This was a time when we didn't have cell phones, internet or any social media. Often I would take the long way home to think or just to listen to great music like this. Sometimes you just aren't ready to go home.

@rossmacintosh5652

2 жыл бұрын

The long way home is still an option. Even when there isn't a life you want to escape from, there can still be some solace in the long way home.

@jhamler1

2 жыл бұрын

"Sometimes you just aren't ready to go home." Indeed. In fact, The Police have a song called SYNCHRONICITY II that is all about that very feeling. Great jam, thanks for reminding me of it.

@kimberlinibambini1988

2 жыл бұрын

Truth right there!

@alansmith7626

2 жыл бұрын

Bob, you nailed it

@dalekwatcher

2 жыл бұрын

100% Bob!

"When you look through the years and see what you could have been....Oh, what you might have been.....if you had had more time" Right. In. The. Feels. Every single time

@Corplackey

2 жыл бұрын

Amen!!!🤙🏼

@peterjackson6107

2 жыл бұрын

This guts me every time I hear it... one of the best lines in music

@andrewpetik2034

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@Tfististhis

Жыл бұрын

The most emotional lyrics I’ve ever heard to me at least

@SeansMusicVault

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was thinking that myself as I watched this. I notice the older I get, the stronger I feel the truth of that line.

Brad got it right, it's about taking the long way home and contemplating how your life would have turned out if you had make different choices.

@Trifler500

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but it's not about "being miserable"

@rohe4077

2 жыл бұрын

@@Trifler500 it sort of is. His wife thinks he's part of the furniture? She used to be nice.

@abdullahmohammady7568

Жыл бұрын

No it aint, different scenarios in the song some are about pro longing good experiences. Listen again!

This song is about a guy who thinks he's really cool ("So you think you're a romeo, playing a part in a picture show"), but it seems that he's the only one who thinks that. This implies that our hero avoids getting home because when he's on the road he has a few more moments of being alone with his dreams, and in his dreams he's a superstar.

@1bigrowdy

2 жыл бұрын

Kind of like Supertramps version of Gaucho

@metalmark1214

2 жыл бұрын

@@1bigrowdy Or Walter Mitty.

@Theutus2

2 жыл бұрын

I don't believe they are being literal.. as much as they are suggesting it took a long time to figure things out in life.

@RyTrapp0

2 жыл бұрын

"Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)", 1970s edition! ...OK, maybe not quite LOL

@stevejoshua9536

2 жыл бұрын

@@Theutus2 There ya go.

These guys were brilliant and definitely had a broad musical palate comparatively. Not often you hear a clarinet solo in a rock song lol 🔥

@stevedotwood

2 жыл бұрын

love the clarinet, they used it a few times on the "Crime Of The Century" album too

@1bigrowdy

2 жыл бұрын

Yea and then the Doobies go and do a Xylophone solo on fault line. What were they thinking ..lol

@robyfiorili

2 жыл бұрын

This is not rock...it's pop-blues

@1bigrowdy

2 жыл бұрын

@@robyfiorili BLESS your heart you can call it anything you want. Just don't expect many to agree with you.

@dalekwatcher

2 жыл бұрын

You learn something new every day! I always thought it was a Saprano Sax!

So much respect for this band, and the American drummer Bob Siebenberg that has never got the the respect he deserved. No one talks about him, but he was a musical drummer of a degree that few reach.

@allfasten

2 жыл бұрын

Bob Siebenberg. Yessir! Some of the tastiest drum licks I ever heard. A true master.

@nandlalsall8244

2 жыл бұрын

so right..the supertramp rhythm section was always underrated

@chuckmorrison7085

Жыл бұрын

His name is Bob C. Beneinberg.

Man, I remember being a teenager and driving home at night pondering whatever it is teenagers ponder about how crappy you might think things might be in your life, and this song came on. I remember it bringing a smile to my face.

@agangemi85

2 жыл бұрын

Aimlessly cruising around on a summer night with the windows down and the music up is seriously therapeutic!

