CD's by Tom Todd
CD's by Tom Todd
Available at: 
All Live Shows
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online at FYE
SHOW OFF
Tom's newest CD (released Oct '07). All songs written by Tom Todd. All
instruments played by Tom.
A Summary of all the songs:
1. APRIL An up tempo pop tune about a guy who has to travel far from home to
pursue his music, but wishes he was back home with his girl. Features nice
double lead guitar work and vocal harmonies.
2. FIRST IMPRESSION A soft mellow song about meeting that special person
for the first time, and the rush of emotions that one experiences. Tom plays
piano and sings harmony with himself.
3. SHOW OFF
A driving, boogie beat propels this number about that person
who drives everyone nuts because he's such a show off. Perhaps this song
is a little autobiographical, because Tom shows off his talents on
electric guitar, sax, flute, trombone and trumpet.
4. Planet X A fun, cute song about the best place to go to have
fun! Astronomers please note the references to the planets, including Pluto
(yes, it's still a planet!) and Xena.
5. SEE THROUGH THE SURFACE A very beautiful, sensitive and thought
provoking piece dealing with any person's outer appearance vs their inner
beauty. "If God made us blind, then we could SEE THROUGH THE SURFACE."
6. MR. COOL
A very tongue-in-pierced-cheek look at the styles people come
up with, and an especially shallow guy it seems we all knew at one time or
another.
7. WHY DON'T YOU GO When you know that the relationship is simply not
going to work anymore.
8. HOUSE AIN'T A HOUSE
Metaphorically compares the shaping of one's life
to the building of a house. Cool slide guitar, harmonica and bass guitar work.
9. GALE ON THE HORIZON Tom tries to capture what must be going through a
sailor's mind when he realizes he's caught out on the open water in a bad storm,
and may not live to tell the tale himself.
10. WALK ON WITH ME A happy love song. Life will be full of questions and
surprises, but I can handle it all it you're by my side. Nice acoustic
guitar work.
11. NOVEMBER A sad month, and a sad time of year as the life and beauty of
summer dies. For a person who has lost a lover, it's even more poignant.
There you have it, from April to November, every song is interesting, entertaining and beautiful in its own way.
A Summary of all the songs: Song #1 is an original Christmas love song. Songs #2 - #7 are traditional, well-known Christmas songs. Songs #8 - #10 are Christmas - comedy songs.
1. I MISS YOU MERRY CHRISTMAS
written by Tom Todd. First of all, an interesting play on words, using "MISS
YOU" instead of "WISH YOU", in the title. Second, the songs deals
with spending
Christmases away from a loved one. The joy of the holiday seemed to make the
melancholy
of being apart even more intense. In my song, it's up to the
listener to decide if the girl is just away temporarily, or if she has left this
poor guy for good. Finally, the melody is very pretty, if sad. The song is
immensely enjoyable.
2. BRING A TORCH, JEANETTE, ISABELLA
3. HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
4. AVE MARIA
5. WHITE CHRISTMAS
6. THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
7. I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
8. THE SINGING SANTA - RUDOLPH Funny - This mall Santa faces off
against the worst, nastiest, most sugared-up kids in town!
9. I'M GETTING NUTTIN' FOR CHRISTMAS
Funny - This cute popular ditty is a
favorite among kids and anyone who ever had kids!
10. CHRISTMAS OLYMPICS - 12 DAYS Funny - After singing this song 8,000
times
himself, Tom wondered how fast it could actually be done, and if there was
a world record. It only followed that there should be an Olympic event for this
song.
All instruments and voices performed by Tom Todd (except children's voices
in "Singing Santa")
Instruments featured: acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, drums, soprano and alto saxophones,
flute, recorder, bass.
Tom's first CD, with 18 original songs,
it features a
nice variety of rock, folk rock, and love songs. Innovative melodies and chord
structures, words with meaning, and a variety of musical instruments make this a
very pleasing and interesting album.
While his main
instrument is the guitar (accoustic or electric), he does some fine flute and
saxophone work on the recordings, too.
Probably the
most requested song is SCOTCH ON THE ROCKS, a little bit Scottish and a little
bit rock'n'roll.
NEVER REALLY
ALONE
RAINBOW LADY
MAGIC EYES
ALL OF MY LOVE
I DON'T BELIEVE
DANA
LOVE IS NEVER EASY
SCOTCH ON THE ROCKS
T.J.'S BOOGIE
SAVE ME, HOLD ME
YOU DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ME
AMANDA
ANYTHING
GOOD CLEAN FUN
I THINK I'M IN LOVE
MOTHER DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
I FEEL GOOD
ASTRONAUT