Funny you should say that as the semi-current song "End of Beginning" by Djo really gives Todd Rundgren vibes. Not sure the singer/writer Joe Keery knows his art tho.
Nearly 60 years in music and Todd just keeps going! This is a rare ageless human being, he sounds so fresh, mentally sharp and as enthusiastic as ever, like he hasn’t aged since 1972. His beautiful touching early 70s songs must have been his elixir to a long working life. This man has even been credited for co-inventing an artefact of computing technology in the 1980s. Long may his genius continue along with great happiness 🙏🏽
@@leegmc1985 David Gilmour is fantastic and has been squirrelling away in the business non-stop. Only discovered a few years ago that he personally went about getting Kate Bush into the business due to her songwriting and natural musical talent. In some ways Pink Floyd was like a side gig when you look at the other stuff he was involved in. Same for Peter Gabriel a legend in World Music, decade after decade since Genesis fame.
You do know he's only doing this to satisfy unpaid income taxes, right? And if you want to really get warm and fuzzy, ask all those people that he stiffed by going bankrupt - from the driver to the lighting guy to the venues who lost many thousands each - ask if he's paying back what he owed them?
I saw Todd last night in Clearwater, FL and was flabbergasted. He played for over 2 hours and played songs I had never thought I would hear live. His guitar was better then I have heard in a long time and his voice was great, aging gracefully.
@stevewilley5185, opposite takes on the same show. Art is surely subjective. Can I ask what you didn’t like about the show? I haven’t seen Todd live in 47 years.
He played 12 God awful loud screaming his head off songs. Never heard any of them before. Don't want to hear them ever again. Lights went on at the end and he rushed thru his hits imo as people filed out. Didn't say hello or speak to the audience that I can remember. Seems his talent has diminished in past 10 years or so. His fantastic appearance with the orchestra overseas was 10 years ago. One man's opinion. Wasn't happening for me in Clearwater. Very dissappointing. Won't be going to another Me/We version.
I wish I could write songs like Todd, he's a wizard, a true star. Most people lose interest when they get older, he seems to be working harder. Keep 'em coming. Just give us something, anything.
Hahahha. Living legend. Amassed just about THE most massive of the most massive songbooks... I think he's up there with Prince, Bowie, Billy Corgan, myself, etc... I just LOVE that 30-years-ago is "contemporary" to Todd!! (When he mentioned how this tour would focus on the 90s and aughts now) LMFAO 🎉😂 I can't wait to see him live!!🎸
I wanted so badly to come to your show. But I became disabled and it has changed my life. Missing you and Daryl is heartbreaking to me. ❤ you to infinity!!!
I think Todd underestimates the impact of "Hello, it's me" on "And Just Like that". I just checked and the song has 37million listens. Surely a song that touched viewers so deeply would coax them to listen to Todd's other works. Glad he's still rockin' and happy making music.
Yeah that show brought me back to Todd’s music . Those scenes made me break out in tears , cause of the song . Very much needed then … every time I listened to it .
I always love Todd's new ideas. Never heard anything from him I didn't like. Hope to see him in concert again! I might have to travel to do it. I saw him twice here in Vancouver. Once with Ringo Starr. He's looking good!
The with a twist album has brought much joy. Taking your songs and putting them into bossa nova arraignments is genius. When you can take a song and put it into any genre and it still sounds good shows the value of that todd
I saw Todd in the Uk back in the 70's and I think it was at Friars Aylesbury. I also saw him outside LA a few years back at a club in Agora hills but was too stoned to remember. I am disappointed in myself as all I can really remember about the Friars show was his perspex, transparent guitar that had me mesmerised as it caught the light. Not proud as I love his music and his production of the Tubes' Remote control album was and still is, sublime. I would really welcome any confirmation of my experience from anyone who wasn't smoking the same vegetation that I was.
Australia is and always has been a smorgasbord of music nutz. Bands. Hippies, fun. The land of music, living life . Best of all you there and finding the personality that smacks the butt.
