I like playing hip hop and metal on the JukeBox @ my bar... This older dude handed me a $5 and said let's see if you can play something good... started with this and he freaked out... Ended up picking up my tab at the end of the night. Music is totally a time machine, it'll take you back to the good days. With this song that fact is undeniable!
No hubo mejor época que los 70's. La música, como la de Todd Rundgreen me alejaron de las drogas. Sufrí mucho de niño y busqué en la música un sustituto a la delincuencia.
Hes got a lower register now, but Todds still got the pipes, imho....love seeing him play with Darryl Hall on Darryl's Place.....these two guys compliment each other....its obvious they like each other and respect one anothers music....
@truthslap cause most of his music after this album is not good if u ask me. I do like "The Ballad of..." most or some of that one has some nice chimes and chorus' ,however, since "a wizard a true star" he seems to think he's the greatest musician in the world and that's part of the reason I have none of his albums or cd's anymore. If any music makes you happy than I'm happy for you and no offense.
@sunshineshine77 Actually, it's amazing how many great musicians (and other artists) are egotistical. I see it in so many; Ellington, Muddy Waters, Beethoven, James Brown, Puccini, so many geniuses are aware of their talent and find it hard not to get a fat head. I take them with a grain of salt, but I don't stop lovin' what they do!
@truthslap cause most of his music after this album is not good if u ask me. I do like "The Ballad of..." most or some of that one has some nice chimes and chorus' ,however, since "a wizard a true star" he seems to think he's the greatest musician in the world and that's part of the reason I have none of his albums or cd's anymore. If any music makes you happy than I'm happy for you and no offense.
Wow! This song for sure strikes a chord in my heart!! It takes me back to when it came out in 1972 and I was still a young man studying and working loving and living under the always gray skies of the old Brooklyn section of East NY
"In the closing moments of episode 11 of season 3 of Six Feet Under, Nate sits in the car that his missing wife last drove as "I Saw The Light" is playing on the radio."
@luvyellowroses1 Good bands with exceptional songwriting and musicianship still exist! You just gotta look a lot harder now because any hack with a computer can make "music" now (I'm looking at YOU, Dragonforce).
Message me and I'll send you a sample of something you likely haven't heard.
Todd used to jam with George Harrison and Badfinger (only group to record on Beatles lable Apple) George played on the original recording of this song and was re-recorded with Rundgren using Harrisons guitar that was originally owned by Eric Clapton. Todd song was also a homage to Carol King. He was definetly influenced by Beatles. (Source Wikipedia and other sources, just enter name of song or Todd Rundgren.
I remember when i was 13 and i found my bros Todd albums....he was pissed...told me "i better not scratch em".......I burned them things till they were raw!!!!
You can pick the Todd up at any time in your life and then get hooked. I was maybe 18/19 and it was as per many Something Anything. After that , bought most of his stuff and again as per the usual cliche, he was a big part in the soundtrack of my early years and loves. Thanks Todd...
Me too, but my elder brothers had no this album (but many of the others), which i was not able to discover to this time, and dont know if i would so much have loved that now!
To Maria, wherever you are: " my feelings for you, were just something I never knew... till I saw the light... in your eyes" . If I never told you how much I loved you back then in HS, I hope you knew... Rob
Love this song...... could listen to it 1000 times in a row & not get sick of it! 70's was & still is the best music ever recorded!!! From Bread to AC/DC...... Jim Croce to Led Zeppelin........ The 1970's rule!!!!!!
This is one of my favorite "feel-good" songs, It takes me back to a time and place that was perfect and brand new. It's a time machine. The only bad news is...I have to come back.
@scorpio27adc I was confused I herd Todd's song "We got to get you a woman" in 1970 ,the year I had to work in a crappy bakery before going off to an art school.
@scorpio27adc I'm a product of the 90s and I want to say I bet I'll feel the same way someday but I've gotta be honest: I can't find a whole lot of modern music that is on the same level as the great music that the 60s and 70s produced. The music industry today is total crap. At least music that was popular when you were younger was music that was actually soulful and had meaning.
@lh457725 I agree. I think young people today are getting royally ripped off with highly synthesized and over=produced music "perfected" with autotune. So few people putting out music that took thought in creating. It's a shame.
