December 19, 2009 08:00 PM
C&L's Late Night Music Club With Todd Rundgren
Ok, so I was feeling a little melancholy this evening. Sue me. I wanted to post something that took me back to a certain place in time and this version of "Hello It's Me" from 1973 fit the bill.
Todd Rundgren is a unique and underrated artist. His work with Nazz and Utopia was good, but I always preferred his solo work. I enjoy listening to all kinds of music, but have found myself in a 70's, mellow mode as of late. Maybe it's the holidays?
Rocking the house over at our sister site Newstalgia this weekend are
He also wrote one of the greatest accapella songs of all time 'Mighty Love'
"Mighty Love" is a great song, but Todd didn't write it. The Spinners' version is one of Thom Bell's greatest arrangements.
Love Todd though. "Hermit of Mink Hollow," "Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren," and "Faithful" especially!
the full Peter Gabriel costuming and make up at that time. Ah the good old days!
Hasa Diga Eebowai
a lot of production work too.
Be as you wish to seem
It would be interesting to know how much he made just from Meatloaf's "Bat Out of Hell."
That's how much he made.
He still takes drummer Prairie Prince wherever he goes. And remember Todd every summer playing at the Philadelphia Zoo.
these tunes used to fly out of the AM radio back in Jr high... loveit!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHzOiGAMJls
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Thanks, earl!
I always loved that song, even tho it was considered a little too pop ...
So strange, cause I just worked up an acoustic version of it for my little 4 piece group ...
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Cool!
... Our 7 piece Corporate function Disco/R&B group has faded away so I'm doing little projects with some friends, and trying out a wierd solo '40's style Swing thing where I play everything:
http://www.myspace.com/svingabrothers
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I like your style, earl!
you ARE a lady indeed! :)
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Heard this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA3lTf-lh6E
Brian Setzer "Sleepwalk"
One of my all time faves...
Yes that Setzer clip is amazing, I actually had posted it a few weeks ago when someone was slagging him for being a no talent or something ... the live versions of Sleepwalk with the whole BS Orchestra are great but the solo version really shines.
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Thanks, ezdukowski!
just finished shoveling, Round One ... 20cm in Peggys Cove so far ...but its beautiful!
How about some Christmas music to all from a very talented family:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meIP7qAngsQ&fe...
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What a beautiful song. Thanks!
Happy shovelling! ;)
Heres Lucy's beautiful version of Auld Lang Syne ... :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GseblTKvBGE&fe...
(note the altered melody ...awesome).
Aw what the hell ...heres another classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf9USBAxDks&fe...
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Those are wonderful tunes. Thanks, earl!
ps, Black Watch tartan is my fave;)
Clanranald (Outer Hebrides) is mine.
http://www.lindaclifford.com/MacDonClanr.html
Ok since we are on the subject ... Paul McCartney was here in July and Mull of Kintyre was AWESOME!
He brought out the 78th Highlanders from the Halifax Citadel. They marched down the hill beside me ... 60,000 people LOST IT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvO5NwxqPuY&fe...
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That gave me goosebumps!
Paul McCartney and the 78th Highlanders performing together is truly special. I wish I could've been there to see it in person.
Thanks, earl :)
they had lots of cameras onsite so I'm hoping there is a DVD in the works ... it would be perfect and I'm not a huge McCartney fan...
So Ms C., what is your musical choice for the evening?
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I've always liked this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jrJ5mcCshw
That is the greatest. It really is to me. Stan Getz's sax ... did you know Astrid did not even speak english? ...she learned it phonetically? and Jobim was the greatest ... so ...how about the legacy ...
Bebel Gilberto?
... the coolest music ever!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J71FLwVNps8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hx21knmj7w&NR=1
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That is beautiful music!
Thanks so much. I love it :)
by Lord Buckley-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHPrNCQQBvY
Lord Buckley's "The Nazz"-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE-__Fi9NTM&fe...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhra2rY7iTU
this health care scam come to think about it.
Rundgren's still got it! Good to see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_ZAlf2_h14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOLrZar3XRE&fe...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlkx_cIqtE
Flogging Molly - Rebels of the Sacred Heart.
Wodan Heerst
Willie Nelson, Little Dealer Boy (with special guest Stephen Colbert)
"... and let not mankind bogart love."
Corruption favors the wealthy.
Willie Nelson is the best! This is my new fave Christmas song.
Thanks, fiver!
Where is the puke bucket?
*throw up*
(i hate christmas songs)
Wodan Heerst
... it's not typical.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
I gave Rachmaninoff a try. IMO, he sucks but everything below that is shite. You want me to be all jolly and crap?
For realz?
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Corruption favors the wealthy.
Underrated ?
Don't feel bad Logan, I felt the need to post Bob Dylan's "Memphis Blues Again" on my FB. Some stuff just never gets old and this Todd Rundgren song is one of my favorites. Think I'll listen to it again. Thanks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAAuUK1zwgU&fe...
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fJQeCBErYQ&fe...
I think every '70s TV Detective/Cop Show stole this hook for their theme ...
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Thanks, earl!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj1w0vxCC2w
Feist live in Paris (worth a click....uncredible live performance)
and yes ...girls can play wicked guitar ...!
!
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Thanks, earl :)
Written about the little village she lived in here in NS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vgV7QYFeaQ&fe...
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She's amazing! Thanks again :)
It's bedtime for me. Sweet dreams and goodnight to all!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2V5D6BHOrA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn1aByaCfms&fe...
Beautiful song. Makes me cry.
Thanks for that! Todd was, and still is, very underrated.
Gotta love the glam! Bowie, Gabriel, Argent, they all had it.
Damn! "The good old days," indeed!
"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."....Muhammad Ali
For all of us in a somewhat low mood.
James Taylor. Sweet Baby James.
James Taylor and Carly Simon. Close Your Eyes.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Check out his online performance with Daryl Hall at Live from Daryl's house:
Bartender says "Hey Todd why the long face"?
Gimme that old time Religion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxW4U-SOqN8
Pretty much sums up the times we live in.
12/04/2009
Todd played A Wizard A True Star @ The Orpheum Theater Los Angeles.
One of 11 performances
Yes Prairie Prince was the drummer.
You may watch some video I shot here
Going through Rundgren's stuff on YouTube, it's striking how much heartbreak there is in his songs. Powerful, sad stuff.
Years ago I was an avid fan of David Sanborn's TV show, Night Music. I saw Rundgren on one night, singing this song, and never forgot it:
Parallel Lines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-28Gg9I2dJk&fe...
Went out the next day an bought Todd's Nearly Human Album. A real masterpiece.
I'm not into the fan-idolatry thing but I know great artistry when I hear it. And I'll support it with my hard earned bucks.
Thank you, Annoyed Canuck!
by any stretch as I remember it either.
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