"I've never heard a harmonica stank so hard" - Lex 2022. You totally got it girl!

My dad used to sit in the car outside the house after working an overnight shift and listen to music for hours. Anything to avoid walking in the door. I never had trouble understanding what it meant to take the long way home.

@t.j.payeur5331

Жыл бұрын

You Fuckin A, brother.

You can see Lex doesn't just listen to the music, she feels it too.

@fredhausauer8130

2 жыл бұрын

Think she can see it special sense

I love these reactions - Brad sits there and you can see his mind working out the meaning of the songs and on the flip side Lex justs lets loose and gets into it for what it is - please keep up the great work :)

I was a teenager when this record came out. It holds a special place in my memories. The harmonica in this almost acts in place of a guitar. Great stuff.

@da_blade5040

2 жыл бұрын

Mhmmm it was such a Refreshing Different Vibe!! ❤️🇺🇲🔥

Brad, relax Man. You really need to stop expecting what's going to happen in a piece of music and just allow it to happen and allow yourself to be taken in by it. The keyboard Note in the beginning of that song is meant to draw you in, not repulse you. It's there to create an atmosphere. If you ever want to know what it looks like to actually enjoy and experience music just take a glance to your left.

@emilymartinez6961

2 жыл бұрын

Oh WOW! Well said and l totally agree 👍

@thorfinsky1427

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah....almost as bad as his initial reaction to "Rock Me"- Great White.

@razorfett147

2 жыл бұрын

Solid gold comment, my friend 🤟👊

@jskit92380

2 жыл бұрын

Brad, you need patience!

@jhamler1

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Brad needs to relax but so do you, my friend. Brad frustrates me too, especially his lack of curiosity, but... He was probably raised on hip hop and therefore his short attention span is built in to his DNA at this point. Also, there are plenty of KZread reaction channels that dive deep into musical theory and break it all down and whatnot. This channel is just straight fun.

This song has meant so much to me over the years. “Does it feel that your life's become a catastrophe? Oh, it has to be, for you to grow, boy”. That line says it all. My take is the long way home is a metaphor for life, home is maybe the end of the journey. After all the mistakes, missed opportunities, regrets, we finally realize that is how life is and accept it for what it is and “find our way home”.

One of the most criminally underrated rock groups in history. They have terrific musical skills, composition, song writing, singing everything.

"Even in the quietest moments" and "Lord is it mine" are another 2 great Supertramp songs.

@doplinger1

2 жыл бұрын

Let’s face it, there are a LOT of good Supertramp songs. The older stuff is better, deeper, IMO, but this album was a huge hit with everyone. I think my favorite track here is Child of Vision.

@yelnek4548

2 жыл бұрын

All three songs mentioned are very good

Lex, you have the vibe right. It's about getting morally lost in the woods. "When the day comes to settle down, who's to blame if you're not around? You took the long way home." Brad has the general meaning right.

I'm amazed at how these two almost always end-up reaching the conclusion that drugs or intoxication are involved in the meaning of any given song.

@rsw1227

2 жыл бұрын

Her "go to's" are, "Woodstock" "New Orleans/Cajun" and "Drugs" it's getting old to me.

@primeminister66

2 жыл бұрын

Kids….

@kencliff9914

2 жыл бұрын

I found it frustrating that at first they thought everything was about at girl or drugs … but then they happened to have listened to quite a few songs that are actually about drugs tbh, so you can’t blame them.

Genius compositions and productions. You've really enjoyed the ones you've done, so for your sake and ours, please do more Supertramp. You will not be disappointed. This one's about how we all want to find a place where we are loved and accepted for who we are, but so often we'll 'take the long way home' because our own homes don't feel that way.

@MusicMissionary

2 жыл бұрын

I always thought it was an expression for bailing and leaving for another life.

@classic-kool

2 жыл бұрын

I read it was about life on the road, and how you play a part on stage and it messes up your sense of who you are. The band plays different cities so you're never going "home", but to the next city on tour. Until, finally, the tour ends and you go "home".

