Why Todd Rundgren Quit Working on Kanye West's Album

[@GM-xj2ez]

Todd has always been about the music. When I was in college in North Carolina in the 70s, he actually did a post high school homecoming concert at a high school! I couldn’t believe one of my idols was playing at a high school. I went and took a couple of my classmates, who later became fans. The Homecoming Court obviously had no idea who he was, and left quickly. We and my friends were able to go up close to the stage and experience his solo performance. He has been my hero ever since. His ethics regarding making music, being an ethical human being, have inspired me ever since.

[@ChicagoBeaver]

I got into Todd long ago when I owned 100's of albums. I was into songwriters such as Al Stewart, Billy Joel and Elton as well.. Songs like "Real Man," "Can we Still be Friends," "Hello it's Me," are timeless pop songs and I still love listening to them to this day. I hope his tour comes to Portland Oregon bcz I would love to see him live!

[@bunnoatnichibei]

I saw Todd in the 90s in what I think was the gym of a small college in Japan. There were no seats, maybe two hundred people, and I think I was the only American. I enjoyed it so much that I went back and saw his second show the next night.

[@19trebor53]

Todd truly is a wizard and a true star. Listen to his early music with Nazz and then Runt and thereafter. Great music.

[@19trebor53]

Nazz Nazz is a great album. Give it a listen.

[@pattyfreeman5819]

todd,bein a big fan,patient, he really saves a life! his music always pops around my head since 1970. nothing but live@ admiration!!

[@kermitfrog593]

If anyone had the balls to criticize the biggest prima donna in music with perfect precision it had to be Todd.

[@mattmcnulty8363]

Word! So well put man

[@morrisonreed1]

but is it really music , nah

[@michaelthornburg2491]

Rundgren is a legend. No one can come close to his song arangments and productions.

[@morbidmanmusic]

well, yes, they can. I love todd, but he is self indulgent and lots of material is poorly engineered. Yes, he has masterpieces.. but to say "no one comes close" is ignorant pathetic fan worship. Bacharach is much more than to as far as arrangements. .. for example.

[@michaelthornburg2491]

@@morbidmanmusic I got my ignorant opinion just like you have your ignorant opinion.

[@heysweetybirds]

"Kanye is just a shoe designer". - Todd Rundgren, Legend. 😆

[@sarge420]

West is a cult following POS. Period. Todd is a genius.

[@deltorso]

2 left feet

[@newspapertaxis1]

Not no more...He was "Booted" from Adidas!!! Now he has the shoe right where it belongs!!!! And yes..Todd A Wizard a True Star!!!!!

[@Hippie-i8g]

Love you Todd. Decades!❤

[@kevinmcgiffin10]

Todd is very smart and will pull away from a project if he thinks its pulp and going nowhere. I love the comment "Kanye is just a shoe designer" . That about says it.

[@christophermorales6680]

I pulled this straight from wiki; "Donda debuted at number one on several charts, including the U.S. Billboard 200, where it became West's tenth consecutive number-one album. It also marked one of the biggest opening-day streaming tallies in the history of Spotify and Apple Music." also this shoe designer is not even designing these shoes. he likely has employed actual industrial/product designers who do it for him. that being said, yeezy as an entity is worth, what, 2-4 billion bucks? todd maybe right about him being a jackass but theres no question kanye is a top tier artist.

[@UniversalMysticsOfChrist]

Going nowhere? Lol!

[@Anonymousbirb19]

“Going nowhere” but outsold anything Todd has done in decades💀

[@ou8428]

Millions if not Billions of people consume McDonalds over healthy food choices. What's your point? More is not better. A lot of casuals consume Kanye's music. They're not musicians, or cerebral beings. That stuff is junkfood for the ears and brain. Give me real music with real instruments and real meaning​@@Anonymousbirb19

[@joemartinez331]

Todd Rundgren is a legend. Kanye thinks he’s one. He’s the only one who thinks that way.

[@styloroc2000]

Kanye is a legend, but like some legends, his story might serve as a warning to others.

[@kurtspringer4071]

Kanye is a legend in his own mind

[@asiantrenchcoat]

They both are legends and it’s a shame nothing came from their studio sessions. Both are true visionaries but I would agree that Kanye’s last album was mid-tier compared to earlier work.