I last saw him in a small club in Calgary , Canada circa 2012. He opened with a stellar version of Buffalo Grass that sent the three-hundred audience into cosmic consciousness. It was like he (and the band) performed for the gods. Had a moment to meet him and band in green room after the show. He spoke just as he speaks in this interview. He is bona-fide and as real as it gets imo. Thx for posting interview. What a pleasure.
Saw todd in Oklahoma City zoo amphitheater in late 70’s…he opened for Hall and Oates….acid days that I survived….great memories…later saw utopia in Dallas at a small venue and the guys that worked at the bar invited my friends and I to an after party at their house…met Todd and Roger and Kasim…later went to Kansas City for a show…grateful for the memories…..69 years old now lol
I saw Todd Rundgren in Copenhagen and it was a evening for life for my on a big lots a peoples in Odd Fellewpaleret.. A dream goes on forever so please com to denmark again
Bought his aIbums in the early 70s and beyond becuse they were great. Most creative artist still alive. Just wish he would come to play in Brasil. (I get that he says "living on the past songs", but well worth checking out Utopia live 2018... for the ages.)
I love Todd. Have since S/A. His lifetime of music to me is a lot like my Scotch collection. Some bottles are approachable from the first sip; others have to be acquired; some I'll only drink when I must. lol
First, Davy Lane's usual gig/band is called, You Am I. If you are unfamiliar fix that immediately!?! FANTASTIC songs and one of THE BEST live bands in current existence AND you don't have to go to a stadium to see them (although they certainly deserve to be in stadiums). Second, the "hope" that the music listening public will move from singles, Lil's, and hip-hop/rap is exactly that, hope...at best. The aforementioned You Am I is woefully unknown and don't count on seeing Lemon Twigs on SNL anytime soon. Meanwhile, Tay-tay will have yet four more mentally and emotionally stunted number one hits. AND full albums!?! Third, I don't know what Todd is on about here but he was most certainly credited as a Producer on Straight Up. Just checked my first pressing vinyl and double disc re-issue from the 90's. Clearly credited on the cover and the labels. 🤔 Lastly, he needs to do this exact format as a show...with anybody willing or on his own channel....but beefed-up to like VH1's old Behind The Music. He could do every second of two hours talking about how the hire came to be, how the sessions went, reflections and anecdotes, etc....for EVERY record of his own AND others AND it would be every bit the success (if not more) as Live at Daryl's. Especially while some of these artists/musicians are still alive 😬 He and Meatloaf kicking that off would have been pure gold. 😔 Front row tix to two shows in May. CAN'T WAIT!!! 🤩😍
I wish to see Todd before he dies like the rest of the great artists of that era lol he was way ahead of his time fr and that’s the main thing most serious musicians want to be if not timeless.
Great interview. Articulate Todd as usual. Bat out of Hell to date has sold 43 Million copies and is certified 14× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It is also the best-selling album in Australia, having been certified 26× Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
You don’t need to appeal to Younger audiences but i guess You did when i first discovered You in 1989. I had no idea You’d made classics i could recognize but wasn’t particularly into because to us in our early 20’s then it was merely “old school” I told my older brother i didn’t know You’d made that Bang on the Drum all Day song, and he said “oh Yeah!” so, right You are right there come to think of it! He knew, i didn’t and he wasn’t quite into ‘Nearly Human’ as i was. I for one was quite amused!
I was excited to see Todd again here in Charleston SC. Was gonna get tickets. Its been over 30 years since I've seen him live. But, I just saw an old interview , where he said he doesn't want Trump supporters to attend. Guess I'll go somewhere else.
I'm not a Trump supporter but Todd needs to turn down this kind of talk because all it does is increase the divisiveness in the country, it's extremely unhelpful. There's good reasons why people (mostly working class) are drifting away from the Democrats & instead of engaging with those people Todd & others just ridicule & criticise them. Democrats (I used to vote Dem) pretend to love & accept everyone of any race, religion, gender, sexual oreference etc etc but if you dare vote Republican or are a Trump supporter they hate you. The hypocrisy is unreal. I don't vote either party now, I just hate the whole system nowadays tbh but I totally accept whatever someone chooses.
