In 1973 I was 21 years old and I saw Supertramp do the entire “Crime of the Century” album live on stage and it changed me forever. I was in a rock band. We played Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, and all the top hits of the day, plus about a dozen of our own tunes. We were a big deal in our area and were scheduled to cut a demo with a major label…..then I saw Supertramp, heard Supertramp and experienced Supertramp….and I knew we would never be anywhere near that level of excellence. Eventually, two of the guys quit the band and we broke up. Over 50 years later, I do not regret a thing. Life moved on and wouldn’t change a thing. Supertramp is still #1 in my book, and nothing changes that.👍😎🎸🇨🇦
Think you maybe a little mixed up, Crime of the Century was released in 1974. Until 1975 they only toured outside of the UK once and that was in Germany.
@@robk5159 ….I (possibly) stand corrected. I will say this though. The concert they played, which myself and my entire band went to see at the Coliseum, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada…..is not listed on any website I could find. I’m going out on a limb here but, I’m wondering if that concert was a “test case or dry run” for Supertramp’s management team and record label to determine the North American market, before launching a full blown tour. I was in the band from 1971 to 1977 and I know I saw them somewhere in the middle of those years, it had to be 1973-74, but why is there no mention of it online???
Sorry I can't help, both Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies recall playing New Brunswick for the first time in July 1979 (Hodgson also played their solo on his brief time away from the group) it's funny how time plays tricks on the mind. I don't wish to mar your memories of what clearly was a fantastic gig for you, I also apologise for being such a Supertramp nerd.
Ive known so many bands that split covers/originals. You get to a dozen songs and then it stalls. I had two guitarists that argued for an hour getting zero done. As an example, I'd go watch a friend's band at rehearsal. They'd start For Whom The Bell Tolls, which I was told was always a crowd favorite they'd always done. So I'm listening and the guitar solo (played by a childhood friend who I taught how to tune), wasn't even close. When I asked what the hell, he got all defensive. He had the tab in front of him, which I printed for him. About a month later, was invited back. Solo was %50 proper at best. I told him to just play the rhythm under the solo. At that point, I played the solo on bass, then quit the "band". Mic drop😂
1975, I'm stationed in Spokane washington and this new band Supertramp was playing in a local gymnasium. They had an 8mm projector like it was from the school AV dept, it was on a tall wooden ladder projecting on a school screen. It was the album cover but it started with the hands on the bars far away, as the song went on the hands on the bars came closer, it was perfectly synced to this song. Years later I saw them in a big stadium and the video was played on a giant screen.
My father introduced me to Supertramp and the Crime of the Century back in the late 70s. He passed away yesterday so this one was quite a treat to come across. Roll on, dad. As long as the music we shared still lives, so do you.
Breakfast in America may have sold more copies, but for me Crime of the Century will always be their magnum opus. It came out at a very pivotal time in my life, just after I went to a new boarding school in a place very far from home. It brings back vivid memories of that time.
I got to tell you Amber.... your facial expression when the sax hit at the 5:37 mark brought a tear to my eye cuz your face totally Defined the power and beauty of music and how it could affect us all
@@mikeb2586 yes sir... The best was a concert on a hot summer night, sitting in the grandstand with the midway lights in the background, the old cable cars ..the best days ever
@@mikeb2586 My Oakville high school buddies and I were on the infield as the CNE for The Who's supposed Farewell Tour in 1982; I was 19. Excellent concert. Joe Jackson was the opening act. It was a strange choice for an opener and one (drunk?) person showed their displeasure by hitting Joe with a fully-loaded hot dog. Douche move but memorable.
Supertramp was always incredibly popular in Canada. Crime of the Century peaked at #4 in Canada and only #38 in the USA. The album was certified Diamond (1 million sales) in Canada and just Gold (500,000) in the US, an amazing feat when you figure that Canada has less people than the state of California.
I was in high school when this Masterpiece came out. Super popular in Canada- tons of AirPlay. Crime of the Century is The definitive Supertramp album & one of the best albums ever. Unparalleled musicianship & artistry. Pure music genius. I saw them in concert in 1980 in Toronto - they sounded like the studio recordings - brilliant! Check out Even in the Quietest Moments & Fools Overture!
@@mikechiarelli6895 Yes I had a good friend who saw them in Spokane WA. in 1977 he said the same thing. He said they ended with Rudy, he had no words for how good it was.
When I first saw Supertramp in concert back in the early 70's they were the 1st band to incorporate video in their show. At the crescendo of this song the entire stage shone blinding lights in your eyes so you momentarily couldn't see, when you refocused the entire stage was a projection of the universe with planets and stars and meteors wizzing through space to the music. In the far distance you could just make out something floating towards you , as the song got closer to the end you could make out it was the hands on the prison bars coming towards you eventually passing through the audience at the finale. Only concert I've ever been to where the end of a concert was meet with about 10 seconds of shear silence. The crowd was absolutely stunned sitting there wondering what the hell just happened. I bought tickets for the very next night. Incredible show.
This band were so big in the 70s/80s that I was shocked when a female colleague said I couldn't use the word Supertramp because it's "inappropriate" 😂 Methinks she needs to expand her Spotify searches (yes, she has Spotify)...
