Cheeky Monkey
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Supertramp were British!!?
That's as unlikely as us drawing 2-2 with Crewe on Saturday surely?
That's as unlikely as us drawing 2-2 with Crewe on Saturday surely?
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Supertramp are/were British!!!
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The Large One
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British AND American. Sorry 'bout that.
Cheeky Monkey
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The Large One said:
Formed from an ad in Melody Maker allegedly
The Large One
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No allegedly about it. Four blokes from Britain, and the drummer was from California. (I had to go and look that up, mind.)
Vlad the Impala
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I'm going to see Roger Hodgson next month, complete with symphony orchestra. Should be interesting.
I once saw them upstairs at The Richmond in about 1970/1. I Think it's called the pressure point now.
Trufflehound
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Cheeky Monkey said:
More worrying than the fact that it's taken you 35 years to realise...
...is the fact that you care.
Dave the OAP
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I have seen Supertramp 7 times, from the first concert at the Dome I saw supported by Joan Armatradin, and then supported by Man ( a welsh band that were just noise!!!)
Crisis What Crisis is my favourite Album, Even in the Quietest Moments the worst.
Crisis What Crisis is my favourite Album, Even in the Quietest Moments the worst.
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dave the gaffer said:
I thought Man were great.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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For the benefit of younger readers, let me fill in some of the details for you:
Supertramp were whiney-middle-class uni-educated shits. Their biggest 'hit' Breakfast In America kicked off with the immortal lines:
"Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
Never seem to get a lot"
Luckily punk came along and destroyed the sappy fuckers shortly afterwards
Supertramp were whiney-middle-class uni-educated shits. Their biggest 'hit' Breakfast In America kicked off with the immortal lines:
"Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
Never seem to get a lot"
Luckily punk came along and destroyed the sappy fuckers shortly afterwards
Vlad the Impala
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Tom Hark said:For the benefit of younger readers, let me fill in some of the details for you:
Supertramp were whiney-middle-class uni-educated shits. Their biggest 'hit' Breakfast In America kicked off with the immortal lines:
"Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
Never seem to get a lot"
Luckily punk came along and destroyed the sappy fuckers shortly afterwards
I feel sorry for you. Fancy having to go through life pigeon-holing everything. I'm sure I'm not the only one who went to see Supertramp and the Buzzcocks in the same month.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Vlad the Impala said:
Yes. Yes you were.
BUTTERBALL
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You are Bloody well right
Spearritt of the Albion
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The Large One said:
Original band had just four brits and no yanks but only Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson survived to record Crime of the Century and all the classics.
Saw them at Royal Albert Hall in 1997. Sadly no Roger Hodgson or Dougie Thomson but still superb. All the classics plus most of the 'Some Things Never Change' album which saw them very nearly back to their best. Guest appearance by Neil Finn of Crowded House and Bob Seibenberg's son who was born on the night of one of their previous appearances at the Hall in the seventies.
My music tastes are varied and include seeing recent performances of Green Day, Oasis, Manics and many others but you really can't beat a bit of Supertramp screaching out the windows as you drive along the motorway to those away games.
I agree that Rick Davies' voice is a tad high pitched at times but that was part of their success and the overal sound was great.
As for their hit singles, they were not known as a singles band it was their albums that got everyone into their concerts and theri concerts then sold more albums. They were one of the first bands to exploit this. Dreamer was their first hit but it was from their fourth album (okay, second recognised one!). The 'Crime of the Century' album had been massive long before Dreamer.
Oh Happy days!! (oh no that was someone elses).
The Large One
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Spearritt of the Albion said:
Not according to their biog.
It said that Hodgson and Davies (who had recorded together with little commercial success in 1969) needed other to flesh out their work, and recruited the other three in the band from a trade mag ad in 1970. The drummer, who happened to be American, was working in Britain at the time.
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REDLAND
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Tom Hark said:
Luckily punk came along and destroyed the sappy fuckers shortly afterwards
amen to that
Dave the OAP
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shut it redders, adults are talking!
BTW I saw Supertramp at the Hammersmith Odeon and two days later, The Stranglers and the next day, New York Slitz....., Oh and the Carmen by Bizet at The Royal Albert Hall the next week
...It helps to be open minded about music
Its all subjective
BTW I saw Supertramp at the Hammersmith Odeon and two days later, The Stranglers and the next day, New York Slitz....., Oh and the Carmen by Bizet at The Royal Albert Hall the next week
...It helps to be open minded about music
Its all subjective
Vlad the Impala
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dave the gaffer said:
Well said that man. So many people cut of their nose to spite their face (cliched, I know, but true). I'm glad I'm not like them. I get to enjoy what I like, not what pigeonholes dictate.