At 63 and dying of brain cancer. Now this piece doesn't sound so morbid. It sounds like an accurate telling of so many of our lives. We want, but not always get. And sometimes what's best is to take the long way home ....
I’m 53 and dying of Stage 4 Inoperable Double Lung Cancer and I LOVE this song. Death is as quick as a blink of an eye. So like I tell everyone : Death is shutter speed!!!! I’ve been dead once already. I died when I was 9 years old and was down for 45 minutes and I was allowed to come back. I’ve lived every moment like it’s My last because as I learnt at age 9 “No one is promised a tomorrow”!!!!!
Growing up in the Deep South in Mississippi in the 1970’s, imagine the shock of my brothers when l discovered this song and played in constantly! Why? Because in my neck of the south, black teenagers didn’t listen to this type of music. You can imagine the ribbing and being ostracized by my peers in 1979 as a HS senior! I didn’t care! Music is a universal language and SuperTramp was one of my favorite groups during my senior year!!!! Rock On!!!!
I completely understand! I’m a black Baby Boomer and I love this song ( which is how I came to see your comment as I looked it up on RU-vid to hear it). My late husband( also black) also loved it. When we were dating, we used to enjoy it on the car radio. My musical tastes range from Marvin Gaye to Blood, Sweat and Tears; from Aretha Franklin to Carole King and more. In my experience, diversity in all its forms has always added joy to my life and continues to do so.👏🏾
My husband has terminal cancer and he just woke up singing this song. So of course 3 am we’re listening to this song on RU-vid. Yes, we adore it.Yes, I’m the wife. I said sorry Dave you’re part of the furniture. I used to be so nice. We’re taking the long way home.
Sorry for your loss, may he rest in peace. We also played this song, along with Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin for my dad's funeral. Lots of love 💕
I just quit my job after having a panic attack at work and when I got to my car and turned it on this song was playing. Needless to say there was laughter and tears as I took the long way home.
It is a great song I grew up listening to this song as Im so sorry for your loss I know the feeling I lost my son to cancer at the age of 29 he is a good boy I miss him so very much I'm sure he wouldn't me sad and your son either God Bless we will all get home soon either long way or short way but on God's time .
Often there is more poetry in the comments that the literary versions of the aforementioned. Thank you for bring us your light, your timely truth. Beautiful! Gratitude from 🇨🇦
I’m 55 years old and grew up loving Supertramp! This was one of my first albums I ever owned. And carries me through life. Helps me get through my miserable days and my misery. I just want to be loved and cared for ❤
Wickedout ~ We/you need nurture, you/we have broken hearts, the ONLY ONE that can heal, and give Life is CHRIST. Praise Him. You need to get the ''Wicked Out'' :)
Lots of people love and care about you, you will not meet them all or know about them always, but they are there, have faith, love yourself most/first/always!
Played this song at my son's Celebration of Life Party. The theme we chose in honor of Shane was. Take Time To Make Time! This was the message we believe he wanted to leave everyone. Make time for what's important to you. He was definitely a Take the Long Way Home kinda kid. I don't know what he might have been if he'd had more time, but whatever it was it was gonna be great!!! However in his 21 years here, he significantly left an impact on everyone he met!!! This song always made me emotional but now I can't hear it without crying for my baby. Relax n Chill son, because you are on a luxurious permanent dream vacation! I'll be there when it's my turn, until then I will stay strong & play our songs!!I love you Shane! 7/15/2000-8/16/2021❤❤❤
This is one of those legendary songs that you loved as a kid when you first heard it but didn't truly understand how true these lyrics really are until you are married with kids and grandkids 30 or 40 years later.
Well its part of the American dream where if your wife starts acting funny. You can have your own disasociative disorder. Don’t really matter if it’s spread right. Couples fall out of love at an alarming rate.
Many sweet and bitter memories over last 40yrs years from this song, my dad played it all the time when i was a kid, but now even as a 50yr old it still sounds fantastic.
As a kid I loved this song, at 52 I understand this song and love it even more. Life is short, I'm going to take the long way home any time I want to. ❤
@3hooks781 right when we're u born I was in 1971 ..to me the 70's had the greatest music of any Era...I loved being a teen in the 80and I loved the 90's bit the 70's is my childhood and all the different musical sounds ❤
I think this is the saddest song in rock ‘n’ roll history. The lyric "when you look through the years and see what you could’ve been, what you might’ve been, if you’d had more time “ is absolutely gutting. Especially when you are looking at 50.
Try listening to the Crisis What Crisis ? album. Every song on the album is better than this song. Founder Roger Hodgson's favorite album. Listen to the music not the words. Words are for books.
Or 55! But you just have to swallow the bitter pill & cope with it. But I can relate. It's important to remember that it's our society that ultimately makes us feel that way, not necessarily failure or whatever other negatives we all tend to dwell on. After all, who truly sets the standards?
