In the context of the album, this song is the perfect interlude/change of pace between "Rudy" and " Crime of the Century "... Roger Hodgson's vocals are spot on, and, as always, John Anthony Helliwell nails his solo( clarinet). The spare arrangement highlights the tone of the lyrics. Superb, well crafted song.
Rudy doesn't repeat. It plays out along a line like a train. Every following key is profound and on the mark with Rick D.. Roger follow that with a standard Verse/Chorus dichotomy. Of course, as is required, one must progress when going to the second verse and chorus with additional instruments. His instrumental interlude by Helliwell is great when you consider that people just thought of the other B-side of the album was trash. It really made the customer / audience feel special. This song played much different back in the day when listened to on superior audio equipment. Of course, half the song playing that younger audience members can't hear today was the apocalyptic event called the Vietnam War. Crime of the Century and The Dark Side of the Moon were two albums that stood in contrast to a chaotic fast time slicing paradoxical.
It's almost a "Crime" not to listen to this album from beginning to end. I'll say it again... We had it so good, the music of the 70's gave us tremendous choices.... Time flies when you're having fun listening.
Literally , played it on repeat after I got home from school for quite some time....My dad was a teacher, at Seaquam in Sunshine Hills....His students LOVED him! I remember him coming home with the double album "The Wall" when it came out ( It was Vinyl, a record, played on a Record player or 'Turntable' if you will...I played so many records - wore out the components...I had been taught how to replace the phonograph needle when I was six) ...That Album , as well as many others blew my mind...CCR, ABBA, BeeGees, REO Speedwagon, Queen, Elton John, Gordon Lightfoot, Beatles, Jim Croce, Crosby Stills & Nash, Neil Young, Blondie,David Bowie, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, RUSH....The shit I remember with a particular song...Neil Diamond, George Whitaker - man that guy can whistle, truly lost Art form....truly endless , limitless amount of memories can be recalled with a simple jingle then my older sister introduced me to Back In Black- only recalling a wonderful MUSIC filled childhood now......And that's all I have say about thattttt Jennnnny😂
I am so glad you guys did this album, it really is a masterpiece, the musicians are fabulous., the lyrics are not elaborate, but they are deep. The last song is epic! I could listen to the ending for hours...
I was 18 when this album was released in 1974. The entire album had a profound effect on me and still stands as on of may favourites. This song, in particular, opened my eyes to the whole climate thing.
Realized when I hit the Like button before even seeing your reaction that it was finally time to subscribe! Y'all are great!!! Great real-time reactions, as well as after-listen commentaries!
Supertramp are one of the greatest bands my country has ever produced. Crime of the Century is a must listen too album. This is one of my favourite songs from that album.
Thank you guys, for another great reaction to a track off this awesome LP! And you are spot on - the piccolo playing is ridiculous on this one!! Don't forget to consider Crisis? What Crisis? and Even In The Quietest Moments (along with Queen II of course) as future LP reactions to put to your masses on the Patreon! Cheers, and looking forward to the finale!!
Here's an odd little fact. Myself and my best mate, Ian used to build sound equipment. The company was called 'AXIS' Sound, and when I joined him he had just built some of the first set of equipment that put Supertramp on the road. I have a picture somewhere of the band performing with one of our sound stacks with the company name on it. Unfortunately Ian died pretty young at just 30 and never saw how big the band eventually became. One great memory is driving up to London and meeting up with one of the band members and spending the night watching another great, and famously 'eccentric' band (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) in a small pub. An amazing evening never to be forgotten!
Supertramp was always a synergistic group of buried genius. Roger Hodgson screwed all that up. Supertramp first got the studio engineer genius and then got the live engineer genius.
