Challenge to early Supertramp fans

Candyfish, I don't really understand why you took advantage of this thread to promote Roger. Personally, I disagree with everyone who says that Supertramp was Hodgson. Supertramp was a collective effort. Helliwell, Thomson and Siebenberg were very important to the band's career, to the point of it being a totally different group without them, and obviously the band wouldn't even exist without Rick Davies, who is its founder and proprietor (he is the owner of the name Supertramp). I love Rick and Roger almost equally, but if I had to choose I think I would choose Rick. One thing is undeniable: most of Supertramp's hits were Roger's, but that's understandable because his compositions were more commercial, almost always Beatlesque. Rick had more blues and jazz influenced songs, but also managed to compose commercial sucesses, such as Goodbye Stranger, My Kind of Lady, Bonnie and Free as a Bird. When Hodgson left, Supertramp didn't cease being Supertramp, it just changed, and changes sometimes scare people.

Candyfish wrote: From here, in 1984 Roger Hodgson began his solo career, which I appreciated, because for me, personally, that band Supertramp had a definite soul and spirit, Roger Hodgson. The essence of this band was in music and compositions of Roger.

It is, indeed. I think your Britishness is contributing to that. 

lazland wrote: ^ my dear chap, if I relied upon every obscure review on the intertit, especially those with a Russian address, to provide me with such facts, or leads, I would be in a pretty sorry state. Also, old Phil has never stated in a interview that Gabriel sang For Absent Friends. Quite the opposite Now then. 41 years ago. 1973. April. The second. I was living in Harlow, Essex. I was 8 years old (nine in that year). We lived in a place called Red Lion Crescent. My best mate was a lad called Paul Mason. I used to fight a lot with Wayne Bowden. At this time on that night, I had just finished watching Alias Smith & Jones, one of the finest tv shows ever made. My Mum had just smacked me for telling my annoying little sister to feck off. How's that, then?

Edited by claugroi - April 02 2014 at 15:33

Chris S wrote: hmmm.....absolutely love their debut album. Surely if Richard Palmer says he did not sing the lead vocal, you have to believe him? Still listening to Shadow Song I could easily believe that that is Rick singing and don't have any of Palmer's vocals to compare with. it could easily be a young Davies vocal :-) Listen to Davies sing " Forever" on Indelibly Stamped from 1971 and there appears to be a slight similarity but hey good luck finding evidence to prove Richard Palmer is wrong

lazland wrote: aginor wrote: Shadow Song us utterly beautifull, and the lyrics which IS  Palmer-James is very touching He wrote the lyrics, that is not in doubt, given that he wrote all the lyrics for that album. However, he did not sing on that track. Davies and Hodgson did. He confirms that himself in interviews I have looked at today. Why would we doubt his word?

i dont.

Shadow Song us utterly beautifull, and the lyrics which IS  Palmer-James is very touching

Hodgson and Palmer is singing wonderfully on Try Again

hmmm.....absolutely love their debut album. Surely if Richard Palmer says he did not sing the lead vocal, you have to believe him? Still listening to Shadow Song I could easily believe that that is Rick singing and don't have any of Palmer's vocals to compare with. it could easily be a young Davies vocal :-) Listen to Davies sing " Forever" on Indelibly Stamped from 1971 and there appears to be a slight similarity but hey good luck finding evidence to prove Richard Palmer is wrong