[@jwardbass4452]

I’m not biased toward Kanye but PLENTY of people think he’s a legend

[@altonbaudelaire]

I think what Kanye has done is important but Rundgren is more musically inclined and just a better producer too. Kanye won’t have that because his ego is always gonna get in the way.

[@snoops5581]

He certainly seems like a down to earth guy even though he’s been successful with his music & producing some of the biggest albums in history. I love all his music & if he comes to my town I will certainly go see him.

[@monoped8437]

based on what i've seen, NOT much of a shoe designer

[@r.p.mcmurphy6623]

Todd Is Godd!

[@VirginiaLynn1984]

@Greg Maxim lol if you were a Todd fan.. you'd know that's a common statement made 🙄😆 TODD IS GODD! ⚡

[@michelleduncan9965]

No, Todd is Todd.

[@r.p.mcmurphy6623]

@@michelleduncan9965 Shoo...

[@VirginiaLynn1984]

@@michelleduncan9965geeEEeeez.. lighten up lol the comment section on every KZbin video is full of internet trolls, OR people who get offended by literally everything they don't believe in, nowadays.. Todd fans are like a tight nit group..and have their stupid little sayings.. it's okay for people to do and say stuff that you don't agree with lol just look the other way and live your own life ☺️✌️

[@VirginiaLynn1984]

@Greg Maxim troll👹🙄🥱

[@morrisonreed1]

"hes a shoe designer" not a musician . Todd is in a different world of brilliant and musicianship

[@dorinda4ever]

Fabulous

[@incognito7479]

TR is brilliant

[@SIZLL]

Seems more Like Todd was annoyed that he didn't make it to the final cut of the album.

[@CLEARCIRCLEMEDIA]

Love Todd!

[@uponcripplecreek1]

Todd I’d too cool to work on a Kanye project anyway.

[@iamfoleymusic]

There’s no comparison between Tod and Kanye. The former creates beautiful music - the latter creates trash that will be forgotten before you know it

[@tod3msn]

Todd is very smart.

[@brucewalters8635]

Todd Rundgren's spiritual evolution has been documented in many songs over the years to date.

[@rosskstar]

score one for Todd...

[@jacksampsonforever]

*genetic comment about Kanye's big ego*

[@dabu73]

Is this from your dad’s side of the family or your mom’s?

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

GenRic

[@mattmcnulty8363]

Generic comment about Kanye’s DNA 🧬

[@susanbezio6708]

Todd hasn't got time for nonsense. Kanye is nonsense. He's the real deal. Mans a genius.

[@MultiPetercool]

Surprised he ever took a call from Kanye. This and his praise of Lori Lightfoot makes me question his intelligence.

[@sheilagraber5577]

He must be another liberal who has done to many drugs. That’s sad

[@timbuckxxi9690]

I won't be rushing out to get this one..

[@Nuppynup1]

This must have been an insult to Rundgren

[@nuendo2496]

Todd is a absolute genius.....never heard of the Kenny West guy.....

[@theonlycaamz]

well, you're missing out

[@nuendo2496]

​@@theonlycaamz Todd didn't have time for Kenny.........

[@apseudonym]

none of us have time for kanye anymore. but if you don't know of him or his music I feel bad for you

[@morbidmanmusic]

that is more your ignorance of popular performers. Most of the world, and all musicians would know Kenye, even if we hate him.

[@bored5116]

We really going to forget that UNIVERSAL dropped this NOT Kanye? That’s why some of it sounds unfinished… because IT IS this is what record companies do they screw over the artists, Todd is acting like a sellout

[@christophermorales6680]

though this has never stopped kanye from going back and revising tracks post release. hes done this on at least 4 of his last albums for sure. if its true, he should do it for this one too.

[@CrabDigs]

It's the ever popular tortured artist effect

[@ValkyrieZiege]

"As a Musician, he ( Kanye. ), is a shoe-designer". As is with all rap/whatever, it's Push-button sounds & kindergarten lyrics.

[@lynnejones862]

He should know better

[@lash3630]

todd,stay out of politics ok

[@Nuppynup1]

Remember when Dylan explored xtianity. . Mark knopfler helped him.

