Supertramp is the most underrated band. I was a child of the 70’s. I could have heard the first song through a k-Tel album, but so solid. Anyone remember the K-Tel albums?
I love many rock group and solo artists but they have always been my favourite since hearing Crime of the Century as a 12 year old in 1975. My love for them is followed closely by that for ELO. P.S. I still have a K-Tel 22 Fantastic Favourites album of early 1970s pop/rock hits.
Yes on underrated. My daughter was born in 1987 and I did my best to expose her to the best music. She's now 33 and Supertramp has been her favorite band since she was in high school. I did something right!
This is why I love psychedelics. It can take the catastrophe of your life and infuse it into your soul, no hiding, no repression or denial. And you grow from that.
Who knew back when this came out, that in 40 years time we’d be watching videos of a new generation of people reactions on our phones? It’s nice because it’s like we are reliving the moment we first heard it ourselves. Those were special times.
GUD MURNIN MISS WOOSTA I appreciated these lyrics back in the 70s when this came out and now that I'm 62 years old and widowed last year after 40 years together I sure feel like I'm living these lyrics now.
...which is why you must live every day like it could be your last. Live with nothing untried and no regrets. Do everything you can today and put nothing off till tomorrow.
@Antonio Rivera This may seem a bit far fetched, but we should all ask if he may be down with a fan meet-n-greet, when things get back to some sort of normalcy, of course. I think he would be cool to hang with, even for just a few hours. Just throwing that out there to see what sticks.
Agree! I was just thinking "wow, it's sooo great to see his videos, but I'd LOVE to meet him and his family. Jamal, seriously---if you lived anywhere near me, I'd invite you and your fam over for dinner....you would be so fun to talk with on serious topics, but you're also quite funny---especially your facial reactions! :-)
What could he do to those Friends of the Whole Worlds...?? Just curious, since i talk that way sometimes myself if i've had a 5th of whiskey...in about an hour.
John Helliwell who plays the harmonica, sax, clarinet, and even some keyboards deserves a lot of credit for making this song sound so good. What a great feel!
It's Rick Davies who played the harmonica, not Heliwell. But yes, Helliwell was crucial for the band and deserves far more credit than he's usually given.
I loved when your eyes got wide when the harmonica set in. In Germany we say "Ein Bild für die Götter" - a picture for the gods. I don't know why Supertramp seems to have been forgotten - they have so many incredible songs.
@@motomass8458 You're welcome. It's an expression on the border of being old fashioned, but I always liked it. It's similar to "a sight to behold", I guess.
@theh1n1shot Was gonna say, some songs just make you think and introspect and really take stock of things. This is a special one. The long way home for me right now takes me up and over this big hill and sometimes I just need to have this playing as I crest it and my little corner of the world comes into view
A dear friend of mine passes away and the next morning my alarm clock went off with this song playing. Was the first time I heard it and I thought I was hearing from her from heaven. Was the weirdest feeling. Stay happy Jamel ,and keep dancing! We love you!!!
This song just made me cry, haven’t heard it in the longest time, ohhhhh the memories of my folks being young and healthy and my school days, oh my God, the good ol days....beautiful song, very nostalgic for me tho😞
I'm glad you have good memories of this. I associate it with a rotten time in my life, I'm trying to forget about what I associate it with and enjoy the music anyway.
The power of a song, it can take you to the most beautiful place in time or the most painful one, it’s a shame it brings back times of hardship for you it’s such a beautiful song, hope you stay strong and get to experience a beautiful and prosperous future.
"When you look through the years and you see what you could have been, oh, what you might have been, if you had had more time." ......right in the damn feels, e.v.e.r.y.t.i.m.e.
Ill say it here too. The entire Crime of the Century album is a MUST but the 3 songs that are essential are “Crime of the Century”, “School” and “Bloody Well Right”
I love that harmonica opening. It sounds COLD, like a dark, late-Autumn night where our song's protagonist is walking alone from streetlight to streetlight.
The biggest mistake Roger Hodson made in his life was not getting back in line behind Mr. Synergy profound striker of the keyboards himself - the flat out unabated 100% effort of Rick Davies!
I grew up listening to this tune. And took for granted just how well-composed it is. This is some gorgeous sound. Supertramp were so unique in so many ways.
