Classical Composer Reacts to SUPERTRAMP: Goodbye Stranger | The Daily Doug (Episode 588)

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ค. 2023
  • Go to strms.net/factor75_doughelvering and use code FACTORSE36222 for my special Factor75 discount and to support my channel! #ad
    #supertramp #goodbyestranger
    In this edition of #thedailydoug, I'm returning to Supertramp and their classic album Breakfast in America to hear Goodbye Stranger. This was the third single release from that album, and I thoroughly enjoyed being reminded of this elegant song about the life of a drifter.
    Reference Video: • Goodbye Stranger (2010...
    Daily Doug Merch: www.bonfire.com/store/the-dai...
    Catch up on my full album reactions at my Patreon!
    JOIN THE NEW EXCLUSIVE DAILY DOUG COMMUNITY!
    Patreon: / doughelvering
    Instagram: / doug.helvering
    Facebook: / helvering
    Twitter: / helvering
    Vimeo: vimeo.com/user146736659
    The Daily Doug Directory: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
  • เพลง

ความคิดเห็น • 342

  • @rg807
    @rg807 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    This is an ALBUM. It really needs to be listened to from beginning to end. What a great work of art.

    • @darrellminx5459
      @darrellminx5459 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You got that right!

    • @stevo43068
      @stevo43068 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All the albums are like that, yeah? Rick and Rodger, playing off each other. Better than John and Paul (for this one). 😁

    • @Skunk77
      @Skunk77 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Personally the first 3 albums are perfect the rest are meh like they're ok

    • @darrellminx5459
      @darrellminx5459 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree.

    • @chris4973
      @chris4973 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @Skunk….
      I don’t agree. Their self titled 1st lp and Indelibly Stamped we’re, imo sorta meh. Their 3rd, 4th and 5th however (Crime of the Century, Crisis, What Crisis? , and Even in the Quietest Moments) saw them at the height of their careers.
      I saw them live in ‘76, ‘77 and ‘79.
      Breakfast saw their turn toward pop commercialism

  • @chief_mourner
    @chief_mourner ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Take the long way home, breakfast in america, the logical song, goodbye stranger this whole album is so so good

    • @Kosgrim
      @Kosgrim ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My dear mamma played "take the long way home" to me when i was 12, have been a fan since then

  • @Essin62
    @Essin62 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    "...get the shaker for this one" LOL!

    • @fixxxt
      @fixxxt ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It fit perfectly!

  • @broadsword6650
    @broadsword6650 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    The guitar solo is so great and so unexpected, and the structure of the song is unusual in where that solo is placed - many bands would have put it in the middle of the song and then returned with the keyboards, ending with the whistle as the "drifter" drifts of down the road.

    • @AdamKane-dw8hh
      @AdamKane-dw8hh ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly.

    • @chopperdeath
      @chopperdeath 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      This song is closing credits to a great movie.

  • @jeslookn5470
    @jeslookn5470 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Rick Davies is lead singer throughout the song. At the point when you say Roger is singing, Rick is the one that's singing. Roger and John are backing vocals throughout the song. Watch and listen to the live performance of this song from Live in Paris and you will see and hear what I mean.

    • @johnwebster5983
      @johnwebster5983 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/uHM88mZ4k50/w-d-xo.html

    • @ZachariahConnor
      @ZachariahConnor 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Rick's falsetto sounds a lot like Roger's, I suspect there's a blend of the two a bit here, but I agree that Rick is mixed higher and is singing the main melody.

    • @jeslookn5470
      @jeslookn5470 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ZachariahConnor Hi, I go by what they do on the stage, not studio recordings because so much can be done to make them sound as well as possible. They are not real. I've been listening to Supertramp since 1974 and am a die hard fan. Saw them on stage in 75, 77 and 79. I guess that's what got me going. It seems to me that someone with a significant musical background should not be reacting to a studio recording if they are going to comment on who is or is not singing.

  • @Pru1PC
    @Pru1PC ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Phenomenal keyboards on “Child of Vision”. You’ve got to put it on your list!

    • @g54b95
      @g54b95 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Best track on the album!

    • @MrKersey
      @MrKersey ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes, Child of vision is a must!

    • @macsnafu
      @macsnafu ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree. My favorite song on the album.

    • @sourisvoleur4854
      @sourisvoleur4854 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My favorite Supertramp song. Rick's piano solo is just mind-bending.

