Absolutely, it's so good I got the MFSL 24k gold CD. According to the Dynamic Range database it has a average of 2-3 dB of dynamic range which sounds fricking awesome on a good pair of headphones or speakers.
@@krypto_9872 their dynamics are world class!!! With all the compression going on these days, this level of dynamics hasn't been heard since 1995 :-D just kidding, but you know what I mean ;-)
When you walked into a store to buy a high end stereo equipment in the 70's, 80's the sales people would put this album on the turntable to check out just how good the amp and speakers were.
Absolutely dude l can recall auditioning audio equipment many years ago and I always took Crime of the Century and Steely Dan Aja with me to listen to!
Those days it wasn't just about listening to the music, it was the whole process. Imagine: 18 years old, cruising the main drag in your whip, looking for the ladies, radio pumping. Then you hear this for the first time. Next day, you're at the record shop, looking at thousands of vinyl LPs, looking for this. The cover art of the albums alone made it look like an art gallery. Then you find this album & see this album cover for the first time. Pure joy. You buy the album & take it home to listen to the whole thing. For a moment, you hold it in your hands with a spiritual anticipation. Then you peel off the plastic cover with reverence & pull the 12" vinyl disc out gently place it on your turntable for the very first time. Then after another moment of delicious anticipation, you drop the needle & joy and wisdom begin to pour directly into your young Soul. And it wasn't just about the one song. There would 8 to 10 songs you might have never heard before, carefully arranged in the order to maximize their effect. You didn't pick & choose which tracks your played. To lift the needle & skip tracks was sacrilege in my book. You listened to it one side at a time, & hear the songs in the order the artist intended. Often, many of them are even better than the song you heard on the radio. Some of them you might not like at all at first, but you listened. In that listening, you might begin to understand what the artist was saying & begin to love the song. It was like the real world. Not every track was just what you wanted right now. You learned patience, & to open your mind to new things. You learned to change your mind, a critical life skill that would serve you well. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for playing this music that puts my mind squarely back in that place. In another comment, I noted that Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top was referred to as the Reverend Billy Gibbons. Well, in my book, you are the Right Reverend Jamal. God speaks through you & the music you are playing for us. You are living now rather than then because your shining Soul is more needed today. One of the most beautiful things in the world is a black person's smile, & your smile is among the most beautiful of those. If there were no music I would come here just to see you smile. :)
Jamel brother you gotta listen to this whole album start to finish with headphones because as soon as school is over and they sing and “ your coming along booooinggggg!! “ it goes right into the piano solo at the start of “bloody well right” And Man it just takes you in a whole journey love your reactions brother everything you say comes from the heart you honest and you have music knowledge keep on keeping on
these are what we call segues. some of the best songs are Segue songs don't break them up listen to fall in place. don't break they just flow seamlessly into the next one. I just don't sound right when broken up a perfect example is Journey Infinity 1977 feeling that way into anytime
Gary Glaser is correct...the whole album is magnificent...Trucker Kev must've worked in radio, 'cause I've never heard anyone but another jock use the term "segue" they way he did! And Beth is on top of her game, too!
@@victorhawkins3461 no never worked in radio I've driven an 18-wheeler my whole life 🤠☕🚛🌅🛣️🌉🗽🌉🏙️🌉🚛🛤️🛤️🏔️🌄🌅from coast to coast up into Canada 30 yrs now. that term has gone on forever especially during the dawning of classic rock term throughout the later 90s when stations would take a song that segues properly and chop it up.. I've used that term for yrs. all one has to do is look up the term segue NOT Segway and realize how it fits. but take one look at me; I definitely have a face for radio no doubt about that brother😂😂
The instrumental break in this song is classic. The message is very similar to that of Pink Floyd's The Wall. Must be something in the English school system that brings it out in them ;)
The guy who played the harmonica in this also plays the sax and other woodwind in various tracks John Helliwell. Loved his stuff. I could see by your face you enjoyed this throughout. This whole album Crime of the century should be listened to in its entirety.
@@Scorhos Their first two albums were more or less a collaborative effort with an outside lyricist for the first album. They broke up for a short time then got back together with a new line-up for CotC where Dave and Roger each came in with their own songs.
Love this song, it is so cool Despite the happy melody, the intro gives an eerieness, a darkness that lingers, making you think AND feel, a Supertramp trademark.. And Rick Davies kicking butt on piano. Greatness achieved
Absolute classic. This song hit different back when I first heard it 20 years ago or so when I was at school and used to listen to the breakfast radio show from like 6am. That eerie feeling I got lying in bed listening to them singing about school before I had to head out for another long day of school
When I went to the “Breakfast in America” show, Roger Hodgson had lost his voice so Rick Davies had to sing all of the songs. They announced that because of it they would return at a later date and give a free concert for all the ticket holders of that evening, and that is just what they did. What an awesome band they were!
Fyi, the live version on the Paris live album is Better, Man. The background sounds on this, are supposed to be kids in the schoolyard. The live version is the crowd making the back sounds. It's better, trust me. I'm a big fan from way back, on this band.
One of my favorite songs from the CRIME OF THE CENTURY album. These guys are so creative and not afraid to display it. So many talented groups from the United Kingdom. Thanks for featuring SUPERTRAMP on your channel. Let's thank our teachers.
School is probably one of my top 10 songs ever. Known it pretty much my whole life. Supertramp is such a great band. Thank you parents for playing music all the time and introducing me to great music early on. Still reaping the benefits from that. In fact, I'm gonna call them and tell them just that.
@@bpdinmylifeapersonaldailyc6533 awesome! I have been a rush fan since the first time I heard the cassette of Permanent Waves! I'm a big fan of a lot of prog music, Cream, ELP, Floyd, Yes. Music today just doesn't have that type of musicianship or talent. I'm the youngest of 5 boys (born in '65), so my taste range from the Beatles on. I enjoy some blues too, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Robert Cray.
I was a concert promoter right out of college. Had the privilege if bringing them to my hometown in concert in 1976. Unbelievable experience. Great band. Great guys.
