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Starting out in garage-rock band The Nazz, Todd Rundgren moved seamlessly through prog, power pop, and hard rock and became a heavyw
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eight record producer, with the massive multiplatinum _Bat Out Of Hell_ to his credit.
In his 2013 Red Bull Music Academy lecture, the ’70s renaissance man discussed growing up in Philadelphia, producing, songwriting, and more.
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Despite this he’s always championed new technology, experimenting with synthesizers and becoming one of the first rock artists to explore the possibilities of video production and Internet distribution. Despite early solo success with 1972’s _Something/Anything?_, he deliberately sought his own path. Inevitably that meant trading success for cult appeal, but even then, Utopia, the prog and electronic group he formed as an experimental sideline, became popular in its own right.
Alongside his prodigious work rate as an artist, he maintained a successful production career—for artists like Meat Loaf, Badfinger, The Band, and XTC.
TOPICS:
1:22 - Philly youth
15:59 - Songwriting
29:11 - Breaking formula
47:02 - Contemporaries
1:03:40 - The industry
1:20:00 - Production
MUSIC:
16: 05 - The Nazz – “Hello It’s Me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGICOCtmWEk
20:58 - Todd Rundgren – “We Gotta Get You A Woman” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlWBul-x1wc
46:57 - Todd Rundgren - “Future” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrZRYzZsOOs
57:12 - Todd Rundgren - “Something To Fall Back
On”
1:01:52 - Todd Rundgren - “Good Vibrations” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbk2UFPEIAA
1:14:39 - Todd Rundgren - “Healing, Part III” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2C4IcKQiEk
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