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I wish I knew what I had to do
And even though the sun is shining
I feel the rain - here it comes again, dear
And even when you showed me
My heart was out of tune
For there's a shadow of doubt that's not letting me find you too soon
The music that you gave me
The language of my soul
Oh Lord, I want to be with you
Won't you let me come in from the cold?
Don't you let the sun fade away
Don't you let the sun fade away
Don't you let the sun be leaving
Won't you come to me soon
And even though the stars are listening
The ocean's deep, I just go to sleep
And then I create the silent movie
You become the star, is that what you are, dear?
Your whisper tells a secret
Your laughter brings me joy
And a wonder of feeling I'm Nature's own little boy
But still the tears keep falling
They're raining from the sky
Well there's a lot of me got to go under before I get high
Don't you let the sun disappear
Don't you let the sun disappear
Don't you let the sun be leaving
No, you can't be leaving my life
Say that you won't be leaving my life
Say that you won't be leaving my life
Say won't you please, stay won't you please
Say won't you please, stay won't you please
Lord, won't you come and get into my life
Lord, won't you come and get into my life
Say won't you please, stay won't you please
Say won't you please, stay won't you please
Lord, don't go
And even when the song is over
Where have I been - was it just a dream?
Although your door is always open
Where do I begin - may I please come in, dear?
Fool's Overture really should be in the RP library too. Epic prog.
"Look, Mummy: There's an airplane up in the sky..."
"Look mommy there's no cloud up in the sky".
Where's this from?
Amazing and overlooked band.
I certainly don't think that they've been 'overlooked'..to the contrary they have made history.
Epcot after 4 was great, in that every few days, we'd hear a new group all year long. Only, instead of being 1/4 mile away, we'd literally be sitting in the front row most of the time, five feet away! I got to meet many of them, and some of their relatives as well. For instance I started a conversation with a young guy when sitting on a sidewall about the act that was playing, and it was Chubby Checker's son. Some was sad, seeing Little Richard struggle to walk on stage with two canes. Still, when he wound up the Wurlitzer, and piano, you knew he was a real pro with all the X factor to wow any crowd at any time. Some of the best groups had replaced many of the personnel, and added more quality than the original lineups. Guess Who added a star lead singer that could give any of the great headliners a run for their money. The girl replacing Grace Slick in (Jefferson) Starship became better than Grace over the ten years we heard her. Listening to the greats there, vs a field at a rock concert was definitely more comfortable, but without some of the more exotic.... refreshments and tonics. Even the tribute bands for the Eagles and Chicago were as entertaining as the real groups in live performances. Groups like ELO and the Beach Boys still drew huge crowds and were great, so getting seats in front was a little harder to do week after week. Lots of fun. The only regret was that we could never get the Byrd's Roger McGuinn or his to show up, since he lives a few miles away here in Orlando. At least he's still touring!
The only venue that was better, was the 4-5 days in Reno every year for hot August nights. You could often sit in a casino listening to the drifter, Coasters, Classics iV, or outside for 3 Dog Night, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson, the Young Rascal's Felix Cavaliere, Little Anthony, etc. If you ever get near Reno in August, skip Burning Man's floods and bugs, and stay in Reno for Hot August Nights.
"Look, Mummy: There's an airplane up in the sky..."
Just one small flaw in this statement (release dates)
I hadn't paid much attention to this song for all these years until I heard it through headphones just a couple of months ago, and then I was absolutely transported around 3:33 and became totally immersed in the song. I feel like I can hear every part all at once.
yes!
everything everywhere all at once.
When I saw them in 1986 at Richfield Coliseum I felt that it was the best sound of any band I had seen. The band and soud crew were both A++++++++++++++
At the top of their game for 1986.
If you think they sounded like some other band, please reply and say which one. Thx.
The voice: Fingernails on the blackboard. So. Very. Wrong.
Just curious... how do you feel about Geddy Lee (Rush)? Or Dennis DeYoung (Styx)?
