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"Fools Overture" is the closing track from Supertramp's 1977 album Even in the Quietest Moments. Written and song by guitarist, keyboard player, singer and songwriter Roger Hodgson, the song tells about World War II England and the lessons learned from it. The song, which is over 10 minutes long, is a collage of progressive instrumentation and sound samples. First there are excerpts of Winston Churchill's famous June 4, 1940 House of Commons speech regarding England's involvement in World War II ("Never Surrender"), and later sounds of police cars and church bells are heard. The flageolet-sounding instrument plays an excerpt from Gustav Holst's "Venus", from his orchestral suite The Planets. There is also a reading of the first verse of William Blake's poem "And did those feet in ancient time" (more commonly known as "Jerusalem"), ended by a very short sample of the band's song "Dreamer".
Its writing credits are given to Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson,Although Roger and Rick shared joint writer credit throughout their years together with Supertramp, they actually wrote separately. It is easy to tell the composer of the songs as Roger sings all the songs he wrote, and Rick sings the songs he wrote. You can see the song list at www.rogerhodgson.com/documents...
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I listened to this when I was 12. I'm 54 and still listen to it. Some songs are just timeless.
Same in here, dear Kristin.
Exactly. Xx lifetime songs 🎵 and what a lovely video to go with it ❤ my goodness Roger has an epic voice (but it's the whole thing isn't it)
Tout pareil sauf que je suis beaucoup plus jeune que toi puisque je viens d'avoir 53!! Et toc! Sérieux; l'époque du Walkman, l'odeur du vinyl et ma mère qui me disait "baisse ton bruit, j'entends pas la télé"!
Oh ditto 🤗
Same here
A great song by mr. Hodgson, a true masterpiece by Supertramp, Churchills speech, pure magic. Great!
Absolutely!!😀👍
History recall, how great the........... 70's music really was. Today's modern music is neither better or worse than the 70's & 80's music, it is just different. The same as todays youth are different, their likes are different. But this piece is a classic destined to live on long after most other music of today has faded away.
Anyone from 45 and older: we had THE best time to be young EVER ! :) Would not trade it for all the gold in the world with today's youngsters.
Ek stem saam. Jonger dae was heerlik.
And who tells you that young, some not enjoy? xD. You are supposed to listen to songs no age ...
There are some adults who become embittered by the youth
Fons negentienachtenvijftig Well, I'm 56 and I have this tune and many more on CD for safe keeping from when I used to have them 33 records, not to mention 8 track tapes. But yes they were good times back then.
Simon Adebisi YOU SUCK REFUGEE WHAT DO YOU knOW?
Saw Supertramp in 1977. Amongst all their other brilliant tracks, this one stands out the most in their live show. Fantastic.
Saw em in 77 after high school grad party
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Intentionally been avoiding this song for three years since I waaay over-listened to it back then. Well worth the wait to fully and truly appreciate this again. I miss those days. It’s a shame that I’ll miss these ones one day, too, but can’t possibly love them now the same way. My heart goes out to anyone listening to this song, a masterpiece. I would listen to this song for almost an hour each day, over and over until my Study Hall was through. I was alone in the library during this class, and it was a nice comfort to have music. I’ve loved Supertramp since I learned their name and linked it to their songs, and I still do. The school blocked most of the official ways to listen to proper good musical tracks, but this kayaking video managed to slip past the filter, and oh how glad I am that it did. The video has become as nostalgic and wondrous to me as the music over it, in some strange, but good way. I’ve changed since those days, and I know it. I know I may never be the same again, and I wonder if that’s a good thing. Sure, I was flawed back then, but I’m flawed now, too. Just in a different way, a new issue each time one is resolved. I often wonder what the point is. Of life generally, I mean. Sorry to get so existential, but I just want to call out into the void of the internet, maybe get an echo in return for my efforts. In any case, I don’t understand the point of living. Not in a suicidal sense, but more that there’s no end goal. You can’t “win”. You can’t “lose”, either, unless that’s what you consider death to be. Does there need to be an end? Should there be? Will there ever be? What’s “enough” to have done in your one, limited lifetime? Will I waste mine? Do I need to be known by the masses to be successful? Do I need to do good, or just make an impact, or be a little nobody in the corner of nowhere? Does it matter at all? I don’t understand, and I don’t think anyone else quite does, either. It’s a shame, but there’s an odd comfort in that we’re all locked into this empty existence together. Not enough to overpower the major existential dread, of course, but still. The song is nearing its end for me as I write this, and I wonder how much people will read of this. Will this explode, and bring me into the public eye as some strange, old gaming channel that once was turning into one of philosophical intrigue, or will it too have no bearing on anything? The song is up now, and I bid you farewell. I hope you enjoyed the ramblings of a stranger, and I wish you the best.
