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Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Ian Birch, Melody Maker, 24 September 1977

IT CONFOUNDED all expectations. Cross a children's pantomime with a Charlie Chaplin movie and filter it through a gawky highschool kid who mimes awful Presley imitations in the bathroom mirror when his parents are out for the night.

Total word count of piece: 593

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