Only 11 likes in two months and nobody noticed an actual group member commented under the video 😂 Thanks for the music M.Verheyen, I love hearing Supertramp ! And Slow Motion is my preferred album when I need to take the train 🥰
Wonderful to have you chiming in here! I've been a huge fan of the band since '77. It's a pity that Rick Davies isn't well enough these days to contemplate another tour much less a reunion with Roger.
@@Pixelologist I saw Hodgson and his band play in 2009 or 2010. I could've gone to a Rick Davies/Supertramp concert at about the same time. The only reason why I didn't was because Davies did not invite Hodgson to play with them. Hodgson said that he was absolutely open to the idea. I don't know what exactly happened between them but its a massive shame that they did not do more live performances together. It didn't do anyone any favours in the end.
It's in my Top 10 all-time best solos list, which is in no particular order, and incudes not only Comfortably Numb, but Frank Zappa's _Yo Mama_ as well.
@@mitchellbaker9434 Even worse--there was a Greatest Hits CD released in mid-to-late 90s that had "Goodbye, Stranger" on it. The fade out started right at the BEGINNING of the guitar solo! 😳😖😤 I either heard it at a friend's place or got it at the library; but so glad I never bought a copy for myself.
It's about time Supertramp got some attention. They are so criminally underrated these days. When I say they're one of my favourite bands, I always get blank looks. No one knows who they are anymore
There are still a lot of their songs played on the radio, movies and ads that they will never be forgotten but people don’t know who is playing these great songs
I think Even In the Quietest Moments is one of the most underrated albums ever. To me it is the epitome of melodic prog rock. It and Breakfast in America are two of my favourite albums of all time.
I agree. I actually like it better than Breakfast, but I love them both!
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Thank you!!! Supertramp is the most underrated band in the world. Why is it forgotten in compilation, radio, etc.? I was working in a record store (in Hull, Quebec, Canada) when "Crime Of The Century" came out. It was wild!!!! One day, when they were playing in Ottawa, someone came to me saying: "hey, the Supertramp sax player is in the store". I looked around and saw John Helliwell browsing through our LPs. Wow!!! We talked to him when he came to pay for the dozen of LPs he had found and he was the nicest person, answering all our stupid groupies questions. 😁 Live, they sounded just like on the records. They were amazing!
@@Producelikeapro Well, thank you so much for detailing so brightly the important musical elements that are part of our life! I feel lucky to have found your RUclipss.
I think Supertramp might be one of the most underappreciated groups today, regardless of their success at the time. They seem to have been completely forgotten. IMO this is 100% due to the most aggressive copyright claims of any band I've ever seen, that basically wiped their existence from the internet. For nearly 20 years, unless you literally purchased their album from a record store, there was no way to listen to their studio albums. Also: Crime of the Century is a perfect companion album to Dark Side Of the Moon. It's so good.
@@TheVeganVicar What kind of music was popular back then? I guess there was still a lot of Kundiman and folk stuff around, then Spanish-influenced styles, and perhaps Bands like Abba and Boney M, diba?
The first time I remember hearing Supertramp’s “Breakfast In America” was in in 1979. I was a member of the Speech Club in High School. The team was on its way back home after a fairly successful competition. One of the team members had it on 8 track tape. He said “You will like this.” and put it on. When “Take The Long Way Home” started I was thunderstruck. Even to this day (I am now 60) I can’t describe the impact that song had and has had on me. The first thing I did the next week was dip into my savings to buy a Sony Walkman and the “Breakfast In America” cassette tape. I was never even tempted to buy one until I heard that song.
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I used to listen to Child Of Vision on my headphones again and again. The production of the track makes it a breathtaking experience. The instrumental outtro has been a favourite of all times.
i always found something surreal about the sound of Breakfast In America. i dont know how to describe it in words, the cold and dry sound of all the songs creates images in my mind. the cover art too-- the expression on the waitress' face, the shape of her eyes and the way she's lit with a hard light, as well as the graphic in the background depicting buildings from a world that doesn't exist anymore, it reminds me something but I don't know what it is
The woman reminds me of the film 'Total Recall' where Arnold Schwarzenegger is disguised as a large woman that malfunctions when he goes through customs on arrival at planet Mars.
@@MartinJG100 After reading your post, my girlfriend insisted that she is the same woman. So I had to look it up, and she is not. However you had us going there for a minute. 🙂
My father worked for their record company - A&M. My first exposure to music in 1978-79 included Supertramp and The Police. I had a very interesting childhood thanks to him.
I haven't listened to Supertramp for over 40 years. Prompted by this video I have listened to Crime of the Century, Even in the Quietest Moments and Breakfast in America...... wow..... it was like an experience of time travel. Listening to these amazing albums brought out memories of a different life and times, different places and experiences and all the friends from years ago.
I had the privilege of seeing Supertramp perform in concert in 1979. They played their songs exactly as they were on their albums and their precision was amazing. It was the best live musical performance I've ever heard.
Truly one of rock's finest records EVER. "The Logical Song" is easily one of my top 10 songs, always blew me away when it came on the radio. My wife loves "Goodbye Stranger."
I've listened to this album at least 1000 times and still love it. There is no music being made today that you can listen to from end to end in a seamless experience like this.
I saw Supertramp in 1974 when I was 17 perform Crime of the Century. It was the first concert I ever went to at a University in Reading England. All these years later I've seen many many more bands - but this concert was the best ever. I've been listening to Supertramp all my life since, then with my daughter and now with my 15 year old granddaughter (she has great musical taste!)
Saw them at their commercial apogee in 79-BIA. To be honest Roger didn't seem into it, & gave a rather poor performance. - Found out a day later that a concert was cancelled due to a death threat. Roger wanted to ignore it, but the other members voted to not appear. Maybe was why Roger was in a bad mood? - Anyway, half way through he, & the rest, got pumped, & the rest of the concert got much better! ☺
For decades I've said that Supertramp has been one of the most criminally underrated bands. I was 10 years old when BIA came out and, even at that age, I knew there was something different about their sound. Thank you for this in depth explanation of their process and legacy. They will always be a gigantic part of my life's soundtrack.
Me too, Kyle. I am 53 and I still can't believe no one ever talks about this band. Because of the little attention they get I really don't know anything about the band. My whole life I've loved their music but never knowing anything about how they got started and why they broke up. I went looking for a documentary about Supertramp which I did find but it was old and dated. Like how come they never been on VH1's "Behind the Music"? They are so worthy of having their own biography movie and a more current documentary.
I am a radio engineer , and a sound nut. Radio stations have special audio equipment to create the type of sound you want. In the 80's I worked for a pop station and our competitor was a rock station, with a buddy of mine as the engineer, also an audio nut. We were always trying to outdo each other on sound. They had a very limited playlist and Goodbye Stranger, Logical Song, and Take The Long Way Home were played several times a day for several years. When those songs came on, the station sound lit up. And I fell in love with the albums sound, so crisp, clean, and a floating quality from the layering and reverb. Also such great songs. I like all the Supertramp Albums and bought them when they came out. Then I bought the CD's when they came out. But Breakfast had a unique sound that still sounds great today, on high end sound systems, and well set up radio stations. I still listen to it today. I have never grown tired of it.
No other album shaped and formed my view of the world more than Breakfast In America. I was 18 years-old when it was released and must have listened to the album 50,000 times just over the next two years alone. Best album cover of all-time, just the best of everything!! Of the 300+ albums in my collection, my very favorite. Hands-down the #1 album of all time.
