Supertramp is a great English rock band formed in 1969. They had so many great songs in the 70's-80's such as "Give A Little Bit", "Breakfast In America", "Goodbye Stranger", "Take The Long Way Home", "It's Raining Again", "Bloody Well Right", "My Kind Of Lady", "Cannonball", "I'm Beggin' You", "You Win, I Lose" etc.
Supertramp were a superb band back in the 70's and early 80's. They never achieved megastar status but their music was clever, innovative and still sounds superb today.
Supertramp were one very talented group of musicians who were one the most innovative and influential bands who flourished through the 70's and 80's. Their catalogue of songs runs very deep. And Roger Hodgson has one of the most unique voices you will ever hear! Fantastic song choice!
@@blackbob3358 I did write pun intended! I'm definitely not young. And, I ended up like probably 95% of us, you know, working for the MAN and trying to feed the family! That's why it's such a great song! Innocents of youth and 20,30 odd years later Bang ??? question everything. Anyway, take care blackbob and everyone else struggling these days!
Very rarely do bands put out 4 superb albums in a row. Crime of the Century is almost perfect. Followed by... Crisis What Crisis? Even In the Quietest Moments Breakfast in America Supertramp is the most underrated band in rock history.
@@davidcopson5800 I won't get into "Critics Corner" with anyone, but David Bowie didn't have to hold a band of egos together for any period of time, much less even record and travel with the same people. David Bowie = Not a band.
The 1960-1990ish normal cycle of bands (not individual artists): 1. Big hit album. 2. New money (usually a loan against future earnings). 3. 2nd Album is immediately recorded (not necessarily ready) and rush-released. 4. Touring to support First Album before 2nd album hits the market. 5. Crap album debuts at number one, critics AND fans are divided on the quality. 6. One or more members develop drug habit on tour. Marriages break up groupies are experienced. Egos clash. 7. 3rd album is better than the 2nd because of the new material everyone has from THE ROAD. However one guy in the band is hooked on something and he delays every recoding session. The publicity helps the 3rd album and it's advance sales are astronomical. 8. The band breaks up in the middle of touring for the the 3rd album when the drummer overdoses. 9. They re-form 10-30 years to play the 9 or 10 hits people will always love. 10. None of them made any money.
Supertramp's 1974 breakout album "Crime of the Century" is a MASTERPIECE, pure and simple! They clearly influenced Pink Floyd's 1979 release "The Wall" with their "Crime of the Century" themes and lyrics. Happy Supertramp Discovering!
This English band was one of my favs when I was at uni, and remains in my top ten today, 50+ yrs later. The strength of Supertramp is based on the great differences between the two leaders who first formed the band. Hodgeson, the keyboard and lead singer on this song, went to a private school with a music specialty. He was big into pop music. Davies, the sax player and backup vocals and bass, was a working class boy, focussed on blues and jazz. Obviously, the marriage of these different backgrounds worked!!
Supertramp's Breakfast in America album was released in 1979 and almost every song on the album hit the Billboard charts. You should deep dive the entire album, they have musicianship on par with Chicago for sheer skill on arrangements.
Mama Gap. Love you. Please don’t put yourself down by saying you’re not intellectual. You are intelligent and what you have accomplished just shows that those who strive to put limits on you are the ones who are not intelligent.
Story is right by your mom, I went to boarding school, my wife left me with two girls to raise from grade school, but I work for them, cool review again yay 👍😁👌
"One, two, three, five!" One of the most awesome impromptu additions to an outro EVER. Lol. You guys totally get this one. Rebelling against conformity and materialism are primary to this whole album. Supertramp was another of my formative bands. The song School is similar, lyrically. Spent many nights listening with headphones, digesting the lyrics of their albums. Roger Hodgson's voice is magical, and he's one of the primary songwriters. Try Even In The Quietest Moments, and Is It Mine? for more of his fantastic interpretive voice for his own seeking and insightful lyrics.
Always loved this song. It came from Supertramp's blockbuster 1979 album, Breakfast In America. Besides "The Logical Song", other great songs from the album are "Take The Long Way Home" and "Goodbye Stranger".
