It's been said that forgiveness is not only for the person that hurts you, but more for you to continue to move on. Being the "bigger person" has nothing to do with height or weight.
No one has ever sounded like Todd Rundgren. His melodies, his rhythms are like no one else's. And no one has ever mined the emotions of a lost relationship the way this song does. Still relevant after all these years. That defines a classic.
If you ever seen Todd in concert back in the day , he was a total FREAK. A strange looking guy that played bizzare music. Most young people only no " Hello it's Me. "
I’ve performed this song since I first fell in love with it when it came out. I think there’s nothing quite like it. It very honestly expresses the hopeless wish for one ex-partner to retain something of a relationship and, very likely, for the other ex, the hopeless wish for a return to a love that is forever gone. Of course the deeply sad answer to the question is “No.“ And, as a composer and musician, the way the melody sits in the harmony, almost detached and lost, is incredibly poignant and matches the sentiment perfectly. Almost every note of it is an unresolved suspension yearning for a resolution that will never come. I know of no other piece of music that captures this tragic and all too common occurrence so genuinely. It is written from the point of view of the person who is breaking up with somebody else. And you can hear the sorrowful, gentle and comforting way they are trying to let the other person down as empathetically and carefully as possible. But, of course - it’s not possible. Why is it that two people can get as close as any two human beings can get, and then, when it falls apart, never be able to speak with or show any affection to each other ever again? It is as if to “fall in love’ is to always risk this cruel trap of fate: to be cast out forever from the warmth of love into the arctic of loneliness. Todd, you captured it perfectly, and thank you for that.
so PERFECTLY and BEAUTIFULLY analyzed and shared! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us. The words and music haunt SO MANY of its listeners and it's nice to know from your well-expressed reaction to both that we all share a major commonality in this song. heartfelt thanks for your words!
Beautiful. The saddest song I have ever heard. I have to give it a big thumbs up in spite of this sentiment. Thought provoking, moving and very inpiring. People who are not moved by this have no heart or compassion.
@@deborahburdette7146 Let’s hope so. It sickens me that he and others like Carole King haven’t been in for years. Those two I’ve named have more musical talent collectively (not to mention being great people) than 98% of the current members put together as one.
He is giving a show in the area at the time of the ceremony but says he won’t attend. He says he will stop the show and do a remote link to accept the honor. He has pretty much always despised the rock hall but says he will accept because he knows his fans so badly want this honor for him. So he will accept for his fans.
Todd Rundgren is indeed the total package. His talents musically can leave u in awe. IMO, this is by far his best song bcuz it is put together so beautifully that it achieves to communicate the raw emotion & pain that we have all felt in relationships. Although I believe most people would rather not re-live the memories of lost love & insist on healing & just looking fwd. Although I totally understand this way of coping, I completely disagree. And every time I hear this song, I let it take me by the hand & bring me to revisit the memories of lovers from my past. And I feel fortunate that I was able to maintain a friendship w/most of my past lovers. I always insisted on staying friends w/these women bcuz that's just the way I'm built. Just bcuz a relationship fails doesn't mean I can just undue my love for a woman. That's something I can't turn off. It stays deep within me & it is eternal. I made sure that every woman I ever loved understood that about me. And regardless of how bitter our break-up might have been, I cherish the opportunity to still be a part of their lives.
I was so glad to see Todd for the 1st time just over a week ago in Dallas. Though his voice was hurtin it was still great to be a part of that evening.
Todd was a "different cat" from day 1, He always however, wrote from the HEART! Something that's sorely missed in today's music(use that word loosely). This song is still a classic! How many of today's "hits" will stand the 40 yr. test of time? A
Genius song...lyrics, melody, & chords. Also the keyboard method for the verses are genius as they teeter of those same 2 chords while the bass walks down. Brilliant. Beautiful & tearfully sad song.
sugarbear2753 OMG!!!!! I looooove this song!!! So beautiful and sad. Todd's vocals are unbelievable. The background la la las are so ethereal. Today's so-called music can't hold a candle to this!! A classic!!! Thank you for posting this!!!!