Never get Enough of Helliwells Sax Solo's in Supertramp. One of Greatest of all Time!!! Added so much to Bands Success as well as Thompson and Seibenberg with Rick and Roger!! Great Documentary Hall of Fame Please!!
I remember as a young teen, driving across Canada with my family, listening to the radio and several songs from Breakfast in America were huge and frequently played on many radio stations. I fell in love with that record before I even bought it. Love Crime of the Century too but as far as I'm concerned, Even in the Quietest moments is just as good as either of those records.
I agree, 'Moments' is Supertramp at their peak, 'From Now on', the title track and Fool's Overture are Davies and Hodgson at the very height of their songwriting partnership.
I saw Supertramp Live in Southern California in 80, or 81. Roger Hodgson had laryngitis. The band was amazing. What most impressed me at 16 was the quality of the live sound and the talent of the musicians. Each one could pick up play another instrument and not miss a beat..
I never met Roger or Rick. But if I had that opportunity, I would just give them a hug and thank them for everything their songs gave me, especially in the most difficult moments. To me, they are a treasure and a blessing.
My late father introduced me to the song Goodbye Stranger when I was about 15. I loved the song but it wasn’t until I hit my 30’s that I picked up a copy of Breakfast In America. I loved the whole album and still play it regularly in my 40’s. Thanks dad. What a great video.
When i first heard this album, I just remember thinking that the spatial dynamics of the sound was the best I'd ever heard. As far as other great rock albums, Boston's debut album "Boston".
The cover image is a masterpiece of cultural satire: lady Liberty as a plump waitress holding high an OJ and menu in place of the torch and Declaration of Independence! Plus the appealing blue and golden colors, and expertly done forced perspective, where you really feel you are looking down on all this from an airplane window. The original belongs in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, if it even still exists.
@@tolispoulos5398my friend the only good thing of being old,is that i saw bands live, that canot see anymore,like for instance Peter Gabriel with Genesis,Jon Anderson with Yes,Ken Hesley with Huriah heep,Ian Dury live,Dr Feelgood and many many more...
The Logical Song is a masterpiece & was the soundtrack to my youth. The biting crunchy sax solo on the song is possibly the best ever on a pop/rock song, and the lyrics of the song are timeless.
Don’t forget Eagles and Styx with multiple song writers and vocalists. But I was blown away with Supertramp production on their albums. One highly overlooked moment, in my view, is the hanging note at the end of School, that falls off in pitch and volume only to end on the downbeat of Bloody Well Right. Paris was amazing for a live album. Miss those boys. Highly underrated in my view.
His summary about what makes songs/music great is spot on. Logical Song was released in advance of the LP and I was blown away. I couldn't wait to hear the rest. I bought Breakfast the day it was released in the US. I started dating this older woman and when they announced the tour I bought tickets even though she didn't recognize the band. During the show she kept grabbing my arm and explaining that she "didn't know they did this song" (this happened several times). By the end of the show she became a big fan. We soon broke up but my job was done.
@@Producelikeapro Man , I did dig your review overall , but you stepped on a few toes there too..firstly as an instant fan upon the hearing of Crime of the Century ,like millions ,were waiting eagerly to their next offering and I personally never met anyone who would claim to be disenchanted by with presentation of Crisis What Crisis ..From the off -it more than matched song for song the lyrical and musical freshness and groovy songs that were very singable to bits..To hell with a few jumped up critics , we were blown away ..Crisis is an overlooked Monument ..give it a good listen on your own with a doobie ..brilliance ,with powerfull lyrics full of hearts emotions throughout ..equal to any Beatles classic.
One of the best albums ever made, and a huge influence on me as a musician. And so was the Alan Parsons Project, in particular the album "Turn of a friendly Card". For me one if not the best APP album ever, featuring UK's best studio cats of that time. Thanks for this video, Warren.
Great episode. Yes "Breakfast" was a wonderful album. As 1979 was - in my opinion to this very day - the strongest year of album + singles releases ever: Clash "London Calling", Police "Regatta", Dire Straits "Communique", Jam "Setting Sons", Boomtown Rats "Fine art of surfacing", Pink Floyd "Wall", Numan "Pleasure Principle", AC/DC "Highway", Fischer-Z "Word salad", Blondie "Eat to the Beat" and Singles like Knacks "My Sharona" or XTCs "Nigel" and so on and so on. Endless list. The album and especially "Logical song" and "Breakfast in America" will always be linked for me with two things: I was 13 when I first heard it and it was in the christmas time of 1979 in Germany. Snowy weather. I was reading Karl May books at that time. And in my memories Supertramp - Christmas - Karl May are strongly linked together. Every time I hear on of those songs I am immediately being beamed back into that time of Christmas and Karl May. What wonderful memories... I can even remember which part of the "Der Schut" by May I was reading when I think back of "The logical song". What a strange thing a brain can be? PS: my wish for an album episode is "George Best" by the Wedding Present in 1987. That is my 2nd strongest release year in Music history and they grounded the fantastic indie and Britpop times that had to follow..
Being from Toronto Canada, I am proud to say that we were big supporters of Supertramp before they were famous. I saw them live ... one of the best shows I ever saw. I think I have worn out 3 LPs of Crime of the Century. It still gives me goosebumps.
I saw Supertramp on Jul 9, 1979 during their Breakfast In America tour. I was 16 at the time and that concert still rates in the top 2 concerts I have ever seen. Amazing band, amazing albums, and I love them to this day.
The guitar on Gone Hollywood 🙈❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥, that tone!!!!!!!!! At 5 years old in 1983, I would listing to this over and over. Once my dad got home from work, we’d dance to Goodbye Stranger. As I’m writing this I’m tearing up🥲, my dad passed when I was 14 from lung cancer and this album automatically makes me think of him.🎸
As I recall, this album won additional tech awards for being the first album cut using two 24 or 32 track machines locked in sync using SMPTE time code, enabling the use of 46 or 62 base tracks (two lost for the time code) without bouncing tracks. I believe that is where the dynamics and luscious sound on the vinyl LP comes from. What an absolute joy and shock to hear when originally released. I was in the tech side of the music industry at that time and for many of us it was a jaw-dropper that solidly sat along side Dark Side of the Moon and Live in the Air Age, each respectively standing out as icons of combined musicianship, writing and production.
