You've loved every song of theirs you've done. Considering that, please consider doing 'School,' and 'Rudy.' Many of us feel they are blues-jazz, prog rock masterpieces.
You know, Supertramp was a prog band, as well as jazz and rock, but this one is pure jazz to me. I'm surprised that she picked up on prog through this one.
Also - Hide In Your Shell - off of the same album. Crime Of The Century is so worth the trip. Much heavier than the Breakfast In America pop-oriented stuff
These guys pounded out 10 solid years of creative, unique, well composed songs at a high level of musicianship. I know you have done 4 or 5 Supertramp songs so far, but there are a lot more from this band. They won't let you down.
The Breakfast In America album is probably their best known work because Logical Song and Breakfast In America were huge singles at the time and along with It's Raining Again and Goodbye Stranger still get a lot of radio play.
For me, one of the best intros ever with those keys and that wah wah. Definitely a 'good progressive' track about the British class system in the seventies. Bangin sax solo, as well. You guys may want to check out School from the same Crime of the Century LP, which is also a prime example of some of the most tasteful progressive you'll ever hear. ✌
Certainly an era that peaked in musicianship - the intro here, Boston's 'Foreplay', amazing stuff! Sure wish we could have some of that back in the mainstream again. The musicans are there, but the labels aren't. The last 'new' band I heard that truly made an impression with their song writing & musicianship was Hurt, from around the 2010s, known for their single 'Rapture'(albeit, you realize that the radio edit is a total butcher when you hear the album cut; their first major album 'Vol 1' is incredible BTW). They were around for a decent amount of time, but, while they were on a major label, this was after the big money dried up and they never got a strong push. At least the talent is out there independently today though, we do have that going for us!
I feel jealous... Brad & Lex get to hear all this great stuff for the first time. And there's so much more great stuff they've got ahead of them. Give 'Dreamer' a listen...
Over the 45ish years of listening to this Crime of the Century album, my favourite song on the album has changed multiple times. Currently it’s Hide in Your Shell.
This is how you do an intro...Supertramp often mixes jazz and prog, this is a prime example(some call Supertramp "prog pop") the live version from the " Paris " album adds some jazz-type singing on the outro, mixed with the sax riffs, worth a listen
Ah Yaaaas!! Supertramp! Bloody well right!! What an amazing group with so many terrific songs! Ya just can't go wrong! They are just as 'fresh' today as when gheir music first came out! you never know 'What!' To expect from them.. other than Excellence! Please spend some time taking a deep dive and listening to each/ every album individually, you won't regret it!❣️😁👍
Good observation Brad, that it’s a jazz-rock hybrid, the electric piano and sax reinforce the jazz vibe, while the guitar, bass and drums keep the rock feel. And yes, it’s about speaking their minds about the British school system they grew up with. 👍
Hugely underrated band. Great songs, brilliant arrangements. The Crime of the Century album really needs to be hit in one listen though. The song's basically about "it's who you know, not what you know", and flows on from the song "School", which is about how school doesn't really prepare you for life and just leaves a lot of people more confused. Great prog/pop/jazz/rock.
I meant underrated in terms of today's audience, although they are making a critical comeback. Say "bands of the 70s" to people, and Supertramp won't be near the top of most people's lists. And no matter how highly you rate them, it still isn't high enough :)
I think this song is best understood within the context of the whole album. It's a snapshot of a moment that fits within the bigger picture perfectly. Maybe one of the best albums of all time.
Wife here..I swear last night my Husband and I were discussing how very very popular this band really was and is..!!!...You are "guranteed" to hear them 4 to 5 times on classic/soft rock stations until this day!!.."Milk the distortion"..Love it!!
Have been with my wife on one of their good by concerts in germany, Karlsruhe Schwarzwaldhalle, i never saw a band that changed so often instruments, also while a song, all great musicians. Fun fact everywhere it smelled sweet and my wife didn´t recognize, that all around her smoked weed. I smile till today when i remember this 30 years after. thx for reaction.
