The Plain Dealer's Friday! magazine has a song spotlight on "The Wondering" from 'Liars' with Todd commenting on how the song was inspired by the 2000 presidential election. "I think a lot of people just couldn't believe the way it all unfolded," Rundgren says, "and we all woke up one day realizing we had been fed a line about how this country works and that we had just been shown how it really works. It's one of those things where now you realized you've been living in a deluded state, so you don't know what to believe yet."
I think this was Todd's first appearance at the Forum since he recorded a live album there back in 1994 on the No World Order tour. He was all alone for that one. Tonight, things could not have been more different as Todd brought the Arena tour to London. What can I say. It rocked. Playing the same set that he has been doing for the whole tour - opening with Love in Action, Open my Eyes, Black Maria, I Saw the Light etc, before playing Arena in its entirety - this was guitar rock heaven (and let's face it, probably the last time you'll see Todd doing this kind of tour in the UK). The band were tight, the backing vocals near perfection, and a few ropey moments aside, Todd's vocals strong and good. It was a real joy to see him playing so much lead guitar, after recent years of being more of the 'singer in the band'. There were a few technically issues near the start, when Todd couldn't get the clean guitar sound he wanted, and one amusing moment when he manag...
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