Yes a great painter wihth word, voice, guitar , piano & 🎻.... Tank you... I have seen him moore times ....i kow his sound 44jears ...every time fresh..💧🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
“Pablo Picasso” is a song written by Jonathan Richman, recorded in 1972 but not released until 1976. Originally performed by Richman and his band The Modern Lovers, It is the fourth track on the group’s debut self-titled album. Produced by John Cale, who later became the first to cover the song, Richman said he wrote the song as a way to vent his frustration at his lack of success in picking up girls. In the song, you hear a combination of frustration, anger and insanity.
John Cale, you're a f**king dream to listen to. Emily, Fear, Gun, Charlemagne, Child's Christmas In Wales, Helen of Troy, just everything has been a dream. Sometimes a twisted one, but oh boy, your stuff is beaut. Leadmill Sheffield, circa2005. A night to remember.
I was at this gig and I will never forget that guitar riff flooding the Myer Music Bowl and beyond. Like the Stooges this is amplified music at it’s most powerful.
The Modern Lovers were the band at the first mixer of my freshman year in college (Boston area, obviously), in 1972. They played this song, and it sounded like White Light, White Heat then, too. I thought they were some sort of Velvet Underground tribute/rip-off band at the time -- though I never forgot this song, or Jonathan Richman's obvious fun in singing it as he worked the crowd with a disproportionate number of geeky teenage guys.
Thanks for posting this. John Cale's versions of this song are the best. Hell, even Bowie couldn't top it. This particular version is great. All Hail Cale.
Remember John Cale produced the very first recording of this song (in 1972 --though it only appeared four years later, in the Modern Lovers' first album). This version is great. I think Jonathan Richman would be proud. :)
Also, the first version of this song by anyone that was released on record was Cale's cover of it on his Helen of Troy album, which came out in 1975, about a year before the Modern Lovers self- titled album.
As witness to seeing The Modern Lovers do this many times I have to say this is the most rocking version I've ever heard and close to the way they did it live, tho obviously not quite this ferocious.
Still not got to the Picasso gallery in Malaga. But in 2004 I did somehow end up with my niece Caroline at private viewing in a gallery in Malaga. When I realised what was happening, I told her to play it cool so that I could get some free vino. We’d just wandered in off the street. We’d got the train to Malaga that evening from some resort along the coast where we’d left her mad mother. C was only 16 then. We laughed all the way home.
Here´s a playlist with all the different versions of PP John Cale has performed and that are available on YT: ruclips.net/p/PLNINWcxxj9hFs6YMIp7r22vmubvqG24F-
much, MUCH better than the David Bowie cover of the Modern Lovers song melodic rhythmic dissonance... I saw John Cale at CBGBs New Years Eve 1980, a great concert "Ready For War"
Thanks for the upload. I never realized that John Cale recorded this song until today. But not only that, he actually released this song before the Modern Lovers did, even though they recorded it first (with him on piano).
just listened to david bowies version of this tune,and,well,mr cale is the obvious winner of who's doin' the most honorable cover! but then again,didn't he have a finger in producing the original? the song is not a stranger for him :) nice upload!this is one of the reasons why i pick youtube before spotify!
Interesting to find out david bowies version of this was a cover i was listening to bauhaus doing rose garden funeral of sores by john so i hadnt heard mercenaries ready for war by john for a while then pablo picasso came up i also its also a cover by john forgot the original composers name now ill have to check out johns other songs he has a lot of good stuff
He's the voice for me, find the perfect edition on Culture Factory USA website: a limited edition, high quality reissued, and the same packaging as the original CD format!
Cale must had been the lighthearted VELVET. This version is fun-filled, even accounting for dif betw live and studio, compared with Bowie's version, but funny in the manner of THE GIFT. Wonder if Cale suggested that narrative? That's a funny song. I'd start webbased fan club for THE GIFT: the sitcom. Back to reality: THIS ROCKS.
Ethan Hill You do realize this is a Johnathan Richman song? His version doesn't jam as much, but it has it's own beauty abd depth as many of his songs do.
Not so sure i’d call John Cale the light hearted Velvet. Probably Mo or even Sterling. Cale brought the avant garde and both he and Lou had a very dark side. Amazingly he is same age as Lou and he’s still going strong. Great version, JR is a great writer but JC is a whirlwind.