Rusty, You are quite right, I was the assistant engineer on Breakfast In America responsible for keeping are the synchronization equipment working.This was my first time using the BTX system for sync. Those days at The Village Recorder were the highlight of my career and I believe the heyday of great audio production. With Supertramp, Steely Dan and Fleetwood Mac all producing great albums during that time represent an age of meticulous engineering and production skills that I fear are lost these days with diminishing budgets and no real A&R departments at the labels anymore. The first album to sync two multitracks together belongs to Toto in 1978 which I also worked on as a tech to keep the old ECCO system working. ~~Jeff Harris
@@jhanalog THANKS, FOR SHARING THOSE FANTASTIC STORIES. AND FOR BE PART OF ONE OF THE BEST RECORDINGS ALBUMS OF ALL TIMES. IN 1976 MY NOTEBOOKS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WERE FRONT COVERS WITH SUPERTRAMP PICTURES THAT WAS BEFORE BREAKFAST IN AMERICA, CAUSE I LIKE THEIR DIFFERENT SOUND FROM OTHERS BANDS.THE KEYBOARD, THE SAX, ETC,ETC....THEN THEY CAME WITH THE MASTERPIECE IN 1979...B.I.A. THE FIRST TIME I LISTEN TO THE LOGICAL SONG...I ALMOST CRY. IT GOT LIKE A NOSTALGIC AND SAD VIBE ABOUT IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME GIVE. YOU HOPE AT THE FUTURE...I FELT The SONG'S VERY lNTROSPECTIVE That Was How I Felt About The Song. And About The Album,👉 Always i Was Thinking, Why The Critics Don't Talk More About How Good This Album is. And Now I Found This Guy, 👉Giving The Proper Respect To The Band, And The Album....Kudos To Him. And Again Thank You For Been Part Of The Album and Been Part Of Rock n Roll and Music History in General....i Was 10 Or 11 When i Listen To SUPERTRAMP First Time in 🇵🇷 P.R. and I Like What I Hear....To Be Honest.....i Don't Understand a Word....But Like I Said Music is Universal, and Don't Have Bounderies..... Like The 1977 Rainbow's Song Said.👉 Long Live Rock n Roll 👈 and Music in General......Thanks,
Breakfast in America (1979) and Out of the Blue (1977) represented some of the best musical masterpieces of the late 70s. The album covers spoke to the time and creativity we may not see again in our lifetimes.
I remember hearing Crime of the Century in 1974 for the first time when I was 18. A friend had just bought a new top loading cassette deck and put it in. I was blown away! It was so different and immediately I was totally captivated by their sound. I thought, who is this group with the strange name of Supertramp? I had never heard of them before. They weren't on the radio yet here in Toronto, Canada. He had gotten the cassette from a British girl he met in the UK. From that point onward I became a lifelong Supertramp fan and have seen Roger Hodgson live numerous times at a casino in Ontario he comes to virtually every year and plays those wonderful Supertramp songs. And Roger is such a wonderful, soft spoken man that interacts incredibly well with the audience. Thank you so much for doing this video. It brings back many good memories. Now I think I will turn on my stereo, grab one of my Supertramp albums, kick up and enjoy!! Thanks again.
I saw Supertramp in Houston when the band toured Famous Last Words. The venue was the Summit, which is now Lakewood church. To this day, the show is still one of the best concerts I've ever attended. The talent and art, which were on full display, were undeniable. I think their live album Paris is one of the albums you would want if stranded on a deserted island. Fools Overture is a prog masterpiece that would satisfy any Genesis fan.
Thanks! I was given the gift of Supertramp from Breakfast In America on the radio. The songs were everywhere all the time, but it were the rare songs you never got tired of. They were complex enough to discover something new every time you hear them. But, gift was Breakfast in America, the discovery was Even In The Quietest Moments. Lay on your bed, put some high quality headphones on, turn out the lights, and listen to Fool's Overture. I still have vivid memories of listening to that album in that manner some 40 years later.
I worked for Bob on a project of his back in 1992. He saw me playing keys at a nightclub in Burlington Vermont back in the 70's and we became friends. Years later I got a phone call and I ended up going out to California to work on a project for a couple months. I've always been a big Supertramp fan and was fortunate to see them many times! Thank you for doing these video!
Not much else out there that comes close to “crime of the century”, the production, the recording, the musicianship is phenomenal. There were no midi musical instruments, and outboard processing equipment at the time was nothing close to what is available today, no ProTools. less is more. Nothing prior to crime of the century, not even the Beatles produced a concept album recorded with the finesse’ of “Crime”. Ken Scott helped the band produce nothing less than a masterpiece.
@@beefoneeto I think crisis what crisis is Supertramp's finest work. I've got two big super tramp fans as friends, and they agree . Told me about this one it's fantastic still today!!
@@terryparkin6121 There's a lot to choose from but for arguments sake I like this best.First time I saw them was with free tickets and they did all of Crime at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan.
My word, I am to attend our 50 th high school reunion in October. This music was what I was fogging up car window to. The world illuminated by dashboard lights and Breakfast in America playing on the radio. Exploring life and exploring music. It was all good.
I saw Supertramp on the Crime of the Century Tour in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada in (1974-75??)……they were amazing. Apparently, the sound engineer that night was one of the studio engineers from the recording studio. It was like listening to the album in a huge arena with a massive stereo system. Perfection !!! They also brought along a cast of actors who performed on stage during several songs…plus….a huge screen playing movie scenes that went along with a couple of the tracks. It was unforgettable, probably the best live concert I have ever attended. Thanks for this and for the memories.
Played endlessly in an old double decker bus traveling across the Australian outback late 1979 in my gap year. Goodbye Stranger is the ultimate travelling song. The album's just perfect, always takes me back to being 21 when Anything Was Possible.
Glad you are giving these guys some respect. They were a big part of my childhood, and I think that it is a masterpiece that more people should learn about.
Nice analysis as usual. For me Supertramp were one of those bands that I heard on the radio growing up, liked the songs, but never quite enough to buy an album. But now, looking back, I realise how great they were, and how influential their songs were, and how much they provided a backing track to those years.
I never considered this band to be any of the categories assigned them. They made great songs that will live on and be appreciated by many generations after. The current music will never make a pimple on the greats of the 70's. The 70's were the best years ever for rock music. Hands down the best years.
First heard this when my brother brought the album home from university. It blew my mind - incredible instrumentation, massive sound! For years, I considered it my all time favourite album!
I maybe a Metal guitarist, but Super Tramp , were master songwriters and performers. My favorite along side Crime of the Century, Even in the Quietest Moments .... Breakfast in America is also a gem . I was lucky to see them live in the 1970's, they performed as well as the recordings, a feat most bands can't achieve. Hail Supertramp !!!!
The song Don't Leave Me Now (from Famous Last words) is the reason I started playing saxophone. I was obsessed with the intro when the album came out. I am still playing saxophone so many decades later.
Breakfast in America is indeed a masterpiece. but if you go back and listen to crisis what crisis, crime of the century, and even in the quietest moments, you will see that breakfast in America was no fluke. Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies cast such large shadows that sometimes the rest of the band is overlooked but every single one of them is incredibly gifted.
The other members, though not contributing songwriters, were excellent musicians that contributed greatly to the overall sound! Without them Rick & Roger woulda been lost. imho
The album cover was printed in the factory behind my house. We used to sneak in and pinch all the misprinted album covers they had thrown away. For a while my bedroom was covered in twenty or thirty copies of ‘Breakfast’ fanned out across one bedroom wall. I’d forgotten that until I caught this video.
Takes me back. I was 14 when this album came out. Throughout high school, there wasn't a cassette case to be found where this one wasn't included, along with all the other great albums of that time. . . What an awesome time for Rock!
If it doesn't have it all, then we are all doomed! LOL This is one of the best records in my life time! Thanks for such a great "Albums That Changed Music"!
I was 12 when this album came out.I was on holiday in the french alps and first heard it as a passenger in a Golf GTI.I remeber it vividly because that album just stuck in my head.Every song was/is a master piece.The hooks,the production the musicianship and of course the album cover. Warren,Yes,this album does have it all.
I was an exchange student my senior year in high school... in 1980, Golf GTI on the Autobahn was ballin' ... fwiw; I recall clearly listening to Steely Dan's Hey Nineteen on the Autobahn in my host German Dad's Mercedes four cylinder, four door, back seat holding my girl's hand!
