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Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren {Stereo} 1973 Hotney 5 Streams • 3 years ago

1973-74......#5 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #2 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #17 Canada
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"Hello It's Me" is a song written by American musician Todd Rundgren. It was the first song he wrote, and was recorded by his group Nazz as a slow ballad, released as the B-side of the band's first single, "Open My Eyes", in 1968. A mid-tempo version of "Hello It's Me", recorded for Rundgren's 1972 solo album Something/Anything?, was issued as a single in 1973, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
"Hello It's Me" was the first song written by Todd Rundgren. Written in 1967 as a slow ballad about the breakup of a relationship, it was released in October 1968 as the B-side of his band Nazz's debut single "Open My Eyes", and included on the debut album Nazz (1968). Although released as a B-side, it was picked up in preference to the A-side by Boston radio station WMEX, where it rose to No. 1, and was subsequently picked up by other stations. It entered the Billboard chart in February 1969, peaking at number 71, and re-entered the charts the following January, this time peaking at number 66. In Canada, it ranked number 41 in March 1969, and number 58 in February 1970.
Rundgren's songs in this early phase of his career were heavily influenced by the work of Laura Nyro, but in a 2005 interview he revealed that the basic structure of the song was adapted from the introduction of a Jimmy Smith recording:
...the main influence for Hello It's Me was an eight bar intro that Jimmy Smith played on a recording of When Johnny Comes Marching Home. He had this whole sort of block chord thing that he did to set up the intro of the song. I tried to capture those changes, and those changes became what are the changes underneath Hello It's Me. I then had to come up with melody and words, but the changes are actually almost lifted literally from something that was, from Jimmy Smith's standpoint, a throwaway.
— Todd Rundgren, puremusic.com
Rundgren recorded a more midtempo version of "Hello It's Me" for his 1972 solo album Something/Anything? It was released twice as a single, with the second issue in 1973 becoming Rundgren's only top ten pop hit, reaching No. 5 on the Hot 100. It also reached No. 17 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

The Black Crowes: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Hotney 5 Streams • 3 years ago

This performance was recorded on February 20, 2020. We will continue releasing Tiny Desk videos of shows that had already been taped. In light of current events, NPR is postponing new live tapings of Tiny Desk Concerts. In the meantime, check out Tiny Desk (home) concerts! They’re recorded by the artists in their home. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.

March 23, 2020 | Josh Rogosin -- The second Chris Robinson swaggered through the door, he was cracking jokes. "Life is full of disappointments," he lamented. "I thought the desk would be smaller!"

That didn't deter him or his brother Rich from belting out the hits from The Black Crowes' platinum album, Shake Your Money Maker. It's somehow been 30 years since the singles "Jealous Again" and "Hard To Handle" (their Otis Redding cover) received constant radio play, and the brothers have reunited for the 30th anniversary of that debut album.

In the early 1990s, I was taping songs off my bedroom stereo's FM tuner to learn Rich Robinson's iconic guitar lines. I was thrilled when the newly reunited Brothers Of A Feather decided to open their Tiny Desk concert with "She Talks To Angels." What I didn't expect was how great it would sound three decades on, stripped down to just voice and acoustic guitar. As soon as I heard the first lick, I was transported to my childhood bedroom. If you close your eyes, you can imagine this is what it sounded like when it was written in their childhood home outside Atlanta.

It's no secret that the brothers haven't always gotten along, and Chris and Rich Robinson have had musical successes outside their collaboration as The Black Crowes. But the combination of Chris' instantly recognizable raspy belt and Rich's catchy guitar riffs was always going to be the duo's legacy. Judging by the gasps from the lucky NPR staff in attendance, it's clear that their rift was not meant to last.

SET LIST
"She Talks To Angels"
"Jealous Again"
"Wiser Time"

MUSICIANS
Chris Robinson: vocals; Rich Robinson: guitar, vocals

CREDITS
Producers: Josh Rogosin, Kara Frame, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative director: Bob Boilen; Audio engineers: Josh Rogosin, Patrick Boyd, Josh Newell; Videographers: Kara Frame, Melany Rochester, Shanti Hands; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Production Assistant: Shanti Hands; Executive producer: Lauren Onkey; VP, programming: Anya Grundmann; Photo: Kisha Ravi/NPR

The Last Dinner Party - Sinner (Live Performance) Hotney 3 Streams • 3 years ago

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DIRECTOR.........................................................BALAN EVANS
PRODUCTION COMPANY..........................UNTOLD STUDIOS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER...................................ANNIE AYRES
PRODUCER............................................CHEYNNE ENNINFUL
CREATIVE DIRECTOR...............................JOSHUA MITCHELL
COMMISSIONER.............................................STUDIO ISLAND
PRODUCTION MANAGER.............................EDWARD LLOYD
1ST AD...................................................................WILL AKBAR
RUNNER...............................................ELIZABETH KILLORAN
DOP.................................................................JAMES RHODES
FOCUS PULLER..........................................VLASSIS SKOULIS
LOADER............................................................KIRSTIN HOGG
GAFFER....................................................................NIK LEKAJ
SPARK...............................................................PETER JOSLIN
DESK OP....................................................ANDRAS SIMONITS
ART DIRECTOR.................................................LAURA LITTLE
ART ASSISTANT............................................GREG MCLAREN
POST HOUSE.................................................................CHEAT
COLOURIST........................................................JONNY TULLY
POST PRODUCER.............................................EMILY DAVIES
STYLIST...................................................RUBINA MARCHIORI
STYLIST...................................................FRANCESCA RUSSO
STYLING ASSISTANT..................................AGNESE PICCHIO
STYLING ASSISTANT...............................MILENA KACPRZAK
MUA..........................................................GRACE ELLINGTON
MUA ASSISTANT........................DAKOTA BLACKLAWS-LACY
HAIR STYLIST.......................................................YUHO KAMO
HAIR STYLIST ASSISTANT.........................TAISEI MIYAMOTO
MGMT.....................................TARA RICHARDSON - Q PRIME
AUDIO PRODUCER............................SERGIO MASCHETZKO
AUDIO MIXER.................................................ALAN MOULDER

Lyrics:

I wish i knew you
Back when we were both small
I wish i knew you
Now i have gotten too tall
I wish i knew
When touch was innocent
I wish i knew you
Before it felt like a sin

(Felt like a sin)
Before it felt like a sin
(Felt like a sin)
Before it felt like a sin

There’s nothing for me
Here where the world is small
But how you touch me
For that I’d leave it all
Back in the city
Cold eyes and lips of dust
So turn and face me
Turn to the alter of lust

(Felt like a sin)
Before it felt like a sin
(Pray for me on your knees
Pray for me on your knees
Pray for me on your knees)
Before it felt like a sin
(Felt like a sin)
Before it felt like a sin
Pray for me on your knees
Pray for me on your knees
Pray for me on your knees)
Before it felt like a sin
Bridge
Stay through the night
I’d spend the mornings by your side
(Pray for me on your knees)
Time slips away
(Pray for me on your knees)
Before the hillside turns to grey
(Pray for me on your knees)
Breakdown
Pray for me
Kneel with me
Soak in
The crystal stream
Wash the sin from your back
Cleanse my soul
Make me whole
Dance in
the morning glow
Hold me we cant go back
Before it felt like a sin

(Felt like a sin)
Before it felt like a sin
(Pray for me on your knees
Pray for me on your knees
Pray for me on your knees)
Before it felt like a sin
(Felt like a sin)
Before it felt like a sin

Music video by The Last Dinner Party performing Sinner. An Island Records recording; © 2023 Dinner Party, under exclusive licence to Universal Music Operations Limited

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