past_.wav...."I saw you on the street today....I could not catch your eye ....or you'd have heard me say....That you look just the same....But then I realized...We are not even friends and I was so surprised....When the teardrops came....I'm living in the Past....Living in the past....Living in the past, I know....But the past is gone"....
sweet_.wav...."Just like a baby's kiss, the truth is Sweet, Go on admit it, you know you want it to be true...Go on admit it, you say you don't but you know you do...Go on admit it, you've been disguising what you feel....You could be living in a fantasy....But then that fantasy could turn out to be real....Sweet and true like my love for you"....
afterlif.wav...."They say I don't think enough about the afterlife
Of what's below and above, it's all in black and white....They say there's only one kind of love....You have to choose just right....They say there's ony one kind of love in the Afterlife....Kiss it all goodbye....You don't get another try...But I can't see... I don't know how....That I won't be what I am now, no....And I won't have some other heart...That could find peace though we're apart, no....even in my afterlife "....
future_.wav...."I remember the world of tomorrow....I remember the world of tomorrow....I'm supposed to drive a flying car....I'm supposed to have a house on Mars....I'm supposed to live 200 years....I'm supposed to live, I'm supposed to live in...The Future is now"....
soul-bro.wav...."Can't find a little a bit of soul....Cause it's so hip to be a ho....And all the brothers act like crooks....And all the kids in the suburbs write the radio hooks....And if you want to be a star....Just grab your crotch and squeeze it hard....And make your mom and daddy proud....As you dry hump for the crowd....It may be tired and old, but then it's....Your only substitute for soul....Hey I wanna know Soulbrother"....
wonder.wav...."Life is always strange....You just get used to it....Once in a while something reminds you....Then your forget about it....I heard it at the coffee shop....And on the radio....They're talking at the trolley stop...And everywhere I go....It's all over, all of the suffering....It's all over, all of the other things....I know it's all over now....But for the Wondering....
truth_.wav...."The Truth is stranger than fiction....I gotta find the truth....If I have to stand all day in the bright sunshine....I gotta find it, I'm gonna find the truth....If I have to dance all night, leave my body behind....Because the truth is never gonna look for me....I will never get to see what I have not earned....And the truth is, if that day should never come....That doesn't mean I was wrong....To try to capture that bird"....
flaw_.wav...."You could be my everything, you almost have it all....You'd be perfect but you've got one fatal Flaw...We could live so happily, the envy of them all....But that'll never happen cause you've got one fatal flaw....And all my friends they look at me....Say 'she's a ten' and I agree that you are a mad love maker....I know I should accept... it all and overlook the little faults....But this one's a real deal breaker....And all my friends they look at us....Say he won't bend when he could just live happily ever after'....It's not that I'm afraid of it, but every time you force a fit....There's crying instead of laughter.......So why you gotta be such a lyin' ass motherf*cker?".....
leroy.wav...."Leroy boy....is that you?...I thought your post hangin' days were through.....sunken eyes and full of sighs....tell no lies....you get wise....We Gotta Get You A Woman....it's like nothin' else can make you sure you're alive"...
runt123.wav...."2....a 3....a 1....2....3....4"....Hello It's Me intro.....cut off from the '73 top ten single hit....But oooh, so much fun!...match it up to the next wav and you have the complete set at no extra charge..void where prohibited call before midnight tonight the number in New Jersey is disconnected!
helloits.wav...."Hello It's Me....I thought about us for a long, long time....maybe I think to much but somethings wrong....there's something here that doesn't last too long....maybe I shouldn't think of you...as mine?"....Todd's double hitter, first with the Nazz, then again Solo in 1970.
thelight.wav....Rundgren's mega hit...."Til I Saw the Light In Your Eyes"....
slut.wav....A brassy one from Something / Anything entitled Slut. This tune was recently featured at the end of a "Funniest Moments" special for the TV Show "Scrubs."
benice.wav...."Please..Be Nice To Me...or would it bring you down if I hang around?"....
allchild.wav....."All The Children Sing....all the dancers start to sway in time...the orchestra begins to play....somebody pours the wine...the sun and moon collide....isn't gravity a funny thing?"...
blkmaria.wav...."But now I've learned...I took my turn, I come up cold"...Black Maria"...
interfel.wav...."International Feel....and there's more, interplanetary deals...but there's more, interstellar appeal...still there's more, universal ideal...still there's more, international feel"...
onionhed.wav.......Another wacky one from "A Wizard A True Star." "The blessing of the turtles, the eggs lay on the lawn...paint a pretty picture for me to sit upon...the calling of the rabbit, the falling of the hare...the hat man then begins to play, a song is everywhere...you want the obvious...
you'll get the obvious...tell them Groucho said, you're Just Another Onionhead"....
1victory.wav...."We may feel about to fall but we go down fighting....you will hear the call if you only listen...underneath it all we are here together shining still give us the will"...Just One Victory...
sometime.wav...."And if I tell myself it's all right...I can comfort myself through the night and watch another day dawn...and everything will be cool...I got to keep on keepin' on...there's nothing else I can do...but Sometimes I Don't Know"....
nodiff.wav....."'Cause It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference...if you loved me...you just did not love me"...
drem4eva.wav...."A thousand true loves may live and die...but A Dream Goes On Forever"...
rooster.wav....The Drunken Blue Rooster." Todd's wonderful instrumental of warped synthesizers, spiced up with a bit of recital hall piano playing, during a dizzying ride on a carousel?!?...(Yep, that about sizes it up)....
tellyou.wav...."And make it load and clear...though you don't care to hear Couldn't I Just Tell You the way I feel can't keep it bottled up inside"....
influenz.wav....A calypso raggae beat that you can mambo by the pool to, called Influenza....