It deserves multiple likes. For whatever reason, as a young person I put Supertramp in a bag named Toto/Foreigner/Journey of catchy annoying FM pop rock songs. I was into punk rock and I felt like we were the new-generation and everything else was old and deprecated. However I still remember the packages and most of the songs, and now I find them gorgeous. The poor sound quality of radio devices in the 70's and the repetition may have turn these pieces into annoying ballads. Weirdly enough when I listen nowadays to these prog rock songs that I found sickly-sweet by then, I found them cosy, energetic, rich, surprising and well written. I am not nostalgic, I have been in a lot of genres and I rarely look back. I think they aged particularly well because they are well crafted. So thanks for this episode. By the way, the white spots on the video background are uncomfortable, at least for me.
Agreed, at the time I could tell there was something unique about Supertramp, they brought incredible melody, musicianship and production to their songs!
I too, use to say guilty pleasure. Now, I enjoy showing my 15 year old and listening with her Supertramp. And she digs it also! Such a great great band they were who created fantastic music! Thanks for this homage to Breakfast !!
This is definitely one of my Desert Island Discs. It's certainly their most radio friendly, but you can't deny the songwriting, production and performances here. Startlingly good.
Supertramp is my second preferred band. First is RUSH. I absolutely love the albuns “Crime Of The Century” and “Breakfast In America”. Brilliant perfect songs! I could see them playing here in Brazi touring for the album “Free As a Bird” in 1988. Unfortunately Roger Hodgson was not in the band anymore, replaced by Mark Hart. But it was a great concert with extraordinary musicians. Tks for the video and greetings from Brasil!
Mr Warren! ManyThanx For The Stellar Video!! Had a Chance to See Supertramp 2 Nites in a Row At The Fabulous Forum in LA Back in The 70s! I WILL NEVER FORGET THOSE 2 NITES IT WAS STELLAR! I’m Now 67 years old! Supertramp is My Favorite Band! ManyThanx
I liked "Crime of the century" and "Even in the quietest moments" a little bit more but this album is fantastic too. Supertramp was and still is so unique and showed that experimental music can be very popular too. Thank you for this video!
Your analysis of ST and Breakfast is spot on. I still remember vividly when this album was released. When one considers that music and the associated memories as the "soundtrack of our lives," this album is a classic and remembered fondly.
I really enjoyed this appreciation of an album that came out when I had just turned 17. And I agree with all the views it expresses. The best compliment I can pay you, Warren, is that I feel I just have to listen again to that vinyl album from '79 right now! Keep on keepin' on!
Crime of the Century is by far the best they made They toured Crime of the Century in 74 and I saw them with Chris Deburgh . He did Spanish train and other Stories. Of all the concerts I've been to it was the best
Finally, SUPERTRAMP!!! ❤ This is the band that left the biggest impression on me and still influences me to this day. Just recently I made a Supertramp keys FX-chain-preset. (using a RA200 rotary cabinet. Sounds so cool!)
Feb-1980. I was in a barber shop getting a hair cut watching the Olympic hockey match between the USSR and America. We America beat the Soviets. This song with the lyrics "take a look at my girlfriend" was playing in the background on the way home I stopped by the record store and bought this album on the cassette format, I was 15 years old. If we had not won that hockey game I would not have remembered when and how I purchased this album. That moment in time is forever etched in my memory.
Before I ever listed to BIA I was gobsmacked by that cover art. I didn’t even notice the pieces of the construct at first, and when it registered I was blown away. It truly is a MASTERPIECE from the outside in. Even the band photograph at the coffee shop counter was fabulous, it alone could have been the cover! I could rhapsodize about BIA for hours.
Thank you for the great video! I was going on 7 years old when this was released and blew up. Every song was great and nothing else on the radio sounded like it. I loved this album immediately, and "Breakfast..." is still one of my favorite albums to this day.
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I've been a member of Supertramp (guitarist) since 1985 and enjoyed playing the "Breakfast" tracks every single concert. It never gets old!
Only 11 likes in two months and nobody noticed an actual group member commented under the video 😂
Thanks for the music M.Verheyen, I love hearing Supertramp ! And Slow Motion is my preferred album when I need to take the train 🥰
That’s awesome thanks for the music
@@Tetrarque It perfectly shows how underrated the band is.
Wonderful to have you chiming in here! I've been a huge fan of the band since '77. It's a pity that Rick Davies isn't well enough these days to contemplate another tour much less a reunion with Roger.
@@Pixelologist I saw Hodgson and his band play in 2009 or 2010. I could've gone to a Rick Davies/Supertramp concert at about the same time. The only reason why I didn't was because Davies did not invite Hodgson to play with them. Hodgson said that he was absolutely open to the idea. I don't know what exactly happened between them but its a massive shame that they did not do more live performances together. It didn't do anyone any favours in the end.
The guitar solo outro in "Goodbye, Stranger" is one of the coolest ever recorded.
Amazing solo!!
It's in my Top 10 all-time best solos list, which is in no particular order, and incudes not only Comfortably Numb, but Frank Zappa's _Yo Mama_ as well.
It was, and I used to hate how some stations cut that short. It was like, "What the hell are you doing?". Automatic switch to another station.
@@mitchellbaker9434 Even worse--there was a Greatest Hits CD released in mid-to-late 90s that had "Goodbye, Stranger" on it. The fade out started right at the BEGINNING of the guitar solo! 😳😖😤
I either heard it at a friend's place or got it at the library; but so glad I never bought a copy for myself.
It's an incredible solo, one of my faves in a pop song, along with the solo in Tonight she comes by the Cars.
It's about time Supertramp got some attention. They are so criminally underrated these days. When I say they're one of my favourite bands, I always get blank looks. No one knows who they are anymore
There are still a lot of their songs played on the radio, movies and ads that they will never be forgotten but people don’t know who is playing these great songs
I noticed that a few yrs after Breakfast. Used record stores wouldn't buy the albums. I was gobsmacked!
I think Even In the Quietest Moments is one of the most underrated albums ever. To me it is the epitome of melodic prog rock. It and Breakfast in America are two of my favourite albums of all time.
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
I agree. I actually like it better than Breakfast, but I love them both!
Thank you!!! Supertramp is the most underrated band in the world. Why is it forgotten in compilation, radio, etc.?
I was working in a record store (in Hull, Quebec, Canada) when "Crime Of The Century" came out. It was wild!!!!
One day, when they were playing in Ottawa, someone came to me saying: "hey, the Supertramp sax player is in the store". I looked around and saw John Helliwell browsing through our LPs.
Wow!!!
We talked to him when he came to pay for the dozen of LPs he had found and he was the nicest person, answering all our stupid groupies questions. 😁
Live, they sounded just like on the records. They were amazing!
Thanks ever so much for the great comment!
@@Producelikeapro Well, thank you so much for detailing so brightly the important musical elements that are part of our life! I feel lucky to have found your RUclipss.
Crime of the Century is a fantastic album and to me , way better than BIA.
I think Supertramp might be one of the most underappreciated groups today, regardless of their success at the time.
They seem to have been completely forgotten. IMO this is 100% due to the most aggressive copyright claims of any band I've ever seen, that basically wiped their existence from the internet. For nearly 20 years, unless you literally purchased their album from a record store, there was no way to listen to their studio albums.
Also: Crime of the Century is a perfect companion album to Dark Side Of the Moon. It's so good.
they were very special to the vibe of the time. it was kind of unique.
Thanks for your comment! On classic rock radio in the US they still get played a huge amount! They do have quite a few records for FM Radio play
@@neovxr thanks for sharing!