Yes I remember dad who was in America. We met him back in America. After 3 months our dogs died for sadness, because of a civilian war coming to my mother land.😢 God wanted me to be here in America. I am 64 years old now and alone. I miss my parents and my mother land.
So, you think you're a Romeo Playing a part in a picture show Well, take the long way home Take the long way home 'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood Why should you care if you're feelin' good? Well, take the long way home Take the long way home There are times that you feel you're part of the scenery All the greenery is comin' down, boy And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture Oh, it's peculiar, she used to be so nice When lonely days turn to lonely nights You take a trip to the city lights And take the long way home Take the long way home You never see what you want to see Forever playing to the gallery You take the long way home Take the long way home When you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable Oh, unforgettable, how they adore you But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity Oh, calamity, is there no way out? Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophe? Oh, it has to be, for you to grow, boy When you look through the years and see what you could have been Oh, what you might have been If you would have more time So when the day comes to settle down Who's to blame if you're not around? You took the long way home You took the long way home You took the long way home You took the long way home You took the long way home You took the long way home You took the long way home You took the long way home Long way home Long way home Long way home Long way home Long way home Long way home Long way home
When my mother died (this October will be 25 years) as my dad and I got into the car after her funeral as I had turned on the radio, this very song came on. My mother loved Supertramp and their music. This was one of her favorite songs.
I LOVE this comment. That was her final dedication song to you two. That's so beautiful.. your mother must have been an angel. Not everyone is lucky enough to get messages like that from their loved ones after they pass away. I really hope it gave yous some comfort at that time when you needed it most. reading your comment brought genuine tears to my eyes for the first time in years. I rarely cry for my mom, because I know she's somewhere that is better than here. There is something after here and I would assume whoever-she-is is better then this Earth, because mama was an angel. Perhaps our mothers have crossed paths in the great unknown at some point ❤ I'm not religious but I do have a spiritual side somewhere in there .I do believe, 100% there is something after here. This life is just one of many pit stops; that's the message I got from my mother in a dream I had, shortly after she took flight to the heavens and left papa and I behind. That was 17 years ago. she was letting you know that she's okay . I really would like to believe there is something after. My mother left me and my dad a message also the night that she died. She left one of my dad's tapes on the bed at night. He woke up to it by his feet. When I came in to say good morning he was shocked and without words. As we both went down the stairs to try and eat something, they're in the middle of the kitchen also was a box. The box was for me. It was filled with many confiscated albums from various rock bands she took away from me when I brought bad reports home from school. Mama was a no-nonsense type of person if something was confiscated you never saw it again. I saw things that I hadn't seen since I was a small child in that box. Items that my dad didn't even know she still had hidden away. He thought she tossed em long ago. This album was in my box that she returned to me.
I was 21 when I first heard this song, it was the summer of '79. I loved this song but never really understood it, not at a young age when the world seems perfect and promising. 43 years later after many successes and failures, this song is almost a life's anthem of what hasn't been fulfilled, and may never be. I completely get it now.
Well said my friend. Your words mark you as a "real" person, something in very short supply these days. EVERYONE is introspective but FEW will convey their feelings to others. I really have no interest in being around people who aren't "real".
And by the way: my dearest friend died on June 30th 2022; a day I will never forget and a guy I will always sorely miss and at the same time, be glad that we were close or closer than brothers for 51 years ! I will never completely get over it . ..
Long live Rock and Roll. These bands and artists are the true prophets. They showed us we could buck the system. That we don't have to settle. We can shine like stars, and never be slaves. Keep on Rockin' in a Free World ❤
I understand what this song is about it's about the opportunities that we miss in life and the Fate that happens to us when we miss those opportunities
@@VerbDoesStuff That's a nice picture and I thank you for trying. But for all of the dreams that do come true there must be a few nightmares. I'm just speaking for myself here, I don't wish to bring anyone down here.
It was 1979, FLAGSTAFF,ARIZONA! My first boyfriend! A 1977 GRAD. THE MUSIC, SO AWESOME ❣️ GREAT 2 THE MAX!!! FLAGSTAFF,ARIZONA THE PERFECT ENVIRONMENT ❣️❣️
August 1979, Ft Worth, this song came on the FM radio on my 1975 Cougar I had just improved the engine on. I took the long way home up US 377 and almost got to Denton, turned around and was real proud of myself. Always remember thee feeling hearing Supertramp while driving fast.
I'm 72. This will be played as I'm being lowered 6' into the Earth. From where you and I began. See you at the end of the beginning. 'Take the Long Way Home'.
