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I loved staying up late just to watch the Midnight Special. It really made a big impact in my life. I loved listening 🎶 ❤️ to the best music 🎶 🎵 ever. It was a great time to be alive and enjoying all this beautiful music and lyrics.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is just a tourist attraction, it isn’t anything mystical and it doesn’t hold any authority over music. It’s not a crime, nor is it a shame that Super Tramp told their publicist not to bother with donating money to get inducted the R&R Hall of Fame. It’s nothing to worry about at all.
@@stavmgoo1575 you should listen to it a bit more xd. The Wurlitzer intro is the same as in the album. My guess is that they're playing back almost all instruments minus the vocals and the sax.
I totally agree. People are too distracted now. How many people will actually put an album on in a dark room with headphones and listen to the whole thing?
Probably because he did so much else in the band.and of course the band themselves were great and the guitar was one of its textures.missing a lot these days, texture.
I think I was 14 years old when I was turned on to Crime of the Century by my best friends older brother. Went out and bought the album and when I got my driver's license I had to buy the 8-track so I could listen to it in my beater Chevy. What a phenomenal album.
@@Eleventhearlofmars so why are they not even in the r'n'r hall of fame? I said they're up there WITH the Beatles, Zeppelin, Floyd. Can you see this scenario in front of you?
@@220773 the r n r hall of fame is not the best way to judge what is good. For instance the likes of NWA and Madonna are in it. Bands like Yes and Rush should have been in decades and decades ago.
@@rosskstar Wrong... Answer is YES A MIME A LIE NOT "unique" as said above Not to be gushed over... unless one is false themselves Those Pretending to be performing is something enjoyed by fools who cant recognize and treasure true human expression that only comes across with a live performance. Nothing benign or harmless to the individual who is in such a deluded lost condition. Calling on JESUS THE ALMIGHTY is the ONLY SOLUTION
Best band of all time, ive heard stuff through all genres and all ages and nothing comes even close to the variety and innovative genius of Supertramps music. Ill always love them and obsess over them, i wish i could attend a concert but alas i was born in the early 2000s so im afraid i cant
Supertramp from this era has held up very well in the time between then and now. And yes, they were not considered the best at the time. But they had some very good songs, memorable lyrics, interesting compositions that usually were multipart with big shifts, such as this one above. I rank them a lot higher in 2023 than I did in 1978-79.
@@seanoneil277The standards are so much lower now, even when the musicians are genuinely talented, their compositions are too derivitive to stand out, and when they do solo it's just a speed exercise with very little taste or feel
@@baronvonsuckitable 🤣 It's easy to see folks who are, say, 35 & older as never having enjoyed music as youngsters. For many it's like riding bicycles, by late teens early 20s they're abandoning the bike. Same with fervent music listening. But some folks still listen into their dotage. Me, I stopped actively following modern music about 15 yrs ago because too much autotune, too much crap overproduction, too much hype, and too much style / pose / posture over substance.
The musicianship in Supertramp was just ahead of time. Especially the keybaords and vocal talent of Rick Davies, check out how he calmly plays that white Wurlitzer electric piano! They don't make it like that anymore...
Always loved that intro. The keys and then the break and it goes into the guitar with the wah-wah, brilliant. More music in the first minute and a half than some complete songs today.
I really used to love it when, on the radio late 1970s (or later), that great intro would come on. I knew the great song was on the air, that intro is all anticipation.
The X-Ray effect goes on far too long (feels like MS figured out how to do it and wanted to show off a bit), but this is still one of the best live performances of this song that I've seen. Arrangements are spot on. Thanks!
Used to have a pair of Radio Shack stereo headphones, with antennae sticking up either side, (kinda alien looking) would go out at lunch and get fiercely high. First hour after lunch was study hall, and I would get LOST in this song!
One full year in high school I had study hall after lunch. At lunch we could walk from school to a few businesses in town. We usually went to the pool hall. Plenty of places to fire up including behind the pool hall. Our time at lunch would occasionally last through two periods depending upon which teacher monitored study hall.😊
How in the world did this type of specific progressive rock make it on radio??? Definitely different tastes back then...just so tasty...they were a very unusual band...two distinct frontmen
From what I’m gathering, quite a few performances were backing tracks where the vocals were live, or some performances were completely mimed, however i believe they had more live performances than mimed
You are right I am wrong ,you can have while I have not! Life of Satisfaction of being Vulnerable and giving all I got. Aimed to Please! Because that's what The Buddha did for me! And Bloody well Right I want only to be happy, Happiness comes from having nothing and finally excepting sometimes you are wrong and it's only human not accepting your Faults but in Meditation and Wisdom you can calmly omit you are right or Wrong it must be thought out throughout
I think that this is some form of a hybrid version of the song, some parts seem different from the studio recording, Rick's vocals are slightly different and John's sax parts are different. This is certainly different from an actual live performance of the song that in my view lost its grit when played live. The version on the Paris album and later recordings fall into that realm. They kept this version shorter and tighter.
