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| From | "Steve" <toddfan@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: TR |
| Date | Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:40:03 -0500 |
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I say this as a "huge Todd Fan"...A Wizard A True Star was the album that
"almost" lost me (coming on the heels of Something / Anything, which I
almost wore out)...but, as it turns out, it was also the album that "sealed
the deal" insofar as my lifelong adulation of Todd Rundgren as the
consummate pop ARTIST is concerned.
Steve Amos
Aka: toddfan
-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
Rick McCall
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:42 AM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: TR
O.k., them are fighting words!
Not really, but Something/Anything is one of the best pop records of the
past 35+ years - still stands up today. C'mon, Couldn't I Just Tell You is
just about perfect.
My favorite TR elpee out of all of them to date is still A Wizard A True
Star. About a third of it sounds like he was under the influence of some
strong substance, but even then, the melodies are incredible. And when he
hits, which is about two-thirds of the time, they are grand slams, not just
home runs. Simply a brilliant album.
The follow-up, Todd, is a bit more hit and miss, but still contains some
great pop masterpieces (A Dream Goes On Forever springs to mind). I
wouldn't consider any of these albums (or Runt or Ballad of Todd) to be
artsy whatsoever.
After Todd, though, your mileage may vary. A lot. Especially, as you point
out, with the experimental Utopia stuff.
Best,
Rick
>I'm an '80s Todd and Utopia fan. The artsy-fartsy '70s Utopia is not a big
>favorite of mine.
>Whit
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