“Road Runner”
by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
4 thoughts on “VOLUME 25.5.1”
BJ – You can’t take away that Billy Joel is an exceptional songwriter/artist. I had a phase where I aquired/listened to most of his work. At this point though, I feel I am worn out. I feel he was just overplayed to death and still is. Love the horns and of course the piano. At least it wasn’t Piano Man, Ha!
TML – From being a narrator in “There’s Something About Mary” to creating crazy memorable songs, way before the movie, I don’t know where I am going with this. This is just a great song to have on while cruising with the windows down.
Billy Joel – Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
We’ve had Korvette’s, now Sears – next up: K-Mart? Boscov’s?
I’ve always liked this one – The Stranger is a fine album. I could nitpick, but this is a satisfying vignette about “Brend-er” & Eddy. AOR that takes me back…
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers – Road Runner
Took me a while to get used to JR’s vocal delivery when I first heard The Modern Lovers in my formative years. Probably heard fellow Beserkley records recording artist Greg Kihn’s version of this track first. It’s a song that just pumps along – kinda reminds me of that Detroit sound purveyed by Mitch Ryder, but with a Velvet Underground sensibility.
“Going faster miles an hour” – “Stop & Shop”
“Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” by Billy Joel: Speedy recovery Billy. Love this track! Love this album.
“Road Runner” by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers: I am having one of those déjà vu moments. I feel like this was featured on My Five before or at some point in the not to distant past I did one of my reference track deep dives. Love the keys, the overall mix and the delivery of the vocals (slow burn like). Excellent Track.
“Scenes/Italian”/Billy Joel. This was perhaps the rock-adjacent non-punk hipster song of the mid-70s. Well, this and every other Billy Joel song of that era. I think I saw him do this on SNL. at least in reruns. Anyway, ya can’t argue with the highly detailed lyrics, the varied, sophisticated arrangements, and the nostalgia-puncturing attitude. hearks to both early rock n roll and loungey jazz. “ya couldn’t go back to the greasers/the best they could do was to pick up the pieces”. and hooks besides! Honestly, pretty good stuff.
BJ – You can’t take away that Billy Joel is an exceptional songwriter/artist. I had a phase where I aquired/listened to most of his work. At this point though, I feel I am worn out. I feel he was just overplayed to death and still is. Love the horns and of course the piano. At least it wasn’t Piano Man, Ha!
TML – From being a narrator in “There’s Something About Mary” to creating crazy memorable songs, way before the movie, I don’t know where I am going with this. This is just a great song to have on while cruising with the windows down.
Billy Joel – Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
We’ve had Korvette’s, now Sears – next up: K-Mart? Boscov’s?
I’ve always liked this one – The Stranger is a fine album. I could nitpick, but this is a satisfying vignette about “Brend-er” & Eddy. AOR that takes me back…
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers – Road Runner
Took me a while to get used to JR’s vocal delivery when I first heard The Modern Lovers in my formative years. Probably heard fellow Beserkley records recording artist Greg Kihn’s version of this track first. It’s a song that just pumps along – kinda reminds me of that Detroit sound purveyed by Mitch Ryder, but with a Velvet Underground sensibility.
“Going faster miles an hour” – “Stop & Shop”
“Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” by Billy Joel: Speedy recovery Billy. Love this track! Love this album.
“Road Runner” by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers: I am having one of those déjà vu moments. I feel like this was featured on My Five before or at some point in the not to distant past I did one of my reference track deep dives. Love the keys, the overall mix and the delivery of the vocals (slow burn like). Excellent Track.
“Scenes/Italian”/Billy Joel. This was perhaps the rock-adjacent non-punk hipster song of the mid-70s. Well, this and every other Billy Joel song of that era. I think I saw him do this on SNL. at least in reruns. Anyway, ya can’t argue with the highly detailed lyrics, the varied, sophisticated arrangements, and the nostalgia-puncturing attitude. hearks to both early rock n roll and loungey jazz. “ya couldn’t go back to the greasers/the best they could do was to pick up the pieces”. and hooks besides! Honestly, pretty good stuff.