Los efectos especiales al inicio de la canción parece un viaje de psicodelia 😂 pero fuera de broma este perfomance me encanta ojalá la pongan en mi funeral o en mi casamiento de lo contrario no me muero ni me caso jajaja
So frickin good. I ❤ this channel. One thing though. I’ve noticed that sometimes it seems mixed with the studio version a little. Does anyone else notice this? Like a Frampton Comes Alive situation or something. You can really tell on the second verse of this song.
I do believe only Rick's vocal and the ending sax solo is performed live. The rest is the recorded track. The Special had many artists simply sing over the recorded song.
Ok, and you know this how? Not a criticism, just wondering. I agree with your statement that only Rick's vocal and ending sax solo are live. However, Wikipedia (and readers, if you don't know by now, you should know how that is manipulated almost as much as the stock market by ____________) states The Midnight Special tv show was noted for all live performances as opposed to the common "lip-sync" practice of the day.
@@davidkyle2073 I was raised on Crime of the Century album. You can clearly hear it's the recorded track except for vocal + sax. Some artists did perform on MS all live..just not this particular performance.
I know about the video effects,, but there is damage at the beginning with the visible scan lines, and glitching around the edges. The visual effects was a common thing back then, not the little white lines that are partially visible. Those appear during some tape being stuck (and he reason for baking the tapes)
Awesome! Definitely my favorite one that Roger doesn't sing. I wonder why they chose to use the album instrumental and verses but went with a live lead vocal on the chorus? I don't think I've ever heard a band do that.
@@beaudure01 Yeah but what I'm talking about is a bit different. Normally, a band will either: Use the original album version completely and mime, use an alternate take and mime, use the instrumental and sing live over it, or on the rare occasion, play and sing live. What Supertramp is doing here on this is they are using the original album version with the original verses but, singing the choruses live. The choruses could be alt takes but i'm pretty sure they are just singing them live. Either way, I've never seen/heard a band do that.
INCREDIBLE video/audio production!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Beautiful and artful yet NOT distracting and annoying like 95% of all videos now.. Annnnd.....What a great performance by Supertramp! Even better than the recording.
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I loved staying up late just to watch the Midnight Special. It really made a big impact in my life. I loved listening 🎶 ❤️ to the best music 🎶 🎵 ever. It was a great time to be alive and enjoying all this beautiful music and lyrics.
What a shame how can this band NOT BE IN THE ROCK & Roll Hall of Fame wow. Very sad one the best live bands to see. Breakfast in America 🇺🇸
cos nobs are in charge and whoever heard of a nob with taste, except for money
Sure ! That’s the crime of the century !!
Not to mention the Double Album Supertramp live In Paris Fantastic Album 👍👍👍
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is just a tourist attraction, it isn’t anything mystical and it doesn’t hold any authority over music. It’s not a crime, nor is it a shame that Super Tramp told their publicist not to bother with donating money to get inducted the R&R Hall of Fame. It’s nothing to worry about at all.
The Rock HoF is a joke now.
Crime of the century
Progressive rock masterpice
Fantastic song!
Yes, it contains some very well written and memorable musical phrases, it's my pick of the band's entire output.
Someone found the funky X Ray effect and didn't know when to turn it off. Incredible performance of a monster classic song
They are miming to the studio cut
I don't even have to listen to the studio cut to know this is live I have heard the album version so many times
they did the same thing to the Edgar Winter group
Yes, they are making it all about their caméras and spe il effectue, instead of the true art .. music. And try zooming out à bit
@@stavmgoo1575 you should listen to it a bit more xd. The Wurlitzer intro is the same as in the album. My guess is that they're playing back almost all instruments minus the vocals and the sax.
Supertramp rocks!
This soulful, bluesy number really stands the test of time!
The 70s were just an incredible time of so much great music-would never happen like that today.
Absolutely.
I totally agree. People are too distracted now. How many people will actually put an album on in a dark room with headphones and listen to the whole thing?
Don't forget sixties
@@bobmarlecSixties were good too, but the 70's....my lord, the best tunes ever!🎶
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR TV SET!
This band, this album formed my taste in music for the next 50 yrs. True.