Jay & Amber, keep exploring this iconic masterpiece album! “Asylum” and “Hide in Your Shell” are other outstanding songs. But honestly, this entire album is worthy of an RSR Reaction! Enjoy!
I love this band , one of the greats that I followed and listened to in my youth during the 70s , this song is definitely a masterpiece. Fool's overture is another one of the many masterpieces that Supertramp produced during their time in music.
Thanks for playing this. Supertramp has been my favourite band since I was 12 in 1975 and they continue to be at the age of 61. Crime of the Century is my favourite album ever. You really should do an entire album reaction as the whole LP is classic. Hide In Your Shell was the most personal song for me by any group when I was a young shy teen. Asylum is a dark but honest song. Rudy is sad but has such an interesting arrangement. Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson are masters of storytelling while evoking emotions and imparting relevant social commentary about life, education, the class system and mental illness. Then there is the superior musicianship and sound production of their albums. You need to check out their second-best album, Even In The Quietest Moments. Fool's Overture is a masterpiece but the entire record id amazing especially Give A Little Bit, Babaji, Even In The Quietest Moments and my two favourites, From Now On and Lover Boy.
That's how you end an album. Crime Of The Century was the first that most of us heard from Supertramp, especially in the US. Perfect front to back just like the three that followed, Crisis What Crisis?, Even In The Quietest Moments and Breakfast In America. That is 35 songs total. I'm sure you will get to the rest of them eventually. Wish you could listen to entire albums like we did when they came out. A lot of them are concept albums that need to be experienced as a whole.
I've been Supertramp fan since the very beginning in 1970, saw them live thr first time in 71, and still consider this my favourite album of theirs, I have all there music and have seen them umpteen times on both sides of the Atlantic.
In concert, there would be a giant screen behind the band and as they played you would have the stars of the universe glowing on it. At the break, when the piano starts repeating that phrase, a distant glow would get closer/bigger until the drum roll and it flipped over to reveal the hands and bars from the album cover.
Two albums that audiophiles brought to the audio store to test Hi-Fi systems; in 1973, "The Dark Side of the Moon" and in 1974, "Crime of the Century".
5 months later, I was on my first ship a destroyer escort when I first heard Crime of the Century, a messmate brought a few of his albums for the training cruise and we pretty much wore this record out by the end of the three months at sea. I've been a Supertramp fan since.
The live concert with the screen, where you flew through space with their music, and that grid with the hands came closer and closer..... - and you flew right through it and on and on... - there was more coming - the scissors cutting the rope ... I think those trips took everyone's breath away.
I remember in Grade 11 in 1997 we had to report on a song and the meaning behind. I told my English teacher I was doing Supertramp. And he was like “Oh, the Logical Song”. I’m like nah teach, Hide in Your Shell. Please react to this one RSR Fam! It’s special
Thanks for all your reaction videos. You still have to react to at least two of Supertramp's best songs: Fool's overture and Hide in your shell. I'm looking forward to it
I was at a Supertramp concert in Copenhagen when this came out - 600 spectators!! - shortly after they played for thousand and thousands! -Rhe album is a masterpiece - with Hide in your shell as the overseen gem.
I saw Supertramp live in 1974 when that album was released. It was a favourite in our house and remains a favourite in our family to this day. I saw them again when they released Breakfast in America. It really is the backing track of my life for the late 70s early 80s for me
"If Everyone Was Listening" is another banger - The world is a stage. And don't forget "Hide In Your Shell" which is a great emotional piece. All from the same album, which is their top album.
When I was young, we had all this great music but a lot of us still appreciated the great music that came before; the 60's, 50's, and even some from the 40's. But for some reason, it seems like the rap/hip hop generations never did that at all. Maybe they were exposed a tiny bit because of music their parents listened too but not much. So many of them seem completely ignorant of the music that preceded rap. My favorite thing watching young reactors is seeing them discover so much great music that they never had any idea existed and would probably never have heard of if they didn't have a reaction channel. Whatever motivated you to start your channels I'm glad you did; you'll keep this great music going when us oldsters are all gone!
I first saw this on a kids programme in the UK in the 70s. I bought the album as soon as I could and it set me off on a lifelong love of progressive type rock!
