I remember loving this song from the first time I heard it, when this original version by Nazz was a big hit. It's far better (IMHO) than Todd's solo version (and I do mean "solo", since he sang and played all the instruments on his "Something/Anything?" double album). Thanks so much for posting this powerful song from the late '60's!
Can't believe that I have never heard the original version until now......this is fantastic.....60's Pop! Seque right into other classic 60's pop - The Association or something like that......trippy, jazzy, eerie vocals....very cool
Love the Bongo thing in the beginning Great Tune. Should have been a National Hit beofre Todd's remake. The local Philly AM stations played it,but were guilty of playing an edted version that took away from it.
This was big when I was in the eighth grade (sob, I'm now 56). The bongo was the "hook," I always thought. I love BOTH versions of this, both Nazz and Todd Rundgren. Of course, he wrote the song and was in Nazz.
I like both versions of this classic but this one reminds me of a gorgeous girl I met one night in this bar I fell into in 69..This was playing when I first started talking to her..Memories :-)
"Hello, It's Me" was the first original song Rundgren wrote. It was first recorded in 1968 by Rundgren's band Nazz and was included on their self-titled debut album.
"Hello It's Me" is a Billboard #5 hit song composed by Todd Rundgren that has been recorded numerous times, and would become Rundgren's best-known song.
Far as I know.. it's the original... I know I have this vinyl from about 69-70?... and by far my favorite version... and of course, just my opinion:))
I'm listening to this for the first time. I dig his solo version even more. But this is pretty sweet. Much different. Both are cool as shit. Thanks for posting.
"The Nazz are blue" banda de garage rock, formada en Filadelfia, en 1967 con Todd Rundgren como lider, Carlson Van Osten, Tom Mooney y Robert Antoni. Version original de 1967
Not sure how the chronology works, whether this is the earlier version, (I suppose it is, as Title says THE NAZZ) however, there's a "Rockier" version Todd did later (?) which he did on the letterman show. Todd expressed not being too happy at playing the later version, which as I look around YouTube He plays on Piano, wearing a freaky outfit, faster Tempo - On Letterman Todd sings, "Hello Dave, it's me" , lol. The deeper I look into the man, the deeper the amount of work I find, pure genius !
I discovered this album in the 80's when a mate made me discover loads of great stuff. I got the LP then got the CD years and years later naturally and still listen to this album very very regularly indeed. Another one of those great psychedelic bands, not many people have heard of, one of those word of mouth beauty.
Glad you like the group as much as I do! I had the red vinyl lp and probably wore it out in the late 60's The combination of the vibes and harmony were such a great contrast for that time. Wonder if anyone else was at that Town Hall show in Philly. To have a jazz act like Charles Lloyd with Nazz spoke volumes. Hope Stewkey,Todd and all of the guys know how much they're loved.
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The far superior version of this song. I remember skipping lunch for a couple of days so that I could use my lunch money to buy the single . . . which I still have.
Stephanie, I'd love to come around to see you once in a while, if I had that need to smile. You don't have any interest in that happening however. You know that I'd be with you if I could but you want to be alone and that is sad. Please remember me as someone who you consider a friend. A friend who loves you. I'll never give up Stephanie. Not as long as there is a breath left in me.
God, I love this song, in this Nazz version. I don't care what Todd says.
@DaleNtucson The pic is not Laura, but he sure had a crush on her at one time. I read somewhere that she turned him down when he asked her out for a date.
@slightlines I agree completely that this is the better arrangement. I too got out of the Army in Dec. 1969. Where were you stationed and what were you doing?
The music from 1969 always had a special meaning to me and one day I figured out why. It wasn't that I was nostalgic for my Army days, it was that the music was that little piece of home in a crazy place very far away for 14 months. Peace!
Ever notice that this fairly intense love song doesn't contain the word "love" anywhere in it? Very rare, very interesting. Another haunting element to it. I'm 52 and I'll never get over this song.
Interesting version... though what strikes me as most interesting is the end. "Sometimes I thought it wasn't so bad" -- seems to offer some closure with a sort of lingering afterthought, rather than leave it open with the repeating "think of me" line in the version Rundgren is better known for.
Wow. I knew the Nazz had the original version of this but I'd never heard it. Nice. It's quite apparent that the Isley Brothers used this version as a model for their cover rather than Rundgren's solo version.
@proxicate Technically THIS is the original. It is performed by Nazz, of which Rundgren was a member. Rundgren is the one who wrote the song, but the main vocals are performed by Robert "Stewkey" Antoni. Rundgren later recorded his seminal up-beat version for Something/Anything? in 1972.