After hearing that tune a gazillion times since it first came out, I'd have thought I'd be sick of it by now. But I still crank it up every time I hear it. Love y'all's reaction! 👍👍👋
I know when they came out it was hard to call them prog, it was hard to put your finger on their sound. But they were hugely popular amongst prog fans and straight-ahead rock fans alike. I think the definition of prog would definitely include Supertramp.
They filled the gap between Pop & Prog. I've seen them described as Art-Pop & Prog-Pop. They always were a difficult band to categorize, as they had the songwriting skills of pop masters, while also having the musicianship of prog monsters, and they weren't afraid to display both skillsets in the same song...
Easily my favorite from the classic "Crime Of The Century" album. Or maybe it's "School", "Asylum" or "Hide In Your Shell". Or anything else on the album. Their best, IMO.
you listen to my past ^^ I used to be a DJ in a youth center in Germany in the 70s and these things were happening every day. supertramp one of my favorite bands
Ironic but I learned in 8th grade to love Supertramp in 1975 from my buddies sister's boyfriend in Grand Forks and he was from the Peg with his star jeans even.
Hey guys, Supertramp is amazing, I saw them doing this song in 1973 in Niagara Falls, N.Y. It was my first concert. The next album was Evening In The Quietest Moments. That song and the entire album was great. Ooops, yous ain't old enough to know what an album is. Just kidding, but other groups like 10cc, Saga, Klaatu, ELO and The Babys (just to name a few) were fantastic. As a teen, I hated 70s music and I grew up to love 60s & 80s, but now that I've gotten older, I really do like a lot of the 70s stuff I avoided as a kid.
@@ptrlxc I know, GREAT, am I right? I love Klaatu, and in the very beginning, there were rumors that the Beatles got back together as Klaatu, blah, blah, blah. But those album covers were so amazing. Am I right?
I have been fortunate enough to have seen Supertramp “The Tramp” Live 4 times. Their live shows are a spectacle and brilliant. Each member is a musical genius. Rick Davies is my favorite keyboards player and John Helliwell is favorite Sax player. He is a blast to watch live. The bass and drummer are awesome and Roger’s guitars are superb. The only live show I put above Supertramp is Pink Floyd, who I have seen 4 times.
So glad you finally got to this band. I'm on the road and looking forward to watching when I get home. I wish you could do the whole album. If Everyone Was Listening and Asylum are great closures
Steady on, old chap! "Bloody" is *nowhere near* as strong as the F-word; certainly not now, and even when this record came out, although it would have been considered somewhat offensive back then. Nowadays it's no stronger than "damn".
@@stevenwalker5343 oh I'm not disputing that it *used* to be considered offensive - it's just that even when it *was* offensive, it was never *as* offensive as the f-word. A good illustration of this is in the play Pygmalion, which opened in London in 1914. The famous line "not bloody likely!" was indeed very controversial at the time - but it would have been simply unthinkable for it to have been "not fucking likely". The play would have been closed down and all involved in the production would have had their collars felt by the law...
Yes, music used to be this good on the radio every single day with new stuff hitting almost weekly it seemed in some summers. True talent was once a requirement for success in the music industry.
I love Supertramp so much. I'm always left disappointed that their jazzy fade outs have to end. I'd be happy if every song of theirs was half an hour long.
This is what made Supertramp great back in the day. So adventurous musically. They really didn't fit in a genre because they played so many different ones.
Seriously underrated band! I went to their last concert... drove from Boston to Philly to see it...and it was amazing!... Roger Hudson is a genius! I consider him on the same level as Tom Scholz from Boston. Give A Little Bit next!! ... great content guys!
This album was the soundtrack of my junior high and senior high years (for all the young 'uns out there, junior high=middle school 🤣). So good played loud and with a little herbal enhancement. 45 years later, I still love it. 😎
They ARE a prog band! The entire Crime of the Century album is fantastic. I personally LOVE School. And then Bloody Well Right. Lots of great suggestions from other posters. I would add Cannonball. It was their last hit. It's very different, and very good.