Hi #ToddRundgren 👋 How's Japan ? If Michelle comes down I can show her around Sydney ❤. Hope you're looking after the man 🧔🏼♀️ He's either getn blindsided or gazumped.🙀👀 The architecture of that ceiling is great. Stay sane 🤪 you guys.
I MEMORIZED HONEST WORK, and I'd sing it with 9 to 5, anything work related protest songs while pushing carts in an affluent neighborhood in texas.. And rich people love dolly partons 9 to 5 cause they assume its aspousing a good work ethic, but its about work being borderline slavery.. I love those songs, the ones that exploit peoples ignorance and stupidity..
I've long had a feeling that Todd doesn't and might never know just how very loved he is. I wonder what that's like, knowing that millions of strangers love the daylights out of you.
JOHNNY WINTER famously got big exposure with only singles and the Imperial LP to show for his efforts - rather a different situation - SRV likewise had only band recordings, but coulda woulda got an SNL booking as would Winter or their like
Beatles started Apple Records, cause the government would have taken a lot of their profit, starting a record company would let them keep more of their earnings..
He did an interview on Marc Maron's podcast a number of years ago. After the interview Maron said something along the lines of "well there you have it my interview with Todd Rundgren, he was a bit prickly". 😂
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I could listen to Todd talk all day
I'm endlessly enchanted with Todd Rundgren, a truly singular talent.
I think A Wizard, a True Star was such a singular achievement that it will be rediscovered and inspirational to young people for many generations.
Funny you should say that as the semi-current song "End of Beginning" by Djo really gives Todd Rundgren vibes. Not sure the singer/writer Joe Keery knows his art tho.
Nearly 60 years in music and Todd just keeps going! This is a rare ageless human being, he sounds so fresh, mentally sharp and as enthusiastic as ever, like he hasn’t aged since 1972. His beautiful touching early 70s songs must have been his elixir to a long working life. This man has even been credited for co-inventing an artefact of computing technology in the 1980s. Long may his genius continue along with great happiness 🙏🏽
I completely agree... Also David Gilmore and Peter Gabriel are just amazing. Never out of ideas.
@@leegmc1985 David Gilmour is fantastic and has been squirrelling away in the business non-stop. Only discovered a few years ago that he personally went about getting Kate Bush into the business due to her songwriting and natural musical talent. In some ways Pink Floyd was like a side gig when you look at the other stuff he was involved in. Same for Peter Gabriel a legend in World Music, decade after decade since Genesis fame.
You do know he's only doing this to satisfy unpaid income taxes, right?
And if you want to really get warm and fuzzy, ask all those people that he stiffed by going bankrupt - from the driver to the lighting guy to the venues who lost many thousands each - ask if he's paying back what he owed them?
Unbelievable ! Finally, an interview where the interviewer doesn't talk over or interrupt answers. THANK YOU !!!
I saw Todd last night in Clearwater, FL and was flabbergasted. He played for over 2 hours and played songs I had never thought I would hear live. His guitar was better then I have heard in a long time and his voice was great, aging gracefully.
I was there also. We must have seen a different show. Terrible show imo.
@stevewilley5185, opposite takes on the same show. Art is surely subjective. Can I ask what you didn’t like about the show? I haven’t seen Todd live in 47 years.
He played 12 God awful loud screaming his head off songs. Never heard any of them before. Don't want to hear them ever again. Lights went on at the end and he rushed thru his hits imo as people filed out. Didn't say hello or speak to the audience that I can remember. Seems his talent has diminished in past 10 years or so. His fantastic appearance with the orchestra overseas was 10 years ago. One man's opinion. Wasn't happening for me in Clearwater. Very dissappointing. Won't be going to another Me/We version.
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Love Todd ❤ Brilliant songwriter singer musician and producer! So much phenomenal music!!!
Still fascinating after all these years...... One of the Greats.
Yeah, among the greatest!
Good Stuff, met Todd a few times, just a brilliant artist on every level...
Genius
'Been a Rundgren fan since the 60s. thanks
great interview. thanks.
Here for my noise fix, thank you♧◇♡♤ Love Rundgren♡
Got me when Something/Anything was released 73 at 13 years old... Forever a TR fan, GENIUS musician.
