AND PLAYING IT JUST AS IT WAS RECORDED IN THE STUDIO IS NOT SOMETHING TODD LIKES DOING....I MISSED OUT ON SEEING THIS AT THE CIVIC IN AKRON OHIO BUT SO PURE TO SEE THIS VIDEO ❤❤❤ THANKS !!!✌🇺🇸
IS THIS MAN MADE OUT OF PLUTONIUM AND FAIRY DUST??? Todd in character as Todd and kicking his own ass!!!! If there is anyone who embodies the sentiment "AND THERE'S MORE.....THERE'S ALWAYS MORE" here he is. Todd - an artist without peer whose soul is sacred. He's a miracle.
On a whim I looked up Wizard, and a new comment, only hours old. I couldn't agree more. International Feel is a gem. I wouldn't expect many to understand. 👍
@@jacobcastro1885 are you nuts. Although you weren't alive, song was incredibly popular on FM and underground radio in the day. It was very well known. Thats why Rundgren played it live for years. Duh. Sorry, you are not a member of a select few hipster element.
Thank you graciously Mr Rundgren for inspiring me all my brothers especially my twin brother who recently passed and all people who are suffering from addiction, mental illness, cancer whatever it may be humbly your fan forever Gary Dias
This song Sunset Boulevard is now why professor Todd Rundgren continue to amaze us thank you Berkeley b e r k l e e School of Music thank you for just treasuring what you have and Todd Rundgren
The hardest working man in radio Nailed it in this performance. I never realized how 'Whoesque' 'Is it My Name? ' is. But, THIS is Rock at it's best. Mr. Todd (and company) were so f'n inspired when that whole AWATS record was being made. And what's more, Todd has always been the ultimate Cosmic Rocker. If you don't dig it there's lots of other music out there to choose from.
@@dantean The concept was recreating the visual era of the album as well as the music. Todd had a costume change for nearly all of the 12 songs on the album, plus encores, including a clown-ish character, an astronaut decked out in NASA space suit, and the infamous"man-eating butterfly" outfit from his 1973 appearance on Midnight Special. Not his usual concert attire for a great many years...
Talk about being in your bliss hearing all these songs live...😵😵😵😵💖💖💖💖💖💖👏👏👏👏👏You can feel the energy from the crowd and the band through this whole show especially here. GOTTA LOVE THIS !!!!💖❤💖❤💖❤💖❤💖
Cant be beat. Todd is god. Been listening to him my whole life. Its great because he always has a positive message. He laid down odd meter laws in a popular music setting. Always stuck to his guns. Be true to yourself.
I can remember when Wizard first came out...it was such a quirky album for the time...but hear it a few times...it really grows on you...especially if you know anything about music...it was sooooo technical...still have the original LP....
IIRC (from liner notes) it was the longest single album at the time.. 56 minutes? Todd apologized because the recording/pressing sound level had to be reduced to do this.. solution was to turn up the volume, which we always did anyway. It was one of those albums you that you always had to play the whole thing - many of them in the 70s (e.g. Blows Against the Empire)..
Back in 1981 or 82 I was living in California and I went up to San Francisco me and my girlfriend and a bunch of other people to see Todd at the old Waldorf Can you play there for about a week and then he played the Kabuki theater for about a week and he asked for people from the audience to come up and help him because he was playing by himself haha and we got to play album play a song when I pray off of faithful that was so cool he has such a cool artist man I really was 40 years ago I can't believe how time flies Why was fucking yesterday Todd's awesome Every time I see you Todd You're an icon Todd
Jesus F****ing Christ, that is great!, even for TR, that is spectacular. I have having seen him since the 70's, and this blows me away. I wish I was there. Masters all.
AWESOME songs... AMAZING performance .... This is the BEST MUSIC ever. TODD is the most amazing writer I have witnessed in my 58 years on this planet. Been a fan since the early 1970's ... THIS VIDEO is SUPER !!!!!!!!