... What A Beautiful Soul You Are 😊 ❤ ...
I'm listening to it right now for the first time after reading what you just said
Bless your day 🙏
Enjoy the ride my friend. Reckon we'll all be the last to know.
Peace be in you 🙏
Jokes who says oh h*** yeah that's like the ultimate song from supertramp!!!!!!!
Two years later I took in your words. I listened to the song then decided half way through to see the comments of this incredible band. Yours was the first. I began to read and I read the last of your words as the song was ending....kind of poetic, I think.
Or maybe the timing was meant to be. One will never truly know.
Born in 1990 in Canada, I got to know this song because of my dad, I got goosebumps just by hearing this because he as passed away in 2013, got memories for ever with me
When we are gone.. a lot of us remain here on Earth. Through our children pictures videos, music. We never just die.. we fade away
Back in the day, when America was still cool, we used to ride around in the country smoking "joints" and listening to this music along with Yes and several others. Still as fresh today as it was in the Mid 70's. Us old guys lived through the greatest periods of music ever in history. This is one of the jewels from that era.
Absolutely! When live was easier, less digital and honest. Didn't smoke joints in the 1970's (too young, even for a Dutchie), but I remember the 1970's and early-1980's as a time with an utter feeling of true happyness. Like enjoying eternal walks in colourful autumn forests on a beautiful day, with a gentle breeze cleansing your mind. The music from that era reflects this feeling imho.
Oh yeah ! Golden Age for music. So many differents styles...
well said,mate.so many talented musicians about in those days,,ime almost 63 now,we knew it was a special time in history,,and looking back now,,it was even more special than we 1st thought. the 60s and 70s wow,what a time to be young.
i'm 16 and i came across this music because of my dad. i own every single album and i love almost every track. it's just awesome music. a thousand times better then nowadays music
Mal Barker
Yes, you and Randsonic are absoloutly right! I'm 44 now, and i discovered Supertramp (and Pink Floyd, and the "old" Genesis too...) about 20 years ago and i still listen this music : the 70's were an incredible time of creativity...go to see Roger in concert, it's a moment full of emotion!!
Supertramp is so underrated, love their songs.
I love them too.
B-Thrash they’re not really underrated
Really, not underrated.
Along with other underrated bands like Beatles Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.
You're right, the"good" taste IS to love pink Floyd because most of people budget Supertramp to commercial but actimually dont know them. Sorry for my english ui'm french😏
My dad loved this song and would always specifically play this video when he listened to it. He loved that it was set to the pace of the music. He passed away in 2022 and I finally found this song and video after looking for awhile. So happy I can come back and see it again, this video is in my memories
The opening to this masterpiece always gives me chills. I feel it evokes the gravity of the events it alludes to? The feeling that we are at the precipice comes through powerfully,urgently, just brilliant...they don't make music like this anymore! So sad........
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I love this song, always remind me of the first time I listened to Supertramp from the old tapes of my dad...
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If you said to a lot of people the name "Roger Hodgson" they would say who? However, there is no question he is one of the most gifted singer/songwriters' of our time (in my humble opinion) and for us original "Supertramp" fans the beating heart of one of the most innovative and out there groups in the last 50 years!
Hodgson at the age of 64 still performs brilliantly. A musical genius!
Still Loving Supertramp and get asked alot....who is this?
spindrifter2 ...yes...love this whole album and Breakfast in America...they can't ( or. won't ) do this now ..this is music..
Just ask him!
Judy Wilson I’m 14 and I am really sad that nobody makes this kind of music any more....
spindrifter2 ...yes...i have loved this song and album since i was13 ..im now 55..
