The fact that Todd wasn't concerned about commercial success is what's made his music great.

@MakeWeirdMusic

Жыл бұрын

Yep, it's art!

The fact that Todd doesn't pander to his audience's expectations but is entirely true to his muse is what makes his music so fascinating, engrossing, challenging and rewarding.

@MakeWeirdMusic

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. We need more artists like that.

I’m a big fan of Todd and have seen him live many times, as an individual artist and with “Utopia”. Great musician! My all time favorite song is “Love is the answer.” ✌🏻❤️

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Great song, Mary! Happy new year to you and Jim.

Excellent record was A Wizard, True Star. One of my all time favorites.

Fair Warning and Pretending To Care - Todd has always been able to bring me to tears.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Ric

I love Todd Rundgren I was fortunate enough to bring my gorgeous granddaughter her uncle and father (who are huge fans) to the house of blues ( during Covid) to see him live 😍💋♥️ his music is timeless

OMG This is Todd talking - thanks for gettng me thru so many years. I love you for this.

Thank you for the latest interview with Todd!!! He knows how much we love him. FROGS in the background....hahahaha. Listen to his "Frogs" creation. Not to be missed.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

We played the Frogs song for him while we listened to the frogs in his yard living room haha

Todds way of approaching and making music is astounding. One of the biggest still out there. A true hero and a great musician and composer. 😮Sounds like Roxy is a pug? I love pugs ❤️

One of my favorite records is Todd's WITH A TWIST...taking his own music and changing it to a Bossa Nova style...truly brilliant.

@midwestconcertvideo

2 жыл бұрын

It was also one of the most remarkable tours I've ever seen with a theatrical stage set of a tiki bar. A bartender serving drinks to half a dozen tables, with Todd and the rest of the band on a tiny little round stage playing to just those tables. It was a brilliant concept, unlike anything I've ever seen before.

@2wayplebney

2 жыл бұрын

It is.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

We discussed the bossa nova stuff in the interview. Maybe we'll release it

@kevinwilkinson2972

10 ай бұрын

Great album. Hello is excellent

@h.m.7218

10 ай бұрын

Wow... That is astonishing. I would lie if I ever said the same thing...

I have appreciated seeing all these videos of Todd! Thank you so much!

Adore this guy…. such a talent

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, Mellissa

You’re drip feeding us, guys, but I’m enjoying every minute of it!

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Hah, excellent!

1:06 MOLY OF HOLINESS!!!! I was going to ask if ya'll got into the A CAPPELLA action!!! This will be INSANE! (Already is.) AWESOME!

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

The A Capella video is gonna be awesome. I haven't dug through all the footage yet, but it'll be great.

@daleturner

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeWeirdMusic I'm preemptively losing my mind!! (And any chance his Dumb & Dumber score came up, elsewhere? WIZARD!!!)

I never heard any Rundgren on the radio. I was lucky enough to have musician friends. We found out about the best music by word of mouth and meeting up in people's houses. I'm still listening and it's stood the test of time.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe you never heard Todd on the radio! What did you first hear, Marta?

@martawaloszek9370

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeWeirdMusic I am from the UK and listened to Radio 1 as often as I could as a child. The first Rundgren album I heard was Todd. I was 16 and visiting a guitarist friend who was able to stun us by playing Al Di Meola guitar solos.

@KOSMICKEN09

Жыл бұрын

He used to get a Lot more FM rock radio airplay before all the stations became mind numbingly predictable- though deep tracks on SiriusXM play him a lot..

That was me as a kid… buying cut outs with cool album covers. Can’t tell you how many artists I discovered just because they had a great album cover. The main difference being he’s a music genius and I struggle to play 3 chords.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

"The main difference" lol! I'm in the same boat!

A true artist.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Yep!

Very smart and honest guy. Great interview. I make music just for the “Art” and Todd is an insipirational figure. Click on the crow.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Todd is awesome. More interview content with him coming soon.

I love your interview with our hero. Thank you

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kim! More is coming!

@2wayplebney

2 жыл бұрын

It gives us something to look forward to.

Absolutely Love Todd. “A treatise on cosmic fire” is one of my favorites and I hope he will one day(soon) get back into this type of experimental stuff. I’d love an all instrumental by Todd.