Great artist ✨
I wish I could write songs like Todd, he's a wizard, a true star. Most people lose interest when they get older, he seems to be working harder. Keep 'em coming. Just give us something, anything.
Well it can take many years when you're caught with unpaid income taxes. Ask Willie Nelson.
Todd, you are a wonder. I love your music so much. Been listening to you for most of my life. Thank you so much for the joy. ❤
Hey Todd,I heard conflicting comments. Are you married still, or are you divorced.
I'm so late to Todd's music but really enjoying finding it all 😁
Daryl hall and todd rundgren Philadelphia music at its best
quelle artiste extraordinaire merci✴✌💙🤗
Hahahha. Living legend. Amassed just about THE most massive of the most massive songbooks... I think he's up there with Prince, Bowie, Billy Corgan, myself, etc...
I just LOVE that 30-years-ago is "contemporary" to Todd!!
(When he mentioned how this tour would focus on the 90s and aughts now)
LMFAO 🎉😂
I can't wait to see him live!!🎸
Can’t get enough TODD! ⭐️⭐️⭐️. ✌🏽❤️🌏
Todd Rundgren is a freak of nature
Hello its me. Loved and love that song i was 20 years old
I love that song as much as I did the first time I heard it, all those decades ago.
I wanted so badly to come to your show. But I became disabled and it has changed my life. Missing you and Daryl is heartbreaking to me. ❤ you to infinity!!!
A true wizard... Mahalo for the music & evry!!🌺
He has such a beautiful voice in the 70s
I love Todd. Seen him many times in every decade from early ‘70s till the present.
Just love this interview
I think Todd underestimates the impact of "Hello, it's me" on "And Just Like that". I just checked and the song has 37million listens. Surely a song that touched viewers so deeply would coax them to listen to Todd's other works. Glad he's still rockin' and happy making music.
Yeah that show brought me back to Todd’s music . Those scenes made me break out in tears , cause of the song . Very much needed then … every time I listened to it .
Yes, "two hit wonders" rule! Well only one made the top 10, so let's call him a 1.5 hit wonder. How awesome.
Great guy! Outstanding composer & brilliant musician!
Producer first class!?!
I always love Todd's new ideas. Never heard anything from him I didn't like. Hope to see him in concert again! I might have to travel to do it. I saw him twice here in Vancouver. Once with Ringo Starr. He's looking good!
Please keep this going. I could listed for 3 more hours! Excellent interview!!!
Hard to believe he was 75 at the time. He looks fantastic for his age. I would have guessed 60s at most based on his appearance.
Great Interview! Always excited hearing what he's up to and hearing his new music.
HealingLoveALL
I love this interview! Can’t wait till April. We may have some new surprises.
Very nice man
The with a twist album has brought much joy. Taking your songs and putting them into bossa nova arraignments is genius. When you can take a song and put it into any genre and it still sounds good shows the value of that todd
I saw Todd in the Uk back in the 70's and I think it was at Friars Aylesbury. I also saw him outside LA a few years back at a club in Agora hills but was too stoned to remember. I am disappointed in myself as all I can really remember about the Friars show was his perspex, transparent guitar that had me mesmerised as it caught the light. Not proud as I love his music and his production of the Tubes' Remote control album was and still is, sublime.
I would really welcome any confirmation of my experience from anyone who wasn't smoking the same vegetation that I was.
Good interview. Nice to hear him so complimentary of Tommy Emanuel.
Totally special artist …
Nice to see Todd is still rockin it. :)
Australia is and always has been a smorgasbord of music nutz. Bands. Hippies, fun. The land of music, living life . Best of all you there and finding the personality that smacks the butt.
Todd is my favorite ever!
Baby Blue Thank God for Todd
I last saw him in a small club in Calgary , Canada circa 2012. He opened with a stellar version of Buffalo Grass that sent the three-hundred audience into cosmic consciousness. It was like he (and the band) performed for the gods. Had a moment to meet him and band in green room after the show. He spoke just as he speaks in this interview. He is bona-fide and as real as it gets imo. Thx for posting interview. What a pleasure.