It is always an extra pleasure when a song resonates with you. Funnily enough Supertramp do have a song called 'School' which you may also enjoy. I recall that it is also a song that describes the singer's disenfranchisement with school. Supertramp was were the first major band I took a girl to see (and myself for that matter). The concert was successful, the relationship was not! PS. Love you both!
I believe that the song begins with him, after describing young childhood, being sent off to boarding school to learn to be all those things he sings of, and then on to growing up and you folks got it all right from there. On an instrumental note, every time I see daughter get that appreciative snarl when the saxophone starts up, it makes me think that, someday, you really need to get around to the band called Morphine. They were unique, in that their saxophonist took the lead where you normally expect for the electric guitar to be, and the singer plays a bass guitar with only two strings and a slide. I'd recommend a song called Cure For Pain, to get started. On the last note, yes, our school systems spend too much time trying to create obedient workers with not enough time or attention to truly nurture creativity and lifetime passions for learning or for the arts or for community.
"Appreciative snarl" - that's an amazing description! I always wondered if my face came across as "mad" instead of what it actually is, genuine amazement I actually can't believe my eyes/ears. Morphine sounds like an incredibly unique band. Bass with 2 strings and a Sax? Count us in!
🐎I'm sorry I haven't been here for a while. I've been in the hospital for a few weeks. I just wanted to see my favorite ladies again. It gave me something to look forward to. Thank you, my beautiful girls. I missed you. 😍🤠💓🌵🐎💓💓
The instrument he waves into the camera at the beginning and gives that 'clicking' sound are Spanish Castanets. Spanish flamenco dancers hold them in their hands. They come in different forms small ones that fit in the hand and others that have a long handle on one of them. They're connected by string. If you like strange instruments/improvisations then check out a band named 'Mungo Jerry' , the track being 'In The Summertime'.
I loved the stories of your experiences at school growing up, and I believe many/most of us can relate! Supertramp is a deep and rich rabbit hole, and I would suggest going back to their earlier days and do "School" next!
When i was in elementary school back in the late 70s, early 80s, the teacher noticed I was left handed….and she told my parents that to be left handed was a bad thing…and no one in my family was left handed…so they forced me to write with my right hand…they even got a rope and tied my left hand behind my desk at school, i cried all day…and i HATED school…I ended up going to 4 different elementary schools…what i did learn how to do was draw with my right hand…and I had this passion for art..and all through my school …I was told to be an artist was a waste of time…and the teacher asked me why my handwriting was so bad……I told her cause i was left handed…so she kept me after class until i improved…and I had a hard time…but I could draw…and one day my brother said…”Why don’t you draw your letters..”…so I did, and the teacher was so impressed, but she didn’t know i was actually drawing my handwriting….when my arm was tied to the back of my chair, my arm would get tired and heavy…now to this day I have problems with my shoulder…and it always dislocates…this song…meant a lot to me growing up….because I grew up angry and confused…I thought i was a bad person for being left handed…now…My wife is left handed and 2 out of our three kids are left handed. Today there are still things I do more with my left hand than my right.
When breakfast in America introduced itself to the world I was in high-school on a 4 day road trip with kids and teachers I enjoyed an array of music. certainly different to most others I knew at that time and remember hearing this track on radio bought it ( on cassette ) in a town we stopped for break and had to stop myself from bouncing off the bus walls such was the joy in listening to the album. ah memories
Supertramp were massive in the 1970’s , two incredible Albums, Crime of the Century and Breakfast in America. I was in high school during these times, great memories.
The whole school thing was always an obstacle thing for me. I had some teachers I loved and most teachers were boring. I was in high school and college in the 60's by San Francisco so life was radical to me and I came from a family of artists. I loved school and ended up teaching art and a Native American program because I wanted the kids to have someone on their side and I knew they all had their own voices.