@lh457725 You're right, it's the music INDUSTRY that is total crap. I think the artists would be and could be as creative as those from the 70's but the industry has already created the musical CRAP template that everyone has to follow to get signed. MTV was the beginning of the end; selling music with some pretty stupid videos.
I'm with you! Don't know why, but this one is better. This one seems uplifting and the music is simply awesome. "Hello It's Me" has a sad feel to it - but I do like it anyway. Sometimes, I need to hear that one - depending on what's going on in my life... Usually, music is the answer for me. You can get carried away by a great song-I feel it in my soul. Thank God for great artists and composers.
Both are fantastic, I too like this one a little bit more, but hey, we got both, you don't have to choose! Are you familiar with " Love Is The Answer " ? Another great that he recorded, although England Dan (Dan Seals) and John ford coley covered it and scored the hit in a big way, as if they owned it. Their version is great, no doubt.
I don't know what it is that makes this song so epic. It may be the feeling of nostalgia it brings from my childhood. It could also be the way that Mr. Rundgren honors Carol King by making a song that sounds like she herself could have sang it. Or how the drum part is never the same, yet equally as great, going into the chorus. There are many different things that make this song so great!!
this, along with magic, goodbye stranger and ..ooh..a hit by that australian band (NOT bee gees)...these songs just trademarked the whole 70's decade. i LOVE it.
@lineswine I have a feeling that they would disagree with you saying they're 100% English...I have a feeling that they feel very Australian as well!!....hey how about 60/40??
"I Saw the Light" is the opening track from Todd Rundgren's 1972 Something/Anything? double album. The song is a pastiche of 1960s pop songs and a homage to singer-songwriters Laura Nyro and Carole King.
Of all the comments here about people thinking Carole King sang this, or that "a female" sang it, or it's homage to Carole, I just listened to it again and Carole King IS singing...BACKUP! How appropos that she's doing backup on a song honoring her!
@wannawatchu66 Nope, that's Todd. Todd is playing and singing every single part on this recording, along with the first three sides of the album. It is, however, an uncanny homage to Carole King and quintessential 70's at that.
@silentmoviestar OK, well, I'm not in a position to dispute you as I don't have an album or anything with credits listed, but I could still swear on a stack of Bibles that Carole King is among the backup singers, where they sing "Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiin your eyes." I just listened to it again, and it still sounds like her. Again, not arguing with you, just how it sounds to me. Peace out!
@wannawatchu66 oh believe me, I had no intention of starting an argument. I just wanted to point it out to you as a friendly FYI, thought it'd be nice for anyone who didn't know how good Todd was at backing himself up on vocals (not to mention every other instrument.) i do agree with you in that in sounds uncannily like Carole King and the tune, as the user before me has taken care to mention, was written with her style in mind.
When I saw Todd in '09, I couldn't believe how many guys my age were there with their teenaged sons. I do believe Todd will be remembered in th future when 90% of the "classic rock" groups are forgotten. So why isn't he in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
I like playing hip hop and metal on the JukeBox @ my bar... This older dude handed me a $5 and said let's see if you can play something good... started with this and he freaked out... Ended up picking up my tab at the end of the night. Music is totally a time machine, it'll take you back to the good days. With this song that fact is undeniable!
futchofdeth666 3 months ago in playlist TODD RUNDGREN • I saw the light
My little Roy Toy
pinkandjefflynne 3 months ago
Ha ha....I'm glad some of you people finally discovered this....it's that good....
centralparocker 3 months ago
I have been trying to find out who sang this ever since i saw the movie kingpin............. Love it.
MrBrownhornet1974 3 months ago
so beautiful
staaaaaaaaaaaaay 3 months ago
Luv this!!
mpjg54 3 months ago in playlist Todd Rudgren
No hubo mejor época que los 70's. La música, como la de Todd Rundgreen me alejaron de las drogas. Sufrí mucho de niño y busqué en la música un sustituto a la delincuencia.
areyto100 3 months ago
Hes got a lower register now, but Todds still got the pipes, imho....love seeing him play with Darryl Hall on Darryl's Place.....these two guys compliment each other....its obvious they like each other and respect one anothers music....