@@TheVeganVicar what country is that? Thanks
@@TheVeganVicar What kind of music was popular back then? I guess there was still a lot of Kundiman and folk stuff around, then Spanish-influenced styles, and perhaps Bands like Abba and Boney M, diba?
The first time I remember hearing Supertramp’s “Breakfast In America” was in in 1979. I was a member of the Speech Club in High School. The team was on its way back home after a fairly successful competition. One of the team members had it on 8 track tape. He said “You will like this.” and put it on. When “Take The Long Way Home” started I was thunderstruck. Even to this day (I am now 60) I can’t describe the impact that song had and has had on me. The first thing I did the next week was dip into my savings to buy a Sony Walkman and the “Breakfast In America” cassette tape. I was never even tempted to buy one until I heard that song.
I used to listen to Child Of Vision on my headphones again and again. The production of the track makes it a breathtaking experience. The instrumental outtro has been a favourite of all times.
Thanks ever so much!
Really love the sax solo right at the very end.
I really love the intro of Child of vision as well. It's extraordinary and stainless after hundreds of listening
i always found something surreal about the sound of Breakfast In America. i dont know how to describe it in words, the cold and dry sound of all the songs creates images in my mind. the cover art too-- the expression on the waitress' face, the shape of her eyes and the way she's lit with a hard light, as well as the graphic in the background depicting buildings from a world that doesn't exist anymore, it reminds me something but I don't know what it is
eyo Chubbyemu a Supertramp fan? good to know lol!
A man listened to Breakfast in America
here's what happened to his brain
Thanks ever so much for your wonderful comment Chubbyemu!!
Yeah, that is when you "get it". The flow. Genesis were too stiff.
The woman reminds me of the film 'Total Recall' where Arnold Schwarzenegger is disguised as a large woman that malfunctions when he goes through customs on arrival at planet Mars.
@@MartinJG100 After reading your post, my girlfriend insisted that she is the same woman. So I had to look it up, and she is not. However you had us going there for a minute. 🙂
This was the first album I‘ve bought in my youth. More than 40 years later, I still love it.
That's amazing to hear!
Yup, same here! My first album as well.
@@ast-og-losta marvellous!
Idem !!!!!
My father worked for their record company - A&M. My first exposure to music in 1978-79 included Supertramp and The Police. I had a very interesting childhood thanks to him.
That’s very cool!
So lucky. Must have been exciting growing up. , I’m envious 😢
I haven't listened to Supertramp for over 40 years. Prompted by this video I have listened to Crime of the Century, Even in the Quietest Moments and Breakfast in America...... wow..... it was like an experience of time travel. Listening to these amazing albums brought out memories of a different life and times, different places and experiences and all the friends from years ago.
I had the privilege of seeing Supertramp perform in concert in 1979. They played their songs exactly as they were on their albums and their precision was amazing. It was the best live musical performance I've ever heard.
Truly one of rock's finest records EVER. "The Logical Song" is easily one of my top 10 songs, always blew me away when it came on the radio. My wife loves "Goodbye Stranger."
Thanks ever so much Alan!
I've listened to this album at least 1000 times and still love it. There is no music being made today that you can listen to from end to end in a seamless experience like this.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
You'd be surprised if you dig a bit 🥰
I saw Supertramp in 1974 when I was 17 perform Crime of the Century. It was the first concert I ever went to at a University in Reading England.
All these years later I've seen many many more bands - but this concert was the best ever. I've been listening to Supertramp all my life since, then with my daughter and now with my 15 year old granddaughter (she has great musical taste!)
Saw them at their commercial apogee in 79-BIA. To be honest Roger didn't seem into it, & gave a rather poor performance. - Found out a day later that a concert was cancelled due to a death threat. Roger wanted to ignore it, but the other members voted to not appear. Maybe was why Roger was in a bad mood? - Anyway, half way through he, & the rest, got pumped, & the rest of the concert got much better! ☺
For decades I've said that Supertramp has been one of the most criminally underrated bands. I was 10 years old when BIA came out and, even at that age, I knew there was something different about their sound. Thank you for this in depth explanation of their process and legacy. They will always be a gigantic part of my life's soundtrack.
Me too, Kyle. I am 53 and I still can't believe no one ever talks about this band. Because of the little attention they get I really don't know anything about the band. My whole life I've loved their music but never knowing anything about how they got started and why they broke up. I went looking for a documentary about Supertramp which I did find but it was old and dated. Like how come they never been on VH1's "Behind the Music"? They are so worthy of having their own biography movie and a more current documentary.
I am a radio engineer , and a sound nut. Radio stations have special audio equipment to create the type of sound you want. In the 80's I worked for a pop station and our competitor was a rock station, with a buddy of mine as the engineer, also an audio nut. We were always trying to outdo each other on sound. They had a very limited playlist and Goodbye Stranger, Logical Song, and Take The Long Way Home were played several times a day for several years. When those songs came on, the station sound lit up.
And I fell in love with the albums sound, so crisp, clean, and a floating quality from the layering and reverb. Also such great songs. I like all the Supertramp Albums and bought them when they came out. Then I bought the CD's when they came out. But Breakfast had a unique sound that still sounds great today, on high end sound systems, and well set up radio stations. I still listen to it today. I have never grown tired of it.
No other album shaped and formed my view of the world more than Breakfast In America. I was 18 years-old when it was released and must have listened to the album 50,000 times just over the next two years alone. Best album cover of all-time, just the best of everything!! Of the 300+ albums in my collection, my very favorite. Hands-down the #1 album of all time.
Never get Enough of Helliwells Sax Solo's in Supertramp. One of Greatest of all Time!!! Added so much to Bands Success as well as Thompson and Seibenberg with Rick and Roger!! Great Documentary Hall of Fame Please!!
I remember as a young teen, driving across Canada with my family, listening to the radio and several songs from Breakfast in America were huge and frequently played on many radio stations. I fell in love with that record before I even bought it. Love Crime of the Century too but as far as I'm concerned, Even in the Quietest moments is just as good as either of those records.
Thanks ever so much!
I agree, 'Moments' is Supertramp at their peak, 'From Now on', the title track and Fool's Overture are Davies and Hodgson at the very height of their songwriting partnership.
Bingo
It’s better !!!!!!!&!
I saw Supertramp Live in Southern California in 80, or 81. Roger Hodgson had laryngitis. The band was amazing. What most impressed me at 16 was the quality of the live sound and the talent of the musicians. Each one could pick up play another instrument and not miss a beat..
I never met Roger or Rick. But if I had that opportunity, I would just give them a hug and thank them for everything their songs gave me, especially in the most difficult moments. To me, they are a treasure and a blessing.
Same here, couldn't have worded it better!
My late father introduced me to the song Goodbye Stranger when I was about 15. I loved the song but it wasn’t until I hit my 30’s that I picked up a copy of Breakfast In America. I loved the whole album and still play it regularly in my 40’s. Thanks dad. What a great video.
When i first heard this album, I just remember thinking that the spatial dynamics of the sound was the best I'd ever heard. As far as other great rock albums, Boston's debut album "Boston".
The cover image is a masterpiece of cultural satire: lady Liberty as a plump waitress holding high an OJ and menu in place of the torch and Declaration of Independence!
Plus the appealing blue and golden colors, and expertly done forced perspective, where you really feel you are looking down on all this from an airplane window.
The original belongs in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, if it even still exists.
Thanks ever so much for sharing Cody!
hold it in your lap and face the mirror.