Hello, it's me. I've been waiting to be with you for so many many years. I think of you every time I need to smile and I get that warm comfort inside that keeps me going some days. Oh, how I'd like to come around to see you once in a while but you made your choices in life and so have I. Now you seem reluctant to be friends but I will never ever give up. Oh Stephanie can we please be friends again. I've always loved you and will love you forever.
I saw Nazz at Town Hall in Philly . They opened for The Charles Lloyd quartet,who were the headliners. This and "Under the ice" were the best part of the show! mr.cudaddy
I saw Todd at the end of last year at a concert celebrating the Philadelphia Spectrum and all the music played there over the last 40+ years. To be completely honest, I don't think he was all that great. A good musician but not as tight as Stewkey and His Nazz have been lately!.
I wouldn't actually say I am full of it. If you asked any majority of the fans that were there that saw Todd would say he basically sucked ass. Not only did he suck but failed to play any of his real popular songs. He had this skunk looking hair on his head and screamed for about 45 minutes. I am not saying Todd is a bad musician but he ruined the show at the Spectrum and could have chosen a better act to play with the Hooters and Hall And Oates who were phenominal!
this song reaches number 2 on the billboard charts in 1968 i thinks its better,and todd rundgren was in the nazz but its not him singing this version.
Used to slow dance to this song in 5th grade at our parties. Always loved this version better than the one that came out later. I was disappointed when they took this one off of the radio.
When this song came out I was 18 years old and it was a very popular song played on the juke box in all the bars I hung out in. Man I danced my ass off to this song. This era was for me the best and most exciting time in this countries history.
OMIGAWD! My older sister used to go to that club. We lived in Acton, MA. I was too young (13) when this song came out. Can you remember the name of that club in Boston that had the psychedelic painting on the side? You could see it from Storrow Drive.
Still the best, if not the most polished ,version.This sends shivers up the spine, anyone who has ever been in love or held a torch for someone, this is an anthem. 1968, and not cheesy.
I remember this slower, moodier version of the song Todd Rundgren later made into a major solo hit...can't say it's better or worse but it's certainly different, darker, quieter and more refllective--maybe more resigned to and accepting of the problems in the relationship it describes. (The solo single we remember was far more intense, and although it was uptempo, it seemed to convey a lot more inner pain.)
Personally Todd's version of this track with his band Nazz is a bit more to my liking than his rerecorded version while solo. The latter is too overly endowed with instruments though they do demonstrate his talent. The original here with its slower tempo and simple orchestration and even more effeminate vocals than when solo proves the more ethereal version. All in all the track is great as is Todd.
@jsilence418 The singer was my uncle Stewkey. He was very talented...it's interesting to me since I've never met him that I can hear him through his music
@Holyafroproductions3 Say hey to Stewkey from an old Nazz fan. These guys need to be recognized for the quality music they produced. Oh, they were old dudes when I was a kid in the 70s... Now, not so much!
@Holyafroproductions3: Wow, your uncle is Stewkey? Do you see him very often? I was (am) a big big fan of Nazz. I loved everything they put out. I always thought they would be around for a long time. If you do see your uncle please tell him for me that I have always thought that The Nazz version of this song was much better than the one Todd made without them.
Sicks!...Yes, This is the ORIGINAL version by NAZZ. After the band broke up Todd re -released the song in a more uptempo and more highly 'produced' version which was the 'hit' you are probably thinking of.
Thanks so much for posting this. Trip down Memory Lane definitely includes Nazz Nazz and now I must buy a record player so I can play all my prized old albums. Meanwhile, I'm listening here and thank you again.
todd - the album cover icon for heartbreak in relationships and/or the psychedelic/cosmic free soul searching for the meaning of it all. he has the gift of bringing those deep feelings and mysteries to light. i got a lot of joy from mr. wizgrin over the ehans. and it ain't over yet. there's always more. eh? everyone has their own genius, but who knows where the source of all true knowledge is from? give credit where it is due. praise the Lord and God bless. now back to the show. ya know?
Man, I'm feeling nostalgic for this song today. My daughter started eighth grade this morning, and I think this song came out at the end of eighth grade for me (1969; I had her when I was 40.5). Our worlds at 13 are SOOOOO different!
Lost Nite Records included this gem on one of 56 WFIL's 560 AM Philadelphia complilation albums my Mom had when I was a kid. I still have the album. I can't tell you how many nights I listened to this with the headphones on in bed as a teenager.
I just looked on Wikipedia (see my comment below) and the station I first heard it on was WRKO, and it WAS first aired in 1968, where I moved to in September of that year. They gave it a lot of airplay, as did WBCN, an early FM rock station in Boston.
