A LONG WAY HOME REVIEW FULL

A LONG WAY HOME REVIEW FULL

He asks and gets full audience participation), Roger hovers from his Electric piano to the grand piano (a little under-used IMHO) to Repertoire of classics, ultra-classics, semi-classics and almost-classics and tries to stick in there some would-be-classics and evenĪnd of course from Long Way Home, to Hide In Your shell, to Logical song, to Dreamer, to Breakfast and a surprising School (where Set up on an all-too big stage for his lone presence and his Pancho teammate, our favourite modern-day Don Quichotte attacks his (always a historical hotspot for Supertramp), even if the DVD shows people from all over the continent attending this particular gig. And his musical partner in crime gets a warm welcome from the Montreal crowd With Canada's Kitchener-born Aaron McDonald. In this umpteenth tour, Roger is again working solo, even if he has an accomplice on sax and sometimes on keyboards Indeed, the charismatic Roger's persona would make the treachery greater, given that he seems so genuinely gentle and generous Prog at all for that matter, but missing his passage in town is a bit of a treason to the great 70's SupergroupTramp they were. Posted Thursday, Octo| Review this album | Report (Review #143507)Ĭlearly when one goes to see Hodgson in concert, one doesn't have to expect some demented and manic prog rock, or any kind of The extras are OK: interviews, fans' impressions, backstage, etc. The whole concert is visually beautiful: big green plants on the My personal favourite (since my early days of listening to Supertramp) is the dramatic 'Don't Leave Me Now'.īeautiful camera work, shooting him from the above during that song. 'Love Is a Thousand Times' (Stronger Than You) 'Lovers in the Wind' (from Eye Of The Storm) is a very beautiful, sad pianoīallad 'Oh Brother' is even stronger piano song that sends shivers down your spine. I was also surprised how good were the songs new to me. Give a Little Bit, Easy Does It, Two Of Us) Take The Long Way Home, Logical Song, Dreamer), 12-string guitar (e.g. Think: over 30 years since Crime of the Century appeared, and his voice hasn't aged a bit. And they really LOVE these songs! Anyone with a relationship with classic Supertramp songs is bound to enjoy this concertĭeeply. He is notably moved how warmly the Canadian audience welcomes He says he performs these songs now even happier than before. Hodgson/Davies on all Supertramp songs is a similar lie as Lennon/McCartney.) The spirit of this man is very amiable and honest, and Was in practise a solo artist who just happened to have a band to bring his songs to, all fully visualized and arranged. Well, he happened to be most creative during his Supertramp days even then he

Poor Roger hasn't had equally strong solo career. Surely one may have prejudices such as this being a pathetic plea saying 'I was Supertramp!'and a ride with old classics because When performed by Rick Davies' Supertramp the Hodgson-songs sound One musician (Aaron McDonald mainly on saxes) beside him. Hodgson is not only the writer of the majority of the best loved songs, he also makes the songs as alive as one can wish, with only Yes, even when this is not a whole band performance. For lovers ofĬlassic SUPERTRAMP songs this is probably the best DVD one can have. This is a great, beautifully filmed concert with an amazingly warm connection between the artist and the audience.

A long way home review