Roger Hodgson, criminally underrated guitarist. Nobody thinks of Roger as a guitar player
I was just saying that to myself. You have great taste.
Probably because he did so much else in the band.and of course the band themselves were great and the guitar was one of its textures.missing a lot these days, texture.
I think I was 14 years old when I was turned on to Crime of the Century by my best friends older brother. Went out and bought the album and when I got my driver's license I had to buy the 8-track so I could listen to it in my beater Chevy. What a phenomenal album.
I've heard that song since I was 15 years old, I love this tune!
This is how you upload a video. No stupid intro screens or nothing. Just the music. So nice.
Except that stupid negative aspect.
@@bobp64014 I think that was inherited from the original broadcast.
Damn right. 😎👍
@@brianarmstrong733 bloody well right...!
I saw what you did there...lol@@godeplatformyourself7108
Most UNDERRATED band in rock's history ever. Must be on top there with Zeppelin, Floyd, the fab four and so on... I'd add Genesis too...
Agreed, sad very sad.
Underrated lol. They had world famous hits and albums like crime of the century and breakfast in America. How tf is that underrated????😂
@@Eleventhearlofmars so why are they not even in the r'n'r hall of fame?
I said they're up there WITH the Beatles, Zeppelin, Floyd. Can you see this scenario in front of you?
@@220773 the r n r hall of fame is not the best way to judge what is good. For instance the likes of NWA and Madonna are in it. Bands like Yes and Rush should have been in decades and decades ago.
@@220773 lols, rnr hall of fame is as credible as Rolling Stone's best 100 lists.
No one talks about todays or even 20 years ago rock like they still talk about 70s rock
Much as I hate to say i, I think rock has become irrelevant. Oh, it's still out there, but, really hip-hop is the big thing nowadays. Posting 3-21-24.
Wish I could back in time and relive this era of music and teenage years
My favorite Supertramp song!
Should always be paired with the song "School" don't you think?
Long way home is my favorite
I effin' love Supertramp.
My favorite band ever. Such a unique performance.
Then you like watching people who are faking it..
Pretending, lying...
Doesnt speak well of you.
@@AMEER-114- aren't you being a bit severe for a benign issue? what's that say of you?
@@rosskstar
Is it
a mime
A lip sync ?
@@AMEER-114- i think certain tracks were backed... others commenting in another thread seem to know.
@@rosskstar
Wrong...
Answer is
YES
A MIME
A LIE
NOT "unique" as said above
Not to be gushed over...
unless one is false themselves
Those Pretending to be performing is something enjoyed by fools who cant recognize and treasure true human expression that only comes across with a live performance.
Nothing benign or harmless to the individual who is in such a deluded lost condition.
Calling on JESUS THE ALMIGHTY is the ONLY SOLUTION
Best band of all time, ive heard stuff through all genres and all ages and nothing comes even close to the variety and innovative genius of Supertramps music. Ill always love them and obsess over them, i wish i could attend a concert but alas i was born in the early 2000s so im afraid i cant
Absolutely fantastic! Five stars! 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟!
Take note younger people .. this was just another band in the 70s and is 100× better than anything put out today.
Have you listened to PINEGROVE?
Supertramp from this era has held up very well in the time between then and now. And yes, they were not considered the best at the time. But they had some very good songs, memorable lyrics, interesting compositions that usually were multipart with big shifts, such as this one above. I rank them a lot higher in 2023 than I did in 1978-79.
@@seanoneil277The standards are so much lower now, even when the musicians are genuinely talented, their compositions are too derivitive to stand out, and when they do solo it's just a speed exercise with very little taste or feel
I don’t disagree but at the same time, thanks papaw…
@@baronvonsuckitable 🤣 It's easy to see folks who are, say, 35 & older as never having enjoyed music as youngsters. For many it's like riding bicycles, by late teens early 20s they're abandoning the bike. Same with fervent music listening. But some folks still listen into their dotage. Me, I stopped actively following modern music about 15 yrs ago because too much autotune, too much crap overproduction, too much hype, and too much style / pose / posture over substance.
Best band of the 70s
😂😂😂
😊 Awesome performance of this Supertramp classic! The Midnight Special channel is the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks
I'd agree but this looks more like lip-syncing than performing.
@@harryh5620 Absolutely. This is the audio from the record.
@@harryh5620 - Lip-syncing is performing. Stop being so aaaanal.
@@shyman99that's precisely funny 😅
Nuh uh.
Bloody well right this awesome tune is on my Tidal '70s playlist.
This song is a real ear worm! 🎶🎶🎶🎶
Can't believe their not in the rock&roll hall of fame what a shame 😢
That was PHENOMENAL! What a great song and video.
