Rock Love

Rundgren - Sulton - Powell - Wilcox

[@dandadab9408]

Rock Love = God’s Love, now listen to it again ❤

[@pancakeshousepsychedelicgl6154]

I dont like any other band that sounds like this but for some reason i love this band .

[@kencribbs9344]

Great to see Roger Powell again, especially playing the Powell Probe while singing and dancing 🕺

[@kencribbs9344]

👍🤙😷

[@bobacosta2204]

I'm Buffalo Bob Acosta ..of😢 Yorktown Heights N.Y. .I am the one that was responsible for TODD writing ROCK LOVE. I BLEW TODDS MIND.. when I visited his home Back during the Release of The Hermit . Me and my 3 friends, Sean,Hunter,and Murgs. I BLEW TODDS mind showing up at his home. He wrote ROCK LOVE because what I left behind ..What an ADVENTURE TO TODDS little piece of Utopia ..Someday I'll Put the whole Experience to print But Everytime I hear it ..I want to Shout from the Mountain Top.. That about ME.. Yours Truly Robert Acosta Or RA for short I miss those days

[@RyanInLA]

this feels like a Solid Gold episode. On a different planet.

[@ChasBeauregarde]

That comment made me crack up this morning. Thanks!!!

[@cherylnagy126]

Planet X ?

[@lisaperciavalle9736]

Yes but on the best planet!

[@citygirl5705]

Can't believe this song wasn't a Top 40 hit. It's awesome.

[@jeremyc9593]

I can't believe a producer would allow this to be released. For starters, it should be at least 2 minutes shorter.

[@citygirl5705]

That's like saying "Tragedy" by the Bee Gees should be shorter. No way. @@jeremyc9593

[@gon720]

@@jeremyc9593 take that up with todd then

[@citygirl5705]

@@jeremyc9593 I suppose you'd say that the Bee Gees "Tragedy" is too long also.

[@doetakemeetuseriously2810]

Great tune. Best rock band ever, so under appreciated

[@victoriagrove5344]

I love this! Bless Todd for his brilliant take on music!

[@howardkerr8174]

It's April 2020, and I haven't heard this in years (decades?), I used to have it on vinyl. Todd and Utopia made some pretty " out there " music...in the opinion of most radio stations, anyway. These guys should have gotten TONS more airplay if for no other reason than their talent.

[@ChToles]

I, too, have always been surprised that the later incarnation of Utopia didn't get more mainstream airplay. Their lyrics were usually reasonably cerebral (except for "Burn Three Times" which was pretty hilarious) but after Todd de-progged them they were definitely putting out catchy 3 minute ditties.

[@ChristopherCudworth]

This song is so good it should have been a top ten hit? I have the album and lived on this music for years. But watching this retro video brings it back to life all over again!

[@citygirl5705]

According to wikipedia it was never a single. Hard to believe. It would have hit #1 on my chart.

[@mojorisen74]

@@citygirl5705 The album was supposed to be released in 1979 but kept getting delayed. I think the record company played it safe by not releasing a disco single in the middle of the "Disco Sucks" movement lol....Adventures did have 3 singles which was unusual for Utopia. "Set Me Free"(Their first top 40 hit), "The Very Last Time" and "Second Nature"(Which was close to a disco single)

[@doetakemeetuseriously2810]

Todds first wife is one of dancers

[@jondunmore4268]

Utopia always utilized their 4-part vocals so judiciously, so that the songs sounded so goddam BIG, and they were able to reproduce the bigness with just their 4 pieces of instrumentation, plus those dynamite vocals!

[@howardkerr8174]

Uh, you somewhat minimize the role synthesizers had in pretty much all music Todd was involved in/with, even other groups.

[@jamescatneyarbuckle5390]

Wow. Just wow... Love Todd Rundgren.

[@georgemathie8123]

Adventures in utopia is to me their most diverse album from new wave, power pop,prog and this super catchy disco number rock love ya got to love this supremely cheesy video to

[@aeropilot4419]

So ‘80s, it hurts 😉

[@WillRaymond]

Kasim's Bass playing, is as "strong as a diamond"!

[@brianberthiaume7930]

And I did rock this on vinyl back in the day.

[@swamprat999]

Awwww, Bean dancing at 1:13 💕 Rex and Randy’s Mom. In his book THE INDIVIDUALIST, he says she rode into his life on a unicorn 🦄.