    • @caroleann_2142
      @caroleann_2142 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rick is amazing on the keys, just Superperb 🎉🎉

  • @CuriousGeorge1111
    @CuriousGeorge1111 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    For me, this is Supertramp's masterwork: cinematic, metamorphic, with clever lyrics, and superb performance and production. Prog rock in an ear-candy shell--multiple changes. Glorious. 💥

  • @carlossaraiva8213
    @carlossaraiva8213 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    While i dont count myself as a fan of Supertramp, this album is magnificent, a masterpiece of music like few others.

    • @jm12green31
      @jm12green31 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah same here hard to not be impressed

  • @Alberto_1965_BR
    @Alberto_1965_BR ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Love Supertramp
    Great songs and amazing albums!
    Brilliant musicians

  • @j.jennings1722
    @j.jennings1722 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This song always makes me mad (kinda), but not because I dislike the song. NO! I love the song. What I don't love is the guitar solo at the end ...I ALWAYS want it to last at least a minute or two longer, it's such a frickin' great solo! 😉

    • @johnwebster5983
      @johnwebster5983 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is my favourite guitar solo of all time.

    • @mikeowens9227
      @mikeowens9227 ปีที่แล้ว

      Radio DJs back then often would cut out the solo or talk over it. I wanted to punch them in the throat

  • @richardsims3847
    @richardsims3847 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    As a Brit who landed in LA in 1981 and stayed for eight yers this track resonates .Then my accent was a bit exotic and met some fine Marys and Janes.Simple story not to be over analysed;band playing in different cities whilst "laying pipe".Enjoy your expert reactions to great music that was made by artists for audiences with attention spans.

  • @doplinger1
    @doplinger1 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    You're really missing out if all you do is the hits. "Child of Vision" is the best track on the album, and it is EPIC.

    • @estefaniasucre6966
      @estefaniasucre6966 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I agree with this! Totally underrated, is one of the best Supertramp songs!

    • @jerrycuppari290
      @jerrycuppari290 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed as a deep cut off this. But long way home is still my fave of the album.

    • @geoffos42
      @geoffos42 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Definitely do Child Of Vision. One of the most amazing songs ever written; the arrangements are stunning. Definitely in my personal top 3 of all time.

    • @DavidJacobsvo
      @DavidJacobsvo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Totally agree! The deep cuts are where the magic lies.

    • @stevo43068
      @stevo43068 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, that is the one.

  • @hackenbush23
    @hackenbush23 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You playing the shaker deserves a thumbs up, well done.

  • @German___
    @German___ ปีที่แล้ว +58

    The main voice in the chorus is Rick! Roger has a higher voice but Rick does this crazy falsetto.

    • @Eleventhearlofmars
      @Eleventhearlofmars ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep, was looking for a comment to confirm this, it saved me posting one. 😂

    • @pdcrmr
      @pdcrmr ปีที่แล้ว

      Ah! I thought it was John Helliwell who did the super high parts

    • @German___
      @German___ ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@pdcrmr John and Roger join in the high parts and keep singing that when Rick goes back to his lower voice. Can be seen when they play this live.
      My Aha! moment was when I first watched the video clip for the song My Kind of Lady. Then I learned to recognize Rick's falsetto.

    • @Buckfast2003
      @Buckfast2003 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@German___ Only when they played the song live, not sure on the studio version John or Roger singing, Rick is doing all the vocals parts, I think ! I don't hear John or Roger on it !

    • @German___
      @German___ ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Buckfast2003 you might be right! There are multiple voices though (he may have double tracked himself)

  • @yes_head
    @yes_head ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This and "The Logical Song" were in constant rotation in '79. This one was a bit more FM radio friendly, but both became classic rock format staples. And yeah, I think Doug's take on the lyrics are spot on.

  • @tonymusolino2369
    @tonymusolino2369 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It amazes me how some music can take you back in time…and does it with ease and oh so eloquently too.

  • @lisathurston8265
    @lisathurston8265 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    God I love this song. I am happy to have parents that enjoyed rock. I was spoiled with the Supertramp songs when in the car.

  • @UKcanuck55
    @UKcanuck55 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Supertramp was an outstanding live band. Outrageously good.

  • @keithlommatsch1233
    @keithlommatsch1233 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A perfect album! Perfect production, songwriting and sequence. There's no skip over material here.

  • @YesYouCANPlayGuitar
    @YesYouCANPlayGuitar ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I remember hearing this when I was a kid in the late 70's.... Always loved this song! Hope all is well Doug!