You're right about Crime of the Century, School and Rudy for me the best two tracks on the album. Cannonball is another great song as well, in fact Brother album is a favourite of mine, rather underated, but l like the entire album and enjoy it as much as their earlier work.
Brad & Lex, you will LOVE their "Dreamer" and "Give A Little Bit"!!! Lex says 'milk the distortion', love it!
Give a Little Bit...... Absolutely YES!!
Dreamer's my favourite of theirs.
+1 for Dreamer.
"School" and "Fool's Overture" are next in line....such amazing songs!!!
School!
Give a little bit, Breakfast in America, From now on...
You've loved every song of theirs you've done. Considering that, please consider doing 'School,' and 'Rudy.' Many of us feel they are blues-jazz, prog rock masterpieces.
You know, Supertramp was a prog band, as well as jazz and rock, but this one is pure jazz to me. I'm surprised that she picked up on prog through this one.
I’ve always considered them prog with a jazz influence. So many great songs, they were a staple in the 70’s
Also - Hide In Your Shell - off of the same album. Crime Of The Century is so worth the trip. Much heavier than the Breakfast In America pop-oriented stuff
Rudy is my favorite Supertramp song. Good story...
Yes, and Rudy's still on a train to nowhere
"Crime of The Century" is their best album, in my opinion.
Crime was the first album I heard, but I like Even In The Quietest Moments a little better. Of course seeing them live was just a great show.
Totally agree with you on that one.
AMEN BROTHER!!!
The concert tour was amazing! ❤️
They have a few best albums in my world.
These guys pounded out 10 solid years of creative, unique, well composed songs at a high level of musicianship. I know you have done 4 or 5 Supertramp songs so far, but there are a lot more from this band. They won't let you down.
They sure won’t !! 👍🏻
4 or 5. really?
@@planetaryecho1740 Yes, they have reacted to 4 or 5 Suoertramp songs already. Really!
"Give a Little Bit" should be your next Supertramp stop since it's a very different sound than you've heard yet from them.
They prob heard the version by some odd ass band that ruined it. It has been in a buncha commercials. Original or don’t play it!
GOOD to see BRAD getting the vibe
Haven't heard this in a long time. A cool Supertramp song.
Supertramp is a prog rock band. I saw them in concert and their Breakfast In America is one of my favorite albums.
The Breakfast In America album is probably their best known work because Logical Song and Breakfast In America were huge singles at the time and along with It's Raining Again and Goodbye Stranger still get a lot of radio play.
@@luvstellauk Take the Long Way Home was a radio hit as well
The whole Crime of the Century is really good. I like the title track a lot.
This is British Prog Rock at its purest.
For me, one of the best intros ever with those keys and that wah wah. Definitely a 'good progressive' track about the British class system in the seventies. Bangin sax solo, as well. You guys may want to check out School from the same Crime of the Century LP, which is also a prime example of some of the most tasteful progressive you'll ever hear. ✌
Certainly an era that peaked in musicianship - the intro here, Boston's 'Foreplay', amazing stuff!
Sure wish we could have some of that back in the mainstream again. The musicans are there, but the labels aren't. The last 'new' band I heard that truly made an impression with their song writing & musicianship was Hurt, from around the 2010s, known for their single 'Rapture'(albeit, you realize that the radio edit is a total butcher when you hear the album cut; their first major album 'Vol 1' is incredible BTW). They were around for a decent amount of time, but, while they were on a major label, this was after the big money dried up and they never got a strong push.
At least the talent is out there independently today though, we do have that going for us!
This was such a big hit when it came out. It’s still a great song this many years later. Thanks for the great reaction.
I know this was almost a year ago, but Lex's reaction always makes me smile. Totally gets it.
I feel jealous... Brad & Lex get to hear all this great stuff for the first time. And there's so much more great stuff they've got ahead of them. Give 'Dreamer' a listen...
