Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Do you like him as much as I do? Specifically his early-to-mid-70s work. His double album Something/Anything? is in my all-time 20 favorite albums list. Let's talk about Todd Rundgren. King Kamala Classic and I cannot be the only fans here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH! 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2008 I really like Something/Anything?, but it's the only thing I've heard from him. What else should I check out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2008 The two Runt albums; both are fine displays of his off-beat sense of humor with strong songcraft and that he could've been a huge rock star—which clearly didn't interest him, given his tendency to follow wherever his muse took him. I love Something/Anything?'s follow-up, A Wizard, a True Star, which is a fantastically strange and fucked-up cross between concept album and unabashed pop. After that? Todd is good, even if it doesn't balance his weirder side (here represented by a lot of synth prog noodling) with his melodic pop gifts as well as it did on AWATS. Rundgren gets very spotty after that, though there's a handful of gems buried throughout a lot crap. ("Can We Still Be Friends?" is a heartbreaker, and, fuck you, I like "Bang the Drum All Day.") Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kinetic 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2008 I probably need to listen to Something/Anything? a few more times. "Couldn't I Just Tell You" is the thing that really stuck out for me in the few listens I've given the album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2008 "Couldn't I Just Tell You" and "Can We Still Be Friends?" are both favorites to play in bars. Once, after hitting them both up on the jukebox, I got into a heated discussion with a man who felt it necessary to dismiss Rundgren entirely because he, Rundgren, had a hand in raising Liv Tyler. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2008 I'm with Inc- I'm into his early to mid 70s stuff. I haven't really explored his stuff outside of that except the stuff that's on greatest hits compilations and The Hermit of Mink Hollow. Something/Anything? is my fav. Hey Inc- have you ever heard Todd's cover album Faithful? One of the biggest cases of musical masturbation I've heard. It's not neccessarily bad but what's the point of making a covers album where you try to duplicate the originals as accurately as possible? Interestingly enough, my dad played it in the car just as often if not more often than The Hermit of Mink Hollow or Something/Anything? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carnival 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Johnee Jingo, good tune. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