Magnifique,
One of the best songs ever.
dan meme 🤣
It’s on the level as Bohemian Rhapsody and Stairway to Heaven
Also Mr Tree from Mashmakhan.
pgorodiloff
Better !
Agreed. Cant forget Layla or Time (Has Come Today). My favorites.
One of the most underrated albums ever.
I love the opening of this song, takes me back to my childhood.
the best eleven minutes I spent in my life
I can still hear my dear freind Penny saying, at the the 5:20 mark, "There's even words." on the night that she introduced me to Supertramp. Love her, love Supertramp.
Without doubt, one of the best songs ever recorded
Sir Tadema ...yes...loved this song and album since i was 13...am now 55..
I heard this music when I was a teenager-adult and I changed from my living place as my mother died. R.I.P.
Ha ha ha, I knew it was Vancouver (despite the fact I never been there).
You're not the same after you hear this classic. A shock of breeze.
One of the BEST songs of all time !!!
Bought this album in 1980, it's simply a masterpiece, fantastic.
Roger hodgson is a true artist. Believe it or not I could have listened to this for an extended 10 minutes. Two thumbs up for me.
A MASTERPIECE!!!!!
Beautiful song brings back beautiful memories
This song brings me RIGHT back to when it came out. This was one of the definitive 1970s album rock classics. Timeless.
I am amazed that Hodgson and Davies do not get the recognition they deserve for being absolute geniuses when it comes to music....I loved them in the '80's and their music still holds strong today.
You know that on this cold side of the planet (Quebec), you are especially appreciated. You know that already, we love you in Quebec.
This is a masterpiece!
Reminds me of One for the vine by Genesis, another masterpiece
Yes we can!
Roger? I raised my child on this album. To this day, It is still one of her favorites! She's all grown up, but this album meant alot to both of us. Hey? Thanks for that!
This song is embedded in my very DNA, because I listened to it so much when the album came out. Amazing song.
Brings back so many memories for me. Supertramp, one of the great bands of our time.
started out life as a prog band before they earned squillions with the fm-friendly breakfast in america.
top set of musicians though.
Crisis? Crime? Bloody well right, Dreamer...
Even in the quietest moments, everyone was laughing - until the day he died... stl,l he's calling, my friend
my son
i know everything but where you've gone
Now & Then wasn't even released until 77, so by then the band had changed members & everythng, & even times of rain was rearranged & claimed by eno hodgson & Indelibly stamped - only Travelled had the original vision so yeah? Even the quietest moments hit with everything previous released pretty much all the same.
"Called the man a fool, stripped him of his pride. Everyone was laughing, up until the day he died". I never forgot that line; it seers my psyche. Man's inhumanity to man. It never stops.
love love love your presentation of this maevelous album
It`s me with cam just before I drowned listening to this great masterpiece
Yes, a masterpiece.
Maybe the best song I ever heard.
God bless my mom for showing me Supertramp. xx
Amazing voice!
one of the best songs ever ! ! in my opinion! !
So beautiful. Takes me back every time to a wonderful place and time. Still have and always will cherish this album. ❤
I am 14 year old, I am from holland here we have the top 2000 that is a series that every year shows the 2000 best songs of all time. I didn’t knew this song until I heard it on top 2000. I immediately fell in love
I've been to over 100 concerts, including Supertramp together back in the day, Roger Hodgson 2 years ago was the best ever.
I have heard that a lot about the quality if his shows. I need to see him.
Just seen Roger in Alicante, fabulous
This is just wonderful! Supertramp were definitely an original type of band oozing with quality and great technique, it is quite difficult to put into words how much I love this music.
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This is music and not the crap of today's music
I really like Tame Impala and Supertramp. Both are quite moody and touching. You should give them a try!
well said
I was born in 61. In that era I was still a child and an adolescent. However whwn I was 18 I heard Logical Song" and " Hide in your Shell" for the first time. I completely fell in love wih Roger Hodgson' s songs! Both music and lyrics.
Up tll today, when I' m alteady in my early sixties. Roger makes me feel that life can still be beautiful and worth living..
MASTERPIECE
best song ... masterpiece !!! ✌️👍😊💜
Supertramp --- Fool's Overture
....Even in the Quietest Moments 1977
A great video treatment for one of the most underrated rock odyssey pieces of all time.