The album is a masterpiece. Beautiful music with lyrics soaked in angst, frustration but also hope. The musicians in Supertramp, Pink Floyd , Black Sabbath etc were born to parents who grew up in post war Britain which was not a pleasant place for most. So the anxiety and suffering of that time bled through a lot of the music, and especially in a band like Sabbath, as they grew up in Birmingham in virtual poverty so the anger was real.
This song was written and composed by Roger Hodgson, co-founder of the Supertramp. it's the first track of the extraordinary álbum Crime of the Century. This song continues to play at every live show Roger presents on his tour. A masterpiece.
I can't help but cry to fools overture. I'm 52 and English, and every time I hear it now I feel it is the swansong of England as I grew up loving. The death knell of my country. So sad.
Hi Jamel, GREAT review!! Supertramp had 2 great songwriters, Rick Davis and Roger Hodgson,. Roger is my favorite of the 2 and this song, School is a reason why. Roger searches and often finds spirituality within himself and brings out beautiful, loving, inspirational songs with incredible lyrics. This song has gotten me and many people through some dark days in their journey through life, especially while attending school. Watching Roger perform this, other Supertramp hits and solo work is truly a magical evening.
Give a Little Bit, and Even in the Quietest Moments... thank you sir for what you do.. Andy and Alex gave you a big shout out and told everyone to check you out. Thought you should know...
One of their best songs, for certain. - One of my problems, when I was young, was that I was brutally honest with other people. I sucked at playing personal politics. I ended up working for a company that demanded that attribute (for a while) and it was a highly successful company for about ten years. Then the internal politics took over and I was regarded as a dinosaur. But the story has a happy ending. After I left, I began to pursue my dream, being a writer.
Cindy - Hey Jamel! Thank you so much for sharing your reactions behind some of my favorite songs. It’s amazing - I’m now in my 60’s and when Roger Hodgson played School at his concert in London, I was dancing in my seat and singing along and at some points just closed my eyes and soaked the music in. It was wonderful, magical and an amazing show. Rogers music moves me and gives me intense joy and pleasure and takes me back to the wonderful days. His music is so pure , so inspiring , and it always touches my soul. There were tears as he sang the songs that were there in the good times and helped me through the bad times. The melodies and harmonies cannot be replicated except by the master himself. I invite you to dig deeper into his catalogue. Lord is it Mine? Hide in Your Shell? Both stunning and still relevant today.
the one time i got to see them in concert, they opened with this song. if you've not reacted to "Crime of the Century" yet, you really need to. it was their final encore song and they had a film running on a rear projection screen (much like Pink Floyd used) and it was like you were traveling through space, just as is on the cover, and this tiny bright light in the center got bigger and bigger until you could finally see it was those hands holding that set of bars spinning around and around and as they hit the final note of the song, the bars locked in place on the screen and the whole arena went dark. it was awesome.
Crime of the Century took everyone by surprise in the late 70s. Absolutely impeccable production quality & top notch song writing. It was pop, but also very progressive, totally unique.
LOVE this song and album... Supertramp had four AMAZING albums in row: Crime of the Century, Crisis What Crisis, Even In The Quietest Moments (I think their best album), and Breakfast In America (their best-seller). If you get a chance, I'd love to see a reaction to any of the following, Jamel: GENESIS: Firth Of Fifth THE CHAMELEONS: Here Today (story of the death of John Lennon) DE LA SOUL: The Magic Number PERNICE BROTHERS: BS Johnson (story of an amazing author) XTC: Mayor Of Simpleton, Senses Working Overtime, Playground, or Wrapped In Grey RUN DMC: Tougher Than Leather THE JAM: That's Entertainment, Down In The Tube Station At Midnight ROBIN HITCHCOCK: Glass Hotel Carry on and great work on the channel... (and love that you're repping the Bay!... Go Giants)
@Marco von Catfish Breakfast got overplayed... but there's some great tunes on there... but I agree it's the weakest of the four. My fave is "Even In The Quietest Moments," but "Crisis What Crisis" is right there. The Meaning and Soapbox Opera are BRILLIANT.
One day you'll have to listen to the Even in the Quietest Moments album. Fool's Ouverture to name just one song. I received this album as a gift from my aunt for my 14th birthday, it was a pivotal moment in my life as to what type of music I would fall in love with. Up to that point I was listening to stuff like Kiss, Toto, Cheap Trick and a couple more bands teenagers were listening to in the 70's. My aunt didn't know at that time(or did she? hmmm) that her apparently ordinary gift would have a profound impact on me. From Supertramp I slided to Styx, Rush, Pink Floyd and Genesis, what a journey it was. A few years later I found an interesting vinyl album in her collection, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon special quadraphonic edition. I understood right there and then why she introduced me to Supertramp. Thanks Paulette.
Saw them in early '76 Sydney Australia. Brilliant music but the hands in the bars and stars coming at you on the big screen behind the band for the encore was sooo memorable!
As a teacher’ s son this song has deep feelings for me and has always been my favourite on COTC. Schools have influenced other song writers, including Sting and Roger Waters to name but two. Growing up through school and launched into the unknown...great subject to inspire songwriting!
Possibly favorite song of all time. Those drums and the fretless bass are criminally underrated. The piano solo is just magic of course. It's like it reaches this stratospheric level, but it's not fancy. It's just pure melody, soaring over the top of all the other music, and after this epic build up. This song touches some of the deepest parts of my soul.
You have an AWESOME channel and I love your reactions to some of the best music ever produced. THIS song is a classic. Suoertramp doesn’t get the credit they deserve.
"Rudy" from this same album will take you for a ride and it's well worth the listen. Keep on exploring the musical horizons Jamel, we're all enjoying the trip with you.
Roger hodgson is icon of music ....with rick davies make crime of century so magic time....voice of roger so deep on each album of supertramp .....wow fantastic all tracks on crime of the century !