Give a Little Bit was in Superman the Movie. The song "Give a Little Bit" - sung by Supertramp - plays on the radio as Lois parks at the gas station. The name of the band is a whimsical reference to the protagonist, as well as its lyrics foreshadow what the hero does later.
Gotta do “breakfast in America” as well as “goodbye stranger”. Goodbye stranger has great buildup to the end when they fade out to a jam. Great stuff 👍
The intro to this song just makes me smile, I hope it has the same effect on everyone else who is listening right now.....we need more smiles than cries
Just listened to Child Of Vision last Friday and it blew my mind to pieces. Boy, do I profoundly regret not having listened the whole album before! I always skipped the last two songs and it turned out to be one of my favorites now.
So true! :-( It has such an upbeat melody, I never really noticed. And, just like SO MANY other songs, hearing Jamal's thoughts makes it even more meaningful.
I remember when I first realized reaction videos were a thing on RUclips. WTF? Seriously? Now I'm addicted. It's like being a teen again discovering new music with friends. J is so open-hearted and genuine in his appreciation, it adds a dimension to the experience only surpassed by actually playing with other musicians - something I've not had the opportunity to do in many years. Brings joy to my heart and a tear to my eye. Rock on brother, peace and blessings. So much great music in this world, you'll never run out, and it's a pleasure to share it with you.
Listening to songs so good like this makes me so happy to have had the luxury of growing up when they were released,but also listening to songs like this today makes me so sad that such good songs are rarely made anymore,if at all.
It is sad, indeed. I grieve for the teens of today - the music now is shite. Listening to what's being played in the car next to me at a red light is heartbreaking - foul language, anger, hate, rage, ugliness. The beautiful, happy, soul-enriching 1970s are gone forever.
@@lisahinton9682 Nicely put.The 70's had such variety and creativity,and we did not have to search for the songs because they were everywhere,and it seemed like it would never end.There was always another great new song to listen to.To me it is a lost art form.Some say I am getting old lol but there is more to it than that... I could have been next to that same car you mentioned>except it wasn't...there are too many of those cars out there now unfortunately.I will turn up songs like this so I don't have to listen to that rubbish from those cars haha...
@@Trashman1964 I, too, was born in 1964. You're exactly right - you didn't have to "look" for good music, or, as another user on this thread said, "just know where to look" (frigging HELL, that breaks my heart for that CHILD), because great music was everywhere, all the time. It was on every station, every concert, every everything, had great music. A swear word was rare - emotions could be, and were, expressed brilliantly without filth. Now, filth's all you hear and it's boring, dull, depressing, predictable. Ahh, to leap on a time-travelin' bus and go back.. If only.....
There's a live version where the harmonica just cuts you in half. "Then you feel that your life's become a catastrophe, ohhhh it has to be...for you to grow, boy" This line never fails to hit me so hard.
Goosebumps, that's the word, That's the feeling when you attend to a Roger Hodgson show and this song, which is the opening one, starts. You know straight ahead that tne magic and fun is starting, and as Roger says, we leave all our problems out of the venue and a special journey begins...
I really really enjoy Jamel’s reactions to these classics because a lot of times I feel the same exact way he does with those old school harmonies, and the Soul that seemed to be in a lot of that music back then. I loved the reaction to that harmonica. That’s how I feel every time I hear that song. Thanks Jamel I feel like I know you personally:)
Jamel your reactions are priceless and you deserve much praise for being a great human and bringing these classics to the present generation. Peace & Love 😍
Alex n Andy seem like good young fellows. Jayveetv just graduated HS, I believe. Always a pleasure seeing you young people discovering music we older folks have known for decades.
I like Jayvee, he seems really sweet. Alex and Andy bring in a technical view to the songs, kinda like the Masterpiece Theater of reactors. They cracked me up when they did Frankenstein. But Jamel, he just feels the music, he rocks out. He is a pure joy to watch, like seeing your child open a present and really loving it. 🙂
@@nancy9478 Great analogy! If I'm honest, I'm kind of jealous of Jamel, Jayvee, and Andy & Alex. I'll never again get to experience the joy of discovering this music and hearing it for the first time like we did when we were young. I love watching them all so I can live vicariously through them. I enjoy their facial expressions, and just overall love for the music we've been enjoying for so long. They make me feel 18 again.
There were only five actually and not that much overdubbing either, only some synth strings and organ and, according to the official credits, some guitar hidden in the soundscape too.
