I guarantee youll be offended: Rocker Todd Rundgren tells Trump fans not to come to his concerts

[TheBlackAdder]

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When Utopia performed a song called, "Swing to the Right," I thought they were Republicans, at first.

A little later, I found out that the song was making fun of them.


Here's Todd, now.

Rundgren latest record is a collaborative album titled “White Night,” with one ant-Trump song titled “Man in the Tin Foil Hat.”

“He’s coming down the escalator with a girl from east of here because the man in the tin foil hat is leading like a teenage girl. He put’s the ‘pluto’ in plutocrat, he hasn’t got time for losers, unless they do what he demands,” go the lyrics.

Rundgren cautions Trump fans that his shows will have attacks, insults and mockery for the new president.

“I guarantee that in this show if you’re a Trump supporter, you will likely be offended. Let the buyer beware! I mean, if you can’t take a joke, or you can’t admit that you’ve made a mistake, you don’t belong with the rest of us,” he explained.

Even if the trigger warning scares off paying Rundgren fans, he’s willing to take it, saying he’s not sure they provide any value anyway.

“And also, I don’t understand your frickin’ values. Because I’m not singing about that. If you don’t understand that basic thing, you’re just fooling yourself,” he said.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/i-guarantee-youll-be-offended-rocker-todd-rundgren-tells-trump-fans-not-to-come-to-his-concerts/


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[mountain grammy]

1. If you can't take a joke or admit you made a mistake

you don't belong with the rest of us.. Yes, I agree!

[HAB911]

27. +++++++++++

[Aristus]

2. Good for him.

Let the Trumpanzees have Ted Nugent and Kid Rock. They deserve each other.

[shenmue]

3. Yay!

[smirkymonkey]

4. +1000

Bravo Todd!

[dawg]

5. That dude must be a wizard ...

or else a true star. I'm really not sure which.

[Mendocino]

21. Maybe a

Real Man.

[catbyte]

28. One of my faves of his

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. RockRRoll and all it represents is the opposite of a trump supporter.

They should not listen to any good music, they dont belong there.

If they want music they can go to whatshisname concerts, the fake patriot country music singer, forgot name

Bill Hicks did a priceless joke about him

[PennyK]

7. Wow thanks!

I'm a longtime Steely Dan fan and this is tremendous, yuge!

[Kleveland]

8. I am confused....

By the reference to Steely Dan...

I like them as well, but how does that relate to Todd?

Cheers!

[rufus dog]

9. Listen to the song

You'll get it!

[DangerousRhythm]

22. Because it's a collaboration between Todd and Donald Fagen. :) n/t

[House of Roberts]

10. Donald Fagen!

...amazing and all that!

[BallardWA]

11. Long may Todd reign

This man has been a beacon for me since I was
a young and impressionable girl.
Halle- frickken - lujah.
Go Man Go!

[johnp3907]

12. Message deleted by DU the Administrators

[Yonnie3]

13. There are plenty of other concerts for the trumpkins.

I've worked shows at fairgrounds in the Shenandoah Valley where the artists had songs with lyrics containing code words like "those people", "Real American" etc. It has been about five years since I saw one of these. These artists tour flyover country.

In the green room the artists were making fun of the ignorant fans out there and were scooting back and forth to the bus to smoke pot. They were catering to that audience to make money, but to my way of thinking they were enabling evil.

[not fooled]

33. How sad

Not that the artists were ridiculing the dimwits in the audience, but that the ignoramuses didn't get the message. Might have helped wake them up.

Oh, and your story applies on so many levels in 'Murica--just change the names: in public, faux/flush/other RW media figures, cynical RW politicians, koch bros., etc. etc. etc. spout the propaganda, but in private ridicule the ignorant 'Muricans who buy it.

[spanone]

14. K&R...

[bathroommonkey76]

15. My first concert was

Todd Rundgren and U2 in 1983- My cousin was a student at UNC at the time and invited my young seven year old ass. For me it opened up my world to music and social issues. And I've listened to U2 and Rundgren ever since.

It's great to see him taking a stand against Trump- More rockers should do the same.

[dchill]

16. K&R.

A truly valuable way to contribute, Todd and Donald!

[aikoaiko]

17. Good for Rundgren. Most Trump supporters probably wouldn't see Rundgren anyway

But I like the message and I hope this causes more people to hear his music.

Just cause it is a fun song...

[klook]

37. Classic

I've liked Todd's stuff since Nazz, but this is one of my favorites among his songs. (And it pretty much sums up my prevailing attitude about work! )

Pretty funny that a song from a contractual obligation album became one of his biggest smash hits. Emperor of the Highway from the same album is also a hoot -- a hilarious sendup of road-raging asshole drivers:

[Ilsa]

18. Love Todd Rundgren! All the way back to the mid-1970s! nt

[Initech]

19. I love it!

[dchill]

20. "The man in the tinfoil hat is tweeting like a teenage girl."

Great lyrics!

[Barack_America]

23. Hello, it's not me, it's you.

Give it to them, Todd!

[Cha]

24. Mahalo, Todd Rundgren!

[BumRushDaShow]

25. "texting his accusers, with those tiny little hands"

Great song!

[democratisphere]

26. Why would Todd Rundgren want to play to a crowd of deplorables?

More need to stand tall against drumpf and his supporters.

[samnsara]

29. im gonna buy this now!

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[bmbmd]

30. A dream

goes on forever.

[DownriverDem]

31. What we should do

We should all go to his concerts since we know the righties will be yelling for a boycott.

[louis-t]

32. I knew I liked that guy. I have a photo of him and me.

He did a tour with the 'New Cars' in '07. I was in a band that opened the show. I can't believe it's been almost 10 years.

[JohnnyRingo]

34. I saw him once back in the early '90s

I always loved his work and had the opportunity to see him outdoors at the "Taste of Cleveland" event.

He came out wearing a pink dress, played the set without once referring to it, wrapped it up and went home. Odd guy, but great artist. Maybe he lost a bet.

The intro to "International Feel" was one of the ways we showed off our high-end stereos back in the '70s.

[meow2u3]

35. K&R for YUUUGE accuracy!

[47of74]

36. Excellent

I have a new favorite rock star now.

[thucythucy]

38. "It kind of feels like a coup d'etat..."

What a great song. Love the keyboards too.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

39. All of the deplorables....

Can attend the NRA poster boy, Ted Nugent's shows. He's lucky to get a few hundred to attend these days.

[BigmanPigman]

40. I have always respected him. He's a man of many talents and a mind too.

Roger Waters could issue the same to Floyd fans since his current work in themed around the Donald. People at his shows in Sept. actually booed him when he had tRump's fat face on a the big pig and on his "wall". When I saw young people acting this way at a show before the election it was further verification for me that Hillary was definitely going to lose.