FMHammyJ 3 months ago
A perfect song from an equally perfect album.......
jeffthrow6892 3 months ago
WHAT A GREAT SONG !!!!!!! .........
muppy1100 3 months ago
This song will forever remind me of the movie Kingpin. Great song!!!
elderlyjr 3 months ago
Always thought a chick was the vocal!
sorecawk 3 months ago
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InfraRedSky5150 3 months ago
How many people remember what movie they heard this song played?
bto73 3 months ago
@bto73 Not a movie... But it was Six Feet Under.
liquidswords55 3 months ago
@bto73 How many people knew this song before that movie was made??? Lets's hope everyone.
InfraRedSky5150 3 months ago 2
The Radio!
TBEffect 3 months ago
Inspired by his relationship with the one and only rock muse Bebe Buell.
BettinaBalser 3 months ago
Something/Anything is absolutely in my top ten albums of all time.
HatsForEveryone 3 months ago
Absolute classic stuff. Great talent
56postoffice 3 months ago
This is the perfect pop song. It's so addicting.
Tuzotonic 3 months ago
NEVER get sick of this song!!! <3 <3 <3 <3
lifeisgood724 3 months ago
I GUARANTEE I LOVE JESUS ... BUT I DO LOVE THIS SONG !!!!
muppy1100 3 months ago
WHERE THE HELL IS UPPER DARBY...... SOUND'S LIKE A BEATLE'S THING .....
muppy1100 3 months ago
Nice!
BROWNBOMBER77 4 months ago
Nice!
BROWNBOMBER77 4 months ago
Nice!
BROWNBOMBER77 4 months ago
The Prince of Upper Darby!!!
markcop1 4 months ago
Just heard this in the gas station.. forgot how good it is.
jwahh 4 months ago
この歌、大好き！
koutaroSLX 4 months ago
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FAHADkt22 4 months ago
Great tune. Reminds me of the old AM Gold!!!
midwestcrappie 4 months ago
Magnificent Pop!
heliot58 4 months ago
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This song makes you happy? what a joke
ubelieveinme2oo 4 months ago
@ubelieveinme2oo why is that a joke? Todd Rundgren albums have the same effect on me.
truthslap 4 months ago
@truthslap cause most of his music after this album is not good if u ask me. I do like "The Ballad of..." most or some of that one has some nice chimes and chorus' ,however, since "a wizard a true star" he seems to think he's the greatest musician in the world and that's part of the reason I have none of his albums or cd's anymore. If any music makes you happy than I'm happy for you and no offense.
sunshineshine77 4 months ago
@sunshineshine77 Actually, it's amazing how many great musicians (and other artists) are egotistical. I see it in so many; Ellington, Muddy Waters, Beethoven, James Brown, Puccini, so many geniuses are aware of their talent and find it hard not to get a fat head. I take them with a grain of salt, but I don't stop lovin' what they do!
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@truthslap cause most of his music after this album is not good if u ask me. I do like "The Ballad of..." most or some of that one has some nice chimes and chorus' ,however, since "a wizard a true star" he seems to think he's the greatest musician in the world and that's part of the reason I have none of his albums or cd's anymore. If any music makes you happy than I'm happy for you and no offense.
sunshineshine77 4 months ago
Todd is THE BOMB!!!
darleneappy 4 months ago
Thisi song makes me happy.
Catwoman1121 4 months ago 3
This superb Todd classic goes so very well with the mighty sticky-icky.
Soulnik 4 months ago
Ah yes, the Carol King tune that was neither written nor recorded by Carol King.
rdangelo 4 months ago
FOR WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.... THIS "ALBUM" HAS TO BE HIS BEST...
muppy1100 4 months ago
KINGPIN!!!
TristanBeaner 4 months ago
@TristanBeaner I know. I can't help to think of Kingpin when I hear this, but this song was a gem when it was released.
1howlinwolf 4 months ago
Wow! This song for sure strikes a chord in my heart!! It takes me back to when it came out in 1972 and I was still a young man studying and working loving and living under the always gray skies of the old Brooklyn section of East NY
proudaddy1980 5 months ago 4
kingpin sent me here.
mrknowitalllt1 5 months ago in playlist KingPin Soundtrack
This song has had such a hold on me for almost 40 years... sweet memories...
sactiger 5 months ago 3
Memories of the summer of 72 when I was a kid and my parents were young.
