Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren | The Midnight Special
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- December 7, 1973
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One of the most underrated talents in rock...that song is so timeless
I think you’re right. He has a great combination of song writing, lyric writing, and vocal performance. There’s also an emotional element that causes the listener to feel a certain way. I think he’s terrific.
There are many people who are less aware and appreciative of his music than they might ought to be.
Not any rock going on here
Nothing “Underrated” about this song, at all. Nor is Todd Rundgren. Sheesh, you forgot to mention “critically”.
People really need to stop saying artists are underrated when they're clearly not. He's in the R&R HOF...and on top of that, Hello It's Me, is from the double sided album, Something/Anything? which - (here is the copy and paste) "The album is divided into four sections focused on different stylistic themes; the first three parts were recorded in the studio with Rundgren playing all instruments and singing all vocals in addition to producing. The final quarter contained a number of tracks recorded live in the studio without any overdubs, save for a short snippet of archive recordings from the 1960s" - no one else has ever done.
I saw Todd Rundgren back in the day. It's worth being old now to have been young back then.
That is just so well said…so well said. I was born in 1971 and I am so thankful to have grown up and lived in the time where I did. The music is a big, big part of that.
Love that!
Well said.
Say that again 😂
Well said. Couldn't agree more
Hard to believe this song came out 50 years ago.
He's such an amazing songwriter. He and Carol King almost joined at the hip in that ability.
Fall of 1973. Riding around on a Friday or Saturday night with high school friend or friends listening to WLS Chicago. When AM radio reached from Chicago all the way to southern Missouri. Probably saw this live on The Midnight Special. Must watch TV for a high school kid in1973.
This is such a perfectly bittersweet song. Beyond the words, Todd's voice...I don’t know, just the right tone for this. He wrote a great song!😔💜
I always felt like this song came from a place of genuine hurt, that it was written about an incident from his life, and he was sharing his heartbeat with us 😢
This song really defines a sense of time, a sense of place and a sense of an era. I have so many good memories of this song, driving home on a hot, summer night. Riding in the back seat with the entire car bathed in the gentle incandescent light of the instrument panel…and then drifting off to sleep. I also think of That 70’s Show with Eric and Donna sitting on the hood of the VistaCruiser. Just a great, great song that hits all the feels from a special time in my life.
Man, the guy can sing.
I love just KNOWING they are singing live!
I love this performance to tears, this song is a 70's ultimate favorite!
This song originally came out in 1968 with Todd Rungrens band "The Nazz"
P.S. Check it out on TH-cam!
Todd's group Nazz had the original version of "Hello, It's Me" in 1968 which featured harmonies by the group but hands down Todd's solo version from 1973 is the ultimate one and a classic all the way.
*The Isley Brothers made this wonderful piece of songwriting into an R&B Soul CLASSIC **_Thanks to Mr. Rundgren_** & Cheers from **#CancúnMéxico* 💙🤘🏽🇲🇽
Wonderful song writing ✍🏿.
This song still stands the test of time. What a wonderful performance from a remarkable talent.
Such a great song. One of the classics from the 1970s. I saw Todd Rundgren live with Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band. Todd Rundgren is in my music collection too. What incredible artists and bands we had in the 1970s. Cheers! ✌️
It is a great song! I never get tired of it.
Hey Dwayne😃ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻
@@MrMegaFredZeppelinHello Fred! Cheers, and ROCK ON! 👋✌️
I love the song too, but whenever I've seen Todd in the last couple of decades he performs this song as if it's a big joke that he doesn't much like anymore.
Soooooooo true... nuf said. 😊
My Goodness I was only 12 at the time of this show , Too young to stay up on Friday Nights to watch it . Todd in the Glam look of the day , You don't realize how short life is until 50 years Zips by .
Oh!! So very true!!!
Amen to that!
A timeless master piece!
Kudos to the Midnight Special for hosting this great artist and his awesome and amazing music 🎶 🎵
I was in first grade when this song was everywhere on the radio. I still remember hearing it.
One of the most underrated great artists of all times
Who underrated him? Not you, not me, nobody I know.
@@joboiecruiser Hehe, they forgot to mention “critically”, too.
This is what was happening on my fourth birthday. I wish I had been born 20 years earlier.
Great song and Todd Rundgren is one of the great producers in rock.
Beautiful song, beautiful voice. ❤
Real music classes teaching classical music theory, instrumental, etc, must be brought back to the schools. It shows that it's sorely missing in our culture.
A Wizard a True Star
I love this song! ❤ Makes me think of the ones we loved and left behind on this journey we call life. I hope we have grown and learned from our experiences. I hope good things have come our way even though we have gone completely different ways in our lives.
Happy Wednesday... thank you for sharing! 💖
Any Rundgren fans who haven’t heard the album ‘Second Wind’ should give it a listen. It’s amazing.
