs as the electrics were shorting out dangerously. We went round the back (it was the side stage).. and he was having a mug of tea... someone shouted "bit of a short set Jonny " He went " yeah.. hey ! hold on..." fetched his guitar and did 3 songs acoustic for a small crowd. This was one of the songs. I'll always treasure that moment. There was a rainbow behind him.

[@josephmuckensturm9581]

When I toke the bong I resemble this and I sing it too.

[@annabargigli3702]

grandissimo Jonathan

[@billie-joesgimp7981]

the 80's wiggles. i enjoyed these guys very much when i was little.

[@marSLaZZ66]

Let's Twist Boys and Girls!!

[@sebastian4451]

1:04 little airplane on the plate!

[@ty3165]

im so glad I subscribed to this channel

[@drstevie]

Fab !

[@Tsumefan2]

is he laughing throughout the entire performance

[@savanana8514]

he sure is. ain't it beautiful?

[@angrypossumsx1259]

Jonathan has always been completely open and honest in all his work. It can be shockingly confronting to see an artist perform in this way. The very word suggests ingenuousness, an act of pretence and that can not be said of Jonathon Richman.

[@rickardagren935]

😊😊❤

[@gaardfred2292]

im a little airplane ...

[@reginagonzalezvillagomez1087]

Yaaauuuuhhhhhj

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

1:48 fan brings along his unimpressed girlfriend

[@neildhan]

I love this comment. Every time I see this clip, that bit really leaps out at me.

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

The typical girl seems not to take to the eccentric kind ;-/

[@Alenthas]

funny joke but right at the beginning she's actually enjoying the ongoing concert

[@mattgsm]

I was going to comment that

[@jeffcrocker1078]

Peewee Herman. Meets jerry lewis

[@awarewolf2685]

Is it just me or was Jonathan Richmond ripped as fuck?

[@KobianoRoll]

Yeet

[@valdeyrama1]

Is that Mark Bolan at 1:49?

[@sebastian4451]

pensé lo mismo pero me parece difícil considerando que este episodio fue transmitido por primera vez en 1979

[@Marcells44]

Patrick Bruel?

[@marSLaZZ66]

NOOOOOOOOOO!!! 😱😱😱😱

[@hurchgoer]

.

[@guitarman11000]

Fukeneh!

[@rickardagren935]

Kinder, RAa

[@deweypug]

I love Jonathon - but he really wasted his talent doing this crap

[@DfactorPop]

wangity wang, wangity wang!

[@jessediaz1293]

Im gonna tell my great grandkids this was Doja Cat - Im A Cow 🐄

[@born2lose803]

Didn’t expect a comment like this here haha

[@pamzoh1230]

this genuinely made me laugh

[@andyisdead]

I love the color scheme on Jonathan

[@tony0000]

Genius.

[@exciteuk]

so cute!

[@reddsilverlinning]

Jesus Christ’s what a cutie ugh

[@chrissimpkins5064]

Is that Syd Barrett in the front row holding an airplane?

[@johanbergman3166]

Great picture and sound in this video!

[@TheLunarnotes]

I’m so confused, he went from making really edgy and brilliant proto punk to children’s songs about snowmen and airplanes. What happened In-between these periods? He seems like just an interesting character, very eccentric but wtf is this? I suspect this is why he’s seen as an outsider. He would’ve been huge if he continued with the heavier stuff IMO.

[@sadymaher44]

Wonderful ! Thank you .

[@EddieC3336]

Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.

[@Schteve59]

These guys should have had the career The Wiggles had.

[@jannyrcobs]

Paul Stanley in the front row?

[@MegaRamp]

Certified hood classic

[@anninhalyrics3723]

Soo cuteee aaaa :³

[@1RJW381]

"SA_MO_HI" 🛫🎸🥁

[@Govinda_005]

Is this is a song?

[@nisaiahcampbell8390]

Yes

[@Govinda_005]

@@nisaiahcampbell8390 ffs

[@norvy729]

Is this a joke?

[@andyisdead]

Is he a joke to you?

[@PiratedChickens]

seems like satire huh? I thought the same

[@blowing_chunks1845]

Tf is this

[@savanana8514]

good ass music for happy people, fuck else would it be?

[@paulsouth1338]

Terrible. LOL

[@apolloptx]

Paul South You don't know what you're talking about LOL

[@savanana8514]

hey man, quit cramping our energy. you ain't gotta like it, but that doesn't mean your comment is necessary. why do you people constantly feel the need to have your voice heard, when what you say does nothing but spread negativity?

[@mayflower2370]

Paul South Um, it's a METAPHOR

[@yardbird7360]

@@savanana8514Are you a little Airplane yah yah?? 😁