  • @funkster007
    @funkster007 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of my older brothers brought this album home when it was released. I would listen along with him on his new
    Technics stereo system. I was probably around 11 or 12. Supertramp's sound just reeled me in. To this day it remains one of my fave rock albums.

  • @chopperdeath
    @chopperdeath 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember my crazy metal music fan friend playing this for me after we cleaned up a HS keg party in 1986. Breakfast in America crossed musical boundaries and just made people fans of great music. We drove across the fields picking up trash and kegs after AFTER 4:30 AM IN the big party in Kansas!

  • @akaluke1
    @akaluke1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love your reactions. The technical analysis, the air drums and your joy!

  • @jimtatro6550
    @jimtatro6550 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was 12 years old when this album came out and you could not turn on the radio without hearing a song from it, great album.

    • @stevo43068
      @stevo43068 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember that time, it was even on the PA at some stores...

  • @jamesdignanmusic2765
    @jamesdignanmusic2765 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ab, Bb7/Ab, Db/Ab, Ab in the verse IIRC, and then an unexpected augmented chord on the way into the chorus. You really need to hear the whole album - "Take the Long Way Home" was also a single (IMO the best on the album), and the serene "Lord is it Mine" is also a must-hear. As to the lyrics, a love'em and leave'em type. He doesn't want to be tied down, so he just moves on. Could easily be about a musician and his one-night stands. Another lovely Supertramp song that features both vocalists is the earlier "Just a normal day".

    • @hnnymn
      @hnnymn ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Love the augmented chord!

    • @hnnymn
      @hnnymn ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “Just A Normal Day” is also a favorite of mine!

  • @JL-1123
    @JL-1123 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hearing this song on the radio as a kid, I don't believe the guitar solo outtro was ever included. I never really connected with the song as a kid, but the first time I heard the actual studio version as an adult... Wow. An all-time favorite of mine now.

  • @Parula06
    @Parula06 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love this song. Tell me this isn't a train song. The propulsive drumming, the background vocals that sound like a far off train whistle. It even fades out like a train disappearing into the distance. I think it's about being endlessly restless. It ALWAYS gives me a rush, and I've heard it hundreds of times.

    • @michaelschey1084
      @michaelschey1084 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      when they played this live they had a video of a train running down the tracks at the end

    • @johnwebster5983
      @johnwebster5983 ปีที่แล้ว

      Train song: see Indelibly Stamped - Coming Home to See You - from about 2:27, but listen to the whole song anyway.
      Another train song by The Who - Tommy - Underture. This is an instrumental song. Listen to the drums about 2/3 of the way through.

  • @makelikeatree1696
    @makelikeatree1696 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Supertramp was the soundtrack to my first year of college, 1978/79. University of Illinois, Sherwood Lodge. Thanks for the intro to Supertramp, Bob.

  • @mjm5081
    @mjm5081 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of my favorite outros!(the rest of the song is pretty good too 😉)

  • @PodCaspar
    @PodCaspar ปีที่แล้ว +2

    First album I bought. Still playing it. Still enjoying it to the max. What a awesome piece of music legacy.

  • @carlpeterson8182
    @carlpeterson8182 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is such a great album. One of my favorites that I do not hear often is Lord is it mine. Such a spiritual song about pain and suffering without being pretentious.

  • @iamded.
    @iamded. 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh man, this whole album has some deep nostalgia for me, my dad would play it on weekends when I was a little kid! I also love the album Even In The Quietest Moments (the titular track is my personal favourite), but this whole album is great as well and this track is a highlight.

  • @kleberveridianogoncalvesde6293
    @kleberveridianogoncalvesde6293 ปีที่แล้ว

    Supertramp - Fantastic band, wonderful musicians !!!

  • @derekmeade6350
    @derekmeade6350 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love the album but you’ll really love the earlier stuff like Crime of the Century and Crisis What Crisis?

    • @Arrow2theACL
      @Arrow2theACL ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Doug reacted to the entire Crime of the Century album on his Pateron

  • @Eric777-71
    @Eric777-71 ปีที่แล้ว

    Slangily, I did not know that is a word, good job Doug, I really love your work, and you guys are a very good couple and I admire you for working in the church. Thanks again 👍

  • @TheSlandis
    @TheSlandis ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Crime of the Century is my favorite Supertramp album. Live in Paris is my favorite Supertramp concert. All worth a listen.

