Supertramp es una de las bandas más icónicas del rock progresivo y pop, conocida por su sonido característico que combina el rock con toques de jazz y elementos progresivos. Fundada en 1969 en Londres, la banda fue el resultado de la visión y el sueño del músico Rick Davies. Davies, después de la ruptura de su anterior grupo, The Joint, decidió formar una nueva banda que llevaría a cabo sus ambiciones musicales.
Así, en 1969, Rick Davies, junto con Roger Hodgson, Richard Palmer y Robert Millar, formaron lo que inicialmente se llamó "Daddy". Poco después, cambiaron el nombre a Supertramp, inspirado por el libro The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp de W.H. Davies. La banda se encontraba en una búsqueda continua de su identidad musical, y sus primeros años estuvieron marcados por experimentación y cambios en la formación.
En 1974, Supertramp lanzó su tercer álbum de estudio, Crime of the Century, que se convirtió en su primer gran éxito. El álbum incluyó éxitos como "Dreamer" y "School", que catapultaron a la banda a la fama. La producción pulida, combinada con las letras introspectivas y las complejas estructuras musicales, hicieron de Crime of the Century un referente del rock progresivo.
Rick Davies y Roger Hodgson, los compositores principales de la banda, desarrollaron una dinámica creativa única. Davies aportaba un estilo maduro y bluesero, mientras que Hodgson ofrecía un tono más melódico y espiritual.
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I jcan't keep tabs on mine-it's really quite a joke.
I see him down the road. I ask if he'd be willing
To lend me 15p-i'm dying for a smoke.
Don't arrange to have me sent to no asylum.
I'm just as sane as anyone
It's just a game I play for fun-for fun.
I told em-look!-I said I'm not the way you're thinkin',
Just when I'm down i'll be the clown. I'll play the fool.
Please don't arrange to have me sent to no asylum
I'm just as sane as anyone
It's just a game i play for fun-for fun.
Will he take a sailboat ride?
He is very likely to.
Will he tell you hi's alive?
He is always trying to,
But nothin', no nothin does he say
In the morning when the days begun
-'' Hello, Good morning , how are you?''
And in the evening or the noonday sun
-''What a lovely afternoon!''
Well ive been living next to you.
Bluesy monday is the one day that they come here
when they haunt me and they taunt me in my cage
I mock them all they're feelin small they got no answer
don't arrange tto have me sent to no asylum
it's only a game i play for fun
ive been foolin everyone-everyone
Will eh take a sailboat ride?
he is very likely to
Will he feel good inside?
he aint ever likely to
will he tell you he's alive
he is always trying to
but nothin no nothin does he ever say
in the morning when the days begun
-''do you think it looks like rain''?
and in the evening or the noonday sun
-''you know i nearly missed my train''
well ive been living next to you my friend is it the beginning or the sorry end?
will i ever see it through?
ive never been insane oh what's the game?
i believe im dying...
he's mad, mad , mad...
not quite right...
Oooooooo.....