@s.mcpherson6354

2 жыл бұрын

@@classic-kool Yeah, in an interview I heard him say it was a mixture of that feeling, of always packing to go from city to city, and then when a tour was ending, you were going home even if you weren't getting along with your spouse. Even though you wanted to end the tour by going home, you'd take the long way home from the airport, just to give yourself some peace between the road stress and the stress of re-entering any home-front conflict.

Hahaha!!!..."I've never heard a harmonica stank so hard" (which is very true) Another priceless gem from Lex! 😂 It is one of the many great songs from Supertramp, who were generally underrated. Brad, you were pretty much right on with your analysis, here's a quote form the writer of the song, Roger Hodgson, about the meaning of the song..."I'm talking about not wanting to go home to the wife, take the long way home to the wife because she treats you like part of the furniture, but there's a deeper level to the song, too. I really believe we all want to find our home, find that place in us where we feel at home, and to me, home is in the heart and that is really, when we are in touch with our heart and we're living our life from our heart, then we do feel like we found our home."

I have had the extreme pleasure of seeing Supertramp “The Tramp” LIVE 4 times. Their music is pure brilliance from each member of the group. Rick Davies - My Favorite Piano/Keyboard Player. John Helliwell - Favorite Sax player. Roger, Bob and Dougie are all awesome. Their Live shows are spectacular. I only put Pink Floyd (4 times) one place higher for their shows.

@terryv2006

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky you! They played my town once 40 years and I wasn’t able to attend. It’s still considered the best concert ever in London Ontario Canada.

@Jessica_Roth

2 жыл бұрын

It's interesting that this is one of Roger's songs, but there's almost no guitar on it. it's built around Rick's keyboards, and I hear more of Dougie's bass than I hear the guitar. I guess that's a sign of good songwriting; Roger doesn't just write parts for himself. Hmm.

@AliasMark69

2 жыл бұрын

@@terryv2006 I'm sure it was, unless Pink Floyd has played there. I've seen both bands 4 times. P.F. is the only group I put above The Tramp for a live performance.

Supertramp has a lot of other great tracks you should check out too, like "Give A Little Bit", "Bloody Well Right" and "Goodbye Stranger" for starters. 🎧🎶😎

@patrickwouters6568

2 жыл бұрын

"Rudy" is a very nice song too!

@thorolsen8057

2 жыл бұрын

Crime of the Century the song.you should listen to

Remember listening to this as a kid and got lost in this song. 40 plus years later still do. "Breakfast in America" was one of my first cassettes and i played the crap out of it. Still have it i think. Definitely check out some more from them.

@richardwatsonjr.5067

5 ай бұрын

I had it on 8-Track. I'm old 😢

Ohhh... one of my favorite bands from the 70s/80s. One of the things that I really appreciate about the band is the bass playing of Roger Hodgson. He just adds so much color with creative fills and clever backing. Not just playing the roots. He's like that on basically all of the tracks, especially Give A Little Bit. Give it a listen! Well done, y'all!

@thedukeofawesome4361

2 жыл бұрын

Dougie Thomson was the main bass player from 1972 to 1980. Roger stuck mostly to keyboard and guitar.

@markharris1125

2 жыл бұрын

I saw Roger in concert in 2019. What a showman, just a brilliant experience, and the voice unchanged.

@livenhfree

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedukeofawesome4361 Thank you. I thought I screwed that up!

Roger Hodgson has an amazing solo song called "Had A Dream (Sleeping With The Enemy)" that you should do - IMO it's as good as any Supertramp song, and a little more rockin'!

@Dooklawz

2 жыл бұрын

love that one! think they'd love it too

@ericwagner1824

2 жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorites

@rcdug2

2 жыл бұрын

It's title is "Had A Dream" and you're right, it's rockin'.

@pdog547

2 жыл бұрын

@@rcdug2 Thanks, fixed!

@yelnek4548

2 жыл бұрын

That is a great song

Supertramp's take on time and life. A sister song to Pink Floyd's "Time".

