Episodio 93: Supertramp Breakfast in America . Year 1979. English Version.

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00:00:51 - Classic Rocks All Time, The Stories of Rock.

00:01:06 - The Supertramp group was formed in 1969 at the initiative of Rick Davies, an English keyboardist who received financial support from the Dutchman August Measgates.

00:01:16 - Initially, the band was made up of Roger Hodgson, singer, guitarist and bassist, Richard Palmer, guitarist, and Robert Miller, drummer.

00:01:31 - The name of the band was inspired by the novel by W.H. Davies in 1910, which was called Supertramp.

00:01:38 - This novel much of the book deals with and describes the way of life of a vagabond in in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States in the last decade of the 19th century.

00:01:51 - The song Breakfast in America, belongs to the album of the same name, and was released in 1979, being the best-selling album, most critically acclaimed and with the highest charts of the band.

00:02:02 - For the recording of this album, it was made up of Rick Davies, keyboards, harmonica, vocals, Roger Hodgson, guitars, keyboards, vocals, John Helliwell, wind instruments, keyboards, vocals, Dougie Thompson, bass and Bob Sebenberg, drums.

00:02:22 - The album has a pop style, more commercial than what the band had done up to that point.

00:02:27 - Hodgson in an interview stated, the songs on this album were chosen because we really wanted to convey a sense of fun and warmth.

00:02:35 - I think we felt like we'd done three pretty serious albums.

00:02:38 - It was about time we showed the funnier, lighter side of ourselves.

00:02:44 - Hodgson wrote this song when he was in his teens and still living in England.

00:02:49 - The song describes a young Englishman, who dreams of going to America and becoming famous, which is exactly what he did with his group Supertramp.

00:02:57 - The breakfast in America album was very different from previous Supertramp albums, which were more conceptual and elaborate.

00:03:05 - Memphis was made to be more massive, to hit US radio, designed to have a pop appeal, which is why they included this song that Hodgson had written eight years earlier.

00:03:18 - Hodgson and Davies had a specific disagreement over the first line of the song, Take a look at my girlfriend, she's the only one I have.

00:03:26 - Hodgson at the time of it explained, I would have been happier if I had changed the lyrics to something funnier or more relevant.

00:03:33 - I tried it, but it didn't work, so I kept the original.

00:03:36 - Classics, songs, all time.

00:04:03 - If I could see America

00:04:06 - I'd see the girls in California

00:04:09 - I'm hoping it's going to come true

00:04:12 - But there's not a lot I can do

00:04:18 - Korea keep us for breakfast

00:04:21 - Movin' here, movin' here

00:04:24 - They gotta have a maintenance

00:04:27 - Cause everyone's a millionaire

00:04:30 - I'm a winner, I'm a sinner, do you want my autograph?

00:04:37 - I'm a loser, what a joker, I paid my jokes upon you

00:04:43 - Well there's nothing better to do

00:04:48 - Pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba-da-da-ow, pa-ba

00:05:18 - I've never seen you get along

00:05:21 - Watchin' Gumball

00:05:23 - Take a gumball across the water

00:05:26 - Like we see America

00:05:29 - See the girls in California

00:05:32 - I'm hoping it's going to come true

00:05:35 - But there's not a lot I can do

00:05:40 - Ba-ba-da-da

00:05:42 - Ba-ba-da-da

00:05:44 - Ba-ba-da-da

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