I must say, the Liars record completely blew my mind.
The meme analogy is a great one. So true!
Just saw Todd. Unique dude. Unique music, his thinking and messaging is great
Love Todd and love Davey.
Nice interview!!
Glad there was some chat about his producer output. Love that Todd!👍🎶👍
Saw todd in Oklahoma City zoo amphitheater in late 70’s…he opened for Hall and Oates….acid days that I survived….great memories…later saw utopia in Dallas at a small venue and the guys that worked at the bar invited my friends and I to an after party at their house…met Todd and Roger and Kasim…later went to Kansas City for a show…grateful for the memories…..69 years old now lol
Hello Its Me was an instant hit
Love ❤️ Todd
Hey Todd I'm not too old to live anymore (I hope) LOL
Just an amazing extraordinary angel 😇 ❤
I wouldn't go that far
How nice is seeing real normal creative musician from other times. ❤
I saw Todd Rundgren in Copenhagen and it was a evening for life for my on a big lots a peoples in Odd Fellewpaleret.. A dream goes on forever so please com to denmark again
Hi Todd. I remember the french orange festival in early seventies. Great music
fromNAZZ TO RUNT BALLED SOMETHING AND ON AND ON TODD MELODY RUNDGREN IS STILL IS DOING HIS MUSIC -THANK GOODNESS!
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Such true comments Todd. Tell it like it is!
Get to see Todd tonight in Tucson! So excited!
Great Interview
Bought his aIbums in the early 70s and beyond becuse they were great. Most creative artist still alive. Just wish he would come to play in Brasil. (I get that he says "living on the past songs", but well worth checking out Utopia live 2018... for the ages.)
I love Todd. Have since S/A. His lifetime of music to me is a lot like my Scotch collection. Some bottles are approachable from the first sip; others have to be acquired; some I'll only drink when I must. lol
DAMN I LOVE HIS 70s stuff, but space out is good
Love the new glasses, Todd!
Band in Australia: Sex on Toast.
Todd has the brains, the talent, and the musical energy of a man decades younger.
Whenever I can I go see him or Utopia when he’s accessable.
13 times, so far
he is a legendary producer. though he's also a great songwriter.
Yup! Getting to know the stuff played last week!
First, Davy Lane's usual gig/band is called, You Am I. If you are unfamiliar fix that immediately!?! FANTASTIC songs and one of THE BEST live bands in current existence AND you don't have to go to a stadium to see them (although they certainly deserve to be in stadiums). Second, the "hope" that the music listening public will move from singles, Lil's, and hip-hop/rap is exactly that, hope...at best. The aforementioned You Am I is woefully unknown and don't count on seeing Lemon Twigs on SNL anytime soon. Meanwhile, Tay-tay will have yet four more mentally and emotionally stunted number one hits. AND full albums!?! Third, I don't know what Todd is on about here but he was most certainly credited as a Producer on Straight Up. Just checked my first pressing vinyl and double disc re-issue from the 90's. Clearly credited on the cover and the labels. 🤔 Lastly, he needs to do this exact format as a show...with anybody willing or on his own channel....but beefed-up to like VH1's old Behind The Music. He could do every second of two hours talking about how the hire came to be, how the sessions went, reflections and anecdotes, etc....for EVERY record of his own AND others AND it would be every bit the success (if not more) as Live at Daryl's. Especially while some of these artists/musicians are still alive 😬 He and Meatloaf kicking that off would have been pure gold. 😔 Front row tix to two shows in May. CAN'T WAIT!!! 🤩😍
i love Todd!!!😍😍😍
Hi Todd
I like the Ballad album best. And the Utopia stuff.
God said todd
Long Flowing Robe !!
Love love love that song!
What are your 24 US tour dates before going to Austrailia?
I wish to see Todd before he dies like the rest of the great artists of that era lol he was way ahead of his time fr and that’s the main thing most serious musicians want to be if not timeless.
Gilbert and Sullivan were todds listening experience as a kid. It seems to me that show tune music produces great rock
Im a Trump supporter, and I still love Todd! What an amazing creative man! Rock on!!!
