that's the perfect description of the Supertramp show I witnessed at the Rochester War Memorial back in May '79

Yup, yer bloody well right!!

Me too ... in Switzerland early 80's at their very last show as a band.

no question about it

Without a shadow of doubt!!

Absolutly!

they were under rated

THE best ...!

One of the best band ever

That's why I've said they had 2 masterpiece Albums: Crime& Breakfast

A Disgrace they're not in Hall of Fame!! And Helliwell just geniously feeds off Davies and Hodgson

"School" Most requested song on American Radio in 70's

Incredible quality

Amen

You said Amen to a pentagram, lol. @@terrystowers6085

Behind????

could not agree more

They are very talented!

Yes!!!

100%

Taken near where it was recorded at Caribou Ranch, Nederland CO, 13 miles west of Boulder. The band's crew dragged the grand piano to the top of Lake Eldora Ski Mountain and covered it with snow. Iconic cover to an amazing album!

@@MrBillDeville When I saw them in San Diego Ca. they had all of their album cover items on stage. Just awesome.

Right? Same here, man... The dude is pure perfection. What a touch... And those toms are enormous on top of it all. He's beyond Peart in his simplicity alone. Go on Bob!!!

I agree totally guys, the band was so great live on top of the great success in the studio. An enormous part of that, was Bob on drums and Dougie Thompson on bass. Live they were beyond even the Pink Floyd live because of these two rhythm powerhouses!!! The power chords were just so pure and powerful that I would give almost anything to see and hear that again.

Agreed. Very under-appreciated drummer but I've always loved his work

exactly maybe one of the best drummers ..so stylish..unique!! cheers

Yep, he is like Bev Bevan, a very musical drummer!

The use of so many different chords to change the mood, dynamics and feel of their superbly crafted songs is really great with the harmony of their voices, the drums and amazing sax. They haven't received anywhere near the recognition they so richly deserve. Keeping together and being so professional for the sake of the quality of the songs is an achievement in itself. They must be put into the rock and roll hall of fame. So many other bands have entered that aren't a patch on Supertramp.

I wish I was there.

Lights on and clearly someone home inside that guy

.....add APP, Ambrosia, 10cc, City Boy, Utopia, Klaatu, Styx & Pilot TO that mix.....

in deed!!!

@@ogam5 and Eloy!

Totally agree, such interesting albums, full of great music. Unfortunately Roger didn't think so.

@@stevecoleman3308 Mr. Richards once said, by the meaning not by words: Friends, we are not best friends. But I can not ignore - when we work together, the results are so much better.

Agree, they were far superior together than apart. Same as Beatles.

Me too. Altough Roger wrote several great songs but I do not like the most of big hits of the band and a little bit "stupid " pop songs as Crazy. Rick is underrated and Roger's did everything in order to sell himself as a only 1 reason of Supertramp's' success. Unfortunatelly he could manipulate his fanbase( sect) with it. Rick Davies was Beethoven for me , while Roger is Mozart, but I always prefered Beethoven.

I don't need to choose. I like both

​@@josemiguelcarrizo7373yes , it is good attitude. But pls explain to Roger and his fanbase. They are responsible (yes , Roger has a big responsibility in it ) for the situation that this band has most splitted fanbase in the rock history.

@@aubindemontfalcon5967 Obscure ?! Is there any objective measurement which are the best songs exactly ? Of course Roger was a "hitmaker " but I have to say his best songs were never ranked on the charts . And just for your info the first and last US " hits " belonged to Rick ( Bloody well right and My kind of lady , or Cannonball after Roger"s departure ) .Cannonball was a big hit per example , it was no9 in US dance charts . Rick also wrote additional amazing songs as Rudy, Crime of the century, From now on , Downstream , Another man's women , etc. They aren"t " obscure " songs. Both songwriters were genius.

Part of the same minority. But yeah, both are great.

Hyde in your Shell,is the Best Song in the Music-History,absolutly the Number One!!!

They were my first concert. Maybe 1975? Four of us young’uns, maybe 16 yrs old, we paid ten dollars cash to a doorman and got in. In retrospect the whole event was so overwhelming for my young mind I didnt appreciate the show quite as well as I wish.

I don't disagree

It’s called arrangements. 😎

You right ❤

Along with Pink Floyd and The Beatles...

💯💯💯💯💯

thank you so much

bucket list band for sure

Saw Supertramp in Philly in ’83 at the Spectrum. One of my 10 best rock concerts , though we missed the first half hour or so. Band supposedly waited to take the stage to allow fans to arrive in ridiculously bad traffic. The Eagles had a preseason football game across the street the same night. Had to park near the I-95 on-ramp and walk to the arena. Great, unforgettable show!!!

Since when was he in my home city???

It doesn't really matter much, selection to the R&R HOF often has more to do with music industry politics than merit. I don't need an organization to validate whether a band is great or not.

I was there too in Houston! Also my first concert! Unforgettable!

hard to argue that one

My senior year, class of 1976, I got my first loan from Retail Clerks Credit Union … I bought Bose 901 series 3. Also a Sansui 8080 DB Tuner And a Technics turn table… Boston, Kansas and soon Supertramp we’re the BEST!!!! I sure I still that system!!!!!!!!!!!!! I miss it

Yes this was before CD BUT AFTER 8 TRACKS… lol LP’s ALL THE WAY!!!

so sad that they couldn't get along

Roger wanted Rick to get rid of Dougie, John, and Bob. Rick stuck with them. So, it was never a matter of them not getting along.

You think 🤔 you might be able to borrow your balls out of your wives purse? 😂

@@georgeshaw8925 This comment is jazzy. Let me elaborate on it anyway. They say play in a band or play at a concert. In actuality, it is work that members get paid to do. It can be difficult to do that work. Employees won't always get along. There will sometimes be friction. At other times, Roger will start crying and run off high up top onto the mountains where he will pout a lot, start looking down on everyone, and write his own songs. Yet, the whole idea is to take a boring orderly square and turn it into an interesting spontaneous circle. To do that requires friction, not getting along, lots of shouting, and throwing tantrums.

Crime of the Century was a collaboration between the both.

You're right it does sound better than Breakfast in America ... and Breakfast in America sounds phenomenal !!

I think in America, Breakfast was the best sounding. Are you overseas? Over here it was on A&M records, which was a standard pressing affair until Breakfast came out and the vinyl formulations were altered. Nearly all big label LP's, no matter who, were largely handled by CBS pressing plants. Aside from RCA, which had their own... But there were contenders all of a sudden. An audiophile release of Breakfast was available, then the others released by MFSL, BREAKFAST was released by their own label not MFSL. Also, at the time I would listen to albums I liked using phase cancelation, sometimes called "stereo difference" to dissect the production. BREAKFAST, was well produced regarding that, as everything was meticulously placed in the stereo sound stage with a light halo of ambient reverb, and no phasing errors. Those really stuck out as distortion in recordings that had that problem. Or ones that had off center mono sources. Taken apart like that, Breakfast held up well and sounded just like a live performance. The ones before had a less live sound and as Soundstage goes, certainly not bad, but like seeking a 3-d picture made up of several 2-d flat images. The images themselves would have depth and texture, where in the older productions, they were well-rendered 2-d images, or for the sake of this, individual mono recordings, assembled into the Soundstage. Every sound on Breakfast seemed to eminate from a stereo source, as in live.

Yeah. I really like that first album.

totally

Give me Rick Davies. Bloody well right.

Dan are marvellous as well

He wanted to spend time with his family.

He did a brave thing stepping away from the party. Then he could come back to public life

lol, you think?

@@Totalclassicrock Just a bit of fun!! LOL!!