How the hell have I not ever seen this before? His music has encompassed my life since I was 15. I am a very old lady now. Raised my kids and now grandson listening to Todd. I was 19 when “Another Live” was released came out. It is still a big part of my life right now.
*@Jan Strait* Might be because this wasn't so long on CZcams ? Just see this for the first time ,while "Another Live" was one of my favourite albums . I was 25 when this came out ,so now even older than you .....no kids raised though. Bytheway , aren't we blessed to have this YTube in our old days , with the click of a button all our past favourites to enjoy. 👉🏼czcams.com/video/0Twyq6BHlfQ/video.html 👈🏻
I first saw Todd at the Birmingham Odeon on New Street in Birmingham UK. I was mesmerised! I saw this on the Old Grey Whistle test about a week later and I was hooked. I remember this had a bum opening that Todd re started but they seem to have cut that bit. I was 15 years old and I'm going to be 63 in December 2022 but I still remember the Odeon gig like yesterday, particularly the fact that he had Luther Vandros on backing vocals.
I worked at the Odeon onstage and worked this gig. Remember it like yesterday. It was his first appearance and tour in Britain. Todd wore the same clothes as in this video. After the gig, I went into the dressing room and asked for Todd's autograph. Still have it. The next day, I rushed out to HMV on New Street and bought what ever they had of Todd's records. Great gig!
Wow! This clip is one for the musical history books! The “Old Grey Whistle Test” was a British TV show back in the seventies that had live performances and some of the best musicians on the planet. There was no other that came even close!
I think Todd is my favorite human being ever, and Utopia is just a freakin' mind-blow, they are so good. They only had Zappa and maybe Yes or ELP at times as anything close to what they were doing (and still do, as of their 2018 reunion!).
I have been told that singing and playing guitar is not the easiest thing to do.!! However Todd makes it look super easy and the fact that he is such a great guitarist makes it even more amazing.!! Thanks Todd.! Kudos.!
Get with the Bible people that’s only way to heaven Jesus of the Bible is 100% truth! In the Hindu writings Krishna is the serpant of eternity the lord of destruction the prince of demons adjectives described to the Devil in the Bible. because God is not Luciferian God is pure love!
@@jjphank you're still clinging to binary opposition in attributing to God pure "love." Look into apophatic theology; the only way we can approach God linguistically in an adequate sense is through negation -- i.e. stating what He is Not. If you say God is good, he could always be greater. If you say he is love, this still implies hate, as you constellate its opposite in attributing to him an earthly description. God is ultimately transcendent of our concepts, and the Hindus who you castigate in your comment were better at symbolizing/mythologizing the paradoxical unity of the binary pairs than most christian dogmatists/theologians.
@@NoahWurth easy to disprove Hinduism and Buddhism and all of the religions of the east, as God warned about in Jeremiah 2, not to go towards! If the yin and yang were true, that means what Hitler was doing was not that evil because good is right there balancing it out, but it was evil so they good means it’s not that good, so now you have a problem with mediocrity; you’re trying to bleed heaven and hell together the marriage of good and evil together and Luciferianism! There are absolutes 2+2 is always gonna be one answer, 4 ! But we know in our world we could be ultimate good , ultimate euphoria or somebody’s very happy about what’s going on in their lives and everything that’s good, is the result of it or the cause of that! So Buddhism is a cartoon religion I just proved that! If you reincarnate as a frog you have to be worried about snakes alligators fish bigger frogs birds man bugs and amoebas! What kind of God would do this? Another cartoon God! If you don’t believe that then go live in the woods with a blanket you wouldn’t even last one night! All the bugs snakes night creatures etc. Now Jesus will give you joy that’s better than happiness because it doesn’t depend on your circumstances; That’s a down payment, a deposit of the holy spirit of what’s gonna be like in heaven!
