I just wanna feel the way hot summer nights made me feel

Jonathan Richman is one of the most influential musicians in American history. What a legacy and what an impact. Brilliant lyricist and what a rocker.

I go to bakeries all day long There's a lack of sweetness in my life And there is pain inside You can see it in my eyes

this is so awesome and so MODERN to be from 1972 .

i love that bo diddley break within each chorus, this song sounds so modern because Richman's unconventional singing was ahead of its time, it predicted the stylings of indie and alternative rock, the reverb as well as the naïve and obvious lyrics are just the final touch that keeps this track absolutely timeless.

people who know this song by themself not from the movie "hot summer nights" are legend.

Thanks to the movie "Hot Summer Nights" for introducing me to this masterpiece. 💜

This song kept me company throughout my loneliest nights while I was in Scotland. Depressed and in love. And with just a click of a button I am able to go back to those moments.

Discovered this song during a sad time in my life, now I can listen to it without feeling too too down. I couldn't believe how accurately the lyrics described my thoughts at the time

Thanks to hot summer nights i discovered this beautiful song and now I'm addicted to it.

This song plus hot summer nights gives you moods you never encountered

Has a punk rock feel. Digging this tune. Thanks, hot summer nights. Better late than never.

For a 52yo man, this song blows me away.. First time I've ever heard it, and it's so raw & powerful, but yet so mellow at the same time. Truly, a masterpiece!

It's time to go watch Hot Summer Nights and yearn for love. .I'm so sad I just wish my life was a movie but it's not. I will forever love this song

I'll take the subway to your suburb sometime It gets me every time .

modern lovers are so underrated yet they were such a good band 🥰

To all the people watching this: I wish I knew you.

This has become one of my favorite songs. I can't help it, it's hit all the right feelings

A message to the future generations: Don't let this beautiful masterpiece die!

That movie goes perfectly with this song.

Can’t believe it is 2019 and I’m just now hearing this.

Thanks to Hot Summer Nights, I found this odd, little gem. I’ve listened to it a hundred times. Addictive.

This level of purity is rare, Daniel Johnston also.

Hot summer nights brought me here.

One of the great lyrical geniuses of the modern age.

[28 April 2021] I've just listened to this song all the way through for the first time today. And I think it's the best American rock 'n' roll song I've heard in many a moon. It's an uncanny dirge; a totally secular song that nevertheless reminds me of a hymn. I truly think I'd sell my soul to write a song this pure, and to work with musicians who could play piano and organ the way that Jerry Harrison and John Cale played on this recording.

A band ahead of its time.

So happy to have found this band, 45yrs after they put out this incredible gem...but better now than never! Long live REAL Rock n Roll!✌🤘

"Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle Drive By" reminds me of this song.

I saw Jonathan Richman last year. He's still playing and he puts on a lively show, engaging with the crowd. If you're in the Boston area, look him up.

This song reminds me of my ex whom left me 9 months ago. She took a scientist job in South America and every day since then to now this song touches my heart and soul. 😢

A great sad love ballad by Jonathan Richman! I go to bakeries all day long cause there’s a lack of sweetness in my life! Brilliant line! The whole Modern Lovers Album is a classic! I wish they would play it live maybe in Paris and do it one last time with Richman, Jerry Harrison, David Robinson and Ernie Butler! He lives in Paris. A one time Reunion Concert! Before it’s too late!. I think it would sell out in Paris! They dig songs that are deep and moving. The whole album is brilliant! Roadrunner the classic Rock Song, Pablo Picasso, she Cracked and this one. They are all still alive and relatively young in their fifties or so but time is running out! Soon it will be too late! It’s like when the Velvets played Paris back in the nineties! It was a Triumphant Return! They have more European fans then any where. You can see the show on KZfaq. Now it’s history cause Lou Reed and Doug Yule are gone.

Hot summer nights.. awesome movie!

This is a fantastic song. I’m addicted.

Thanks o the movie hot summer nights. Once I heard this song it just grabbed me and my emotions like no other. Way ahead of there time.

In the hospital two years ago I remember singing this song to myself and the nurses after my head was full of morphine. Ever since that day, I have such a reverence for this song.

I love the poetry of this song .

This one and Affection are pure masterpieces.

thanks "Marianne" for introducing me to this masterpiece. 💜

Thanks to this song i know about Hot Summer Nights

Godard and Richman......tis a beautful thing ..Thank you xxx

Watching Marianne in Netflix for the fifth time and listen to this song every time that episode plays. Great song!

Listening in 2020. Same song, same death, so good!

That summer feeling is gonna haunt you the rest of your life from Jonathan Sing is one of my faves by JoJo.

it's so beautiful

I wanna fall in love with someone while this song is playing in the background :)

This song was originally recorded in 1971, it was the first song recorded for their debut LP, the other songs were recorded in 1972 and the bonus tracks that are present in future CD reissues were recorded in 1973.

My girlfriend showed me this song and said it reminded her of me. I love this song now.

i hope someone loves me this much some day and wants to know things that were exciting to my little girl mind

This song is awsome. This band is awesome. The film is awesome. Jean Pierre Leaud is awesome. That girl is hot. Everything about this is awesome!

auch nach so vielen Jahren ein supersong!!!!!

Absolutely Fantastico , bought the album in 77. I was a punk before you were...

If only the rest of 1972 had sounded THIS good.....

lyft was playing this in his car, great taste

As of 10 minutes ago I had never heard of this band. Now I think I am turning into a fan.

I love music from the 70s and this masterpiece is one of my favourite. I think that the fascinating thing of this song is how much sounds new. It doesn't seem a 70s song but at the same time there's some part where you can year the inflouence of that era.