Dont forget the 911 behind the twin towers!
@@cowboixxxl they aint ready for that
Their eponymous debut album is a real work of art, an overlooked masterpiece
I played that album for most of 1979. I saw them in Ma 1979 and the show was great. One of the best sound systems of the seventies.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
Yes,very true.
I was born in 79', I thought I was old...lololololol
@@tolispoulos5398my friend the only good thing of being old,is that i saw bands live, that canot see anymore,like for instance Peter Gabriel with Genesis,Jon Anderson with Yes,Ken Hesley with Huriah heep,Ian Dury live,Dr Feelgood and many many more...
The Logical Song is a masterpiece & was the soundtrack to my youth. The biting crunchy sax solo on the song is possibly the best ever on a pop/rock song, and the lyrics of the song are timeless.
yeah, blew my mind as well, I was in midteens and couldn't take my ears off it.
Well said Tom!
@@DiZastur marvellous!
This album was ridiculously influential to shaping my musical taste early on. Supertramp led me to bands like ELO and other prog music.
Thanks ever so much!
Don’t forget Eagles and Styx with multiple song writers and vocalists. But I was blown away with Supertramp production on their albums. One highly overlooked moment, in my view, is the hanging note at the end of School, that falls off in pitch and volume only to end on the downbeat of Bloody Well Right. Paris was amazing for a live album. Miss those boys. Highly underrated in my view.
His summary about what makes songs/music great is spot on. Logical Song was released in advance of the LP and I was blown away. I couldn't wait to hear the rest. I bought Breakfast the day it was released in the US. I started dating this older woman and when they announced the tour I bought tickets even though she didn't recognize the band. During the show she kept grabbing my arm and explaining that she "didn't know they did this song" (this happened several times). By the end of the show she became a big fan. We soon broke up but my job was done.
Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it
Did you 'take the long way home' after the show?
@@Producelikeapro Man , I did dig your review overall , but you stepped on a few toes there too..firstly as an instant fan upon the hearing of Crime of the Century ,like millions ,were waiting eagerly to their next offering and I personally never met anyone who would claim to be disenchanted by with presentation of Crisis What Crisis ..From the off -it more than matched song for song the lyrical and musical freshness and groovy songs that were very singable to bits..To hell with a few jumped up critics , we were blown away ..Crisis is an overlooked Monument ..give it a good listen on your own with a doobie ..brilliance ,with powerfull lyrics full of hearts emotions throughout ..equal to any Beatles classic.
I find Live in Paris to be one of the greatest albums of all time, and on top it has the most stellar sound quality of a live album I've ever heard.
Available on DVD/Blue Ray now too.
Paris and Alchemy (dire straits) are just pure enjoyment. It’s almost like you’re there in the crowd 🥰
Very well said Lars!
True! Love it!
the reissued version with complete set list is the best live album ever in my opinion
One of the best albums ever made, and a huge influence on me as a musician. And so was the Alan Parsons Project, in particular the album "Turn of a friendly Card". For me one if not the best APP album ever, featuring UK's best studio cats of that time.
Thanks for this video, Warren.
I only started listening to Supertramp's music a couple of years ago and realised just what a great quality band they were.
'Breakfast in America' is a fantastic album. I bought it way back in 1979 when it was fresh and new. I still have it.
Marvellous Thanks for sharing!
Me too, I was at university, broke and depressed, so I spent money I didn't have on this and a new pair of jeans. - great days (looking back)
Saw em on that tour!
Great episode. Yes "Breakfast" was a wonderful album. As 1979 was - in my opinion to this very day - the strongest year of album + singles releases ever: Clash "London Calling", Police "Regatta", Dire Straits "Communique", Jam "Setting Sons", Boomtown Rats "Fine art of surfacing", Pink Floyd "Wall", Numan "Pleasure Principle", AC/DC "Highway", Fischer-Z "Word salad", Blondie "Eat to the Beat" and Singles like Knacks "My Sharona" or XTCs "Nigel" and so on and so on. Endless list. The album and especially "Logical song" and "Breakfast in America" will always be linked for me with two things: I was 13 when I first heard it and it was in the christmas time of 1979 in Germany. Snowy weather. I was reading Karl May books at that time. And in my memories Supertramp - Christmas - Karl May are strongly linked together. Every time I hear on of those songs I am immediately being beamed back into that time of Christmas and Karl May. What wonderful memories... I can even remember which part of the "Der Schut" by May I was reading when I think back of "The logical song". What a strange thing a brain can be? PS: my wish for an album episode is "George Best" by the Wedding Present in 1987. That is my 2nd strongest release year in Music history and they grounded the fantastic indie and Britpop times that had to follow..
Being from Toronto Canada, I am proud to say that we were big supporters of Supertramp before they were famous. I saw them live ... one of the best shows I ever saw. I think I have worn out 3 LPs of Crime of the Century. It still gives me goosebumps.
I saw Supertramp on Jul 9, 1979 during their Breakfast In America tour. I was 16 at the time and that concert still rates in the top 2 concerts I have ever seen. Amazing band, amazing albums, and I love them to this day.
The guitar on Gone Hollywood 🙈❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥, that tone!!!!!!!!! At 5 years old in 1983, I would listing to this over and over. Once my dad got home from work, we’d dance to Goodbye Stranger. As I’m writing this I’m tearing up🥲, my dad passed when I was 14 from lung cancer and this album automatically makes me think of him.🎸
As I recall, this album won additional tech awards for being the first album cut using two 24 or 32 track machines locked in sync using SMPTE time code, enabling the use of 46 or 62 base tracks (two lost for the time code) without bouncing tracks. I believe that is where the dynamics and luscious sound on the vinyl LP comes from. What an absolute joy and shock to hear when originally released. I was in the tech side of the music industry at that time and for many of us it was a jaw-dropper that solidly sat along side Dark Side of the Moon and Live in the Air Age, each respectively standing out as icons of combined musicianship, writing and production.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
Rusty, You are quite right, I was the assistant engineer on Breakfast In America responsible for keeping are the synchronization equipment working.This was my first time using the BTX system for sync. Those days at The Village Recorder were the highlight of my career and I believe the heyday of great audio production. With Supertramp, Steely Dan and Fleetwood Mac all producing great albums during that time represent an age of meticulous engineering and production skills that I fear are lost these days with diminishing budgets and no real A&R departments at the labels anymore. The first album to sync two multitracks together belongs to Toto in 1978 which I also worked on as a tech to keep the old ECCO system working.
~~Jeff Harris
@@jhanalog THANKS, FOR SHARING
THOSE FANTASTIC STORIES. AND FOR BE PART OF ONE OF THE BEST RECORDINGS ALBUMS OF ALL TIMES.
IN 1976 MY NOTEBOOKS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WERE FRONT
COVERS WITH SUPERTRAMP PICTURES
THAT WAS BEFORE BREAKFAST IN AMERICA, CAUSE I LIKE THEIR DIFFERENT SOUND FROM OTHERS
BANDS.THE KEYBOARD, THE SAX, ETC,ETC....THEN THEY CAME WITH
THE MASTERPIECE IN 1979...B.I.A.
THE FIRST TIME I LISTEN TO THE LOGICAL SONG...I ALMOST CRY.
IT GOT LIKE A NOSTALGIC AND SAD VIBE ABOUT IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME GIVE. YOU HOPE AT THE FUTURE...I FELT The SONG'S VERY lNTROSPECTIVE
That Was How I Felt About The Song.