  • @New-tu3mn
    @New-tu3mn 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The addition of the Shaker sounded great!

  • @sourisvoleur4854
    @sourisvoleur4854 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    H.S. class of 1979 here. This album was HUGE. I was already a ST fan from Crime of the Century. I had my daughter when I was 25, and when she was in high school, ST was HER favorite band as well! They're intergenerational good. I do envy her signed copy of Breakfast - signed by all 5 of the classic line-up.

  • @rdhudon7469
    @rdhudon7469 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw them tour this in the summer of '79 . It was an outdoor concert and I was right beside a huge bass bin . I damaged my hearing that day it was so loud.......worth it.

  • @petersmithm9
    @petersmithm9 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm just glad that for most of my life I have been able to listen to and even see Supertramp and I'm 65. As it says on the cover to Crime, "Thanks Sam". Without your vision we would not have them after all these years.

  • @skeet4725
    @skeet4725 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the show. May I suggest Max Webster from Canada. Song in "Context with the Moon" Friends of Rush.

    • @skeet4725
      @skeet4725 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good afternoon Doug, how are you today?

  • @1962Sparkie
    @1962Sparkie ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Another excellent reaction, Doug!! If you get chance, can you do a reaction for "Child Of Vision"??

  • @josefkurtz2223
    @josefkurtz2223 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great revue buddy. Always dig your observations

  • @DocRock71
    @DocRock71 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Actually, that wasnt Roger's vocals on that falsetto chorus (Goodbye Mary, Goodbye Jane..) That was still Rick Davies singing in his impeccable falsetto.

  • @Sunnywarm12
    @Sunnywarm12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great music!

  • @mikeb3365
    @mikeb3365 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Doug- You nailed it. I always interpreted the lyrics as describing someone on the road, in a band?, basically having one night stands. He isn't ashamed of it, just his lifestyle, the way it is.

    • @acfiv1421
      @acfiv1421 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right. It's a song about banging groupies one night after the other, and being rather nice about it, LOL.

    • @raublekick
      @raublekick ปีที่แล้ว

      Same, I always thought of it as touring life. It could be autobiographical or maybe sort of poking fun at the way other bands did the party life.

  • @GuilhermeSilva-rp2it
    @GuilhermeSilva-rp2it ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gone Hollywood is even better

  • @gregbecker8446
    @gregbecker8446 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My all time favorite song by Supertramp. That Wurlitzer electric piano is gorgeous.

  • @RCROX
    @RCROX ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent song!

  • @mikeortega6072
    @mikeortega6072 ปีที่แล้ว

    that songs a great jam! that whole album rocks!

  • @bonitoludi
    @bonitoludi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    On chorus is also Rick singing with falsetto along with Roger, of course

  • @Ontariosound
    @Ontariosound ปีที่แล้ว

    Great song. This album was an absolute smash hit here in Toronto.

  • @grahamhowes6904
    @grahamhowes6904 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliantly arranged and built and layered - they understand how to build excitement.

  • @ofrabjousday1
    @ofrabjousday1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Doug, he's singing his biography. You're so very close with what you'd gotten from the lyrics. He's singing about being on tour and sleeping with groupies, city to city.

  • @bobkessler937
    @bobkessler937 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's about groupies.
    This one was always blasting out of my cassette player in the car when it came out. Still one of my favorite albums.

    • @bubbabubberson2702
      @bubbabubberson2702 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm always surprised more people don't get this

  • @gerardbeekman
    @gerardbeekman ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Music.
    One of the best songs of Supertramp.
    It was an early morning yesterday
    I was up before the dawn
    And I really have enjoyed my stay
    But I must be moving on…
    Released 1979
    Artist: Supertramp
    Album: Breakfast in America

  • @JeffJefferyUK
    @JeffJefferyUK ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:15 "Roger Hodgson...provides the lead vocals in the chorus"
    I'm not sure about that. I think those first high vocals were recorded by Rick Davies using his falsetto then Roger comes in with the harmony line. Have a look at the Live In Paris 1979 performance to see what I mean.

    • @estefaniasucre6966
      @estefaniasucre6966 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's exactly how it is. It's Davies singing in falsetto :)

    • @enchantedcroissant3212
      @enchantedcroissant3212 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah and he does the exact same thing in oh darling and gone hollywood

  • @PodCaspar
    @PodCaspar ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lover in every town. Gotta go. Goodbye Stranger

  • @GamerToday
    @GamerToday ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey shaker was legit on point 👉

  • @sx64man
    @sx64man ปีที่แล้ว

    There are more hidden gems in there :-) the end "CODA" transition chord hits are worth analysis harmonically, and especially the note choice that makes that brilliant "un"common tone guitar solo opening so effective and a surprise. Enjoyed it.