I once had a woman that looked at me the way that Lex looks at Brad.
Brad is a lucky, lucky man.
EPIC piano solos in “School” and “Child of Vision”.
I've always dug this jam.
Great choice! Perhaps my favorite Supertramp song. I love the jazzy piano and funky bass.
Over the 45ish years of listening to this Crime of the Century album, my favourite song on the album has changed multiple times. Currently it’s Hide in Your Shell.
I think that is the most animated I have seen Brad while listening to a song. If you look real close he moved ever so slightly to the beat.
I've heard this song 5000x and finally, now, listened to it. It's a banger alright!
This is how you do an intro...Supertramp often mixes jazz and prog, this is a prime example(some call Supertramp "prog pop")
the live version from the " Paris " album adds some jazz-type singing on the outro, mixed with the sax riffs, worth a listen
Ah Yaaaas!! Supertramp! Bloody well right!! What an amazing group with so many terrific songs! Ya just can't go wrong! They are just as 'fresh' today as when gheir music first came out! you never know 'What!' To expect from them.. other than Excellence! Please spend some time taking a deep dive and listening to each/ every album individually, you won't regret it!❣️😁👍
That opening is one of my favorites ever. So good.
Have a great day!
One if my favorite Supertramp songs. Such an awesome band.
Loved Brad's reaction to this one.
I love this whole song from the long intro to the sax ending.
Good observation Brad, that it’s a jazz-rock hybrid, the electric piano and sax reinforce the jazz vibe, while the guitar, bass and drums keep the rock feel. And yes, it’s about speaking their minds about the British school system they grew up with. 👍
Hugely underrated band. Great songs, brilliant arrangements. The Crime of the Century album really needs to be hit in one listen though. The song's basically about "it's who you know, not what you know", and flows on from the song "School", which is about how school doesn't really prepare you for life and just leaves a lot of people more confused. Great prog/pop/jazz/rock.
Not underated
Definitely not underrated!
I meant underrated in terms of today's audience, although they are making a critical comeback. Say "bands of the 70s" to people, and Supertramp won't be near the top of most people's lists. And no matter how highly you rate them, it still isn't high enough :)
I think this song is best understood within the context of the whole album. It's a snapshot of a moment that fits within the bigger picture perfectly. Maybe one of the best albums of all time.
Supertramp is so good! Great albums and zillions amazing songs
One of my favorite Super Tramp songs. Great band, saw them at Philadelphia Spectum in 1985 awesome live performance. Great Reaction. 👍
love this song and that is 1 killer intro.
Supertramps sax player played sax for Thin Lizzy. His sister was married to TL's drummer. This is one of their best songs imo.
One of the best ever from Supertramp. Thanks guys.
My favorite supertramp song. Came in from a night of hard partying back in the day. Heard this about 5 a.m. What a great tune and good commentary.
Supertramp are a great band! Some fantastic songs from several different albums! 👏👏👌👌
Wife here..I swear last night my Husband and I were discussing how very very popular this band really was and is..!!!...You are "guranteed" to hear them 4 to 5 times on classic/soft rock stations until this day!!.."Milk the distortion"..Love it!!
First Supertramp song that I heard, used to get a lot of radio play and I've been a fan ever since.
Supertramp has so many great songs. Be sure to check out Give A Little Bit.
I could listen to Supertramp all day, every song has its own sound.
Supertramp prided themselves on the studio quality of their live shows!
Have been with my wife on one of their good by concerts in germany, Karlsruhe Schwarzwaldhalle, i never saw a band that changed so often instruments, also while a song, all great musicians. Fun fact everywhere it smelled sweet and my wife didn´t recognize, that all around her smoked weed. I smile till today when i remember this 30 years after. thx for reaction.
After hearing that tune a gazillion times since it first came out, I'd have thought I'd be sick of it by now. But I still crank it up every time I hear it. Love y'all's reaction! 👍👍👋
Hell yeah!! My favorite Supertramp song!
they are what you call a Vibe Band, they have their own category. some of the sweetest song crafting with these guys.
