Did you go? Did he play the entirety of Jonathan Goes Country? Because if I drove 3 1/2 hours I'd expect to hear that underrated classic IN FULL.
I did go, and I had a good time. Nothing from
Jonathan Goes Country, though.
I had a great time, but I can't stop focusing of the negatives of the performance. For instance, he only played one song off the first Modern Lovers record. Normally, that wouldn't bother me, but he played - in my opinion - the worst song on that record, "Old World". He began "Affection", but he only sang/spoke the first half of the first verse, and didn't play the rest. He played "That Summer Feeling", but sang only three verses of it, as opposed to the 685 verses on
I, Jonathan. He kept dicking around on guitar, which I also wouldn't normally mind, but he did it so much that he could've used that time to play at least six more songs.
But the good points: Jonathan's a great, inventive guitar player (if sometimes a little repetitive), and Tommy Larkins is a great drummer. Their set had a very suite-like feel to it, which I enjoyed. Jonathan talking trash about cell phones! "Egyptian Reggae"! A 17-minute (I'm guessing) version of "Here Come the Martian Martians" that mentioned Madonna and Justin Timberlake! Hearing a guy in front of me say to his friend, "Man, that's deep" during "Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love"! There couldn't have been more than fifty people there, and seeing Jonathan in such a small place was really fun. Also, the wind outside was INSANE, so having some kind of shelter for 90 minutes was a plus.