Great interview. Articulate Todd as usual. Bat out of Hell to date has sold 43 Million copies and is certified 14× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It is also the best-selling album in Australia, having been certified 26× Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
You can add Seattle too!
You don’t need to appeal to Younger audiences but i guess You did when i first discovered You in 1989. I had no idea You’d made classics i could recognize but wasn’t particularly into because to us in our early 20’s then it was merely “old school”
I told my older brother i didn’t know You’d made that Bang on the Drum all Day song, and he said “oh Yeah!” so, right You are right there come to think of it! He knew, i didn’t and he wasn’t quite into ‘Nearly Human’ as i was. I for one was quite amused!
We used to buy record albums for just one song. Inagaddadavida
at least it was half that record!?!?🤣
I was excited to see Todd again here in Charleston SC. Was gonna get tickets. Its been over 30 years since I've seen him live. But, I just saw an old interview , where he said he doesn't want Trump supporters to attend. Guess I'll go somewhere else.
I'm not a Trump supporter but Todd needs to turn down this kind of talk because all it does is increase the divisiveness in the country, it's extremely unhelpful. There's good reasons why people (mostly working class) are drifting away from the Democrats & instead of engaging with those people Todd & others just ridicule & criticise them. Democrats (I used to vote Dem) pretend to love & accept everyone of any race, religion, gender, sexual oreference etc etc but if you dare vote Republican or are a Trump supporter they hate you. The hypocrisy is unreal. I don't vote either party now, I just hate the whole system nowadays tbh but I totally accept whatever someone chooses.
Hi #ToddRundgren 👋 How's Japan ? If Michelle comes down I can show her around Sydney ❤. Hope you're looking after the man 🧔🏼♀️ He's either getn blindsided or gazumped.🙀👀 The architecture of that ceiling is great. Stay sane 🤪 you guys.
Wonder if he reads these
I missed meeting him in Woodstock NY in 77
at Andy Robinson's house that was a studio by about 30 minutes 😞
Scott, what a gift to you. It's a shame that more people are unlucky enough to miss out on Todd. Love what he does, every time he does it.
I MEMORIZED HONEST WORK, and I'd sing it with 9 to 5, anything work related protest songs while pushing carts in an affluent neighborhood in texas.. And rich people love dolly partons 9 to 5 cause they assume its aspousing a good work ethic, but its about work being borderline slavery.. I love those songs, the ones that exploit peoples ignorance and stupidity..
You can ask for approval before they use your song. You have leverage. This is my business.
I've long had a feeling that Todd doesn't and might never know just how very loved he is.
I wonder what that's like, knowing that millions of strangers love the daylights out of you.
Never saw anyone pick his nose as much as Todd Rundgren, and he's done it on interviews for YEARS.
JOHNNY WINTER famously got big exposure with only singles and the Imperial LP to show for his efforts - rather a different situation - SRV likewise had only band recordings, but coulda woulda got an SNL booking as would Winter or their like
Is his name from Nord Europe?
Hard to believe people can use his music without paying licensing fees. (?) Wtf?
Todd is always scratching his nose..... I do that too. Makes me a little like him 😇
Non, les fans des débuts de la carrière de Todd (1970) ne sont pas MORTS car ils étaient et sont toujours plus jeunes que lui 🙂 C'est mon cas.
Beatles started Apple Records, cause the government would have taken a lot of their profit, starting a record company would let them keep more of their earnings..
...lol... an actual benefit of the RnR Hall of Fame induction....better touring guarantees:)
I wish that I could have spent an hour just talking with Todd. I don't like the label "fans". I am so lucky to "get it".
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100% agree with his taste about SNL musical guests. Ice Spice's T&A "performance" was embarrassing and sets women's rights back decades.
How about transwomen? Men who identify as women & compete in womens sports? How does that compare to a SNL performance with regards to women's rights?
Great artist, seems a little bitter though.
He did an interview on Marc Maron's podcast a number of years ago. After the interview Maron said something along the lines of "well there you have it my interview with Todd Rundgren, he was a bit prickly". 😂