59,,,, best album ever!!! was a teenager, on the lakes in the summer, water skiing our asses off, bare footing etc,,, Living it the F up.... Best times of my life.... hands down!!!! Dad had the 8 trac and cassette of this... hahahaha Cant say it enough, best times ever, best album ever!!!
It didn't and still doesn't get any better than this. I literally took the long way home every time I heard this song. Hats off to Supertramp for this timeless masterpiece!
@@delshoemaker7616 1979 should have been the year we all turned ourselves over to The Party to be released from ungood thoughts. Then came Reagan and Thatcher. Now thanks to Joe Biden's miraculous 4am the day-after-the-election-vote-surge we have a chance to once again overcome our degenerate capitalistic instincts. Let us grasp it with both hands !
@@delshoemaker7616 Comrade, today I went to a Re-education Facility. Not that bad! They remove your brain and iron out all the wrinkles, then they reinsert it anally. It was uncomfortable at first, but sitting on it while waiting for government checks to arrive induces a feeling of euphoria and well being. Sure beats busting my hump every day to earn a living and purchase nice things for my wife who also works (she will be reporting for re-education tomorrow!) Let's Build Back Better with Biden and always remember - what can be imagined - however horrific - can be achieved ! forWARds !
This song to me instantly brings me back to being a 9 year old boy in 1979 when Breakfast In America was released..if only give the chance to take one Album with me to heaven, it would definitely be this one!! Thank you Supertramp for the Amazing Music throughout my life!! Hope each and everyone of you TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME!! GOD BLESS!!
I love the surge in Supertramp love!!! The most underrated band ever!! Genius originality. I was 14 in 98. None of my friends got them or liked them.. My dad showed me them. Brilliant band!
I'm almost 65 and was blessed with a good voice. I would sing at numerous places and events throughout my high school and college years and this is the song I would warm up with. I'm still singing - and I still warm up with this song!
I was 27 and just divorced in 1979 . Loaded my doberman in my Chevy Monte Carlo and hit the road from Houston . Went to Pikes Peak and turned around and came home after two weeks . This song got me thru it . I was a mess . 6 months later met my 2nd . After 40 years , I'm still a mess!
In 1979 I started a long way, I was 15 years old and I left home. After a long way back home I can say that it was worth it ... today I started another long way ... I discovered that the path is more important and interesting than the departure and arrival ... luck and new paths for you.
Fast forward to 2021. I just now realized the total relevance of the Breakfast in America album cover, which I never really thought about when the album originally came out. New York is built completely from dining room table fixtures like salt shakers, coffee cups, etc. The World Trade Center is made from sugar cubes. All the ship berths are knives, forks, and spoons. And the waitress is the Statue of Liberty, replete with paper crown and lofting a glass of orange juice in the air instead of a torch. The entire scene is being viewed from an airline passenger window. Maybe all this stuff should have be obvious right away, LOL, but it's taken me all this time to actually appreciate the creative genius here.
...long time ago, when I was sixteen years old I was suspected in english grammar school by the teacher, so I took a melancholy feeling about the melody , raised by the charming of SUPERTRAMP... ...now, any years later, since I`ve been aged up to october 2024 for fiftyseven years, I become melancholy again, looking back to my youth, thinking about the happiness in my life, which has been brought by this great Music Artists.
You can get a Honda CRV nerd-mobile or Pilot if you have a family now though. I just remember saving my money for "that" car I just HAD to have or dreaming about the one I couldn't afford. Today? I do want an SUV as a primary vehicle and am in the market but you might as well just stand in the lot, spin around and point while saying "I'll take that thing or whatever, in black" Actually I remember doing that in 1999 when I needed a sedan for work/sales purposes....."That thing I guess, in black".
Dont feel that way, Im pushing 70, you may never realize how important you are to someone. Take your remaining time to do the best you can, be as important as you can to as many people as you can. There's lots of opportunity out there in the world.
Herd this song on Clarkson The Farm ,brought back so many memories ,the good old days ,life was hard but much simpler ,my girlfriend used to play this on the cassette in the car ,we played it over and over
Lyrics: So you think you're a Romeo playing a part in a picture-show Take the long way home Take the long way home Cos you're the joke of the neighborhood Why should you care if you're feeling good Take the long way home Take the long way home But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery all the greenery is comin' down, boy And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture oh, it's peculiar, she used to be so nice. When lonely days turn to lonely nights you take a trip to the city lights And take the long way home Take the long way home You never see what you want to see Forever playing to the gallery You take the long way home Take the long way home And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable, unforgettable, how they adore you, But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity, oh, calamity, is there no way out? Does it feel that you life's become a catastrophe? Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy. When you look through the years and see what you could have been oh, what might have been, if you'd had more time. So, when the day comes to settle down, Who's to blame if you're not around? You took the long way home You took the long way home...........
