Recorded in 1978 at the Village Recorder studio (Los Angeles). Producers: Supertramp & Peter Henderson Musicians: Roger Hodgson, Rick Davies, John Helliwell, Bob Siebenberg, Dougie Thomson
The drums on this song, are likely the very best matched drums for a song that I’ve ever heard. Understated when needed, pointed when needed. They FLOW…and that is a statement that gets said a great deal. This song, with this drum part, brings flow into reality. Just beautiful.
@@WilliamJones-sf5pt Read that somewhere. Don't really know why. They are excellent musicians and brought so much to the Supertramp sound identity. Roger isn't the gentle guy he pretend to be.
@@franckb8279 John Helliwell mentioned it in one of his interviews. Roger wasn't the first group member to get angry and storm off because of the prowess Rick expressed primarily as a master percussionist.
Thank you very much, Xandre Prod, It's a moving piece for me and i'm very happy that you post it, after the previous ones of the same kind, specially because Logical still my favorite song ever. So, it's a great gift for me. Respect, and thank you once again 🙏
Sounds like the SACD multichannel recording with the keyboard channel muted. I don't think it's actually an "alternative version." All of the elements in this version are identical to what's heard in the original.
It's just.....i don't know, it works, it doesn't, it does......what have you done? Maybe if it had a rythm guitar behind it would be fuller.....my mind is broken
@@paulgauguin7730 What I learned over time playing and composing on the keyboards is how Roger's songs only needed to be amped by a transistor radio. Rick's songs were the ones that required serious stereo equipment. Roger's songs are the ones that could be hummed and pranced to by little girls. In contrast, Rick is more adult as he was blessed with some serious depth in percussion. Most of what makes a delicious cake is the bread underneath. This has caused so much confusion regarding just exactly what was the group Supertramp and what set them apart. Beyond the major impact of Christ on my life, listening to them the first time made a major impact on my life regarding quality. Roger was a genius just as was every member of that group; but, what does genius have to do with creating, listening to, and enjoying great music? In the end, he was just pretty sounding pastel frosting on the cake.
@@WilliamJones-sf5pt Dear friend, this is an incorrect musical coordinate system as such. You are literally saying that the whole is the sum of its parts and the craftsman is more important than the genius (I expect much more from a person with a Christian worldview as a Christian myself). Rick certainly has talent, but Roger is the mind and heart of the band, which is confirmed by this song keyboards as well. Not surprisingly that after his departure the band went into decline. The "little girls" take doesn't do you any credit either, it reminds me of one of those brainless pleb metal lovers.
@@paulgauguin7730 Synergy? That the combined creativity of the four group members together called the Beatles far surpassed that of each talent of John, Paul, George, and Ringo measured individually and then tallied up? The organelle called the Mitochondria. Roger himself said that Rick was the one that was Symbiotic in that way. He is the one that earlier as a young man listened to a Supertramp like band over and over thousands of times. He is the one that got so encapsulated by a drill team Drum Corp parading by that, this all according to his mother, would go marching off after them to never again return as the same person. It was Rick that was such a great drummer that he made the other drummer in their group quit, walk out, and exclaim upon leaving that Rick was just "too good." I don't think song writing had much to do with Supertramp. I think it had much more to do with the Supertramp production of rewriting and revising the songs chosen to that of a very high quality.
Damn, this comment thread has some kooky stuff. Rick + Roger are Supertramp. Both had different personalities and styles, and thats what made the band what it was. Personally I connect with Rick's songs more, but that's not a knock on Roger.
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