Grethe Therese Juel I couldn’t rememember ... I have all their albums cds and about 8 dvds of concert material ... just an awesome band of great musicians and composer’s 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
This song is still so amazing. they just don't make bands like this anymore. it's true. bands now aspire to make music like this but it just can't be done. and his voice is so pure, sweet & high! the 1970's were just packed with legendary bands with a progressive rock sound. I don't think there will ever be another decade quite like it.
from a songwriters point this to me is one of the best written songs in any style. The instruments tell a story right away . sad , lost and where the fuck is home . then there's hope and that harmonic is giving the song the feel like its a old story from the 1850 . Then the ending that goes through all these chords like its all slipping away and then you realized your OK being late because you're finally at peace with yourself . Amazing is the only word i can use because art this good can't be described
I don't think Jamel will have heard The Supertramp song "Even in the Quietest Moments" on the radio. Andy and Alex sometimes act like they tend to prefer "bangers", and I think Jamel will possibly appreciate Even In The Quietest Moments more than Andy & Alex. It could be a song to stand out on this channel. It's very lovely. But it has to be the extended studio version, or you don't get the birds, etc. This one: ruclips.net/video/dkrnIuxgSUg/видео.html
Jamel, this is from one of my favorite albums of all time. Sonically this entire album is AMAZING, such a great job of engineering, but it's the songs at the end of the day that make it great. I love this song so much.
The band's current lineup includes Davies alongside drummer Bob Siebenberg, saxophonist John Helliwell (both since 1973), guitarist Carl Verheyen, trumpeter Lee Thornburg, bassist Cliff Hugo, keyboardist Mark Hart (all of whom joined in 1996), multi-instrumentalist Jesse Siebenberg (since 1997), keyboardist Gabe Dixon and backing vocalist Cassie Miller (both since 2010).
You said "this is one of those songs that runs thru your veins man". This song came out in my senior year of high school and has stayed with me over the years. I think Roger Hodgson own description of the song was short. Really it is about any one's life journey: the hopes, high moments, and moments of tragedy we all have in our life. Good songwriting and performance at its best.
I chalk up that immersive quality to the fact that this whole record is brilliantly arranged and impeccably engineered. It puts you right in the middle of the music - it wraps around me and gets inside me. I love this record.
You playing the "air harmonica" just MADE MY NIGHT !!!!!!!! :-) Thank you---for REAL! I've had a BAD couple of days, and you seriously cheered me up!!!! I also LOVE how much you appreciate all the instruments !!!
This man has to be the nicest person in the world.
I agree completely! Jamal just seems like such a good person.
Wow thanks
@amyelle smit even when he's recovering from wisdom teeth surgery! such a treat of positive vibes
Totally agree!
Agree!!!!!💗💗💗💗💗
"D'yall feel that?"
Yes we do Jamel. We have been feeling it for decades.
Cheers.
So true. Turned this one way up. My first clip for the day over a cup of coffee.
Since 76! Still feeling 17 when I hear this...
Yeah baby long road home
I’m twice your age but I’m back to my 20’s when I hear this. There are very distinct songs that never fade from memory and are ageless.
mkkpk
He’s 40. I doubt if your 80.
Jamal's facial expressions when the music's too good for words -- Priceless!
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Supertramp is the most underrated band. I was a child of the 70’s. I could have heard the first song through a k-Tel album, but so solid. Anyone remember the K-Tel albums?
I love many rock group and solo artists but they have always been my favourite since hearing Crime of the Century as a 12 year old in 1975. My love for them is followed closely by that for ELO. P.S. I still have a K-Tel 22 Fantastic Favourites album of early 1970s pop/rock hits.
Yes on underrated. My daughter was born in 1987 and I did my best to expose her to the best music. She's now 33 and Supertramp has been her favorite band since she was in high school. I did something right!
@@sourisvoleur4854 I long to hear these kinds of stories. Spread the Supertramp love one listener at a time especially the younger generation.
Same here brother, SuperTramp was excellence!
I remember the advertisement for K-Tel Records. You could find just about anything with those guys.
"And when you feel like your life's become a catastrophe,oh it has to be,for you to grow boy!"....that line has stuck with me for many years.
Underrated comment right here!!
Same
This is why I love psychedelics. It can take the catastrophe of your life and infuse it into your soul, no hiding, no repression or denial. And you grow from that.