Todd est vraiment l'une des plus belles architectes musicales de son temps. Il y a quelques années, une très bonne amie m'a présenté ses œuvres. J’en serai toujours reconnaissant à son âme translucide et majestueuse, prématurément envolée 🕊
Sometime in late ‘73 I went to see TR. 1st half it was him on piano playing to backing tracks from first 3 records. Second half was full band and played nearly this whole album. To this day best concert I’ve ever seen.
Think I’d once read this is how Todd wanted to sequence the close of the album, but it was so long and off the tracks he had to stack Sunset and the International Feel reprise at the end of the first side. It’s mind-blowingly great either way, but I really enjoy this alternate ordering. Bravo, TR! 🙌
One of the best live clips i've seen in decades. WOOOO GO TODD !!!! Watch the blonde to the left of todd in the front .See hiw she flows gently to the music. She is a veteran Toddie.
I'm stunned. I never thought this could happen in recent years, but this live performance version has more dynamism and sonic power than any earlier concerts I've ever seen, and way more than the original LP. What a treat!
I remember being in middle school in the late eighties listening to this stuff and playing popular nintendo games while marching trhough video games. I was the only kid doing it and my teachers favored me after they bustsed me listening to Todd and Utopia on my hidden walkmans.....They would take it away and then givie a little listen and then give my walkman back. My call-mates clueless. I'd be at a Todd concert and look behind me to see my teachers playing drums on my back while I'm waiting for a handshake from Todd. The next day after all that would be special in class.
What a fantastic set of songs! Saw this show in Akron. Was mesmerized by Todd's ability to duplicate these tunes I had listened to for the previous 36 years, but had never heard live before. "Is It My Name," which I have always enjoyed, is now among my all-time fave Todd tunes.
God DAMNED, Tony! This is just about thee HARDEST rocking tune I have EVER seen or heard Rundgren master!! I was at the opening night AWATS tour in Akron, if this is the show it's taken from. After the opening line stumble, he just KILLS IT. Man, his vocals torch and soar and rip at your eardrums! I thought "Is It My Name" was good on Todd, but my GOD, this version is INTENSE!!
I have this DVD and probably watched it a dozen times. Our hero at his best playing my favorite album ever congrats TR on the RRHOF, even though you might tell them to freak off.
WoW WoW WoW . Thanks so much !!! Fan since 4ever Didn't know they could still achieve this level ..Great Band . Sunset Bouilivard is an amazing piece of music .. must not be easy to perform it at this level and they nailed it .. and with real guts .. Almostt like 1975
Some day the world will catch up to Todd Rundgren.
God i hope not !
@Donde Merlin Sad, but probably true. Although Todd knows now his fans are the coolest people on the planet.
Maybe. But I doubt it.
i know it's pretty off topic but do anybody know a good place to watch new series online?
Not a chance. He was ten steps ahead before toes were invented.
playing this incredibly complex album in its entirety live is mind blowing & just more proof of Todd's genius...and what a killer backing band
AND PLAYING IT JUST AS IT WAS RECORDED IN THE STUDIO IS NOT SOMETHING TODD LIKES DOING....I MISSED OUT ON SEEING THIS AT THE CIVIC IN AKRON OHIO BUT SO PURE TO SEE THIS VIDEO ❤❤❤ THANKS !!!✌🇺🇸
Unbelievably f*cking awesome. Wizard a true star one of best rock lp’s of ALL TIME
This man was soooo ahead of the curve. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
International feel is actually a song we can experience when we are dead. Because..... There's always more.
True genius.
IS THIS MAN MADE OUT OF PLUTONIUM AND FAIRY DUST???
Todd in character as Todd and kicking his own ass!!!! If there is anyone who embodies the sentiment "AND THERE'S MORE.....THERE'S ALWAYS MORE" here he is. Todd - an artist without peer whose soul is sacred. He's a miracle.