Wonderful- a rare, crystal clear close up of Todd in his prime with the stripped-down Utopia he first arrived in UK with. Thank god for the Beeb. Wish to god they'd played Roger Powell's Mr. Triscuits on this OGWT though, would have loved to have seen that. Luther's looking a bit underwhelmed by it all?
@@usandthemakakelly2535, Oh my...Todd has had such a huge impact in my musical creative world. He's also personally inspired me in wondrous ways. My current upcoming release this week is greatly inspired by amazing women which have moved me musically beyond words, keeps the child within alive and quite well. Cheers for your kind reply. 🙂
LYRICS: My great grandfather was a satisfied man Contented in every way Such was the course of his everyday life 'til he heard of the seven rays. Every modern man, in the back of his mind Has a problem to face. He wants security for the home in his head All he needs is the seven rays. And when you think about tomorrow What goes through your mind? Now don't nobody get uptight Do you think that we can put up With this shit one more night All you need is just six more rays Take one beam of light Prism acquire Break the white light down Seven rays appear One - red, the ruler seeking freedom Two - gold, the father seeking unity Three - orange, the thinker seeking understanding Four - yellow, the poet seeking harmony Take the seven rays Pure as fire Focus anywhere White light will appear Five - green, the scientist seeking truth Six - blue, the disciple seeking goodness Seven - indigo, the artist seeking beauty This may sound like a bunch of trumped up words But we keep no secrets today The only hope for you is in your brothers, my friend All you need is just six more rays All we need is the seven rays
Thanks for the lyrics......at the 5:20 mark where he says 'white light will appear'...I always thought that he said 'wine and root beer'...which made absolutely no sense. Jeez, after all these years.
...and, he is STILL not yet in the "Rock and Roll" Hall of Fame? hmmm. I have never seen any Utopia from this time period with such clear picture quality!! Oh, yeah, Roger's Rig dwarfs Keith Emerson's (haha), and this is One-Hell-UV-A Performance. Talk about being YEARS ahead of your time, this guy is STILL the Future...I am Floored, Incredible, and this one moves to the TOP of my Most Memorable TR /Utopia "Live" Shows. Thanks for Posting...
Todd doesn’t need the crappy R&R HOF. Who cares about that shit ? We all know how that works anyway. Total BS. His talent and drive is the best. He will never be forgotten. I will never forget the effect he has had on my life and that of many others. Todd is a gift to all of us. He is unique and certainly one of the greats. Rock on Todd!
Saw him live on October 27th at the John Curtain Bandroom. Was right at the front. Davey Lane and the Drunken Rooster was his pick up band. Davey Lane is a big fan of Todd Rundgren and he played 70% of the lead guitar parts. They blew the roof off. Sadly they did not play this. This is from a distinctly different universe. The Todd Rundgren Universe.
Fantastic performance. I never knew there was an OGWT appearance. It must have been before/after the Hammersmith show when they were in London 1975. Thanks cytricacid for this very special upload.
I have this on VHS. But they also did Another Life. You don't see out there because they had a false start and Todd stops them. Pretty cool! It's great version. I need to get it transferred to DVD.
Super Fantastic version , always LOVE hearing this tune , Seven Rays always is amazing to hear , Todd & company really were doing some serious jamming on this night !!!!
My favorite album Another Live and time period for Utopia.Willies playing a set of Sonor Champion drums here.I have a set just like them but in metallic blue color.How I wish they filmed them playing Mister Triscuits.That would have been mind blowing for me!!!
You can just see and feel the youthful enthusiasm and vision to try to blaze a new trail in music at that time -- 1975. We're all Freedom Fighters, I hope.
Tons of cool Todd videos on CZcams - this is one of the best. Todd being Todd - very natural. OG Utopia was cutting edge - inspired bands ranging from Queen thru Yes!
