Gosh, I belong to a TR group, but I have to say the threads here are far more interesting. I am happy I sent that  "Hideaway" video to kick start it. I really love your bits of info , Paul. I am not surprised that an XTC member likes "Hermit", but I haven't read any interviews with that type of information. Wonder which TR rtelease Andy enjoys.
By all means, keep us updated on this book. I am definitely up for that.
Thanks,
  Gene [who named his son Todd Robert so he could be a TR. It was my ex-wife's idea]

> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:47:36 -0700
> From: pulmyears@gmail.com
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Funny you should mention Todd!!
> 
> I'm actually putting together a book, for next year sometime, about Todd's
> studio work - both as an artist and as a producer, separate sections.
> I'll second some of the people here who've voted for "Heaven's Falling", the
> Cheap Trick version is so closely modelled on Todd's demo that Robin Zander
> even articulates words the same way as Todd (by the way on that same album,
> Nielsen wrote a very Todd like "I Can't Take It" - both of those songs are
> SUPER AMAZING POWER POP PROTOTYPES!
> I also think "Couldn't I Just Tell You" is the power pop song that launched
> a thousand ships (bands?).
> "A Dream Goes On Forever"
> "Determination" (from Hermit, which I believe is also Dave Gregory of XTC's
> favourite Todd disc... or so I have read).
> "Real Man" great soul pop ballad.
> "I Saw The Light"
> "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference"
> 
> here's some honourable mentions
> 
> the first verse of "Does Anybody Love You" is awesome then the sloppy drums
> come in and it doesn't feel as cool anymore.
> "Baby Let's Swing" with it's Laura Nyro-fied opening is a great trilogy.
> 
> And I always wished that he'd done "Something To Fall Back On" as a power
> pop rock song and not an acapella (sampler) experiment.
> 
> Last thought, I must have said this a million times but does anyone else
> wish that Daryl Hall would just record the Todd songbook?
> His voice is perfect for Todd's material, more perfect than Todd's (sadly,
> IMHO).
> 
> Nice to hear some Todd talk around here.
> 
> 
> Paul
> Hermit of Berkeley North

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