One of his best performances ever. Right back to the heart of the matter we call life.
International Feel is such a i-don't-know-why mezmerizing crazy catchy tune.Pure musical dope.
On a whim I looked up Wizard, and a new comment, only hours old.
I couldn't agree more. International Feel is a gem. I wouldn't expect many to understand. 👍
@@jacobcastro1885 it really is
@@jacobcastro1885 are you nuts. Although you weren't alive, song was incredibly popular on FM and underground radio in the day. It was very well known. Thats why Rundgren played it live for years. Duh.
Sorry, you are not a member of a select few hipster element.
Thank you graciously Mr Rundgren for inspiring me all my brothers especially my twin brother who recently passed and all people who are suffering from addiction, mental illness, cancer whatever it may be humbly your fan forever Gary Dias
Sunset Boulevard is one of the most underrated songs. Complete genius...
Truth....
uh huh
the vocal tape delay on the LP tho
Touring each album was brilliant .❤ GET IT JESSE !! MISS YA BUD 🙏💎
This song Sunset Boulevard is now why professor Todd Rundgren continue to amaze us thank you Berkeley b e r k l e e School of Music thank you for just treasuring what you have and Todd Rundgren
The world will never catch up to Todd rundgren! That's the way it's supposed to be he's teaching us!
Staggeringly good! I wanted to be Todd back then. Now aged 67 perhaps i still do.
Would have paid something/anything to see this. Wish he came to the west coast more
The hardest working man in radio Nailed it in this performance. I never realized how 'Whoesque' 'Is it My Name? ' is. But, THIS is Rock at it's best. Mr. Todd (and company) were so f'n inspired when that whole AWATS record was being made. And what's more, Todd has always been the ultimate Cosmic Rocker. If you don't dig it there's lots of other music out there to choose from.
TR sweating like a pig, cranking out the riffs, voice in the best form ever, playing his masterwork, ..... Todd is Godd!!!! Sooooooo Cool!
True, only he needed to re-think dressing like he was still 17 once he was 57, if not before. WELL before.
Apparently in control of every thing but the AC. But he didn't care....what a masterpiece.
Agreed
@@dantean The concept was recreating the visual era of the album as well as the music. Todd had a costume change for nearly all of the 12 songs on the album, plus encores, including a clown-ish character, an astronaut decked out in NASA space suit, and the infamous"man-eating butterfly" outfit from his 1973 appearance on Midnight Special.
Not his usual concert attire for a great many years...
Love your comment this might be the best live Todd I have seen and I have seen a lot
The greatest American artist of his generation.
International Feel is such a massive song.
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One of the best ever written by anyone.
Talk about being in your bliss hearing all these songs live...😵😵😵😵💖💖💖💖💖💖👏👏👏👏👏You can feel the energy from the crowd and the band through this whole show especially here. GOTTA LOVE THIS !!!!💖❤💖❤💖❤💖❤💖
Cant be beat. Todd is god. Been listening to him my whole life. Its great because he always has a positive message. He laid down odd meter laws in a popular music setting. Always stuck to his guns. Be true to yourself.
It feels good to watch 68 year old Todd Rundgren playing on stage with more energy and ability than most musicians half his age.
lol….still going just as strong he is now 75! I just saw him last night in Fort Lauderdale… amazing!
One of my most favorite songs that he has ever written Sunset Boulevard he just makes it also real with the lyrics
I can remember when Wizard first came out...it was such a quirky album for the time...but hear it a few times...it really grows on you...especially if you know anything about music...it was sooooo technical...still have the original LP....
I first heard it lying on a waterbed, enclosed at top with black lights. Blew me the F away.
IIRC (from liner notes) it was the longest single album at the time.. 56 minutes? Todd apologized because the recording/pressing sound level had to be reduced to do this.. solution was to turn up the volume, which we always did anyway. It was one of those albums you that you always had to play the whole thing - many of them in the 70s (e.g. Blows Against the Empire)..