One of my fav albums of all time. You may notice that a signature of this group is that they are great at building up the tempo slowly in many of their songs. It is particularly effective in this song.
It's amazing on these older albums you can hear all of the instruments very clearly, but on new releases, the bass guitar is buried deep in the mix. This is a masterpiece. I have this album too and it's great.
I was a young man, working on a swank holiday island called Hayman Isd back in the day. My mum heard this track on radio on her way to work, pulled over and waited for the back announced the song. She placed an order for the album from an import record store. She taped it for me and sent me the tape in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef. That tape certainly did the rounds with staff on the island. The old girl loved great music. Every time I hear Supertramp it takes me back to 74
40 years after listening to this album on my headphones riding to school over & over again, that scream-transition at the start snapped me straight back there.
Everybody who listens to Supertramp I always recommend my kind of lady. The saxophone working this song is unbelievable and yet to see anybody do that song.
Love how they came up with that goose bumpy gong on the title track "crime of the century. It was achieved by striking a large gong and lowering it into a big fish tank thus changing the tone as it became more immersed. The result was a perfect effect for the song. Jamel, if you haven't already done so.. Have a listen, you'll see (hear) what I mean.. Great album, fantastic band. 👍
I was fortunate to see Supertramp in concert twice 77 & 79. The 2nd time was in a 3000 seat concert hall and I was in the front 10 rows, best concert I was ever at.
Maravilloso tema de Roger Hodgson , en realidad todas sus canciones son maravillosas. Es un gran compositor y sus conciertos son increíbles . Recomiendo asistan a alguno de los muchos que realiza en todo el mundo.
There's a video for this song called for disk description. God of video, you need to watch it on the wide screen. That's nonsense, are yeah? A competitor railroad may take in at home by time. Better railroad Enter a railroad, the railroad get on. The railroad the Confederate railroad group. I got a song called trash if they got a video. Get the wide screen pay all right😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
I really love it when he ask if there is a video. 1974 had very few music videos. Now after 1981 we had M TV, we had videos. It was amazing, yes Jamal we loved our MTV videos. You remind me alot of when MTV First hit the air ways. Nothing but good music. Thank you
The diversity of music that was made in years before rap came around is phenomenal. Now everything sounds the same mostly because people can't write a lyric OR play an instrument. They are stars!
Another group I grew up with. This was my favorite album by Supertramp. Back in the day I was buying "Original Master Recording" vinyl of my favorite albums. This vinyl had a limited number of pressings and it was much quieter than the conventional vinyl. They cost a lot more, but was worth it to me. I still have those albums, play them from time to time and, yes, you can hear a difference. Roger Hodgson was the lead singer on all of those hits from the 70's. He left Supertramp in 1983 to spend time with the kids, returning in 2001. They are still actively touring as of this date.
This is really one of their most unique and classic songs, arrangement and all. Maybe also listen to the last song after which the album is named, "Crime of the Century". :)
I've had the extreme pleasure of seeing "The Tramp" Live 3 times. My second favorite concerts of the many groups I've seen live. Only Pink Floyd I place one place higher than Supertramp. Sophisticated brilliance in every song. My All Time Favorite Sax Player.... John Helliwell.... and Favorite Piano Player.... Rick Davies
Thanks for School! Such an amazing piece! Btw, love that you and A&A have a friendship!!! It’s super cool that my three favorite reactors (you, A&A and Lost in Vegas) know of each other!
Word , u finally did School. Nope , no video, this was when music was about only the music. Now u gotta do, Fools Overture . Thats the shit Or Blinded By the Light
Blinded By the Light may very well be best Rock and Roll song of all-time. It is that f'n good. 100%,5 star, thumbs up. The lyrics, the guitar .. everything.
Rachel Lacow Yeah...IRA got a lot of criticism for being too pop-py and a betrayal to the band’s roots. When you understand that Roger wrote this as a “going away gift”, you can see his struggles through the song with how he had to deal with the issues in the band.
I bought this album when it came out. I was 13, and to this day, it's one of my favorites. My very first concert I want to was a Supertramp concert! They were amazing! Glad you could experience what music I grew up with. Most songs had a message, and those messages are still relevant nearly 50 years later!
Many bands created albums to be listened primarily with headphones. Yeah. We who know, know, that some music was created to be listened ONLY on headphones. Supertramp. Floyd. Etc.
My uncle use to play the harmonica. When I was eight , he and I were walking to the store, a mile or so. While walking through a townhouse complex he breaks out his harmonica and starts rocking this song. I hit the moon that night with pride. He was like the pie eyed piper, that day . WAy to cool. R. I. P Uncle Pete
this is why people who were raised on late 60's- 70's - early 80's music think most manufactured recordings today have zero substance, and are hard to listen to lol you had to have skills and talent to make this stuff and then pull it off on the road. brilliant classics
I'm going to keep requesting... "Don't call us, we'll call you" by Sugarloaf. It's such a funny, cool song about breaking into the business, being turned down by a CBS executive and then being called by said exec after they "made it". I think you'd love it.
A Long distance directory assistance, area code 212 Say hey, A and are this is mister rhythm and blues He said hello, and put me on hold To say the least the cat was cold He said, don't call us child we'll call you I said, you got my number He said yeah, I got it when you walked in the door Don't call us, we'll call you Don't call us, we'll call you I got your name from a friend of a friend Who said he used to work with you Remember the all night creature from stereo ninety two Yeah I said could you relate to our quarter track tape You know the band performs in the nude He said uh huh don't call us child we'll call you Listen kid you paid for the call You ain't bad but we've heard it all before And it sounds like John, Paul and George Any way, we cut a hit and we toured a bit With a song he said he couldn't use And now he calls and begs and crawls It's telephone deja vu We got percentage points and lousy joints And all the glitter we can use, Mama So, uh huh, don't call us now, we'll call you Listen kid you paid for the call You ain't bad but I've heard it all before Don't call us, we'll call you Don't call us Don't call us, we'll call you
I just want to see Jamal eyes and brain melt when he makes a video about Supertramps’s Child of vision. One of the best (if not the best) of Supertramp. Great Chanel btw. I love your videos.