I forgot how great this song/writer is.

Te Amo con locura Xoctchilt! Siempre tuyo!!!

J écoute les modern lovers depuis 40 ans, je ne la connaissais pas celle ci. Le choc. Elle tourne en boucle . Je me la remets tiens....

this is the best 5 minutes in my life

Change the video speed to +1.5, it sounds great.

Extraordinary mash-up. Just such an imaginative and moving combination.

Oh, its such a pleasure to listen to this song with smoking a couple of cigarettes and have a drink thinking about something strange

Hard to believe this album is almost fifty years old.

One of the best songs from the album.

Whoa...1972? If somebody told be 1994 I'd believe it.

Great to hear this again. Perfect match to the footage! Our Brisbane songwriter, Robert Forster (The Go Betweens), had a similar aesthetic to Jonathan Richman.

Great pairing of a wonderful song with a great film! This song by Modern Lovers reminds me a great deal of the music of Leonard Cohen; I wonder if they somehow influenced each other. On another note, the actor in this film, Jean-Pierre Leaud, who's so well known for his 60's French New Wave film roles, is still alive and even had a film role in 2019. Fantastique all around!

I love this video and the song...kinda morbid and hilarious; about being in love with a self destructive person....

The sound track definitely adds a lot to a movie & this movie absolutely comes together with both. LOVED IT.......

This makes me want to fall in and out of love again. Makes we wanna love passionatly, gazing into someone's eyes up on a hill somewhere. Makes me wanna feel those emotions again. Makes me wanna smoke a cigarette staring up at the sky after an evening at the pub, drinking one too many after a break up sms. Walk around at night surrounded by city lights.

This song is everything I didn’t know I needed.

I absolutely love this video. One of my favorite Godard films paired with one of my favorite Modern Lovers tunes. Thank you.

When you get out of the hospital Let me back into your life I can't stand what you do I'm in love with your eyes And when you get out of the dating bar I'll be here to get back into your life I can't stand what you do I'm in love with your eyes Oh, I can't stand what you do Sometimes I can't stand you And it makes me think about me That I'm involved with you But I'm in love with this power that shows through in your eyes I go to bakeries all day long There's a lack of sweetness in my life And there is pain inside You can see it in my eyes Oh there is pain inside You can see it in my eyes Makes me think about me That I've lost my pride But I'm in love with this power that resides in your eyes You live in modern apartments Well I even got scared once or twice Last time I walked down your street There were tears in my eyes Well these streets We all know They help us cry when we're alone late at night Don't you love them too? That where you got your eyes? Oh I can't stand what you do Sometimes I can't stand you And it makes me think about me How I'm involved with you But I'm in love with this power that shows through in your eyes Now... your world It is beautiful I'll take the subway to your suburb sometime I'll seek out the places that must have been magic To your little girl mind Now as a little girl You must have been magic I still get jealous of your old boyfriends In the suburbs sometimes And when I walk down your street Probably be tears in my eyes I can't stand what you do Sometimes I can't stand you And it makes me think about me That I'm involved with you But I'm in love with this power that shows through in your eyes So... when you get out of the hospital Let me back into your life I can't stand what you do But I'm in love with your eyes

Pretty crazy that this song was recorded only 6 years after this movie was released

Thank You, K, for introducing me to this, and many other songs. You've been a true friend to me. Sorry that I've been a mess. Sorry I can't be a friend to you anymore. At least I'm not causing you pain anymore... hope you're doing well.

Jonathan Richman was a flipping genius. Unbelievable. I still can’t listen to Roadrunner without cranking it up and screaming it out.

Just discovered this band and can't believe all the years I missed out

Love this song

Pure magic.

well done. makes both song and film stronger, and both are already great.

damn i miss her so well, its a beautiful thing

Richman overlooked? Hell, yeah !!!!!!

Acabei de assistir Hot Summers Nights e já vim procurar essa musica

OMG the Music was perfect

Heard this on Marianne on Netflix and I was surprised at how old this song is

So fantastic!!!

Masterpiece for love and mental health 👀 I'm I love with your eyes

Don't know why or what it is but is song has always sent shivers down my spine - it has this strange attraction that draws me in. this song plus the brilliant addition of the film cut so well that it appears to amplify the affect of this song is just amazing. And may I point out, you the individual may not like or get the sentiments portrayed by the song/video, be a bit wary because: 1) you don't like it and is fare enough, it is serenely not everyone's cup of tea. 2) It touches a nerve, in which case use it as a positive escape. So as a song it can have deep emotional affect on some people and in my case a beneficial release of.....? Hmm? - don't know but I feel better for it.

Yes absolutely agree "Hot summer nights" was a great movie and I definitely appreciate learning about Modern Lovers 😀

Awesome movie with Awesome soundtrack. Great Song!!

I go to bakeries all day long, there's a lack of sweetness in my life, and there is pain inside, you can see it in my eyes. In french, bread = pain. WHAT?????

Hot summer nights brought me here

remind me the Velvet Underground's pale blue eyes… obviously vu is the most influential band of proto punk of course.

obozavam..

What a cool track and film - heading towards 61 now ( yikes) but this brings back those memories of girls who had beautiful eyes and seemed beyond the reach of an ordinary guy like myself but luckily I found that person later in life so sometimes it's just about being patient.

lines like ill take the subway to your suburbs - tears in my eyes

How can I not know this?

Jonathan richman was such a sweetman and discribed the early fucked up early seventies so good, a truely unknown genius

I'll seek out the things that must've been magic to your little girl mind Now as a little girl you must've been magic I still get jealous of your old boyfriends in the suburbs sometimes.