tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post2581436939044432126..comments2024-02-28T17:50:10.303+00:00Comments on LUCID FRENZY JUNIOR: JONATHAN RICHMAN (GIG-GOING ADVENTURES STRIKE BACK!)Gavin Burrowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-71727178410657780622010-11-04T21:48:15.415+00:002010-11-04T21:48:15.415+00:00Another clip of the man in his heyday...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohh_w9ZHGio" rel="nofollow">Another clip</a> of the man in his heyday...Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-39315846619091116822010-11-04T21:05:03.444+00:002010-11-04T21:05:03.444+00:00Yes, exactly! "Infectious" is the word....Yes, exactly! "Infectious" is the word. I'd not heard of Jonathan Richman at all until I read that Bob cartoon, and it was only as a result of that that I went out and found the song. Then I couldn't get it out of my head for the next couple of weeks.Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-76217192622099542942010-11-04T19:36:23.757+00:002010-11-04T19:36:23.757+00:00Plus, re-reading the comic strip, it seems so much...Plus, re-reading the comic strip, it seems so much more suffused with meaning! <i>Of course</i> the fundamentalist terrorists join in on the backing vocals, how could they <i>not?</i>Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-44244718923018255192010-11-04T19:29:54.676+00:002010-11-04T19:29:54.676+00:00Great stuff! Honestly never heard that one before!...Great stuff! Honestly never heard that one before! And as he says so rightly...<br /><br /><i>"Groucho, Groucho, fast as light<br />Some talk like him but not quite"</i><br /><br />I mean, Dave Sim came close at times, but...<br /><br />Watching that clip, I wonder if it was the absence of doo-woppy harmonies that left something missing from this (almost) solo show. They're just so infectiously cheerful! I mean, I love the "just me!" break in <i>'That Summer Feeling'</i> as much as any man can, but as a <i>break</i>, not necessarily an <i>evening.</i>Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-20177656687651084742010-11-04T18:35:36.730+00:002010-11-04T18:35:36.730+00:00Oh! Well, because When Harpo is a Jonathan Richma...Oh! Well, because <i>When Harpo</i> is a Jonathan Richman song.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJYALKZZO_s&feature=relatedMike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-31754908367760558632010-11-04T17:52:11.818+00:002010-11-04T17:52:11.818+00:00I am going to have to confess to being a thickie f...I am going to have to confess to being a thickie from thick-town and ask why it's relevant!<br /><br />(Expecting to be slapping my own forehead with the crushing weight of obviousness very soon now...)Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-57492339639442178812010-11-04T11:35:19.143+00:002010-11-04T11:35:19.143+00:00If you've not already seen it, I highly recomm...If you've not already seen it, I highly recommend this (relevant!) Bob The Angry Flower cartoon: http://angryflower.com/whenha.gifMike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.com