Way ahead of his time especially with the coloured hair!
This song brings back so many memories. Namely, me going off to my first year of college in 1972. The whole album that this song was on was fantastic. It was called “Something/Anything“. On 3/4ths of the album, he played every instrument and sang every part on the record. Unforgettable.
Yes indeed. "Hello It's Me", "I Saw The Light", "Couldn't I Just Tell You" and "Black Maria" are just four of the great songs on "Something/Anything".
Fantastic song from the genius that is Todd Rundgren, I love him, he’s so gorgeous!
Really great chord progression, great song writing.
Love that the date of telecast is shown.
this guy is SO talented.
He got dumped by a girl and wrote the song from the perspective of the dumper. It takes a bit of genius to contort the world this way
Yes, I believe it was her dad who sprayed Todd with a water hose when he dropped her off at home.
All because of his long haired look,
poor Todd,,,😿,,,I’m sure it was heartbreakingly painful for him,
❤ What a fab tune! ❤
She must wear a badge , I dumped Todd Rundren before he was Todd Rundren .
If this song didn’t strike a chord within you. You have never been in a meaningful relationship.
Or maybe you just don’t appreciate bullshit music 😂
@@MStafford-lr9le You think this is "bullshit music"? The music is soulful, and the lyrics are meaningful. You're just trolling.
I'm there.
He's from Upper Darby PA. My cousin was from there but was killed in Vietnam.
My best friend knew Todd when they were kids. My friend grew up in Broomall, and his cousin went to school with Todd. They all used to hang out together sometimes. My friend said Todd was kinda weird even then, but kinda cool too. :) Such an amazing talent, we're lucky to have existed on this planet at the same time as musicians like Todd Rundgren.
@@HeatherS__ Yep, & David Bowie.
Todd has what I’d call a “beautiful voice.” I’m no singer but I’m guessing it’s difficult to start a song so high in your register. I think that’s what voice coaches might say. But he hits it on key and he’s off to the races from there. But of course there’s an emotional element to his lyrics as well. (At 0:50 I think he’s strays from the studio version but I like it. I’d have to go back and listen to the original again though. But I think he maybe jumps into his falsetto here. He definitely does at 1:34. But I think it must be really difficult for a male singer to stay in key so high in a falsetto. He’s right on track here. At 2:48 it sounds like a key change maybe? Perhaps a half-step? I’m lousy at reading sheet music nowadays though. And at 3:25 I think he pounds the keys a little harder on the live version.)
Todd "Ziggy Stardust"Rundgren.... just kidding... what an Awesomely amazing performance!!Mr Dilly.. Approved !!👍🎸😎❤️
GREAT！！！
Hearing this song on the way to the Drive-in Saturday night..😢
AN OLD CLASSIC, DONE WELL!! M.O'B
Got to finally see Todd with Ringo's All Star Band. He's still as good as back when this was recorded. :)
One incredibly talented artist.Love ya Todd!👌👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏
Great song!! 🎹
Classic, very classic. Gotta love the song.
I remember seeing this in commercials for song compilations. It was late 70's or early 80's and I was confused for a long time with the costume as you could not look anything up and the style of music was not easily available for a kid unless your parents were in the music scene. My step father called him a "whack job". I have yet to look it up. Still a great memory for me. Thanks for releasing it and for having this channel.
This guy is something special
Except those teeth. 🎃
@@ApplePie..Why are you comfortable & confident leaving such a superficial comment?
@@joniheisenbergunfortunately this is what people are fixated on these days..
Todd had written some very cool songs, this is a beautiful song in its own right
A musician of many talents. I love this song
3 mo.s after this, I met John Lennon at the Riviera
hotel in Las Vegas..those were the days!
Great talent.
The glam rock bit throws me, tho.
That was the day , Bowie , NY dolls
Great Post!
Such a beautiful tune. The outfit could have been a inspiration for Lady Gaga?? Just a thought lol
This is an amazing song
This is one of my favorite songs. 💌💝💖
I remember seeing this.
Aired on my 8th birthday!!
「サムシング・エニシング」は
永遠の名作。いや傑作だ
awesome. thanks for sharing
This is a great FUCKING SONG!
Goosebumps(2024)
Love Todd, especially his Utopia albums.
his girlfriend, Bebe Buell, called it his "Man-Eating Peacock outfit"
Haha, that’s funny, thanks!
I like his “style” here, as well as his natural teeth perfect is so very boring.
Liv Tylers mother Bebe is beautiful, I’ve always respected & admired Todd for raising her with love just like his own daughter would-should be treated.
His actions show his true character, a sweetheart.