Beautiful introspective. Its a great lyric
When your wife thinks you're a part of the furniture, hit home hard.
My wife said that if more people listened to the music and your reaction, there would be more peace in the world.
i love how Jamal sees love & a different spin .. his facial reactions at times make me laugh sometimes they floor me
I agree!
i agree 100% 😎👍
Supertramp fez e faz parte da minha vida. Som maneiro, coisa de quem sabe o que é fazer música que rompe a barreira do tempo.
Who knew back when this came out, that in 40 years time we’d be watching videos of a new generation of people reactions on our phones? It’s nice because it’s like we are reliving the moment we first heard it ourselves. Those were special times.
Totally agree!
Right on!
Who'd have knew indeed. It's practically science fiction.
Just proves music such as this is timeless.🙂
Evil always returns.
Exactly 😎
“When you look through the years you see what you could have been, oh what you might have been, if you had more time.”- best line
Excellent, man.
GUD MURNIN MISS WOOSTA I appreciated these lyrics back in the 70s when this came out and now that I'm 62 years old and widowed last year after 40 years together I sure feel like I'm living these lyrics now.
The line that hits me" when your day comes to settle down who's to blame if you're not around".
I feel lucky that I've known and loved this song since it was first played on the radio.
...which is why you must live every day like it could be your last. Live with nothing untried and no regrets. Do everything you can today and put nothing off till tomorrow.
Dude, just. Your reaction to that harmonica. Oh hell yes
Jamel seems like the kind of person who could the Whole Worlds Friend. Would love to meet him one day. God Bless Him.
@Antonio Rivera This may seem a bit far fetched, but we should all ask if he may be down with a fan meet-n-greet, when things get back to some sort of normalcy, of course. I think he would be cool to hang with, even for just a few hours. Just throwing that out there to see what sticks.
Agree! I was just thinking "wow, it's sooo great to see his videos, but I'd LOVE to meet him and his family. Jamal, seriously---if you lived anywhere near me, I'd invite you and your fam over for dinner....you would be so fun to talk with on serious topics, but you're also quite funny---especially your facial reactions! :-)
What could he do to those Friends of the Whole Worlds...?? Just curious, since i talk that way sometimes myself if i've had a 5th of whiskey...in about an hour.
I would love to meet him to 💖
@@CaptWalker 🤪🤡
John Helliwell who plays the harmonica, sax, clarinet, and even some keyboards deserves a lot of credit for making this song sound so good. What a great feel!
It's Rick Davies who played the harmonica, not Heliwell. But yes, Helliwell was crucial for the band and deserves far more credit than he's usually given.
1st time I ever heard a clarinet switching leads with a harmonica.
The harmonica is played by Rick Davis in this song.
I loved when your eyes got wide when the harmonica set in. In Germany we say "Ein Bild für die Götter" - a picture for the gods. I don't know why Supertramp seems to have been forgotten - they have so many incredible songs.
Wow! .... Wonderful comment! Be well Germany. 😊😊
'Ein Bild fur die Gotter' - I love that. Thanks brother.
@@skylab14 Hahaha, thanks. Be well too!
@@motomass8458 You're welcome. It's an expression on the border of being old fashioned, but I always liked it. It's similar to "a sight to behold", I guess.
I just wrote that down to share with my family. Beautiful!
I can't tell you how many times I took the long way home, jamming to this song.
Saved my life once.
Can't tell you how many times it made me WANTto!
@theh1n1shot Was gonna say, some songs just make you think and introspect and really take stock of things. This is a special one. The long way home for me right now takes me up and over this big hill and sometimes I just need to have this playing as I crest it and my little corner of the world comes into view
The long way home is for when you need extra time to get the brain in the proper order.
Definitely on the list.
That Hammond B3 kicks in and takes you to heaven!!!! Roger, you are the best!!!!!!!!!
A dear friend of mine passes away and the next morning my alarm clock went off with this song playing. Was the first time I heard it and I thought I was hearing from her from heaven. Was the weirdest feeling. Stay happy Jamel ,and keep dancing! We love you!!!
This song just made me cry, haven’t heard it in the longest time, ohhhhh the memories of my folks being young and healthy and my school days, oh my God, the good ol days....beautiful song, very nostalgic for me tho😞
I'm glad you have good memories of this. I associate it with a rotten time in my life, I'm trying to forget about what I associate it with and enjoy the music anyway.