This is one of my husband's favorite songs & albums. (As I'm writing this he comes in & says, "Supertramp!" 😊) The piano riff is iconic & played by lead singer Roger Hodgson. Hubby loves to tell about when he was playing that riff in concert and a female fan ran past the security, climbed onto the stage and leapt onto him with her arms wrapped around his torso & neck, kissing on him.😚 Hodgson never missed a note, just kept playing while about 6 security guards pulled her off. And the audience laughed and applauded her efforts! 😅 Crime of the Century was their masterpiece album. And what bada$$ cover art. Be blessed ❤
So, this is Exhibit #1 from those of us who feel that Supertramp is what happens when Pink Floyd and Elton John have a musical Baby! Sometimes they’re so deep and dark… sometimes they’re so light and flippant… and often those traits are all mixed together in some tunes. That’s also why many of us feel that Supertramp may have had the best string of 4 albums ever: Crisis, What Crisis?… Crime of the Century… Breakfast in America… & Even in the Quietest Moments. Just amazing! Often I get sad for you guys… one of my biggest joys has always been putting on a great album and listening to the whole thing in one sitting… and I wish you guys could experience that with some of these artists. I mean, though in my younger days, we heard songs on the radio which propelled us to go out and buy the album - when we took it home, you know darn well we were putting it on the turntable or 8-track player and listening all the way through while looking at the lyrics!! I realize that’s never the norm now for this era, and I’m sick over it. My other reactor friends Nick&Lex partially solved this reactor-centric problem by reacting to entire albums - at least classic albums like Aja, et al… one song at a time in order… so then they could have the pleasure of then listening to all of it at once in private. I know with 3 little ones, it’s hard to find the time for that kind of listening, but I wish that for you guys down the road! Best to all you Robs!
Amber & Jay, here are some other good Supertramp songs to react to: "Bloody Well Right", "Babaji", "Gone Hollywood", "Hide in Your Shell", and "If Everyone Was Listening".
Well I guess I lost the magic touch. I've emailed them a couple times with a suggestion and they reacted to it that very same day. The last one was It Don't Matter to Me by Bread. In fact, Amber replied to my email thanking me and telling me it was an awesome song. I keep pushing for Hide in Your Shell.
Another Man's Woman off their "Crisis ? What Crisis" album . From lead singer Roger Hodgson - Had A Dream (Sleeping With The Enemy) from his solo album
I gotta recommend checking out "Fool's Overture." It's one of their longest songs, but there's so many amazing movements and incredible orchestrations to it like this one. I think you'd both really dig it!
Saw them in Concert 3x in the 70's......They were just awesome....much better live....my favorites are Crime, Crisi, and Even in the quietest Moments...then Breakfast which was more pop....
They were the real deal. Live they cut no corners. Friends of mine worked on their crew on the road. Truly big production delivered these songs live. They were super innovative with the lighting as well as sound. Spent tons delivering the experience to their fans.
This is a remastered version. Growing up a big Supertramp fan, I'm used to the original version. For a reaction video I would normally say to start with the original, but I kind of like thiis mix. It gives a fresh sound. The harmonica at the end of this song (last cut off the album) brings you back full circle to the first song of the album (School) which started off with the same harmonica chord.
Along with 10cc the superb Supertramp were the band I bought everything by in my early years of discovering music They were always distinctive and this is from a time when albums took you on a journey. Almost like a soundtrack to a movie you made up in your imagination. 50 years on this song is still relevant to our 21st century world..
It was exactly the same for me with those two bands along with Eagles, Steely Dan, Genesis, Pink Floyd and Elton John to name a few 😅 Playing the album for the first time wondering if it was going to be as good as you hoped, but one listen was never enough to form a proper opinion anyway. 😮
All tracks stupendous ,"Hide in your shell' one of my favourite's. Hard to choose, but no need really when you can have them all. Their simple style began by repeating simple notes over and again, Then to their own amazement in the process discovered a unique song-writing ability and never looked back.
This is power of this track is magnified when listened to as the last track on the Crime of the Century album, the way it just fades out is a sublime end to the album. Back in the day this was when albums were just not a collection of hit singles but were meant to be listened to from start to finish as a complete story, of the best albums ever.
Child of Vision, Hide In Your Shell, Oh Lord, Is It Mine. I think Amber will cry with Is It Mine. Hide in your shell is my fav Supertramp song. I could loop that for several hours.
I always say it: the most immaculate production, always, with these guys. If you consider how compressed production is these days (the whole "loudness war" stuff), and then you listen to this - an analogue production where you can hear every single element with real clarity - you have to wonder how they could have done it. Listen to those massive drums - how were they recorded with just *microphones* - ?? and if they're so huge, why aren't they drowning out everything else? Staggering.
Saw them in Toronto at the Canadian National Exhibition. Great Con cert. They closed with this song. Please play Rudy, and include the video of his train ride.
This is the title cut off the album that made them famous. Two of Supertramp's members evenly shared singing duties. Their voices couldn't be less alike. Crime...is sung by Rick Davies. Whereas the first song on the album, School which you reacted to a year ago(!) is a Roger Hodgson song. Jay, the harmonica closing here, is a tip of the hat to the harmonica that opens the album. The second song Hide In Your Shell sung by Roger is a MUST LISTEN to!
J and Amber are like the daily rising Sun. We can always count on them to be here shining, smiling and gifting us with the same. Thank you. Love y’all! ✌️🥰
Supertramp got their name from the term coined by Welsh writer W. H. Davies in his autobiography, The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp. The band changed their name from Daddy to Supertramp in early 1970 to avoid confusion with the similarly named Daddy Longlegs.
One of the first albums I ever owned was Supertramp's 'Breakfast In America'( on cassette tape). It seemed I was the only one in school who liked them. The super popular bands were Styx, Journey & Foreigner.
I would never have thought that you would react to this song. This is one of my favorites from Supertramp this is one of my favorites of all time. Thank you for reacting to this even though you guys hate my guts.