RTT8001 5 months ago 2
haunting
BlackoutArchive 5 months ago
IN LOVE WITH JESUS .... I'VE BEEN DRINKI'N... I HOPE HE'S FORGIV'N
muppy1100 5 months ago
One of the rare, true talents from that era. So refreshing to go back to compared to the trash of today.
IceVikingDeathGrip 5 months ago in playlist Me
Written By Toddd as an homage to Carole King
Gibsonhb1 5 months ago
@Gibsonhb1 And George Harrison, I think. It does sound like a King song, though.
hooptyhee1 5 months ago
This song would have made Tapestry an even better album.
Lordscotia 5 months ago
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great song and great lyrics. anyone have any gripes?
TheLarryglenn 5 months ago
great and great lyrics. anyone have any gripes?
TheLarryglenn 5 months ago
6fu 3.11
teenageboy77 5 months ago
WOW!! Those were the days.I Love all his music.
MrBobjorge 5 months ago
Only one or two songs in the last 10 years are anywhere near this good. I truly feel sorry for the kids currently growing up in this era.
nonsuchfabio 5 months ago
Boy they just dont make em like this ne mores
dean2807 5 months ago
From WIKI:
"In the closing moments of episode 11 of season 3 of Six Feet Under, Nate sits in the car that his missing wife last drove as "I Saw The Light" is playing on the radio."
tinok06 5 months ago
Such a great song, it's always been one of my favorites :)
urthcreature 5 months ago
Just so you know and i know nobody cares but Rundgren is swedish lastname.
And that means that todd rundgren is swedish :) Hah
TheEmsann 5 months ago
Todd is almost God - I never heard a bd Rundgren song
DD52 5 months ago
KINGPIN!!!
queenjade09 5 months ago 17
@queenjade09 "i will give you 1 Million dollars; to sleep with your friend here. 1 Million dollars, one night, cash."
Shujinkjoe 5 months ago
@Shujinkjoe hahaa! :) "He said handsome, not handless."
queenjade09 5 months ago
God can be so fucking cruel sometimes....He slammed the door on Todd Rundgren....
wayne6969able 5 months ago
this is my grandma's song !!(:
truutopian1 5 months ago
@truutopian1 honey, that makes me feel old
jaymagz1 5 months ago
@jaymagz1 But, Todd IS God!!!
cathoderoy 5 months ago
My favorite Rungren song. It introduced me to his great writing on other songs as well.. Ironic, pop can be positive.
Progrose 5 months ago
i cannot tell you why i like this song...its just amazing...in my eyes
audreyandmatt4ever 5 months ago
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jbarkerhill92 5 months ago
Never get sick of this song no matter how many times I hear it!
zytxuy 5 months ago 41
@zytxuy And i've been listening to it for about 37 years!!!
priapus56 4 months ago in playlist 1970's
@zytxuy Me, either...I was just thinking the same thing...
trippinonnostalgia 4 months ago
@zytxuy ye summed it up perfectly for me
sussed2002 4 months ago
I saw the light in your eyes ... <3
conkervideo 5 months ago 3
Heard this song on Six Feet Under, and I'm glad I did.
gimmeurtotsPlox 5 months ago 3
@gimmeurtotsPlox I just did also. I'm rewatching th series.
garainbowboi 5 months ago
@luvyellowroses1 Good bands with exceptional songwriting and musicianship still exist! You just gotta look a lot harder now because any hack with a computer can make "music" now (I'm looking at YOU, Dragonforce).
Message me and I'll send you a sample of something you likely haven't heard.
KimJongSick 6 months ago
@KimJongSick hey can you maybe send me a sample of something good? :)
imaballer47 5 months ago
Another beautiful song from Todd. The man is gifted. No one does like Todd.
kiffenlover 6 months ago
thumb up if you listened to this on six feet under.
fffunfarm 6 months ago 2
@fffunfarm,Actually I first heard this in the movie Kingpin.
98bigbutt 6 months ago
From the great 1973 of course.Pax to allfrom73soulboy.Xxx.