And About The Album,👉 Always i Was Thinking, Why The Critics Don't Talk
More About How Good This Album is.
And Now I Found This Guy, 👉Giving
The Proper Respect To The Band,
And The Album....Kudos To Him.
And Again Thank You For Been Part Of
The Album and Been Part Of Rock n Roll
and Music History in General....i Was 10
Or 11 When i Listen To SUPERTRAMP
First Time in 🇵🇷 P.R. and I Like What I
Hear....To Be Honest.....i Don't Understand a Word....But Like I Said
Music is Universal, and Don't Have
Bounderies..... Like The 1977 Rainbow's Song Said.👉 Long Live Rock n Roll 👈
and Music in General......Thanks,
Great band wonderful album, Rick and roger are great songwriters, sad that they don’t get on
Yes, both amazing talents
Rick Davies? Did you know he taught his best friend how to play piano and drums. His best friends name? Gilbert O'Sullivan.
Breakfast in America (1979) and Out of the Blue (1977) represented some of the best musical masterpieces of the late 70s. The album covers spoke to the time and creativity we may not see again in our lifetimes.
Agreed 100%!
I fully agree
I remember hearing Crime of the Century in 1974 for the first time when I was 18. A friend had just bought a new top loading cassette deck and put it in. I was blown away! It was so different and immediately I was totally captivated by their sound. I thought, who is this group with the strange name of Supertramp? I had never heard of them before. They weren't on the radio yet here in Toronto, Canada. He had gotten the cassette from a British girl he met in the UK. From that point onward I became a lifelong Supertramp fan and have seen Roger Hodgson live numerous times at a casino in Ontario he comes to virtually every year and plays those wonderful Supertramp songs. And Roger is such a wonderful, soft spoken man that interacts incredibly well with the audience.
Thank you so much for doing this video. It brings back many good memories. Now I think I will turn on my stereo, grab one of my Supertramp albums, kick up and enjoy!! Thanks again.
Thanks Warren. There's something wonderful about sitting back and listening to you tell me about how great one of my favorite bands is.
Wow! Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks ever so much!
So happy you profiled this album! It was massive in Canada and big part of childhood. We’ll done once again Warren!
Thanks ever so much Gerard!
I saw Supertramp in Houston when the band toured Famous Last Words. The venue was the Summit, which is now Lakewood church. To this day, the show is still one of the best concerts I've ever attended. The talent and art, which were on full display, were undeniable. I think their live album Paris is one of the albums you would want if stranded on a deserted island. Fools Overture is a prog masterpiece that would satisfy any Genesis fan.
I saw the same tour in Austin. Life changing. Just a profound concert that is one of my top 3 concerts ever. I've been waiting so long...!
Thanks! I was given the gift of Supertramp from Breakfast In America on the radio. The songs were everywhere all the time, but it were the rare songs you never got tired of. They were complex enough to discover something new every time you hear them. But, gift was Breakfast in America, the discovery was Even In The Quietest Moments. Lay on your bed, put some high quality headphones on, turn out the lights, and listen to Fool's Overture. I still have vivid memories of listening to that album in that manner some 40 years later.
I worked for Bob on a project of his back in 1992. He saw me playing keys at a nightclub in Burlington Vermont back in the 70's and we became friends. Years later I got a phone call and I ended up going out to California to work on a project for a couple months. I've always been a big Supertramp fan and was fortunate to see them many times! Thank you for doing these video!
@@TheVeganVicar Bob C. Benberg really Siebenberg. He's the drummer of Supertramp!
That's amazing David! It must have been an incredible experience!
The only club I remember from BTV in the early 70's would have been the red dog or the blue tooth.
Great album,but my favorite is still Crime of the Century(a stunning recorded album)
I love both Albums!
Not much else out there that comes close to “crime of the century”, the production, the recording, the musicianship is phenomenal. There were no midi musical instruments, and outboard processing equipment at the time was nothing close to what is available today, no ProTools. less is more. Nothing prior to crime of the century, not even the Beatles produced a concept album recorded with the finesse’ of “Crime”. Ken Scott helped the band produce nothing less than a masterpiece.
My fave is Crisis What Crisis
@@beefoneeto I think crisis what crisis is Supertramp's finest work. I've got two big super tramp fans as friends, and they agree . Told me about this one it's fantastic still today!!
@@terryparkin6121 There's a lot to choose from but for arguments sake I like this best.First time I saw them was with free tickets and they did all of Crime at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan.
My word, I am to attend our 50 th high school reunion in October. This music was what I was fogging up car window to. The world illuminated by dashboard lights and Breakfast in America playing on the radio. Exploring life and exploring music. It was all good.
Love Supertramp.I saw them live late 70s. Still the best live act I've ever seen.
ABSOLUTELY! Fantastic choice my friend :)
Thank you! Cheers!
Breakfast in America was the first album I ever bought. I have the album cover framed in my man cave.
Marvellous! Thanks for sharing
I saw Supertramp on the Crime of the Century Tour in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada in (1974-75??)……they were amazing.
Apparently, the sound engineer that night was one of the studio engineers from the recording studio.
It was like listening to the album in a huge arena with a massive stereo system. Perfection !!!
They also brought along a cast of actors who performed on stage during several songs…plus….a huge screen playing movie scenes that went along with a couple of the tracks. It was unforgettable, probably the best live concert I have ever attended.
Thanks for this and for the memories.
Played endlessly in an old double decker bus traveling across the Australian outback late 1979 in my gap year. Goodbye Stranger is the ultimate travelling song. The album's just perfect, always takes me back to being 21 when Anything Was Possible.
Thanks ever so much for sharing your experience! Great comment
Glad you are giving these guys some respect. They were a big part of my childhood, and I think that it is a masterpiece that more people should learn about.
Thanks ever so much! Yes, I’m such a huge fan!
They're music is just incredible! I saw them 3 times.
@@LoneLee2022Damn... Never had that luck. 😮
@@MrUndersolo I was lucky!
Put on great concerts in those mid-70's years too. Rudy, w/ the train film, was awesome!! Thank you, Supertramp, my favorite 💖 band!!
Thanks ever so much
I saw them at Manchester Free Trade Hall, supported by an unknown up-and-coming artist called Chris de Burgh!!
I remember the video from the concert haven’t thought of that in 40 years or more
Nice analysis as usual. For me Supertramp were one of those bands that I heard on the radio growing up, liked the songs, but never quite enough to buy an album. But now, looking back, I realise how great they were, and how influential their songs were, and how much they provided a backing track to those years.
I never considered this band to be any of the categories assigned them. They made great songs that will live on and be appreciated by many generations after. The current music will never make a pimple on the greats of the 70's.
The 70's were the best years ever for rock music. Hands down the best years.
Saw this tour, maybe the best concert I ever attended.... perfect volume, mix and massive talent by all players. Amazing perfection.
Thanks ever so much
Ditto
First heard this when my brother brought the album home from university. It blew my mind - incredible instrumentation, massive sound! For years, I considered it my all time favourite album!
I maybe a Metal guitarist, but Super Tramp , were master songwriters and performers.
My favorite along side Crime of the Century, Even in the Quietest Moments .... Breakfast in America is also a gem .
I was lucky to see them live in the 1970's, they performed as well as the recordings, a feat most bands can't achieve.
Hail Supertramp !!!!
The song Don't Leave Me Now (from Famous Last words) is the reason I started playing saxophone. I was obsessed with the intro when the album came out. I am still playing saxophone so many decades later.