  • @caroleann_2142
    @caroleann_2142 ปีที่แล้ว

    Doug you are an amazing humsn & Teacher, Thank you❤😊🎉

  • @MikeOfPlano
    @MikeOfPlano ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Got this my senior year. Yeah, it was on 8-track.

  • @minty_Joe
    @minty_Joe ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The entire "Breakfast In America" album is a masterpiece! I love the dynamics throughout! Very little audio compression! 1979's finest!

  • @dtchinacat3973
    @dtchinacat3973 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite Supertramp songs! Check out Even In the Quietest Moments from the album of the same name,; also From Now On from that same album?

  • @caroleann_2142
    @caroleann_2142 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a FABULOUS Album, Listen in its entirety Doug❤🎉❤🎉❤ CHILD OF VISION, Is a MUST!

  • @helenavandewater3846
    @helenavandewater3846 ปีที่แล้ว

    I lost all my old records to my kids, who bought recordplayers in the recent years. Supertramp is still a band we all love to listen to. 😊

  • @carlfogelin1388
    @carlfogelin1388 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Good reaction. I hope you try some of the songs from earlier albums too. While I really enjoy "Breakfast in America", I'm kind of partial to the songs from "Crime of the Century" and "Even in the Quietest Moments". Any song by Supertramp is pretty dang good.

    • @Arrow2theACL
      @Arrow2theACL ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Doug reacted to the entire Crime of the Century album on his Patreon.

    • @grahamkemble3917
      @grahamkemble3917 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Crisis What Crisis is very underrated!

    • @Eleventhearlofmars
      @Eleventhearlofmars ปีที่แล้ว

      @@grahamkemble3917 underrated lol.

  • @joelliebler5690
    @joelliebler5690 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorite album by them . Of course 2 of their earlier album were great too like Even in The Quietest Moments, and Crine of The Century!

  • @johnbelcher7955
    @johnbelcher7955 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A Tramp is a person that moves from place to place working or looking for work, the analogy fits nicely!

  • @dennisdickson8058
    @dennisdickson8058 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a great band.

  • @guitarchannel5676
    @guitarchannel5676 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love Supertramp's electric piano tones. Both Roger and Richard get that unique phase-tone piano. Live version has an extended guitar solo, if I recall.

  • @Harriet-Jesamine
    @Harriet-Jesamine 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ive always wondered exactly what is going on with the BEAUTIFUL sounding Bum note at exactly 7:13 seconds...I heard this from the very first time I fell in love with this recording...it adds a spice to this track at least for me.

  • @adladl4276
    @adladl4276 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good bye Mary, good bye Jane
    Listened to this since 1979, and realized only this year (2023) what it means !

  • @StoneShards
    @StoneShards 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And we have "Wild Man" Helvering on shaker! 😊

  • @jonpevehouse
    @jonpevehouse ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Child of Vision... last song on the album is phenomenal.

  • @xavierberdaguer6670
    @xavierberdaguer6670 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Supertramp hasn't received even a 10% of the recognition they deserve. They should be at the same level of Pink Floyd or the Rolking Stones in the rock hall of fame.

  • @patriciahansen6032
    @patriciahansen6032 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another song that seems to fit your interpretation here is Cool Change by the Little River Band. It's an entirely different song, but also seems to talk about what life is like on the road.

  • @MissingMars
    @MissingMars ปีที่แล้ว

    very nice -thanks much Doug

  • @richardadesmond
    @richardadesmond ปีที่แล้ว

    Fun breakdown, Doug. Thanks so much for doing this great track.
    Consider, please, doing a Smiths track in memory of the late, great, Andy Rourke. 'Barbarism begins at home' is one with a killer base line, lots to dig into theory wise with it.

  • @vilcopalo2942
    @vilcopalo2942 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Listen from the album "Even in the Quietest Moments" the song " FROM NOW ON " their masterpiece. Thanx

  • @AtomizedSound
    @AtomizedSound ปีที่แล้ว

    Not familiar with a lot of their catalogue except their singles but my late mother got me into listening to them and appreciating their style and era. Good stuff

  • @Montang2007
    @Montang2007 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "goodbye Mary, goodbye Jane". Is the form to say goodbye to the marihuana.