Todd had such a unique way with that wammi bar on the Fender Mustang he played in those days. One of several reasons I love this period in his music. I've always refused to believe it was just more "prog rock". Something made him all but give up using a bar after the mid 70s. Maybe he thought it was just too gimmicky, but to me it was an essential and expressive part of the early Utopia, along with the guitar/synth interplay. Runner up fav thing was Rog's body suits. Priceless clip thanks to OGWT.
always been my favorite version of Utopia, the Another Live lineup -- plus Moogy & Ralph, who I don't see in this vid yet? Thanks for the high quality post!!
Further to my previous post, I remember that I didn't know who was going to be on the whistle test that night, and I missed about the first 20 seconds of Real Man as I setup my cassette player to record the two songs . I played them over and over along with my radio recording of Todd at the Hammersmith in London. I have had a box set of the "At the BBC" collection on CD for a couple of years now, and I now get to listen to my past through Todd.
This is an extremely good quality upload- surprised.. but if this is from dvd, I can understand it- most of the old uploads are converted from VHS, and the quality suffers as a result. Props to the uploader for this!
Yes .. your correct my friend! Todd was one of the first rockers to celebrate diversity in genuine terms .... another area Todd should receive credit! He is just a great artist and person!
Take one beam of light Prism acquire Break the white light down Seven rays appear, seven rays appear One: red, the ruler seeking freedom Two: gold, the father seeking unity Three: orange, the thinker seeking understanding Four: yellow, the poet seeking harmony Take the seven rays Pure as fire Focus anywhere White light will appear, white light will appear Five: green, the scientist seeking truth Six: blue, the disciple seeking goodness Seven: indigo, the artist seeking beauty
I'm assuming this is from 1975 - after the dissolving of the Power Sextet, and before Kasim joined, after the release of Initiation and, most likely, right around the time Another Live was released. My first Rundgren show was with this lineup at the Chicago Auditorium Theatre in November, 1975. Unforgettable.
One of my fav early Utopia songs. I love the keyboard sound. I would love to hear a remake of Oops Wrong Planet using the synth type sounds from this song. Actually a few Utopia songs post- this vids era. I was never a fan of Roger using Powell Probe for keyboard sounds, but I understand it was a tech thing for him.
How the hell have I not ever seen this before? His music has encompassed my life since I was 15. I am a very old lady now. Raised my kids and now grandson listening to Todd. I was 19 when “Another Live” was released came out. It is still a big part of my life right now.
it's on the BBC box set 3 cds 1 DVD
It's on "Another Live"!
@@wygakyl yes I know that but I had not seen this video until 8 months ago. I live Up Over and live a sheltered life apparently🤣
*@Jan Strait* Might be because this wasn't so long on CZcams ? Just see this for the first time ,while "Another Live" was one of my favourite albums . I was 25 when this came out ,so now even older than you .....no kids raised though.
Bytheway , aren't we blessed to have this YTube in our old days , with the click of a button all our past favourites to enjoy.
👉🏼czcams.com/video/0Twyq6BHlfQ/video.html 👈🏻
I adore Todd Rundgren (Runt) I have followed him since I was 14 the greatest tablet ever!
John Siegler, who co-wrote "The Seven Rays" with Todd, really brought the funk out in this version.
You should look up his first band Air with Googie Copella.
Maybe in chops, but Kasim has the Vocals Todd's later songs used so perfectly 🥰...
BOTH GREAT !
I love John Siegler so much he’s so incredible❤
RIP Luther Vandross
Todd is the most underrated-underappreciated guitarist in Rock Listen to his work in Nazz from the 60's incredible
I first saw Todd at the Birmingham Odeon on New Street in Birmingham UK. I was mesmerised! I saw this on the Old Grey Whistle test about a week later and I was hooked. I remember this had a bum opening that Todd re started but they seem to have cut that bit. I was 15 years old and I'm going to be 63 in December 2022 but I still remember the Odeon gig like yesterday, particularly the fact that he had Luther Vandros on backing vocals.
Interesting you say that as I've watched this video a few times and the intro always caught my attention a bit ... seemed edited ... it was!