At the end of every major family gathering my brother’s always play this song before everyone leaves. It’s so nice because we will always have memories of those great times with people we❤
I was eighteen and a new mom picking up my baby girl from the hospital. This song was playing the first time I held my child so many years ago. This song is one of my favorite songs because of the memories that I share with it. This song holds the most important memory of my life and too that there will never be a better and more beautiful 💜 song
At 64 yo this song still speaks to me. Years ago I got the privilege of getting front row seats at one of their concerts in OKC. Best concert I have ever been too.
“when you look through the years and see what you could’ve been, oh what you might’ve been if you had more time.” As a youth, you don’t have the wisdom to see the power in this message. What’s really tragic is that by the time you realize and obtain this wisdom and want to act on it, it’s too late.
I am a middle aged man now listening to this song from my youth. Tears came to my eyes at the thought that younger generations will never again experience the great time I had growing up in America. Truely sad.😔
I saw them in Concert March of 1979 in Norman OK, @ the Lloyd Nobel Center.. After finding our seats I looked around the Huge arena and saw my sister with a friend seated behind me a few a row back..Amazing concert
@@andya857 That's good to hear ... fine music transports us for sure.... I hope you've ask Jesus Christ into your heart because He did it for us out of Love .. No greater love than one to lay down his life for another. God bless you 🙋🛐
I recommend you check out Kaleo, Nathaniel Ratliff and the night sweats, and the Lumineers. These three are really good bands. They make wonderful music.
I heard this song very young. I recognized right away it was genius. One of most hauntingly beautiful rock songs I've ever heard. It brings tears to my eyes to this day.
This MASTERPIECE encapsulates my time growing up in the Bronx back in the '70s It touches my soul with a ghostly haunt whenever I hear it...What an era!!!...."70s were the BEST!!!!
This song has bittersweet memories for me. Out of my parents house but in a bad marriage living 1000 miles from my hometown. Thank God, I came back to Mom & Daddy. If not, I'm quite sure I'd be dead. Songs ....memories.
At 53 yrs old this song holds a lot of memories for me when I was a little girl!!!!! Spent a lot of time with my uncles who grew up in the 70s and Supertramp was one of their favorite groups. Times were so much easier then!!!
Now study the album cover! You see it!! Color orange means caution. Breakfast in America! Over the towers. From an airplane. Put it up to a mirror and see what it says over the towers 🤯
I was headed back the long way home from Warm Springs Oregon Reservation Indian Jail in 1979 when this song came out and it played on the radio multiple times as I sat in the back seat of my dads Granada car I got back home just for a few moments then got back in the car on my way to a long way back home threw the hospital . At 17 on Friday the 13th my Murder charges were dropped I was in Napa state hospital 3 years later I got out at 22 I was 15 when I shot my Cousin on the warm springs reservation in 1979 I’m in aww that all of Roberts /Chris close relations are all Passed away now both younger brother and sister and mom and Dad are gone as of last year my Mom & Dad are still alive and my 51 year old Brother I love them wit all my heart and have loved me no matter what plus they had adopted me in 1971 I was 7 … 7 to 15 years I grew up with the Tulees my dad is 85 my mom is 83 God Bless them Truly And unconditionally amen. I love you, Duane.
I was 10 in 79' My family had property in South wasco Co. I went to HS in Maupin, many a day I spent on the Rez , skipping school and hanging at River 💚
I was in the 6th grade when this song was released. I'm 55 today and still love this song today 💕 it brings the childhood friends and neighborhood back found a friend I have not seen in 40 yrs. We had ower first budwiser together. Whe we were 15 .at 55 we drank a 12 pack together. With music from the pass.thank god for good music. And friends
Listening to this song and reminiscing about the past has driven home a cold, hard reality....at least for me. You "can never go home again". At my age, its a brutal and sad realization. Enjoy your life when your living it and NEVER have regrets.
RU-vid algorithms work now and then... Came to hear the song for the first time a couple of days back.. absolutely magical !! What an incredible time the 70s and 80s were... Simply indescribable
This song will forever remind me of losing my grandmother before doing time then losing everything and getting it back and my Family ..Sorry Grandma but I got it all back ..love you "Mee Ma"🙏
I was eight years old when this song came out. For some reason I had a dream last night and this song was playing in it. Weird because I hadn't heard this song in decades. Anyway, now it's been playing over and over in my mind all day. So, I had to look it up on RU-vid. As a kid I probably heard this song hundreds of times, but i had never paid attention to the lyrics. Today I listen to it and pay attention to what he is singing and the words really does hit home...hard.
There was a season when my mom played this album nonstop everyday while she drove me to school when I was a child. I couldn't understand the beauty of this songs back then, I only knew I liked them. Now as a musician, I can see where my influences came from, so I thank my mom for my good taste in music !!
