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Supertramp — Take The Long Way Home
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 12:06
 
 kingart wrote:
And the cover art is, sadly, a true collector's item. 
 

Wow...  you're right...

this song is soooo good for the ears...

this whole album is marvelous...  love it...


kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 12:00
 
And the cover art is, sadly, a true collector's item. 

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 11:59
 
Agreed !

 
intraear wrote:
This is a classic, all you haters. Love it!

 



grant
Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 11:58
 
A classic form a nearly bygone era . . . or so it seems.  Child of Vision is another great "deep cut" from this album.

intraear
(nor cal)
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 13:30
 
This is a classic, all you haters. Love it!

idiot_wind
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 13:27
 
This album sucks. Way to sugary sweet.

Play Crime of the Century.

coccyx
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 13:27
 
A special place in my heart...steep river canyon, moose country, the wild north...I will visit again someday...

dmcfadyen
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 13:25
 
Never liked it much the first time around. {#Eh}

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Oct 20, 2012 - 04:14
 
Reminded of how good Supertramp sound.

metod
(Canada)
Posted: Sep 22, 2012 - 11:26
 
I saw playing Roger Hodgson a few years ago in Montreal. Amazing concert! Just him and a saxophone guy. He's ageing so gracefully...and his voice is so beautiful, crystal clear, I'd say better than before :)

crazyossi
(Wittenberge , Germany)
Posted: Sep 18, 2012 - 15:32
 
Thank you for playing this Band !!!

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Jul 17, 2012 - 17:32
 
Ahhhh.....  I never really got into Supertramp EXCEPT for this album!  Logical Song is my favorite, and this one a close 2nd — though I also still enjoy listening to the whole thing, beginning to end.  Just like we did at the slumber party back in the day.  Good times

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 04:26
 
 BillG wrote:

For some reason we had the radio edit in our library. That's fixed now.
 
Still,just had some 25 sec silence when my PSD played the song. {#Wink}

cosmiclint
(Vancouver BC)
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 08:33
 
 BillG wrote:

For some reason we had the radio edit in our library. That's fixed now.
 
Someone might have uploaded the version from a greatest hits CD or something. I bought a Cult greatest hits collection off iTunes once without apparently giving it due care and attention, and a bunch of the songs were radio edits.

A song like this would get added pretty quickly in LRC, perhaps before anyone realized it wasn't the full song.

Thanks for fixing it. Now if only I could get the version of Edie (Ciao Baby) that includes the last line of the song in my library.

BillG
(Paradise, California)
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 17:17
 
 CatInTheHat wrote:
For many reasons, this song holds a special place in my heart. I can't understand why RP cuts off the beginning AND ending of the song when playing it. Bill, if you make this gem (IMHO) part of your rotation, play the WHOLE song. Smile
 
For some reason we had the radio edit in our library. That's fixed now.

CatInTheHat
Posted: Mar 17, 2012 - 09:52
 
For many reasons, this song holds a special place in my heart. I can't understand why RP cuts off the beginning AND ending of the song when playing it. Bill, if you make this gem (IMHO) part of your rotation, play the WHOLE song. Smile

ziakut
(Unmoon)
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 05:24
 
 Darlington wrote:
A High School era song for me, too. I think the only Supertramp I ever bought was a 45 RPM (single) of "The Logical Song." About a year ago I was at a dinner party and suddenly Breakfast in America started being played. I don't know what happened, but suddenly all I could do was focus on that CD and nothing else. It brought back a tidal wave of memories. I actually had to stop at a 24 hour Walmart on the way home and buy the CD. Haven't listened to it since. But it was really amazing that hearing this CD for the first time in years brought back so many memories. The power of music over our psych never ceases to amaze me.
 
Can totally identify. Thanks for sharing your story.

Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 05:16
 
Follow this with Slow Pony!

Dinges,_the_Dude
(below sea-level, N52°22', E4°52')
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 05:14
 
What a relieve after Fourplay's "Breakfast In America"!!


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 09:29
 
 parrothead wrote:


Me too, a true classic, the high school years. As a result of FM overplay and hearing this a few hundred thousand times I have been a bit burnt out on this one. It is good to hear it again.
 

Yeah, I know what you mean...  this really is a marvelous album...

 

parrothead
(could be anywhere in the great USA)
Posted: Dec 08, 2011 - 14:22
 
 romeotuma wrote:


I have this vinyl...  have not listened to it in a few hundred thousand years...  love it...  sigh...


 
 

Me too, a true classic, the high school years. As a result of FM overplay and hearing this a few hundred thousand times I have been a bit burnt out on this one. It is good to hear it again.

catnip
(mostly wearing lard)
Posted: Dec 08, 2011 - 14:21
 
Overplayed elsewhere. Twee, Crass use of saxophone. Cliched lyrics. Bad late-70s production. The epitome of smug. All of the aforementioned, and possibly multiplied.

Yet it is still a great song.

Odd, no? 

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Dec 08, 2011 - 14:18
 
 bev wrote:

Supertramp. Perfect headphone band. Love it.
 

spot.

on.

LuvWilloughby
(Westmore,VT)
Posted: Dec 08, 2011 - 14:18
 
Clever segue from the symphonic breakfast in america, Bill.

ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007)
Posted: Dec 08, 2011 - 14:18
 
Wheewwww after the symphonic version of Breakfast in America I was hoping there would be an ACTUAL Supertramp tune....
Wish fulfilled

 

iTuner
Posted: Oct 06, 2011 - 10:08
 
Always a great song, but today it rings so clear.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 06, 2011 - 10:06
 


I have this vinyl...  have not listened to it in a few hundred thousand years...  love it...  sigh...


 

marmoteenha
(Cafundó dos Juda)
Posted: Oct 06, 2011 - 10:05
 
ahrgh!
the worst band of the planet,
a piece of trash!

kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Oct 06, 2011 - 10:05
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
One of the best smell the roses songs ever written!!{#Notworthy}
 
Nice B'day music as well.

{#Mrgreen}


juanos
(Somewhere between the US and Guatemala)
Posted: Oct 06, 2011 - 10:04
 
Bill, you are inspired today... 

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Oct 06, 2011 - 10:03
 
One of the best smell the roses songs ever written!!{#Notworthy}

januismer
(SW Michigan)
Posted: Oct 06, 2011 - 10:03
 
 Andy_B wrote:
Nice transition from Fourplay to Supertramp with the original hit.  Love it.
 
+1



Imkirok
(The Arctic Hinter Land)
Posted: Aug 04, 2011 - 13:57
 
I was in 7th or 8th grade when this album came out.  I hung out with a couple of neighbor kids that were a few years older than me - old enough to have driver's licenses and their own cars.  This was one of the albums they had (on cassette, of course).  The other albums I remember were Bat Out of Hell, and something from the Cars.  Brings back great memories of driving around with them, thinking I was so cool for hanging out with high school guys.  This song, along with most of this album, still holds up well, IMO.

Andy_B
(aboard MV "Horizon," east coast Fla)
Posted: Aug 04, 2011 - 13:55
 
Nice transition from Fourplay to Supertramp with the original hit.  Love it.

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Aug 04, 2011 - 13:55
 
Twin Towers in the background , partially blocked by a glass of OJ

Hmmmmm, Twin Towers? , OJ? ,,,,,,hmmmm?

Do you think OJ might have had something to do with it?


meadowwoods
(Dane County, WI)
Posted: Aug 04, 2011 - 13:54
 
Not a Supertramp fan. Sorry.


Lrobby99
(Wisconsin, USA)
Posted: Aug 04, 2011 - 13:51
 
Very funny, RP

smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: Jun 02, 2011 - 13:39
 
I still have good memories of this album during my senior year of high school (sigh, so long ago). I'll admit that I sure heard this one enough on the radio, and would really jump at the chance to hear 'Rudy' on RP.

MilSF1
(Arkadelphia, AR)
Posted: Jun 02, 2011 - 13:30
 
Nice segue Bill. Looks like this is not exactly played very often. Hope it gets back into the rotation!

calypsus_1
Posted: Sep 05, 2010 - 19:09
 

Roger Hogdson by ~Rock-Spirit
Elke  ©2008-2010 ~Rock-Spirit

Roger Hogdson (yep, the guy of Supertramp) live at the Arrow Rock Festival. He wasn't with a big band, but still amazing...:)



zgrav
Posted: Jul 04, 2004 - 20:14
 
perfect headphone band, indeed. ie, if I'm not in the mood for 'em, let those that are, put on their headphones. and once in a blue moon I'll join them.
Tux
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Jun 21, 2004 - 11:23
 
Yes, great!
Pyro
(Between a rock and a hard place)
Posted: Jun 21, 2004 - 11:22
 
I agree that these guys were good musicans, however, I'd like to hear something that got less MOR airplay. It would be nice to hear some of their lesser known tunes, so that we could enjoy their talents without having to cringe at hearing the same old same old.
ColdBear
(French Alps)
Posted: Jun 08, 2004 - 06:05
 
Cant work listening to this. Put the amplifier at max. Cant help shouting it -what you should have been----
Cyclehawk
(Athens GA)
Posted: Apr 29, 2004 - 18:42
 
Back in the day, during college years, I really got into this band. Not having heard them in a while, I think quite a few of the songs, this one included, hold up pretty well. This particular album and Crisis/What Crisis from a few years earlier were probably their best work. If you like this sort of thing, Roger Hodgson made a couple of excellent solo records in the mid 80s after the band called it quits. Occasional Supertramp on RP is not a bad thing.
chieromancer
(lalaland)
Posted: Mar 10, 2004 - 14:33
 
I don't usually dis songs, after all, to each his own, and all that. But, boy oh boy do I hate Supertramp. :-(
Darlington
(Columbia, South Carolina)
Posted: Feb 27, 2004 - 20:59
 
A High School era song for me, too. I think the only Supertramp I ever bought was a 45 RPM (single) of "The Logical Song." About a year ago I was at a dinner party and suddenly Breakfast in America started being played. I don't know what happened, but suddenly all I could do was focus on that CD and nothing else. It brought back a tidal wave of memories. I actually had to stop at a 24 hour Walmart on the way home and buy the CD.

Haven't listened to it since. But it was really amazing that hearing this CD for the first time in years brought back so many memories. The power of music over our psych never ceases to amaze me.
ScottyB
(secret lair)
Posted: Feb 16, 2004 - 13:38
 
drH wrote:
sucked then, sucks now, and will suck in the future.


Well said. I could not agree more.
stripes
Posted: Jan 26, 2004 - 13:35
 

drH
(GMT - 5)
Posted: Jan 26, 2004 - 13:35
 
sucked then, sucks now, and will suck in the future.