I have the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab gold CD of this album, and it sounds awesome! I was just becoming a Todd-head when this came out. I saw him/them at the Suffolk Forum aka LI Arena/Commack arena, LI in late 77. Cheap Trick opened, and we were like WTF? We thought they were a joke band, Cheap Trick..lol.They blew us away! Then Todd and the boys blew us away. - On to Central Park 78, 79, 80, and beyond! Those were the days!
the England Dan John Ford Coley version was one of my favorite songs and i thought it was kind of an unusually written song - years later i became a Todd fan and discovered he wrote it, and then it all made sense. Todd's version is way better, i don't bother with the other one anymore
This is my single favorite song by Todd. This album came out the same time as Hermit of Mink Hollow (by Todd also) all fans need to get them. Todd Rundgren never made a bad album.
@hdrake1000 FYI- believe it or not Oops was Oct of 77, Hermit he did over the Winter and it was released the following Spring -April 78 ~ If that wasn't enough Bat Out of Hell was released the same week as Oops, the 4-piece Utopia lineup acting as the session band. I'd love to have been living up in the Bearsville/Woodstock area back then! To think I was only 90 mins away in Wantagh, Long Island. Todd owns the 70's. His finest period. IMHO!
The only reason why this wasnt an international hit...is the shitty promotion arm of "Bearsville", a label that buried its talent. A wonder we ever heard of Todd, Foghat and Randy Vanwarmer!!
This song has always been very spiritual for me.I am atheist,but I'm not a bitter one.I have found that love is the answer.And that for me God is just another name for love.---Shine On
After loving this at 16 and knowing every inch of the cover- it wasnt until my late 40s I understood the symbolism- shame- as he sings of The Light of the World but misses the point in his searching in Alice Baileys unholy writings.
@misssiberia69 Alice Bailey was a disciple of Helena Blavastsky and an occultist- She wrtoe the book The externalisation of the Hierarchy which Todd R read and inspired his music- She formed the publishing company Lucifer Trust which they changed to Lucis Trust which has developed into a publishing/ new age occultic group actually members of the UN They believe that the spiritula masters which they channel are coming to help us achieve godhood- its new age/ occultic teaching. Loads more on yt.
@misssiberia69 If you google her and Blavastsky and Crowley you will get the idea- Freemasonry/ illuminati and occultism are different aspects of the same thing. I can send you some videos if you are interested. The pyramid with steps - phallic tower and many windows are all symbols of this occultic teaching - pyramid seen in masonry and in media.
Mr. Rundgrens lyrics and musical arrangements have blessed my spirit since the early 70s and feel the same way about every song as if it was the first time i have heard it., same affect Amazing Thats Divine!!!
@huskerdu1661 'It is my opinion that if the liberties of this country(USA) are destroyed, it will be by the subtlety of the Roman catholic Jesuit priests, for they are the most crafty, dangerous enemies to civil and religous liberty. They have instigated most of the wars of Europe.' Marquis de LaFayette
@huskerdu1661 Between 1555 and 1931 the Jesuit Order was expelled from at least 83 countries, city states and cities, for engaging in political intrigue and subversion plots against the welfare of the state, according to the records of a Jesuit priest of repute(Thomas J. Campbell).-J.E.C. Shepard
@huskerdu1661 "The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does not make the errors to be truths, and the fact that millions of people share the same form of mental pathology does not make these people sane." -Erich Fromm
@44reedom Michael Tsarion is the worlds premier conspiracy researcher/lecturer/author. Leo Zagami, Jordan Maxwell and Alexandre Dumas pere are highly informative as well. p.s. Melting Euphoria is similar to Ozric Tentacles and Gong.
Pricelesss....
My rock n roll heroes.
WatusiReggae 2 weeks ago
great pace.....thanks again todd and associates
jdhasey 1 month ago
Just when you thought you couldn't love Rundgren more!! Ahhhhh!
MsAmerican1960 1 month ago 3
one black guy at uk covered this song. I forgto his name. Does anyone know?
pejorativeglut 1 month ago
I have the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab gold CD of this album, and it sounds awesome! I was just becoming a Todd-head when this came out. I saw him/them at the Suffolk Forum aka LI Arena/Commack arena, LI in late 77. Cheap Trick opened, and we were like WTF? We thought they were a joke band, Cheap Trick..lol.They blew us away! Then Todd and the boys blew us away. - On to Central Park 78, 79, 80, and beyond! Those were the days!
jagfug 1 month ago
@jagfug sounds like a great night...nights
peterzang 1 week ago
Thanks Todd, you have gotten me through some hard times.
