{"id":7446,"date":"2025-04-19T13:07:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T13:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/?p=7446"},"modified":"2025-04-19T13:07:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T13:07:27","slug":"the-modern-lovers-precise-modern-lovers-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/2025\/04\/19\/the-modern-lovers-precise-modern-lovers-order\/","title":{"rendered":"The Modern Lovers-Precise Modern Lovers Order"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"587\" src=\"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/R-1638034-1289572534.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7447\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/R-1638034-1289572534.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/R-1638034-1289572534-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This band from Boston had only two official releases both after the original band had already broken up. This live CD recorded at a Harvard University student dance in 1971 and at &#8220;The sleazy confines of the Long Branch Saloon in Berkeley&#8221; attended by &#8220;aging flower children and assorted burnouts&#8221; as described by bassist Ernie Brooks in the liner notes of this 1994 release. Playing Garage Rock and also Punk and New Wave 5 years before those terms were used. With Jonathan Richman&#8217;s unusual voice and phrasing they were an odd band. Many of these songs deal with dating and living in Boston. This is a cool CD with Richman giving an explanation of most songs . They cover the Velvet Underground song &#8220;Foggy Bottom: with Richman doing his best Lou Reed. Not all songs are rockers, there are  the slower ballad types like &#8220;Hospital&#8221; and &#8220;Tenderness&#8221;. &#8220;Pablo Picasso&#8221; has some nice jamming from the band. The CD ends with their best known song, the much covered &#8220;Roadrunner&#8221; a really great early Punk song. The original band broke up in early &#8217;74. Jonathan Richman may be best known for his role as troubadour in the film There&#8217;s Something About Mary. Keyboard man Jerry Harrison joined The Talking Heads and drummer David Robinson joined The Cars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This band from Boston had only two official releases both after the original band had already broken up. This live&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/2025\/04\/19\/the-modern-lovers-precise-modern-lovers-order\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Modern Lovers-Precise Modern Lovers Order<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7448,"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7446\/revisions\/7448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.redaem.com\/divad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}