Really Happy you found the time for this one. Supertramp is a universe unto itself that you can just listen and let your mind explore your inner self. Key words are "Progressive," by Amber, and "Masterpiece," by Rob.
One of the best albums of all times - and this song is one of the best ones ever recorded, not only by Supertramp. I was driving my mom crazy as a teenager by playing the song loud on our HiFi and playing the piano part on our piano to it.
The Crime of the Century is earth blowing up. I've saw it in 1977. In the beginning of the song there is a dot on the screen that is coming closer and closer while Rick is singing. When he is done, earth is on the screen and it blows up with an explosive sound that startled me. As the the song continues the parts of earth fly out until you see the album cover at the end.
Saw them in '77 on their 'Even In The Quietest Moments' tour. During the long instrumental outro of this song, the big screen behind them came back to life, showing the stars from the 'Crime Of The Century' album cover. We were moving through them, like watching the view screen on the bridge of the starship Enterprise. Then, way in the distance, but slowly getting closer and bigger, was something that you couldn't quite make out at first, but was vaguely familiar. As it got closer, you realized it was the hands grasping the bars from the album cover. As the crowd began to realize this, they started whooping and cheering. Eventually it filled the whole screen, and then moved past. The song ended, the band walked off the stage, and it was time for some encores. Wow.
1975 Driving around in my 71 Karmann Ghia, cassette in the glove box and subwoofer in the rear seat storage. Still my goto today. So many great tunes across multiple albums.
Saw them live in uk in a smallish venue, that big visual moving slowly behind them was unique back in the day. 1974? Great band. I read somewhere that a millionaire saw them and loved them so much he financed their early career?
Classical ProgRock and one of the best song of this music genre ever, and also one of the best songs of SUPERTRAMP, so the whole first album of that band was awesome !
The entire "Crime Of The Century" album is a masterpiece.
In my mind, their best album.
YES! Definitely a MASTERPIECE of an album!!!
Absolutely just sweeps you away
"Hide In Your Shell" is one of my favourites.
Bloody well right.
In 1973 I was 21 years old and I saw Supertramp do the entire “Crime of the Century” album live on stage and it changed me forever. I was in a rock band. We played Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, and all the top hits of the day, plus about a dozen of our own tunes. We were a big deal in our area and were scheduled to cut a demo with a major label…..then I saw Supertramp, heard Supertramp and experienced Supertramp….and I knew we would never be anywhere near that level of excellence. Eventually, two of the guys quit the band and we broke up. Over 50 years later, I do not regret a thing. Life moved on and wouldn’t change a thing. Supertramp is still #1 in my book, and nothing changes that.👍😎🎸🇨🇦
Think you maybe a little mixed up, Crime of the Century was released in 1974. Until 1975 they only toured outside of the UK once and that was in Germany.
You are 10 years older than me but I feel the same way about Supertramp. I just wished I had seen them in concert.
@@robk5159 ….I (possibly) stand corrected. I will say this though. The concert they played, which myself and my entire band went to see at the Coliseum, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada…..is not listed on any website I could find. I’m going out on a limb here but, I’m wondering if that concert was a “test case or dry run” for Supertramp’s management team and record label to determine the North American market, before launching a full blown tour. I was in the band from 1971 to 1977 and I know I saw them somewhere in the middle of those years, it had to be 1973-74, but why is there no mention of it online???
Sorry I can't help, both Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies recall playing New Brunswick for the first time in July 1979 (Hodgson also played their solo on his brief time away from the group) it's funny how time plays tricks on the mind. I don't wish to mar your memories of what clearly was a fantastic gig for you, I also apologise for being such a Supertramp nerd.
Ive known so many bands that split covers/originals. You get to a dozen songs and then it stalls. I had two guitarists that argued for an hour getting zero done. As an example, I'd go watch a friend's band at rehearsal. They'd start For Whom The Bell Tolls, which I was told was always a crowd favorite they'd always done. So I'm listening and the guitar solo (played by a childhood friend who I taught how to tune), wasn't even close. When I asked what the hell, he got all defensive. He had the tab in front of him, which I printed for him.
About a month later, was invited back. Solo was %50 proper at best. I told him to just play the rhythm under the solo. At that point, I played the solo on bass, then quit the "band". Mic drop😂
1975, I'm stationed in Spokane washington and this new band Supertramp was playing in a local gymnasium. They had an 8mm projector like it was from the school AV dept, it was on a tall wooden ladder projecting on a school screen. It was the album cover but it started with the hands on the bars far away, as the song went on the hands on the bars came closer, it was perfectly synced to this song. Years later I saw them in a big stadium and the video was played on a giant screen.
I went to high school in the 80s and we had some wicked concerts in the gym. Do high schools even do that now?
@@msbeaverhausen7226 If they do I'm sure tickets don't cost $4.50 anymore. lolol
I saw them on that tour as well. It was pretty awesome and like you, I still remember it clearly. :)
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Great memory 👍
My father introduced me to Supertramp and the Crime of the Century back in the late 70s. He passed away yesterday so this one was quite a treat to come across. Roll on, dad. As long as the music we shared still lives, so do you.
