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Big Head Todd & The Monsters — Riviera
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ScottishWillie
(The Scottish Lowlands)
Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 01:35
 
As a rule Big Head doesn’t ring my bell but this tune knocks lumps from the clapper!

hyatsuha
(Takoma Park, MD)
Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 14:21
 
I was thinking REM right away too.
 
cyesp wrote:


 



cyesp
(Denver Foothills)
Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 17:37
 
 And REM's "What If We Give It Away?" as well.  As mentioned by Proclivities below, a common enough chord progression on the intro, then it goes it own unique way.

pdhski wrote:
Actually it's "Dreams" and beginning? Hell - you can sing it right over the verses!! Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom.
Well, who am I to keep you down?
It's only right that you should play the way you feel it.
But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness like a heartbeat,
drives you mad in the stillness of remembering what you had and what you lost,
and what you had, and what you lost. Thunder only happens when it's raining.
Players only love you when they're playing.
Women, they will come and they will go.
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know.
 


coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 12:25
 
Big Head Todd! playing to the home crowd in Boulder at The Fox tomorrow night!

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 13:11
 
 pdhski wrote:
Actually it's "Dreams" and beginning? Hell - you can sing it right over the verses!! Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom.
Well, who am I to keep you down?
It's only right that you should play the way you feel it.
But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness like a heartbeat,
drives you mad in the stillness of remembering what you had and what you lost,
and what you had, and what you lost. Thunder only happens when it's raining.
Players only love you when they're playing.
Women, they will come and they will go.
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know.
 
Yes, it does sound similar: the verse in both both tunes is a I - II progression (e.g. F - G or G - A), pretty commonly-used progression.  The chorus here is a different progression than that of "Dreams".

Baketown
(Maryland)
Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 07:34
 
Great Album,  I currently have it in my car CD player.

WayUpNorth
Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 07:33
 
Check out the "Last Summer on Earth" Chicago concert on AXS tv (used to be HDNET).  Haven't watched the whole show yet, but so far BHT&M are the stand outs.  Never new they were soooo GOOD! 

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 14:34
 
God this sounds good coming after Smashing Pumpkins, and really sounds GREAT on a sunny Colorado day!  Every time I saw Todd & The Monsters they blew me away, whether it was the old days at the Friday Afternoon Club at the CU UMC or at The Rocks or on Letterman in the mid-90s or under the arch in St. Louie several years back, and by golly TODD SURE CAN PLAY GUITAR! (the bass and drums are sublime, too!)

Kaisersosay
(Mighty Mighty Bostown)
Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 14:29
 
Nice,,,,,

aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Feb 18, 2012 - 08:23
 
I went to school with Big Head Todd, even in a couple of my classes - actually a really nice guy, and yes they are definitely underrated.  They have ALWAYS been great - from the very beginning.  I remember seeing them in little college bars always to a packed crowd!

GregryCM
(Chatham, IL)
Posted: Feb 18, 2012 - 08:21
 
We manage to see them at least once a year in concert... always a great show!


Baketown
(Maryland)
Posted: Jan 17, 2012 - 14:25
 
 HonduranRed wrote:
This band is underrated
 

I agree, You never hear anything about them!

Stingray
(NWO reloaded)
Posted: Dec 01, 2011 - 04:42
 
REALLY NICE!

HonduranRed
(near a dry dam, Denver)
Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 20:44
 
This band is underrated

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: May 26, 2011 - 00:10
 
 Det wrote:
sounds  good - keep it rocking Bill.{#Guitarist}
 
Yes! June 11 @ Red Rocks....I'll be there to see Guster, but you are spot on !