[@jamesmartin6709]

I thought that might be her, with the beautiful hair and graceful moves.

[@swamprat999]

James Martin I think she appears again at 3:17 and 4:25 with added wardrobe tan jacket 🧥. Curious if Michele dances in his music videos since she is also former dancer with the Tubes. I’ve mostly seen her as backup singer. ✌🏽

[@derbystardom]

I wish first year Mtv had played this video.

[@cherylnagy126]

strong as a diamond 💍

[@shimaneko38]

This song is really cool! I love Utopia♡ Thank you for the upload.

[@planartube2364]

Wish Todd had had his guitar with him for the solo at 2:45. I also wish I was two inches taller.

[@BlueEyes-gp8lg]

The redheaded dancer that comes in around 1:11 looks a lot like Karen Darvin...Todd's then-wife. She was a very beautiful woman...might still be for all I know. Despite Todd's average looks and rock-geek reputation, he sure was able to pull a string of hot women...Bebe Buell, Karen Darvin, Michelle Grey...

[@nancydresser7643]

That is Karen

[@GrunATL]

Yes! That’s Bean.

[@carljacobson7156]

Male Lead Musical Performers lay A LOT of 'Pipe'. Todd got around. In her 'Autobiography', Bebe Buell goes on about Todd's on-the-road ijnfidelities - and her own.

[@bonniewalker6842]

Todd was cute & still is😊

[@robertborich4404]

If God ever wants to take a few months off,Todd will take the reigns.We'll be in good hands.

[@frankpalumbo8384]

The sold out big arenas with this album

[@morningrocker4926]

get thee behind me satan!

[@AJgeartalk]

Todd dances like me! :-)

[@tintindb]

The chorus sounds a bit like Kansas, but my ears keeping ringing... Thanks for the post.

[@mrhoney2783]

Disco sucks... But not Utopia Disco 💃 🕺🏻👽

[@WinstonTexas829]

Utopia were finally going to break into the pop market after this album but Todd self sabotaged as usual by recording Deface the Music. An album I love but that was the end of that commercially. Good old Todd.

[@chrisriccio4027]

19 80 i was there

[@kevhead1525]

When you are desperate for a hit but miss...

[@lisamba]

"Figure your taxes..."

[@ronwebster1114]

He breaks out Rock Love on his current 2021 clearly human virtual tour

[@babadflatt4842]

Anyone know what year this is from?

[@mojorisen74]

1980

[@cherylnagy126]

get thee behind me Satan

[@Twirlyhead]

Dancers borrowed from the set of The Living Dead.

[@mikejaz2]

Weren't the 80s dopey?

[@patrickdelaney2299]

Not fade away

[@cherylnagy126]

some cheesy dancin' goin' on there -- not Todd's moves, he's heavy

[@jeremyc9593]

Reminds me of the kids dancing in Charlie Brown Christmas

[@brianberthiaume7930]

Give me I WIZARD A TRUE STAR COS THIS ERA OF TODD REALLY DOESNT AGE WELL

[@brianberthiaume7930]

GOVERNMENT CHEESE

[@walkerstark4564]

Todd w/Utopia did a mock Beatles album. Rundgren was feuding with Lennon, he thought Lennon was a fraud and the album was his way of dressing John down. The album sucks.

[@DonMacGillivray]

Pretty much incorrect, the minor "feud" had occurred seven years prior to that album being released which was a loving tribute to all four Beatles and wasn't directed towards Lennon in any way. Lotsa people love that (Deface the Music) record btw...

[@walkerstark4564]

@@DonMacGillivray Lotsa people can kiss my ass including Mark David Chapman who was a fan of the album. If I'm incorrect so is Jake Brennan who did a whole episode covering this on his Disgraceland podcast. What is supposed to be a take down of the Beatles and Lennon as some have interpreted it but also a good song, Van Morrison's The Great Deception

[@ridedamaverick]

Deface the Music? I love that album (for what it is).

[@michaellawrencemaag7480]

@@walkerstark4564 sounds like you have some issues dude.. Deface was epic.. you just got to understand it.. lol I had a chance to make Todd's 70 bday party in Va..what a week.. mid week around the bonfire.. there was a slew of Beatles tunes sung... fkn great time..

[@walkerstark4564]

@@michaellawrencemaag7480 LOL