The power of a song, it can take you to the most beautiful place in time or the most painful one, it’s a shame it brings back times of hardship for you it’s such a beautiful song, hope you stay strong and get to experience a beautiful and prosperous future.
Makes me wish time stood still in that era for awhile.
God bless you.
I know what your talking about, coming home from school. Living in the country. Brought up my child hood. Love it.
"When you look through the years and you see what you could have been, oh, what you might have been, if you had had more time."
......right in the damn feels, e.v.e.r.y.t.i.m.e.
Yes
That line still gets to me to this day & I started listening many many years ago...lol
Totally agree with you! Also, I never gave this song ANY thought, but now that I've heard it through Jamal, it's more enjoyable!
Yes. Amen
Jesus what a kick in the nuts those lyrics are...
Might I suggest The Hollies? Maybe “Long Cool Woman(in a black dress)”, “Air That I Breathe” or “Bus Stop”?
Great songs, He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother is another one too.
"LONG COOL WOMAN"
I'd suggest starting with "Stay" ruclips.net/video/S9D9dUgV8jE/видео.html
That song had punk energy more than ten years before punk rock.
Air That I Breathe is incredibly beautiful
Or "Stop, Stop, Stop". Best damned Hollies song ever!
This still sounds amazing after all these years, it doesn’t lose any of its magic!!
'Take The Long Way Home'. And ' School' are two of my favorites.
The very moment you “literally got the chills - the damn goosebumps” belongs in The Reactors Hall of Fame.
Ill say it here too. The entire Crime of the Century album is a MUST but the 3 songs that are essential are “Crime of the Century”, “School” and “Bloody Well Right”
It's like deja vu reading this comment..........😁
You're bloody well right to say that
Almost Human Agree, the album is just outstanding add Asylum and Rudy to the must list
What an album!!
Dont forget about Dreamer and Rudy
I love watching your face when you start to FEEL the song. It's beautiful.
Another GREAT album. Breakfast in America by Supertramp. I don't care what anyone says, my generation has INCREDIBLE music!!!!
I love that harmonica opening. It sounds COLD, like a dark, late-Autumn night where our song's protagonist is walking alone from streetlight to streetlight.
Bill you should write books!
EXACTLY!!!
The biggest mistake Roger Hodson made in his life was not getting back in line behind Mr. Synergy profound striker of the keyboards himself - the flat out unabated 100% effort of Rick Davies!
It sounds... like someone... is... taking the long way home...
I'm sorry I couldn't help myself
That is a beautiful picture you just wrote in my head!
I grew up listening to this tune. And took for granted just how well-composed it is. This is some gorgeous sound. Supertramp were so unique in so many ways.
Absolutely incredible time to grow up!!
"Give a little bit" One of their best songs.
That's the one that caught me at Hello.
"Give a Little Bit" is song used in a great variety of TV Commercials. Nice song.
Give a Little Bit was in Superman the Movie.
The song "Give a Little Bit" - sung by Supertramp - plays on the radio as Lois parks at the gas station. The name of the band is a whimsical reference to the protagonist, as well as its lyrics foreshadow what the hero does later.
Should also try 'Even in the Quietest Moments' and 'Fool's Overture' 'Lord Is It Mine?'
"Dreamer", "Give a Little Bit", "Take the Long Way Home", "The Logical Song", "It's Raining Again", and "Breakfast in America".
Gotta do “breakfast in America” as well as “goodbye stranger”. Goodbye stranger has great buildup to the end when they fade out to a jam. Great stuff 👍
Second this.
I couldn't agree more.
Goodbye stranger has one of the best guitar solos on a pop song ever
Great song.
Goodbye stranger is an obvious best to me!
My favourite Supertramp song ever. It's so wistful.
You know one of those songs that INSTANTLY take you back to your childhood?! God, this one makes me emotional.
The opening to this song is one of my all-time favorites.
This song always gives goosebumps and I've known it for 40 years.
Why?
43 years Take the long way home came out in the 70s Early 1979, Give some credit to the 70s PLEEEEEEASE
43 Released in early 1979
The intro to this song just makes me smile, I hope it has the same effect on everyone else who is listening right now.....we need more smiles than cries
Thanks for the sentiment. Same here.
When that harmonica drops I get goosebumps and tears in my eyes......a totally different world back then.....
