Toddstock Interviews - on People He Admires

Kauai, 2008/06/20. Todd Rundgren interviewed by Toddstock campers.
Hosted and broadcast live by Rundgren Radio Doug.

[@rona710]

Todd, you are the most amazing musician and personality, Love you and your music!

[@91dodgespiritrt]

I started to have respect for Todd Runtgren until I just found out he was 'anti" Donald Trump and told Trump supporters NOT to come to his shows. Now, I'm back to thinking he is an OVERRATED asshole. I understand why his name is "'Runt-gren" - he is a true 'RUNT" to me.

[@johnchase4408]

I Love this Man. I grew up listening to his music as it was released. I'm very lucky in that sense. He's a Genius and does what he does for the Love of it. Not just making & performing music, but doing it with excellence.

[@janazetterman8307]

Todd is so funny and so smart what a hoot.

[@miyubail]

Todd R is the best. Soooo coool

[@scottclute3407]

A very,very well spoken interview,as well as well-spoken,thought-out!!

[@bartlettohio]

Not getting into the Hall of Fame is now a badge of honor !

[@johnchase4408]

Damn right!

[@jerryfeigelson4728]

fuck yeah!

[@5171967cafk]

OMG...LOVE THIS!!! Awesome guy...and upclose..so cute and sexy! Thank You for posting :)

[@marilynbaird6770]

Love this Ian!

[@nathalieconnor5803]

Todd made his grocery list while waiting for the guy to pose his ?!!

[@shriaingnama]

I stand in gratitude.

[@cosmicdrifter287]

todd is untouchable and got what it takes.great how he snapped right back at the interviewer.

[@christopherbrown8880]

I just stumbled across this. Had no idea it was here or why it was here. Coupla things in response to the comment. First, in my role as "Disembodied Voice" on the other end of this exchange, I'm no 'interviewer"...far from it! I'm just another Toddstock fan/participant who was fortunate enough to get to ask a question. Second, I didn't consider his response to my f/u to be snapping at me...at all. He & I had a number of great convos during the event. This was an extension of those chats so there's more context than is revealed in the clip. Todd is funny, opinionated, & quick-witted as all can plainly see. I was getting the "wrap up" sign & didn't get to ask the f/u question as well as I would have liked. Had a blast anyway...the time of my life!!!

[@cosmicdrifter287]

dear mr.brown, this goes to show we all have or own perspectives and i shouldn"t be so quick with my out of context assumption,i should know better than that.if i will remove that non accurate comment if you like.didn"t mean to troll you.i think i based my shortsighted response on one of the previous comments below.it was a good answer from todd anyway.so thank you for bringing that out of the shadows. wishing you all the best.

[@christopherbrown8880]

No worries!!! Mr. Brown was my father. He's been gone a long time...24 years today, as a matter of fact. I'm Chris. I see no need to modify or delete anything. We all bring our on experiences & POV to what we see. When we engage in conversation with others, we get to see their experiences & POV. Everybody benefits! Leave it be. Take care.

[@cosmicdrifter287]

Christopher Brown exactly,glad to share your point of view.cheers!

[@cosmicdrifter287]

Christopher Brown todd fans always find a way.

[@geekrockrats]

I went to the same high school,I sometimes wish it had been decades earlier so I could've hung out with Todd

[@stutzbearcat5624]

Don't you love guys who ask questions and never stop talking.

[@jamieluce5960]

Incredibly talented and a down to earth guy. Love him.

[@91dodgespiritrt]

I started to have respect for Todd Runtgren until I just found out he was 'anti" Donald Trump and told Trump supporters NOT to come to his shows. Now, I'm back to thinking he is an OVERRATED asshole. I understand why his name is "'Runt-gren" - he is a true 'RUNT" to me.

[@jg6698]

Nothing says down to earth as his old body suits. Seriously, guy did some great albums. A Wizard A True Star.

[@susankeller164]

He is still so cool.

[@ronmacdonald5418]

Todd is royalty and you'd be hard pressed to find someone who's touched so many great albums and songs through his bands, his writing and his production work. ...

[@xenafan234]

Can we please all gather and get Todd into the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame, Please?

[@jimbrussobigtimecavaliersf6371]

no kidding

[@incognito7479]

xenafan234 I think that won't happen. They've had more than enough time to make that decision. Todd's over their head. The best musicians, at least in my experience, are not easily recognized and remain somewhat in the background. Reason? It's not important. "He with an ear shall hear"

[@gwensciora8516]

he does not want it.. watch his speech at BERKLEE.

[@johnchase4408]

He want's NOTHING to do with it. Said he wouldn't accept.

[@feralkid7025]

Why?

[@terrykhan5515]

I love him

[@raecoyote]

People ask the longest drawn out questions!!! Just spit it out for Christ sake!

[@keelanp53]

right! agree!

[@robmorrison1043]

Agree, that 1st question was ridiculous, on and on and on

[@rrdream2400]

brutal!

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

1:12 to ask a single question. Like the sound of your own voice?

[@Zepster77]

Wow he mentions B.B. King at 1:35.....

[@marylouisetucker3591]

He's above the rr&r hall of fame and would not accept it anyway. His talent is not able to be categorised.