Watching Jamal listen to this. I just realized that now days young people are missing out on the "Album Experience". Especially on this song and how it immediately segues into "Bloody Well Right" the next song. Growing up none of us ever just listened to "School" and then stopped the Album! It was the totally cool 1,2 punch of both songs played back to back that made this Album so incredibly awesome! The guitar hits a sustained note at the end of School, bends a little, then dives down, and right on perfect cue as the guitar dives the band all hit a power note togeyher, that starts the fantastic keyboard starts solo at the beginning of "Bloody Well Right". Back in the day these two songs played back to back sold more stereo systems than any other song. (Except perhaps Donald Fagen's incredibly recorded song "New Frontier" off his Nightfly Album.
A wonderful album with a production that's stunning. Unbelievable detail. The whole album s superb. The harmonica intro actually plays ot the title track at the end of the album. An album you should own definitely especially on vinyl
Jamal you nailed it. And this song, speaks about the English school system experiences in England - which in the past, used to be pretty tough! Thx again Jamal just for being you!
Dreamer by Supertramp is another awesome tune. Another interesting band in the same vein of rock is Marrilion. I guarantee you would be the first to do their music.
Crime of the century whole albums a masterpiece
You're bloody well right!
oui je pense le meilleur ....
Right on Bro
In fact, I consider this album their "Greatest Hits."
It is without doubt melodic utopia
I can't get enough Supertramp since you started reacting to them. I had forgotten how great their music was, so I thank you! 💕
Saw them live in 1975. They were even better live...fantastic.
This entire album is a masterpiece.
Absolutely, it's so good I got the MFSL 24k gold CD. According to the Dynamic Range database it has a average of 2-3 dB of dynamic range which sounds fricking awesome on a good pair of headphones or speakers.
@@krypto_9872 their dynamics are world class!!! With all the compression going on these days, this level of dynamics hasn't been heard since 1995 :-D
just kidding, but you know what I mean ;-)
Absolutely! Not a clunker on it. Every song is awesome.
Carn't argue with that!!
Absolutely!
When you walked into a store to buy a high end stereo equipment in the 70's, 80's the sales people would put this album on the turntable to check out just how good the amp and speakers were.
Absolutely dude l can recall auditioning audio equipment many years ago and I always took Crime of the Century and Steely Dan Aja with me to listen to!
They also played Money by Pink Floyd to test for separation. My favourite groups are Pink Floyd and Supertramp and the Moody Blues
@@stephenhooper8287 Was just going to mention Aja.
Yep, i worked at burstein applebee.. man they had everything you needed too take home! They had a sound room you could crank it up in too
yes I did
Those days it wasn't just about listening to the music, it was the whole process.
Imagine: 18 years old, cruising the main drag in your whip, looking for the ladies, radio pumping. Then you hear this for the first time. Next day, you're at the record shop, looking at thousands of vinyl LPs, looking for this. The cover art of the albums alone made it look like an art gallery. Then you find this album & see this album cover for the first time. Pure joy.
You buy the album & take it home to listen to the whole thing. For a moment, you hold it in your hands with a spiritual anticipation. Then you peel off the plastic cover with reverence & pull the 12" vinyl disc out gently place it on your turntable for the very first time. Then after another moment of delicious anticipation, you drop the needle & joy and wisdom begin to pour directly into your young Soul. And it wasn't just about the one song. There would 8 to 10 songs you might have never heard before, carefully arranged in the order to maximize their effect. You didn't pick & choose which tracks your played. To lift the needle & skip tracks was sacrilege in my book. You listened to it one side at a time, & hear the songs in the order the artist intended. Often, many of them are even better than the song you heard on the radio. Some of them you might not like at all at first, but you listened. In that listening, you might begin to understand what the artist was saying & begin to love the song. It was like the real world. Not every track was just what you wanted right now. You learned patience, & to open your mind to new things. You learned to change your mind, a critical life skill that would serve you well.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for playing this music that puts my mind squarely back in that place. In another comment, I noted that Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top was referred to as the Reverend Billy Gibbons. Well, in my book, you are the Right Reverend Jamal. God speaks through you & the music you are playing for us. You are living now rather than then because your shining Soul is more needed today. One of the most beautiful things in the world is a black person's smile, & your smile is among the most beautiful of those. If there were no music I would come here just to see you smile. :)
I agree totally, you nailed that feeling. And then after the first listen, reading the lyrics sheet and trying to decipher it all.
Take a listen to Supertramp's Even in the Quietest Moments
Please try live in Paris
Oh yes indeed. That’s one oof my top five albums of that time period. 💕
Top five song for me - If I could only listen to 5 for the rest of my life.
Bingo!
Yes, when Roger gets to the “Lord, won’t you come and get into my life” section, I get chills every time.
Next up from Supertramp - “Hide In Your Shell”!!
Jon Antis, Shell is my favorite ST song💝💝💝
Oh yeah! That's a really great song!
That's my favorite, and that's saying a lot considering how many masterpieces they created.
Hide in Your Shell yes, and rarely reacted to. Copyright? Child of Vision is also excellent.
Hide in your Shell and From now on, can't decide which is the best
Jamel brother you gotta listen to this whole album start to finish with headphones because as soon as school is over and they sing and “ your coming along booooinggggg!! “ it goes right into the piano solo at the start of “bloody well right” And Man it just takes you in a whole journey love your reactions brother everything you say comes from the heart you honest and you have music knowledge keep on keeping on
these are what we call segues. some of the best songs are Segue songs don't break them up listen to fall in place. don't break they just flow seamlessly into the next one. I just don't sound right when broken up a perfect example is Journey Infinity 1977 feeling that way into anytime
Yes the whole album brother. It's a musical masterpiece
Gary Glaser is correct...the whole album is magnificent...Trucker Kev must've worked in radio, 'cause I've never heard anyone but another jock use the term "segue" they way he did! And Beth is on top of her game, too!