MrAub8 1 month ago 4
Makes the world just ever such a little bit better to live in.
captainkundalini1 1 month ago
England Dan and John Ford Coley made this a hit. Todd and Utopia made this a classic.
jferg7159 2 months ago
For Stephanie M who today passed from this world at age 21.
japinvt 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
the England Dan John Ford Coley version was one of my favorite songs and i thought it was kind of an unusually written song - years later i became a Todd fan and discovered he wrote it, and then it all made sense. Todd's version is way better, i don't bother with the other one anymore
greasemonkey1228 2 months ago
What A fantastic Musical masterpiece!Good stuff for sure!
TheJimmyloco1 2 months ago
This is my single favorite song by Todd. This album came out the same time as Hermit of Mink Hollow (by Todd also) all fans need to get them. Todd Rundgren never made a bad album.
hdrake1000 2 months ago
@hdrake1000 FYI- believe it or not Oops was Oct of 77, Hermit he did over the Winter and it was released the following Spring -April 78 ~ If that wasn't enough Bat Out of Hell was released the same week as Oops, the 4-piece Utopia lineup acting as the session band. I'd love to have been living up in the Bearsville/Woodstock area back then! To think I was only 90 mins away in Wantagh, Long Island. Todd owns the 70's. His finest period. IMHO!
jagfug 1 week ago
Everyone knows that love is the answer, but to what question? Every single question.
545t3t4t5 2 months ago
@545t3t4t5 I am so going to borrow this. "Love never fails." 1 Corinthians 13
EmpressOfWyoming58 1 month ago
Love, love, love... takes us back.
whatiamdoingnow 2 months ago
one of his most powerful and beautiful songs,from a man that is a genius and so far ahead of his time ,it still brings tears to my eyes to hear it
georgelauricella 3 months ago
The only reason why this wasnt an international hit...is the shitty promotion arm of "Bearsville", a label that buried its talent. A wonder we ever heard of Todd, Foghat and Randy Vanwarmer!!
MultiBudboy 3 months ago
I totally agree with huskerdu and as Todd Rundgren wrote it and is singing it here ... no contest.
drdavidsands 3 months ago
JUST INCREDIBLE! Todd Is Godd! ;o)
genxxxersize 3 months ago
Light of the world... shine on me.... LOVE is the answer!!!
djo0719 3 months ago in playlist Todd Rundgren / Utopia 2
He IS currently touring with Utopia!
eldwomco 3 months ago
I wish Todd Rundgren would tour again. the world needs more music that only Todd could perform great post
12bbitchin 4 months ago
This song has always been very spiritual for me.I am atheist,but I'm not a bitter one.I have found that love is the answer.And that for me God is just another name for love.---Shine On
OPTIMIZEDd 4 months ago 8
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greasemonkey1228 2 months ago
thank you , I love Todd Rungren....!
44SABSMUSIC44 4 months ago
After loving this at 16 and knowing every inch of the cover- it wasnt until my late 40s I understood the symbolism- shame- as he sings of The Light of the World but misses the point in his searching in Alice Baileys unholy writings.
awaitthegroom 5 months ago
@awaitthegroom Who is Alice Bailey??
misssiberia69 5 months ago
@misssiberia69 Alice Bailey was a disciple of Helena Blavastsky and an occultist- She wrtoe the book The externalisation of the Hierarchy which Todd R read and inspired his music- She formed the publishing company Lucifer Trust which they changed to Lucis Trust which has developed into a publishing/ new age occultic group actually members of the UN They believe that the spiritula masters which they channel are coming to help us achieve godhood- its new age/ occultic teaching. Loads more on yt.
awaitthegroom 4 months ago
@misssiberia69 If you google her and Blavastsky and Crowley you will get the idea- Freemasonry/ illuminati and occultism are different aspects of the same thing. I can send you some videos if you are interested. The pyramid with steps - phallic tower and many windows are all symbols of this occultic teaching - pyramid seen in masonry and in media.
awaitthegroom 4 months ago
@awaitthegroom Belated reply but your right with what you've said...all this album cover needs is an all seing eye.