The one great thing you can hope for is friendship when it ends...Some cannot weather a storm when you have bad things going on so ,maybe at least friendship. Can we still be friends Marc?
"Vanilla Sky" is a very under-appreciated movie; interesting character interaction, good lines, great sound-track, interesting visuals and the stunning Penelope Cruz. I love the way Penelope says: "I'm a dental assistant." and "Not bad at all." I also love what Julie says to David in the car before she crashes it: "Don't you know that when you sleep with someone, your body makes a promise whether you do or not?!" If more people today understood this we'd have a lot fewer problems in our culture
Heard this on Dumb and Dumber and I was with a girl who meant a lot to me but drugs were taking me over and this song meant everything to me.. we were watching it on VCR in 2017 and I remembered thinking how much I loved her yet how tortured I was in my abuse and suffice it to say a month later I left her...idk what I was thinking but I do think it was a huge mistake because she knew me on so many levels and before we were lovers we were best friends...this song will forever be in my heart
This got me through many a rough time. My favorite Rundgren song is Hello It's Me. Have left it one answering machine's to see how well people know me.
In fact, I just subbed to your channel because you totally captured the feeling of the song in the middle with the 'stark empty cold barren' landscape visual. Excellent work interpreting the feeling
This is just such a perfect song. The song is generally assumed to be about Rundgren's breakup with long-time companion Bebe Buell in 1977. Buell was famous for dating popular musicians. She is the mother of Liv Tyler after having a brief relationship with Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler.
Yes Kim we can still be friends. Time and healing needed right now, but we will come out the other side as friends for all time. Kindest regards and Much love.
A Great Sound Quality Upload of a GREAT Song! Great Video with Todd Rundgrens Great Lyrics ! You did absolutely Great for me and many Todd Rundgren Fans cyberman000051 ! Thank You !
Special to me, as I did a favor for Big Steve of New Paltz- now deceased- and put test miles on Todd's Lotus Espirit., for Steve's family B.M.W. dealership. Great car; greater MUSICIAN: I sang HIS songs, in his MACHINE! And, I have chops...Vocals and 6 speed . Bearsville, "Little Bear"... I miss it all: timeless Todd Rundgren !!! Todd's music filled the dorms at Stony Brook University (along w/the "Brothers"), in the years I spent there. The soundtrack of our lives...FOREVER!
wow ang malupit na uploader ng youtube gumana na naman ang pagiging mr romantico. hehehe. dati ko na rin naririnig ang sa radio ang kantang 'to kaya pamilyar na ako. great post again utol.
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Note that Todd Rundgren played ALL instruments and sang ALL vocal parts on this track. Pretty amazing.
Love this song
Ditto ❤
It's been said that forgiveness is not only for the person that hurts you, but more for you to continue to move on. Being the "bigger person" has nothing to do with height or weight.
No one has ever sounded like Todd Rundgren. His melodies, his rhythms are like no one else's. And no one has ever mined the emotions of a lost relationship the way this song does. Still relevant after all these years. That defines a classic.
Made me cry 49 years after the first cut, 😢 😭 the deepest.
One of the most profound and beautiful songs I’ve ever heard -thank you Todd
Todd, you created a memorable, moving, masterpiece! God bless you forever!
Remembering someone who no longer remembers me 😪
Wow.......that's a helluva analogy, I'm grateful for the perspective.
Todd is a genius what great lyrics this song makes me cry every time I hear it
If you ever seen Todd in concert back in the day , he was a total FREAK. A strange looking guy that played bizzare music. Most young people only no " Hello it's Me. "
You just don't feel the heart anymore like the old days. Can't be touched today
Memories of old lovers never completely go away...i hope they never do.
Todd is genius ! And Genuinely a kind person & musician who finally was finally given recognition. I adore 🥰 him !!!!!
