AMAZING SONG! A Literalist Reaction to Supertramp

AMAZING SONG! A Literalist Reaction to Supertramp - Dreamer

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10 ай бұрын

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Dave (the 36-year-old with the impressive beard) was raised almost completely sheltered from pop culture by his strict military family. He was homeschooled his entire life until he entered college. He legitimately has very little knowledge of music and bands from before 2000.
John (the guy in disguise) has been a MUSIC LOVER since he was born in the 1960's. Problem is, he rarely knows or fully grasps the lyrics. Dave, on the other hand, has never heard or rarely overheard the music John chooses to play for him, but tends to take lyrics literally, sometimes to unexpected ends.
John remains in the dark both as a wry play on the situation but also because of legal issues causing his attorney to recommend maintaining a low profile.
We did not write nor do we own the Copyright for the song used in this Educational Video. This is a real, honest reaction to a song Dave have never consciously heard before and/or listened to with intent. Any "facts" offered by John "Doh" are based more on his remembrances than on any actual research. Please feel free to correct him. He loves it.
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@kentnottingham9635 11 күн бұрын

Roger wrote this as a kid at his mom’s house. Just a great song!

@reneelyons6836 10 ай бұрын

Hot diggety dog....I do love this song too. 💖✨🎶🎶

@davidmaholchic6146 10 ай бұрын

Forgot about you guys just popped up again looking forward to Watching great song

@djlaino 10 ай бұрын

Really a fun song. I am on the same page as LD about liking songs where you can hear and comprehend the lyrics being sung. A common characteristic of all the great artists you are presenting - Yes, Peter Gabriel, Rush, Jethro Tull, Supertramp - and many others of this era is their originality. Although they borrowed and built on aspects of music before them, they were not formulaic and had the guts to put out their own ideas and style. Also, the fact that they had the freedom to do so, which is not always easy when record companies hold the cards (see Rush:2112 and their references therein to Rod Serling of The Twilight Zone fame, who they admired as he was also a strong advocate for artistic freedom). May as well do The Logical Song next.

@LiteralistReactions 10 ай бұрын

Well said. Thanks!

@steelyman08 4 ай бұрын

I agree with Dave on his first response about the type of dreamer being called out in this song. You picked up on the hands in your head/head in your hands link perfectly. This song is about the futility & consequences of dreaming in the wrong way ~ "Now there's not a lot I can do" tells us that the dreamer has messed up quite a bit. I don't agree with encouragement at the end, though. I'm pretty sure that's sarcasm in the back and forth with Rick Davies. "Take a lie, take a dreamer", Take a life, take a holiday", "We'll work it out someday" ~ all of that before the final encouragement to dream along. And that classic glockenspiel outro that sounds like a musical box for a child to go to sleep & dream to. It's all so perfectly crafted. Roger Hodgson gave us many songs to encourage dreaming with, but not this one. I really enjoyed this upload because I've hardly ever heard anyone really get into the lyrics of this track. And the way you expressed the valleys & peaks musically was very cool as well. Thank you!

@LiteralistReactions 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the thoughtful response! - JD

@coils4foil537 10 ай бұрын

Just happy drummer Bob is coaching baseball these days!!

@cpmf2112 8 ай бұрын

2112 is an album with a B side full of great songs 😁

@daveheesen9174 10 ай бұрын

as originally envisioned, the instrimuntation was supposed to be primarily percussion on pots and pans , ect...they couldm't get it to work

@Mike80528 10 ай бұрын

Really enjoying the classic progressive rotation. Styx, Supertramp,. Jethro Tull, Rush, and so on. Great music that works great for Dave to react to.

@Bryman1970 9 ай бұрын

Roger wrote this song at his mother's house when he was 19. They don't make teenage musicians like that anymore. Lol

@eckthtraetheth 10 ай бұрын

They thay I'm a dreamer. But I'm not the only one. I hope thomeday day you'll join uth. And the world will kick Dave in the jimmy.

@michaelbaucom4019 10 ай бұрын

One of eight masterpieces from their masterpiece album of masterpiece albums. How strong is this album? Dreamer might be the weakest song on it... The Steely Dan connection is well placed, both bands take chances using different elements in rock(especially jazz elements) and know how to produce/engineer a song. Neither artist bores you, musically or lyrically