Rodgers & Hammerstein…Lerner & Lowe…Andrew Lloyd Webber…Todd Rundgren? Todd’s name up there with some of Broadway’s most illustrious composers is not so farfetched. Indeed, one can trace the Broadway sensibility Rundgren has harbored for years thorough tracks like “Can’t We Just Be Friends,” “It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference,” “Parallel Lines,” “Change Myself,” … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Does Anybody Love You?” by Todd Rundgren
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Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Something For The Girl With Everything” by Sparks
Sparks emanated from Los Angeles and cut their first two Todd Rundgren-produced records in Woodstock, New York for the Bearsville record label. The brothers Mael (Russell the flamboyant lead singer and Ron, the keyboard player with the Hitler mustache) were one of Rundgren’s first production projects on the records “Sparks” (originally titled “Halfnelson” which was the band’s … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Something For The Girl With Everything” by Sparks
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Freedom Fighters” by Todd Rundgren’s Utopia
They were originally billed at Todd Rundgren’s Utopia for their first few albums in 1974 and 1975, and then they just became Utopia…but under any name they were just another vehicle for Todd to go all prog on us instead of sticking to the radio-friendly pop and blue-eyed soul that he’d been serving out up to this point. Sure, we’d had a taste of the wiggy Todd before on the … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Freedom Fighters” by Todd Rundgren’s Utopia
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Bad Time” by Grand Funk Railroad
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman - "Bad Time" by Grand Funk Railroad This is not exactly the "Footstompin' Music" that Grand Funk Railroad were known for in the late '60s and early '70s. But once they lost the Railroad in their name and came under the aegis of Todd Rundgren and Jimmy Ienner, the hits started to come fast and furious including “We’re An American Band,” “The … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Bad Time” by Grand Funk Railroad
The 3D RadioActivity – OlympicSports
This week on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity, and on this episode we are celebrating triple gold, Our 150th Show and in tribute to The London Olympics, Seanimal and I are playing songs about Sports! Music and sports are so intertwined it's hard to imagine one without the other. The action on the field has a built-in sound track—a perfect score. The ancient Greeks … [Read more...] about The 3D RadioActivity – OlympicSports