I loved it to my core when it was new.
Still do.
Not many even have an average stereo now. Just those little bluetooth toys. That's "progress". Just like how so much tech like phones and computers should serve us, instead they complicate our lives because of some tiny minded developers who see more powerful equipment so instead of letting people enjoy faster and better experiences, they just load on more software with more "functions" we'll never use and more complication until the devices never perceptibly speed up, but now we need a f'kin degree to work them.
I can empathize. Life has become so challenging it requires a computer with you at all times just to get through the day. And drugs. America accounts for more anti-depressants consumption than the rest of the world combined. Is this the future we were promised?
Not many even have an average stereo now. Just those little bluetooth toys. That's "progress". Just like how so much tech like phones and computers should serve us, instead they complicate our lives because of some tiny minded developers who see more powerful equipment so instead of letting people enjoy faster and better experiences, they just load on more software with more "functions" we'll never use and more complication until the devices never perceptibly speed up, but now we need a f'kin degree to work them.
Nice rant, that I agree with.
But, what is your take on this tune?
This track deserves to be experienced at high fidelity (anyone still use that terminology?). Top quality headphones or big speakers will reveal much.
Not many even have an average stereo now. Just those little bluetooth toys. That's "progress". Just like how so much tech like phones and computers should serve us, instead they complicate our lives because of some tiny minded developers who see more powerful equipment so instead of letting people enjoy faster and better experiences, they just load on more software with more "functions" we'll never use and more complication until the devices never perceptibly speed up, but now we need a f'kin degree to work them.
Back when musicians knew how to put albums together.
and crime of the century is a very good album
The guitar work is beautiful
Totally agree! some songs are just meant for an acoustic 12 string... this is one of them
I always thought this was a love song to a woman. Reading the lyrics, it sounds more like a prayer to God. I find it even more powerful with that interpretation of the lyrics. Extraordinary.
Thanks for the insight - you might just be correct!!
I guess I can see why someone might have liked this monotonus drone at some point.
Talking aloud about yourself again?
The guitar work is beautiful
I hear ya man! Roger Hodgson playing that 12 string is truly a work of beauty! .
Saw them in May ‘77. Crowd of about 500. One of the best shows I’ve ever seen.
Same here. Saw them in Spokane, WA in the 70's. Blew me way away. So good that I took a friend to see them 2 days later in Pullman, WA.
This song is so beautiful. Gawd I love these guys.
This was such a relief after the initially interesting but quickly annoying Logicial Song. It redeemed the band to my ears.
You must have moved there from Ontario, we were listening to Crime of the Century in high school in 1974. Vivid memories of early Supertramp!
Supertramp was very popular in Southern California in 1975. Crisis? What Crisis? still gets frequent airplay by me and my friends. This is a tough thing to rate because there are so many bands that touch my soul but I would go out on a limb and say Supertramp is in my top 10 of favorite bands!
That is a very good thing.
In my younger years, I have been a tramp for divine revelation. The song's mantra-like chorus singing get's me back there, here and now.
This track deserves to be experienced at high fidelity (anyone still use that terminology?). Top quality headphones or big speakers will reveal much.
Even at average fidelity, there's something magical about this song. Not long after it came out I noticed that I would be listening to it & at some point realize that my mind had drifted off (in a good way). Then I started experimenting - I consciously tried to pay attention to the whole song, but still at a certain point I would become aware that I had been off space-traveling...even without the benefit of mind-altering substances.
Nice example of trial and error, which was possible only in vinyl days. And today, more or less, you can only go with the flow, or with the stream, that is.
This track deserves to be experienced at high fidelity (anyone still use that terminology?). Top quality headphones or big speakers will reveal much.
I discovered Supertramp from a Ukrainian Canadian immigrant. He was rightly proud of the group although I didn't get it. I get it now.
It just sounds... So good
This track deserves to be experienced at high fidelity (anyone still use that terminology?). Top quality headphones or big speakers will reveal much.
