Tribute to Todd Rundgren
I rediscovered one of my Todd Rundgren CD’s at work today and played it in my computer. I first discovered his music through a friend when I was no more than 12 or 13. My mom didn’t really approve, probably because of his looks; but there was nothing too wrong with the lyrics…at least nothing more wrong than any other song on the radio. Nowadays, he’s got a really cool website: www.tr-i.com. Check it out! I’ve still got one or two albums somewhere in the basement (unless Rob through them out!). One of them is the Utopia album - very new-age-ish, but really great tunes. Thirty years later, his music is still better than most new artists. Heck, he’s probably produced many of the new artists. My favorite songs of his are: Hello, it’s me, Bang on the Drums All Day, Can We Still Be Friends?, I Saw the Light, the entire Utopia album and this great song:
We Gotta Get You a Woman by Todd Rundgren
Leroy, boy, is that you?
I thought your post-hangin’ days were through,
Sunk-in eyes and full of sighs,
Tell no lies, you get wise,
I tell you now we’re gonna pull you through,
There’s only one thing left that we can do.
We gotta get you a woman,
It’s like nothin’ else to make you feel sure you’re alive.
We gotta get you a woman,
We better get walkin’, we’re wastin’ time talkin’ now.
Leroy, boy, you’re my friend
You say how and I’ll say when
Come and meet me down the street
Take a seat, it’s my treat
You may not ever get this chance again
That empty feeling’s just about to end.
Talkin’ ’bout life and what it means to you,
It don’t mean nothin’ if it don’t run through
I got one thing to say, you know it’s true
You got to find some time to get this thing together.
Talkin’ ’bout things about that special one
They may be stupid but they sure are fun
I’ll give it to you while we’re on the run
Because we ain’t got time to get this thing together, ’cause
We got to get together with a woman who has been around,
One who knows better than to let you down,
Let’s hope there’s still one left in this whole town,
And that she’ll take some time to get this thing together.
We gotta get you a woman
And when we’re through with you,
We’ll get me one too.
I always liked Todd’s music, too, but I don’t have any of his CDs.
Is there one of his works that contains both “I Saw The Light” and “Hello, It’s Me,” my two favorites? My third fave would be “We Gotta Get You A Woman.”
I have two different greatest hits CD’s and both have all those songs. I’ll post the titles later today.
“Hello, It’s Me” and “I Saw the Light” are on his brilliant album “Something/Anything”.
“We Gotta Get You A Woman” is on his first album “Runt”, also a very fine album.
I have his “Anthology”. It’s on cassette but I wish I had it on CD. His anthology gave me the courage to ask a girl out to the Prom my senior year in high school (1990). She said yes and we “dated” for a short time before she broke it off.
Perhaps my favorite Todd Rundgren song is “Open My Eyes” from his days in the group Nazz in the late 1960’s. The song demands you crank up the volume to at least 11!
Todd Rundgren’s music takes me back to 1990 and a very happy time in my life. I’m glad others enjoy him too.
FatherDMJ
Great to see Todd getting some Kudos here! Thanks Katie. By all means check out my Todd podcast:
http://bobcerm.podomatic.com
Thanks
Bubb