73soulboy 6 months ago
Todd used to jam with George Harrison and Badfinger (only group to record on Beatles lable Apple) George played on the original recording of this song and was re-recorded with Rundgren using Harrisons guitar that was originally owned by Eric Clapton. Todd song was also a homage to Carol King. He was definetly influenced by Beatles. (Source Wikipedia and other sources, just enter name of song or Todd Rundgren.
jmjunionful 6 months ago 3
Oh yes and love the slide guitar
Xapple09 6 months ago
This is what music is supposed to sound like. Still gives me chills as it has since the first time I heard it in the seventies.
Quantanthead 6 months ago
Six Feet Under!!
Himura17unleashed 6 months ago
@Himura17unleashed
just got to this episode! 3-11, which is another band i like.
fffunfarm 6 months ago
Quality ,white soul.
brummieurchin 6 months ago 2
@brummieurchin Yeah...just great music period!! I love this song, i love so many of his songs.
manwomanboogie 6 months ago
This song couldnt b more emotional
gmorton1000 6 months ago
Reminds me of the movie Kingpin.
centerforce2 6 months ago
KINGPIN!
This song is absolute beauty. Todd is a true wizard.
crispybingo 6 months ago
I remember when i was 13 and i found my bros Todd albums....he was pissed...told me "i better not scratch em".......I burned them things till they were raw!!!!
blablabla9ish 6 months ago
This guy was head and shoulders above the rest....halll of fame,No doubt!
blablabla9ish 6 months ago
George Harrison is playing the guitar on this song.
jmjunionful 6 months ago
@jmjunionful - sorry, that is incorrect. That's not Harrison playing guitar here.
Andromeda0Kite 6 months ago in playlist Todd Rundgren
@jmjunionful the guitars do sound like George, can you supply a source? The entire song sounds very Beatles influenced!
TheFRiNgEguitars 6 months ago
God, I miss my youth! :(
OnCloudNine62 6 months ago
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@OnCloudNine62 it's all in your mind, you can visit anytime
movadoband 6 months ago
Does the movie; Kingpin ' pop into anyone elses mind?
bto73 6 months ago 4
@bto73 damn, I just said that then read this lol
centerforce2 6 months ago
You can pick the Todd up at any time in your life and then get hooked. I was maybe 18/19 and it was as per many Something Anything. After that , bought most of his stuff and again as per the usual cliche, he was a big part in the soundtrack of my early years and loves. Thanks Todd...
Kilvere5 7 months ago
in 1972 i was 9 & in the 4th grade. i liked this song!
lostintracy 7 months ago 2
@lostintracy
Me too, but my elder brothers had no this album (but many of the others), which i was not able to discover to this time, and dont know if i would so much have loved that now!
Longnez 6 months ago
@lostintracy I was 9 years old also and in the 4th grade at St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic School in New Orleans, La . great memories then.
renecrod3 6 months ago
To Maria, wherever you are: " my feelings for you, were just something I never knew... till I saw the light... in your eyes" . If I never told you how much I loved you back then in HS, I hope you knew... Rob
WileERobby 7 months ago
I think the record was released in the UK in 1973. I remember listening to it whilst revising for exams,, oh to be 17 again!!
53scottie 7 months ago
Wow I heard this song on Six Feet Under and had to look it up.
dgantzman 7 months ago 2
im in love with ur girlfriend...
chonches 7 months ago
my girlfriend is in love with this song
Chris314100 7 months ago
Amazing...Genius...Outstanding !!
somersetdc 7 months ago
Perfection by a wonderful person
joannahacon 7 months ago
Ah where has such talent gone these days??????
diefIater 7 months ago
Love this song...... could listen to it 1000 times in a row & not get sick of it! 70's was & still is the best music ever recorded!!! From Bread to AC/DC...... Jim Croce to Led Zeppelin........ The 1970's rule!!!!!!
brizzle607 7 months ago 11
i've loved this song since 1972
barnabas50 7 months ago 4
This is one of my favorite "feel-good" songs, It takes me back to a time and place that was perfect and brand new. It's a time machine. The only bad news is...I have to come back.
scorpio27adc 7 months ago 106
@scorpio27adc so true.. a time machine...... I'll pay it over a few times and then come back.....cheers
chachavessel 7 months ago
@scorpio27adc Was this song released in 1969 or 1970 Any one know?