I forgot how good this song is. I haven’t heard it in decades.
Great job!!! Now it is time for "School", "Rudy" and "Hide In Your Shell"! Prepare to be entertained by a group very much unlike any other!!
Supertramp at their best from my favourite album by them.
You can't go wrong with Supertramp. Great stuff!
Supertramp, the soundtrack of my teens. Such a great band
I know when they came out it was hard to call them prog, it was hard to put your finger on their sound. But they were hugely popular amongst prog fans and straight-ahead rock fans alike. I think the definition of prog would definitely include Supertramp.
They filled the gap between Pop & Prog. I've seen them described as Art-Pop & Prog-Pop. They always were a difficult band to categorize, as they had the songwriting skills of pop masters, while also having the musicianship of prog monsters, and they weren't afraid to display both skillsets in the same song...
@@gchampi2 Agreed. Roxy Music was often put in this category, but with a completely different sound. Supertramp were just great songwriters.
Easily my favorite from the classic "Crime Of The Century" album. Or maybe it's "School", "Asylum" or "Hide In Your Shell". Or anything else on the album. Their best, IMO.
Rudy is a great song because it mentions the town I live in twice.
lol, how do you center on "best" with Supertramp
I used to be in a band in London late 70s, and we used to play this. Great song.
It's good to see Brad getting lost in the music and not so hung up on what the lyrics mean!
Brilliant track from the classic album Crime Of The Century. I've loved this album since I was a child and I'm now 58.
Been waiting on this. I have blow ppls minds with this, showing someone this for the first time is an honor
That's Supertramp....sounds, piano, wah wah guitars, sax....always showing us there's more to music than guitar, drums and bass.
Great job Brad, indeed!
You bloody well nailed it! Cheers!
This reminds me of my dad. He played this album in the car a lot when they came out. Wore the tape out!
'Goodbye Stranger' - Supertramp Epic!
Classic..... I remember listening to this when it first came out........ it was avant garde.....the whole album is a classic!
Supertramp is kings of their art. I rarely listen to classics anymore yet these guys are beyond time and genre's
you listen to my past ^^ I used to be a DJ in a youth center in Germany in the 70s and these things were happening every day. supertramp one of my favorite bands
School next !! YES more from Supertramp such a TOP band! Some tasty harmonica
Supertramp restored my faith in music. Still love ‘em!
Love Supertramp. Winnipeg in Canada was one of the first markets to appreciate their talent.
Ironic but I learned in 8th grade to love Supertramp in 1975 from my buddies sister's boyfriend in Grand Forks and he was from the Peg with his star jeans even.
Hey guys, Supertramp is amazing, I saw them doing this song in 1973 in Niagara Falls, N.Y. It was my first concert. The next album was Evening In The Quietest Moments. That song and the entire album was great. Ooops, yous ain't old enough to know what an album is. Just kidding, but other groups like 10cc, Saga, Klaatu, ELO and The Babys (just to name a few) were fantastic. As a teen, I hated 70s music and I grew up to love 60s & 80s, but now that I've gotten older, I really do like a lot of the 70s stuff I avoided as a kid.
God I haven’t heard Klaatu in ages.
@@ptrlxc I know, GREAT, am I right? I love Klaatu, and in the very beginning, there were rumors that the Beatles got back together as Klaatu, blah, blah, blah. But those album covers were so amazing. Am I right?
I have been fortunate enough to have seen Supertramp “The Tramp” Live 4 times. Their live shows are a spectacle and brilliant. Each member is a musical genius. Rick Davies is my favorite keyboards player and John Helliwell is favorite Sax player. He is a blast to watch live. The bass and drummer are awesome and Roger’s guitars are superb. The only live show I put above Supertramp is Pink Floyd, who I have seen 4 times.
the whole album is excellent..
