Just driving to work and listening to his 'best of' – Action Packed' – and it's rather good. A pleasant start to the day.

roadrunner roadrunner

with the radio on

going faster miles an hour

Mad as a bag of cats but a true genius.

I love the Modern Lovers album (official and demos versions) but don't know much about his later stuff. Any pointers?

Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole!

gonna drive past the stop n shop.

that song is all about where I grew up… (ya, right like who cares man *L* )

With 50000 watts of power, with the radio on.

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TBH I knew nothing of his work – apart, of course, from the epic piece so faithfully and fragmentally recreated by our harmonious brethren in the posts above.

This was a CD lent to me by a friend about four weeks ago, and it's been sitting at the bottom of my workbag since then. Today I was feeling adventurous, so I put it on. How surprised was I?

If you want pointers, these tracks are billed as choice cuts from various album releases across the years, and I like them. Humorous, clever, and most definitely inspired by old American doo-wop rock'n'roll and Beach Boys style songs. Very guitar led, in, I think, an electric-acoustic (?) sense.

If you're unsure, might I suggest Last.fm or spotify.com for a tester?

Good listening.

Fantastic voice. One of the true originals who doesn't really care if he's "singing" in tune or "properly". Love it.
Astral Plane is one of my faves – is that on the Best of?

No

might I suggest Last.fm

Lol! Of course! I'm on last.fm and keep forgetting about how great it is for getting tasters.

Thanks for the rundown, I'll have a look (listen?) for some of his later stuff.

'Live at the Long Branch Saloon' is a particular favourite of mine.

Great versions, scuzzy and way cool, especially for 1972 FFS!

Ah, I see Action Packed is a later, solo best of.
Id go for this… classic after classic

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