Up a Tree with Jonathan Richman and Tommy Larkin

[@MrOmeyer]

About '90 I travelled 140km to Oslo and Beach Club to hear Jonathan. It was sold out so I walked back when I met this guy with a guitar case who asked me the way to Beach Club. He told me he could get me in and I walked with him through the stage entrace. We talked in the interval and I offered him a drink, but he said he did'nt drink on tour. What a great guy, memory for ever.

[@zenobardot]

If they could time travel, Jojo would like to meet Jesus or Socrates, while Tommy would like to play drums for Dick Dale. What a great pair they are.

[@kenlieck7756]

Yep, they don't make bands like Tommy and the Jonathans (as certain people I know call them to tease Jojo) any more. Btw, you oughtta check out their "Something About Arnold" video thar I posted way back...

[@rickardagren935]

Yes YSTÄVIÄ RAa

[@Jon_Ligmazamo]

"Do you collect anything?" Jon: "Dust"

[@danandersen813]

Sken

[@danandersen813]

Sken

[@Mark-tl1yp]

Awesome. I just love Jonathan's sense of community, sense of fun and artistic freedom.

[@danandersen813]

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[@martincaspersen2727]

Jonathan, I really love your music. It remindes me of my grandmother whoms I was living with a period. I listed to your record and was a punk rocker at the same time. I hope you keep up because your music whispering importen. Thank you so much.

[@danandersen813]

UBE hær. KÆLK oktanvietnamvoldtægt lige noget for dig tKTAK

[@iplaymytele]

Man Tommy….. You sure have come along way since we were playing at the Decatur cocktail lounge back in Illinois….🎶🎸🎼 J.J. Galey & GOLD RUSH

[@snakefinger]

This was beautiful !

[@mikelord9860]

When Tommy said 'Tecate and lime' it brought me IMMEDIATELY back to the first Mexican restaurant I ever ate at, cuz THAT'S what I ordered to wash my meal down with!

[@UKISOCIETY]

That Luna guy doesn't get Jojo at all. Jonathan IS Rock 'n Roll.

[@CryingManStudios]

This is the best thing ever!

[@Lambert1386]

So great!

[@scotia7326]

Cannot believe this is the guy that wrote “Pablo Picasso”, it blows my mind.

[@kenlieck7756]

I think Jonathan would say he's *not* the same guy that wrote "Pablo Picasso" any more...

[@kathleenray1827]

Scotia, Why not?

[@scotia7326]

@@kathleenray1827 just picturing him in my mind all this time and finally getting to see him, I had that record for over 20 years and never knew what they looked like. I find this and it brought back all those old memories.

[@briteness]

I saw Jonathan maybe 3 years ago. A guy in the audience rather rudely, and repeatedly, called out for him to play Roadrunner, a song written in the same period as Pablo Picasso. Finally, Jonathan said (roughly), "Listen, I wrote that song more than 45 years ago. I just can't relate to it anymore. If I did play it, it would not be sincere." Incidentally, that night he was at the top of his game. It was one of the most intimate feeling shows I have ever seen.

[@leahflower9924]

The girls would turn the color of the avocado

[@shermancardenas156]

The best interview ever

[@kenlieck7756]

You should watch my "Jonathan Richman Speaks (NOT!)" interview before you decide that.

[@TheGuyMullins]

I think of him when I think of Mister Rogers...

[@kingcruiser7049]

Yes Tommy, glad to see you in good company

[@joesphschramm3754]

One person's gave this a thumbs down? That had to have been an accident

[@croinkix]

Joesph Schramm it's because the video ended

[@strafgod]

Russian bots, on a mission to sew dissention. Ignore.

[@jays1752]

Wait, Jonathan Richman's first car wasn't a Plymouth Road Runner circa 1970?!?! My world just fell apart

[@BjornBols]

Hey I recognize the visual artist here, they did a music video or two for They Might Be Giants

[@bconigliaro]

Where's that version of 'Pablo Picasso' in the background from?

[@threeinitiates8260]

love this, where does this come from?!

[@miss_jess]

My guess is that it's bonus content from the There's Something About Mary DVD - just going off the credits at the very end

[@ginajk8857]

Baby boy

[@user-cu7uz5le3h]

Weird Dean used to look like a little kid in Gaxlie 500.

[@wantlistrecords]

It's Tommy Larkins. You forgot the 'S' on his name in the header.

[@Freddy-Da-Freeloadah]

What movie? IDK... IMHO

[@rickardagren935]

😋😊😊😊😊❤

[@michaeljohn8905]

Is John Irish or American I heard another interview where he is talking with a brogue .. Irish English sorta.

[@kenlieck7756]

Jonathan is from *New* England, but if you type his name and "Irish" into the KZbin search bar you'll get a treat!

[@leahflower9924]

He's Jewish from Massachusetts lol

[@harlowrioux5790]

That sounds like a great line for one of his songs lol@@leahflower9924

[@Koshirozation]

oh jojo

[@barcardidouble1513]

❤️ X 5th 22

[@Caligula138]

Has Richman ever met or hung out with Marc Sandman from Morphine?

[@barcardidouble1513]

I kids RR,SEW FN FUNGLEE!.

[@barcardidouble1513]

U make me HA PP Y. COAST 2 C0AST!. BEEP BEEP YOYRRZ TRULY R0AD RUNNA!.

[@rubberchix]

In my opinion Ric did a pretty terrible job on I'm So Confused

[@UKISOCIETY]

Yes. A bit over-produced.

[@miss_jess]

It's so badly produced that it's... good, kinda? Or maybe an excellent song shines through despite crappy production.

[@rubberchix]

@ldyson22 bless his soul

[@ChristopherPlatt]

Doesn't every artist have a work you like least? Funny how that works...

[@rubberchix]

@@ChristopherPlatt shut your face

[@henrywilliams7167]

What Movie does he mean?

[@amitadar]

theres something about mary

[@dancingcheeseproductions4127]

South Park? 2:55

[@ChristopherPlatt]

Yes, There's Something About Mary. Jonathan also appears in another Farrelly Brothers movie, Kingpin.

[@yuraivanovjr]

Dust!

[@barcardidouble1513]

Missu,Rick 0kasic

[@iadorelife]

violins

[@iadorelife]

half baked millenial bs

[@Slig1977]

Jonathan's the same age as my dad. 'The fuck you talkin about?

[@thepuppethead1188]

Violins?

[@JMarinelli]

You must be confused.

[@kenlieck7756]

@@JMarinelli You can't talk to the dude -- he cracked from too much dancing late at night with vampire girls at the lesbian bar so just let him go into the darkness.

[@ChristopherPlatt]

Fox News may have an opening for you.