Roger Hodgson Discusses Supertramp's Crime of the Century Album
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Crime of the Century, released in 1974, was Supertramp’s breakthrough album & Roger Hodgson's song, Dreamer, became the band’s first international hit. Enjoy this video of Roger discussing the creation of the Crime of the Century album & the recording of his timeless classic, Dreamer. Roger’s other songs off the album, School, Hide in Your Shell & If Everyone Was Listening, are fan favorites to this day. Roger also gave us the timeless classics such as Give a Little Bit, Breakfast in America, The Logical Song, Take the Long Way Home, It's Raining Again, Fool's Overture - Roger performs these & more on tour. Audiences love dancing & singing along - the crowd instantly gets on their feet & starts dancing in the aisles. To see Roger on stage performing, you know not only is the audience having a fantastic time, but he is as well.
Roger co-founded Supertramp in 1969 and was the driving force behind what fans call the 14 golden years of the band. He wrote, sang & arranged the enduring rock standards that made Supertramp a worldwide phenomenon with album sales in excess of 60 million. From the Crime of the Century album forward, Roger & Supertramp’s other co-founder began writing separately. Although they continued to share writing credit, they wrote & composed separately with each singing their own songs. Roger began writing songs at the age of 12 & performed his first concert of original songs at the age of 13. He later recorded some of his songs with Supertramp with many becoming the soundtrack of our lives. www.RogerHodgso... / rogerhodgson
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"No words to describe how wonderful was being down there in the public singing, jumping, dancing & playing with you like everybody was just one single person. I was not born when you wrote your music, but since I was 12 & listened my first Supertramp album, I feel touched by every single music of yours."
"Roger gives his heart & thus touches the hearts of his audiences. He comes out on stage & the connection is immediately there - everyone uplifted. You have to experience it, feel it yourself- human language lacks the words to describe it."
"There were smiles. There was joy. There were tears as he sang the songs that helped us through the bad times. The melodies & harmonies can not be replicated except by the master himself.. This, my friends, is the music that connects all of us. It was a dream come true to see him, I suggest all do the same."
I love this album so kuch i still have this album on cassette in its original wrapping for my collection,so many good memories touch me from this album,masterpiece.🙏
This album is a MASTERPIECE..! Still in love with it after 40 years ;-)
+Peter Veth Same here!
+Mark Johnson And the cover is an ICON in the history of music. it contains a very deep message for me as well and I cherish this as nr 1 in my list followed by nr 2 Dark Side Of The Moon and 3 Wish You Were Here.. :-)
Peter Veth couldn’t agree more mate, so many great songs woven together into an album that creates a magical atmosphere with ‘Rudy’ as its masterpiece!
Ok I was in 7th grade when I heard this for 1st time and was blown away and still am today .Big influence on me
This has to be in my Top Ten albums of all time!!...just absolute perfection!!!.
The stars and planets definitely lined up for this album!!! Quite possibly the 'Album of the Century'! A formidable pair, Roger and Rick truly complement each other's songwriting and singing styles on "Crime of the Century". Roger's "Dreamer" and Ricks "Bloody Well Right," gave us our first glimpse of songs that would soon become classics worldwide and spanning generations. The balance of Roger's and Rick's songs, perfectly placed on this album, created an amazing compilation that went straight to number one in many countries including Canada! This is a fantastic album, and if you've never seen Roger Hodgson perform live I urge you to go! All of the hits by Supertramp that were written by Roger are performed with amazing precision and musicianship and quite honestly, Roger's voice is better now than ever. What a treat the new remastered and remixed this album is. If you don't already have it, you should get it before it is sold out!
This album is so beautiful, it's amazing how all of the songs work together and end up seeming to be connected. There isn't a weak moment! Crime has been there for me in hard times and happy times, and the themes in its songs continue to inspire my art and life.
