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i *heart* vikings (and Todd Rundgren)

September 02, 2007 By: User Imagerollerkaty (Who am I?) Category: 1972, Todd Rundgren 3 Comments →

My latest find from the library is the 1972 album Something/Anything? by Todd Rundgren. The album covers the gamut from classic seventies pop songs and Motown-inspired soul, to wistful ballads and some songs that are downright weird. The album has two discs, in which Todd plays every instrument and sings every part in the majority of the songs. All Music Guide has an excellent review of the album, which ultimately concludes that it is “a kaleidoscopic odyssey through the mind of an insanely gifted pop music obsessive.”

I’m not a fan of every song on the album, but there are some true seventies gems such as “I Saw the Light” and “Cold Morning Light”. The song “It Takes Two to Tango (This Is for the Girls)” is really catchy and I can’t help but sing along with it (although I was a little taken aback at times by the song’s arrogant attitude towards the ladies).

The one song on the album that I absolutely can’t get out of my head for some reason is the “Song of the Viking.” It’s a very silly song about being a Viking on a Viking ship. I don’t have a good reason for liking it so much, except that it is catchy and fun. And I like Vikings.

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