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Todd Rundgren: ‘If You’re a Trump Supporter, Don’t Come to My Show’
Breitbart ^ | 5/14/17 | Daniel Nussbaum

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aholecelebs; helloitsme; music; rundgren; tds; trump
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To: Impala64ssa

Hello, It’s Not Me at your “concert”


61 posted on 05/15/2017 3:41:02 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW! BOYCOTT Mexico nba NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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To: Impala64ssa

I liked his music, so this is a disappointment. But if that’s how he feels, I’ll spend my money somewhere else.


62 posted on 05/15/2017 3:45:15 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: SpaceBar

They’re reminders of the evils of drugs and homosexuality. Toddy’s one addled, effeminate white boy


63 posted on 05/15/2017 3:46:28 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW! BOYCOTT Mexico nba NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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To: Impala64ssa

Says the one hit wonder. Who’s one hit you would swear was being sung by a women.


64 posted on 05/15/2017 4:08:31 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: ShivaFan

I think he played guitar on the Bat Out of Hell album as well. I didn’t even remember Hello It’s Me.


65 posted on 05/15/2017 4:14:24 AM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job....)
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To: Impala64ssa

Rise of the hippie bigot


66 posted on 05/15/2017 4:20:11 AM PDT by daku
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To: Gene Eric

I only wish I had received a similar warning from Roger Waters in 2004. I would have been grateful for that.


67 posted on 05/15/2017 4:26:37 AM PDT by rlmorel (President Donald J. Trump ... Making Liberal Heads Explode, 140 Characters at a Time)
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If I purchase a ticket I can attend any event I wish to. But, Rundgren never interested my eclectic musical palate and watching a guitarist dressed up like a Geisha girl wouldn’t really interest me either.


68 posted on 05/15/2017 4:36:47 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancake, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: Impala64ssa

“The 68-year-old musician...”

Typical crusty old man “get off my lawn”.


69 posted on 05/15/2017 4:43:00 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: Impala64ssa

Good old rubber face Rundgren.


70 posted on 05/15/2017 4:47:17 AM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: Impala64ssa

I couldn’t remember who this guy was except that the gay brother of one of my neighbors went to his concert like 40 years ago.


71 posted on 05/15/2017 4:52:30 AM PDT by anton
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To: rfp1234
Todd is still peeved that Liv is Steven Tyler’s daughter and not his.

Actually, once he found out, he continued to be her "father."

Unlike far too many people, he stepped up and took responsibility, and while he's a leftist moonbat, he deserves props for being a father.

Mark

72 posted on 05/15/2017 4:52:51 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Impala64ssa
“If I had the power, I’d say: If you’re a Trump supporter, don’t come to my show,

You do and I won't by choice.

73 posted on 05/15/2017 5:01:32 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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To: Impala64ssa

And also, I don’t understand your frickin’ values

You don’t understand good jobs, better healthcare, respect for the Constitution, National Security and respect for the American working people?


74 posted on 05/15/2017 5:03:17 AM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Yeah, not really. I'm continually surprised by the sheer childishness of many comments on this and other threads. I'm not criticizing your right to say these things, it's certainly your right. But to say his career was over in the 1970s is WAY wrong.

He was an early pioneer in digital synthesizers and video production. He was an early pioneer in experimental and progressive rock (Utopia v1) and Pop (Utopia v2.) And he work as a producer far eclipses his own music. He's been a innovator, and influence on many musicians and song writers.

You may have heard of some of the artists he's produced, and most of his productions are lauded as some of those artists' best work...

Grand Funk Railroad, New York Dolls, Hall & Oates, The Band, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. But you may have heard of one little album he produced that did fairly well. "Bat Out of Hell" by Meatloaf.

Is he a barking moonbat? You bet. His album "Swing to the Left" was an unabashed swipe at Conservatives. But that doesn't diminish his talent and influence in music.

Mark

75 posted on 05/15/2017 5:07:28 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: smokingfrog

Goodness you couldn’t pay me to see this dirty old hippie.....


76 posted on 05/15/2017 5:11:16 AM PDT by 1217Chic
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To: Impala64ssa
He played lead on Bat out of Hell. and it is his guitar that you think is the motorcycle. A great axeman, politics aside.
77 posted on 05/15/2017 5:19:22 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: 1217Chic

His “Fool guitar” that was also used by Eric Clapton and Jackie Lomax is more famous than he is.


78 posted on 05/15/2017 5:19:44 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Impy; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker

“He’s” a Cuck that was Cucked/tricked by one of Steven (Aerosmith) Tyler’s leftover bimbos into raising his bastard (Liv Tyler) as “his” own until the truth came out.

“He’s” a Cuck’s Cuck; the behavior isn’t surprising.


79 posted on 05/15/2017 5:20:36 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Hmmmm ... okay.


80 posted on 05/15/2017 5:43:33 AM PDT by IronJack
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