and my dance remixes were awful....
>
> Not impressed.
> > ...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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