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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 nothing more than that. On one level, that perception is true since he is undoubtedly a gifted pop songwriter, but at his core Rundgren is a rock & roll maverick. Once he had a taste of success with his 1972 masterwork, Something/Anything?, Rundgren chose to abandon star... Read More

Curtis Mayfield, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Who, Carole King, The Move and Laura Nyro

Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Eels, Jens Lekman, Michael Penn, Mark Mothersbaugh and Matthew Sweet