Love the original to bits, but I consider this live version to be the best rendition. Maybe that’s a bit of an overstatement, as the original is the one true version, and Cale’s studio version just isn’t as good. But this version... oh my god.
Yes a great painter wihth word, voice, guitar , piano & 🎻.... Tank you... I have seen him moore times ....i kow his sound 44jears ...every time fresh..💧🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
“Pablo Picasso” is a song written by Jonathan Richman, recorded in 1972 but not released until 1976. Originally performed by Richman and his band The Modern Lovers, It is the fourth track on the group’s debut self-titled album. Produced by John Cale, who later became the first to cover the song, Richman said he wrote the song as a way to vent his frustration at his lack of success in picking up girls.
In the song, you hear a combination of frustration, anger and insanity.
This is pure genius. I must have listened to over 50 versions of this song, most of them by Cale, but this one rules them all like Sauron's Ring.
Oh, it’s fucking brilliant, badass as it gets ….
YES!!!!!!!!! A great painter with guitar, violin, piano, voice, legal awareness and heart
Incredible!! Cale and the Drummer!!
John Cale, you're a f**king dream to listen to. Emily, Fear, Gun, Charlemagne, Child's Christmas In Wales, Helen of Troy, just everything has been a dream. Sometimes a twisted one, but oh boy, your stuff is beaut. Leadmill Sheffield, circa2005. A night to remember.
The understated maestro.
absolutely
The real musical innovator of the Velvets
I was at this gig and I will never forget that guitar riff flooding the Myer Music Bowl and beyond. Like the Stooges this is amplified music at it’s most powerful.
John Cale is a treasure - brilliant man.
the white light white heat version of pablo picasso
The Modern Lovers were the band at the first mixer of my freshman year in college (Boston area, obviously), in 1972. They played this song, and it sounded like White Light, White Heat then, too. I thought they were some sort of Velvet Underground tribute/rip-off band at the time -- though I never forgot this song, or Jonathan Richman's obvious fun in singing it as he worked the crowd with a disproportionate number of geeky teenage guys.
This song makes me smile, esp when John Cale is singing it!
Iconic performance art.
Very...Velvet underground here. Great tension. Wonderful
Thanks for posting this. John Cale's versions of this song are the best. Hell, even Bowie couldn't top it. This particular version is great. All Hail Cale.
Youre an idiot the best is the original by the modern lovers ignorant this one is only noisy
I agree. I like Bowie's version though.
One of the best covers ever. Perhaps the best version of the song? This blew my mind so much.
John Cale proves once again to be the master of sound
Okay rocknaroll rockn keep on rockin blew my mind wow whoua uuu
Great version
This was amazing. best rendition EVER!
Hi voice is getting stronger every year!
tons of good versions on this out there, but this is fantastic. total commitment, and the drummer fires from jump street
This kicks ass...
The dude rocks!!!!
John Cale? Fuck yeah 👍
Great Cale vesrion of this Song is by Modern Lovers (Jonathan Richman)! thanks for posting
Brilliant, love you,
John!
Remember John Cale produced the very first recording of this song (in 1972 --though it only appeared four years later, in the Modern Lovers' first album).
This version is great. I think Jonathan Richman would be proud. :)
Really rocks!
The more you know.
Also, the first version of this song by anyone that was released on record was Cale's cover of it on his Helen of Troy album, which came out in 1975, about a year before the Modern Lovers self-
titled album.
This is fucking bad ass brilliance
As witness to seeing The Modern Lovers do this many times I have to say this is the most rocking version I've ever heard and close to the way they did it live, tho obviously not quite this ferocious.
Still not got to the Picasso gallery in Malaga. But in 2004 I did somehow end up with my niece Caroline at private viewing in a gallery in Malaga. When I realised what was happening, I told her to play it cool so that I could get some free vino. We’d just wandered in off the street. We’d got the train to Malaga that evening from some resort along the coast where we’d left her mad mother. C was only 16 then. We laughed all the way home.
one chord does it all !!!!!!!
This is the meister klass in how to rock......
hypnotic
Here´s a playlist with all the different versions of PP John Cale has performed and that are available on YT:
ruclips.net/p/PLNINWcxxj9hFs6YMIp7r22vmubvqG24F-
He is so dang hot...love how he does this song!