[@susanbezio1529]

2021 he's in the RRHOF

[@marylouisetucker3591]

@@susanbezio1529 Well there you go!

[@jg6698]

Lol. They all say that shit till they get in.

[@melissaschroeter161]

how many people …. loved by you … can they be counted..... on one hand... you are so much fun.

[@stutzbearcat5624]

Todd doesn't seem real excited to be there. 😁

[@shelleysmith9065]

Yes Todd is God!!#

[@jackson5781]

Hilarious

[@kellyp2665]

🤩

[@s.ferres6194]

american genius

[@lespaulfanofsparta]

So basically we learn that there's something at the heart of it that's simply awful, a man who makes a living off a plastic waffle. Except that it's worse for said man than just trying to figure out the commerce angle, since plastic waffles are now only a tiny fraction of the former gold mine and consumed only by obsessives and luddites. Apparently now said man has to listen and try to answer multiple part questions in multiple angles and then when you give an honest answer somebody cracks up laughing where they shouldn't be. And then you have to repeat yourself when somebody doesn't catch the drift of the first answer. But, the brilliant surprise in this video and why I'm liking it, is they have the good sense to let him say Tony Bennett and BB King. I took my Mom to see Tony Bennett recently and I know EXACTLY what he means with this statement. A cool moment, thanks for capturing.

[@dutmon]

I don't care if you enjoy it, we need you to carry on! ( I claim Todd fan humor credit -1) You outrank U2 in my book.

[@OldVillain]

Gotten = Received. Is this part of the verb To Got?

[@TheSavannah777]

gotten - past participle of get.

[@DanYuleo]

Usage: "had gotten"

[@sydneymchugh2713]

Interesting to notice how his accent has changed over time. Watch that interview up at Bearsville in the mid 70's, he has a definite NY (the old NY) accent. This sounds like a hybrid of Phily and Hawaii. Almost as if he's picked up on the annoying interviewers drawl. Todd's looking around like "this is a joke, right?" Seriously? 60 seconds and he's not completed his question? Do they all talk that way in HI??

[@Hammster69official]

Makes sense, since he was born in the Philly area and now lives in Hawaii...

[@geekrockrats]

He's starting to look like Lennon......and Ben Franklin

[@ZiplocRules2013]

Not to his women fans...he is HOT

[@Blkojo]

Actually looks more like Paul Kantner.

[@michellerjackson5776]

And YOU, ??

[@michellerjackson5776]

@John Johnson 😆😆😆

[@1rewd133]

... answer begins @1:26

[@BluesLicks101]

I have yet to see a Todd interview where he does not pick his nose.

[@keelanp53]

Hay fever

[@inquisitor4635]

Boogers provide those extra energy calories that keep one really going strong throughout the day.

[@usandthemakakelly2535]

Lol

[@donaldfewell9929]

It's itchy.

[@michellerjackson5776]

@@usandthemakakelly2535 All the implications piss me off😡 Long time Todd fan.. I think it's a ( albeit unattractive habit).. Love this man, and check out btw, Live ar Darryls House ( TR's home )..😎😍🍍🌴🌴

[@susanbezio1529]

2021 RRHOF!!!!!

[@lynnzabachta4971]

I think he should be in the Rock and Roll H of F, but he seems a bit agitated...strange...

[@inquisitor4635]

He often seems a bit agitated.

[@phillipfolis4399]

Tom McDonald needs Todd !

[@imautopian]

In the caravan forever on road to utopia

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

WOW IS HE NERVOUS OR WHAT ? MAYBE IT'S JUST THE DRUGS ! L.O.L.

[@usandthemakakelly2535]

He DOES look nervous! I've NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE!

[@Bobby007D]

so, he admires people who do hard drugs? Rush Limbaugh ?Rob Ford ? Those with chronic pain ? Wait I might be confused ? Did he mean, Most, rock and roll artists?

[@warrensuggs6285]

You are confused and might want to rewatch this. He never says he admires people who do hard drugs.

[@Bobby007D]

Warren Suggs I was commenting on the title of the video ! I was being sarcastic.

[@johnsullivan3628]

WOW... the guy comes off in his songs like a more afeminate almost gay guy.. He seems strikingly normal to me. lol

[@peterzang]

Stupidest comment of the week. Congrats.

[@sydneymchugh2713]

Agreed Peter, if john knew anything about Todd he'd know one of his most ass kicking Rock Guitar God songs, "Is It My Name" in which he says, "My voice goes so high, you would think I was gay! But I play my guitar in such a man-cock way!" - Although even that might be too homoerotic for brother john here. Run, john, run! Those gay thoughts can't catch you! LoL!

[@CheshireCatband]

Peter Gerstenzang Right. Really confusing comment. Back-handed, pro/anti-gay compliment/insult. Although he was quite intentionally androgynous LOOKING BITD, he never SOUNDED gay to me.

[@CheshireCatband]

Come off gay in his songs, but seems "normal"; nice choice of words. I guess I know what you mean to say.

[@ZiplocRules2013]

You obviously don't own any of his albums and have only heard the hits that the record producers picked for him to get on their label. He is so progressive and ahead of his time; best guitarist and lyricist their is; buy one of his albums..start with maybe "TODD" brown cover, double lp/cd; you'll be hooked, fast