"Goodbye Stranger" has a permanent spot on my "for emergencies" playlist, and the Logical Song is an honored guest on the psychedelic shuffle.
Breakfast in America is indeed a masterpiece.
but if you go back and listen to crisis what crisis, crime of the century, and even in the quietest moments, you will see that breakfast in America was no fluke.
Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies cast such large shadows that sometimes the rest of the band is overlooked but every single one of them is incredibly gifted.
The other members, though not contributing songwriters, were excellent musicians that contributed greatly to the overall sound! Without them Rick & Roger woulda been lost. imho
@@billjones8503 Agree!
The album cover was printed in the factory behind my house. We used to sneak in and pinch all the misprinted album covers they had thrown away. For a while my bedroom was covered in twenty or thirty copies of ‘Breakfast’ fanned out across one bedroom wall. I’d forgotten that until I caught this video.
Takes me back. I was 14 when this album came out. Throughout high school, there wasn't a cassette case to be found where this one wasn't included, along with all the other great albums of that time. . . What an awesome time for Rock!
If it doesn't have it all, then we are all doomed! LOL This is one of the best records in my life time! Thanks for such a great "Albums That Changed Music"!
Yes, indeed! Thanks ever so much
Yup, I remember those days as if happened yesterday .. Amazing decade!
Marvellous
I am lucky enough to have seen Supertramp in 1979 at Alpine Valley in East Troy Wisconsin. To this day it is my favorite concert I have been to.
That’s amazing to hear!
You really nailed it. Very professional journalism and presentation. Breakfast in America is the greatest album cover ever.
Wow! Thanks ever so much
I was 12 when this album came out.I was on holiday in the french alps and first heard it as a passenger in a Golf GTI.I remeber it vividly because that album just stuck in my head.Every song was/is a master piece.The hooks,the production the musicianship and of course the album cover. Warren,Yes,this album does have it all.
I was an exchange student my senior year in high school... in 1980, Golf GTI on the Autobahn was ballin' ...
fwiw;
I recall clearly listening to Steely Dan's Hey Nineteen on the Autobahn in my host German Dad's Mercedes four cylinder, four door, back seat holding my girl's hand!
It deserves multiple likes.
For whatever reason, as a young person I put Supertramp in a bag named Toto/Foreigner/Journey of catchy annoying FM pop rock songs. I was into punk rock and I felt like we were the new-generation and everything else was old and deprecated.
However I still remember the packages and most of the songs, and now I find them gorgeous. The poor sound quality of radio devices in the 70's and the repetition may have turn these pieces into annoying ballads.
Weirdly enough when I listen nowadays to these prog rock songs that I found sickly-sweet by then, I found them cosy, energetic, rich, surprising and well written. I am not nostalgic, I have been in a lot of genres and I rarely look back. I think they aged particularly well because they are well crafted.
So thanks for this episode.
By the way, the white spots on the video background are uncomfortable, at least for me.
Agreed, at the time I could tell there was something unique about Supertramp, they brought incredible melody, musicianship and production to their songs!
I purchased my Breakfast In America album. In the late 70's. I still listen to the tunes as mp3's even today. It was my favourite album for years.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
The best compliment I can give a band is they sound like no one else. That's Supertramp for sure. Always loved their stuff.
It is undeniably a great album. Yet, "Live in Paris" is even a greater musical package in terms of performances, songs and overall atmosphere!
One of the finest live albums ever released
I too, use to say guilty pleasure. Now, I enjoy showing my 15 year old and listening with her Supertramp. And she digs it also! Such a great great band they were who created fantastic music! Thanks for this homage to Breakfast !!
Exactly! My 15 year old son knows just how good Supertramp are!
This is definitely one of my Desert Island Discs. It's certainly their most radio friendly, but you can't deny the songwriting, production and performances here. Startlingly good.
We are lucky to live in 2022 where this amazing music from the past has matured like a fine wine.
Supertramp certainly deserves it! Breakfast in America is one of the best albums I have ever heard to this day! Bloody well right!
Thanks ever so much Marcel
Breakfast in America is the first album I listened from beginning to end, being 10 years old. I will never forget.
Thanks ever so much!
Supertramp is my second preferred band. First is RUSH. I absolutely love the albuns “Crime Of The Century” and “Breakfast In America”. Brilliant perfect songs! I could see them playing here in Brazi touring for the album “Free As a Bird” in 1988. Unfortunately Roger Hodgson was not in the band anymore, replaced by Mark Hart. But it was a great concert with extraordinary musicians. Tks for the video and greetings from Brasil!
Mr Warren! ManyThanx For The Stellar Video!! Had a Chance to See Supertramp 2 Nites in a Row At The Fabulous Forum in LA Back in The 70s! I WILL NEVER FORGET THOSE 2 NITES IT WAS STELLAR! I’m Now 67 years old! Supertramp is My Favorite Band! ManyThanx
I liked "Crime of the century" and "Even in the quietest moments" a little bit more but this album is fantastic too. Supertramp was and still is so unique and showed that experimental music can be very popular too. Thank you for this video!
Your analysis of ST and Breakfast is spot on. I still remember vividly when this album was released. When one considers that music and the associated memories as the "soundtrack of our lives," this album is a classic and remembered fondly.
The bass playing and bass sound on that album were exquisite
Agreed 100%!
I really enjoyed this appreciation of an album that came out when I had just turned 17. And I agree with all the views it expresses. The best compliment I can pay you, Warren, is that I feel I just have to listen again to that vinyl album from '79 right now! Keep on keepin' on!
This album changed my entire life. I was 10 when it came out and playing alto sax at the time. Always good to see you Warren!
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Crime of the Century is by far the best they made
They toured Crime of the Century in 74 and I saw them with Chris Deburgh . He did Spanish train and other Stories.
Of all the concerts I've been to it was the best
not only this album, but the band !!! fantastic singers , players, and composers ! specially rick , roger and john ! my favourite band so far
Totally agree. One of the best albums of the era.
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Finally, SUPERTRAMP!!! ❤ This is the band that left the biggest impression on me and still influences me to this day. Just recently I made a Supertramp keys FX-chain-preset. (using a RA200 rotary cabinet. Sounds so cool!)
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Fantastic, iconic album! Gone Hollywood breathtaking song!! That whole album is perfect, Warren 😍😍👍👍
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Feb-1980. I was in a barber shop getting a hair cut watching the Olympic hockey match between the USSR and America. We America beat the Soviets. This song with the lyrics "take a look at my girlfriend" was playing in the background on the way home I stopped by the record store and bought this album on the cassette format, I was 15 years old. If we had not won that hockey game I would not have remembered when and how I purchased this album. That moment in time is forever etched in my memory.
Before I ever listed to BIA I was gobsmacked by that cover art. I didn’t even notice the pieces of the construct at first, and when it registered I was blown away. It truly is a MASTERPIECE from the outside in. Even the band photograph at the coffee shop counter was fabulous, it alone could have been the cover! I could rhapsodize about BIA for hours.
Glad to have found this channel. The musical history, sociological elements, and musical elements all in one narrative. Got a new subscriber.
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I love hearing your enthusiasm for this record, I couldn't agree more. Lots of really interesting stuff about the band that I didn't know too. Thanks.
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Thank you for the great video! I was going on 7 years old when this was released and blew up. Every song was great and nothing else on the radio sounded like it. I loved this album immediately, and "Breakfast..." is still one of my favorite albums to this day.