School from this album is my favorite Supertramp song this album Crime of the Century is a masterpiece
So glad you finally got to this band. I'm on the road and looking forward to watching when I get home. I wish you could do the whole album. If Everyone Was Listening and Asylum are great closures
The song is even funnier when you realize that the word "Bloody" in England is equivalent to our "F-word"; takes it to a whole new meaning.
Friday is my second favorite f-word!
This bloody wanker is completely correct.
Steady on, old chap! "Bloody" is *nowhere near* as strong as the F-word; certainly not now, and even when this record came out, although it would have been considered somewhat offensive back then. Nowadays it's no stronger than "damn".
@@TheoZoffrok guess I'm old I was born in England in the 60's and it was like saying the F-word, guess times are changing.
@@stevenwalker5343 oh I'm not disputing that it *used* to be considered offensive - it's just that even when it *was* offensive, it was never *as* offensive as the f-word. A good illustration of this is in the play Pygmalion, which opened in London in 1914. The famous line "not bloody likely!" was indeed very controversial at the time - but it would have been simply unthinkable for it to have been "not fucking likely". The play would have been closed down and all involved in the production would have had their collars felt by the law...
You guys are awesome. Keep up the good work. Whatever you do never change your intro.
Yes, music used to be this good on the radio every single day with new stuff hitting almost weekly it seemed in some summers. True talent was once a requirement for success in the music industry.
Yes,the introduction...the sound of the Fender Rhodes Piano (electric)
So much more Supertramp to explore, you won't regret going down that rabbit hole 😊
I love Supertramp so much. I'm always left disappointed that their jazzy fade outs have to end. I'd be happy if every song of theirs was half an hour long.
This is what made Supertramp great back in the day. So adventurous musically. They really didn't fit in a genre because they played so many different ones.
Knew you two would enjoy this one. My favorite Supertramp track [whole album is cool].
Supertramp is the best thing England ever produced
Seriously underrated band! I went to their last concert... drove from Boston to Philly to see it...and it was amazing!... Roger Hudson is a genius! I consider him on the same level as Tom Scholz from Boston.
Give A Little Bit next!!
... great content guys!
This album was the soundtrack of my junior high and senior high years (for all the young 'uns out there, junior high=middle school 🤣). So good played loud and with a little herbal enhancement. 45 years later, I still love it. 😎
Superb ramp had a unique sound all their own.
I love Lex's Reactions so much! She loves all music🎸🙏👑💪🕶️🦅🙌🥊👨🎤🥩🎸🧞🎤🎙️💇😘
Excellent tune.
I highly recommend
"School" and
"Give A Little Bit"
Supertramp's "Crime of the Century" is a start-to-finish rock album masterpiece.
Agreed, but Breakfast in America was also brilliant and has a special place in my memories of youth.
@@DiZastur "Breakfast" is also a great start-to-finish album. I prefer "Crime" because it has more musical depth.
The gorgeous intro solo is played on a Wurlitzer electronic piano, which have been around since the 1950s
School followed by Bloody Well Right at the same time is the way to listen to this
Finally! A Supertramp reaction for something *not* from 'Breakfast in America'! Rock on!
"RUDY"- Live with the Train Ride video.... AWESOME
Yeah Supertramp fun music from my past ! Breakfast of America the whole album I wore It out !!
Good song, great group..
Thanks
Lex lets music just flow through her, love it !
Supertramp is criminally underrated. So many great songs. Rabbit hole for sure.
Supertramp is a vibe!✌️😊💜
They ARE a prog band! The entire Crime of the Century album is fantastic. I personally LOVE School. And then Bloody Well Right. Lots of great suggestions from other posters. I would add Cannonball. It was their last hit. It's very different, and very good.
You're right about Crime of the Century, School and Rudy for me the best two tracks on the album. Cannonball is another great song as well, in fact Brother album is a favourite of mine, rather underated, but l like the entire album and enjoy it as much as their earlier work.
We used to sing this at school at moments of most distraction 🤣
Progressive Pop (The album containing that song is a masterpiece: every song is great, it's a journey)