Immensely talented band. Back in the day (before cell phones) sometimes you'd take the long way home just to think or decompress. I still have this on vinyl. Original release. As a clarinetist, I loved it!

I get kinda a sad vibe from this song, but I love it. Its about regret, marriage, being a loner. But what a well-composed song. After the second instrumental, the low strings kick in with that smooth 4-note kick. So melodic!

The way that the piano just rolls this song along and gets complemented by the harmonica, clarinet, bass and drums is amazing. To top it all off you get a catchy melody to go with it. Another song that does the same thing with the piano is REO Speedwagon's Roll With the Changes.

Love how you can physically see Lex feeling the harmonica at 1:01!

I just love how Lex always feels every note and gets lost in the song. Always smiling. 😀

Lex…Your reaction is totally the whole vibe of the song. Your facial reaction is fabulous!❤️

Supertramp's "Crime of the Century" album should definitly blow your mind. A masterpiece!

Got spoiled in the 70’s & 80’s when classic songs were being released every week & we didn’t even realize it.

The Lex bop! Love it. Yeah, all Supertramp songs are catchy! Their "Goodbye Stranger" and "Give A Little Bit" are next for you!!

@gj8683

2 жыл бұрын

"Goodbye Stranger" is so, so good. It won't be hard to figure out what that one is about.

A British band that called Los Angeles home and helped perfect the “LA sound” in the late 70’s along with Steely Dan, Eagles and more.

Every single song on Breakfast in America is perfect! I was a DJ on our high school radio station, first period, spring time and got to put this on the turntable after cracking the cellophane on this new album. I only took the record off the turntable to turn it over! I was hooked and been a HUGE SUPERTRAMP fan since!!!

Great song great band

Supertramp was amazing to see in concert in the 80s! I saw them several times!

A lot of Supertramp's songs remind me of sing-songy melodies, chants, and rhythms from children's songs. Not in a bad way. It gives them a familiar feel.

Born in 1981, and this is one of my all time favorite songs.

Supertramp….one of the greatest bands. Had the pleasure of seeing them in concert

Roger's voice is deeply underrated, high skilled pitch and also very calming at the same time.

Heard this song my whole life but to this day that harmonica note following the opening still gives me chills. What a classic!!

Another great song by a great band, like there album “Crisis what crisis” one my faves also, but this one here broke the charts.

Lex, one of my favorite songs that features harmonica is 'If You Wanna Get to Heaven' by Ozark Mountain Daredevils; kind of a country-rock thing. Steve Cash's performance on harmonica is not nearly as impressive as the likes of John Popper of Blues Traveler but the son is a lot of fun.

Another great song from this album is called Lord is it mine

"And when you look through the years and see what you could've been, oh what you might have been if you had more time". Literally the feeling we all get when we reach a new stage in life and that feeling is amplified with each stage of life you reach.

"The Autobiography of Supertramp" (their first Greatest Hits album) is pretty much a required album in any rock lover's collection.

@FeralPatrick

2 жыл бұрын

Breakfast In America is an icon in and of itself. A masterpiece, boot to bonnet.

I love this entire album so much. This is a top ten band for me. And the harmonica! So good.

I saw them in Vancouver in 1979 at the Empire Stadium which was the outdoor football and soccer venue at the time. It was their tour for this album as well. The stadium filled up throughout the day with various acts performing. As the sun set over the mountains that day Supertramp came out in white top hats & tails and started the concert with School from the "Crime of the Century " album. Their sound system was state of the art for that time and was like you were wearing headphones. Best concert ever...

@davidmugford8872

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't at the concert but very familiar with old Empire

"They were trippin and they went in the woods" LMFAO That creates such a funny visual

Y’all cover allot of the music of the sound track of my life. The talent of these musicians hits hard when I listen today. They really created. Very impressive. Hope y’all enjoy it as much as I did.

