I'm Straight by Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

GameroSays’s jam on 15 Jul ’14 (See all)

“I saw you though, today... walkin' by with Hippie Johnny... I had to call up and say... how I wanna take his place...”

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I saw you though, today... walkin' by with Hippie Johnny... I had to call up and say... how I wanna take his place...

GameroSays 15 Jul 2014

This starts really quietly, but I love how it builds up from meekness to Jonathan getting really annoyed.

Owlsoup 28 Feb 2012

#jojoweek   2

AlSmudja 13 May 2014

Yeah! Take that, Hippie Johnny!   1

blackshatner 4 Jul 2013

"If these guys, they're really so great/why can't they take this place, and take it straight"

mielcarz 19 Oct 2013

Written when he was 17 yrs old ........killer song

joop 26 Nov 2013

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