TheGB1950 7 months ago
@TheGB1950 ....1972. I was in high school. The album was called Something/Anything.
scorpio27adc 7 months ago 2
@scorpio27adc I was confused I herd Todd's song "We got to get you a woman" in 1970 ,the year I had to work in a crappy bakery before going off to an art school.
TheGB1950 7 months ago
@scorpio27adc....... Oh my God . I am with you TOTALLY ,
tiredoldbag 6 months ago
@scorpio27adc You took the words right out of our mouths!
OnCloudNine62 6 months ago
@scorpio27adc thats great,and so true-I've often said that my self-
TheEDZEPPELINBAND 6 months ago
@scorpio27adc More than anything I miss the sweet,sweet cocaine! :)
christlicker 5 months ago
@scorpio27adc The return trip sucks! I like it better back then too!
Bannion77 5 months ago
@scorpio27adc I'm a product of the 90s and I want to say I bet I'll feel the same way someday but I've gotta be honest: I can't find a whole lot of modern music that is on the same level as the great music that the 60s and 70s produced. The music industry today is total crap. At least music that was popular when you were younger was music that was actually soulful and had meaning.
lh457725 5 months ago 4
@lh457725 I agree. I think young people today are getting royally ripped off with highly synthesized and over=produced music "perfected" with autotune. So few people putting out music that took thought in creating. It's a shame.
AzzClazzix 4 months ago
@lh457725 You're right, it's the music INDUSTRY that is total crap. I think the artists would be and could be as creative as those from the 70's but the industry has already created the musical CRAP template that everyone has to follow to get signed. MTV was the beginning of the end; selling music with some pretty stupid videos.
57highland 4 months ago 3
@57highland The music industry lost its best A & R people because of the disco disaster of the mid 1970's. Notice the correlation?
1howlinwolf 4 months ago in playlist 1howlinwolf's Favorited Videos
12 people did not saw the light.
LAROSADEORO1 7 months ago
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LAROSADEORO1 7 months ago
Todd is God....that was the time where you could jsay something like that jokingly and the P.C. police didn't go nuts. Ahhhhhhh...the good ole days.
Shyla07NY1 7 months ago
@Shyla07NY1
Yeah? John Lennon?
UliJones 7 months ago
no hesitantacy on lyrics on "I saw the Light".........
undrcvrmn1 7 months ago
Nothing wrong. The other was young and raw. Beautiful!
bobbydean2 7 months ago
Beautiful song ... they don't make anything like that nowdays
vettediamond 7 months ago 39
@vettediamond Amen
brizzle607 7 months ago
GREAT ONE!
Beatleboy1968 7 months ago
kingpin sent me.
sephiroth900000 7 months ago
1:33 epic tom...
chonches 7 months ago
ﾌﾞﾙｰｱｲﾄﾞFREE･SOULの定番～ﾄｯﾄﾞ･ﾗﾝｸﾞﾚﾝ"I SAW THE LIGHT"～彼を聴かぬロックファンは私は今でも､ﾛｯｸ潜り扱いした!(笑)
blackandtanful 7 months ago
dedicated to my mom!thank you for teaching your son good music!RIP
MaStormy 7 months ago
Beth Bunnell. Newport Harbor High. She was 'the one'. sigh!!
MsSpawn1234 7 months ago
Great memories!!!!!! Love him to death.
litenslick1 8 months ago
Fabulous.
HopeThroughMusic 8 months ago
I like this song better too.
karo1959 8 months ago
When my wife and I met it was love at first sight for the both of us. Sort of like this song!
albatross7677 8 months ago
@albatross7677 Tell it to Todd and his elongated head.
dkthg 8 months ago
Fantastic album...
Peoria3165 8 months ago
12 people would have pushed babies into gas chambers.
TheFunkadelicFan 8 months ago
I'm with you! Don't know why, but this one is better. This one seems uplifting and the music is simply awesome. "Hello It's Me" has a sad feel to it - but I do like it anyway. Sometimes, I need to hear that one - depending on what's going on in my life... Usually, music is the answer for me. You can get carried away by a great song-I feel it in my soul. Thank God for great artists and composers.
vckadms4 8 months ago 2
great song
lawlcatz123456789 8 months ago
i just think of kingpin with them rolling into reno with this playing.... so sick.