@@victorhawkins3461 no never worked in radio I've driven an 18-wheeler my whole life 🤠☕🚛🌅🛣️🌉🗽🌉🏙️🌉🚛🛤️🛤️🏔️🌄🌅from coast to coast up into Canada 30 yrs now.
that term has gone on forever especially during the dawning of classic rock term throughout the later 90s when stations would take a song that segues properly and chop it up..
I've used that term for yrs.
all one has to do is look up the term segue NOT Segway and realize how it fits.
but take one look at me; I definitely have a face for radio no doubt about that brother😂😂
Trucker Kev The Paid Tourist .. and worth noting it’s pronounced segway like those 2 wheeled mobility scooters for the socially inept.
This song cane out back when artists wanted to take you on a journey with an album! You won’t regret listening to this album from start to finish!
Yes, generous and crammed albums so highclass it's journey ♥
"It's like Rush and Pink Floyd rolled up into a ball." Whoa, did you just solve why Supertramp might be all-time favourite band?
YES - thats is correctly heard - LOVE EM
The instrumental break in this song is classic. The message is very similar to that of Pink Floyd's The Wall. Must be something in the English school system that brings it out in them ;)
Might as well be the US but we think we got it so good here.
You are right about the instrumental. The BEST part of this song!!!
We don't need no education.....
Jethro Tull: My God
The guy who played the harmonica in this also plays the sax and other woodwind in various tracks John Helliwell. Loved his stuff.
I could see by your face you enjoyed this throughout. This whole album Crime of the century should be listened to in its entirety.
No Rick Davies plays the harmonica
Correct. Rick Davies plays harmonica on this one. J.A. Helliwell is incredible, but it's Rick here. ua-cam.com/video/2DqUOtZZraA/v-deo.html
@@bobbailey8282 I stand corrected
John Helliwell is also the super high backing vocalist on many Supertramp songs plus he plays a mean organ!
It should be in everybody's collection.
Two more well known Supertramp songs you could do is "Give A Little Bit" and "It's Raining Again."
I think "It's Raining Again" is the only song they actually made a music video to go with it. Everything else is just live footage.
...and "Don'"t leave me now"
This is one of the rare Davies-Hodgson compositions. They both share lead vocals on it.
I think is the only music that they composed together..and is the most incredible of their carreer as a group
@@Scorhos Their first two albums were more or less a collaborative effort with an outside lyricist for the first album. They broke up for a short time then got back together with a new line-up for CotC where Dave and Roger each came in with their own songs.
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You are right it is incredible.
Love this song, it is so cool
Despite the happy melody, the intro gives an eerieness, a darkness that lingers, making you think AND feel, a Supertramp trademark.. And Rick Davies kicking butt on piano. Greatness achieved
"When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all." - Paul Simon, Kodachrome
How about, 'We don't need no education...' Dah, da, da. Dah, da.
Geez. Geez! What a dick I am. I should've looked at all the comments. I thought mine was clever, but it's not.
Absolute classic. This song hit different back when I first heard it 20 years ago or so when I was at school and used to listen to the breakfast radio show from like 6am. That eerie feeling I got lying in bed listening to them singing about school before I had to head out for another long day of school
First concert I ever went to.. during their Breakfast in America tour. They are amazing live
That "Breakfast in America" tour was simply flawless. After attending 800+ concerts, still 1 of my all-time favorite shows.
When I went to the “Breakfast in America” show, Roger Hodgson had lost his voice so Rick Davies had to sing all of the songs. They announced that because of it they would return at a later date and give a free concert for all the ticket holders of that evening, and that is just what they did. What an awesome band they were!
Fyi, the live version on the Paris live album is Better, Man. The background sounds on this, are supposed to be kids in the schoolyard. The live version is the crowd making the back sounds. It's better, trust me. I'm a big fan from way back, on this band.
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💯. The whole Paris live album is amazing, the performances more swinging but still sharp and the sound is fantastic!
Here’s a link to it, he’s gotta watch this ua-cam.com/video/2DqUOtZZraA/v-deo.html
I have been listening to the Paris album for about 40 years, Brilliant song and album 😀👍
The Paris concert is also available on dvd. Well worth getting.
One of my favorite songs from the CRIME OF THE CENTURY album. These guys are so creative and not afraid to display it. So many talented groups from the United Kingdom. Thanks for featuring SUPERTRAMP on your channel. Let's thank our teachers.
Concept album that resonates almost 50 years later..Compels you to re-assess your upbringing , parents, authority figures and the like
School is probably one of my top 10 songs ever. Known it pretty much my whole life. Supertramp is such a great band. Thank you parents for playing music all the time and introducing me to great music early on. Still reaping the benefits from that. In fact, I'm gonna call them and tell them just that.
Great play Jamel!! Supertramp brings back some good memories of my childhood in the '70's! Stay safe & peace out!
we are close to the same age. LOVE Jamel and his reactions are perfect.
@@bpdinmylifeapersonaldailyc6533 then you probably have great taste in music too, Katherine! Lol
@@mduncan65 you too i see....iwas born in 1969 but treasured bands like rush,pink floyd ,james brown,james taylor...ohhh ya
@@bpdinmylifeapersonaldailyc6533 awesome! I have been a rush fan since the first time I heard the cassette of Permanent Waves! I'm a big fan of a lot of prog music, Cream, ELP, Floyd, Yes. Music today just doesn't have that type of musicianship or talent. I'm the youngest of 5 boys (born in '65), so my taste range from the Beatles on. I enjoy some blues too, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Robert Cray.
You up late brother spreading the love. Thanks
I love how your face lights up at the sound of a harmonica. So does mine. I've loved Supertramp since I was in high school. 1970s!!!
The bass line in this tune sends Me. It drives the song. Brilliant.
I was a concert promoter right out of college. Had the privilege if bringing them to my hometown in concert in 1976. Unbelievable experience. Great band. Great guys.
