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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(intro - music)
Rudy's on a train to nowhere,
Half-way down the line.
He don't wanna get there,
But he needs time.
He ain't sophisticated,
Or well educated.
Now count all the hours he's wasted,
Still he needs time...
He needs time!
He needs a time for living
He needs time
For someone just to see him
He ain't had no love yeah
For no reason nor rhyme
And the whole world's above him
Oh it's not as though he's fat
No, there's more to it than that
See he tried to play it cool
But he been about his fool
(guitar solo)
Rudy thought,
That all good things,
Comes to those that wait
But recently,
He could see
That it may come, but too late.. too late... too late
(music interval)
(sound interval) - train station
All through your life
All through the years
Nobody loves
Nobody cares
So see the light
Don't, count your fears
Try as I might,
I can't hold back the tears
How can you live, without love, it's not fair
Someone said give, but I just didn't dare
I didn't dare
I didn't dare
What beautifies
Are you waiting to hear?
Hearing's alright
You'd better, you'd better get control of
You'd better show 'em all now
You'd better take or break 'em
You'd better give 'em take 'em
You'll have to push and show them
You'll have to find some love now...
You'd better get control now
Now he's just come out the movie
Numb of all the pain
Sad but in a while he'll soon be
Back on his train