Community (American Garage)

Subject View

From:	Message:
SUBJECT:	Todd Back to Subjects
Tom Rudd Jan 18 2012 at 10:57 AM	Listened to this album in it’s entirety last night. What a masterpiece. Dream Lives On Forever is just an amazing beautiful song, I know we have a lot of Todd fans here. Is this one of your favorites to?
Login to Post
tiny_tim Jan 27 2012 at 3:44 AM	Ian said "I love the harmony that the backround vocals add." Yes Todd has a great way with those vocal harmonies, so rich and moving. Kasim Sultan has always provided the gravitas not only on lead vocals, (and esp when he is doing the higher harmonies), but his electric bass playing contribution is second to none. He’s a great foil to Todd, a great combination in ’music’ history.
Tom Rudd Jan 26 2012 at 12:00 PM	My first record with Todd on it was a Nazz album. I can’t remember which one, but it had Hello it’s Me on it, and the album was made out of red see through vinyl. I always though that was so cool, and it was a great album.
tiny_tim Jan 26 2012 at 5:09 AM	to Ian "What do you guys think of "Liars"? It’s one of my top 5 albums of the last decade." Great CD and the gig in London 2004 was top drawer.
Ian Jan 25 2012 at 4:45 PM	"With A Twist" is a must have in my opinion. I love the harmony that the backround vocals add. By far my favorite version of "Love is the Answer" is on there. What do you guys think of "Liars"? It’s one of my top 5 albums of the last decade.
Tom Rudd Jan 24 2012 at 12:26 PM	Thanks for the tip Rob, I never knew about that CD I listened to a few snipets, it sounds awesome.
Rob B in CT Jan 23 2012 at 10:52 AM	A favorite of mine is "With a Twist," in which Todd presents a Brazilian arrangement for many of his classics (e.g., I Saw the Light, Love is the Answer, A Dream Goes on Forever). Most of the arrangements work beautifully, and it’s a great sounding disc, too.
Tom Rudd Jan 23 2012 at 6:22 AM	Hey thanks for the clips TT. Trapped was awesome! Love to see Todd rocking like that! Killer!!!
thehague Jan 22 2012 at 11:21 AM	Hello, it’s me. Just wanted to say I love ’Wailing wall’.
Dazedcat Jan 21 2012 at 11:26 AM	"....our dreams have magic, but I know useless begging won’t help me..." Complete with a digital soft shoe, and that was on the same album with something dark and heavy like No. 1 Lowest Common Denominator. What a remarkable album that was, and still is.
tiny_tim Jan 21 2012 at 7:25 AM	Oh yes, another fine chart. Todd telling/wailing THE MESSAGE (to those who were willing to hear...) all those years ago! SHINOLA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Sh9-tJ96o) Rise up Todd Heads!!! I have been ringing your doorbell, But you left me standing in the hall And you make love by the numbers, That doesn’t mean there’s any love at all Now there you go with a big explanation Why do you waste your time? And there you go, under estimation Of the thoughts that cross my mind This is your promise that you put up for sale It’s done like a picture from a fairy tale, But still there’s a difference, let me show it to you, This is crapola, this is shinola I see you’re still in the headlines You pegged the latest trend again this week I’m not impressed by the outfit, Or your revolutionary chic And here it comes, I see you forming the words, you’re performing the exercise And here it comes, It’s the feeling that I heard the same speech a hundred times This is the jabber of a chimpanzee The motion of your mouth looks much the same to me The differentiation might be hard to see, But this is crapola, this is shinola Everyone’s talking, few of them know The rest are pretending, they put on a show And if there’s a message I guess this is it Truth isn’t easy, the easy part’s shit And here it comes, Now I’m forming the words, I’m performing the exercise And here it comes It’s the feeling that I’ve made the same speech a million times These are your leaders, come on take a look They’ll lie and cheat and steal then sell the rights to the book And these are your neighbors who have swung to the right, But you don’t have to worry just as long as you’re white And my generation is just waiting to die We’ll swallow anything if it would just get us high I don’t know who’s a bigger fool, But one thing I know This is crapola, this is shinola
tiny_tim Jan 21 2012 at 6:55 AM	Always big thumbs up from me for The Wizard, a True Star. One of my favorites? Much like Pat’s, too numerous to count! Well if I got to say some top ones - ’Initiation’, "The Last Ride" which you need to see this clip - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjJUtdc0bhU), "Bag Lady", "Buffalo Grass", "Trapped" to see (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhf5_tqxatc)and read my younger generation of PMG Garagers. Brother John saw visions of God So they put him in chains for acting too odd As the crowd shouted, "Off with his head" The priest said, "Have mercy let’s burn him instead" Trapped, trapped in a world that he never made Trapped in a world that he never made I woke up with my head on the floor In a windowless cell a room full of doors I got lost, now I’m so far behind Took so much advice, forgot my own mind Trapped, trapped in a world that I never made Trapped in a world that I never made Trapped in a world that I never made Trapped in a world that I never made We can’t be slowed down by a big bunch of lip And nobody cares about your paranoid trip But you know death and the Devil sure got it easy today Souls come so cheap some people give theirs away You’ve got to break out, you’ve got to prove you’re alive And what makes you think that the weak survive And if you don’t have the stomach for all this radical crap Then have the guts to stand for something or you’re gonna be trapped!
HAMBONE Jan 19 2012 at 12:01 PM	Agreed. His music has stood the test of time well. He’s still performing it at a high level too, which is even better.
Tom Rudd Jan 19 2012 at 10:21 AM	"Something at the heart of it is simply awful, trying to make a living off a plastic waffle"
Dazedcat Jan 19 2012 at 9:03 AM	That entire album is one of my personal favorites. So is the original Utopia album that he issued right after this.
bluepno Jan 19 2012 at 7:18 AM	A Wizard, A True Star.
Login to Post