I worked at the Odeon onstage and worked this gig. Remember it like yesterday. It was his first appearance and tour in Britain. Todd wore the same clothes as in this video. After the gig, I went into the dressing room and asked for Todd's autograph. Still have it. The next day, I rushed out to HMV on New Street and bought what ever they had of Todd's records. Great gig!
John Siegler is the funkiest slice of funkedy funk funky going.....funktastic…..
Wow! This clip is one for the musical history books! The “Old Grey Whistle Test” was a British TV show back in the seventies that had live performances and some of the best musicians on the planet. There was no other that came even close!
I think Todd is my favorite human being ever, and Utopia is just a freakin' mind-blow, they are so good. They only had Zappa and maybe Yes or ELP at times as anything close to what they were doing (and still do, as of their 2018 reunion!).
I like the way you think.
I miss these 70's Todd days..One of the most versatile musicians ever.
Luther Vandross on background vocals!
Wow! I so loved Luther’s velvet voice.
Wow! Didn't kno that!
Wow! Todd and Roger looking and sounding fantastic! What a great version of a great song!
I have been told that singing and playing guitar is not the easiest thing to do.!! However Todd makes it look super easy and the fact that he is such a great guitarist makes it even more amazing.!! Thanks Todd.! Kudos.!
Listened to this with headphones on, Siegler ’s bass playing is phenomenal. Thanks for sharing!
Holy crap, that is the best rendition of 7 Rays I have ever heard in all these years!
1st ray: Enlightenment Consciousness
2nd ray: Wisdom
3rd ray: Love / Adaptability
4th ray: Purity (no pot, drugs, shamanic plants, alcohol, etc) / Harmony
5th ray: Truth / Knowledge
6th ray: Peace / Devotion
7th ray: Freedom / Ritual
source? ive always heard the first 4 described as 1: ray of will 2 ray of love 3 ray of wisdom 4 ray of harmony through conflict
Get with the Bible people that’s only way to heaven Jesus of the Bible is 100% truth!
In the Hindu writings Krishna is the serpant of eternity the lord of destruction the prince of demons adjectives described to the Devil in the Bible. because God is not Luciferian God is pure love!
@@jjphank you're still clinging to binary opposition in attributing to God pure "love." Look into apophatic theology; the only way we can approach God linguistically in an adequate sense is through negation -- i.e. stating what He is Not. If you say God is good, he could always be greater. If you say he is love, this still implies hate, as you constellate its opposite in attributing to him an earthly description. God is ultimately transcendent of our concepts, and the Hindus who you castigate in your comment were better at symbolizing/mythologizing the paradoxical unity of the binary pairs than most christian dogmatists/theologians.
@@jjphank Jesus is crap
@@NoahWurth easy to disprove Hinduism and Buddhism and all of the religions of the east, as God warned about in Jeremiah 2, not to go towards!
If the yin and yang were true, that means what Hitler was doing was not that evil because good is right there balancing it out, but it was evil so they good means it’s not that good, so now you have a problem with mediocrity; you’re trying to bleed heaven and hell together the marriage of good and evil together and Luciferianism!
There are absolutes 2+2 is always gonna be one answer, 4 !
But we know in our world we could be ultimate good , ultimate euphoria or somebody’s very happy about what’s going on in their lives and everything that’s good, is the result of it or the cause of that!
So Buddhism is a cartoon religion I just proved that!
If you reincarnate as a frog you have to be worried about snakes alligators fish bigger frogs birds man bugs and amoebas! What kind of God would do this? Another cartoon God!
If you don’t believe that then go live in the woods with a blanket you wouldn’t even last one night!
All the bugs snakes night creatures etc.
Now Jesus will give you joy that’s better than happiness because it doesn’t depend on your circumstances; That’s a down payment, a deposit of the holy spirit of what’s gonna be like in heaven!
OMG-this is wonderful. I want the DVD, but used my money for his spring show! :-( This is so deep-and he was only in his twenties.
