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Outstanding interview. Likely the best TR interview I have ever heard. That says a lot because I've been a fan since 1973. Great questions; you allowed TR to answer without interrupting; you made the interview about him and not you; and [thank friggin goodness] you didn't ask him to retell his life story yet again. Well done ! Thank you so much for this.
Totally agree - well researched and informed questions, giving TR ample room to answer expansively. I'm totally blown away at the depth of knowledge - and open curiosity - Todd Rundgren brings to his music and producing.
I’m a little curious about the thought process that led Todd to incorporate the cool tape flanging effect into the GFR guitar solo in The Locomotion, and what everyone thought the first time they heard it back in the studio.
Ive enjoyed these Sweetwater interviews. Excellent Interviewing skills and I always appreciate how the Host stays out of the way unlike the majority of talking heads in Media these days. Enjoyed this Todd Rundgren interview. Had heard he was a on the arrogant pompous side from artists who have worked with him but he seemed like a personable enough bloke in this piece. He was spot on about letting the subconscious do the heavy lifting in the creative process. Guess Ill get back to my Chord Melody arrangement of Hello Its Me now . LOL . Aloha and Mahalo!
Todd your so amazing , I'm 65 n been listening to your art since my acid days in Jr high, keep being you. Jim McCallum Utah. Aka that1jim or yonot . Todd a true wizard and true star
What a brilliant guy! The thing that he said about doing things intuitively really resonated with me. He made me realize that the best things are usually things that come from intuition as opposed to cognitive thought. I would even go so far as to say that more often than not I ruin things sometimes by over-thinking them. Thanks Todd! :-)
Thank you for this great interview. As someone else said, meant so much to not have Todd interrupted & no doubt he TRuly appreciated that too. #teamrundgren
@@henrystewart3882 Thanks. I perused Space Force. Seems like a crumpled up version of Todd, unravelled but still there. Lots of older "influences", much like his later albums.
I remember listening to a buddy's reel to reel tape he made of when he and some friends were jamming with Todd Rundgren. I remember he was improvising a song. Something about this girl falling out of a car and getting bit by a snake? 😁😁😁
I'll bet the current "rut" Todd is referring to, is the rap/hip hop GARBAGE......"rappers" cannot play an instrument, cannot sing, and when they try to attempt what they consider singing, they can't sing a single note on pitch without the auto tune garbage. Whoever invented auto tune should be locked up in jail. They are NOT musicians. They are helpless without a beatbox and auto tune. I've seen TR perform twice, He is amazing. Been a fan of his since high school, a LONG time ago. Thank You Todd for all the great music you've given us!
I would like to buy a product that will allow the listener to listen and isolate the individual tracks. Its very interesting to hear all of the cool music hidden in a finished performance.
Todd gets 4a interial Vision b4 putting on his ( so fine #)++!^1=&+ideal tools,Gives it Back!!Where would Life Be ?? Without him???*&Todd Rundgren!!!!°°
This is his house in Kuai Hawaii. It's an amazing place. Daryl Hall did a live from Daryls House there. Give it a watch and see this great mansion that Todd calls home.
@@jaques611 thousands of his fans are proud conserative veterans like myself. he would be much better off keeping his left wing politics off the stage. people pay for a concert, not a lecture
I think Todd is just being authentic and consistent to what his music has always been about, such as bringing different people together, instead of dividing people according to difference. That's the spirit of harmony.
@@famednacclaimed5336 Rundgren's Boomer politics aside, Marxists(like the under age 40 ones we see today), have *never* been on the right side of history. 100 million dead bodies(possibly more but China will never release how many died in Mao's Cultural Revolutions) since the 1919 Bolsheviks, is a mark of infamy that will never be lived down by the Left. Which is exactly why it needs to be stopped in its tracks in the West.
@@kathxtantp1580 funny you say “boomer politics” while literally talking like someone from The 1950s who’s deep in the middle of the red scare lol ignoring the fact that the most happy & successful nations today use policies considered “socialist” by American standards , criticizing someone as immoral & dishonest as trump isn’t the same thing as a full throated endorsement of Marxism & Todd has never gone on record in support of anything such
Thanks for checking out this interview with Todd Rundgren! Stay up on the latest from GearFest, the music industry, and the best studio gear by hitting those like and subscribe buttons!
Outstanding interview. Likely the best TR interview I have ever heard. That says a lot because I've been a fan since 1973. Great questions; you allowed TR to answer without interrupting; you made the interview about him and not you; and [thank friggin goodness] you didn't ask him to retell his life story yet again. Well done ! Thank you so much for this.
Totally agree - well researched and informed questions, giving TR ample room to answer expansively. I'm totally blown away at the depth of knowledge - and open curiosity - Todd Rundgren brings to his music and producing.
Loved his Beatles covers album.
Legend -
with songs that are a part of the fabric of popular music
It’s a short list and he’s on it-
This guy has to stay alive forever. What an enlightened mind.
Big Todd fan. If you get the chance, go see him live, you will love it!
I’m a little curious about the thought process that led Todd to incorporate the cool tape flanging effect into the GFR guitar solo in The Locomotion, and what everyone thought the first time they heard it back in the studio.
"We're definitely in a musical doldrums right now." So true Todd, so true. Pop music in particular has never been so banal.
Great Todd...you're an utopia for the modern music...still the BEST...!!!
I love him so much! I cry everytime I see him. 😭
I can't help it...