One of the greatest start-to-finish rock concept albums of all time. The theme is about the crime of a wasted life.
The album is a masterpiece. Beautiful music with lyrics soaked in angst, frustration but also hope. The musicians in Supertramp, Pink Floyd , Black Sabbath etc were born to parents who grew up in post war Britain which was not a pleasant place for most. So the anxiety and suffering of that time bled through a lot of the music, and especially in a band like Sabbath, as they grew up in Birmingham in virtual poverty so the anger was real.
This song was written and composed by Roger Hodgson, co-founder of the Supertramp.
it's the first track of the extraordinary álbum Crime of the Century.
This song continues to play at every live show Roger presents on his tour.
A masterpiece.
Thank you for listening to this Underrated Supertramp song.
Supertramp Hide in your Shell and Child of Vision are 2 very underrated songs that should've gotten more recognition.
You must react to Fool’s Overture. You won’t regret it!
Agreed
100%...it has EVERYTHING!
Babaji very underrated
I can't help but cry to fools overture. I'm 52 and English, and every time I hear it now I feel it is the swansong of England as I grew up loving. The death knell of my country. So sad.
Hi Jamel, GREAT review!! Supertramp had 2 great songwriters, Rick Davis and Roger Hodgson,. Roger is my favorite of the 2 and this song, School is a reason why. Roger searches and often finds spirituality within himself and brings out beautiful, loving, inspirational songs with incredible lyrics. This song has gotten me and many people through some dark days in their journey through life, especially while attending school. Watching Roger perform this, other Supertramp hits and solo work is truly a magical evening.
Give a Little Bit, and Even in the Quietest Moments... thank you sir for what you do..
Andy and Alex gave you a big shout out and told everyone to check you out. Thought you should know...
Fool's Overture!!
I saw them perform live in Hull, U.K. 1974, when I was 14 years old! One of the first L.P.'s I bought. Wow.
One of their best songs, for certain. - One of my problems, when I was young, was that I was brutally honest with other people. I sucked at playing personal politics. I ended up working for a company that demanded that attribute (for a while) and it was a highly successful company for about ten years. Then the internal politics took over and I was regarded as a dinosaur. But the story has a happy ending. After I left, I began to pursue my dream, being a writer.
Cindy - Hey Jamel! Thank you so much for sharing your reactions behind some of my favorite songs. It’s amazing - I’m now in my 60’s and when Roger Hodgson played School at his concert in London, I was dancing in my seat and singing along and at some points just closed my eyes and soaked the music in. It was wonderful, magical and an amazing show. Rogers music moves me and gives me intense joy and pleasure and takes me back to the wonderful days. His music is so pure , so inspiring , and it always touches my soul. There were tears as he sang the songs that were there in the good times and helped me through the bad times. The melodies and harmonies cannot be replicated except by the master himself. I invite you to dig deeper into his catalogue. Lord is it Mine? Hide in Your Shell? Both stunning and still relevant today.
Ah! Poor Rudy... what an amazing concept album. Not a bad song. NEXT: "Dreamer" and "Rudy"
Don't forget Asylum. One of my favs.
How did Dreamer never chart?!
It did chart in the UK!
@@iamdjsluggo Nothing but a Dream(er) I guess....
the one time i got to see them in concert, they opened with this song. if you've not reacted to "Crime of the Century" yet, you really need to. it was their final encore song and they had a film running on a rear projection screen (much like Pink Floyd used) and it was like you were traveling through space, just as is on the cover, and this tiny bright light in the center got bigger and bigger until you could finally see it was those hands holding that set of bars spinning around and around and as they hit the final note of the song, the bars locked in place on the screen and the whole arena went dark. it was awesome.
I saw that concert in Vancouver. So good.
I've said it before"Prog is a journey"an it always pays off in the end.
MIRANDA
what about "Cassandra Gemini" ?
The whole album is a masterpiece ! Such as Deloused in the Comatorium !
@@kgur oh I don't know if he's ready for that 😏
@@kgur but yeah Cassandra Gemini is probably the ultimate prog song of this century.second to in the court of the crimson king
Crime of the Century took everyone by surprise in the late 70s. Absolutely impeccable production quality & top notch song writing. It was pop, but also very progressive, totally unique.
That entire album tells a story. "Rudy" should not be missed.
LOVE this song and album... Supertramp had four AMAZING albums in row: Crime of the Century, Crisis What Crisis, Even In The Quietest Moments (I think their best album), and Breakfast In America (their best-seller).
If you get a chance, I'd love to see a reaction to any of the following, Jamel:
GENESIS: Firth Of Fifth
THE CHAMELEONS: Here Today (story of the death of John Lennon)
DE LA SOUL: The Magic Number
PERNICE BROTHERS: BS Johnson (story of an amazing author)
XTC: Mayor Of Simpleton, Senses Working Overtime, Playground, or Wrapped In Grey
RUN DMC: Tougher Than Leather
THE JAM: That's Entertainment, Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
ROBIN HITCHCOCK: Glass Hotel
Carry on and great work on the channel... (and love that you're repping the Bay!... Go Giants)
@Marco von Catfish Breakfast got overplayed... but there's some great tunes on there... but I agree it's the weakest of the four. My fave is "Even In The Quietest Moments," but "Crisis What Crisis" is right there. The Meaning and Soapbox Opera are BRILLIANT.
One day you'll have to listen to the Even in the Quietest Moments album. Fool's Ouverture to name just one song. I received this album as a gift from my aunt for my 14th birthday, it was a pivotal moment in my life as to what type of music I would fall in love with. Up to that point I was listening to stuff like Kiss, Toto, Cheap Trick and a couple more bands teenagers were listening to in the 70's. My aunt didn't know at that time(or did she? hmmm) that her apparently ordinary gift would have a profound impact on me. From Supertramp I slided to Styx, Rush, Pink Floyd and Genesis, what a journey it was. A few years later I found an interesting vinyl album in her collection, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon special quadraphonic edition. I understood right there and then why she introduced me to Supertramp. Thanks Paulette.