I’ve loved this man forever!!! His sound is like no other! He still mesmerizes me when I see him live or video. “My” man. ❤
Todd Is and will always be an amazing artist💖
Yes,Todd is an amazing artist. I have SEEN him before but never with UTOPIA
No less now than then. Same chills, same half smile today as then I'm listening wondering how were we then at all.
Wonderful- a rare, crystal clear close up of Todd in his prime with the stripped-down Utopia he first arrived in UK with. Thank god for the Beeb. Wish to god they'd played Roger Powell's Mr. Triscuits on this OGWT though, would have loved to have seen that. Luther's looking a bit underwhelmed by it all?
Amazing quality footage and song that will endlessly hold the test of time. Love this era of Todd Rundgren.
Thank you for saying that!
@@usandthemakakelly2535,
Oh my...Todd has had such a huge impact in my musical creative world. He's also personally inspired me in wondrous ways. My current upcoming release this week is greatly inspired by amazing women which have moved me musically beyond words, keeps the child within alive and quite well. Cheers for your kind reply. 🙂
What a great time in musical history ! Todd can do it all !
There will never be another Todd Rundgren!
This still has a cosmic affect on my senses.
You need to smoke some good weed.
Haha I got that! Starseed humour! Lovely 😊
LYRICS:
My great grandfather was a satisfied man
Contented in every way
Such was the course of his everyday life
'til he heard of the seven rays.
Every modern man, in the back of his mind
Has a problem to face.
He wants security for the home in his head
All he needs is the seven rays.
And when you think about tomorrow
What goes through your mind?
Now don't nobody get uptight
Do you think that we can put up
With this shit one more night
All you need is just six more rays
Take one beam of light
Prism acquire
Break the white light down
Seven rays appear
One - red, the ruler seeking freedom
Two - gold, the father seeking unity
Three - orange, the thinker seeking understanding
Four - yellow, the poet seeking harmony
Take the seven rays
Pure as fire
Focus anywhere
White light will appear
Five - green, the scientist seeking truth
Six - blue, the disciple seeking goodness
Seven - indigo, the artist seeking beauty
This may sound like a bunch of trumped up words
But we keep no secrets today
The only hope for you is in your brothers, my friend
All you need is just six more rays
All we need is the seven rays
Thanks for the lyrics......at the 5:20 mark where he says 'white light will appear'...I always thought that he said 'wine and root beer'...which made absolutely no sense. Jeez, after all these years.
Gregory Boles
Perfect sense to me.
Whine and you get what you need...
Root Beer, taste the deliciousness of the universe
@@gregoryboles9404 😆
Outstanding. Watched this go out live on telly all those years ago following their London Hammy Odeon humdinger.
...and, he is STILL not yet in the "Rock and Roll" Hall of Fame? hmmm. I have never seen any Utopia from this time period with such clear picture quality!! Oh, yeah, Roger's Rig dwarfs Keith Emerson's (haha), and this is One-Hell-UV-A Performance. Talk about being YEARS ahead of your time, this guy is STILL the Future...I am Floored, Incredible, and this one moves to the TOP of my Most Memorable TR /Utopia "Live" Shows. Thanks for Posting...
Todd doesn’t need the crappy R&R HOF. Who cares about that shit ? We all know how that works anyway. Total BS. His talent and drive is the best. He will never be forgotten. I will never forget the effect he has had on my life and that of many others. Todd is a gift to all of us. He is unique and certainly one of the greats. Rock on Todd!
He doesn’t need the RRHOF however I’m happy to say HES IN!!! About time!!!!!
But now he is - in the rocking roll whole of Fame. Yay!!
He IS the rock and roll hall of fame.
F*** THE STUPID HALL
Looking very resplendent in those outfits Roger and Todd...
TODD great then and greater now !...Music Hall of Fame there he goes
You got it brother
Saw him live on October 27th at the John Curtain Bandroom. Was right at the front. Davey Lane and the Drunken Rooster was his pick up band. Davey Lane is a big fan of Todd Rundgren and he played 70% of the lead guitar parts. They blew the roof off. Sadly they did not play this. This is from a distinctly different universe. The Todd Rundgren Universe.