Hello Kristine. Please Don’t Cry, I Will Be By, If You Want Me To Try 🌸💐😊💕
I'm late to the party here but I feel you. Every time I hear "Can we still be friends" I immediately cry. It's just so beautiful.
talent will shine
Ive enjoyed these Sweetwater interviews. Excellent Interviewing skills and I always appreciate how the Host stays out of the way unlike the majority of talking heads in Media these days. Enjoyed this Todd Rundgren interview. Had heard he was a on the arrogant pompous side from artists who have worked with him but he seemed like a personable enough bloke in this piece. He was spot on about letting the subconscious do the heavy lifting in the creative process. Guess Ill get back to my Chord Melody arrangement of Hello Its Me now . LOL . Aloha and Mahalo!
Todd has always been ahead of time, especially technically
Nice Todd. Thank you. Hope to see you soon.
Todd your so amazing , I'm 65 n been listening to your art since my acid days in Jr high, keep being you.
Jim McCallum Utah. Aka that1jim or yonot .
Todd a true wizard and true star
Great interview letting Todd (the genius) do the talking.
What a brilliant guy! The thing that he said about doing things intuitively really resonated with me. He made me realize that the best things are usually things that come from intuition as opposed to cognitive thought. I would even go so far as to say that more often than not I ruin things sometimes by over-thinking them. Thanks Todd! :-)
Todd Rungren always "strikes while the iron is hot"!!!
Thank you for this great interview. As someone else said, meant so much to not have Todd interrupted & no doubt he TRuly appreciated that too. #teamrundgren
Thanks for sharing- big fan - ☕️🤠👍
One of my favorite polymaths.
Boy I really like Mitch...he's a musician's musician...he asks the right questions.
Todd 🧡
This guy really is a Wizard
Fantastic interview , yay
Note to Todd: Stay unique, stay pure, stay Todd. Please don't "collaborate". Please don't dilute Todd. Love ya, buddy. Have forever.
his newest album Space Force has Steve Vai, Rick Nielsen, and Rivers Cuomo on it, but its still very genuinely Todd esque
@@henrystewart3882 Thanks. I perused Space Force. Seems like a crumpled up version of Todd, unravelled but still there. Lots of older "influences", much like his later albums.
I remember listening to a buddy's reel to reel tape he made of when he and some friends were jamming with Todd Rundgren. I remember he was improvising a song. Something about this girl falling out of a car and getting bit by a snake? 😁😁😁
i was a radioman in navy in early sevetnies so know about teletype and the tape we used was cool
TODD IS GODD.
love love this
I'll bet the current "rut" Todd is referring to, is the rap/hip hop GARBAGE......"rappers" cannot play an instrument, cannot sing, and when they try to attempt what they consider singing, they can't sing a single note on pitch without the auto tune garbage. Whoever invented auto tune should be locked up in jail. They are NOT musicians. They are helpless without a beatbox and auto tune. I've seen TR perform twice, He is amazing. Been a fan of his since high school, a LONG time ago. Thank You Todd for all the great music you've given us!
Really great to hear these insights.
Interesting video, my nose 👃 is itchy now too!
Hello.....its me.....from Brasil..!!!!...Love u Todd.....!!!...❣
Love him!
I would like to buy a product that will allow the listener to listen and isolate the individual tracks. Its very interesting to hear all of the cool music hidden in a finished performance.
AI seems to be able to do that.
like most nazz fans i am hoping that a live nazz album would be released..please todd, help us out..there must be something.
Todd needs to get back into the Nyro groove and revive that kind of vocalization medley and reach that Laura taught him..... I think so, anyway. 😂
Todd gets 4a interial
Vision b4 putting on his ( so fine #)++!^1=&+ideal tools,Gives it Back!!Where would Life Be ?? Without him???*&Todd Rundgren!!!!°°
cooooooooooooooool
Whatever happened to Butters?
Todd Rundgren! I WANT TO MARRY HIM!
He's been married for a long time.
@@susanbezio1529 I know
So no one has noticed that he's in a hobbit type house ?😁🤘
This is his house in Kuai Hawaii. It's an amazing place. Daryl Hall did a live from Daryls House there. Give it a watch and see this great mansion that Todd calls home.
Did he read Carl Jung ?
Who's smarter than Todd? No one!
he's great in music. makin big mistake in politics
@@muskybob8726 in what way?
@@jaques611 thousands of his fans are proud conserative veterans like myself. he would be much better off keeping his left wing politics off the stage. people pay for a concert, not a lecture
It's great if Todd stuck w/just music.
But now to me - and I'm sure many others - he is nothing but a political flunky.
Trump fans are flunkys, literally. Most of his base is uneducated. Todd is smart & on the right side of history
Because he has a different view to yours & expresses it in a democracy? What's the problem?
I think Todd is just being authentic and consistent to what his music has always been about, such as bringing different people together, instead of dividing people according to difference.
That's the spirit of harmony.
@@famednacclaimed5336 Rundgren's Boomer politics aside, Marxists(like the under age 40 ones we see today), have *never* been on the right side of history. 100 million dead bodies(possibly more but China will never release how many died in Mao's Cultural Revolutions) since the 1919 Bolsheviks, is a mark of infamy that will never be lived down by the Left. Which is exactly why it needs to be stopped in its tracks in the West.
@@kathxtantp1580 funny you say “boomer politics” while literally talking like someone from
The 1950s who’s deep in the middle of the red scare lol ignoring the fact that the most happy & successful nations today use policies considered “socialist” by American standards , criticizing someone as immoral & dishonest as trump isn’t the same thing as a full throated endorsement of Marxism & Todd has never gone on record in support of anything such