I’ve performed this song since I first fell in love with it when it came out. I think there’s nothing quite like it. It very honestly expresses the hopeless wish for one ex-partner to retain something of a relationship and, very likely, for the other ex, the hopeless wish for a return to a love that is forever gone. Of course the deeply sad answer to the question is “No.“ And, as a composer and musician, the way the melody sits in the harmony, almost detached and lost, is incredibly poignant and matches the sentiment perfectly. Almost every note of it is an unresolved suspension yearning for a resolution that will never come. I know of no other piece of music that captures this tragic and all too common occurrence so genuinely. It is written from the point of view of the person who is breaking up with somebody else. And you can hear the sorrowful, gentle and comforting way they are trying to let the other person down as empathetically and carefully as possible. But, of course - it’s not possible. Why is it that two people can get as close as any two human beings can get, and then, when it falls apart, never be able to speak with or show any affection to each other ever again? It is as if to “fall in love’ is to always risk this cruel trap of fate: to be cast out forever from the warmth of love into the arctic of loneliness. Todd, you captured it perfectly, and thank you for that.
so PERFECTLY and BEAUTIFULLY analyzed and shared! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us. The words and music haunt SO MANY of its listeners and it's nice to know from your well-expressed reaction to both that we all share a major commonality in this song. heartfelt thanks for your words!
@@nancyprescott8214 Yeah, really
Dang, that's great
@@elizabethreed5648 Thanks. These thoughts are totally from my heart. Some works of art capture their subject perfectly. This is one of them.
@@elizabethreed5648 I’m glad you liked my comment. I’ve been inside this situation and I’ve been inside this song. I meant every word.
when you talk about Todd Rundgren , you're talking about a legend .
This song could be put on the radio today and become a hit all over again.- God gets you in the heart every time....
Beautiful. The saddest song I have ever heard. I have to give it a big thumbs up in spite of this sentiment. Thought provoking, moving and very inpiring. People who are not moved by this have no heart or compassion.
It's a song of pain, but also of hope ... and it is truly outstanding...
A bit of advice to anybody in this situation...walk away! Do not be friends with the other person. The pain will be inevitable and everlasting!
God I get so melancholy for my youth when I hear this music. It seems a world away and life was sooooooooo easy!
This song is pure genius, turns me to goo every time
I get to hear it. Thank you cyberman!
what make Rungren brilliant is this could have been the most sugar pop song but it is not, it is deep and sophisticated will still highly emotional.
This song is eternal
How is this guy not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when Janet Jackson and Ricky Nelson are?? It’s criminal!!
He's finally about to be! Next upcoming ceremony - way overdue.
@@deborahburdette7146 Let’s hope so. It sickens me that he and others like Carole King haven’t been in for years. Those two I’ve named have more musical talent collectively (not to mention being great people) than 98% of the current members put together as one.
He is giving a show in the area at the time of the ceremony but says he won’t attend. He says he will stop the show and do a remote link to accept the honor. He has pretty much always despised the rock hall but says he will accept because he knows his fans so badly want this honor for him. So he will accept for his fans.
Reminds me of this girl that rejected me but not a day goes by were I don’t think of her she’s gone now.😢
Some things are forever
Todd Rundgren is the total package when, it comes to music!
Clayton139 Agreed. Now, if the people who vote for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees would realize this truth.
Clayton139 -Todd Rundgren and Brian Wilson are two of the greatest American composers of the 20th and 21st Centuries.
Todd Rundgren is indeed the total package. His talents musically can leave u in awe. IMO, this is by far his best song bcuz it is put together so beautifully that it achieves to communicate the raw emotion & pain that we have all felt in relationships. Although I believe most people would rather not re-live the memories of lost love & insist on healing & just looking fwd. Although I totally understand this way of coping, I completely disagree. And every time I hear this song, I let it take me by the hand & bring me to revisit the memories of lovers from my past. And I feel fortunate that I was able to maintain a friendship w/most of my past lovers. I always insisted on staying friends w/these women bcuz that's just the way I'm built. Just bcuz a relationship fails doesn't mean I can just undue my love for a woman. That's something I can't turn off. It stays deep within me & it is eternal. I made sure that every woman I ever loved understood that about me. And regardless of how bitter our break-up might have been, I cherish the opportunity to still be a part of their lives.
