Modern lovers

Description

John Cale remembers the Velvet Underground and the Stooges as he produces the 6 strongest tracks of the Modern Lovers' first album. The recipe is simple and utterly exhilarating. A tight, fluid sound, where the band moves forward on three chords - by Jerry Harrison, prince of the sharp guitar and future Talking Heads - and a straight-ahead beat (the drummer would later join the Cars). Modern rock'n'roll, the spirit of 1956, twenty years later, evoking a photogenic glow of neon signs and deserted gas stations at 1:28 AM. This is the entire universe of Jonathan Richman, a lo-fi poet who would never again display such aggression in his career but is carving out a possible future for rock with his Modern Lovers. While the sessions with Cale date back to 1972, The Modern Lovers sounds in '76 like a contemporary of Television and Patti Smith. An ageless youth record and a fountain of youth for the future of indie music. GEMS: "Roadrunner", "Someone I Care About", "Pablo Picasso".