Just shame it was lip synced
@@StickySquid2727 - It's a shame you are here.
The musicianship in Supertramp was just ahead of time. Especially the keybaords and vocal talent of Rick Davies, check out how he calmly plays that white Wurlitzer electric piano! They don't make it like that anymore...
One of those music videos that were made for the radio
A Masterpiece of Rock n Roll music!
Epic performance!!
Such a great song and band, a very distinctive versatile and dynamic sound they had, too good.
Great song, surreal video.
Fools overture still brings shivers up my body Brilliant.This was pretty good too.❤
Holy cow, haven't heard this song in probably 30 years but the lyrics came into my head like magic. Great band.
Always loved that intro. The keys and then the break and it goes into the guitar with the wah-wah, brilliant. More music in the first minute and a half than some complete songs today.
I really used to love it when, on the radio late 1970s (or later), that great intro would come on. I knew the great song was on the air, that intro is all anticipation.
Killer song. Always one of my favorites.
Love the live in Paris album. Every song is a banger
Bloody Well Awesome!!!
One of my favorite bands ❤
still play their albums frequently, masterpieces.
Another Midnight Special classic, although the negative effect leaves a lot to be desired. How I wish this were still on the air!
Bloody well fantastic..!!!
This is another wonderful song of Supertramp. Until Nature loves to hear this Band.
Wife and I walked down aisle as husband and wife to the song "Two of us".
Great video, great song! 🔥🔥🔥
Still have all their vinyl’s ❤
The X-Ray effect goes on far too long (feels like MS figured out how to do it and wanted to show off a bit), but this is still one of the best live performances of this song that I've seen. Arrangements are spot on. Thanks!
This is very obviously not live.
That guitar player is terrific!
Agreed, memorable guitar intro after the piano and great fills.
The Midnight Special Brings a smile again & again:):):):):)
Great song, great band.
Crime of the Century is where Hodgson & Davies begin their argument
THANKS MIDNIGHT SPECIAL!!!!
Used to have a pair of Radio Shack stereo headphones, with antennae sticking up either side, (kinda alien looking) would go out at lunch and get fiercely high. First hour after lunch was study hall, and I would get LOST in this song!
One full year in high school I had study hall after lunch. At lunch we could walk from school to a few businesses in town. We usually went to the pool hall. Plenty of places to fire up including behind the pool hall. Our time at lunch would occasionally last through two periods depending upon which teacher monitored study hall.😊
This is a great band and I like this song. I just wish there were no special effects.
Tbh those effects aren’t very special.
Look at a tree instead 😎🌌🎄
@@chris7brook your jokes are funny maybe you should branch out to a wider audience?! 🤭
@Eleventhearlofmars He just sounds like a twig to me. He should leaf tree jokes
@@groovedohg maybe give him a trunk call eh?! 🙄
Jes! Ft.Benning, Ga. Jr. High and High school, Nuremberg, Germany 79.
How in the world did this type of specific progressive rock make it on radio??? Definitely different tastes back then...just so tasty...they were a very unusual band...two distinct frontmen
That EP performance is awesome!
You can't beat the 70s.
All the great rock bands came out of the 70s.
I'm not really into rock but the bands of the 70s and 80s Yes.
A shame so many TV performances from this era aren't real
In fact this particular performance looks live to me. Don't get confused by the "psicodellic" film and recorded claps at the end..
A shame so many commenters today are ungrateful.
@@shyman99 are they ungrateful or just making a COMMENT because it is SOCIAL MEDIA
@@lisahardy9707 - So complain just to complain with no value or purpose. Is that a better look than being ungrateful?
The vocals and the sax solo were definitely live, everything else is hard to tell
Absolutely brilliant song. That jazzy Fender Rhodes intro kills!
I used to work with a guitarist whose party trick was to play the Rhodes intro on guitar. Still does my head in thinking about it!
Trip out, @@mdmorris6193
@@mdmorris6193 I bet he didn't play both hands of the pno part.
It‘s a Wurlitzer piano, not a Rhodes. 😉
AMAZING!!!
I remember when a tube in our color set died and all the shows looked like the beginning of this clip.
😂 I made that same connection.
Fantastic.
From what I’m gathering, quite a few performances were backing tracks where the vocals were live, or some performances were completely mimed, however i believe they had more live performances than mimed
Rick's right hand on that intro is soooo tasty
Crime of the Century was such a killer album.
É uma viagem incrível ouvir Supertramp 🎼🎹🎙🎼
I AGREE”GREAT SONGS
Holy shit this is good.