This is the pre-ending. Stories actually begin to end between a half to two-thirds of the way through the story. CRIME OF THE CENTURY IS A CLASSIC in how it ends with four conclusions. The first is the climax to Rudy. The second is the paradoxical cut to the slow strings and "Rudy just came out the movie numb of all the pain." Roger Hodgson's song "If Everyone Was Listening" is the pre-ending. Then "Crime of the Century" is the mother of all endings. In contrast, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon disappears after Us and Them. There are three inconsequential songs following after Richard Wright's masterpiece US AND THEM. Sorry. The paradoxical part where Rudy is walking out the movie would be called an epilogue. The prior climax utilizing Hodgson's guitar and Helliwell's horns is the ending to the movie. Rudy coming out the movie is the epilogue. Roger's If Everyone Was Listening is a call to not end the show. This song also ends with a dramatic conclusion. This was very unusual for the time as the songs were split up with an A and B side. The B side always sucked. The song Crime of the Century is a portrayal of a coming doomsday. The guitar solo in the middle is truly an accomplishment. A few abrupt lyrics and then a guitar solo that lifts off through the heavens. I got to hear this on a pair of Yamaha 1000s powered by McIntosh amps. Truly epic.
@@jordanghetler8011 I guess the word I should have used is anticlimactic. Richard Wright's US and Them should have ended the A side. The Great Gig in the Sky should have been the conclusion to the whole album to avoid an anticlimactic situation.
@@jordanghetler8011 A good example of this method I speak would be the movie "A Blackhawk Down." It begins to end - to wind down - about 2/3rd's the way through the story. It goes from one pre-ending to the next. In fact, as Rick Davies doesn't repeat in the final song Crime of the Century - just as he didn't do so in the song Rudy - Roger's guitar solo after the short piano intro distinguishes itself as its own conclusion. Perhaps this method of avoiding an anticlimactic letdown wasn't intentional. Also, figure one owns the customer / audience member for about one third of the way through the beginning of the story. CRIME of the Century does start off with a great intro that captures and quiets the audience. After that, the audience has no choice but to remain engaged as they haven't listened to enough to know whether the album sucks or not. Orchestration during the album's first three songs are supplied by group spokesman Helliwell's little additions of bells, spinners, and whistles. The album is saved from the B-side trash by introducing the addition of strings into the forth and final song on the A-side. For example, I hated the Terminator movies because they seemed to waste most of the money at the beginning on special effects when they didn't need to do so. By the time the movies wound down, they seemed to run low on money for an adequate conclusion. Crime of the Century had no A and B side.
Pink Floyd , Supertramp and Alan Parsons project all sounded similar at times , You could hear a little bit of each person's music and each other's songs ! I wonder if the fact that all 3 bands are British had anything to do with it ? I know that Alan Parsons helped Pink Floyd produce some of their albums ! Alan Parsons is another extremely talented musician songwriter !
the metaphor of life as a stage was carefully developed by sociologist Ervin Goffman, if I remember well, in the 30s of the 20th century... Sorry for the pedantic moment here 😎 I just find Goffman work on that fascinating. And about the song, it's my favourite from the album alongside "Asylum" 👍
It was a clarinet. Beautiful ❤️ Enjoy your thoughts and taste. I know you are fairly new, so here’s a tip…..at some point you may have to start pausing the video/audio and say a few words of reaction. Most of the people I watch all do this because you will get a “copyright notices” and you could get shut down, if you play the tracks straight through.
@@SightAfterDark Hey, if you can get away with it, go for it. I’ve seen several channels get blocked and even taken down for “copyright infringement”, because they played the songs all the through. You are probably getting away with it because you are fairly new and don’t have a lot of subscribers, but possibly as you grow, it may become an issue. Happy New Year 🎉
Perfect song as introduction to Crime of the Century. Ben C. Benberg drums at end of this song that comes like in syncope waves repeats then in the final song Crime of the Century... this song is to be listened together with Crime if the Century in immediate sequence.... song is too short otherwise
@@SightAfterDark you're welcome. Another woodwind. The soprano sax can sometimes sound like a clarinet, or in this case, with maybe some reverb on it, sound almost like a flute or piccolo. He was very fluid, no reed hit sounds.
Is your name Sigrid Graffiti? and Dan looks very angular....clarinet there?...soprano sax..It is nice and the vocal is excellent with upfront drum..never heard this..I don't like the sweetener...the strings..so bogus pomp....i think that image of the internal external jail was before the image from the superman movie where the 3 fiends got locked in Tartarus.
@@SightAfterDark Lovely Sifa..unusual name..you two keeps the eye on that island with the volcanic volatility,,If it blows be quick to higher grown..I mean it
@@SightAfterDark Swahili...praise to the lord...DANIEL has the ''el'' AT THE END SIGNIFYING GOD.is my judge..so two great names..Mine being Michael is a ''el'' who is like God...thats's rhetorical.