This is one of my favorite songs by Supertramp. I was rocking out the Supertramp in my twenties and now I'm 68 Still rocking out to Supertramp.
I just love your show God bless you for doing this all of this beautiful music that I have forgotten thank you
You're out here bringing us together in these troubled times...we're definitely watching ☮️❤️
Facts!!!
I looooove them. "Goodbye Stranger" is another masterpiece.
Definitely needs to try "Goodbye Stranger"
Goodbye stranger definitely is
a must!
This whole album is fantastic
Just listened to Child Of Vision last Friday and it blew my mind to pieces. Boy, do I profoundly regret not having listened the whole album before! I always skipped the last two songs and it turned out to be one of my favorites now.
Or Lord is it Mine. This is one of the best albums ever. I remember being 12 when it came out.
You have a harmonica happy face!!!! Happens every time somebody comes in with a harmonica. It's a beautiful thing!!!
You make the world a better place. Your soul and life are a joy to watch.
I've heard this song dozens of times over 40 years. I never realized how brutally sad it was until I checked out the lyrics. Damn!
The older I get, the sadder it gets! lol
So true! :-( It has such an upbeat melody, I never really noticed. And, just like SO MANY other songs, hearing Jamal's thoughts makes it even more meaningful.
Lisaws WS: The older you get, unfortunately, how poignant the song gets.
I've had EXACTLY the very same experience!
Same here such a sad song but in a good way
I remember when I first realized reaction videos were a thing on RUclips. WTF? Seriously? Now I'm addicted. It's like being a teen again discovering new music with friends. J is so open-hearted and genuine in his appreciation, it adds a dimension to the experience only surpassed by actually playing with other musicians - something I've not had the opportunity to do in many years. Brings joy to my heart and a tear to my eye. Rock on brother, peace and blessings. So much great music in this world, you'll never run out, and it's a pleasure to share it with you.
Jamel, you’re the only thing keeping me sane right now. Keep it up man. You’re awesome 😎
Same!
"You talk about feeling some music. Wow." Jamel, I love your reactions. Thank you for sharing your love of adventurous music.
Your soul smiles the same way mine does when that harmonica comes in. I'd love to sit and jam to music with you.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Oh hell yeah! Such a good song.
Supertramp is underrated.
Thanks Jemel. Stay safe sir!
I love "The Logical Song," but this is my favorite Song by Supertramp!!!!
Has he done it yet 😳 i hope so
oh yeah you must react to the LOGICAL SONG by Supertramo
This song just makes you smile. Brings back some great memories. "Breakfast in America" is a must-own album.
This is one of my absolute favorite songs of all time. When you felt that in the beginning, that’s the real shit!!!
Freaking harmonica makes me lose my mind. Absolutely badass
The best music is that music you “feel”!!
This song saved my life one very early morning on my way home.
Bet there's a story there...
Robin Yoder Wow, really ? Must be very poignant for you
@@personalcheeses8073 yeah everytime I hear it I go back to that night/morning
I'm glad it worked.
Listening to songs so good like this makes me so happy to have had the luxury of growing up when they were released,but also listening to songs like this today makes me so sad that such good songs are rarely made anymore,if at all.
You just need to know where to look is all.
It is sad, indeed. I grieve for the teens of today - the music now is shite. Listening to what's being played in the car next to me at a red light is heartbreaking - foul language, anger, hate, rage, ugliness.
The beautiful, happy, soul-enriching 1970s are gone forever.
Truth
@@lisahinton9682 Nicely put.The 70's had such variety and creativity,and we did not have to search for the songs because they were everywhere,and it seemed like it would never end.There was always another great new song to listen to.To me it is a lost art form.Some say I am getting old lol but there is more to it than that...
I could have been next to that same car you mentioned>except it wasn't...there are too many of those cars out there now unfortunately.I will turn up songs like this so I don't have to listen to that rubbish from those cars haha...
@@Trashman1964 I, too, was born in 1964. You're exactly right - you didn't have to "look" for good music, or, as another user on this thread said, "just know where to look" (frigging HELL, that breaks my heart for that CHILD), because great music was everywhere, all the time. It was on every station, every concert, every everything, had great music. A swear word was rare - emotions could be, and were, expressed brilliantly without filth. Now, filth's all you hear and it's boring, dull, depressing, predictable. Ahh, to leap on a time-travelin' bus and go back.. If only.....
There's a live version where the harmonica just cuts you in half.