Morrissey, wrote much of his early words, sitting alone in his bedroom. Dreaming that someday he would be a pop star... it happened. I know this for a fact. Todd, wrote this song when he was 17... alone in his bedroom. Re-released it on Something/Anything in '72 Became a top 10 staple in 1973
Yes, you really hit the nail on the head! I was 14 then (my own daughter is about to turn this age) is she's going through the same moody, daydreamy phase. God, I miss being able to feel like that!
oh mrsmagloo, I am 54 and its not over. Its not too late!! get this...I recently learned that the difference between then and now is that I used to feel things and not analyze them. As an adult I would analyze everything. I recently made a choice on just feeling and not thinking and it literally changed my life. Your daughter is feeling and not analyzing, I am willing to bet that is how she gets the feeling. Its available to everyone.
Love your handle! You're absolutely right. I intellectualize everything to death, just like my dad (who's now 81). Of course, I've gotten into trouble by acting on impulses in the past, so I have to a bit more careful than most when it comes to just feeling! ;) GREAT reply, it really made my day! Thanks so much.
thrash bongos...space...pet sounds...then...its important to meeeeeee.....that you know you are freeeeee.... thats the mark. a what a blaster track. the riffing rest...
The song was originally recorded by Rundgren's late-1960s band The Nazz. Rundgren wrote the song to focus on its more negative side of a relationship ending in a phone call. Rundgren rerecorded it when he went solo.
Probably the only one who can really answer that is Todd. It seems that whenever the remake is mentioned it always says that it was originally recorded by Nazz. Regardless, both versions are good so we should just enjoy them both.
I adore Rundgren so don't get me wrong. Stewkey's voice is like warm syrup. Rundgren is nasal as hell and so this particular song suits Stewkey's vocal chops in way it never could Rundgen's.
This isn't actually a differnent version...it's the original version. This is Todd Rundgren when he sang with The Nazz back in 1968. GREAT POST...I always liked them both but especially this one
Even from here the influence of Laura Nyro is evident in the compositions of Todd Rundgren
MrTODDLINO 1 week ago
Interesting how this differs from Todd's later version.
macsnafu 1 week ago
I remember loving this song from the first time I heard it, when this original version by Nazz was a big hit. It's far better (IMHO) than Todd's solo version (and I do mean "solo", since he sang and played all the instruments on his "Something/Anything?" double album). Thanks so much for posting this powerful song from the late '60's!
CHICAGOANDBEACHBOYS1 2 weeks ago
Can't believe that I have never heard the original version until now......this is fantastic.....60's Pop! Seque right into other classic 60's pop - The Association or something like that......trippy, jazzy, eerie vocals....very cool
mascioli 3 weeks ago
great song !
rare FRENCH sp .
POPAVIDEO 3 weeks ago
I only know the solo version. I was six. It was 1972
pictureisup1 1 month ago
Love the Bongo thing in the beginning Great Tune. Should have been a National Hit beofre Todd's remake. The local Philly AM stations played it,but were guilty of playing an edted version that took away from it.
Nickcat5 2 months ago
This was big when I was in the eighth grade (sob, I'm now 56). The bongo was the "hook," I always thought. I love BOTH versions of this, both Nazz and Todd Rundgren. Of course, he wrote the song and was in Nazz.
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I love this song as much now as when it came out - much better then the up tempo remake. Thanks for posting it.
grinsonyou 3 months ago
I like both versions of this classic but this one reminds me of a gorgeous girl I met one night in this bar I fell into in 69..This was playing when I first started talking to her..Memories :-)
Ruraljohn 4 months ago 2
"Hello, It's Me" was the first original song Rundgren wrote. It was first recorded in 1968 by Rundgren's band Nazz and was included on their self-titled debut album.
jukeboxjohnny 5 months ago
"Hello It's Me" is a Billboard #5 hit song composed by Todd Rundgren that has been recorded numerous times, and would become Rundgren's best-known song.
jukeboxjohnny 5 months ago
Far as I know.. it's the original... I know I have this vinyl from about 69-70?... and by far my favorite version... and of course, just my opinion:))
jyuzynko 5 months ago
Thank You so much.....
This has proven my point....