"Had a dream, it was war...
And they couldn't tell me what it was for.
But it was something they could lie about,
Something we could die about..you know"
I heard this song at my son's school performance for the first time in many years and it sent shivers down my spine. I thought it was good back in the day but now it makes you realise how unimaginative many of the band of today are. This should be a classic and Roger Hodgson and Co are extremely under rated. Unfortunately this song arrived in 1977 when Prog Rock was on the way out and I think it was simply overlooked.
This song is one of the "greatest songs list". Unfortunately, we have surrendered to the enemy in a manner so complete yet invisible. Just like Satan's Claws.
A few more greats, connect the dots. See the pattern "quilt" cut from the same cloth. One day you're going to rise from your habitual feast
To find yourself staring down the throat of the beast...Still sleeping, time to wake up. The piper's calling you to join him, cat's got your tongue? czcams.com/play/PL8ZvUf06HxciN_5nxFjcjVZv9MyNarPxZ.html..
All I can say is AMAZING!
In my opinion, quite simply one of the best pieces of music ever written.
This is one of my all time favorite songs. If your a fan you totally get what this song is about... I got to see them in the late 70's.
You cant imagine the despair that one can endure until it rings in like a call we should of just plain never taken , there are many reasons to live and when a million are left in a blink of an eye you start to wonder if somebody could make what was a world so complete to come back with flying colors , and just as the clock strikes midnight you realize this might be a very good time give what was seemingly taken for granite and chisel away at another million to hold forge and perhaps one day throw in front of like it was never a question , just a matter that any million Would Do !
I remember back in the early 80's after a hard evening, falling asleep to this song. Great stuff. Hodgson is a genius (in my humble opinion).
Heard this at a disco as an introduction to the start of the evening, a classic...very fond memories.....
im 15, i love this song, saw him at concert.
best concert ive ever seen.
Winston Churchill's "We Shall fight On the Beaches" Speech combined with the melody of the song gives me Goosebumps! GREAT SONG altogether!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. VERY UNDERRATED!!!!!!!!!!!
We will NEVER surrender! Hence Brexit.
ConvictedAshes
ALLA KHABAR NOW YOURE BEEN CONQUERED WITH OUT SHOOTING A SINGLE BULLET, SAD VERY SAD , SO MANY PEOPLE DIED TO PRESERVE THE BRITISH EMPIRE FOR NOTHING , I DONT THINK GOD WILL FORGIVE YOU
As an American, I can only say: THANK GOD FOR THE BRITISH.
If there was a god why has he not stopt all the wars????
This song is on one of my favorite albums from the 1970's.
totally agree
War no more
This is the song my wife listened to and watched this video when I served in Iraq! Great band.
60 this year, and still Supertramp gives me music, lyrics, and harmonies and memories and MUSIC!
For me, this is the best best best.... song of Supertramp.I listen to this song since I'm 13 years old. I love it.
I saw Roger Hodgson perform this live recently. Absolutely stunning.
Damas y caballeros......... Con todos ustedes música con mayúsculas!!!!!
When I hear this in my head I see the kayak every time. You've imprinted it.
Une musique qui m'a accompagné une bonne partie de ma vie. Quelle plaisir. Merci Supertramp.
Saw Supertramp 3 times in the late 70's/early 80's. AWESOME!!
This is soo good! The music, the voice and the lyrics
cant say haw much i love this song
Yeahhhhhhh
Late 70"s
I discover Supertramp
Live on Marseille 77/78 ????
Holly SHIT
I'm so glad to born on 56
Just for the music
Qu'elle chance NOUS avons eu
😘😘😘😘😘😘
ive just discovered this song this is AMAZING!
Amazing Song, amazing, amazing, amazing!
Original "SOUND" Berlin Classics
👍😎👍
Good old and great rocking Time.
Roger singt mit so viel Gefühl und ich liebe diesen Song! Na eigentlich bin ich ja einer der größten Fans von der Supertramp-Musik.
When I'm dead and gone I'll let to take this brilliant song on a MP3-player into my grave.,
Con esta cancion, descubri a supertramp, hara unos 40 años y me sigue emocionando
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twas a time when music eased itself in our minds an thoughts,laying down with closed eyes,savouring each notes,So sad that we have to go back in the past to feel the powerfull ,yet gentle feeling of total abandon!