I think the main message of this song is that society has stifled our self expression and I totally agree with that. You both broke this song down so perfectly thank you for another great reaction 🤗 0:01
I can so relate to what you were talking about at the end of the song. You hit the nail right on the head, when you said that in school they want the kids to be a certain way, and be interested in certain things like certain sports. I could care less about football, basketball, or baseball. I had a pretty good idea as to what career I wanted, which was being an auto mechanic, but they would try to push me towards things that had no relation to the path that I wanted to take, so I rebeled.
creativity , the arts should be a part of all school programs . So much talent came from Great Britain , other European Countries that promoted creativity through music , the arts in their schools.
First I’m glad you enjoyed it. Second, you truly got the essence of the lyrics. The lyrics from then to now is proving to everyone what he was singing about. So glad you picked up on it! Thanks
Try their most beautiful song called "Hide in Your Shell" - so briiliantly written, jumping around the keys in surprising ways and with very poignant lyrics for introvert and shy people. And do check out their self titled sadly overlooked 1970 debut album - it's one of those records that you can keep listening to over and over without ever getting tired of it - full of great tunes with interesting lyrics and instrument combinations.
I remember when I was young I wanted to dye my hair black, my parents laughed and said 'don't be silly only women dye their hair' haha right, my son at roughly the same age I was said he wanted to dye his hair, I went out and bought the dye for him and said 'go for it - make the most of your chance before it falls out!'. 'Take The Long Way Home' is another of their classics
Love watching you two reacting to music. I'm a "Home Fry" and began watching you when you reacted to Home Free. It's been awhile since you have reacted to our guys and they have dropped a lot of new videos in the mean time. Many of their new stuff has been originals written by them. However I would suggest your next Home Free reaction be their newest which is a cover of Delta Dawn featuring Brooke Eden. Keep on reacting, love you two.
About the lyrics: Roger Hodgson wrote this song about his own experience of being sent away to boarding school. But of course it holds a universal truth about growing up. Fun fact: The saxophonist is the only American in an otherwise all-English band.
When this album debuted in 1979 I was 21 years old and had my whole life in front of me. Sometimes when I hear anything from this album it takes me right back to when I first heard it. It seems like a lifetime ago and then it seems like it was only yesterday.
Dreamer is another awesome Supertramp song to check out. Really any of their songs are awesome. I do know if they are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame it is indeed a crime.
Great Reaction to yet another wonderful English Band of The 1970s onwards. I saw them, as a support act, soon after they started in 1971/72 in South West London. After "Crime Of The Century" they soon topped Bills all over including The States..
I kept hearing this song in the late seventies and early eighties and when I asked a friend of mine who they were he told me. I had never heard of them! Sadly I asked if they planned on touring in the near future and he said, "I really don't think that's possible since they broke up over the direction of the band or something like that!" Wow was I let down!
Strictly speaking the two writers/lead vocalists Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies parted ways. Rick kept the name Supertramp and the rest of the band, Hodgson toured as a solo act (with a backing band of course). But once that split occurred (1983), the magic was gone. They needed each other.
Roger Hodgson (singer, songwriter) have his own Yoytube channel and he is still active. I prefer its versions of songs than the Supertramp version. Try song (for your own) 'Hide in your shell'
I was in high school when this album came out. Every song was brilliant, but this one really struck a chord in me. It's been one of my favorite songs ever since. Great reaction!!
I loved 1st grade, made straight 100's, downhill after that ,got more and more bored with school finally quit in the 11th grade , got a ged and started my own bussiness at 32. Never looked back.
My favourite group of all time ever since I heard their all-time classic album Crime of the Century as a young teen in the mid-1970s. This song is overplayed but still sounds great. The message still resonated today. Supertramp could be very cynical in their deep lyrics but they always rang true and sincere. John Anthony Halliwell's sax playing is always superb but especially great here. These guys are mater musicians with amazing lyrics and superior sound production. You haven't even heard the singing and keyboard playing of the other front man, Richard Davies. If you want a cynical song about education from them listen to their all-time classic songs that start Crime of the Century - School and Bloody Well Right. Listen to them back to back because they flow one into the other musically and thematically.