I was so glad to see Todd for the 1st time just over a week ago in Dallas. Though his voice was hurtin it was still great to be a part of that evening.
Such a lovely song. Todd, thank you so much.
Beautiful song🌹 yet so sad, we've all been through this 😢
This is a sweet, sad old song!
Beautiful ,think everyone can relate to this song.
Todd was advanced..........luv this song!
Great Song, hard to beat the 1970;s song
I happen to watch vanilla sky and heard this song & remembered how much I liked it
Crying ..this hurts so bad
Another classic from long ago. What memories
Todd was a "different cat" from day 1, He always however, wrote from the HEART! Something that's sorely missed in today's music(use that word loosely). This song is still a classic! How many of today's "hits" will stand the 40 yr. test of time? A
Haunting, deep, sad & hopeful. The scene in Vanilla Sky was SO intense because of this song. It gave me chills
It's that feeling of her not having the same feelings even though you know it won't work
Just went through that after 5 years. Acquaintances now, not entirely friends. She still lives next door. I'm ok though having woken up.
Inspiring lyrics ..Still listening to his song..Thanks Todd.
wow awesome song very impressive music .. first heard it in vanilla sky movie and never forgot it ever since
Of course , we can still be friends...hahaha
sagot yun...hehe
galing galing ni JLC...
woooohhhh...
Keep it up
I'm so glad Cameron Crowe is so big into music. He knows the perfect songs to elevate the importance of emotion in movie scenes.
A pure artist super sound my era the best thank you Todd
DiAnna. Has it really been 39 years. Where are you now that the frost is forming on our lives?
Genius song...lyrics, melody, & chords. Also the keyboard method for the verses are genius as they teeter of those same 2 chords while the bass walks down. Brilliant. Beautiful & tearfully sad song.
Very touching in Todd's inimitable way. "We awoke from our dream..."
sugarbear2753
OMG!!!!! I looooove this song!!! So beautiful and sad. Todd's vocals are unbelievable. The background la la las are so ethereal. Today's so-called music can't hold a candle to this!! A classic!!! Thank you for posting this!!!!
going thru this same feeling with my soon to be ex husband... hope we can still be friends
:(
a BIG thank you. glad you like it.
Vanilla sky is the best movie Ever this song bring tears To my eyes Good times with this song love it
The one great thing you can hope for is friendship when it ends...Some cannot weather a storm when you have bad things going on so ,maybe at least friendship.
Can we still be friends Marc?
This song is hauntingly beautiful
Well, it's one of my favorites, and I play it on the piano whenever I get the chance
"Vanilla Sky" is a very under-appreciated movie; interesting character interaction, good lines, great sound-track, interesting visuals and the stunning Penelope Cruz. I love the way Penelope says: "I'm a dental assistant." and "Not bad at all." I also love what Julie says to David in the car before she crashes it: "Don't you know that when you sleep with someone, your body makes a promise whether you do or not?!" If more people today understood this we'd have a lot fewer problems in our culture
Lloyd Christmas brought me here
Tony Stark Poor Lloyd
02:43 - "The business of life is the accumulation of memories." - Mr Carson, 'Downton Abbey'
I'd, never, heard this; great song!
Don Crabbe 😳😯 Now, Aren’t you glad you have? ☺️
Such an uplifting break-up song. Moving vocals too.
I like the lala instrumental, it is the hurt and the emotions when your soul tie tears between you and another person. The pain...,
Thanks for the lyrics !!!!!!
Heard this on Dumb and Dumber and I was with a girl who meant a lot to me but drugs were taking me over and this song meant everything to me.. we were watching it on VCR in 2017 and I remembered thinking how much I loved her yet how tortured I was in my abuse and suffice it to say a month later I left her...idk what I was thinking but I do think it was a huge mistake because she knew me on so many levels and before we were lovers we were best friends...this song will forever be in my heart
Go get her.