[@bas919]

Wonder why he even did it initially. Good thing he quit, though. :)

[@marcikaplan7381]

Todd is Godd

[@tomallen5837]

If you want to go sing about Jesus you know, I don't care... I'll help you do it! great line

[@johnwilkes6634]

Todd is God! 🙏 🎸🎶

[@JihadBunnydick]

Wtf

[@BEBE.6019]

QUAND ON VOIT LA DERNIÈRE CAMPAGNE PUBLICITAIRE DE KANYE WEST POUR SES NOUVELLES CHAUSSURES ... CELA RÉSUME BIEN SA MENTALITÉ : VULGARITÉ 😵‍💫 ET ARGENT À TOUT PRIX 💵

[@DavidLee-wj9sp]

He was tired of west selling shoes

[@dixirose111]

I love Kanye’s music. Todd doesn’t think much from his comments of Christian music anyway, so it’s just as well they won’t be working together…

[@karajalbert6074]

I wonder why Def Lepard fired him?

[@steinar123]

You are confusing Todd Rundgren with Jim Steinman.

[@hihats]

Todd is really cool.He told Trump voters to not attend his concerts...pretty cool.

[@smellslikeus]

Pretty lame if you ask me.

[@kevinmcgiffin10]

And that was all hype .Todds humor bout stuff is edgy if you been following him a long time. Sometimes he says things that upset folks but he is kidding folks . Strange sense of humor but thats 😎

[@DCToonTime]

Actually not very cool at all. Witness the sh/tshow that is the Biden administration.

[@andya2665]

@@kevinmcgiffin10 Todd was probably not kidding, and Todd's never did a quality recording all his music sounds tinny. Aside from that I was turned off on Todd when in the song All the Children Sing, Todd state that "the Angel of the Lord," aka precarnate Jesus, "just declared we aren't worth a thing." Oh contrair, John 3:16, "for God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him should not parish but have everlasting life." We are worth Jesus dying on a cross for our sake. Pray for Todd.

[@tomcarl8021]

How much do you want to bet Todd's truckers and stage crew were made up of mostly Trump supporters?

[@arthurmchugh5184]

It's because Kanye is not a musician @!!!😂😂😂😂

[@Nuppynup1]

8th comment. That’s how big o f a deal he is

[@christopherdelgado4512]

This comment section doesn't know anything about Kanye 😂😂

[@fixiotreeshin5809]

Facts💀

[@user-zu6ts5fb6g]

he sounds bitter, someone on kanyes team wanted to see them work together... kanye just rejected him completely. Now hes on this podcast ranting his ass off, im not surprised

[@dabu73]

Kanyes been around for like 17 years, stop pretending like he’s a mystery. he’s just a 44 year old spoiled brat at this point

[@christopherdelgado4512]

@@dabu73 because you were the same person you were 17 years ago doesn't mean the rest of us are. People change. Evolve. People become more interesting. Loser 😂😂

[@CrabDigs]

Nor the Runt 😉 😂

[@smellslikeus]

Donda was and will be remembered better than CLB

[@OpenRoader]

A guy standing on a stage pushing one button repeatedly is NOT a musician!

[@gero3015]

What? Before Kanye was a rapper he started as a producer making 5 beats a day for three summers he didnt just push one button he knew how to sample tracks and turn them into instrumentals

[@supermoneyball420]

I mean he performs at actual concerts lol the point was showing off the creative process. Dude didn’t reinvent the wheel or anything with this album but that’s kind of a weird criticism

[@don-meyreb.9455]

😂 😂

[@prisciladennison3360]

Todd is arrogant he should be fair and not involved in any politics issue..,,it only hurts his sales of his album ….🙄🙄

[@mitch6160]

One less aging rocker to worry about.

[@mitch6160]

@David Davidson you’re only getting one side of the story. I’m sure West doesn’t care about this guys input.

[@shysmy19]

@@mitch6160 Kanye west is a dilettante

[@mitch6160]

@@shysmy19 again, that’s one person’s side of the story. I see you can regurgitate other people’s comments. Got an opinion of your own?

[@mitch6160]

@David Davidson legendary? Most people know legends. Never heard of this guy. Sounds like his ego took a hit because Kanye didn’t give him the attention he wanted.

[@mitch6160]

@David Davidson stans? I’m not even a Kanye west fan. Try again, Stan.

[@orbital14]

The only possible reason I see to do anything with that kanye guy is in order to bill him a huge amount