Got it when I was 14 immediately when it came out, my sis had turned me on to Something Anything and I was hooked for life
I bought Wizard a True Star back in the day. I particularly liked the Soul Medley on the album.
One of the best tours i've seen in memory. Powerhouse if talent...ALL OF YOU 👍🙏❤
The Absolute Best - Todd Shines Forever!
"Wait another year, Utopia is here and there's always more!" - He's a wizzard a true star :)
indeed
This guy is beyond talented.So versatile.
Sweating...Stevey Rae Vaughn and Todd Rungren both the best rock performers ever.
Prairie Prince on drums--one of the best
Oh, no way!
& a really nice guy & great graphic designer-artist
... sometimes I don't know what to feel.
Back in 1981 or 82 I was living in California and I went up to San Francisco me and my girlfriend and a bunch of other people to see Todd at the old Waldorf
Can you play there for about a week and then he played the Kabuki theater for about a week and he asked for people from the audience to come up and help him because he was playing by himself haha and we got to play album play a song when I pray off of faithful that was so cool he has such a cool artist man I really was 40 years ago
I can't believe how time flies
Why was fucking yesterday
Todd's awesome
Every time I see you Todd
You're an icon Todd
This vid is SOOO AWESOME WOOOOO!!!!❤❤
He's the best. I have loved him since NAZZ!!
spectacular!
I've seen Rod Greengrud a dozen times. He never fails to be the topper most!
Jesus F****ing Christ, that is great!, even for TR, that is spectacular. I have having seen him since the 70's, and this blows me away. I wish I was there. Masters all.
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jesus christ he's unbelievably talented
6yrs ago I'm so thankful I landed on 😎
AWESOME songs... AMAZING performance .... This is the BEST MUSIC ever. TODD is the most amazing writer I have witnessed in my 58 years on this planet. Been a fan since the early 1970's ... THIS VIDEO is SUPER !!!!!!!!
Get it todd!!!!!! GOD I LOVE THIS VIDEO ! TODD ROCKS !
I tell ya this man is like that fine bottle of wine,, he just gets better with age,, Love him,,
Todd est vraiment l'une des plus belles architectes musicales de son temps. Il y a quelques années, une très bonne amie m'a présenté ses œuvres. J’en serai toujours reconnaissant à son âme translucide et majestueuse, prématurément envolée 🕊
❤ Lovin the music from Hartlepool, England
I was at this show. Akron Civic is a quality venue. Todd was great!
This is one of those videos you have to watch a lot.
The absolute best performance on you tube of Todd.. Flawless!!!
I agree with you! Todd at his brilliant best. One of the true musical geniuses of our time.
So blessed to have caught this live! Chills!
Todd blows this away rock on Mr.Triscuts!
This is amazing... wow.
Pure, blissful magic.
Todd's so awesome. I first saw him in '74 I think. So down to earth and sincere.
Todd is A Wizard a True Star....;)
Wow! Brilliant. So fresh sounding and dynamically more diverse than the sonically compressed original LP (or any of the subsequent remasters).
My favorite artist everrrrrrrrrr! Wish I could have seen THIS performance live!
Incredible!!!
Todd Rundgren youare such a great musician ❤ I dig how you play your 🎸 totally awesome❤
Simply more amazing stuff from Todd Rundgren!
Sometime in late ‘73 I went to see TR. 1st half it was him on piano playing to backing tracks from first 3 records. Second half was full band and played nearly this whole album. To this day best concert I’ve ever seen.
Tr you are surely one of the greats.god bless you and your music.
My brother can't be beat ,, 40 years killed it ... masterpiece LP , no one heard
always Todd - always amazing - always transformative!
You've made my day. This time of Todd's albums was truly inventive
! Todd ! Is It My Name !
Perfect Todd!