A VCR in 2017, LOL, I know you were doing bad, LOL.
I heard it on there as well last night and have played this song at 20 times so far
Thank you ❤ Your visuals so complement this song it had another depth to the music and lyrics.
i love this song by Todd Rundgren
very underated song
Vanilla sky brought me here
love this song, and the peculiarly haunting rythym...
This got me through many a rough time. My favorite Rundgren song is Hello It's Me. Have left it one answering machine's to see how well people know me.
Fantastic Classic
This song reminds me of my sister when she committed suicide right about the time it came out 1979. Beautiful song!! 💕💕💕💕💕
I love this song❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
My favorite movie brought me here........Vanilla Sky! Great song in an amazing movie
I love this song...I don't know why but when I listen to this song
tears streaming down my cheeks
Love what you did with the visuals there like 'time for the wheel to turn' with seasons beautiful
In fact, I just subbed to your channel because you totally captured the feeling of the song in the middle with the 'stark empty cold barren' landscape visual. Excellent work interpreting the feeling
thanks a lot southern mediator for those nice words. enjoy!
GREAT CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS LYRICS !!
This is just such a perfect song. The song is generally assumed to be about Rundgren's breakup with long-time companion Bebe Buell in 1977. Buell was famous for dating popular musicians. She is the mother of Liv Tyler after having a brief relationship with Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler.
Very nice!!
nip/tuck brought me here...they played some really good music.
nice old songs
Yes Kim we can still be friends. Time and healing needed right now, but we will come out the other side as friends for all time. Kindest regards and Much love.
this song reminds me of bf way back in college..good song to reminiscence of your past..==)
Love this!
Excellent audio on this masterpiece... Good job on the lyrics... Nice video... and Great taste in music... Bravo, Cyberman !!
Dumb and Dumber and Vanilla Sky were the reasons why I came here
OMG I JUST WATCHED DUMB AND DUMBER 🤣
Dumb and dumber used to be my favorite movie to watch and vanilla sky is a great movie too it’s Tom cruises best movie for sure
I’m here because of After Life hehe
he says "can we still be friends"
but his tone suggests that he knows they can't.
todd is awesome!
haunting, deep, for those who have been there
thanks a lot
A Great Sound Quality Upload of a GREAT Song! Great Video with Todd Rundgrens Great Lyrics ! You did absolutely Great for me and many Todd Rundgren Fans cyberman000051 ! Thank You !
the memories hurts
Yes memories do hurt 😢😢💔
love how you did this video to one of my fave todd songs, great job
It was on vanilla sky (weird attachment to that movie) towards the end when he was freaking out on the ""stairs"....#noteveryonewillgetit
ganda ng song na to pati message :")
another great post tol as always!!
gudnyt there!!
Blue and Grey hues in the video work well to convey the mood.
I can definitely relate to this song right now... damn... >_
Special to me, as I did a favor for Big Steve of New Paltz- now deceased- and put test miles on Todd's Lotus Espirit., for Steve's family B.M.W. dealership. Great car; greater MUSICIAN: I sang HIS songs, in his MACHINE! And, I have chops...Vocals and 6 speed . Bearsville, "Little Bear"... I miss it all: timeless Todd Rundgren !!! Todd's music filled the dorms at Stony Brook University (along w/the "Brothers"), in the years I spent there. The soundtrack of our lives...FOREVER!
@Ninevah77 80s' music is the best era i guess. thanks anyway for watching.
Very bittersweet
Niptuck lol. This song reminds me of my ex. The lyrics go with the situation so well. Beautiful song, and catchy, love it.
Come forward in time and watch him as a proper grown-up, singing this with Daryl Hall on 'Live from Daryl's House' a year or two ago.
wow ang malupit na uploader ng youtube gumana na naman ang pagiging mr romantico. hehehe. dati ko na rin naririnig ang sa radio ang kantang 'to kaya pamilyar na ako. great post again utol.
The best!
@MonsterlyInLoveII thank you so much "maestro"
I miss you! Cant forget you.