Awesome cover of the Modern Lovers' classic track!
Fantastic!!! Love Bowies version as well. Way different but no less rockin.
The shortest version of this song he's ever performed.
This was such an amazing concert!!!
I’ve been trying to find this footage for ages!!
much, MUCH better than the David Bowie cover of the Modern Lovers song
melodic rhythmic dissonance...
I saw John Cale at CBGBs New Years Eve 1980, a great concert "Ready For War"
Yes I noticed the added guitar riff, you don't put frosting on a Molotov cocktail
I was there brother...Cale opened, then Television, and headliner Patti Smith Group.
This is great.
Worth noting that this is a one chord song. Total insanity is what makes it work.
Thanks for the upload. I never realized that John Cale recorded this song until today. But not only that, he actually released this song before the Modern Lovers did, even though they recorded it first (with him on piano).
the more gets older, the more gets better
Spettacolare!
John Cale + Modern Lovers = Genius.
BRUTAL!
Best version!
just listened to david bowies version of this tune,and,well,mr cale is the obvious winner of who's doin' the most honorable cover! but then again,didn't he have a finger in producing the original? the song is not a stranger for him :) nice upload!this is one of the reasons why i pick youtube before spotify!
Interesting to find out david bowies version of this was a cover i was listening to bauhaus doing rose garden funeral of sores by john so i hadnt heard mercenaries ready for war by john for a while then pablo picasso came up i also its also a cover by john forgot the original composers name now ill have to check out johns other songs he has a lot of good stuff
Killer version
god he rocks it
Great guitar stuff... almost Belew!
Oh Yeah!...Not in New York!
Kudos to J. Cale !!! Great raw sound...but my first time hearing this was the D. Bowie version. Nice.
YEAH!!!!!!
!!!! a w e s o m e !!!!
my , my ,my
Poison !
i went to this show, but it was at the Forum, where was this one???
FUCKIN TRIPPIN MUSIC.
He's the voice for me, find the perfect edition on Culture Factory USA website: a limited edition, high quality reissued, and the same packaging as the original CD format!
the mars voltas drummer... deantoni parks
He's regularly been touring and recording with John Cale for ages now.
Makes me want to buy an Eldorado...
Is there any chance to get this whole concert von dvd?
avacado
Any answer about who the guitar player is? This is a little bit of a Beefheart-esque song. Love it.
Dustin (Curtis) Boyer.
+femmeBanale hommeBanale mais..., Vive la vie...,
Cale must had been the lighthearted VELVET. This version is fun-filled, even accounting for dif betw live and studio, compared with Bowie's version, but funny in the manner of THE GIFT. Wonder if Cale suggested that narrative? That's a funny song. I'd start webbased fan club for THE GIFT: the sitcom.
Back to reality: THIS ROCKS.
Ethan Hill You do realize this is a Johnathan Richman song? His version doesn't jam as much, but it has it's own beauty abd depth as many of his songs do.
That's the version that's in the weird Emilio Estevez movie "Repo Man", wasn't it?
Ty
Thy
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Not so sure i’d call John Cale the light hearted Velvet. Probably Mo or even Sterling. Cale brought the avant garde and both he and Lou had a very dark side. Amazingly he is same age as Lou and he’s still going strong. Great version, JR is a great writer but JC is a whirlwind.
Great performance. Terrible annoying camera work, though!
❥
The Modern Lovers!
Great song. Hilarious too.
Love the original to bits, but I consider this live version to be the best rendition. Maybe that’s a bit of an overstatement, as the original is the one true version, and Cale’s studio version just isn’t as good. But this version... oh my god.
the guitars are sik, bass thumps...back away slowly
Anyone know who the lead guitar player is? I LOVE that tone he wrings outta that thing!!
Bowie
I’ve been wondering what color to dye my hair.
Dustin Boyer
Who is that guitar player?
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Was this originally a Modern Lovers song, or did Cale write it?
song written by Jonathan Richman. Recorded in 1972 at Whitney Studios in Los Angeles, and produced by John Cale
Not in New York,
Where the F is the "not like you."?
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I love it, Pablo Picasso was a asshole,jajajajajja
This is a terrible version of this song.
The one on Helen Of Troy is much better.