"Crisis? What Crisis?" is a great underrated album.
And the awesome album "Even in the Quietest Moments"
Breakfast in America may have sold more copies, but for me Crime of the Century will always be their magnum opus. It came out at a very pivotal time in my life, just after I went to a new boarding school in a place very far from home. It brings back vivid memories of that time.
I got to tell you Amber.... your facial expression when the sax hit at the 5:37 mark brought a tear to my eye cuz your face totally Defined the power and beauty of music and how it could affect us all
Agree... she has soul..
There really is no band to even compare with Supertramp. Each of their albums will definitely take you on a ride.
Discovered this album when I was nine, a neighbor was playing it loud and I was mesmerized, I thanked him back then.
“EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS” is a GORGEOUS song you will LOVE!
One of the few Albums I've never got tired of listening to.
One of the best albums of all time. The music is so incredibly mesmerizing!
This is how you close one of the most amazing prog rock albums of the 70s.
And there were so many 8 o f the biggest top 25 SELLING LPS sold in the USA are fron the 1970s,
In my almost 70 years , this band put on THE BEST live concert I have ever seen . CNE STADIUM TORONTO around 1979. Breakfast in America concert
I miss concerts at the CNE
I was there too!! Absolutely awesome - unfortunately the only time i saw them.
@@grahamvarey1144 Ya, I'm with you. I saw some terrific concerts from general admission standing on the field!
@@mikeb2586 yes sir... The best was a concert on a hot summer night, sitting in the grandstand with the midway lights in the background, the old cable cars ..the best days ever
@@mikeb2586 My Oakville high school buddies and I were on the infield as the CNE for The Who's supposed Farewell Tour in 1982; I was 19. Excellent concert. Joe Jackson was the opening act. It was a strange choice for an opener and one (drunk?) person showed their displeasure by hitting Joe with a fully-loaded hot dog. Douche move but memorable.
"It's Supertramp man, it don't get better than that.".......Well said!
Jay and Amber.... Please do Fool's Overture it is Supertramp's masterpiece
Agreed!
Fools Overture from the Paris Live album!
I concur absolutely!
YES!!!
Fool's Overture, original studio version. Please
Supertramp through headphones is absolutely the way to listen to this song and let’s face it all their albums.😎🍺☮️🇨🇦
Supertramp was always incredibly popular in Canada. Crime of the Century peaked at #4 in Canada and only #38 in the USA. The album was certified Diamond (1 million sales) in Canada and just Gold (500,000) in the US, an amazing feat when you figure that Canada has less people than the state of California.
As a Canadian who was in high school when it came out we wore out the 8 track it was epic.
I was in high school when this Masterpiece came out. Super popular in Canada- tons of AirPlay. Crime of the Century is The definitive Supertramp album & one of the best albums ever. Unparalleled musicianship & artistry. Pure music genius. I saw them in concert in 1980 in Toronto - they sounded like the studio recordings - brilliant! Check out Even in the Quietest Moments & Fools Overture!
@@mikechiarelli6895 Yes I had a good friend who saw them in Spokane WA. in 1977 he said the same thing. He said they ended with Rudy, he had no words for how good it was.
this entire album is a masterpiece !
When I first saw Supertramp in concert back in the early 70's they were the 1st band to incorporate video in their show. At the crescendo of this song the entire stage shone blinding lights in your eyes so you momentarily couldn't see, when you refocused the entire stage was a projection of the universe with planets and stars and meteors wizzing through space to the music. In the far distance you could just make out something floating towards you , as the song got closer to the end you could make out it was the hands on the prison bars coming towards you eventually passing through the audience at the finale. Only concert I've ever been to where the end of a concert was meet with about 10 seconds of shear silence. The crowd was absolutely stunned sitting there wondering what the hell just happened. I bought tickets for the very next night. Incredible show.
This band were so big in the 70s/80s that I was shocked when a female colleague said I couldn't use the word Supertramp because it's "inappropriate" 😂 Methinks she needs to expand her Spotify searches (yes, she has Spotify)...
Yes,that's the show I saw in Portland Oregon.
Seeing them live, took you to another world. We would leave the venue in silence we were so blown away. Each album was a journey.
Forget Queen! Supertramp Crime of Century was on another level at THE TIME THIS ALBUM BLEW MY HEAD WIDE OPEN- IT STILL CAN DO
You must be talking about the Radio Hits of Queen. Try Queen 2 side 2, with headphones and uninterrupted. You’ll thank me and be hungry for more.
Jay & Amber, keep exploring this iconic masterpiece album! “Asylum” and “Hide in Your Shell” are other outstanding songs. But honestly, this entire album is worthy of an RSR Reaction! Enjoy!
Seconding Hide in Your Shell!
Fools Overture Paris Live is a masterpiece.
Supertramp is orchestral ecstasy!
Supertramp was a criminally underrated band. I hope all is well with you guys! You are loved, appreciated and admired.
Every track on this album is cracking brilliant.........
I love this band , one of the greats that I followed and listened to in my youth during the 70s , this song is definitely a masterpiece. Fool's overture is another one of the many masterpieces that Supertramp produced during their time in music.