"Then you feel that your life's become a catastrophe, ohhhh it has to be...for you to grow, boy"
This line never fails to hit me so hard.
Goosebumps, that's the word, That's the feeling when you attend to a Roger Hodgson show and this song, which is the opening one, starts. You know straight ahead that tne magic and fun is starting, and as Roger says, we leave all our problems out of the venue and a special journey begins...
Driving home from work when this song was popular, and if it came on I would literally take a longer way home when I heard it.
The bass is “Goodbye Stranger” is great, btw- ❤️✌️
I’ve been getting goosebumps to this song for almost 40 years man. It’s just about new every time for me. Love that you’re doing these.
I really really enjoy Jamel’s reactions to these classics because a lot of times I feel the same exact way he does with those old school harmonies, and the Soul that seemed to be in a lot of that music back then. I loved the reaction to that harmonica. That’s how I feel every time I hear that song. Thanks Jamel I feel like I know you personally:)
To be fair he's quite an old soul.
Supertramp…totally unique sound and lyrics.There’s no-one like them.Just beautiful.
Thumbs up for this man who knows what it means to “take the long way home “.
@Jamel_AKA_Jamal do you share all these songs with your wife?
I'm a 56 six year old guitarist I'm so glad I grew up with this music . dude thanks for sharing this with a new generation you are cool .
'Breakfast In America' is one of the great albums of the 70s, you should also definitely check out 'Crime Of The Century' and 'Crisis? What Crisis?'
Dont forget even in the quietest moments
That is so true!!, one of my absolute favorite albums!!!
@@bradleyschultz1710 True. To be real, all of their albums between Crime and Breakfast are awesome.
The 70s had so many huge Lps 8 of the top 25 biggest LPS sold in the USA are from the 1970s , A True fact
I knew as soon as the harmonica started you were going to react like that. You just have so much joy in your heart it shows on your face.
Jamel your reactions are priceless and you deserve much praise for being a great human and bringing these classics to the present generation. Peace & Love 😍
"Give a little bit" also from these guys is another banger.
Alex n Andy seem like good young fellows. Jayveetv just graduated HS, I believe.
Always a pleasure seeing you young people discovering music we older folks have known for decades.
I like Jayvee, he seems really sweet. Alex and Andy bring in a technical view to the songs, kinda like the Masterpiece Theater of reactors. They cracked me up when they did Frankenstein. But Jamel, he just feels the music, he rocks out. He is a pure joy to watch, like seeing your child open a present and really loving it. 🙂
@@nancy9478 Great analogy! If I'm honest, I'm kind of jealous of Jamel, Jayvee, and Andy & Alex. I'll never again get to experience the joy of discovering this music and hearing it for the first time like we did when we were young. I love watching them all so I can live vicariously through them. I enjoy their facial expressions, and just overall love for the music we've been enjoying for so long. They make me feel 18 again.
Jayvee just graduated from college.
Love all of these kids getting to discovering our childhood music!
Love all these kids discovering our childhood music we grew up with!
6 or 7 band members .... you couldn’t have picked a better band ... so many great songs thank you 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️
There were only five actually and not that much overdubbing either, only some synth strings and organ and, according to the official credits, some guitar hidden in the soundscape too.
Grethe Therese Juel I couldn’t rememember ... I have all their albums cds and about 8 dvds of concert material ... just an awesome band of great musicians and composer’s 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Fantastic musicians. Quite incredible live.
This song is still so amazing. they just don't make bands like this anymore. it's true. bands now aspire to make music like this but it just can't be done. and his voice is so pure, sweet & high! the 1970's were just packed with legendary bands with a progressive rock sound. I don't think there will ever be another decade quite like it.
Agree... so true
There's bands like that- but they don't get promoted anymore for some weird reason. Look at the charts, dumbing down the youth
This music took me to another level.
from a songwriters point this to me is one of the best written songs in any style. The instruments tell a story right away . sad , lost and where the fuck is home . then there's hope and that harmonic is giving the song the feel like its a old story from the 1850 . Then the ending that goes through all these chords like its all slipping away and then you realized your OK being late because you're finally at peace with yourself . Amazing is the only word i can use because art this good can't be described
that closing progression of chords always takes me somewhere. i can't explain it...
being at peace with yourself.
Try -- It's Raining Again, Breakfast In America, Bloody Well Right, Dreamer...