Too many believe that the remakes are the originals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
joker137100 6 months ago
I'm listening to this for the first time. I dig his solo version even more. But this is pretty sweet. Much different. Both are cool as shit. Thanks for posting.
gptvproductions 6 months ago
nice present bass line
Zan787 6 months ago
"The Nazz are blue" banda de garage rock, formada en Filadelfia, en 1967 con Todd Rundgren como lider, Carlson Van Osten, Tom Mooney y Robert Antoni. Version original de 1967
TheJavierm7 8 months ago
Not sure how the chronology works, whether this is the earlier version, (I suppose it is, as Title says THE NAZZ) however, there's a "Rockier" version Todd did later (?) which he did on the letterman show. Todd expressed not being too happy at playing the later version, which as I look around YouTube He plays on Piano, wearing a freaky outfit, faster Tempo - On Letterman Todd sings, "Hello Dave, it's me" , lol. The deeper I look into the man, the deeper the amount of work I find, pure genius !
Bruce097 9 months ago
"Sometimes I thought it wasn't so bad" -- nice addenda
Louielounge 9 months ago
The tame impala seems to of took off where these guys stopped... Pure awesome
Ms191919191 9 months ago
My favorite version of this song
ladyO918 9 months ago
HAHAHA! My nickname's Nazz.
iloveyou4ever30 10 months ago
This is one helluva great song
blisskasden 11 months ago
sniffle
chrisb307 11 months ago
Ah, brings back great memories-nothing better than a slow song with great lyrics, arranging, harmony, and ultra good bass guitar.
TheStatue1 1 year ago
I can't really explain why, but there is something really wrong with the picture. Actually, more than one thing, its kinda creepy.
GuilhermeBlassioli 1 year ago
@GuilhermeBlassioli It's really creepy, holly shit.
sebassucc 9 months ago
great tune......i saw Nazz at a Natl Guard Armory in 68 or 69........sat on top of the bands bus watching the show. brings back memories.
rollinthunderoad 1 year ago
I discovered this album in the 80's when a mate made me discover loads of great stuff. I got the LP then got the CD years and years later naturally and still listen to this album very very regularly indeed. Another one of those great psychedelic bands, not many people have heard of, one of those word of mouth beauty.
Noursbear 1 year ago
so good it makes me cry
theelj 1 year ago 2
Glad you like the group as much as I do! I had the red vinyl lp and probably wore it out in the late 60's The combination of the vibes and harmony were such a great contrast for that time. Wonder if anyone else was at that Town Hall show in Philly. To have a jazz act like Charles Lloyd with Nazz spoke volumes. Hope Stewkey,Todd and all of the guys know how much they're loved.
MrCudaddy 1 year ago
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supersondessixties 1 year ago
Do love the line better as "Seeing you, or seeing anything as much as I do..."
huston3 1 year ago
The far superior version of this song. I remember skipping lunch for a couple of days so that I could use my lunch money to buy the single . . . which I still have.
beezermutt 1 year ago
My favorite version....hearing it takes me back.
scaligula 1 year ago 2
This is the difinitive version of this song, not the popular radio version, with the strings and accompaning harmonies it's beautiful.
drifter1dc 1 year ago
its not terrible but id prefer the version rundgren recorded in his solo career
antarcticafreeze 1 year ago
never heard a bad version of this song. classic.
roscoegino 1 year ago
Stephanie, I'd love to come around to see you once in a while, if I had that need to smile. You don't have any interest in that happening however. You know that I'd be with you if I could but you want to be alone and that is sad. Please remember me as someone who you consider a friend. A friend who loves you. I'll never give up Stephanie. Not as long as there is a breath left in me.
God, I love this song, in this Nazz version. I don't care what Todd says.
454something 1 year ago
I'd like to know who the composer was if Stewkey Antoney is the singer in this version
DanhiMichinin 1 year ago
@DanhiMichinin it's Rundgren, most of their songs were written by him.
raistuumum 1 year ago
Who sings this versions? thanks
DanhiMichinin 1 year ago
@DanhiMichinin Stewkey Antoney did the vocal. He's a fine pop singer, isn't he?
tattoofu 1 year ago
Still my favorite version. Isn't the girl Laura Nyro?
DaleNtucson 1 year ago
@DaleNtucson The pic is not Laura, but he sure had a crush on her at one time. I read somewhere that she turned him down when he asked her out for a date.
fadguru 1 year ago
@fadguru That's really tough. : (
Khultan 1 year ago
They sound totally stoned, typical for the 60's
TheSPACECOWBOY68 1 year ago
A gentle version of a delightful song by Todd Rundgren.
fmlee32 1 year ago
My soon-to-be brother-in-law (who died in 1998) had this record, 33 1/3 RPM Red Vinyl "Under The Ice", when I got out of the US Army, in 1969.
For years, I didn't hear it again.
It is awesome.
By far the better arrangement.