Thanks for playing this. Supertramp has been my favourite band since I was 12 in 1975 and they continue to be at the age of 61. Crime of the Century is my favourite album ever. You really should do an entire album reaction as the whole LP is classic. Hide In Your Shell was the most personal song for me by any group when I was a young shy teen. Asylum is a dark but honest song. Rudy is sad but has such an interesting arrangement. Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson are masters of storytelling while evoking emotions and imparting relevant social commentary about life, education, the class system and mental illness. Then there is the superior musicianship and sound production of their albums.
You need to check out their second-best album, Even In The Quietest Moments. Fool's Overture is a masterpiece but the entire record id amazing especially Give A Little Bit, Babaji, Even In The Quietest Moments and my two favourites, From Now On and Lover Boy.
Wow!!!! Crime of The Century is one of the top ten albums of the decade. School and Bloody Well Right are where you start.
All these years in, and that water gong at the 3:22 mark still gives me the goosebumps. What an absolute masterpiece!
Arguably one of the best Albums ever.
That's how you end an album. Crime Of The Century was the first that most of us heard from Supertramp, especially in the US. Perfect front to back just like the three that followed, Crisis What Crisis?, Even In The Quietest Moments and Breakfast In America. That is 35 songs total. I'm sure you will get to the rest of them eventually. Wish you could listen to entire albums like we did when they came out. A lot of them are concept albums that need to be experienced as a whole.
I've been Supertramp fan since the very beginning in 1970, saw them live thr first time in 71, and still consider this my favourite album of theirs, I have all there music and have seen them umpteen times on both sides of the Atlantic.
In concert, there would be a giant screen behind the band and as they played you would have the stars of the universe glowing on it. At the break, when the piano starts repeating that phrase, a distant glow would get closer/bigger until the drum roll and it flipped over to reveal the hands and bars from the album cover.
You're right, it's a masterpiece & one of my faves. Can't go wrong with ST!
Two albums that audiophiles brought to the audio store to test Hi-Fi systems; in 1973, "The Dark Side of the Moon" and in 1974, "Crime of the Century".
5 months later,
I was on my first ship a destroyer escort when I first heard Crime of the Century, a messmate brought a few of his albums for the training cruise and we pretty much wore this record out by the end of the three months at sea. I've been a Supertramp fan since.
The live concert with the screen, where you flew through space with their music, and that grid with the hands came closer and closer..... - and you flew right through it and on and on... - there was more coming - the scissors cutting the rope ... I think those trips took everyone's breath away.
Yes! I remember that visual from their concert.
Sigh.
I remember in Grade 11 in 1997 we had to report on a song and the meaning behind. I told my English teacher I was doing Supertramp. And he was like “Oh, the Logical Song”. I’m like nah teach, Hide in Your Shell.
Please react to this one RSR Fam! It’s special
"Hide in Your Shell" is one of my favorite songs of all time. So moving and emotional, and the music is exceptional.
@ it would be the “Crime of the Century” not to react to it, right?
Thanks for all your reaction videos.
You still have to react to at least two of Supertramp's best songs: Fool's overture and Hide in your shell.
I'm looking forward to it
I was at a Supertramp concert in Copenhagen when this came out - 600 spectators!! - shortly after they played for thousand and thousands! -Rhe album is a masterpiece - with Hide in your shell as the overseen gem.
"Fools Overture" by Supertamp should be high on your list as well!
This album is a masterpiece. Each musical track is a true gem, with changes of melodies and tempos in the same song. They are masters.
I saw Supertramp live in 1974 when that album was released. It was a favourite in our house and remains a favourite in our family to this day. I saw them again when they released Breakfast in America. It really is the backing track of my life for the late 70s early 80s for me
"If Everyone Was Listening" is another banger - The world is a stage. And don't forget "Hide In Your Shell" which is a great emotional piece. All from the same album, which is their top album.
When I was young, we had all this great music but a lot of us still appreciated the great music that came before; the 60's, 50's, and even some from the 40's. But for some reason, it seems like the rap/hip hop generations never did that at all. Maybe they were exposed a tiny bit because of music their parents listened too but not much. So many of them seem completely ignorant of the music that preceded rap. My favorite thing watching young reactors is seeing them discover so much great music that they never had any idea existed and would probably never have heard of if they didn't have a reaction channel. Whatever motivated you to start your channels I'm glad you did; you'll keep this great music going when us oldsters are all gone!
In terms of musicality and sheer talent they are probably the best band of all time.
This whole album is one of the greatest masterpieces ever created
They had a run of five albums (you know which ones) that were ALL masterpieces.
Top 5 British band for me.
I first saw this on a kids programme in the UK in the 70s. I bought the album as soon as I could and it set me off on a lifelong love of progressive type rock!
This is one of my husband's favorite songs & albums. (As I'm writing this he comes in & says, "Supertramp!" 😊) The piano riff is iconic & played by lead singer Roger Hodgson.
