Identify Pablo Picasso quote
Suzanne A Fischer
"Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole."
I'm thinking that Andy Warhol said it, but that it was in a song too.
Any ideas? PLEASE?
Suzanne
Jack Weinstein
Jeff Economy (eco...@MCS.COM) wrote:
: >: "Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole."
: >
: >The song is called Pablo Picasso and it is off the Repo Man soundtrack.
:
: EEp! Technically that's true, but the REAL source is the *far*
: superior original by Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers on their
: 1972 LP _The Modern Lovers_ (which has been reissued on Rhino, so
: there's no excuse). This record is one of the all-time top 10
: masterpieces of rock music, in my arrogant opinion. The Burning
: Sensations' version in _Repo Man_, while respectable, should simply
: not be your first choice.
: --J
I wrote that it was on the Repo Man Soundtrack, then after reading the above I
ran over and undusted my vinyl of Modern Lovers (Which I don't think Ive
listened to in five years) and am now listening to the original.
I stand corrected, and am thankful for the suggestion. It is much better. I
think I will listen to the rest of the album now too.
-Jack
jrwe...@acs.bu.edu
Dark Image
> : "Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole."
>
> : I'm thinking that Andy Warhol said it, but that it was in a song too.
> : Any ideas? PLEASE?
>
> : Suzanne
>
> For the life of me I cant remember who sings it. My first instinct is
> Romeo Void but thats not right (they sand Never say Never with the another
> classic line "I might like you better if we slept together."
> I can't find my tape of RM soundtrack so I'll have to get back to you,
> bvt if noone gets back to you look for the soundtrack at your local
> record store.
> Hope thats alittle help.
> -Jack
The song to which you are referring is off the repo man soundtrack and is
performed by the Burning Sensations. There you go.
c...@waikato.ac.nz
> In article <1994Jan31....@ncsu.edu>
> Jonathan Richman, "Pablo Picasso", on the 1st Modern Lovers' album (a classic--
> get it!)
Johnathan said (when he was in NZ) that the only reason people liked the song
was becase it had a swear word in it.
That was a cool concert - as he played the guitar he kind of tapped danced on
the floor to beat out a rythem.
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Jeff Economy
>
>The song is called Pablo Picasso and it is off the Repo Man soundtrack.
superior original by Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers on their
1972 LP _The Modern Lovers_ (which has been reissued on Rhino, so
there's no excuse). This record is one of the all-time top 10
masterpieces of rock music, in my arrogant opinion. The Burning
Sensations' version in _Repo Man_, while respectable, should simply
not be your first choice.
--J
________________________________________________________________________________| Jeff Economy | "A fanatic is someone who redoubles his effort || eco...@mcs.com | when he has forgotten his aim." ||______________________|_______________ --George Santayana ____________________|_
Tommi Turkia
>>: "Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole."
>>
>>The song is called Pablo Picasso and it is off the Repo Man soundtrack.
>
> EEp! Technically that's true, but the REAL source is the *far*
>superior original by Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers on their
>1972 LP _The Modern Lovers_ (which has been reissued on Rhino, so
>there's no excuse). This record is one of the all-time top 10
>masterpieces of rock music, in my arrogant opinion.
Your opinion is the absolute truth in this case.
And "Pablo Picasso" was also covered by John Cale
(who was also the producer of the original version).
The Rhino reissue, I have noticed, contains two tracks
that are not on my European CD release (nor on the
original LP). What are they like? Are they as good as the rest?
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Finland - Mark E. Smith
Timothy Roy
Monday January 31 1994 19:25, Jack Weinstein wrote to All:
JW=> Suzanne A Fischer (suz...@unity.ncsu.edu) wrote:
JW=> : Can anyone tell me where the following quote came from?
JW=> : "Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole."
JW=> The song is called Pablo Picasso and it is off the Repo Man
JW=> soundtrack. The line goues, "Pablo Picasso was never called an
JW=> asshole, not like you..." For the life of me I cant remember who sings
JW=> it.
To the best of my knowledge, that's a cover. I'm pretty sure it was
originally done by Jonathan Richman.
Timothy
Jack Weinstein
: Suzanne
The song is called Pablo Picasso and it is off the Repo Man soundtrack.
Mr R.J.M. Head
Jonathon Richman, in his song Pablo Picasso. By the way, soes anyone out
there have much Jonathon info? Particularly, what are the chances of picking
up anything on vinyl? In the UK there have been some re-releases of a
couple of his earlier albums, but on CD only. Bad news for the few
remaining vinyl freaks amongst us.
Richard.
Ted James
It comes from a Jonathon Richman song. Look for him on tour right now.
Ted
Legion
S>Can anyone tell me where the following quote came from?
S>"Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole."
S>I'm thinking that Andy Warhol said it, but that it was in a song too.
S>Any ideas? PLEASE?
S>Suzanne
Damn! Now that you asked I forget the name of the song and band. It was
featured in the movie RepoMan and is on the soundtrack.
I believe the line concludes a verse saying:
"Consequently Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole"
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Matt Seniff
: Suzanne
It was on John Cale's Helen of Troy album circa 1977 the song was called Pablo
Picasso (I think) it may be available on Cd as much of his stuff has been
released lately. matt
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Laurence Roberts RD
by Phranc, who changes it to "Gertrude Stein was never called an asshole".
Phranc will be performing in San Francisco soon, doing her Neil Diamond
impersonation show, "Hot August Phranc" at the Great American Music Hall.
Larry-bob
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Wendy Tyrol
: Suzanne A Fischer (suz...@unity.ncsu.edu) wrote:
: : Can anyone tell me where the following quote came from?
: : "Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole."
: : I'm thinking that Andy Warhol said it, but that it was in a song too.
