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Crying In The Sunshine Lady Face Dust In The Wind Utopia Theme Freak Parade Another Life The Ikon (part) Heavy Metal Kids The Wheel . Set Me Free Do Ya The Last Ride Freedom Fighters Just One Victory
Sons of 1984 "Turned out the show was basically the 1974 line-up (I don't count M. Frog in that because thanks to Moogy we now know he was just a human effects pedal.) So the core 5 of them plus the 2 background vocalists. Jesse only played on 3 songs or so - just ones where Todd sang only; one of the Moogy songs at the beginning, plus the encores. Kasim was a back-up singer, except on Set Me Free where he played keys and sang." "Basically, the first 5 songs, from my perspective, were Moogy's opening set. Then Todd strapped on foamy and announced something like, we are now entering into once charted, currently uncharted waters, and the Todd Rundgren's Utopia set commenced." "They did not play the entire Ikon. They did play a good 15 minutes of it, including everything through the first vocal section They didn't cover the "Still... be still" part, or the "the question comes to mind... you don't have to be afraid" part. They played many of the instrumental segments, including that country-ish part beginning at about the 24 minute mark that I believe Moogy wrote. They definitely were not shy about the piece; I think they made an intelligent choice about how to cut it down from 30 minutes and still do the music justice. let's face it, we're not a bunch of skinny tripping 20-year-olds anymore, I'm not sure we collectively were up for a 30-minute version." "I thought Set Me Free did seem an odd choice, other songs from that era would have fit better thematically; but I assume the point was a Kasim feature spot so what else would have made better sense? Todd called it Utopia's only hit, and noted that Shelly Winters liked it."
Other websites:
Seth Elgar has posted a photo of Kasim at this gig here.
John Harris has posted a photo of Kasim at this gig here.
Videos:
Some videos of the Utopia MK II gig that Kasim Sulton played on Saturday evening have been posted onto YouTube.com.
There is also a video of Kasim singing lead on Set Me Free here but unfortunately it is taken from quite a distance and he was not lit on stage!
The venue (taken from the KasimInfo.com Blog that day):
Tonight Kasim Sulton will play the first of two special gigs in New York City. The gigs are being promoted as Utopia MK II and are to raise money to help Moogy Klingman's medical expenses as he battles cancer.
The band will consist of Todd Rundgren, Moogy Klingman, Ralph Schuckett, John Siegler, Kevin Ellman, Kasim Sulton and Jesse Gress. Kasim has said that he will be playing keyboards and guitar.
The gig tonight (and tomorrow evening) is at The Highline Ballroom which is located at 431 W 16th St New York, NY 10011 (between 9th and 10th Ave). The gig starts at 7.30pm with doors opening at 6pm. Tickets were $40.00 in advance and should have been $45.00 on the door but both concerts have already sold out. However tomorrow's gig will be broadcast over the internet from Wednesday for 30 days (details will be posted tomorrow).
This venue has a full dinner menu available. This is a General Admission standing gig although there is some limited seating available on a first come, first serve basis for this all ages gig. All Rights Reserved |