Tuesday, September 15

Wow, how did I miss this for so long?

An exquisite Affection, with slightly different guitar ... and of course the usual impromptu lyrics.

Which program was this on? It looks like a Top of the Pops knockoff in some country.

ps the follow up of "I'm a Little Airplane" is not bad eitehr. Very different lyrics.

4 comments:

  1. If I'm not mistaken the show is called Top Pop and it's from Holland. Also, Jonathan was never this young.

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  2. Hi there just wanted to say that i am a new fan of Jonathan Richman and i enjoy reading your blog. I love the TopPop show! "Affection" was the best!
    Also i think you may be interested in this Instagram post I found a few days ago from a music memorabilia collector. He acquired Jonathan's notebook from 1974. Interesting stuff!

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CFf1Vs5hmeh/?igshid=13zux6yysejuh

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    1. Thank for the link! Fascinating!

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  3. Yes this was on the Dutch TV, the show was Toppop and because of the huge success of Egyptian Reggae, it went to the number two spot in the charts, I suppose they made this special when the band was touring Europe. Broadcasted September 16, 1978 but likely taped in May when they were in the country.

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