I agree, the best music was in the 70’s and I’d add the 60’s too. I graduated high school in 1982. I was raised on the 60’s and 70’s music which is what my dad played. My husband listened to 80’s and 90’s music. When he passed away, I pulled out the music I liked and never went back. This was the good stuff. So many memories attached to this music. We could disappear all day and nobody worried about where we were. Get home by dinner or we went hungry. I miss those days. God bless.
For me, a supreme moment in prog. rock!
The theme for W5 on CTV.Awesome!!!!!!
das entspannt mich ... schöne gefühle ..
die sonne im horizont .. der abend kommt
der sommertag ist warm und mit guten gedanken ..
man kann sich zurück lehnen und genießen ..und durchatmen
ein schöner tag ...
This beauty was my dad's alltime favorite...
Around 15 years ago I was that little jerk going through puberty, playing and listening lots of (Dutch) Hardstyle, Hardcore, speedcore and other electronic music, and my old one always commented things like: 'Man, how can you listen to this shit? Maybe it's the generation gap, but this has nothing to do with music imo'.
'Please play some Supertramp or Pink Floyd for me' He added to this...
I already knew all those tracks, because he regularly had them played on our Sony stereo-set those days (and deep inside I realy loved them too, but I was too stubborn to admit this those times)
Few years later me and my friends were all grown-ups, but I still lived with my parents. We had a big house with plenty of room, and I had my own Drinking shack in the back of our garage were we'd all come together regularly to have some fun together, drink some beers and listen to music.
At the end of those evenings my dad joined us to make a little chat with everyone and demanded us to play some of his alltime favorites.
I loved those moments! To see the grin on his face was just priceless.
Father and son listening & loving the same type of music.
I am now 33 years old, and unfortunately I had to bury my father 1 year ago after a very unexpected and rapid illness.
But this music continues to sustain me in the mourning and sorrow of his death.
Love you dad!! Where ever you are I hope you can listen to this track again every day.
Esta é uma das mais belas músicas que considero. Eu era dolescente quando escutei-a pela primeira vez. Não sei quantas vezes já escutei-a e nem sei quantas vezes mais irei escutá-la, só sei que é uma eterna obra de arte.
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Vivemos uma época maravihosa, amigo....de deixar saudades. Linda sinfonia.
I don't think Supertramp will ever be underrated by those of us who love them and there are many of us out there. This track is one of my favourites.
Supertramp is one of the most underrated bands of all time. Even in the Quietest Moments is my favorite album of theirs, however, Crisis, What Crisis is a close second, a very overlooked and underrated album in itself.
a soapbox opera is truly something else.
One of the best songs ever heard!
simplemente maravillosa
Great video and great song. I come 10 years later to said the same I said ten years ago. The best spent eleven minutes in my life. I always come back to this video when I want to relax and dream about adventures. Thanks for having done this.
i heard it churchhill, stukas and the like - live in 84 and im 40``~~~~~ish and it was flawless and moving! a privledge THANKS GUYS!!!
Lyrics:
History recalls how great the fall can be
While everybody's sleeping, the boats put out to sea
Borne on the wings of time
It seemed the answers were so easy to find
"To late, " the prophets (profits) cry
The island's sinking, let's take to the sky
Called the man a fool, striped him of his pride
Everyone was laughing up until the day he died
And though the wound went deep
Still he's calling us out of our sleep
My friends, we're not alone
He waits in silence to lead us all home
So tell me that you find it hard to grow
Well I know, I know, I know
And you tell me that you've many seeds to sow
Well I know, I know, I know
Can you hear what I'm saying
Can you see the parts that I'm playing
"Holy Man, Rocker Man, Come on Queenie,
Joker Man, Spider Man, Blue Eyed Meanie"
So you found your solution
What will be your last contribution?
"Live it up, rip it up, why so lazy?
Give it out, dish it out, let's go crazy,
Yeah!"
This is our finest hour, we shall NEVER surrender
I still can't say what's a better song. This or Bohemian Rhapsody. Who cares! They are both GREAT!! Goosbumps!
I vote for this one.
Liked/Favd AWESOME! Love it !!!!!!!!!!!