Hello It's Me - HQ Audio

Preamble: Listen up, you slack-jawed twats:
It's beyond irrelevant, but Todd's not gay. You'd know that if you had at least two brain cells to rub together. So please just STFU with that line of commentary, mmmkay?

This is an audio commentary, really, and an experiment testing my skills at audio sweetening.

I love this video and his vocal in it, and saw the show when it originally aired. That Todd does the live piano and vocal against the backing tracks that he himself created is a rather unusual thing for the era.

I haven't heard or seen the DVD version of this that's currently being hawked on late night American TV. So, I have no idea what it sounds like. But the audio accompanying the version of this with the highest view count on YouTube is horrendous; it sounds like it's coming from a 50¢ speaker mounted in a tin can. Here's the video I originally downloaded to work on:
http: // www. youtube.com/watch?v=jsezr0qiFIc

I decided to have a go with making the audio a little more palatable, completely for my own amusement. It could use some more work, but this is the first time I ever tried anything like this. In case anyone cares about this sort of thing, I used Audacity, GarageBand and QuickTime Pro, along with some free plugins.

Comments and criticisms are welcome!

Love ya, Todd!

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  Music

[TheVineyarder]

why the preoccupation with his sexuality? he is a talent..talent transcends all sexual orientation

[PhosphorDigital]

Precisely the point of my preamble, Vinyarder. It pains me that I even have to add that to my description, but sometimes you gotta punch the jackasses in the face, because it's the only thing that they understand.

[DrFactorist]

Great song. Cute wig. Definitely not gay though.

[PhosphorDigital]

It's NOT a wig. The first time I met Todd was in Harrisburg PA, 1972. He had the same multicolor hair he's pictured with on the "Todd" album cover, and as you see in this video.

[Phil Carmichael]

Sad that people are so concerned with his choice of hairstyle and or make up.

Glad I am old enough to have first judged these great singer-songwriters by LISTENING to the music with no video image.

As long as artists are judged and thereby rewarded by their looks/image popular music will continue to decline in quality.

[monica anastasiadis]

to all the people who can only judge instead of appreciating what immense talent we see before us. todd rundgren is not only a married man with kids but he raised steven tyler s daughter, liv, as his own when her real pop took a powder..in more ways than one.....a true and real man and human....

[monica anastasiadis]

theatrics?hmmmm? one place they belong is on stage..... just as todd is in this video....

[monica anastasiadis]

go disco al!!!!

[monica anastasiadis]

artistic self expression..............

[monica anastasiadis]

you make me smile! thank my lucky stars I am on this side of the  jackasses fence....keep on truckin open minded brother.......

[MusicMatic707]

Was this dude part of that group Nazz?

[tim dolan]

todd's about as gay as prince is. both have had their share of premium poontang.

[combatsambonyc]

Love Todd Rundgren.

[Jean clarke]

Totally remember summer days listening to radio and this is such a great song!! (Some people just don't get what the 70's were about..freedom..peace and love..