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"Pablo Picasso" is a song written by Jonathan Richman for the proto punk group the Modern Lovers. The song was recorded in 1972 at Whitney Studios in Los Angeles, and produced by John Cale, but was not released until 1976, on the Modern Lovers' self-titled debut album. The recording featured Richman (lead guitar, vocals), Ernie Brooks (second guitar), Jerry Harrison (bass) and David Robinson (drums), with Cale playing the repetitive hammered piano part. The central character of the song is the charismatic 20th century artist Pablo Picasso. With dry wit, the lyrics suggest that women never rejected Picasso's romantic advances, despite his short stature. "Well he was only five foot three but girls could not resist his stare / Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole / Not in New York". In a 1980 interview, Richman stated that the song was inspired by his own adolescent "self-consciousness" with women. Cover versions On recordings 1975 – John Cale, on his album Helen of Troy (released before the original version) 1979 – Catholic Discipline on album Underground Babylon a collection of live recordings. 1984 – Burning Sensations on the Repo Man soundtrack 1991 – Phranc's version of the song substitutes Gertrude Stein as the central character; it appears on her album Positively Phranc 1998 – Television Personalities on Don't Cry Baby... It's Only a Movie 1999 - The Mentally Ill on the album Strike the Bottom Red 2003 – David Bowie, on his album Reality; a live version recorded at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London on 8 September 2003 was released on the 'Tour Edition' of Reality 2007 – Blue Peter, on their album Burning Bridges, recorded live in 1980 2007 – Four Year Beard on the album Hero: The Main Man Records Tribute to David Bowie (2007) 2012 – The Tellers on the album A Tribute to Repo Man 2018 – Jack White for a live Spotify Singles release 2022 – Chatterbox on the album When the Creatures Crawl

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Notable quotes

“Among the several sins that I have been accused of committing, none is more false than the one that I have, as the principal objective in my work, the spirit of research. When I paint my object is to show what I have found and not what I am looking for. In art intentions are not sufficient and, as we say in Spanish, love must be proved by facts and not by reasons... [Paris 1923].”
— As quoted in Futurism, ed. Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2008, p. 311
“Neither is there figurative and non-figurative art. All things appear to us in the shape of forms. Even in metaphysics ideas are expressed by forms, well then think how absurd it would be to think of painting without the imagery of forms. A figure, an object, a circle, are forms; they affects us more or less intensely. [Boisgeloup, winter 1934].”
— Richard Friedenthal, (1963, pp. 257-258).
“On August 2, 1914, I took Braque and Derain to the Gare d'Avignon [drafted as a soldier for World war 1.] I never saw them again [not literally a fact, but the close relation between Picasso and Braque ended].”
— Quote in My Galleries and Painters, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, New York Viking Press, 1971, p. 46
“It means nothing to me. I have no opinion about it, and I don't care.”
— On the first moon landing, quoted in The New York Times (1969-07-21).
“I treat paintings as I treat objects. If a window in a picture looks wrong, I close it and draw the curtains, just as I would do in my own room.”
— Quote in "Picasso", Hans L. C. Jaffe, Thames and Hudson Ltd
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
— Quoted in: Peter Erskine, ‎Rick Mattingly (1998), Drum Perspective, p. 73.

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"Pablo Picasso" is a song written by Jonathan Richman for the proto punk group the Modern Lovers. The song was recorded in 1972 at Whitney Studios in Los Angeles, and produced by John Cale, but was not released until 1976, on the Modern Lovers' self-titled debut album. The recording featured Richman (lead guitar, vocals), Ernie Brooks (second guitar), Jerry Harrison (bass) and David Robinson (drums), with Cale playing the repetitive hammered piano part.

Overview

"Pablo Picasso" is a song written by Jonathan Richman for the proto punk group the Modern Lovers. The song was recorded in 1972 at Whitney Studios in Los Angeles, and produced by John Cale, but was not released until 1976, on the Modern Lovers' self-titled debut album. The recording featured Richman (lead guitar, vocals), Ernie Brooks (second guitar), Jerry Harrison (bass) and David Robinson (drums), with Cale playing the repetitive hammered piano part. The central character of the song is the charismatic 20th century artist Pablo Picasso. With dry wit, the lyrics suggest that women never rejected Picasso's romantic advances, despite his short stature. "Well he was only five foot three but girls could not resist his stare / Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole / Not in New York". In a 1980 interview, Richman stated that the song was inspired by his own adolescent "self-consciousness" with women. Cover versions On recordings 1975 – John Cale, on his album Helen of Troy (released before the original version) 1979 – Catholic Discipline on album Underground Babylon a collection of live recordings. 1984 – Burning Sensations on the Repo Man soundtrack 1991 – Phranc's version of the song substitutes Gertrude Stein as the central character; it appears on her album Positively Phranc 1998 – Television Personalities on Don't Cry Baby... It's Only a Movie 1999 - The Mentally Ill on the album Strike the Bottom Red 2003 – David Bowie, on his album Reality; a live version recorded at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London on 8 September 2003 was released on the 'Tour Edition' of Reality 2007 – Blue Peter, on their album Burning Bridges, recorded live in 1980 2007 – Four Year Beard on the album Hero: The Main Man Records Tribute to David Bowie (2007) 2012 – The Tellers on the album A Tribute to Repo Man 2018 – Jack White for a live Spotify Singles release 2022 – Chatterbox on the album When the Creatures Crawl

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Not who you're looking for? Others named Pablo Picasso: Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)

Notable quotes

“Among the several sins that I have been accused of committing, none is more false than the one that I have, as the principal objective in my work, the spirit of research. When I paint my object is to show what I have found and not what I am looking for. In art intentions are not sufficient and, as we say in Spanish, love must be proved by facts and not by reasons... [Paris 1923].”
— As quoted in Futurism, ed. Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2008, p. 311
“Neither is there figurative and non-figurative art. All things appear to us in the shape of forms. Even in metaphysics ideas are expressed by forms, well then think how absurd it would be to think of painting without the imagery of forms. A figure, an object, a circle, are forms; they affects us more or less intensely. [Boisgeloup, winter 1934].”
— Richard Friedenthal, (1963, pp. 257-258).
“On August 2, 1914, I took Braque and Derain to the Gare d'Avignon [drafted as a soldier for World war 1.] I never saw them again [not literally a fact, but the close relation between Picasso and Braque ended].”
— Quote in My Galleries and Painters, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, New York Viking Press, 1971, p. 46
“It means nothing to me. I have no opinion about it, and I don't care.”
— On the first moon landing, quoted in The New York Times (1969-07-21).
“I treat paintings as I treat objects. If a window in a picture looks wrong, I close it and draw the curtains, just as I would do in my own room.”
— Quote in "Picasso", Hans L. C. Jaffe, Thames and Hudson Ltd
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
— Quoted in: Peter Erskine, ‎Rick Mattingly (1998), Drum Perspective, p. 73.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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