Someday I'm gonna become a millionaire - after I figure out how to bottle Lex's sheer joy and happiness when she's vibing to music. It's like magic. And I know everyone deserves to feel that way. Love it.

BEST CONCERT EVER! Victoria BC, Canada back in the 80s my friends and I thought we were about rock out to a *Ted Nugget* concert. Disappointed marquee displayed *SUPERTRAMP* but decided we'd check them out anyways. I was *One of Only Twelve* people that bought tickets to a 10,000 seat concert arena. *What Professionals* performed like they'd sold-out and encored their entire *working unreleased Breakfast in America* album.

Supertramp are an English progressive rock band from London. Formed in 1969, the group originally consisted of bassist and lead vocalist Roger Hodgson, guitarist and vocalist Richard Palmer, keyboardist and vocalist Rick Davies, and drummer Keith Baker. The band's current lineup includes Davies alongside drummer Bob Siebenberg, saxophonist John Helliwell, (both since 1973), guitarist Carl Verheyen, trumpeter Lee Thornburg, bassist Cliff Hugo, keyboardist Mark Hart (all of whom joined in 1996), multi-instrumentalist Jesse Siebenberg (since 1997), keyboardist Gabe Dixon and backing vocalist Cassie Miller (both since 2010). John Anthony Helliwell is an English musician and the saxophonist and occasional keyboardist, woodwind player, and background vocalist for the rock band Supertramp. He also served as an MC during the band's concerts, talking and making jokes to the audience between songs.

Hey Brad and Lex, thank you for your REACTION to one of Supertramp's great songs, Take The Long Way Home. The lyrics to me are about pondering the directions we take in life, sampling and searching the world from our hearts including setbacks, yet recognizing where we end up can be a blessing. Great harmonica! This song is timeless.

Simply wonderful. You gotta love Supertramp.

Im loving Lex's reactions to Supertramp, she LOVES them

I cry almost everytime I listen to this. Brad & Lex; as a Gen X Dude who has one foot in this music and one foot in hip hop. The lonely feelings are real in both

This album was he first real rock concert I ever attended in Toronto. I was 15. What a fantastic experience and what a huge influence they were on a budding saxophone player. 🙂🤠🇨🇦👍

I do believe this is the first album I ever purchased when I was a kid

Still have this on all my devices. Super tramp has always been fantastic. My favourite has always been Goodbye Stranger, which I can sing word for word.

And as I've grown older, I catch myself taking the long way home and passed places I knew when I was young. The thing is, nothing looks the same and not necessarily in a good way. It's like we are all just waiting to be forgotten.

There was so much majic in their music! It's sad that today with all the modern technology, nothing compares to yesterdays real music with creativity.

Best song to listen to when your walking home from a a long day at the pub

Great band to see live. Thanks guy's!!🍀😊🇨🇦

Such a great song, they were such a great band. Truly creative and talented people. Like many in the 70's they wernt trying to be anybody else.

Brad nailed it . In your own mind by yourself you incredible. Cherish the moment as long as you can

This song sounds like it’s about him after a show. He said something about up on stage they adore you. So maybe it’s like an adrenaline rush after a concert to slow down he takes the long way home. At the end even the music gets slow and sleepy.

In an interview one said it was a song about a band member after a concert and thinking about his life and how it is not what he wanted and the part about if he had more time and the title of the song is not a nice long drive home but to never go home and to end life. The interviewer said they would not say what band but it happened. From a Blog. But I found it interesting and never realized the true meaning until I heard that blog. Years ago now. Peace.

So many great songs... all different but somehow with a distinct Supertramp sound and values.

"Take the Long Way Home" or "The Logical Song". I still can't decide which is the more definitive mid-life-crisis song. Both are pure gold. Deep lyrics, powerful meaning, catchy music.

@kencliff9914

2 жыл бұрын

Those two and Goodbye Stranger - from a casual Supertramp fan - all seemed like they were about loneliness and life not having played out the way you’d hoped. But I guess that describes a mid-life crisis huh?!!

