tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post7514662537855655904..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Rhythm Of The RainBhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-45245016374804843492022-03-31T14:15:26.215+01:002022-03-31T14:15:26.215+01:00Somewhat unpredictably, given I don't think I ...Somewhat unpredictably, given I don't think I have ever even mentioned them before, I saw Supertramp live, once. It was in the 1970s, just after they released the Crime of the Century album, so around 1974, right at the end of my prog rock phase. I would have been about 15-16. <br /><br />I really loved that album then although I never bought or even liked anything else I heard by them. I'm not sure what I'd think of it now - must be forty years or more since I last listened to it. I rememember the gig very well, though. They had two support acts. Bottom of the bill was Chris de Burgh, he of "Lady in Red" fame. At the time he was a relatively unknown singer-songwriter. He wasn't very good. I rememember him doing a long supposedly comic number that was activbely embarrassing. <br /><br />Second on the bill were folk-rock veterans Gallagher and Lyle. I can't recall much about their set other than that they had a drummer who pulled such ludicrous faces the whole time it was impossible to look at anything else. We were in hysterics watching him. <br /><br />Supertramp themselves sounded exactly like the record, something I've never really appreciated in a live performance. It was a dullish gig on the whole and probably contributed to me not really paying any attention to anything the band did after. <br /><br />And to answer your implied question, I think it's pretty safe to say virtually no-one over here remembers them now, either.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-51379537146394549472022-03-31T09:11:14.719+01:002022-03-31T09:11:14.719+01:00You led with Superorganism's It's Raining ...You led with Superorganism's <i>It's Raining</i> only a day after I was listening to Supertramp's <i>It's Raining Again</i> after not listening to that album for a decade or more. Nice.<br /><br />Idk if Britain even still remembers Supertramp. I feel like America barely does, in spite of their famous Breakfast here.Bart Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490373418825679148noreply@blogger.com