Thanks.
slightlines 1 year ago
@slightlines I agree completely that this is the better arrangement. I too got out of the Army in Dec. 1969. Where were you stationed and what were you doing?
The music from 1969 always had a special meaning to me and one day I figured out why. It wasn't that I was nostalgic for my Army days, it was that the music was that little piece of home in a crazy place very far away for 14 months. Peace!
454something 1 year ago
My favorite version, so glad I found it, remember hearing it on the radio when I was a kid, love it!!
Lindabch 1 year ago
Is this better than Rundgren's solo version?
UrbanGuerilla88 1 year ago
@UrbanGuerilla88 I don't know about it being better, but it sure is good to my ears.
jmad627 1 year ago
i think it is.
jayfey77 1 year ago
Who's the pretty girl? ;-)
somercet1 1 year ago
That's it, I like this version better than Todd Rundgren's!
BetamaxBabe 1 year ago
Ever notice that this fairly intense love song doesn't contain the word "love" anywhere in it? Very rare, very interesting. Another haunting element to it. I'm 52 and I'll never get over this song.
dillythecat 1 year ago 2
your a lucky holyafro
GardenEmmanuel 1 year ago
i think this is the original version.
cgboomer 1 year ago
@cgboomer It is I have the 45.
xciteful 1 year ago
Interesting version... though what strikes me as most interesting is the end. "Sometimes I thought it wasn't so bad" -- seems to offer some closure with a sort of lingering afterthought, rather than leave it open with the repeating "think of me" line in the version Rundgren is better known for.
ElRegrs 1 year ago
Kinda sounds like The Bee Gees (1960s version).
tyrese3745 1 year ago
Haven't heard this in decades...makes me wanna have a good smoke.....
mokacode 1 year ago
I STILL OWN THIS 45
lorriutopia 1 year ago
i bought this 45 in elermentry school, not untill i was in high school did i discover Todd, i guess i was destionwd to be a rundgrenite
lorriutopia 1 year ago
thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
joelperronful 1 year ago
Never heard this version before. Very interesting. Aside from tempo, not all that different.
7beers 1 year ago
Wow. I knew the Nazz had the original version of this but I'd never heard it. Nice. It's quite apparent that the Isley Brothers used this version as a model for their cover rather than Rundgren's solo version.
kelime 1 year ago
Otto (nebulazone): the current Nazz YouTube Channel, played my music videos for Stewkey and he said Stewkey digs it. Stewkey digs my music!!
USAGlobalVideoCorp 1 year ago
@USAGlobalVideoCorp Yeah, but we don't !
jsilence418 1 year ago
Great love it!
ber0085 1 year ago
good lord it sounds like early beachboys I played on the 'jukebox' in high school..lol Todd is so ahead of his time. he is so amazing.
newsy8 1 year ago
Wow who sings this version? It's better than the original by Todd Rundgren.
proxicate 1 year ago
@proxicate It's still Todd Rundgren,
RareBK 1 year ago
@proxicate Technically THIS is the original. It is performed by Nazz, of which Rundgren was a member. Rundgren is the one who wrote the song, but the main vocals are performed by Robert "Stewkey" Antoni. Rundgren later recorded his seminal up-beat version for Something/Anything? in 1972.
utopianmindset 1 year ago 2
I saw Hall & Oates (who were great!) with Rundgren..I thought he was good.
Like him the best,I think.
laurajharp 1 year ago
funky stuff guh thank you
postedupondaconna 1 year ago
Haven"t heard this version in years!! Much better than the later one he made,
RedSox4eva1000 1 year ago
Love the harmony!!
bryanlynne 1 year ago 2
Hello, it's me. I've been waiting to be with you for so many many years. I think of you every time I need to smile and I get that warm comfort inside that keeps me going some days. Oh, how I'd like to come around to see you once in a while but you made your choices in life and so have I. Now you seem reluctant to be friends but I will never ever give up. Oh Stephanie can we please be friends again. I've always loved you and will love you forever.
454something 1 year ago
This is the original version Todd wrote in the 60's when he was a member of Nazz.
88cutty 1 year ago
NOT BAD, It's a slower, mellow version.....