@@SightAfterDark Roger's intros into his "Opera" and his "Two of Us" on the album Crisis? what Crisis? weren't original. Compare them to Richard's organ intro of "US and Them" on Dark Side of the Moon.
I'm sorry..... I started the video but..... I..... wasn't listening. I had to play the video four times over and over..... because it's so hard to pay attention to this song..... I think that was a clarinet going toodly doodly doo btw.....we've probably heard more songs with a kazoo in them..... than a clarinet these past few decades.
In the context of the album, this song is the perfect interlude/change of pace between "Rudy" and " Crime of the Century "... Roger Hodgson's vocals are spot on, and, as always, John Anthony Helliwell nails his solo( clarinet). The spare arrangement highlights the tone of the lyrics. Superb, well crafted song.
Well said!
Rudy doesn't repeat. It plays out along a line like a train. Every following key is profound and on the mark with Rick D.. Roger follow that with a standard Verse/Chorus dichotomy. Of course, as is required, one must progress when going to the second verse and chorus with additional instruments. His instrumental interlude by Helliwell is great when you consider that people just thought of the other B-side of the album was trash. It really made the customer / audience feel special.
This song played much different back in the day when listened to on superior audio equipment.
Of course, half the song playing that younger audience members can't hear today was the apocalyptic event called the Vietnam War. Crime of the Century and The Dark Side of the Moon were two albums that stood in contrast to a chaotic fast time slicing paradoxical.
This is also to cry!
This is such a beauthiful song! Love the whole album.., and Supertramp!
It's almost a "Crime" not to listen to this album from beginning to end.
I'll say it again... We had it so good, the music of the 70's gave us tremendous choices....
Time flies when you're having fun listening.
We love 70's music!
Literally , played it on repeat after I got home from school for quite some time....My dad was a teacher, at Seaquam in Sunshine Hills....His students LOVED him! I remember him coming home with the double album "The Wall" when it came out ( It was Vinyl, a record, played on a Record player or 'Turntable' if you will...I played so many records - wore out the components...I had been taught how to replace the phonograph needle when I was six) ...That Album , as well as many others blew my mind...CCR, ABBA, BeeGees, REO Speedwagon, Queen, Elton John, Gordon Lightfoot, Beatles, Jim Croce, Crosby Stills & Nash, Neil Young, Blondie,David Bowie, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, RUSH....The shit I remember with a particular song...Neil Diamond, George Whitaker - man that guy can whistle, truly lost Art form....truly endless , limitless amount of memories can be recalled with a simple jingle
then my older sister introduced me to Back In Black- only recalling a wonderful MUSIC filled childhood now......And that's all I have say about thattttt Jennnnny😂
Wow,thank you guys...this is one of, if not my favorite Tramp song...everyone does the hits....sometimes you gotta dig a little deeper for the gems.
Its a great one for sure!
I am so glad you guys did this album, it really is a masterpiece, the musicians are fabulous., the lyrics are not elaborate, but they are deep. The last song is epic! I could listen to the ending for hours...
Absolutely :)
I was 18 when this album was released in 1974. The entire album had a profound effect on me and still stands as on of may favourites.
This song, in particular, opened my eyes to the whole climate thing.
Regarding the production, I love how they managed to make that piccolo sound like a soprano sax and then like a clarinet!!!
Well said!
Love the Supertramp journey. Looking forward to more.
Awesome, thank you!
Realized when I hit the Like button before even seeing your reaction that it was finally time to subscribe! Y'all are great!!! Great real-time reactions, as well as after-listen commentaries!
Thanks so much Ray! We appreciate you!
I saw them live and they sound EXACTLY like they do in the studio. They had the best sound system that was built by the bass player.
So cool!
Supertramp are one of the greatest bands my country has ever produced. Crime of the Century is a must listen too album. This is one of my favourite songs from that album.
Thank you guys, for another great reaction to a track off this awesome LP! And you are spot on - the piccolo playing is ridiculous on this one!! Don't forget to consider Crisis? What Crisis? and Even In The Quietest Moments (along with Queen II of course) as future LP reactions to put to your masses on the Patreon! Cheers, and looking forward to the finale!!