Todd has always been such a beautiful wacko. He has, let me say, informed my life. What a wonderful artist, and courageous human being.
Fantastic performance. I never knew there was an OGWT appearance. It must have been before/after the Hammersmith show when they were in London 1975. Thanks cytricacid for this very special upload.
I've been a Todd fan since the Nazz days, but I've never seen this. I'm gobsmacked!
great song and good to see luther vandross on backing vocals thanks for post
I'm still luv'n this song but I think Luther needs beamed up...he do'nt seem to be digging the sounds, in fact he looks bored shirtless🤣🤣
I have this on VHS. But they also did Another Life. You don't see out there because they had a false start and Todd stops them. Pretty cool! It's great version. I need to get it transferred to DVD.
very jazz fusion, funk, a hear some Zappa at times. Great song. Todd and his band have their own sound ..
Well done finding this gem. Great upload. Thanks.
Todd Rundgren always has lovely surprises for everyone to hear his Music 🎶🎵❤... Even if you just found him... Grate guy singing & having good fun...
This is amazing....I used to listen to this on vinyl till it was no more...thanks so much for sharing this wonderful music.... :-)
Excellent sound quality! Thanks for posting!
Super Fantastic version , always LOVE hearing this tune , Seven Rays always is amazing to hear , Todd & company really were doing some serious jamming on this night !!!!
Fender Mustang, folks. What a great advert for Mustangs this is ! I went out and bought a Squier 60s Classic Vibe Mustang myself.
I remember this when it was first broadcast. I am old. More to the point, Todd has great whammy bar skills.
Holy crap.Thanks so much for this ! This man’s music changed my life.
Todd Rundgren a wizard a true star
Holy shit, Roger Powell’s outfit is completely unbelievable!
I love it. I want to wear it. So cosmic!
Todd, your songs and your voice...BIG LOVE. I hope I meet you in the great beyond
I Have to say that John Z. is one of my 4 best bass players of all times.
Dang..that dang ol dang ol bass dang thang got me talkin like Boomhauer!!!! LOVE IT!!!
My favorite album Another Live and time period for Utopia.Willies playing a set of Sonor Champion drums here.I have a set just like them but in metallic blue color.How I wish they filmed them playing Mister Triscuits.That would have been mind blowing for me!!!
Such a beautiful piece of music.
Another one of my Todd favorite songs. A Cleveland OH jewelry chain used middle of the song (synth solo section) for a radio commercial.
You can just see and feel the youthful enthusiasm and vision to try to blaze a new trail in music at that time -- 1975. We're all Freedom Fighters, I hope.
I truly enjoyed this.
Great song, great Todd Rundgren !! Amazing vídeo !
Love Todd then ,now and forever.😄
Tons of cool Todd videos on CZcams - this is one of the best. Todd being Todd - very natural. OG Utopia was cutting edge - inspired bands ranging from Queen thru Yes!
What a treat to see a video of Seven Rays. Great stuff!
Been a Todd / Utopia fan since the late 60s now at 70 I really truly understand the talent and quality of his music
This is STUNNING
Todd had such a unique way with that wammi bar on the Fender Mustang he played in those days. One of several reasons I love this period in his music. I've always refused to believe it was just more "prog rock". Something made him all but give up using a bar after the mid 70s. Maybe he thought it was just too gimmicky, but to me it was an essential and expressive part of the early Utopia, along with the guitar/synth interplay. Runner up fav thing was Rog's body suits. Priceless clip thanks to OGWT.
there's skinny, and then there's ROCK STAR skinny.
Another nice one from Todd, who has generally done exactly what he's wanted to do since The Nazz. Amazing.
The greatest musician of all time Todd Rundgren
The best version of this song ever, serious tear up the ground rock and funk tornadoing into your Seventies scenario!
Love this Tune....No Secret...
