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nowhere_fast 09:48 am UTC 09/22/11 |
| In reply to: | re: Todd Rundgren does Two Out Of Three... - AndrewG 12:39 am UTC 09/21/11 |
| But which songs did you hear.The man has a huge back cat of stuff.Some good,some bad.And lets not forget the Bonnie tyler's version of 2 outa 3.Lets see how it goes against that one > It sounds very amateurish to me and it's hard to believe > this comes from the man who helped to bring us Bat. > I've listened to Rundgren's music before and sorry but > some of it does seem a bit of a mess. > > > > ...badly... > > > > It’s one of the more interesting approaches to a covers > > record. Todd Rundgren has put together an album of his > > versions of songs that he’s produced for other artists > > during the past few decades. According to an interview he > > did with PopMatters, Rundgren covers Meat Loaf, Cheap > > Trick, XTC, The Psychedelic Furs, Patti Smith and others > > on the new album. > > > > “[The album] essentially is new versions of songs that I > > produced for other people, and they’re mostly all dance > > versions,” he said. “So I had to do arrangements that were > > completely unlike the originals; there was simply no point > > in me aping what I had done already. So all of the songs > > have some twist, or unique approach to them that makes > > them not necessarily recognizable at first.” > > > > The album, called (Re)Production, includes XTC’s “Dear > > God,” Cheap Trick’s “I Can’t Take It,” Meat Loaf’s “Two > > Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” Patti Smith’s “Dancing Barefoot” > > and The Psychedelic Furs’ “Love My Way.” > > > > Rundgren has released another covers project involving the > > songs of Robert Johnson. The title: Todd Rundgren’s > > Johnson. | |
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