I was in high school when I discovered Supertramp. 40 years later, I have not heard a better album song for song. From epic vocals to ballads to searching for Meaning and God and brilliant piano and sax, this album stands alone in my books. I think the title track is pure genius and one of the greatest songs ever written. There are some songs that have iconic openings like Thunderstruck and some songs like Crime that have iconic and epic finales. The saxophone at the end of Crime to end the song and the album is truly a masterpiece.
I'm a big fan of rock and alternative music and of all the great rock pianists I've ever heard - from Elton John, Billy Joel, Chris Martin from Coldplay and a few others, I think Roger is the very best. School has some of the best rock piano EVER.
I've been going to concerts for over 40 years and of all the concerts I've ever been at, seeing Roger Hodgson in Denver in the late 90's with maybe 500 - 1000 in the audience was probably the biggest thrill of my life. I even had a chance to meet him backstage. Truly an honor. Roger Hodgson is simply one of the most brilliant artists in the last 50 years and I can't wait to see him again.
One of the best Supertramp album! Great music, so many songs that I still listen with so much pleasure, at home or at Roger's concerts!
One of THE great albums of all time. I can't think of another album in which the two songwriters works complimented each other so perfectly. BOTH were magnificent and BOTH continued to be in subsequent albums
one of my favorite albums of all time; I used to play the song 'If Everyone was Listening', which is one of rogers' songs I played for my high school in the late 70s; I dedicated it to my theater arts teacher, who not too many people in our high school liked. I think that year, I turned many, including her, into Supertramp fans. My teacher inquired about Supertramp, and the name of the album, which she bought right after.
One of the best albums of all times in pop- history!
My favorite band of all time. Dreamers my favorite song. Seen back to back concerts in Toronto many many years ago, will never forget the great times ! We see Roger preform every time he's playing Rama in Orillia Ontario. See you in November Roger, love ya !!!!
This album is the soundtrack of my life - especially my teen years, when I didn't know I was a dreamer, hid in a shell, was like Johnny Too-Good and never shirked, but ended up like Rudy on his train to nowhere...
Muchìsimas gracias Roger & Linda,Hope to see you next year in Spain many times :) ;)
Crime of the Century is one of the best albums in history. All that songs sound so fresh and new even today. Can't stop listening to Dreamer, it's so catchy. And, Hide in Your Shell, so special for many of us. I remember very well the first tiem I heard School, it was a really blast, and still is. :)
Amazing!
Crime of the Century was musical genius! I did my grade 13 English poetry assignment on Rudy!
Saw them 3 times in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. WE appreciated the excellence of their mastery in musical genius.
Dreamer, Hide in Your Shell, School !!, I have it very clear to me Roger was the essence of this group was always !!
I was 11 years old and I loved this music
This album helped forge by path in life. Discovering this band and the albums that followed while a teenager in the late 70's, I was able to see them in concert 3 times in Toronto Canada. Magic indeed. Timeless.....that's an understatement. Thank you. And hey.....talk about awesome posts below. We indeed are all connected out there. "Take a dream on a sunday, dream alive..............
TiamatXV Xianash.........I'm from just outside of Toronto, and the breakfast in America tour was my first concert , I think it was 83 or around then when they played the old CNE. Canada and especially the T.O GTA had a huge ST fan base. Canadians took to that band more than the Americans did I beelive ( as we did The Who ) That was an amazing concert. Anyway peace fellow Canuck.
Wow my fave classic Crime of The Century!
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One of the best Album !! Thanks Roger for making me a dreamer! And I can see life in a different way....... Your shows are Fantastic !!
I remember when this album came out, I was in a friend´s house and he had a great professional music equipment, so he told me I just bought a new record and I want you to listen to it , well, imediately I recognised that this was a masterpiece but specially I was amazed by the quality of the sound. I never listened to that quality of sound ever before and I had lots of rock records, you have to take into consideration that this was a vinyl acetate LP by that time. So this record is the reason why I spent about five months salary to get a great professional equipment, I was young : Marantz amplifier, Kenwood pre-amplifier, two tape recorders Nakamishi 5000 and Pioneer, two professional turn tables Technics and Pioneer , reel to reel TEAK, two kenwood speakers and two more Peak speakers and of course I also bought the Supertramp album, I played it almost full blast and I felt in heaven and my life changed immediately forever thanks to Supertramp.
