#kasim sulton

[theconstellola]

The road to Utopia!

[dadrockconfessions]

[plasticsoulder]

Happy valentine's day to you, utopians!!

[billboard-hotties-tourney]

Kasim Sulton (1955-) Utopia - bass guitar and vocals Songs: "Eternal Love," "Back on the Street" Propaganda: none

Steve Winwood (1948-) Traffic - vocals and guitar; Spencer Davis Group - lead vocals; Blind Faith - lead vocals, keyboards, guitar Songs: "I'm a Man," "Dear Mr. Fantasy" Propaganda: none

[turbo-l0ver]

im back with more willie (and kasim + todd) pictures because why not! again, all credit goes to the original photographers

(aghh!! i love him)

[no1utopiagirl]

This one never gets old!

[fruskyterceol]

Kasim beard proof

@twinkrundgren

[krispyweiss]

Todd Rundgren at Andrew J. Brady Music Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 24, 2024

Todd Rundgren had nothing to say besides Thank you and We love you, Cincinnati at the end of the gig on Wednesday night in the Queen City. The typically talkative musician instead let a career-spanning collection of deep cuts handle communications with his audience, which on April 24 filled about half of the Andrew J. Brady Music Center’s 2,800 seats.

The Me/We tour is one for the faithful, with long-dormant tracks such as 1995’s subdued “Beloved Infidel” and novelties like 2004’s “Stood Up” returning to the setlist for the first time in ages. “Down with the Ship,” Rundgren’s 2022 joint with Rivers Cuomo, meanwhile, is just getting its sea legs and the goofy sea shanty works well alongside the eclectic sonic smorgasbord that found Rundgren conducting synth strings and soprano sax with a baton on the balladic “Kindness” from 1991, playing a searing guitar solo on 2000’s “Buffalo Grass” and proving his compositional prescience on the now entirely relevant rap-rocker “Fascist Christ” from 1993.

In a nod to any casual fans who may have attended, Rundgren began the encore with the first half of “I Saw the Light” segued into the bridge of “Can We Still be Friends?,” which led into the coda of “Hello it’s Me” before the dramatic fan favorite “The Last Ride” and “A Dream Goes on Forever” ended the gig.

Backed by five long-time compatriots - bassist Kasim Sulton and drummer Prairie Prince; Bobby Strickland on keyboards, woodwinds and programming; keyboardist Gil Assayas; and guitarist Bruce McDaniel - Rundgren played 24 songs over 125 minutes, as the black-clad band was bathed in white, red, blue, green and yellow hues from a generous light show that augmented the selections flawlessly.

Strong visuals notwithstanding, sublime audio, from the band and the venue’s sound system, was the focus. Drawing from more than one-dozen solo and Utopia albums connecting 1972’s Something/Anything? to 2022’s Space Force, Rundgren, per his wont, also covered a diverse stylistic template, as he switched from lead guitarist to band leader who paced the lip of the stage sans instrument and tossed in some EDM in the form of “Flesh & Blood” from 2015’s Global for good measure.

Opening with 1974’s ethereal “I Think You Know,” Rundgren celebrated the nature of his fanatical followers on Utopia’s 1985 dance track “Secret Society” before showing off his grimy guitar and gritty growl on 2008’s “Weakness.”

The initial triptych set the evening’s tone as Rundgren, 75, used his deepened voice to bring the songs into the present while the band provided the backgrounds that tied them to their era. To that end, Sulton and McDaniel joined Rundgren around a single mic for the a cappella “Honest Work,” which hushed any grabbers in the house, and “Hawking” came off as a hybrid metaphysical worship service thanks to the veritable choir and a soaring saxophone solo from Strickland. The passage of time seemed to be a loose theme of the Me/We tour as Rundgren plumbed his discography for songs that explore the unknowable to come up with such tracks as “Lost Horizon” (1985), “Afterlife” and “God Said” from 2004 and “Worldwide Epiphany,” the 1993 celebration of figuring it all out.

The latter got the audience on their collective feet where they remained until the show ended.

Grade card: Todd Rundgren in Cincinnati - 4/24/24 - A

See more photos on Sound Bites’ Facebook page.

4/25/24

[dompauljones]

the more i look at utopia members im even more convinced that they are literally cartoon people who decided to be real dudes one day...

[singringsroadtoutopia]

Utopia is unreal. They are so silly (credit to @cageycretins for letting me post his meme 💀)

[the-verb-to-yeet]

Here’s a thing I’ve been wanting to make for a long time with this kind of template.

“Come on guys stop, he’s trying to talk to his mom”: Graham Gouldman, Todd Rundgren, Ray Shulman, Steve Walsh

“*loud fake sex noises*”: Lol Creme, John “Willy” Wilcox, Gary Green

“EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP!”: Eric Stewart, Kasim Sulton, Derek Shulman, Robby Steinhardt

“*is asleep*”: John Weathers, Phil Ehart, Dave Hope

“*gets really close to the phone* Tell her I said hi”: Kevin Godley, Roger Powell, Kerry Minnear, Kerry Livgren, Rich Williams

[one-nation-under-todd]

kasim sulton of utopia

happy birthday!

[dadrockconfessions]

[plasticsoulder]

Remember when Patti Smith said that Todd spent HOURS shopping electric train sets?

[longliverockback]

Meat Loaf Bat out of Hell 1977 Cleveland International ————————————————— Tracks: 1. Bat out of Hell 2. You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Nights) 3. Heaven Can Wait 4. All Revved up with No Place to Go 5. Two out of Three Ain’t Bad 6. Paradise by the Dashboard Light    I. Paradise   II. Let Me Sleep on It  III. Praying for the End of Time 7. For Crying out Loud —————————————————

Marvin Lee Aday “Meat Loaf”

Roy Bittan

Paul Crook

Ellen Foley

Roger Powell

Todd Rundgren

Jim Steinman

Kasim Sulton

Max Weinberg

John Wilcox

Edgar Winter

* Long Live Rock Archive

[turbo-l0ver]

more utopia photos!