tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post7679271716494899169..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: November's Music: Comedy songs for a Blue T-dayTodd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-9992050741848900562011-11-25T19:35:22.447-05:002011-11-25T19:35:22.447-05:00Well, Deb, according to WIKIPEDIA, at least, Rundg...Well, Deb, according to WIKIPEDIA, at least, Rundgren was a member of Utopia consistently between 1973 and 1986 (while also doing solo projects), and they've reformed in fits and starts since...including, of all things, this month. <br /><br />The article attributes the commercial momentum they were gathering with ADVENTURES IN UTOPIA (1980) with being dispersed by the relatively poor sales of DEFACE THE MUSIC (the Beatlesesque album) and SWING TO THE RIGHT. Such fools that industry be.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-61109851979870064812011-11-25T19:27:48.951-05:002011-11-25T19:27:48.951-05:00Possibly, Deb, though these recordings are from 19...Possibly, Deb, though these recordings are from 1980 ("I Just Want to Touch You") and 1982 (the title track to the "Swing to the Right" album). It occurs to me I simply thought that Utopia coalesced in the mid '70s some time after the breakup of the Nazz.<br /><br />Thanks, Kate...I knew you'd feel the absence of the RUTLAND clip (and I do need to see all of RWT again); it's the Let's be (somewhat) thorough and representative tick along with the nostalgic one...also, the mental connections demand this go up and this, and OK, we'll leave out Lambert, Hendricks and Ross and R.O. Manse and...and...this time because it's already That Long...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-79801185777758306762011-11-25T17:39:59.305-05:002011-11-25T17:39:59.305-05:00Oh, yes, now I look again, it obviously is Todd Ru...Oh, yes, now I look again, it obviously is Todd Rundgren. (I really need to keep my glasses close by.) He must have left the band and then joined up with them again later; I seem to recall Todd & Utopia having a couple of minor hits in the late 1970s (after Todd left the Nazz [?] and had had some solo hits).Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-88414596664608642862011-11-25T17:06:24.715-05:002011-11-25T17:06:24.715-05:00Good stuff -- and easily enough for five separate ...Good stuff -- and easily enough for five separate posts, LOL. Always glad to see Pirate Bob!<br /><br />Word verification: "phalis" -- Blogger is taking the piss, I suspect.<br /><br />o_OK. A. Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-42125015674296480302011-11-25T10:40:55.426-05:002011-11-25T10:40:55.426-05:00That is indeed Todd Rundgren as the tall one with ...That is indeed Todd Rundgren as the tall one with the harmonica, and his Utopia synch-playing "I Just Want to Touch You" in the video.<br /><br />Apparently, the UK release of "Randy Scouse Git" was not initially released under that title.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-55091316085175161722011-11-25T07:14:21.279-05:002011-11-25T07:14:21.279-05:00I've often wondered how the Monkees got away w...I've often wondered how the Monkees got away with naming a song "Randy Scouse Git," which in the patois of my English childhood translates as "oversexed Liverpudlian of Irish descent who is a right b*stard."<br /><br />Also, I'm guessing that the Utopia in the video is not the Utopia that Todd Rundgren recorded with in the late 70s/early 80s.Debnoreply@blogger.com