Thanks so much for watching! We appreciate you!
Here's an odd little fact. Myself and my best mate, Ian used to build sound equipment. The company was called 'AXIS' Sound, and when I joined him he had just built some of the first set of equipment that put Supertramp on the road. I have a picture somewhere of the band performing with one of our sound stacks with the company name on it. Unfortunately Ian died pretty young at just 30 and never saw how big the band eventually became. One great memory is driving up to London and meeting up with one of the band members and spending the night watching another great, and famously 'eccentric' band (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) in a small pub. An amazing evening never to be forgotten!
Great story David, thanks for sharing it!
That lovely clarinet again. Btw great reaction!
Thanks again!
Shakespearean swing is not always a tragic thing
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put ya where ya wanna be music!
these tunes always hit the feels.
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Dramatic, beautifully arranged and played, a stylistic bridge maybe between the two polarities many hear between the two main writers. Or...
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You did the entire Crime Of The Century album. I watched them all. Good Job. You have another new Subscriber..... Pink Floyd...... nuf said
I watched this directly after your FZ "Keep it Greasy" reaction - talk about a complete change of pace XD
lol for real. Thanks for watching!
Maybe check out one of their live shows. They sounded shockingly like the albums when they went on tour for them.
Supertramp was always a synergistic group of buried genius. Roger Hodgson screwed all that up. Supertramp first got the studio engineer genius and then got the live engineer genius.
Sounds awesome! Thanks!
This is also to cry!
Great reaction.
I feel the blueprint for Breakfast spring from this track
Thanks for watching!
This is the pre-ending. Stories actually begin to end between a half to two-thirds of the way through the story. CRIME OF THE CENTURY IS A CLASSIC in how it ends with four conclusions. The first is the climax to Rudy. The second is the paradoxical cut to the slow strings and "Rudy just came out the movie numb of all the pain." Roger Hodgson's song "If Everyone Was Listening" is the pre-ending. Then "Crime of the Century" is the mother of all endings. In contrast, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon disappears after Us and Them. There are three inconsequential songs following after Richard Wright's masterpiece US AND THEM.
Sorry.
The paradoxical part where Rudy is walking out the movie would be called an epilogue. The prior climax utilizing Hodgson's guitar and Helliwell's horns is the ending to the movie. Rudy coming out the movie is the epilogue. Roger's If Everyone Was Listening is a call to not end the show. This song also ends with a dramatic conclusion.
This was very unusual for the time as the songs were split up with an A and B side. The B side always sucked.
The song Crime of the Century is a portrayal of a coming doomsday. The guitar solo in the middle is truly an accomplishment. A few abrupt lyrics and then a guitar solo that lifts off through the heavens. I got to hear this on a pair of Yamaha 1000s powered by McIntosh amps. Truly epic.
nah, the last three songs on DSOTM are great. But CotS is perfect.
@@jordanghetler8011 I guess the word I should have used is anticlimactic. Richard Wright's US and Them should have ended the A side. The Great Gig in the Sky should have been the conclusion to the whole album to avoid an anticlimactic situation.
Great analysis William! Thanks so much!
@@jordanghetler8011 A good example of this method I speak would be the movie "A Blackhawk Down." It begins to end - to wind down - about 2/3rd's the way through the story. It goes from one pre-ending to the next.
In fact, as Rick Davies doesn't repeat in the final song Crime of the Century - just as he didn't do so in the song Rudy - Roger's guitar solo after the short piano intro distinguishes itself as its own conclusion. Perhaps this method of avoiding an anticlimactic letdown wasn't intentional.
Also, figure one owns the customer / audience member for about one third of the way through the beginning of the story. CRIME of the Century does start off with a great intro that captures and quiets the audience. After that, the audience has no choice but to remain engaged as they haven't listened to enough to know whether the album sucks or not. Orchestration during the album's first three songs are supplied by group spokesman Helliwell's little additions of bells, spinners, and whistles. The album is saved from the B-side trash by introducing the addition of strings into the forth and final song on the A-side.
For example, I hated the Terminator movies because they seemed to waste most of the money at the beginning on special effects when they didn't need to do so. By the time the movies wound down, they seemed to run low on money for an adequate conclusion.