Getrealpeeps 1 year ago
I saw Nazz at Town Hall in Philly . They opened for The Charles Lloyd quartet,who were the headliners. This and "Under the ice" were the best part of the show! mr.cudaddy
MrCudaddy 1 year ago
@MrCudaddy Great song! I have talked to Stewkey about that a few times, I still dig it when he sings it!!!! He is a great guy!
booeyats1 1 year ago
Nice! ♥Ava
avalonw7 1 year ago
I saw Todd at the end of last year at a concert celebrating the Philadelphia Spectrum and all the music played there over the last 40+ years. To be completely honest, I don't think he was all that great. A good musician but not as tight as Stewkey and His Nazz have been lately!.
booeyats1 1 year ago
your ful of it!! TODD IS GODD STEWKEY BLOWS
baz1617 1 year ago
@baz1617
I wouldn't actually say I am full of it. If you asked any majority of the fans that were there that saw Todd would say he basically sucked ass. Not only did he suck but failed to play any of his real popular songs. He had this skunk looking hair on his head and screamed for about 45 minutes. I am not saying Todd is a bad musician but he ruined the show at the Spectrum and could have chosen a better act to play with the Hooters and Hall And Oates who were phenominal!
booeyats1 1 year ago
@booeyats1
idiot.
you should fall on your stupid knees and be grateful to heaven you saw him LIVE.
idiot.
newsy8 1 year ago
@newsy8 He sucks. His voice blew. People were holding their ears. Sorry to burst your bubble dude.
booeyats1 1 year ago
The arrangement isn't so great, but the Beatleesque harmony with the memorable lyrics makes it a classic.
smotnick 1 year ago
loving it ty 4 post
♥Ava
avalonw7 1 year ago
Todds version was not even remotely close to the intenseness this original holds in it.
Ruraljohn 1 year ago
This IS one of Todd's versions, he was in Nazz.
binkle1 1 year ago
I know that. I meant the version he did After Nazz.
Ruraljohn 1 year ago
this song reaches number 2 on the billboard charts in 1968 i thinks its better,and todd rundgren was in the nazz but its not him singing this version.
jayfey77 1 year ago
Used to slow dance to this song in 5th grade at our parties. Always loved this version better than the one that came out later. I was disappointed when they took this one off of the radio.
blueeyesol 1 year ago
When this song came out I was 18 years old and it was a very popular song played on the juke box in all the bars I hung out in. Man I danced my ass off to this song. This era was for me the best and most exciting time in this countries history.
Ruraljohn 1 year ago
Wow! My big sister got to see Nazz at the old Surf Nantasket in Hull, Massachusetts. Lucky girl. I always liked this version the best.
littlebeanda 2 years ago 2
OMIGAWD! My older sister used to go to that club. We lived in Acton, MA. I was too young (13) when this song came out. Can you remember the name of that club in Boston that had the psychedelic painting on the side? You could see it from Storrow Drive.
binkle1 1 year ago
Still the best, if not the most polished ,version.This sends shivers up the spine, anyone who has ever been in love or held a torch for someone, this is an anthem. 1968, and not cheesy.
mrshad544 2 years ago 16
@mrshad544
Prime mope rock and that's a compliment!
Rottenhaus 6 months ago
wonderful - great track!!!
MANHATTANBEEFMAN 2 years ago 2
Outstanding!
largefrog19036 2 years ago 4
one random photo of a chick? lol.....yes i know people just wanna hear the song but give us more....
KOSMICKEN09 2 years ago
I remember this slower, moodier version of the song Todd Rundgren later made into a major solo hit...can't say it's better or worse but it's certainly different, darker, quieter and more refllective--maybe more resigned to and accepting of the problems in the relationship it describes. (The solo single we remember was far more intense, and although it was uptempo, it seemed to convey a lot more inner pain.)
BobWXXI 2 years ago 2
Wow! Great to hear this version. . .it's been a while. . .both versions are great IMO.
Thanks for posting! : )
makissoflife 2 years ago
Nice finally to hear the original, though I still prefer the later version. Seems Todd kept all the best parts and improved upon the rest.
grantobean 2 years ago
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FyodorShuss 2 years ago
Personally Todd's version of this track with his band Nazz is a bit more to my liking than his rerecorded version while solo. The latter is too overly endowed with instruments though they do demonstrate his talent. The original here with its slower tempo and simple orchestration and even more effeminate vocals than when solo proves the more ethereal version. All in all the track is great as is Todd.
deaddavid21 2 years ago
my great uncle is Stewkey the singer in this version
Holyafroproductions3 2 years ago 19
lucky for u, the whole first nazz record is bliss, pure underated bliss
your uncle voice kicks all sort of arse
motherbrain86 2 years ago
I would love to meet him but I've lost connection with that side of my family
Holyafroproductions3 2 years ago
Great uncle? You're making us FEEL OLD! ;) He's awesome, dude! So, what do you think of today's music? I'm 54.