BlueOrpheus1988 3 months ago
@BlueOrpheus1988 Thank you! its sometimes like wading through custard to explain to others the machinations of the music business.
awaitthegroom 3 months ago
Great!!!
starlikestar 5 months ago
Mr. Rundgrens lyrics and musical arrangements have blessed my spirit since the early 70s and feel the same way about every song as if it was the first time i have heard it., same affect Amazing Thats Divine!!!
MyDreamGoesOn 6 months ago 3
its a lonly world.
Rawbie100 6 months ago
i feel sorry for the one dislike, sad
jotho7 6 months ago 3
Not only is this the best version of this song....it may well be the best song ever!!!! They should play this at political conventions !!!!!
huskerdu1661 6 months ago 15
@huskerdu1661 I agree !!! I keep thinking of Spock "Even a sane man must appear insane in a insane society'
hellfury752 2 months ago
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@huskerdu1661 'It is my opinion that if the liberties of this country(USA) are destroyed, it will be by the subtlety of the Roman catholic Jesuit priests, for they are the most crafty, dangerous enemies to civil and religous liberty. They have instigated most of the wars of Europe.' Marquis de LaFayette
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@huskerdu1661 Between 1555 and 1931 the Jesuit Order was expelled from at least 83 countries, city states and cities, for engaging in political intrigue and subversion plots against the welfare of the state, according to the records of a Jesuit priest of repute(Thomas J. Campbell).-J.E.C. Shepard
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@huskerdu1661 "It is no measure of Mental Health to be Well Adjusted to a Profoundly Sick Society"-Jiddu Krishnamurti
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@huskerdu1661 "The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does not make the errors to be truths, and the fact that millions of people share the same form of mental pathology does not make these people sane." -Erich Fromm
augustmaquet 2 months ago
@huskerdu1661 agreed. Todd's anthems are as good as Lennon's.
peterzang 1 week ago
@BlueOrpheus1988 Or, as Joni Mitchell put it in The Boho Dance, "the virtue of your style inscribed on your contempt for mine"
MikeGalos 7 months ago
It is absolutely amazing how complex and subtle Rundgren's arrangment and production are on this track.
MikeGalos 7 months ago 4
There is no other version. Todd wrote it, sings it, makes it pierce you to your core, and that's that.
rawcoyote 7 months ago 3
You call this version better ? ? ? You gotta be kidding ? ? ?
carmital 7 months ago
This is the best version TR has done of this track, soulful vocal, great arrangement.
doubleotwentyone 7 months ago
Todd Rundgren rocks! Just found out last year that he wrote it. Fantastic!
Peoria3165 9 months ago
Love this....
3musicmusicmusicE 9 months ago
ENGLAND DAN AND who???? hahahahahahahahha this is the ONLY VERSION for mE!
harveydents 10 months ago 4
No disrespect to England Dan and John F. C. but this original version by Utopia should have taken the charts.
44reedom 1 year ago 28
@44reedom Right on
jferg7159 11 months ago
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@44reedom Right on
jferg7159 11 months ago
@44reedom Agreed. Very liberating and spiritually triumphant song.
thehoosierfortheUK 5 months ago
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@44reedom Great holistic bands are---Melting Euphoria, Ozric Tentacles, Gong, Mother Gong, Acid Mother's Gong, Magma, Aphrodities Child, Jade Warrior, Steve Tibbetts, Patrick Bernard, Lost at Last, Larry Coryell, Shakti, Oregon, Kazumi Watanabe, Toninho Horta, Egberto Gismonti, Eat Static, System 7, Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can Dance, Magma, Sphongle, Bill Laswell, Stomu Yamashta, Here and Now band, Steve Hillage.
augustmaquet 2 months ago
@44reedom Michael Tsarion is the worlds premier conspiracy researcher/lecturer/author. Leo Zagami, Jordan Maxwell and Alexandre Dumas pere are highly informative as well. p.s. Melting Euphoria is similar to Ozric Tentacles and Gong.
augustmaquet 2 months ago
@44reedom Truly told.
zismoura 1 month ago
@44reedom well theirs is slicker and more radio friendly. but it all worked out.
peterzang 1 week ago