Posted on 05/14/2017 8:52:26 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Todd Rundgren isn’t bothered that some of his fans might avoid his concerts due to his politics.
The 68-year-old musician and record producer conceded as much in an interview with Variety when asked about an incident in which a couple walked out of a concert in Los Angeles due to comments he made about President Donald Trump.
“No,” Rundgren said when asked if it bothered him. “If I had the power, I’d say: If you’re a Trump supporter, don’t come to my show, because you won’t have a good time. And also, I don’t understand your frickin’ values. Because I’m not singing about that. If you don’t understand that basic thing, you’re just fooling yourself.”
The “Hello It’s Me” singer was talking to the magazine to promote his latest album, White Knight, which is filled with collaborations with artists such as Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Joe Walsh.
One song on the album, “Tin Foil Hat,” is a direct jab at Trump, written and performed with Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen. The lyrics reference Trump’s now-famous descent down an escalator at Trump Tower to announce his presidential run, and add that Trump tweets “like a teenage girl” and “puts the ‘pluto’ in ‘plutocrat.'”
Rundgren is currently on a cross-country tour, with multiple dates in Florida and Texas, states that Trump won during the 2016 campaign. But the musician told Variety that Trump supporters “will likely be offended” if they attend his concerts.
“Let the buyer beware! I mean, if you can’t take a joke, or you can’t admit that you’ve made a mistake, you don’t belong with the rest of us,” he said with a laugh.
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Given the demographics and median age of his fans, he might deeply regret that statement.
Drives me crazy too!
Who?
Please avail yourselves of these tools. Let Toddy know what we think of his “attitude”.
https://www.facebook.com/toddrundgren/
https://twitter.com/toddrundgren?lang=en
Todd is still peeved that Liv is Steven Tyler’s daughter and not his.
To #15 re Rundgren’s hits.
From the Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits”, 7th Edition, Joel Whitburn (hits from 1955-2000),
Highest place on the Billboard charts:
- #20 _We Gotta Get You A Woman - not bad
- #16 - I Saw the Light
- #5 - Hello It’s Me
- #34 - Good Vibrations
= #29 - Can We Still Be Friends
End of career, 1978. No more Top 40 hits.
Nah.
He’ll get more lefties to his show.
Trump has done us a great favor in many ways,
and it shows every day.
Well, Todddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd.
Don’t sweat it. I’m still waiting for your first good song/album.
Who is Landecker and why should I care? Also, what is this “Boogie Check” thing?
I always thought his muzak sucked, now I can confirm that Todd Runtgren AND his muzak sucks. I am sick of having performers rob me of the time I purchased for entertainment as an opportunity to force their stupid opinion on me. One of these days I will blurt my opinion right back at them
I sort of heard the name before, but couldn’t put my finger on it even though I am a rock fan of groups like the Rolling Stunrs and most of the usual suspects.
So I checked out Wikipedia to find his big hit was “Hello it’s Me” and then I knew why I wasn’t even sure who this guy was. Man, he sucks. And what a horrible song.
Glad he disinvited me, I couldn’t even imagine going to such a sucky concert as his. I guess a lot of folks agree, so now he is trying to build an audience based on bizaare Trump haters instead of music. A lot of ugly women in that crowd of Trump haters. Yuck.
Hey, whoever you are, psss - you have hep C.
Shut up and sing.
Another geezer rocker who thinks we care. Even before this, I wouldn’t have had any use for FREE tickets.
“People should go to the show and ... block the entrance so his fans can’t get inside.”
Both of them.
Honestly never heard of him, maybe cause I’m too young but I’m guessing he can’t be that famous.
One would think a has-been like Rundgren would want to keep all the fans he could.
Todd Rundgren’s heyday was a bit before my time, but I’ve gotten to know a couple of his songs over the years (on 70s compilation CDs). I’ve always liked “Can We Still be Friends?”
Apparently the answer is no.
Trying to make a comeback?
I liked Something/Anything back in the 1970’s. The next album I bought of his, I couldn’t stand. Before the 70’s were over, he was over.
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