  • @robertcussins2807
    @robertcussins2807 ปีที่แล้ว

    Used to piss me off so much when radio stations cut off the guitar solo at the end. I'd call them and ask them what the fuck...that was a huge part of the song. Love me some Supertramp. I used to play drums to this. My stereo...this is 1979 and my wife and I had bought a two story house. I got this album, and used wire to go outside the first floor window where my stereo (Marantz) was, then I sent wires outside the house up to the second floor where my drums lived. Yup, I'd put the needle on the record, and sprint upstairs to catch the beginning. Did that with so many albums. Great memories. I was nineteen and owned house at the time. I love this album. Gads, such great memories. Thanks Doug.

  • @GamerToday
    @GamerToday ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This guy is awesome 😆 😅 so dorky but made me happy so it works. Thanks man so ailly

  • @Ailsworth
    @Ailsworth ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh come on, you normally aren't a leg puller, but it's difficult believing this is only vaguely familiar to you. What gets me every time is the opening of the guitar solo, his picking that single note over and over for six measures!

    • @johnwebster5983
      @johnwebster5983 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, it's amazing how good repeating one note can sound.

    • @Ailsworth
      @Ailsworth ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnwebster5983 I wouldn't go so far as to generalize it. Was this what lay behind the success of El Sonidito? Context is everything. Skrillex's "Kyoto" is a great example, and the repeating notes in the trumpet Solo in Penny Lane...

  • @LudvikM
    @LudvikM ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm going to praise something you've probably not read often -- I love how you take the time to properly sync your video and audio, and that cannot possibly be a coincidence because it almost never happens on YT. I can only imagine how awful an out of sync shaker would have been :D
    That said, great reaction, and song of course.

  • @eliasritter2176
    @eliasritter2176 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You definetely have to react to their song 'take the long way home' next. Another masterpiece

  • @TheMaurobala
    @TheMaurobala ปีที่แล้ว

    Many thanks, Doug, for bringing and reacting to the lovely Goodbye stranger. The higher voices, however, seem to me that be Rick singing in falsetto and being followed by Roger and John. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that.

  • @flyer3849
    @flyer3849 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favourite song on this album

  • @JD0124
    @JD0124 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting... if you watch the Live version from Paris, Rick takes the high refrain vocals and Roger joins him with the even higher harmony vocal part. I always wondered if Rick sang the same parts in the studio... 🤔
    This album came out when I was in 8th grade. There were so many great singles off it that it seemed the album would never go away - not that anyone would want it to. This is a favorite.

  • @markhenrynoll5601
    @markhenrynoll5601 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember getting BIA when came out. Great Album.

  • @thiagoferreiraruiz8897
    @thiagoferreiraruiz8897 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your interaction on music with the chocalho. Hahaha

  • @TheKrensada
    @TheKrensada ปีที่แล้ว

    Nobody has ever reacted to this song that I can find. But it's a song by Roger Hodgson specifically. It's called Had a dream. You gotta hear that thing.

  • @acronus
    @acronus ปีที่แล้ว +1

    lol, this song is about the encounters the band has with groupies during their tours.
    Goodbye Georgia ;-)

  • @michaeldion4855
    @michaeldion4855 ปีที่แล้ว

    This song provides such a magical moment of revelation in the soundtrack from a favorite movie of mine, Magnolia. A great soundtrack in general, for that matter.
    Check it out sometime.

  • @glenrotchin5523
    @glenrotchin5523 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, Doug you are correct. It’s a quasi concept album about the vagabond life of touring musicians marked by the band breaking through in North America, hence name Breakfast in America. Take The Long Way Home is another song that talks about the difficult life of the touring musician.

  • @MultiPedroAndrade
    @MultiPedroAndrade ปีที่แล้ว

    my first album, back in 1979

  • @rayrecordings
    @rayrecordings ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best( if not The Best) sounding albums of the 70s. Peter Henderson’s production and mixing masterpiece. And a collection of outstanding, eternal songs. Should have been on the Voyager 2 on the way to ultraspace.

  • @jasminewaakaaaronjackson7661
    @jasminewaakaaaronjackson7661 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hair is looking great bro!!!!

  • @estefaniasucre6966
    @estefaniasucre6966 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a great one! Thank you, Doug! Could you please react to Child of vision, the last track of this wonderful album?