This song sure misses Moogy & Ralph, but "you can't relive the past" RIP guys
Wow.that was good! Reminds me of goin to his Central park shows in the 70's.
man, that's a big keyboard rig. his roadies must've hated him
Who cares?
@@ericaward702 his roadies.
Tjhoo!!! The intro of this till the end of it, so electrifying
I never realized how great Todd is!!!
For 1975 this is wonderful recording! History well-preserved and Utopia really taking shape
I remember I bought that album another life super LP Live in Central Park
Sing it Todd...love this video❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you so much
always been my favorite version of Utopia, the Another Live lineup -- plus Moogy & Ralph, who I don't see in this vid yet? Thanks for the high quality post!!
Randy Alberts , this after Moogy and Ralph and before Kasim Sultan.
Further to my previous post, I remember that I didn't know who was going to be on the whistle test that night, and I missed about the first 20 seconds of Real Man as I setup my cassette player to record the two songs . I played them over and over along with my radio recording of Todd at the Hammersmith in London. I have had a box set of the "At the BBC" collection on CD for a couple of years now, and I now get to listen to my past through Todd.
My Favorite Todd Guitar tone, and set up ever!
Superbe vidéo de l'époque de l'album "Another Live" je pense. Merci beaucoup, super document !
Utterly Totally BEAUTIFUL
beyond awesome ! - Uber genius - love Todd.
7 rays appear !!! 7 rays appear¡!
I think this is THE best song that Todd has ever written.
You may be right, although there are a lot of contenders. I've been coming back to this song for the last few months. It's just so amazing.
Total dorks! I love this guy
Awesome...
This is an extremely good quality upload- surprised.. but if this is from dvd, I can understand it- most of the old uploads are converted from VHS, and the quality suffers as a result. Props to the uploader for this!
Todd the God!
70s Todd!
Fkn AWESOME!
INCREDIBLE !
Is that Luther vandross, so this wa 75?
Yes .. your correct my friend! Todd was one of the first rockers to celebrate diversity in genuine terms .... another area Todd should receive credit! He is just a great artist and person!
Also Anthony Hilton another Bowie Young Americans back up singer .
Must be about that time, as Kasim Sulton isn't on bass yet.
Luther Vandross back there on background vocals and percussion. On the "Nimbus Thitherward" bootleg, he's credited as Luther Van Dross".
todd is delightful.
Take one beam of light
Prism acquire
Break the white light down
Seven rays appear, seven rays appear
One: red, the ruler seeking freedom
Two: gold, the father seeking unity
Three: orange, the thinker seeking understanding
Four: yellow, the poet seeking harmony
Take the seven rays
Pure as fire
Focus anywhere
White light will appear, white light will appear
Five: green, the scientist seeking truth
Six: blue, the disciple seeking goodness
Seven: indigo, the artist seeking beauty
I'm assuming this is from 1975 - after the dissolving of the Power Sextet, and before Kasim joined, after the release of Initiation and, most likely, right around the time Another Live was released. My first Rundgren show was with this lineup at the Chicago Auditorium Theatre in November, 1975. Unforgettable.
Raw performance by the wizard!!!
Awesome!
The sound engineer was obviously a bass player....
Is that Rog on keys? Can’t tell, but sounds like his style.❤️this great intro, performance!!
James A. Lemke Yes. Roger Powell and the MOOG!
One of my fav early Utopia songs. I love the keyboard sound. I would love to hear a remake of Oops Wrong Planet using the synth type sounds from this song. Actually a few Utopia songs post- this vids era. I was never a fan of Roger using Powell Probe for keyboard sounds, but I understand it was a tech thing for him.
What do you do on the keyboards?
@@usandthemakakelly2535 I can play Mary Had A Little Lamb 😂....I used to play sax way back. I always wanted to be a producer.
Todd Rundgren and Utopia one of the best bands
Drummer's like: "I ain't wearing that stupid butt-suit."
ME GUSTA ESTA CANCION🥰