Santa Monica civic Center front row they played whole crime of the century album plus two new songs in middle best concern
EVER !!!!
Saw them in early '76 Sydney Australia. Brilliant music but the hands in the bars and stars coming at you on the big screen behind the band for the encore was sooo memorable!
I saw them while under the influence of LSD.
Essene Gnostic Never got to see them live but their albums were part of every trip!
@@brak7865 Double Bill ... Supertramp / Jean Luc Ponty , really good. Ponty was amazing.
@LJW55 I AM JLW BORN 1955
I forgot how much I love this album, thank you for reminding me what a masterpiece this is
As a teacher’ s son this song has deep feelings for me and has always been my favourite on COTC. Schools have influenced other song writers, including Sting and Roger Waters to name but two. Growing up through school and launched into the unknown...great subject to inspire songwriting!
Possibly favorite song of all time. Those drums and the fretless bass are criminally underrated. The piano solo is just magic of course. It's like it reaches this stratospheric level, but it's not fancy. It's just pure melody, soaring over the top of all the other music, and after this epic build up. This song touches some of the deepest parts of my soul.
You have an AWESOME channel and I love your reactions to some of the best music ever produced. THIS song is a classic. Suoertramp doesn’t get the credit they deserve.
SUPERTRAMP É FANTÁSTICO!
FANTÁSTICO,FANTÁSTICO, VIAJANTE D+...
MINHA ÉPOCA!!!
NÃO HÁ O QUE COMENTAR!!!
SÓ ESCUTAR E VIAJAR.
MINAS GERAIS.
"Rudy" from this same album will take you for a ride and it's well worth the listen. Keep on exploring the musical horizons Jamel, we're all enjoying the trip with you.
Roger hodgson is icon of music ....with rick davies make crime of century so magic time....voice of roger so deep on each album of supertramp .....wow fantastic all tracks on crime of the century !
One of my fav albums of all time. You may notice that a signature of this group is that they are great at building up the tempo slowly in many of their songs. It is particularly effective in this song.
I'd forgotten what a great song this is. Haven't heard it in decades!
It's amazing on these older albums you can hear all of the instruments very clearly, but on new releases, the bass guitar is buried deep in the mix. This is a masterpiece. I have this album too and it's great.
The 70s, were the best decade of my life. Thanks Jamel, heavy song.
Please checkout "Even In The Quietest Moments". Another great song from Supertramp.
Damn straight! Possibly my fave Supertramp song. Beautiful.
The whole album is good.
I keep requesting Fools Overture, one of their hidden ge?s
An Babaji
I was a young man, working on a swank holiday island called Hayman Isd back in the day. My mum heard this track on radio on her way to work, pulled over and waited for the back announced the song. She placed an order for the album from an import record store. She taped it for me and sent me the tape in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef. That tape certainly did the rounds with staff on the island. The old girl loved great music. Every time I hear Supertramp it takes me back to 74
Yes!! "Hide In Your Shell" next!!!
Love "Hide In Your Shell"
40 years after listening to this album on my headphones riding to school over & over again, that scream-transition at the start snapped me straight back there.
Crime of the Century is one of my all time favorite albums! A masterpiece!!!👌✌😎
Everybody who listens to Supertramp I always recommend my kind of lady. The saxophone working this song is unbelievable and yet to see anybody do that song.
Love how they came up with that goose bumpy gong on the title track "crime of the century. It was achieved by striking a large gong and lowering it into a big fish tank thus changing the tone as it became more immersed. The result was a perfect effect for the song. Jamel, if you haven't already done so.. Have a listen, you'll see (hear) what I mean.. Great album, fantastic band. 👍
I was fortunate to see Supertramp in concert twice 77 & 79. The 2nd time was in a 3000 seat concert hall and I was in the front 10 rows, best concert I was ever at.
Maravilloso tema de Roger Hodgson , en realidad todas sus canciones son maravillosas. Es un gran compositor y sus conciertos son increíbles . Recomiendo asistan a alguno de los muchos que realiza en todo el mundo.
Supertramp cassette tape was my lunch time break music from work in my little red Subaru. Great memories! Almost 50 years ago.
There's a video for this song called for disk description. God of video, you need to watch it on the wide screen. That's nonsense, are yeah? A competitor railroad may take in at home by time. Better railroad Enter a railroad, the railroad get on. The railroad the Confederate railroad group. I got a song called trash if they got a video. Get the wide screen pay all right😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Masterpiece of an album 💙
I really love it when he ask if there is a video. 1974 had very few music videos. Now after 1981 we had M TV, we had videos. It was amazing, yes Jamal we loved our MTV videos. You remind me alot of when MTV First hit the air ways. Nothing but good music. Thank you
Now “Dreamer and “Rudy” Supertramp!! More Please and thank you!!
The diversity of music that was made in years before rap came around is phenomenal. Now everything sounds the same mostly because people can't write a lyric OR play an instrument. They are stars!
Jamal,if your doing Supertramp you gotta play "Dreamer"
Another group I grew up with. This was my favorite album by Supertramp. Back in the day I was buying "Original Master Recording" vinyl of my favorite albums. This vinyl had a limited number of pressings and it was much quieter than the conventional vinyl. They cost a lot more, but was worth it to me. I still have those albums, play them from time to time and, yes, you can hear a difference. Roger Hodgson was the lead singer on all of those hits from the 70's. He left Supertramp in 1983 to spend time with the kids, returning in 2001. They are still actively touring as of this date.
I love “Fools Overture” a real gut wrencher for a thinking man .
My all time favourite Supertramp song... Love it!
This is really one of their most unique and classic songs, arrangement and all. Maybe also listen to the last song after which the album is named, "Crime of the Century". :)
I've had the extreme pleasure of seeing "The Tramp" Live 3 times. My second favorite concerts of the many groups I've seen live. Only Pink Floyd I place one place higher than Supertramp. Sophisticated brilliance in every song. My All Time Favorite Sax Player.... John Helliwell.... and Favorite Piano Player.... Rick Davies
Ah here we go. As I said, such a great album!! I recommend most of the songs on this album. Dreamer is a headphone orgasm.