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For me, one the best albums ever made. Like Roger said, its pure magic.
Its not just a cd that mixes some musics that are cool, in fact i imagine this album like a big story with different kinds of twists that all resolute into the great "crime of century" (music) which is the end of the story.
The first time i heard this i was in my mothers car, and since the first seconds began to play ( which as an armonica intro from the music school) i was totally hypnotized and stayed for the rest of the album with my mouse opened and thinking to myself:
What is this.....?? and my mother told me- this, is SUPERTRAMP.
One the land mark albums. A must have. I still remember listening to every single track on this in 74. And i was 9 at the time!!
One of the things that always amazed me about it was the quality of the recording. Even when i was a little kid i knew i was listening to something just a little bit more "special" than what was out there at the time.
Love this album always have always will.
Crime of the century ... best album ever
Hey Roger - I had so may versions of this album including the Mobile Fidelity UHQR vinyl. It is one of the truly great rock albums of all time. thank you , thank you
Great album..they's guys bring back great memories....highschool,football.parties and cheerleaders.....dream along... >;-)
Hi! Mister Roger Hodgson! thank you so much for your music..!
The Crime of Century was the first Album (vinyl) that i got from your's song's.
The school was the one, that i was listening, when i was meetting my lovely past usbund
I have it very clear from the beginning, Roger Hodgson was the essence of Supertramp, the soul and spirit of this legendary band, and I have noticed in many of the articles and news about the release of this new album, extolling the composed songs , created and sung by Roger, who were giving the worldwide success of this record, likewise, that in the Supertramp albums, songs that reach the depths of your heart and connect with the best in each person.
Definitely one of my top 10
MAGNIFICO MUSIC
Oh man, I want to listen more of this interview :D
Thx Rodger Hodgson very much for all you did, your group did, producers did, allowed yrs later on net to help people with good food for thought, that helped stop me from suicide. I was close to it, but search of youtube got me your past stuff that changed my mind. Sure, it's a question of profit from all any use, but after the popular time is diminishing, allowing free public access helps the group keep higher the exposure and love. ;-) :-)
saw ...Famous Last Words tour, it was great, Austin, Tx., really wish the band could be seen on youtube, together, from that era
That was such an amazing time for the group. They were at their creative perfection and then broke up after that album...bummer.
yeah, after that, Cannonball, just wasn't them
Maravilhoso adoro...
THE COOLEST ALBUM EVER!
simple the best!!!!!!!!!!
I hear the demo of dreamer 4:25 …little bit so different on the album 3:30 !
crime of the century, even in the quietest moments, breakfast in america and famous last words are, for me, the best albums !
i don't understand why roger didn't like famous last words , and prefers crisis what crisis
Why is it always Hodgson doing the talking? I'd like to hear more from Rick Davies. Was he just more reticent when it came to being interviewed? Rick Davies was a huge part of this album, but the interview and songs are all Hodgson's. Perhaps there was more and this is just a cut for Hodgson's own channel?
Album Of The Century.
Hoy he pasado por una tienda de discos de mi país, España, y he visto el álbum. No he dudado en comprármelo. Son los 6€ mejor gastados desde hace muchos meses, aunque me parece un precio ridículo para una joya de esta embergadura
Google removed the school song with this album cover why ?
How many other utter classic albums can you think of that have no love songs?
Understand, Roger Hodgson is being full of crap here. Rick Davies was always ⅔'s of what made Supertramp unique. It was all about making the audience feel special and undeserving with him. Roger was just another of a long line of geniuses.
Disappointed that most of this clip is taken up with playing the least laudable song on the album ...
An amazing but seriously disturbing LP.Epoch-defining and not pretty.Delivered by powerful music and songs,imo.