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Todd Rundgren – Something/Anything ALBUM REVIEW

Lie Likes Music | November 3, 2025



In today’s video i’m reviewing yet another Todd Rundgren album. This time it’s Something/Anything, his breakthrough album from 1972.

Click bellow to watch my review of Rundgren’s “Initiation”
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Click bellow to watch my review of Rundgren’s “White Knight”
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Click bellow to watch more reviews
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Listen to the full “Something/Anything” album bellow
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INFO: Todd Rundgren is an american artist, singer/songwriter and producer. He’s been an active musician ever since 1966 and is today regarded as one of the most influential artists and producers in modern music history.

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  1. @callmeal3017

    November 3, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    Keep in mind first three sides todd plays and sings everything. 4th side has session musicians. He says he played drums 1st in each case imagining each song all the way through then added the other instruments. Breathless was done before the age of midi sequencing. All analog. If you have never tried this you can't really imagine what he actually accomplished here.

  4. @diggerthegroundhog8799

    November 3, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    Great review. Always nice to see a younger generation member knowing of such an iconic 50 year old album and guess what. There is a new tribute coming out called Someone/Anyone in Feb. Just caught Todd doing Carousel when he tpured Austrailia in 2018 with some other band. It's amazing.

  5. @benbrownjr.7626

    November 3, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    You're young, and weren't there, so let me tell you about the 1970s: it was the golden era of the multi-disc set. People made whole careers out of them, including Donna Summer, The Allman Brothers, Funkadelic, Kiss, Chicago, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Pink Floyd and even The Clash. Rundgren's excess, by today's standards, was part of an accepted release cycle by "serious" and "arty" musicians. Please dont forget, in the 90's, many artists released 70+ CD's, which would be the equivalent of two Vinyl albums back in the day. Peace.

  7. @toddfan3263

    November 3, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    Todd Rundgren is nominated for the 2021 R&R Hall Of Fame for the 3rd year in a row. Let's FINALLY get him in! Search "Rock Hall Fan Vote" and vote with several emails.

  8. @tekkpirates

    November 3, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    wow. so ahead of his time he says. loves all the songs. does not understand todd sarcasm . this guys is very contradictive. he doesn't care for the length of the album. i thought it wasn't long enough.. todd put out a lot of material during the 70s and i always wanted more…

  10. @manonthemoog

    November 3, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    I have loved this album since I first heard it in High School in the 80s. One reason I connected with it back then was because one of the themes of the album is unrequited love, a very familiar feeling for most everyone in High School – especially 'It Wouldn't Have Made any Difference' a track you spotlight.

    The drums on 'Breathless' sound to me like a heavily EQ'd early model drum machine, like the type you would find on 70's era home organs made by Lowery or Kimball, or even one of the early standalone beat boxes made by Acetone.

    An interesting thing about this song is that for many years US rock radio stations used to play this song in the background while they would read a list of upcoming concerts. I feel like I've heard this not very long ago.

  15. @CoopAssembly

    November 3, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    For your edification… The album No World Order, which is the only interactive CD ever made, before the tech was scrapped by Sony/Phillips, is one of the most underrated albums I've ever heard. The "Lite" version is the one I have. It's from the early 90s, and has his first experiments with rap and electronica of that time. The entire project, including everything that went into the interactive version, (which might work on a PC?), involved tremendous creativity and probably inspired a number of other artists. I think you alluded to that other creative work – A Wizard, A True Star, which I think belongs in the Smithsonian. Cheers!

  17. @juliaegner1830

    November 3, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    I totally understand and respect your posts and opinions and really enjoy them. I know people have commented on this before, but I hope you will place yourself in the era that this masterpiece of S/A arrived. What a delight to have a double album (rare) in those times when it was difficult to obtain even one single album. Todd not only delivered a double album, but left us poorer folk an incredible experience for years to come. I listen to it often STILL.Don't take this as a critique, I only mean that those of us who experienced this era/album were forever transformed. So sorry this is so long.
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  19. @Cephalonimbus

    November 3, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    I once brought this album over to my mom's house and left it there for her to listen to, and she thought it was too sugary. Seems like we've come full circle… it used to be that parents thought the music their kids like was outrageous and degenerate, but now here I am: a grown ass man who was essentially ridiculed by his babyboomer mom for loving music for pussies XD

  23. @DreamsInLongitude

    November 3, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    I truly enjoy your Rundgren reviews, that you take the time to do so. You are young for this kind of analysis , sometimes you miss it a bit, but the fact you aren't an old guy, it makes it very valuable. Thanks dude 🙂 You have a great ear for music, across the board. Oh, and by the way, Todd is best known for being an early artist on his solo recoordings as the guy who was doing ALL of the vocals. No other folks.

  24. @waynewofsey4209

    November 3, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    I would recommend listening to the 1974 album "Todd Rundgren's Utopia" & pay particular attention to The Ikon. I think this is one of Todd's best progressive rock albums. As to finding Something Anything too long, double albums were common & only showed how much material the artist had. I wouldn't consider it a negative, rather a positive. Especially since it doesn't have any bad moments & it's full of such diversity. It is best to listen to a double album in two parts if time is a factor. You also failed to note that much of S/A was Todd playing all instruments except for certain songs.

  25. @chazzquasar9466

    November 3, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    "Baby Needs a New Pair of Snakeskin Boots (A Pop Operetta)".
    "Baby needs…etc. " was once a common figure of speech for when someone went out to earn money. Snakeskin boots refers to expensive and exotic footwear made popular by Keith Richards.

  26. @barkybarkbarkbark

    November 3, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    Wow, Lie, 8 out of 10? I love your review and all the anecdotes you told, but that rating seems a bit harsh. S/A? is a monumental recording. BTW, "Little Red Lights" is quite the song for a honking big set of headphones; check it out. We look forward to more of your Todd reviews. Hoping one of them will be a 10/10!

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