Best Adult Contemporary Band Ever! The talent is so incredible…they made so many great songs! Enjoyed them now for over 40 years!

I was waiting for the harmonica to kick in and see the reaction

Another one of their songs that has a similar feel is "Hide In Your Shell"

I'd say this is one of maybe three top harmonica songs in rock. This one, "When The Levee Breaks," and "Long Train Runnin'". The harmonica is boosted by a clarinet in this one. A more mournful harmonica can be found in "Heart of Gold," "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," "Last Dance With Mary Jane," and blues harmonica in "Midnight Rambler."

Supertramp's masterpiece, their crowning glory. It was just everywhere in 1979. So much good music on this album. Strange trivia: if you hold the album cover up and look at the reflection in the mirror, it appears to say 9,11 over the World Trade Center towers. 🤔

An excellent an expected reaction from Lex. Your right on girl.

4:00 ('and though you feel like your lifes become a catastrophy. It has to be,...for you to grow boy') - Best line ever.

I owned a roadster for a few years. It was very therapeutic to drop the top and take the long way home after a tough day at work. It wasn’t to avoid home, I used it to decompress from work.

Now we're talking...serious talent in this group.

The drummers brother in law is Scott Gorham the American guitar player from the Irish band Thin Lizzy. Scott was born on St. Patricks Day.

Hey guys what's up! Greetings from South Florida! Supertramp is another one of those very unique bands that sound like no one else. Great songwriting, great arrangements, and great musicianship. You guys rock! God bless you! Peace!

One of my favorite of Supertramp, thanks for your beautiful reaction. Love from France 🇫🇷😘

When Lex has to guess the meaning of lyrics, she often interprets things as drug-related.

@buzzbomb67

2 жыл бұрын

Ive noticed that lol and truth be told, a good lot of music is either about drugs, drug trips, or was influenced by drugs. So she’s not wrong …

@suzukispider

2 жыл бұрын

The music they're listening to came from the sixties and seventies mostly and so , umm, yeah there were drugs involved

@TheOriginalFILIBUSTA

2 жыл бұрын

@@suzukispider Drugs may have been a part of 60s and 70s culture, including songwriters, but the majority of song topics - including all the ones they react to - are NOT about drugs. Put it this way, if you want to interpret these songs, the odds are in your favour if you NEVER think they're about drugs. You'll be wrong sometimes, but only a slim minority of those times. Writing about drugs is easy and leads to boring songs. Most subjects are about other human experiences.

@buzzbomb67

2 жыл бұрын

@Bookhouse Boy psycheLexic lol that sounds like a condition

Such a unique song. Love the harmonica.

I used to get ready for high school. It set the tone for my day!

This song makes me think of a person from the UK who visited the US for a while and their reaction. Some things were off-putting and some were fantastic. It's a story of culture shock and how it changes you.

I've taken the long way home cause I was listening to some Supertramp in the car, and didn't want to stop listening.

DAMN LEX... I was a little kid when this song was popular and I was walking home in a snow storm just b4 sundown and this song was going through my head. I have heard this song a 1,000 times and it still creeps me out

bought that album, back when it was released. nice. thanks guys for this little reminder of my younger days. watchin and diggin it from Gatlinburg, Tennessee. go with God. peace.

I never listened to the words as much as just enjoying the tune. A different sound making you feel good with the music.

01:36 gosh, her happy face. I feel it soooooooo much!

Supertramp forever!!! Soooo legend!! Loved by billions & more!!! Have listened since the 70's. Love love Supertramp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a classic! Bloody Well Right and Breakfast in America are awesome as well!

@emilymartinez6961

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about "Rudy " one of their best songs👍

Take the long way home = Take the time to smell the flowers....

Can I just say that I absolutely love watching Lex enjoying the music from my youth...I always smile watching her. Thank you Lex for reminding me of myself listening to music.

Love me some Supertramp ! Lex was digging it from the jump. Been listening to this great song since the 80’s ! 💯🔥😎

I had to put a towel under my monitor because Lex's happiness was dripping everywhere