Hubby loves to tell about when he was playing that riff in concert and a female fan ran past the security, climbed onto the stage and leapt onto him with her arms wrapped around his torso & neck, kissing on him.😚 Hodgson never missed a note, just kept playing while about 6 security guards pulled her off. And the audience laughed and applauded her efforts! 😅
Crime of the Century was their masterpiece album.
And what bada$$ cover art.
Be blessed ❤
Amber You OK? Sadness shows
For a couple of weeks now.
I've been noticing that, too.
@@raymondohlsen5054 I've noticed too
Amber hasn't looked very happy in some time. Look at some earlier videos, she acts like a completely different person.
She's feeling the music. She feels everything. There's nothing wrong with her.
Well, well, well... Child of Vision and Gone Hollywood are still waiting for your reaction. Two MUSTS!!!!
So, this is Exhibit #1 from those of us who feel that Supertramp is what happens when Pink Floyd and Elton John have a musical
Baby!
Sometimes they’re so deep and dark… sometimes they’re so light and flippant… and often those traits are all mixed together in some tunes.
That’s also why many of us feel that Supertramp may have had the best string of 4 albums ever: Crisis, What Crisis?… Crime of the Century… Breakfast in America…
& Even in the Quietest Moments. Just amazing!
Often I get sad for you guys… one of my biggest joys has always been putting on a great album and listening to the whole thing in one sitting… and I wish you guys could experience that with some of these artists.
I mean, though in my younger days, we heard songs on the radio which propelled us to go out and buy the album - when we took it home, you know darn well we were putting it on the turntable or 8-track player and listening all the way through while looking at the lyrics!!
I realize that’s never the norm now for this era, and I’m sick over it.
My other reactor friends Nick&Lex partially solved this reactor-centric problem by reacting to entire albums - at least classic albums like Aja, et al… one song at a time in order… so then they could have the pleasure of then listening to all of it at once in private.
I know with 3 little ones, it’s hard to find the time for that kind of listening, but I wish that for you guys down the road!
Best to all you Robs!
Hope all is ok for you all. Amber looks upset , or maybe under weather
Amber & Jay, here are some other good Supertramp songs to react to: "Bloody Well Right", "Babaji", "Gone Hollywood", "Hide in Your Shell", and "If Everyone Was Listening".
They've done Bloody Well Right, 2 years ago. I agree with the rest, especially Hide In Your Shell. They'll love Rudy and From Now On
I've been begging for Hide in Your Shell for about a year now. Hopefully they'll get to it soon.
@@magneto7930 they will love it.
To this day, I tear up every time I hear Hide In Your Shell
Well I guess I lost the magic touch. I've emailed them a couple times with a suggestion and they reacted to it that very same day. The last one was It Don't Matter to Me by Bread. In fact, Amber replied to my email thanking me and telling me it was an awesome song. I keep pushing for Hide in Your Shell.
Another Man's Woman off their "Crisis ? What Crisis" album . From lead singer Roger Hodgson - Had A Dream (Sleeping With The Enemy) from his solo album
Even in the quietest moments, was always a favorite.
I gotta recommend checking out "Fool's Overture." It's one of their longest songs, but there's so many amazing movements and incredible orchestrations to it like this one. I think you'd both really dig it!
The harmonica you can hear at the end takes you back to the beginning of the 1st track on the album 'School'.
Saw them in Concert 3x in the 70's......They were just awesome....much better live....my favorites are Crime, Crisi, and Even in the quietest Moments...then Breakfast which was more pop....
Still one of my favourite albums after all these years. Hide in your Shell and School are amazing.
They were the real deal. Live they cut no corners. Friends of mine worked on their crew on the road. Truly big production delivered these songs live. They were super innovative with the lighting as well as sound. Spent tons delivering the experience to their fans.
I love them as much as I did when I was discovering them at 14, as I do now. Amazing group
Hide in Your Shell and Rudy are fantastic Supertramp tunes.
'But there's you and there's me ..' Last line of the song and absolutely crushing!
I wore this cassette out on my walkman when I was a kid. You have to listen to the whole album on headphones for the fullest experience.
This is a remastered version. Growing up a big Supertramp fan, I'm used to the original version. For a reaction video I would normally say to start with the original, but I kind of like thiis mix. It gives a fresh sound.
The harmonica at the end of this song (last cut off the album) brings you back full circle to the first song of the album (School) which started off with the same harmonica chord.
The Crime Of The Century. Biggest Diss ever on rock stations top 5 songs.
Along with 10cc the superb Supertramp were the band I bought everything by in my early years of discovering music They were always distinctive and this is from a time when albums took you on a journey. Almost like a soundtrack to a movie you made up in your imagination. 50 years on this song is still relevant to our 21st century world..
It was exactly the same for me with those two bands along with Eagles, Steely Dan, Genesis, Pink Floyd and Elton John to name a few 😅 Playing the album for the first time wondering if it was going to be as good as you hoped, but one listen was never enough to form a proper opinion anyway. 😮
All tracks stupendous ,"Hide in your shell' one of my favourite's. Hard to choose, but no need really when you can have them all. Their simple style began by repeating simple notes over and again, Then to their own amazement in the process discovered a unique song-writing ability and never looked back.
