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#1134399 - 03/21/05 03:07 PM
Re: Supertramp
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Registered: 08/12/04
Posts: 19
Loc: atlanta
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I loved Supertramp....They were awesome....great tight musicians....ive got a few of their books..and i also went through a stage where i bought a half speed cassette deck and figured out the complete rhodes intro to "Bloody Well Right" good luck finding a note for note transcription....
Just wanted to say "Supertramp" one last time.
dave
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#1134400 - 03/22/05 10:24 AM
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Registered: 01/21/05
Posts: 288
Loc: West
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That's funny Dave...I once tried to fashion a Harmonica brace out of a coat hanger, so I could accompany myself on the intro of Supertramp's "Take the Long Way Home."
It didn't work.
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#1134403 - 03/31/05 12:41 PM
Re: Supertramp
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Registered: 06/01/01
Posts: 808
Loc: NL, Canada
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Nope, I don't, but I have Crime of the Century on vinyl and tape, Crisis and Even in the Quietest Moments on vinyl, and Breakfast in America on tape.
I would think the live version is an improv, so as someone else said, good luck there.
There's a real difference in the way Hodgson and Davies composed. Hodgson was more the songwriter, with his piano playing being more of the banging it out Dreamer variety, whereas Davies had the more intricate piano playing I think.
Either way, it doesn't matter, because instrumentally, Dougie Thompson and John Anthony Helliwell were the heart and soul of that group to my mind. In the later years, his tenor sax licks saved a few lame albums, and Thompson is arguably the best bottom end in the business.
I was a big fan of Supertramp in the seventies, and though I liked Crisis, I still think Crime was their best work - a superb album.
My favourite song of theirs, though is "Downstream" from Quietest Moments.
Jamie
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#1134404 - 03/31/05 12:55 PM
Re: Supertramp
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Registered: 06/22/01
Posts: 3789
Loc: Plainfield, IL
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Originally posted by Samejame:  My favourite song of theirs, though is "Downstream" from Quietest Moments.[/b] Took a boat Sunday Down by the sea It just felt so nice You and me We didn't have a problem Or a care, oh no And all around was silence Everywhere
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