@@KittyGrizGrizI've always felt the same way about Todd.☺️He's always cared so much about Liv, when Bebe & him were only trying to protect her from Steven Tyler's crazy world. The truth about her real father was bound to come out sometime. But I've always wondered how things would've gone if she hadn't found out. I know Bebe's tried to reach out to Todd many times in an attempt to remain friends, but he wants nothing to do with her. Like she's said, the balls been in his court for some time & there's nothing she can do.☮️
❤❤❤❤
Qué joya!!!
Iconic!!!!!
I had to look. I guess Todd’s still alive and kicking at 75. He was touring maybe 10 years ago but I don’t know if he still is. I’m sure it would be a great show though. (I had to look some more. Maybe he’s playing in El Cajon on June 25, 2024? It just says it’s a VIP ticket with no concert access so I’m guessing maybe it’s sold out. I don’t really go to concerts anymore since my arthritis doesn’t like it but I’d make an exception on this one.)
2018 & 2019:
I saw him play LIVE, in Chicago.
He, consistently, performed full-tour schedules, in recent years.
During the pandemic, he LIVESTREAMED, with his band.
@@mykingdomforak9thanks. I just saw he’s in El Cajon June 25. If you could get a ticket this would be a good one.
He's starting a new tour, if you're on Facebook he has a page that puts out info about his latest doings.
Todd will be playing June 26, 2024, at the Golden State Theatre, in Monterey, California. I have to be out of the area, or I'd be going.
famous song in year 70s my favourite
i turned 14 three weeks after this show aired i think i watched some of the last two seasons in portland or
Wonderful voice and... wig.
The instrumental is probably a recording but the vocals might be actually live.
Yeah I think he’s playing along to a playback. You can tell the piano is live because of certain accents he’s hitting with chords.
Vocals are definitely live, here; they’re different from the LP record.
🥰🥰❤️❤️👍👍
Todd Izz Godd!
❤🎶❤️🎶❤️
Todd is Godd.
🤘😎
Lo amo 😍
Ses disques sont durs à trouver en France.
Bebe Buell must have been a *massive* Pablo Picasso fan.
Boy he looks different 😊
God bless Todd. The cameraman is thinking: Wotta freak!
I saw him in concert just a couple of years ago. When he finally relented and performed this song he stood dead still in front of the microphone and dead voiced, dead panned through the entire song, to the boos of the audience.
As far as I'm concerned he didn't just ruin the song, he ruined the concert. Dozens of people got up and left. The lady next to me shouted "You SUKC!"
Before he was harassed by the tiny piccolo and that cheeky witch
LoL maybe he was Puffinstuff😂
@@robmatlock7675 read the lyrics to his song, Tiny Demons
Wow, it reads like a sequel to Pink Floyd's, "Brain Damage"
@@robmatlock7675 Todd's had a very interesting life; i'm thinking he's gained a bit of wisdom the hard way. But don't we all.
@@rosskstar I always say, "knowledge can be googled, pain distills knowledge into wisdom"
John Lennon wasn’t a fan of Todd. He nicknamed him Turd Runtgreen. May have been something personal there. He’s a good musician and songwriter.
Todd is a musical savant, John was a good collaborative writer.
And we never saw the Lisbon girls again
Wow, the gap between the outfit and the song is comic in scale...
I'm 2 years older than Todd
What is he wearing?
What’s going on in the eye area?
It’s called “Performance Art” 🎭
Overrated “Underrated” comments…incoming…😛
As a producer, Todd has worked on several classic albums that I like. As a solo artist, I find him "meh".
Elton John this is not. First listen but not doing it for me.
Todd is so much better than Elton John 😀
Todd was in a different class to Elton John.
@@Vinylathome utterly agree 💯
I wouldn't say much better. They are both really good Artists, but just in a different class. You can't compare apples to oranges.
He just may not be for you.
@@that70sgirl90
Exactly.
Folks shouldn't compare artists,
simply enjoy them, individually.
Todd shot his wad early in life. I saw him 7 years ago. He didn't do one song from his early years, was political on stage, and generally sucked. Big disappointment.
But his double record anthology album is full of great songs, no doubt.
😭😭😭Wahhh!!! Him no like Truuuump! 😭😭😭Wahhhh!
Todd can write popular pop songs in his sleep, he chose not to do that. I wish he didn't but it is what it is.
I saw him do 3-full sets, 2018 & 2019.
(Chicago House of Blues, and the Chicago Athenaeum Theater for Art)
Those 9 hours contained zero-political bs, whatsoever.
Definitely did not "suck", as you say.
Ringo Starr selected him for his All-Star Band, too.
Todd's livestreams, during the pandemic, proves he wasn't a "disappointment".
@@Jbones72 I have heard popular songs that suck and songs that didn't chart that were great. Todd's new material just isn't good. Popular has nothing to do with it.
@@mykingdomforak9 Our taste in musical performance differs. I can live with that.
Ah yes, the days before artists spread woke agendas, so great.