@2wayplebney

2 жыл бұрын

Maxx, I hope you got a copy of "Runddans".

@maxxkarma

2 жыл бұрын

@@2wayplebney , yes I do. Love that project/album and wish there was more of that to come too.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

I believe we listened to some of Treatise during our interview.

@2wayplebney

2 жыл бұрын

@@maxxkarma Excellent. Me too.

@atomictraveller

2 жыл бұрын

since then other artists have explored instrumental synthesis more deeply with some worthwhile sensibilities, they just didn't establish their name with a mainstream acoustic release beforehand. for instance, as a music software developer, i've spent decades listening only to music made by people who make synthesizers and audio processes. generative material aphex twin fans don't know anything about. places todd is too much todd to have gone. perhaps sites for modular synthesis enthusiasts are worth browsing for music you may enjoy. they are full of half hour recordings of people with the latest sequencer routing or module.

My favorite musician. One of the greats.

I love Todd Rundgren! When I heard I saw the light it just stood out to me. Love is the answer is another fav.🎶❤🇨🇦✌

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

So many great songs. Thanks for sharing, Michelle!

The ever popular tortured artist. Love his music.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

He's so great. Thanks, Peter!

Thank you for saying that, Todd. I agree.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Victoria.

Great 👍 interview!

Funny from someone who made a career and a good living- writing love, and loss songs Love Todd🎉😂

Wow, I did the same thing when I was a kid. I did a lot of shopping at the cut-out bin. I found Stockhausen and Otto Luening and Vladimir Ussachevsky that way and their work lead me on towards a love of experimental music. I also discovered the Mothers of Invention that way. I also have to give credit to the Monkees for Daily Nightly for introducing me to the Moog synthesizer. There were always lots of gems to be found in those bins, indeed.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

I'd never heard of a "cut-out bin" before this interview. What is it, Brent?

@brentbraniff

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeWeirdMusic Well, back in the day it was a bin filled with records that were anywhere from 99 cents to a couple of dollars. They were usually overstock records or ones the record companies or distributors were trying to get rid of for one reason or another. They usually has a snip taken out of the record jacket (usually out of a corner) to indicate that they were to be sold in cut out bins. I have even seen a small hole driven into the label of cut out records.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Ohhh, I've seen those cut-outs and have purchased some myself. Thanks, Brent! Hole puncher or cut corners.

@secondsightcinema3957

Жыл бұрын

agreed, I first found Todd, rather Runt and Ballad, in a $2.99 cutout bin. the Runt cover, him sitting on the floor in blue velvet pants and a sweater with an elk or moose on it, his long torso and unique face grabbed me. once the needle dropped I was totally sold. that was in 1972.

Love Todd!

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

Todd always has an interesting perspective. Thanks for posting this. I hope it means "Space Force" is imminent.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Is that a new project of his, Graham? There's a lot of "space force" talk these past few years.

@2wayplebney

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeWeirdMusic yes, I believe the album is complete. They are waiting for LP versions to be created so they can do the whole gamut of media. I'd be happy with a download until the CD is available. Todd and Adrian Belew do a track, and I am desperate to hear it.

@KOSMICKEN09

Жыл бұрын

Finally out today - space force - album was delayed a few times .

@achillea8755

Жыл бұрын

@@KOSMICKEN09 Things like this make me happy I'm a human. Not a robot.

Todd is Godd been a huge fan since I was 14 🎵🎶🎸

@MakeWeirdMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Ken.

A musical genius on the level of Frank Zappa!

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, Daniel. Just not nearly as snarky.

Digging his glasses. He looks better in round frames.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

My wife hates round frames, but I agree with you, Zenmarq.

Love the Wizard- left out: reflection.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand

@golds04

2 жыл бұрын

He mentioned fun and urgency. To make people reflect on a thought or feeling induced was left out. Ex” I shall be released” “ Third world man ” etc. they induce a contemplation. Not fun. Not urgency. There are many others. In fact “ Parallel lines” is another.

Roxy Rundgren ladies and gentlemen!

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

A nice cameo haha

Can I relate! I used to find new LPs for a quarter. Many were terrible. Some were interesting.

@MakeWeirdMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Steve

Gosto muito de suas composições e canções!!! Forte abraço do Rodrigo aqui do Brasil!🇧🇷🤘👏

wow todd makes record shoping sound interesting ;)

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Yep!

Todd who? :). Kidding aside it's always fun to hear a new Todd music and he has certainly not disappointed year after year. However although I'm not a fan of his greatest hits - happy to have HIM and a few others retired for a while, I would love to see him perform the 50th anniversary Something Arenything show along with some gems never played live from Runt and Ballad of Todd Rundgren. I feel it's a revenue opportunity for him as well as a treat for long-term fans, especially to hear songs never played live before such as Marlene, One day no Word, perhaps a few gems like Parole. New music is always appreciated but so are rarities never played live.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Todd will do his thing no matter what we want to hear. That's why he's great. Thanks for watching, Michael!

When you’re at a job working, you have to do what your boss wants you to do.

Legend

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, Dennis

Todd's dog Roxy! 💚💜💛

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

A truncated appearance haha

@389383

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeWeirdMusic Sounded like a bullfrog a couple of times.

Todd!

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Cheri!

@chericercone2362

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeWeirdMusic I love him so much!

Backwards reverb. Thanks Todd.

I'm dusting off my piano and letting my fingers find chords that I like. Do you think I might get a chance to get in the band? At least I can dream.

@MakeWeirdMusic

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. There's a band for everyone.

..good old.....Musique Concrete !!...

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

😅 😤 😆

todd mentions a formula of songwriting,someone has and expansion of that formula he made?

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

I know! I want the cheat codes to his songwriting!

@DANItypebeat

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeWeirdMusic than fucking ask him! you are the one who was lucky enouth to get to talk with him haha.please hand it over after to me :)

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

😂

I work for a large cutout wholesaler.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

They still exist??

@williameckert1623

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeWeirdMusic I should have used the past tense. I think they're still around but I don't work there anymore. Scorpion music Trenton New Jersey.

Does Todd have a dog, or was he just playing Dogfight Giggle in the background?

@MakeWeirdMusic

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I think its name is Roxy. Thanks, Steven.

Music needs talent from truly talented, competent and heavily disciplined, trained individuals. Same no longer exists as of 30 years ago. Today's "musicians" are beyond pathetic, a raging insult to those true musicians of the past. Music as per today and for well into twenty plus years no longer exists.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

We interview plenty of young musicians putting out great new music. Statistically there are likely to be more now than ever.

Fun, urgency or in Todd's case, Laura Nyro.

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Well, she was a huge influence on him, for sure.

@MahavishnuProject

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeWeirdMusic And he addressed this by saying he was moving away from (in this example) he says Carol King, but you know what he meant. And he did progress away from Nyro and King...

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. I should have included that in my comment to David. Thanks!

@Green28142814

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeWeirdMusic I'm a long time fan of Todd, the point is tacitly understood.

@termsofusepolice

2 жыл бұрын

As both a big Todd and Nyro fan I have always been disappointed by the experience he relates in interviews about getting to produce her. She never hit the same amazing, creative highs after her first "retirement" in 1972.

Todd has a large fanbase all over the world. It's a pity he is so self-deprecating about his success in the USA. Also, he is always touring, in the USA, today.

@MakeWeirdMusic

Жыл бұрын

He just doesn't seem to stop

Cashing in his chips soon...

Todd Rundgren Philly's Finest I think he reads too much Alice Bailey

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

What does that mean?

@MahavishnuProject

2 жыл бұрын

The Seven Rays...

i wonder if he likes oister

@MakeWeirdMusic

Жыл бұрын

Is that another band, Calvin? What brings them to mind?

Guy hasnt had a hit in 35 years................

@MakeWeirdMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's why he's on Make Weird Music and not the cover of Rolling Stone. But he is the one admitting this. He says being an album producer has been his way of making a living, not selling records.

@charliedontsurf70

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeWeirdMusic Way overrated.

@MahavishnuProject

2 жыл бұрын

@@charliedontsurf70 Yeah, by you.

@21611

2 жыл бұрын

Most hits are the shits

@kdbwiz

Жыл бұрын

@@charliedontsurf70 yeah, he’s now worth $12 million playing and producing music his way. And all he did was bang on the drum all day.