Todd Rundgren - Something To Fall Back On Lyrics

This man deserves so much more credit. This album was ahead of its century.

This came out when I was 15, and there are parts of this song that had me wondering at the time if it wasn't Daryl Hall for a second. But though they sing with/in a similar timbre, Daryl has a more dynamic voice. Not saying Todd's voice is bad, it's just not an R&B divo's voice like Daryl's.

Only Todd could get away with a mod-mullet with piggytails.

For those of you who don't understand this kind of music, I grew up loving Todd and I still love him. Todd's a genius.

incrível o uso de e-mu emulator na mímica de instrumentos. cada camada que você ouve é um produto modificado da voz do todd, até mesmo as palmas -- técnica usada depois pela bjork!!

Oh man....another good song ruined by another idiotic video. Way too many of these for my tastes. I won't be able to finish watching this.

Give me a fucking break

Pure Genius!

respect to the lyrics from multi talented muscian.

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2:33. Dafuq?

LOLOL .....

I love how he used his A Cappella mask. His head is so tall it doesn't fit!

How come this song didn't make at least a top 20 ?

Bearsville Records held it back and didnt promote it. By the time Todd got out of the contract and signed to Universal, if I recall correctly, the album was treated as a novelty and not properly promoted then either. I'm honestly not blaming them for that one. This album is a little experimental for the public and this song is the only one that sounds remotely airable on the radio.

This was his first album for the Warner Bros. parent label in the States after the shuttering of their imprint Bearsville (with a deal he had been foolishly trying to get out of), and the phrase "big fish in a little pond/little fish in a big pond" comes to mind. He was never a priority for Warner Bros. So he stopped having hits and his 3 studio albums there sold considerably worse than his Bearsville ones. The ugly video didn't help. Then again, his biggest hit of the MTV era, "Bang the Drum All Day," only had a live performance clip.

Hey, Todd! there is something as 'too much Amiga'

Actually, this wasn't done with the Amiga but with the Fairlight CVI, or "Computer Video Instrument".

@MidWest Concert Video How do you know it didn't think it was an Amiga.

It wasn't an Amiga; this song and video were created in 1984 ... before the Amiga was even released (1985). Bearsville Records was going bankrupt and so they didn't release this in '84, knowing how experimental it was. So they sat on it, Warner Bros. swooped in, and it all was released in 1985. This song was released about a month before my brother's wedding; I took him out to the parking lot, we smoked joint, and I had him listen to it. THEN told him, "All vocals, no instruments." We listened to it three more times before his bride came out, all mad and shit .... lol.

Todd is a freakin' genius. He did the whole album like this ... in 1985. 1985 --when people were still rubbing sticks together to get fire ... or practically.

And, once more, 100% of ALL tracks, every instrument and vocals ALL Todd.

FUCK YOU

Hardly. This was just another of the great records of the time. All voices, yep, cool. But to down play all the great artists to put todd at the top is just not correct. I was paralleling him the whole time... lots were.

death2pc duh, if you know this album, you'd be aware, it's all vocals, ... even the drums.

Bob Harley wow, what did I miss bob?

Todd Rundren wrote and produced this song. He also sings backing vocals and provides the music by altering his voice with synthesizers.

He used his voice entirely for everything on the entire album (A Capella), using samplers.

The work of a true genius!