Jaahhk 8 months ago
Both are fantastic, I too like this one a little bit more, but hey, we got both, you don't have to choose! Are you familiar with " Love Is The Answer " ? Another great that he recorded, although England Dan (Dan Seals) and John ford coley covered it and scored the hit in a big way, as if they owned it. Their version is great, no doubt.
dan7dees 8 months ago
Today... I heard this song in Femenina Radio :)
Maikielicius 8 months ago
I don't know what it is that makes this song so epic. It may be the feeling of nostalgia it brings from my childhood. It could also be the way that Mr. Rundgren honors Carol King by making a song that sounds like she herself could have sang it. Or how the drum part is never the same, yet equally as great, going into the chorus. There are many different things that make this song so great!!
alextheawsome 8 months ago
@alextheawsome
I used think when i was a kid this was Carol King , Amazing song .!!
I'm finally finding out more about lately and i'm very impressed with what he's done , I just read wickapedia on him and wow , truly gifted .
tgigunner 8 months ago 2
this, along with magic, goodbye stranger and ..ooh..a hit by that australian band (NOT bee gees)...these songs just trademarked the whole 70's decade. i LOVE it.
isuriadireja91 8 months ago
@isuriadireja91 For the record, the Bee Gees are originally Manchester, England.
They moved from there to the Isle of Man, then Australia, but are 100% English.
Hope this clears things up.
lineswine 8 months ago
@lineswine I have a feeling that they would disagree with you saying they're 100% English...I have a feeling that they feel very Australian as well!!....hey how about 60/40??
ultraroadmap 7 months ago
"I Saw the Light" is the opening track from Todd Rundgren's 1972 Something/Anything? double album. The song is a pastiche of 1960s pop songs and a homage to singer-songwriters Laura Nyro and Carole King.
choosing2lookeast 8 months ago
This song really hits it home for me, especially when you're in love...till I saw the light in your eye's!!!!!
orpheumshn 8 months ago 2
movie kingpin brought me here
TheCodeineKid 8 months ago
My Girl brought me here.
MsBoogster 8 months ago
Of all the comments here about people thinking Carole King sang this, or that "a female" sang it, or it's homage to Carole, I just listened to it again and Carole King IS singing...BACKUP! How appropos that she's doing backup on a song honoring her!
wannawatchu66 8 months ago
@wannawatchu66 Nope, that's Todd. Todd is playing and singing every single part on this recording, along with the first three sides of the album. It is, however, an uncanny homage to Carole King and quintessential 70's at that.
silentmoviestar 8 months ago
@silentmoviestar OK, well, I'm not in a position to dispute you as I don't have an album or anything with credits listed, but I could still swear on a stack of Bibles that Carole King is among the backup singers, where they sing "Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiin your eyes." I just listened to it again, and it still sounds like her. Again, not arguing with you, just how it sounds to me. Peace out!
wannawatchu66 8 months ago
@wannawatchu66 oh believe me, I had no intention of starting an argument. I just wanted to point it out to you as a friendly FYI, thought it'd be nice for anyone who didn't know how good Todd was at backing himself up on vocals (not to mention every other instrument.) i do agree with you in that in sounds uncannily like Carole King and the tune, as the user before me has taken care to mention, was written with her style in mind.
silentmoviestar 8 months ago
@silentmoviestar No, I didn't think you did at all. I'll take your word for it...like I said, I'm no authority. :o)
wannawatchu66 8 months ago
When I saw Todd in '09, I couldn't believe how many guys my age were there with their teenaged sons. I do believe Todd will be remembered in th future when 90% of the "classic rock" groups are forgotten. So why isn't he in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
SpocksBrain425 8 months ago
@SpocksBrain425 Good Question !!
fab4fan4ever64 8 months ago
11 People cant see the light ...
Vinnybrain 8 months ago
one of the pioneers of 70s soft rock.
roscoegino 8 months ago
One of the greatest songs ever!!
janeshe2 8 months ago