Crime of the Century had no A and B side.
This is as contemporary as it gets. It's about the state of society
For sure!
Pink Floyd , Supertramp and Alan Parsons project all sounded similar at times , You could hear a little bit of each person's music and each other's songs ! I wonder if the fact that all 3 bands are British had anything to do with it ? I know that Alan Parsons helped Pink Floyd produce some of their albums ! Alan Parsons is another extremely talented musician songwriter !
Cool, thanks for tying them together Craig!
The "piccolo" you are referring to is actually a clarinet.
Thanks:))!
the metaphor of life as a stage was carefully developed by sociologist Ervin Goffman, if I remember well, in the 30s of the 20th century...
Sorry for the pedantic moment here 😎
I just find Goffman work on that fascinating.
And about the song, it's my favourite from the album alongside "Asylum"
👍
Appreciate your perspective!
Appreciate your perspective!
It was a clarinet. Beautiful ❤️
Enjoy your thoughts and taste.
I know you are fairly new, so here’s a tip…..at some point you may have to start pausing the video/audio and say a few words of reaction. Most of the people I watch all do this because you will get a “copyright notices” and you could get shut down, if you play the tracks straight through.
Thanks Raymond, we use to do that, but ppl hated it. Seems like the best way to run this channel is by just being ourselves.
@@SightAfterDark Hey, if you can get away with it, go for it. I’ve seen several channels get blocked and even taken down for “copyright infringement”, because they played the songs all the through. You are probably getting away with it because you are fairly new and don’t have a lot of subscribers, but possibly as you grow, it may become an issue. Happy New Year 🎉
Thanks, Happy 2022!!
This album got worn out by me. Then the cassette.
For good reason!
Most people don't see it but I can hear Crime of the Century as a precursor to Floyd's The Wall.
'Who'll be the last clown, to bring the house down..." Putin is currently at the head of that list.
2:07. Who’ll be the last clown….
BTW.... I sparked up my pipe for each song... Thanks
Nice!
Perfect song as introduction to Crime of the Century. Ben C. Benberg drums at end of this song that comes like in syncope waves repeats then in the final song Crime of the Century... this song is to be listened together with Crime if the Century in immediate sequence.... song is too short otherwise
Gotta love it!
I believe you're referring to the soprano sax.
Thanks Mike!
@@SightAfterDark you're welcome. Another woodwind. The soprano sax can sometimes sound like a clarinet, or in this case, with maybe some reverb on it, sound almost like a flute or piccolo. He was very fluid, no reed hit sounds.
Is your name Sigrid Graffiti? and Dan looks very angular....clarinet there?...soprano sax..It is nice and the vocal is excellent with upfront drum..never heard this..I don't like the sweetener...the strings..so bogus pomp....i think that image of the internal external jail was before the image from the superman movie where the 3 fiends got locked in Tartarus.
Hi Mike! It’s Sifa Graffiti. Sigrid is a very pretty name though ☺️!
@@SightAfterDark Lovely Sifa..unusual name..you two keeps the eye on that island with the volcanic volatility,,If it blows be quick to higher grown..I mean it
@@SightAfterDark Swahili...praise to the lord...DANIEL has the ''el'' AT THE END SIGNIFYING GOD.is my judge..so two great names..Mine being Michael is a ''el'' who is like God...thats's rhetorical.
Roger Hodgson isn't the only one to rip off Richard Wright from Pink Floyd.
For real. Richard was always right ;)
@@SightAfterDark Roger's intros into his "Opera" and his "Two of Us" on the album Crisis? what Crisis? weren't original. Compare them to Richard's organ intro of "US and Them" on Dark Side of the Moon.
One of the only ‘skip’ moments for me on a Supertramp album.
Interesting
Never. Absolutely great track. Beautiful.
I'm sorry..... I started the video but..... I..... wasn't listening.
I had to play the video four times over and over.....
because it's so hard to pay attention to this song.....
I think that was a clarinet going toodly doodly doo btw.....we've probably heard more songs with a kazoo in them..... than a clarinet these past few decades.
Lol shoutout to all the kazoo players out there
@@SightAfterDark And to combs with wax paper players.
Forget the review. This way over your heads.
Forget grammar!