This is power of this track is magnified when listened to as the last track on the Crime of the Century album, the way it just fades out is a sublime end to the album. Back in the day this was when albums were just not a collection of hit singles but were meant to be listened to from start to finish as a complete story, of the best albums ever.
love you guys!!!! Hope you are ok. Sending you lots of love and energy hugs!!!
Child of Vision, Hide In Your Shell, Oh Lord, Is It Mine. I think Amber will cry with Is It Mine. Hide in your shell is my fav Supertramp song. I could loop that for several hours.
Hide in your shell! I second and third that!
The whole albulm RULES !!!!!!!! it came out when i was very young.
I always say it: the most immaculate production, always, with these guys. If you consider how compressed production is these days (the whole "loudness war" stuff), and then you listen to this - an analogue production where you can hear every single element with real clarity - you have to wonder how they could have done it. Listen to those massive drums - how were they recorded with just *microphones* - ?? and if they're so huge, why aren't they drowning out everything else? Staggering.
Saw them in Toronto at the Canadian National Exhibition. Great Con cert. They closed with this song. Please play Rudy, and include the video of his train ride.
This is the title cut off the album that made them famous. Two of Supertramp's members evenly shared singing duties. Their voices couldn't be less alike. Crime...is sung by Rick Davies. Whereas the first song on the album, School which you reacted to a year ago(!) is a Roger Hodgson song. Jay, the harmonica closing here, is a tip of the hat to the harmonica that opens the album. The second song Hide In Your Shell sung by Roger is a MUST LISTEN to!
J and Amber are like the daily rising Sun. We can always count on them to be here shining, smiling and gifting us with the same. Thank you.
Love y’all! ✌️🥰
I first heard this song on their live album Paris in 1980. I can’t believe it’s been 44 years ago. I learned a lot about music during this period….
Aw man, I didn't wake up feeling old today, thanks a lot! JK 😉
Supertramp got their name from the term coined by Welsh writer W. H. Davies in his autobiography, The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp. The band changed their name from Daddy to Supertramp in early 1970 to avoid confusion with the similarly named Daddy Longlegs.
One of the first albums I ever owned was Supertramp's 'Breakfast In America'( on cassette tape). It seemed I was the only one in school who liked them. The super popular bands were Styx, Journey & Foreigner.
Their absolutely best track. Child of Vision is another good one.
Saw them live. Great show!!
Thank you!! Another great song from Supertramp!! I loved your reaction!! Your next Supertramp song should be Fool’s Overture. Thank you!!
Most people in the 70's listened to AM, I thank my brother for introducing me to FM & awesome musicians.
We bought an FM converter for our '62 Ford galaxy's AM radio and was instantly blown away from the clear static free sound. Best purchase ever!!
Hide in Your Shell by Supertramp, that's the one I'm waiting for!
The best of all on this album
@@Howie57 well, I've been begging for it for more than a year now. Hopefully they get to it soon.
Patiently waiting….
Crime of the Century album will always be my favorite Supertramp music masterpiece!
I would never have thought that you would react to this song. This is one of my favorites from Supertramp this is one of my favorites of all time. Thank you for reacting to this even though you guys hate my guts.
Really Happy you found the time for this one. Supertramp is a universe unto itself that you can just listen and let your mind explore your inner self. Key words are "Progressive," by Amber, and "Masterpiece," by Rob.
One of the best albums of all times - and this song is one of the best ones ever recorded, not only by Supertramp. I was driving my mom crazy as a teenager by playing the song loud on our HiFi and playing the piano part on our piano to it.
The Crime of the Century is earth blowing up. I've saw it in 1977. In the beginning of the song there is a dot on the screen that is coming closer and closer while Rick is singing. When he is done, earth is on the screen and it blows up with an explosive sound that startled me. As the the song continues the parts of earth fly out until you see the album cover at the end.
Never heard this song before!! Its fun to learn some cool new songs that I missed in the day on this channel! 😊
Saw them in '77 on their 'Even In The Quietest Moments' tour. During the long instrumental outro of this song, the big screen behind them came back to life, showing the stars from the 'Crime Of The Century' album cover. We were moving through them, like watching the view screen on the bridge of the starship Enterprise. Then, way in the distance, but slowly getting closer and bigger, was something that you couldn't quite make out at first, but was vaguely familiar. As it got closer, you realized it was the hands grasping the bars from the album cover. As the crowd began to realize this, they started whooping and cheering. Eventually it filled the whole screen, and then moved past.
The song ended, the band walked off the stage, and it was time for some encores.
Wow.
The piano was there from start to finish all the way through never skipped a beat
1975 Driving around in my 71 Karmann Ghia, cassette in the glove box and subwoofer in the rear seat storage. Still my goto today. So many great tunes across multiple albums.
The whole album, front to back, is amazing
Saw them live in uk in a smallish venue, that big visual moving slowly behind them was unique back in the day. 1974? Great band. I read somewhere that a millionaire saw them and loved them so much he financed their early career?
Classical ProgRock and one of the best song of this music genre ever, and also one of the best songs of SUPERTRAMP, so the whole first album of that band was awesome !
Oh, you chose a real gem! Thank you for this and let the good times roll!