Right, Right, you’re bloody well right, you’ve got a bloody right to see!!!
It's raining again is a forgotten gem! Great song.
School
I don't think Jamel will have heard The Supertramp song "Even in the Quietest Moments" on the radio. Andy and Alex sometimes act like they tend to prefer "bangers", and I think Jamel will possibly appreciate Even In The Quietest Moments more than Andy & Alex. It could be a song to stand out on this channel. It's very lovely.
But it has to be the extended studio version, or you don't get the birds, etc. This one:
ruclips.net/video/dkrnIuxgSUg/видео.html
Yes! Dreamer is a must!!
Jamel, this is from one of my favorite albums of all time. Sonically this entire album is AMAZING, such a great job of engineering, but it's the songs at the end of the day that make it great. I love this song so much.
I also get chills every time the harmonica comes in! (And so many other parts of this song too...) Thanks @Jamel_AKA_Jamal!
Man, that excitement on the intro, you nailed it!!! With great headphones, it hits you in the core, your sole becomes 10 years younger!
Supertramp songs hit the soul.
Supertramp is probably my favorite band, you really should check out "School" for Crime of the Century, it will blow you away.
Indeed, the scream at the beginning, it just wouldn't sound right without it.
Love your "air" harmonica LOL! Saw a Supertramp concert in Cleveland around 1982. It blew us away! Thanks for your videos Jamel.
Yay! So ready! Hope you can do “Goodbye Stranger” too! ❤️😉☮️☮️✌️
The band's current lineup includes Davies alongside drummer Bob Siebenberg, saxophonist John Helliwell (both since 1973), guitarist Carl Verheyen, trumpeter Lee Thornburg, bassist Cliff Hugo, keyboardist Mark Hart (all of whom joined in 1996), multi-instrumentalist Jesse Siebenberg (since 1997), keyboardist Gabe Dixon and backing vocalist Cassie Miller (both since 2010).
When you started all I could think of is the opening is gonna blow him away. You never disappoint
I was going to suggest Give A Little Bit, but this ones good too.
☝️ this please
You still can and kinda just did.
@@mneugent7658 I did! Thanks :)
Yes!! Give a little bit!!! Ya!!
I like give a little bit. It was used in Superman the movie.
Loved this as a kid. The sadness to it really engaged with me
Jamal...It's only logical that you react to "The Logical Song", also "Goodbye Stranger" "Give a Little Bit" and "Bloody Well Right"
Thanks!
100%
Breakfast in America is fantastic too
My old drummer used to call that "skin grin" when something would give him the goosebumps.
Yes, man...the musicality of the 70s and 80s is lost forever!!!
Yay! Welcome back! Matty's right. "Give a Little Bit" would be a great choice for your next reaction.
Thanks for inviting me to feel the music with you. Your reaction to this tune was spot on. Please treat yourself to "School". A masterpiece.
One of the best albums ever recorded...
I love it when people discover Supertramp! It's one of my all-time favorite bands. Great video and great channel.
I don't know how many times this song carried me home to Cloverdale on late dark nights. Thanks guys!
This song hits home for me. Sometimes I feel isolated at home with my family, that taking a long way home gets me some sort of freedom.
School by supertramp really is something everyone should experience in their lifetime.
Brings me so much joy to see you enjoying this as much as I did when this album first came out in 1979. Brings me back :-)
“Do you feel that!?!”
Boy do I 😁
Watching you react to that brought me so much joy! I’m loving life again. Thank you!
Don't forget "Dreamer", excellent song!
Love ya, Jamal. I'm thrilled that you're digging the music that my dad listens to and, as such, I grew up loving. Supertramp kicks all sorts of ass.
You said "this is one of those songs that runs thru your veins man". This song came out in my senior year of high school and has stayed with me over the years. I think Roger Hodgson own description of the song was short. Really it is about any one's life journey: the hopes, high moments, and moments of tragedy we all have in our life. Good songwriting and performance at its best.
I chalk up that immersive quality to the fact that this whole record is brilliantly arranged and impeccably engineered. It puts you right in the middle of the music - it wraps around me and gets inside me. I love this record.
You playing the "air harmonica" just MADE MY NIGHT !!!!!!!! :-) Thank you---for REAL! I've had a BAD couple of days, and you seriously cheered me up!!!! I also LOVE how much you appreciate all the instruments !!!