Think I’d once read this is how Todd wanted to sequence the close of the album, but it was so long and off the tracks he had to stack Sunset and the International Feel reprise at the end of the first side. It’s mind-blowingly great either way, but I really enjoy this alternate ordering. Bravo, TR! 🙌
Love Todds early stuff. First i saw this vid i about died .HOW AWESOME !!!!!
One of the best live clips i've seen in decades. WOOOO GO TODD !!!! Watch the blonde to the left of todd in the front .See hiw she flows gently to the music. She is a veteran Toddie.
…again, that drummer, great sound!
Wow!!! What a great performance from my favorite album of all time! This absolutely blew me away!
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A great performance, and it's really wonderful to see Clapton's The Fool SG being used as intended. It's Todd's Fool now.
Toddstarr you are a musical genius.
Todd, we are waiting for you down here in South America.
Please.
I'm stunned. I never thought this could happen in recent years, but this live performance version has more dynamism and sonic power than any earlier concerts I've ever seen, and way more than the original LP. What a treat!
Todd ,the best
Wow, Todd!
Saw Todd @ The Roxie on Hollywood all 7 nights 2 shows per night. Amazed he did different sets for both shows. A wizard a true star! 💖✌
Amazing performance from todd I just love his music , my favourite artist of all time , a wizard a true star man
Probably my favourite album of all time...
Been thrown out of many a party for playing that album.
I'm with you, still listen to it regularly, mostly side 1.
Wow!
As Well Mine! Todd is Godd
Neil Berman I just don't know what to feel about that comment......
I remember being in middle school in the late eighties listening to this stuff and playing popular nintendo games while marching trhough video games. I was the only kid doing it and my teachers favored me after they bustsed me listening to Todd and Utopia on my hidden walkmans.....They would take it away and then givie a little listen and then give my walkman back. My call-mates clueless. I'd be at a Todd concert and look behind me to see my teachers playing drums on my back while I'm waiting for a handshake from Todd. The next day after all that would be special in class.
I was unique.
Todd is one of the best guitarist in the world
DAMN !!!! This is Sooooooo Good!
And just to make this even more amazing we have the legend that IS Mr. Prince on drums!!!
What a fantastic set of songs! Saw this show in Akron. Was mesmerized by Todd's ability to duplicate these tunes I had listened to for the previous 36 years, but had never heard live before. "Is It My Name," which I have always enjoyed, is now among my all-time fave Todd tunes.
God DAMNED, Tony! This is just about thee HARDEST rocking tune I have EVER seen or heard Rundgren master!! I was at the opening night AWATS tour in Akron, if this is the show it's taken from. After the opening line stumble, he just KILLS IT. Man, his vocals torch and soar and rip at your eardrums! I thought "Is It My Name" was good on Todd, but my GOD, this version is INTENSE!!
saw AWATS in Minneapolis MN Sept 15 2009 Still have a Reese's peanut butter cup in my freezer he threw on Hungry
for Love.
I watch this every week to kick off my evening's listening/viewing. All downhill from here. I saw him do it in London.
I bought this early 70’s not realizing its greatness..
Huhuhuh.. this guy is not from this wordl.
Seen him once at Helsinki Finland.
Didn't know they could play that album live so well, given its complexity.
What a fabulous musician!
I have this DVD and probably watched it a dozen times. Our hero at his best playing my favorite album ever congrats TR on the RRHOF, even though you might tell them to freak off.
Todd blew my mind with initiation back in the day..Real Man !
WoW WoW WoW . Thanks so much !!! Fan since 4ever Didn't know they could still achieve this level ..Great Band . Sunset Bouilivard is an amazing piece of music .. must not be easy to perform it at this level and they nailed it .. and with real guts .. Almostt like 1975
This I'm in St Pete Fla I saw Todd in Tampa 73 BeSafe 😎
If there's better live footage of a better performance around, I need to see it. Thanks for posting!
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Fantastic ........🔥🏴
WOW!
Holy Shit! What a performance!
Just fucking great. Doesn't matter how many times I watch it.