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Michael678 
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Posted: October 11 2014 at 21:03 |
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am i the only one who is raising this question because i feel like i am okay, Hodgson is off touring like there's no tomorrow i get it; i mean the band Supertramp right now. is there a break/hiatus that is occurring that wasn't announced publicly or are they done for good. i had this thought for a long while now and didn't speak of it until now? what's happening? i mean, what's going on in that camp lately do you think?
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Posted: October 11 2014 at 23:07 |
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Good question surprised no one has replied to this post.
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Posted: October 12 2014 at 06:19 |
As long as I know, the band toured for their 40th Anniversary between 2010-2011, without Hodgson, of course. That is the last information that their official website gave to the fans in http://supertramp.com/ i think that maybe Rick Davies has retired from music, but I really don`t know.
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Posted: October 12 2014 at 06:37 |
They'll probably reunite for the 50th anniversary.  Roger Hodgson will start an american tour next week though.
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Posted: October 12 2014 at 07:22 |
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Did they not retire, as a band, quite a while ago? This shouldn't be surprising, given the fact that Supertramp started out as a band in the 1960s, so the original members would be in their late 60s - early 70s.
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Posted: October 12 2014 at 07:41 |
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im just noting this because i feel like this wasn't announced officially, and no other kind of news outside of Hodgson is coming from that camp. i am just worried that's all.
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Posted: October 12 2014 at 14:47 |
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Interesting question...
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Posted: October 12 2014 at 19:14 |
Davies has nothing to prove, now he prefers to play late night blues/jazz with his mates. There must be nothing worse than constantly being asked if he would collaborate again with Hodgson. Enough to put anyone off music I think Davies like Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears fame did some incredible stuff on their own. Not dismissing Hodgson's importance up to Famous Last Words though.
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Posted: October 13 2014 at 01:12 |
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They sort of just 'died' after Breakfast In America. That and Crime Of The Century are so good that its understandable they couldn't retain that magnitude of creative power. I can't be the only one who heard 'Its Raining Again' and struggled to take them seriously from that point.
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Posted: October 13 2014 at 03:39 |
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^ I really like 'Brother Where You Bound', it's much better than 'Famous Last Words'.
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Posted: October 13 2014 at 06:21 |
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Ol' Roger went on the road solo with his son, and apparently he never looked back.
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Posted: October 13 2014 at 14:27 |
 richardh wrote:
They sort of just 'died' after Breakfast In America. That and Crime Of The Century are so good that its understandable they couldn't retain that magnitude of creative power. I can't be the only one who heard 'Its Raining Again' and struggled to take them seriously from that point. |
For me Even In The Quietest Moments and Breakfast were the two best....but I have never been a big fan and always thought of them as prog lite. There was always some 'gravitas' or something missing for me.
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Posted: October 13 2014 at 14:27 |
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^ Yeah and that is a happy ending too. I think Supertramp's last two studio albums, Slow Motion and Somethings Never Change were even better than Brother Where You Bound. Also great tight band playing live in the 2000's.
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Posted: October 13 2014 at 16:04 |
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Breakfast In America was relative schlock. It should have been their last album (most go out with their weakest).
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