Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"I Saw the Light" is a song written and performed by American musician Todd Rundgren that was released as the opening track from his 1972 album Something/Anything? In the album's liner notes, Rundgren states that he intended the song to be the hit of the album, and copied the Motown tradition of putting hit songs at the beginning of albums.
I Saw the Light may refer to: "I Saw the Light" (Hank Williams song), a 1946 song written by Hank Williams, later becoming a gospel standard covered by many artists "I Saw the Light" (Todd Rundgren song), a 1972 song written by Todd Rundgren, later covered by many artists "I Saw the Light", a 1975 song performed by Status Quo on their album On ...
Todd Rundgren's best-known songs – the Carole King pastiche "I Saw the Light", the ballads "Hello, It's Me" and "Can We Still Be Friends", and the goofy novelty "Bang on the Drum All Day" – suggest that he is a talented pop craftsman ... but at his core, Rundgren is a rock & roll maverick.
Something/Anything? is the third album by American musician Todd Rundgren, released in February 1972.It was Rundgren's first album released under his own name, following two records credited to the quasi-group project Runt, and was also his first double album.
It's Alive! is the only album released by The New Cars.The album features fifteen live tracks, twelve of which are songs known as being performed by the original Cars.The remaining two, "I Saw the Light" and "Open My Eyes", were popularized by New Cars member Todd Rundgren ("Open My Eyes" was originally performed by Rundgren's earlier garage rock group, Nazz).
Carmen said that he based the song on the guitar part on Todd Rundgren's "Couldn't I Just Tell You" after Carmen felt that Rundgren had incorporated aspects of the Raspberries' song "I Can Remember" into his songs "I Saw the Light" and "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference".
AOL
In Todd We Trust (SGC, 1989) (Nazz, Runt and Utopia) The Best of Todd Rundgren (Rhino, 1992) The Very Best of Todd Rundgren (Rhino, 1997) Free Soul (Victor, 14 July 1998) (Japanese release) The Best of Todd Rundgren "Go Ahead. Ignore Me." (Essential, 1999) The Essentials (Rhino, 2000) Best Of – I Saw the Light (Essential, 2000) Somewhere ...