: : Any ideas? PLEASE?
This might have been said before - I haven't caught this whole thread - but
it's on the Repo Man soundtrack, performed by the Juicy Bananas (or was
it the Burning Sensations? It's been a while since I listened to it).
The rest of the soundtrack is pretty good too!
W.
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amy
In article <1994Jan31.1...@newsgate.sps.mot.com> Ted James <teddie...@csicqm.sps.mot.com> writes:
>In article <1994Jan31....@ncsu.edu> Suzanne A Fischer,
>suz...@unity.ncsu.edu writes:
>>
>>"Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole."
>>
>>I'm thinking that Andy Warhol said it, but that it was in a song too.
>>Any ideas? PLEASE?
>
>
>Ted
Sensations...off the Repo Man soundtrak.
* "the extreme always seems to
"Find a deep cave to hide in, * make an impression..." -J.D.
In a million years they'll find me *
Only dust.....and a plaque * a_wa...@oz.plymouth.edu
That reads 'Here lies poor old Jack'" *
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* straight answer...meow.
Anders Engwall
>>The Rhino reissue, I have noticed, contains two tracks
>>that are not on my European CD release (nor on the
>>original LP). What are they like? Are they as good as the rest?
In article q...@Mercury.mcs.com, eco...@MCS.COM (Jeff Economy) replies:
> The two bonus tracks are "Hospital" (from Jerry Harrison's personal
>collection)
Surely some mistake here -- "Hospital" appears on the original LP.
> The other is a version of "Government Center" that, while not from
>the Cale sessions (produced by Kim Fowley) hence not as driving as the rest
>of the LP
Minor nit: not all of the LP was produced by Cale.
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Brady Gaughan
Wasn't "Pablo Picasso" also on the _Repo Man_ soundtrack?
Just wondering.
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Dan Brodnitz
: Richard.
A few of J.R.'s earlier albums are out of print altogether. Those that
are hauled out of the vault ("Jonathan Sings" was released about 6 months
ago after eons of absence) seem to only come out on cassette and cd. I've
had some luck finding mildly used copies of most of the missings lps but
it's taken a few years of used-record flipping in stores.
BTW-random factoid for U.S. JR fans--he's shown up on Conan O's late
night shew at least 3 times. National Television Exposure, oh yeah.
-dan
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Richard Singer
Yes, I loved the Modern Lovers' version of this song, but John
Cale also did a terrific cover of it, which he played in many live shows
and basically made part of his permanent repertoire. Perhaps this was a
small payback for the strong influence that the Velvet Underground had
on those early Modern Lovers songs ("Pablo Picasso" included). Anyway,
I don't remember this song being played in "Repo Man," but I would
strongly recommend the John Cale version.
-- Richard
Kostas Voliotis
>S>Can anyone tell me where the following quote came from?
>S>"Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole."
>S>I'm thinking that Andy Warhol said it, but that it was in a song too.
>S>Any ideas? PLEASE?
>S>Suzanne
Pablo Piccaso is a Jonathan Richman Song. Modern Lovers version
is on s/t album "Modern Lovers" beserkly '76
Also the producer of this album John Cale has a version
of this song in his album "Helen Of Troy" Island'76
Jeanette Skelton
I could be wrong, but I think the credits for Repo Man listed the Circle
Jerks for "Pablo Picasso".
Jonathan performed it when I saw him in January:
"Some guys try to pick up girls and get called an asshole
That never happened to Pablo Picasso...
When he walked down the street the girls could not resist to stare
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole
Not like you."
--Jeanette
Paul Andrew Tibbits
cannot figure out what it is. i think i heard it in 1984 or 1985, and have
not heard it since. these are the only lyrincs i know, and they are not
even exact:
we'll sink with california when it falls into the sea
i think that was some sort of chorus, or part of it, at least.
thanks in advance,
paul
c...@waikato.ac.nz
> Richard Singer (wk0...@worldlink.com) wrote:
>
>> Yes, I loved the Modern Lovers' version of this song, but John
>> Cale also did a terrific cover of it, which he played in many live shows
>> and basically made part of his permanent repertoire. Perhaps this was a
>> small payback for the strong influence that the Velvet Underground had
>> on those early Modern Lovers songs ("Pablo Picasso" included). Anyway,
>> I don't remember this song being played in "Repo Man," but I would
>> strongly recommend the John Cale version.
Emilio Estevez was cruising away in the car feeling pleased with himself while
this song was playing. He mounted the curb accidentally knocking over a
rubbish bin - his cool was blown and the song ended.
>
> Jonathan performed it when I saw him in January:
>
> "Some guys try to pick up girls and get called an asshole
> That never happened to Pablo Picasso...
> When he walked down the street the girls could not resist to stare
> Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole
> Not like you."
David Byrne said "If the Blue Suede Shoes was the definative statement on the
teen consciousness of the Fifties, what does the gauche awkwardness of Pablo
Picasso say about the kids of the seventies?"
I'm not sure but does anyone know?--
Doug Smith
Picasso."
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Matthew Maxwell
ptib...@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Paul Andrew Tibbits) wrote:
> we'll sink with california when it falls into the sea
>
>
> i think that was some sort of chorus, or part of it, at least.
The song is called "Sink with California," performed by Youth
Brigade. Pretty much required listening for anyone growing up
behind the Ornage Curtain.
Anon,
Matt
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Paul,
That song is called "Sink with California" from one of the greatest punk
rock albums of all time. Youth Brigade's first album. You can get this on
cd now in super-extendo form. The cd, I believe, is called "Sink with
California".
In article <1994Feb8.2...@Princeton.EDU>,
ptib...@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Paul Andrew Tibbits) wrote:
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