Todd and I both pick this as our favorite, on his "Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect" album.
horizon.wav...."Now you'll never know...how could you know...the friend that you had in me...I've got so much to learn now..lessons I never had...
when you lose a friend forever...hurts so bad...oooh it hurt me so bad....I had always believed that you and me...were connected by destiny...but the time never came....it sounds so lame...is it all just my vanity?" from Todd's wonderous Lost Horizon....his tribute to the late Marvin Gaye...
befriend.wav...."We can't play this game anymore but Can We Still Be Friends"....Todd tackles the overdubbed multiple harmonies here for a great effect!
blackand.wav....."I'll believe it when I see it in Black And White....tell me the truth...nobody leaves here alive...in the black core of doubt...trying to get out in the light"...one off the "Faithful" album.
looking.wav....One off "Utopia"..."And for a shred of a second......I thought we could still change our fate...what is wrong with me?...I can see it's already way too late...'cause you're looking at me...but you're talking to yourself....looking straight at me...but you're talking to yourself...and I'm Looking At You But I'm Talking To Myself"...
nevrland.wav...Never Never Land...Todd really missed his calling. He should have played Peter Pan on Broadway or on the big screen (eat your heart out Mary Martin!)...
breath.wav...Sing along! You all know the words to this great instrumental off Something Anything..."I am so Breathless, I'm so breathless....breathless when I am with you"....
tripto0.wav...."Hey baby! You're on a subliminal trip to nowhere....you better get your trip together before you step in here with us"...Fun from Wolfman Jack (a little Watusi beat for ya!)
wolfmanj.wav...."If you want yourself a day man....well I don`t mind....you just ditch him when the sun goes down'...'cause the moon shines bright....and everything's all right....when the Wolfman, he creeps into town....now you maybe want a man who throws round his money...but he ain't as cools a Wolfman Jack....and you might want yourself a man...who don't act so funny....but he ain't your fool like Wolfman Jack".....
myeyes.wav...."Clear my eyes, make me wise....or is all I believe in lies...I really don't know when or where to go....and I can't see a thing 'til you Open My Eyes"...Nazz first charted solo....
sex.wav...."Gassssppp! "Dont you ever think of anything but sex?!?"...from his "Wizard A True Star"...intro to You Don't Have To Camp Around....
chapter.wav...."But I know it all by heart, Chapter And Verse...I'll quote you any part, every word...but it's so deep inside it can't be heard
....I've got the Sunday paper in my hand...and I've been working on the weekly cryptogram...I know there's a message in between the lines...that's the same way I am"... Another clever little number, from Todd's "Utopia."
loveact.wav...."You can't stop.....you can't stop Love In Action...off "Oops! Wrong Planet" from Todd's Utopia...
bad-act.wav....From "Utopia"..."And if you see her give her my critique...she's a Bad Little Actress...gets no curtain call...but the worst of all...when the curtain falls...there's no one at the backstage door"...
hammer.wav....Another off and from "Utopia"..."There's a Hammer In My Heart...pounding out your name...there's a hammer in my heart...here it comes again!"...
babybaby.wav...."I did you wrong my heart went out to play...but in the game I lost you...what a price to pay...hey....I'm crying..Ooo Baby Baby"...some Miracle Motown soul from the Runt here...
runtcool.wav...Todd does his wild and zany version of the old Capitols hit...the Cool Jerk....
lalamean.wav....An uptempo, fun remake of the Delfonics La-La-Means I Love You.....
soproud.wav...."Compliments to you...all the people we meet...yes baby...and I'm so Proud...I'm so proud...I'm so proud of you"...doing Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions' hit...
longrobe.wav....From "Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren"..."And then I turned around and cast my eyes to the door...
In A Long Flowing Robe...she appeared at the ballroom door...I was hard-pressed to know...what I hoped she was looking for"....
realman.wav...."Down inside me there's a Real Man"....(more fun with synthesizers on Initiation)...
bangdrum.wav...."I don't have to work....'cause I hear my Bang The Drum All Day"....on T.V...in sports events...radio ads and in movie scores!....(Nice royalty score here Todd!)....
loveis.wav...."Light of the world you got to shine on me...Love Is The Answer"...Todd doing his soulful Stevie Wonder thing, at the end of his tune made famous for him in '79 by England Dan (Seals) & John Ford Coley.....
fairwarn.wav...."I have to go now...you've got to walk that road alone...if you walk it at all...one and all...don't follow me now...here's your Fair Warning...now it's goodbye...and every once in awhile why dontchya think of me?"....
mystifid.wav...."I'm sitting here looking at your picture...I see a light all around your head....you got a green I ain't never seen....and what a strange shade of red
and everything is turning inside out....and something gets ahold of me....and turns me inside out....Mystifeid a downright deep and bluesy one, off Utopia's "Oblivion, POV and Some Triva."
change.wav...."I want to change the world....I want to make it well...how can I change the world...when I can't Change Myself...try again tomorrow"....From the "Second Wind" album.
hid-away.wav...."I've been watching how you dance...watching how you smile...watching how you carry yourself around in a crowd...and watching what you say...
you've got something that's a secret to the average eye...you've been saving something nobody's seen until now...in a Hideaway"...
nail.wav...."What's all this talk about horses and war?....Put yourself in the place of the man at the forge....And day after day you live a life without love....'Til the morning you can't take it anymore...And you don't get up....Multiply it a billion times....Spread it all 'round the world...Put the curse of loneliness on every boy and every girl...Until everybody's kicking, everybody's scratching...Everything seems to fail...And it was all....forThe Want Of A Nail...."The Preacher," Bobby Womack featured on background vocals with Todd on this powerful peice.
Michele Rundgren