Thanks for School! Such an amazing piece!
Btw, love that you and A&A have a friendship!!! It’s super cool that my three favorite reactors (you, A&A and Lost in Vegas) know of each other!
Word , u finally did School. Nope , no video, this was when music was about only the music. Now u gotta do, Fools Overture . Thats the shit Or Blinded By the Light
@@rachel-in-the-208 yeah but that was like 8 yrs later
Blinded By the Light may very well be best Rock and Roll song of all-time. It is that f'n good. 100%,5 star, thumbs up. The lyrics, the guitar .. everything.
Rachel Lacow Yeah...IRA got a lot of criticism for being too pop-py and a betrayal to the band’s roots. When you understand that Roger wrote this as a “going away gift”, you can see his struggles through the song with how he had to deal with the issues in the band.
Hear in Canada a program called W5 used fools overture for their opening music for their show
Blinded by the Light is one of those few songs where the remake is better than the original. With apologies to Bruce Springsteen.
I bought this album when it came out. I was 13, and to this day, it's one of my favorites. My very first concert I want to was a Supertramp concert! They were amazing! Glad you could experience what music I grew up with. Most songs had a message, and those messages are still relevant nearly 50 years later!
Many bands created albums to be listened primarily with headphones. Yeah. We who know, know, that some music was created to be listened ONLY on headphones. Supertramp. Floyd. Etc.
My uncle use to play the harmonica. When I was eight , he and I were walking to the store, a mile or so. While walking through a townhouse complex he breaks out his harmonica and starts rocking this song. I hit the moon that night with pride. He was like the pie eyed piper, that day . WAy to cool. R. I. P Uncle Pete
I like this song, but, *"Asylum"* is still my favorite song off of that album.
this is why people who were raised on late 60's- 70's - early 80's music think most manufactured recordings today have zero substance, and are hard to listen to lol you had to have skills and talent to make this stuff and then pull it off on the road. brilliant classics
If you liked school you'd most definitely love Rudy from the same album 🤘❤️
One of my favorites. Wonderful musicians.
Never boring when you go down the Supertramp rabbit hole! Great reactions!
I'm going to keep requesting... "Don't call us, we'll call you" by Sugarloaf. It's such a funny, cool song about breaking into the business, being turned down by a CBS executive and then being called by said exec after they "made it". I think you'd love it.
A Long distance directory assistance, area code 212
Say hey, A and are this is mister rhythm and blues
He said hello, and put me on hold
To say the least the cat was cold
He said, don't call us child we'll call you
I said, you got my number
He said yeah, I got it when you walked in the door
Don't call us, we'll call you
Don't call us, we'll call you
I got your name from a friend of a friend
Who said he used to work with you
Remember the all night creature from stereo ninety two
Yeah I said could you relate to our quarter track tape
You know the band performs in the nude
He said uh huh don't call us child we'll call you
Listen kid you paid for the call
You ain't bad but we've heard it all before
And it sounds like John, Paul and George
Any way, we cut a hit and we toured a bit
With a song he said he couldn't use
And now he calls and begs and crawls
It's telephone deja vu
We got percentage points and lousy joints
And all the glitter we can use, Mama
So, uh huh, don't call us now, we'll call you
Listen kid you paid for the call
You ain't bad but I've heard it all before
Don't call us, we'll call you
Don't call us
Don't call us, we'll call you
I have been asking for a couple of reactors to do their song Green Eyed Lady. Fantastic organ solo. No one will do it. No one wants to be first?
How about the title track of the album Spaceship Earth, one of my top 10 albums alongside Sweet pain.
Green eyed lady by Sugarloaf has that Long Cool Woman vibe.
I just want to see Jamal eyes and brain melt when he makes a video about Supertramps’s Child of vision. One of the best (if not the best) of Supertramp. Great Chanel btw. I love your videos.
School is my second favorite track from Crime of the Century
#1 - Rudy.
#3 - Crime of the Century
Sure hope you check them out as well
Watching Jamal listen to this. I just realized that now days young people are missing out on the "Album Experience". Especially on this song and how it immediately segues into "Bloody Well Right" the next song. Growing up none of us ever just listened to "School" and then stopped the Album! It was the totally cool 1,2 punch of both songs played back to back that made this Album so incredibly awesome! The guitar hits a sustained note at the end of School, bends a little, then dives down, and right on perfect cue as the guitar dives the band all hit a power note togeyher, that starts the fantastic keyboard starts solo at the beginning of "Bloody Well Right". Back in the day these two songs played back to back sold more stereo systems than any other song. (Except perhaps Donald Fagen's incredibly recorded song "New Frontier" off his Nightfly Album.
A wonderful album with a production that's stunning. Unbelievable detail. The whole album s superb. The harmonica intro actually plays ot the title track at the end of the album. An album you should own definitely especially on vinyl
Kickin ass after 46 years . On of rocks finest masterpieces.
" you're coming along" Jamel, now try " even in the quietest moments" 🤗🎵🎶
Wowwww For 46 years a masterpiece, an instrumental wonder this will be a masterpiece in 50 years time
Telling you man. The Band ft. The Staple Singers. "The Weight"
I actually like the original version better, but I could live with him doing the one with the Staples.
PizzaCapo 707 YES! YES! YES!
Jamal you nailed it. And this song, speaks about the English school system experiences in England - which in the past, used to be pretty tough! Thx again Jamal just for being you!
Dreamer by Supertramp is another awesome tune. Another interesting band in the same vein of rock is Marrilion. I guarantee you would be the first to do their music.
Lavender by Marillion
@@basicincome549 All of Misplaced Childhood. One of those albums best listened to front to back.
I was only 9 in the summer of 79, so if there ever was a time machine I would go back then to see Supertramp in concert.