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The Modern Lovers were an American rock band led by Jonathan Richman in the 1970s and 1980s. The original band, billed simply as “The Modern Lovers”, existed from 1970–74 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later. It featured Richman and bassist Ernie Brooks with drummer David Robinson (later of The Cars) and keyboardist Jerry Harrison (later of Talking Heads). The sound of the band owed a great deal to the influence of The Velvet Underground, and is now sometimes classed as “protopunk”. It pointed the way towards much of the punk rock, new wave, alternative and indie rock music of later decades. Their only album, the eponymous The Modern Lovers, contained stylistically unprecedented songs about dating awkwardness, growing up in Massachusetts, and love of life... Read on...

• Rank
• Artist
• Song
• Year
• Points

• 1
• The Modern Lovers
• Roadrunner
• 1976
• 355

• 2
• Jonathan Richman & The Modern...
• Lydia
• 2000
• 0

• 3
• The Modern Lovers
• She Cracked
• 2008
• 0

• 4
• The Modern Lovers
• Pablo Picasso
• 2008
• 0

• 5
• Jonathan Richman & The Modern...
• That Summer Feeling
• 2009
• 0

• 6
• Jonathan Richman & The Modern...
• Egyptian Reggae
• 1977
• 0