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Notorious New York cult singer/songwriter David Roter was once called "an unholy confluence of Woody Allen and Lou Reed." Though Jonathan Richman is a well-known devotee of Reed and the Velvet Underground himself, he might best be termed "an unholy confluence of Pee Wee Herman and Sha Na Na." Starting with his band the Modern Lovers, Richman developed a musical persona that seemed eternally youthful and naïve; a trapped-in-the-late-'50s teenager who still lived in an imaginary world of sock hops, bongo drums, and nascent lust. Like Herman, however, he acknowledged the passage of time, yet seemingly remained, as a middle-aged man, just as surprised and bemused by the crazy scene in "I Was Dancing in a Lesbian Bar," or the fact that friends would begrudge his favored mode of transportation in "You're Crazy for Taking the Bus," as they were when he was a high school freshman. Musically, the Boston native played a stripped-down, shambling, beach-party take on old-time rock & roll and pop, and was heavily influenced by doo wop, occasionally even detouring into country and Latin music (represented here by the full-on Nashville soundtrack "Since She Started to Ride" and the Spanish-language "Harpo en Su Harpa"). Overall, Vampire Girl: Essential Recordings is a good overview of Richman's classic Rounder Records material, which, despite its brief ten-track length, gives the casual listener an effective tour through the artist's strange, childlike, oft-hilarious, and always perceptive mind.
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Jonathan Richman, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Girton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brennan Totten, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1995 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Jonathan Richman, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Girton, Recording Engineer, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wilkinson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Robertson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nobles, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Claflin, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Scot Woodland, Conga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brennan Totten, Producer, Recording Producer - Josef Marc, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Buckmaster, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Rinkor, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Craft Recordings.
Jonathan Richman, Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Avila, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Modern Lovers, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - Brennan Totten, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Emery, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Jonathan Richman, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Girton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Toby Mountain, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brennan Totten, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1995 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Jonathan Richman, Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Avila, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Modern Lovers, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - Brennan Totten, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Emery, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Jonathan Richman, Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Avila, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Modern Lovers, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - Brennan Totten, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Emery, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Jonathan Richman, MainArtist - Jonathan Richmond, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Whitney, Producer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Brumley, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Clafin, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Grump, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - D. Clinton Thompson, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Byrd, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Sibley, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Jonathan Richman, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Richmond, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Whitney, Producer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Brumley, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Terry, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Clafin, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Lloyd Hicks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Grump, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - D. Clinton Thompson, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Byrd, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Sibley, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
Jonathan Richman, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brennan Totten, Producer, Recording Producer - Paul Emery, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Jonathan Richman, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Girton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wilkinson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Nelson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Robertson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nobles, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Claflin, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Scot Woodland, Conga, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Brennan Totten, Producer, Recording Producer - Josef Marc, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Washburn, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Buckmaster, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Rinkor, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 Craft Recordings.
Album review
Notorious New York cult singer/songwriter David Roter was once called "an unholy confluence of Woody Allen and Lou Reed." Though Jonathan Richman is a well-known devotee of Reed and the Velvet Underground himself, he might best be termed "an unholy confluence of Pee Wee Herman and Sha Na Na." Starting with his band the Modern Lovers, Richman developed a musical persona that seemed eternally youthful and naïve; a trapped-in-the-late-'50s teenager who still lived in an imaginary world of sock hops, bongo drums, and nascent lust. Like Herman, however, he acknowledged the passage of time, yet seemingly remained, as a middle-aged man, just as surprised and bemused by the crazy scene in "I Was Dancing in a Lesbian Bar," or the fact that friends would begrudge his favored mode of transportation in "You're Crazy for Taking the Bus," as they were when he was a high school freshman. Musically, the Boston native played a stripped-down, shambling, beach-party take on old-time rock & roll and pop, and was heavily influenced by doo wop, occasionally even detouring into country and Latin music (represented here by the full-on Nashville soundtrack "Since She Started to Ride" and the Spanish-language "Harpo en Su Harpa"). Overall, Vampire Girl: Essential Recordings is a good overview of Richman's classic Rounder Records material, which, despite its brief ten-track length, gives the casual listener an effective tour through the artist's strange, childlike, oft-hilarious, and always perceptive mind.
© Pemberton Roach /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:31:44
- Main artists: Jonathan Richman
- Composer: Jonathan Richman
- Label: Rounder Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2009 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group This Compilation ℗ 2009 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
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