binkle1 1 year ago
I feel like today's musicians aren't as talented as they were back then today we have a lot more technology that edits voices they didn't have
Holyafroproductions3 1 year ago
@Holyafroproductions3 I totally agree
Getrealpeeps 1 year ago
@Holyafroproductions3 Whts so great about him?
jsilence418 1 year ago
@jsilence418 The singer was my uncle Stewkey. He was very talented...it's interesting to me since I've never met him that I can hear him through his music
Holyafroproductions3 1 year ago
@Holyafroproductions3 Give him a phone call.
msteven515 1 year ago
@Holyafroproductions3 Say hey to Stewkey from an old Nazz fan. These guys need to be recognized for the quality music they produced. Oh, they were old dudes when I was a kid in the 70s... Now, not so much!
matt00000000000001 1 year ago
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johnca505 1 year ago
@Holyafroproductions3: Wow, your uncle is Stewkey? Do you see him very often? I was (am) a big big fan of Nazz. I loved everything they put out. I always thought they would be around for a long time. If you do see your uncle please tell him for me that I have always thought that The Nazz version of this song was much better than the one Todd made without them.
johnca505 1 year ago
@Holyafroproductions3 Cheap Trick, Cheap Trick!
InvaderOfYourHeart 1 year ago
Agreed this one is very trippy, less commercialized.
ZingZiggyZang 2 years ago
ciao I m italian rome im sorry bat may inglish is not good bay bay
nebbiolafitta 2 years ago
best version!!!
RosaB61 2 years ago 2
New recruit to "Nazz". Always known Todd in my life. What a superb version of nthe classic! Loose bastard....
mark22isaking 2 years ago
One of the firsr 45rpm's I ever had and a good one too.
jakerandall123 2 years ago
NO OFFENSE; but is this on the right speed? LORD!!
sickscarman 2 years ago 2
Sicks!...Yes, This is the ORIGINAL version by NAZZ. After the band broke up Todd re -released the song in a more uptempo and more highly 'produced' version which was the 'hit' you are probably thinking of.
grover12able 2 years ago
Thanks so much for posting this. Trip down Memory Lane definitely includes Nazz Nazz and now I must buy a record player so I can play all my prized old albums. Meanwhile, I'm listening here and thank you again.
50sVintage 2 years ago
50s Vintage!..Just curious...Is your vinal Nazz album the multi-colored Swirl version? or the Red see-through?
grover12able 2 years ago
Red see-through - so cool - then & now.
50sVintage 2 years ago
The radio stations always play the "Fast Version". I always change the channel . This is beautiful. The one I wish the radio stations would play.
Jean721 2 years ago
my favorite, Iwish there were some horns
MrRobbynick 2 years ago
wow.this version is quite different.i heard it once on a cd someone had.its sounds real pyscdelic!
RavishingRedheadd 2 years ago
This was the original release !!
dan508 2 years ago
thanks i thought so.its a great song both versions are great.
RavishingRedheadd 2 years ago
Never heard this version before although I knew of it. Todd's a genius! Thanks for sharing.
haj1909 2 years ago
Hello it's me after a serious bong hit...or two...or three....hell a whole session!
6DONNIE9 2 years ago
hell yea brother!
Aerosmitherines 2 years ago
so this is before todd?
cool song. i like both versiions.
DoctorDoubleX 2 years ago
Well, Todd L. was in this band. He wrote the song and they did it. When Tood went solo he remade it again. Love both versions. Namaste.
wolfgang1969a 2 years ago
Yes. He covered it.
Richb144 2 years ago
never heard this version? who did it?
mytubebookface 2 years ago
Nazz- 1969 Todd R in the group
pachecoben 2 years ago 2
I hear this song and I'm 17 again. Looking all cute in my mini skirt and go-go boots. Happy. Free. No problems. It's 1968 again. Bring it!
msuebabb417 2 years ago 4
I'd go back in time to meet you there :)
DoctorDoubleX 2 years ago
wow i wish i was back in time.i was born in 75.wish i had a time machine lol! yeah the world was a little happier then more carefree.
RavishingRedheadd 2 years ago
haha your lucky also though.. i was born in 95 and wish i was born in the 60's =[ i love todd ..
