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I'm Straight (Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers)
I called this number three times already today
But I, I got scared, I put
It back in place, I put my phone back in place.
I still don't know if I
should have called up.
Look, just tell me why don't ya if I'm out of place.
'Cause here's your chance to make me feel awkward
And wish that I had
never even called up this place.
I saw you though today walk by with hippie Johnny.
I had to call up and say how I want to take his place.
So this phone call today conerns hippie Johnny.
He's always stoned, he's never straight.
I saw you today, you know, walk by with hippie Johnny.
Look, I had to call up and say, I want to take his place.
See he's stoned, hippie Johnny.
Now get this, I'm straight and I want to take his place.
Now look, I like him too, I like hippie Johnny.
But I'm straight
and I want to take his place.
I said, I'm straight
I said, I'm straight
I'm proud to say
Well I'm straight and I want to take his place.
Now I've watched you walk around here.
I've watched you meet these
boyfriends, I know, and you tell me how they're deep.
Look but, if these guys, if they're really so great,
tell me, why can't they at least take this place
and take it straight? Why always stoned,
like hippie Johnny is?
I'm straight and I want to take his place.
Oh I'm certainly not stoned, like hippie Johnny is.
I'm straight and I want to take his place.
I said, I'm straight
I said, I'm straight
I'm
I'm straight and I want to take his place
All right you Modern Lovers what do you say?
(I'm straight!)
Tell the world now
(I'm straight!)
I said
(I'm straight!)
Yeah I'm straight and I want to take his place.
.....................................................................
honestly?
i wanted to put this song up as my facebook status
cause its kick ass,
and there was no video
and i was bored
so
i made one
editing movie clips and such....
mmmmm baisically.
But I, I got scared, I put
It back in place, I put my phone back in place.
I still don't know if I
should have called up.
Look, just tell me why don't ya if I'm out of place.
'Cause here's your chance to make me feel awkward
And wish that I had
never even called up this place.
I saw you though today walk by with hippie Johnny.
I had to call up and say how I want to take his place.
So this phone call today conerns hippie Johnny.
He's always stoned, he's never straight.
I saw you today, you know, walk by with hippie Johnny.
Look, I had to call up and say, I want to take his place.
See he's stoned, hippie Johnny.
Now get this, I'm straight and I want to take his place.
Now look, I like him too, I like hippie Johnny.
But I'm straight
and I want to take his place.
I said, I'm straight
I said, I'm straight
I'm proud to say
Well I'm straight and I want to take his place.
Now I've watched you walk around here.
I've watched you meet these
boyfriends, I know, and you tell me how they're deep.
Look but, if these guys, if they're really so great,
tell me, why can't they at least take this place
and take it straight? Why always stoned,
like hippie Johnny is?
I'm straight and I want to take his place.
Oh I'm certainly not stoned, like hippie Johnny is.
I'm straight and I want to take his place.
I said, I'm straight
I said, I'm straight
I'm
I'm straight and I want to take his place
All right you Modern Lovers what do you say?
(I'm straight!)
Tell the world now
(I'm straight!)
I said
(I'm straight!)
Yeah I'm straight and I want to take his place.
.....................................................................
honestly?
i wanted to put this song up as my facebook status
cause its kick ass,
and there was no video
and i was bored
so
i made one
editing movie clips and such....
mmmmm baisically.
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This music sucks.
hydrogenatedupload: thanks for posting. Happy Birthday today(May 16) to Johnathan Richman. Cheers! 🥨
nasally voice is perfect. they took that coventry sound and twisted it made it American
wanted to toke with lou reed and jon. watch blue in the face with lou reed.. great 90s conversational movie and the movie smoke. miss the 90s so smart.. last generation without super controlling tech.
It's so weird listening to someone that sounds exactly like adam friedland singing "I'm straight"
The history of the world in this song.... the Straights vs the Stoners. I'm Straight.
few indeed were the rock musicians in 1972 who could so unabashedly beg the girl of their dreams to leave "hippy johnny" because he's always stoned, and let the "straight" jonathan take his place.
since being raped on the crack i listen 2 this track and dream of post romantic dreams that have conclude with ex platonic friendships
theres also a classic vibe of tryna be straight while dreaming of platonic friendships
lol i love this song and i am hippy johnny
I’m not judging, but ...this guy sounds slightly more stoned than Hippie Johnny. Excellent tune!
You made this? It’s fucking spot on. Nice work and thank you.
What film is this footage from?
I mean, you can see where punk was coming from, what an amazing band as short-lived as it was.
First punk song
Can hear a lot of LCD Soundsystem in this one
Jonathan and the Modern Lovers really picked up where the Velvet Underground left off....to early for punk to late for psych mod...raw and timeless....
Where is the cartoon version for fuck sake
Damn, forgot how good this song is.
I'd love to have been a fly on the wall when he Lou Reed hung out. With their different views on drugs, but respect of each others music
This shows how Jonathan took the ideas from the Velvets and ran with it.
And it's a great video!!! 😀👏👏👏
The great thing about this song is that J R is always stoned
sudafed jr You'll still be straight
straight edge before ian mackaye
Who did these sorta film noir videos for the modern lovers? were they done around the same time as the songs were released or done later? They are all superb videos, great work.
More like new wave than noir
Is the movie a Goddard film?
I was outside a venue trying to get some hotties to come see Jonathan, and simplified it as nerd rock. As I said it, Johnathan walked right past. I've never been more embarrassed for being so inarticulate.
That's a talent.
😂
I’m from Mass and I never heard them till now. Wtf? Better late than never
I mean don’t get me wrong I was straight at one point of my life. But like. I was surrounded by hippies. And I wanted to try. So I tried. And well I liked it. I was straight once since. But that’s cause I got into trouble. I went away for a while. Then I got out. And found me a hippy girl. And well I liked it.
This song honestly just changed my life. This is amazing music. Incredible...
This song was so popular with all my stoner mates in the 80s
OG pick me boy anthem
This song is about being sober lol
hi from 2021
I call Nicky Jhonny he's always stone never straight !!!
Help me understand how this passes as music.
from which film are these scenes in the clip?
I see lots of comments saying that he was "straight-edge", but is he not smoking cigarettes in the video?
God damn Hippie Johnny messing up our shit since 1976.
"Why can't they take this place, and take it straight!" Words of wisdom for a substance abuser- I'm one!
Greatest song ever. In the history. Of non music and music.
Me, gay and stoned listening to this : i m s t ra i gh t
what movie was this in ? where the kid dies and shit and one kid wants this other kids girlfriend
Why does the singer sound like he has a cold?
I met and talked to Jonathan in 1982..Nice guy
I like him, too
Maria esta fodida de cabeca, nao percebe nada mais..
I had a roommate in college named Johnny who sold pot and who got girls I liked, drank, and did other drugs... and now I'm sober after many years of alcoholism and multi-substance abuse and married and love myself for who I am and am genuinely happy despite everything going on around me. If I can do it (that is, overcome whatever it is and be happy) Anyone can :)
Wow. They didn't even have the Atari 2600 back then... Dayumn
Richman is God!
It's a perfect call!