So well performed I first thought it was dubbed
Thanks! This is great to see, when the psychedelic special effects aren’t in use.
You are right I am wrong ,you can have while I have not! Life of Satisfaction of being Vulnerable and giving all I got. Aimed to Please! Because that's what The Buddha did for me! And Bloody well Right I want only to be happy, Happiness comes from having nothing and finally excepting sometimes you are wrong and it's only human not accepting your Faults but in Meditation and Wisdom you can calmly omit you are right or Wrong it must be thought out throughout
There are two guitars, pno, drms, sax and bass in some sections, one more guitar than you ever see on stage.
I think that this is some form of a hybrid version of the song, some parts seem different from the studio recording, Rick's vocals are slightly different and John's sax parts are different. This is certainly different from an actual live performance of the song that in my view lost its grit when played live. The version on the Paris album and later recordings fall into that realm. They kept this version shorter and tighter.
I don't think the Live '88 and It Was the Best Of Times versions aren't gritty. The latter in particular has a LOT of heft, right from the first note.
Highlight at midnight!!! That kinda music!!!
Sounds just like the recording!😊
Lady, you bloody well right. It's raining again.
Los efectos especiales al inicio de la canción parece un viaje de psicodelia 😂 pero fuera de broma este perfomance me encanta ojalá la pongan en mi funeral o en mi casamiento de lo contrario no me muero ni me caso jajaja
it’s too bad we only get a clear shot of Rick Davies.
Still, great footage of him and great sound from the whole band.
⚡️💙⚡️
So frickin good. I ❤ this channel. One thing though. I’ve noticed that sometimes it seems mixed with the studio version a little. Does anyone else notice this? Like a Frampton Comes Alive situation or something. You can really tell on the second verse of this song.
Care to elaborate on your "Frampton Comes Alive situation comment? I've read similar before but never anything concrete about over-dubs etc.
What a band!
Yep, almost bought this album for my son, but got him Candy-O and the first Pretenders instead
I do believe only Rick's vocal and the ending sax solo is performed live. The rest is the recorded track. The Special had many artists simply sing over the recorded song.
Ok, and you know this how? Not a criticism, just wondering. I agree with your statement that only Rick's vocal and ending sax solo are live. However, Wikipedia (and readers, if you don't know by now, you should know how that is manipulated almost as much as the stock market by ____________) states The Midnight Special tv show was noted for all live performances as opposed to the common "lip-sync" practice of the day.
@@davidkyle2073 I was raised on Crime of the Century album. You can clearly hear it's the recorded track except for vocal + sax.
Some artists did perform on MS all live..just not this particular performance.
Interesting mimed performance with live vocals! Nice
In general the midnight special was unique in that they had live bands on live TV.
Gold
The beginning part of the video is what made me worry about the archives. Thankfully these VTRs were transferred now before it's too late.
I think that was done on purpose, early video effect.
I know about the video effects,, but there is damage at the beginning with the visible scan lines, and glitching around the edges. The visual effects was a common thing back then, not the little white lines that are partially visible. Those appear during some tape being stuck (and he reason for baking the tapes)
Massive talent
First time I have seen a Supertramp Video that wasn't with Roger singing Lead !!!
Awesome! Definitely my favorite one that Roger doesn't sing. I wonder why they chose to use the album instrumental and verses but went with a live lead vocal on the chorus? I don't think I've ever heard a band do that.
Interesting question, was wondering the same.
Happens on Top of the Pops as well, doesn’t it?
@@beaudure01 Yeah but what I'm talking about is a bit different. Normally, a band will either: Use the original album version completely and mime, use an alternate take and mime, use the instrumental and sing live over it, or on the rare occasion, play and sing live. What Supertramp is doing here on this is they are using the original album version with the original verses but, singing the choruses live. The choruses could be alt takes but i'm pretty sure they are just singing them live. Either way, I've never seen/heard a band do that.
@@nonsuch Ah - I see what you mean. Yeah, that’s unique!
Super sound Super group supertramp ❤
Oddly accurate in many ways to the album version!
Herb Alpert & The TJB were hosting that night & the album "Coney Island" was released that year.
I agree the 70ies the best music.😅🎸🎶🎵🎼
Ah old people music.
crime of the century one of top 50 albums ever
Bloody well done, mates!!
Portugal - Cascais 15-16 de Novembro de 1979. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Please post The Tubes "Tv is King" also a A&M band.
From the album Crime of the Century.
INCREDIBLE video/audio production!!
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Beautiful and artful yet NOT distracting and annoying like 95% of all videos now..
Annnnd.....What a great performance by Supertramp! Even better than the recording.