GuitarKasim 2 years ago 6
@GuitarKasim same :/
amy0000006 2 years ago
It's all in the mind anyway, so you're on time. The 60's is right here, right now.
caraphyllis 2 years ago
todd isnt singing this version.this is the nazz singer rom the 60s.
jayfey77 1 year ago
wow yeah this sounds like its from 1969.i love that trippy beat.amazing! 1969 was a great year for songs.wish i was around back then lol
RavishingRedheadd 2 years ago
todd - the album cover icon for heartbreak in relationships and/or the psychedelic/cosmic free soul searching for the meaning of it all. he has the gift of bringing those deep feelings and mysteries to light. i got a lot of joy from mr. wizgrin over the ehans. and it ain't over yet. there's always more. eh? everyone has their own genius, but who knows where the source of all true knowledge is from? give credit where it is due. praise the Lord and God bless. now back to the show. ya know?
zscheuch 2 years ago
Man, I'm feeling nostalgic for this song today. My daughter started eighth grade this morning, and I think this song came out at the end of eighth grade for me (1969; I had her when I was 40.5). Our worlds at 13 are SOOOOO different!
mrsmagloo 2 years ago
first time i heard this i was driving through country lanes in the Solent late at night - it suddenly became part of my life soundtrack
hey Solent people if you're reading this don't forget i love you all
makkister 2 years ago
Hear The Beach Boys in the harmonies ?
oldbump 2 years ago
Excellent harmonies.
oldbump 2 years ago
Is this person on acid or meth?
tunnelrat1900 2 years ago
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msuebabb417 2 years ago
Does anyone out there have any tabs/score for the bass part of this arrangement? The bass sure got my attention... =)
fuupuppy 2 years ago
Lost Nite Records included this gem on one of 56 WFIL's 560 AM Philadelphia complilation albums my Mom had when I was a kid. I still have the album. I can't tell you how many nights I listened to this with the headphones on in bed as a teenager.
MichaelKazmar 2 years ago
I just looked on Wikipedia (see my comment below) and the station I first heard it on was WRKO, and it WAS first aired in 1968, where I moved to in September of that year. They gave it a lot of airplay, as did WBCN, an early FM rock station in Boston.
mrsmagloo 2 years ago
Morrissey, wrote much of his early words, sitting alone in his bedroom. Dreaming that someday he would be a pop star... it happened. I know this for a fact. Todd, wrote this song when he was 17... alone in his bedroom. Re-released it on Something/Anything in '72 Became a top 10 staple in 1973
soccergirl50 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
The "Isley Brothers" have the best version.
ESSENCEOFEACHTHING 2 years ago
Wow...atmospheric as fuck lol. Great original version.
endorphinz 2 years ago
Yes, you really hit the nail on the head! I was 14 then (my own daughter is about to turn this age) is she's going through the same moody, daydreamy phase. God, I miss being able to feel like that!
mrsmagloo 2 years ago 2
oh mrsmagloo, I am 54 and its not over. Its not too late!! get this...I recently learned that the difference between then and now is that I used to feel things and not analyze them. As an adult I would analyze everything. I recently made a choice on just feeling and not thinking and it literally changed my life. Your daughter is feeling and not analyzing, I am willing to bet that is how she gets the feeling. Its available to everyone.
Stewkey = a gift from the gods.
maryquant1967 2 years ago 2
Love your handle! You're absolutely right. I intellectualize everything to death, just like my dad (who's now 81). Of course, I've gotten into trouble by acting on impulses in the past, so I have to a bit more careful than most when it comes to just feeling! ;) GREAT reply, it really made my day! Thanks so much.
binkle1 2 years ago
thrash bongos...space...pet sounds...then...its important to meeeeeee.....that you know you are freeeeee.... thats the mark. a what a blaster track. the riffing rest...
simonbath 2 years ago
takes me back to a good place....
FLEECYGRAY 2 years ago
I wasn't born in the 60's, how come I'm enjoying this music?
oknbjiuhvcgy 2 years ago
'cause it's timeless =P
LemonOperations 2 years ago 2
I had no idea- call me uninformed... thought this was Todd's song alone- I do like this version, mainly cause I just love the song.
caraliny 2 years ago
The song was originally recorded by Rundgren's late-1960s band The Nazz. Rundgren wrote the song to focus on its more negative side of a relationship ending in a phone call. Rundgren rerecorded it when he went solo.
ez2cez4e 2 years ago
Probably the only one who can really answer that is Todd. It seems that whenever the remake is mentioned it always says that it was originally recorded by Nazz. Regardless, both versions are good so we should just enjoy them both.
boomersiu 2 years ago
both are different and both are great.
datduck11 2 years ago
I adore Rundgren so don't get me wrong. Stewkey's voice is like warm syrup. Rundgren is nasal as hell and so this particular song suits Stewkey's vocal chops in way it never could Rundgen's.
maryquant1967 2 years ago
This isn't actually a differnent version...it's the original version. This is Todd Rundgren when he sang with The Nazz back in 1968. GREAT POST...I always liked them both but especially this one
boomersiu 2 years ago 4