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Todd Rundgren has a birthday today. (Original Post)
Dyedinthewoolliberal
Jun 2020
OP
Indeed. I was just about to post this. Oh, what the hell, here you go:
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2020
#4
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)1. love this musician. nt
louis-t
(23,292 posts)2. One of my best days as a musician was as an opening act for the New Cars
with Todd Rundgren in 2007. An outdoor event in Rockford, IL, weather was perfect, food was fantastic, and the band was gracious and friendly. I have a photo of myself with Todd. Good times.
Sewa
(1,255 posts)3. Happy Birthday Todd
Big Todd Fan
Utopia - Rock Love
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mahatmakanejeeves
(57,393 posts)4. Indeed. I was just about to post this. Oh, what the hell, here you go:
Fri Jun 22, 2018: Turning the big 7-0 today, Todd Rundgren
Hat tip, http://www.thisdayinrock.com/
What a great producer, among so many other things. He produced Badfinger's Straight Up and the New York Dolls' first album. Ooh, and those albums he and Utopia cranked out.
I've been "working" today, so I didn't get to this 'til now.
Big salute to Todd. He is so great.
Also: Kris Kristofferon? He turns 82 today.
Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band Utopia. He is characterized for his sophisticated and often-unorthodox music, flamboyant stage outfits, and his later experiments with interactive entertainment. He also produced innovative music videos, pioneered forms of multimedia, and was an early adopter and promoter of various computer technologies, such as using the Internet as a means of music distribution in the late 1990s.
A native of Philadelphia, Rundgren began his professional career in the mid 1960s, forming the psychedelic band Nazz in 1967. Two years later, he left Nazz to pursue a solo career and immediately scored his first US top 40 hit with "We Gotta Get You a Woman" (1970). His best-known songs include "Hello It's Me" and "I Saw the Light" from Something/Anything? (1972), which have heavy rotation on classic rock radio stations, and the 1983 single "Bang the Drum All Day", which is featured in many sports arenas, commercials and movie trailers. Although lesser known, "Couldn't I Just Tell You" (1972) was influential to many artists in the power pop genre. His 1973 album A Wizard, a True Star remains an influence on later generations of "bedroom" musicians.
Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band Utopia. He is characterized for his sophisticated and often-unorthodox music, flamboyant stage outfits, and his later experiments with interactive entertainment. He also produced innovative music videos, pioneered forms of multimedia, and was an early adopter and promoter of various computer technologies, such as using the Internet as a means of music distribution in the late 1990s.
A native of Philadelphia, Rundgren began his professional career in the mid 1960s, forming the psychedelic band Nazz in 1967. Two years later, he left Nazz to pursue a solo career and immediately scored his first US top 40 hit with "We Gotta Get You a Woman" (1970). His best-known songs include "Hello It's Me" and "I Saw the Light" from Something/Anything? (1972), which have heavy rotation on classic rock radio stations, and the 1983 single "Bang the Drum All Day", which is featured in many sports arenas, commercials and movie trailers. Although lesser known, "Couldn't I Just Tell You" (1972) was influential to many artists in the power pop genre. His 1973 album A Wizard, a True Star remains an influence on later generations of "bedroom" musicians.
From the Nazz era:
Later, live:
This album is great:
From another one of my favorite albums:
From the album "Todd":
Also from that album, this one is dedicated to "Donald":
The best pop tune of all time:
Sewa
(1,255 posts)5. Todd was the producer and guitarist on
the Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell
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