Thanks to RP for providing lossless files. Add a DAC to the mix and studio reference speakers and you have an evening to remember.
This track deserves to be experienced at high fidelity (anyone still use that terminology?). Top quality headphones or big speakers will reveal much.
Sounding fabulous on my near field monitors.
I know they get credited for an awful lot around here, but I don't think Pink Floyd invented bird sounds. It would've been a lot easier for this engineer or producer to put a couple of recording microphones outside for a few minutes than to extract sounds from an existing recording.
"Look mummy, there's [a stock recording of a bird] up in the sky!"
At least, that's the song I thought it was at first. Funny to me how everyone else was referencing a different PF song. *shrug*
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Can confirm, but... once BIA came out a bunch of us went back to look at their earlier stuff and found more to listen to. So there's that.
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You must have moved there from Ontario, we were listening to Crime of the Century in high school in 1974. Vivid memories of early Supertramp!
interesting comment. in 1977 there were only a few TV networks (with everyone watching) and radio stations (with everyone listening) Back then everyone heard this group. This is now music history. are my 8tracks collectible?
"Overlooked"? They were certainly not overlooked in my neck of the woods back in the late 70's early 80's. They held "supergroup" status.
LOVE Supertramp...and this is one of my favorites. I play acoustic mostly... one a 12 string Alverez... Fuckinggroovin'!
This track deserves to be experienced at high fidelity (anyone still use that terminology?). Top quality headphones or big speakers will reveal much.
My local NPR station calls regular monthly contributors "High Fidelity."
Maybe Bill and Rebecca should do something similar for RP's regular monthly contributors.
Highlow
American Net'Zen
Saw them myself around the same time at the Santa Monica Civic. I believe (through the haze) that The Little River Band opened up for them. And you are correct, a tremendous show. Every time I saw them live they would show the video (movie back then) of a train hauling ass down a track when they performed "Rudy". When the song ended the film and the train came to an abrupt end in a "Hauptbanhof". What a gas!
To Clear your haze and force the gas
Supertramp : Rudy ( Köln 2010 )
Saw them myself around the same time at the Santa Monica Civic. I believe (through the haze) that The Little River Band opened up for them. And you are correct, a tremendous show. Every time I saw them live they would show the video (movie back then) of a train hauling ass down a track when they performed "Rudy". When the song ended the film and the train came to an abrupt end in a "Hauptbanhof". What a gas!
Just listen to songs sung by Rick Davies then, like Goodbye Stranger, cuz Roger DOES have a much higher voice.
Me too...exactly.
I know they get credited for an awful lot around here, but I don't think Pink Floyd invented bird sounds. It would've been a lot easier for this engineer or producer to put a couple of recording microphones outside for a few minutes than to extract sounds from an existing recording.
It was quite fresh in 1977, 42 years ago.
Statistics is a tricky subject.
Two hunters and a statistician are out in the woods, the statistics guy has binoculars for spotting. They see a deer. The first hunter shoots, the statistician says "Two feet to the left!" Second hunter shoots, statistician says "Two feet to the right! Good job, boys, we got him!"
I agree. Yes I have hi-fi/audiophile amp and speakers. There us much more to the song that can only be heard on hi-fi gear.
HiFi includes the FLAC stream on RP
The enjoyment comes from great quality source material on good, well calibrated equipment
RP does its part
I have been listening to Supertramp since highschool. I agree thay are not played anymore anywhere except for places like RP. Spotify has all their albums if you want to dive a little deeper.
This track deserves to be experienced at high fidelity (anyone still use that terminology?). Top quality headphones or big speakers will reveal much.
I agree. Yes I have hi-fi/audiophile amp and speakers. There us much more to the song that can only be heard on hi-fi gear.
This track deserves to be experienced at high fidelity (anyone still use that terminology?). Top quality headphones or big speakers will reveal much.
Same thing happened to me when I picked up "Breakfast in America". I bought and exchanged the CD twice, gave up after that & bought something else.
just kidding.
i love this band