Det
(Lower Saxony Germany)
Posted: Oct 17, 2010 - 09:25
 
sounds  good - keep it rocking Bill.{#Guitarist}

merrickw
(New York)
Posted: Oct 01, 2010 - 09:57
 
Sounds a lot like a tune on Byrne's Rei Momo, Make Believe Mambo

Cellocaster_Paul
(Milwaukee)
Posted: Jul 13, 2010 - 16:58
 
love big head todd- check out the tune "Cruel Fate"- be nice to hear that on this station.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 11, 2010 - 20:20
 
It's a good thing the band name has nothing to do with the quality of their music!  I love Big Head Todd.  They're just ragged enough to be endearing, but accomplished enough to be irritating.{#Lol}{#Dancingbanana}

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Jul 15, 2009 - 09:27
 
 anotherlistener wrote:
Yet another group I was barely aware of.  But I'm diggin' on 'em now!!!! Thanks for the intro, Bill.
 
Check out the video "Live at Red Rocks."  You'll surely dig that.


volnomad
(Somewhere, Not Here)
Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:55
 
Nice to hear a song from their more recent CD's. Their sound has evolved a lot!

anotherlistener
Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:54
 
Yet another group I was barely aware of.  But I'm diggin' on 'em now!!!! Thanks for the intro, Bill.

MetroOwl
(Someone Else's Paradise)
Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 09:18
 
 horstman wrote:
I heard the name had to do with a performance act rather than size, actually.
 
Actually, Todd loves blues and was thinking of Eddie Vinson, whose nickname is Cleanhead, when they came up with the name. And "The Monsters" is sort of a send up to all the silly rock band names of the time.

But he is a tall guy!

See the history here: http://bigheadtodd.com/news/?view=timeline. You can listen to almost all their music for free on that site, too. {#Hearteyes}

MetroOwl
(Someone Else's Paradise)
Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 09:09
 
I always jump outta my seat when I hear that first rif. {#Jump}

Thanks for playing the best band ever!

EssexTex
(Bee Cave, Texas)
Posted: Sep 18, 2008 - 05:42
 
Nice guitar

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Sep 18, 2008 - 05:42
 
Another band I'd only been peripherally aware of before RP. This is a very cool song.

lily34
Posted: Sep 18, 2008 - 05:40
 
wow. never heard this one before.
i believe i really, really like this!!

xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone)
Posted: Apr 13, 2008 - 13:18
 
this is rock n roll after all

horstman wrote:


I heard the name had to do with a performance act rather than size, actually.

ScottishWillie
(The Scottish Lowlands)
Posted: Mar 28, 2008 - 14:19
 
pdhski wrote:

Actually it's "Dreams"

So it is. I still like it though.

noyou
(Pasadena, CA USA)
Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 14:43
 
OldFrenchie wrote:
So exactly how big is Big Head Todd's head? I would expect it to be fricken titanic to name a band after it.

No! You've got it all wrong! His first name is Head, Last name Todd, and he's just a big guy!
lmic
(Sacramento, CA)
Posted: Jun 19, 2007 - 16:59
 
Somehow these guys remind me of Graham Parker, if he'd gone grunge. I like! Mark it a 7, maybe even an 8 later.

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jun 19, 2007 - 16:48
 
pdhski wrote:
Actually it's "Dreams" and beginning? Hell - you can sing it right over the verses!!


i kept waiting for the chorus, thinking this was a cover!!!
horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Jun 19, 2007 - 16:44
 
OldFrenchie wrote:
So exactly how big is Big Head Todd's head? I would expect it to be fricken titanic to name a band after it.


I heard the name had to do with a performance act rather than size, actually.
Alifreckles50
(Frederick, MD)
Posted: Jun 04, 2007 - 05:02
 
real good sound....somehow I've missed these guys...
crowhog2000
(Cincinnati, Ohio USA)
Posted: Apr 17, 2007 - 20:43
 
a great band that was pretty much ignored.
dawnejazz
(on a road...up the hill...into an abyss)
Posted: Jan 30, 2007 - 14:06
 
My thoughts exactly....and I wondered why they were playing the cut from Rumors as opposed to The Dance. Then I turned up the volume a bit....and heard these strange vocals to a tune I know so well. Hmmmmmm

pdhski wrote:




Actually it's "Dreams" and beginning? Hell - you can sing it right over the verses!!

Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom.
Well, who am I to keep you down?
It's only right that you should play the way you feel it.
But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness like a heartbeat,
drives you mad in the stillness of remembering what you had and what you lost,
and what you had, and what you lost.

Thunder only happens when it's raining.
Players only love you when they're playing.
Women, they will come and they will go.
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know.

boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Jan 01, 2007 - 09:15
 
nate_pitzer wrote:
Trivia:
In high school years back, one of my teachers mentioned that she went to high school with BHT at Columbine. What a small world.

He was "little head' back then.
OldFrenchie
Posted: Jan 01, 2007 - 09:14
 
So exactly how big is Big Head Todd's head? I would expect it to be fricken titanic to name a band after it.
cptbuz
(El Dorado Hills, CA)
Posted: Jul 24, 2006 - 13:21
 
SCprof wrote:
You really need to see BHTM live. They're absolutely one of the best live bands you'll ever experience.
seeing them next month (again)!!!!
SCprof
(South Carolina)
Posted: Feb 13, 2006 - 13:18
 
Just saw BHTM in Charleston last week. Outstanding show as always, and to a sold-out audience. They had Hazel Miller with them as an added treat.
pdhski
(here)
Posted: Nov 03, 2005 - 08:42
 
rhw wrote:
The beginning of the song is a Fleetwood Mac ripoff...."Rhianon," to be precise.


Actually it's "Dreams" and beginning? Hell - you can sing it right over the verses!!

Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom.
Well, who am I to keep you down?
It's only right that you should play the way you feel it.
But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness like a heartbeat,
drives you mad in the stillness of remembering what you had and what you lost,
and what you had, and what you lost.

Thunder only happens when it's raining.
Players only love you when they're playing.
Women, they will come and they will go.
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know.
GoldenBoy
(Queens)
Posted: Nov 03, 2005 - 08:39
 
Roverfish wrote:
Try as I might (and I have tried), I simply cannot bring myself to like and appreciate these guys. Too much strained vocal with tenor harmony and power chord guitar...time after time after time. It seems like once you've heard one tune, you know the formula for all others. Barely acceptable, and that's generous.


I agree.
SCprof
(South Carolina)
Posted: Sep 20, 2005 - 07:53
 
You really need to see BHTM live. They're absolutely one of the best live bands you'll ever experience.
cptbuz
(El Dorado Hills, CA)
Posted: Sep 05, 2005 - 11:27
 
debpolster wrote:
I would like to hear more from this band. This is the first song that I heard from them. Thank you for introducing me to them through RP!
Wow! and they've been around for 20 some odd years...you better catch up with them...they're a great live band.


Roverfish
(Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!)
Posted: Aug 21, 2005 - 15:05
 
Try as I might (and I have tried), I simply cannot bring myself to like and appreciate these guys. Too much strained vocal with tenor harmony and power chord guitar...time after time after time. It seems like once you've heard one tune, you know the formula for all others. Barely acceptable, and that's generous.
mikedill
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jun 23, 2005 - 11:38
 
going to see bhtm tomorrow night at the lincoln park zoo in chicago. sweet!

saw keb mo there last year, so they have a lot to live up to.
debpolster
Posted: Apr 11, 2005 - 04:50
 
I would like to hear more from this band. This is the first song that I heard from them. Thank you for introducing me to them through RP!
trekhead
Posted: Nov 29, 2004 - 11:55
 
amcallis wrote:


You're in Kanazawa? I studied there in 2001 for the summer

Do they celebrate Christmahannakwanzaakah there?
amcallis
(501.5 Miles South of Paradise)
Posted: Jul 07, 2004 - 08:19
 
missjanuary wrote:

I was in Fairbanks about 18 years ago! I just wanted to say that. Love it marycrichards, it'll be even more f***ed ever so soon. Alaska should be independant, what a great place. Oh yeh, if you say say this song's good then it's good.


You're in Kanazawa? I studied there in 2001 for the summer
masterhead
Posted: May 28, 2004 - 11:20
 
Big Head Todd says it all...A head way too big....What do you find so special about this music..I have really try to appreciate it but I just can't...