Take the Long Way Home - Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) Writer and Composer
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- Roger Hodgson co-founded Supertramp in 1969 and was the driving force behind what fans call the 14 golden years of the band. He wrote, sang, and arranged the enduring rock standards that made Supertramp a worldwide phenomenon with album sales in excess of 60 million. In addition to “Take the Long Way Home,” Roger also gave us timeless classics such as Give a Little Bit, Breakfast in America, The Logical Song, Dreamer, School, It's Raining Again, Fool's Overture, and many more. Enjoy this performance from an April 2016 show in London.
Roger is currently on tour and selling out shows around the world. Every concert is a powerful emotional journey and his passion for his music and his art shines through in the magic and intimacy that is felt by the audience. For tour details, visit www.RogerHodgson.com or / rogerhodgson .
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“Take the Long Way Home" may be found on Roger’s latest release, “Classics Live.” The CD is available at www.RogerHodgsonStore.com or on iTunes at apple.co/1M5cA8j. The song is also available on Roger’s “Take the Long Way Home - Live in Montreal” DVD - also available through the Store. - Hudba
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My wife passed 20 months ago and we get lost driving she put the CD in sing all the long way home LORD I miss her
May God bless you, 20 months is not that long. It's been 12 years for me. With time you will treasure the memories and the bad parts will fade away. Don't bottle it all up, tell your friends and family how you feel even if they don't know just what to say to you.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️
I lost my beloved wife at 30. I'm 60 now and after raising the kids alone, I'm finally about at the end of the road. It's been a very long way. I hope I get home.
lorencarlin2087 peace and love..
😢I'm sorry 😞 xx
50 yrs ago I got off the school bus...we had nothing...but now I realize we had everything...
Well said...
such a cool comment!!!!!!!!
Sweet 🧁
I'm 52 I this reminds me of my childhood on the radio all the time. Happy days.😊😢
Your comment made me more Thankful than I already was!
Lori Findley turned me on to Supertramp at 15 years old. She was my friends older sister and one day she sat me down and slapped some headphones on and played breakfast in america. It was such an experience that i still tell story 40 years later. Thank you girl hope you're doing well
Real musicians, real music, real talent, no autotune, this song gives me chills everytime ❤❤❤❤
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Me too
Rodger Hodgson/supertramp, are and where one of the best band's in the world in my opinion, just class 👌🏴❤️
❤❤❤❤❤❤per sempre
I'm 62 years old and have always taken the long way home 🏡 😌 💕
I’m so glad I was born in 1967!!! And lived through that era 😂😂😂❤ happy new year to everyone 2024 has to be better than the last four years of bullshit! I greet you from America!
How on earth is this band not in the Rock n Roll HOF???
Also - best harmonica ever
I Hope answer sure his time will come, well deserved
The rock and roll hof is a joke
@@larryfournier4403True
To good to be in the hall of fame !
The RnR HOF is a joke like the magazine Rolling Stone. I’ll never forget their bad reviews of Led Zeppelin. Incredibly pathetic
My Father wanted this played at he's funeral but because of covid he never had a funeral... Great song, RIP Dad I love ya!!
Sorry
Your Father Had Great Taste Sweet Memories💔😇💐🌺💗🌷💖🥰
you can go there with your family and play the song now for him!
I'm so sorry you didn't get the chance to fulfill his final wishes, but like it was said, you can go to his grave and play it, God Bless your Dad, you and your entire family ...heart
@@arthilliker3721 Thankyou!
I was broke and living in a car when this song came out. My life had come to a total stop. This song came on the radio, and it spoke volumes to me. I knew it would be a long way home, to get back into decent living and no longer a waste cake. 50 years later, I'm back home in my home state, and have a home and a family and even a show car. It was a long way home. My next home is Heaven.
Good for you, give that Sky Fairy a pass though.
we all did the life , different chapters, rooting for you
Amen! I'm glad you cleaned up and came to faith in Christ!
@@lovetowatchable Thanks, life is good if you don't weaken.
We all have our dips. A long, happy life and good health to you.
huh! I can remember listening tothis song when Iwas homeless sleeping on a church's floor. It felt like the long way home. I bought supplies for myself at the local dollar store. I felt like a failure as a former combat soldier back from so much war. It gave me strength this song. I look back, never forgetting that journey-First Sergeant Belle now a Dr.
God bless
Thank you for your service.
...carry on soldier ❤
If Supertramp is not in the Rock and Roll hall of fame they should be. ❤❤❤❤❤😊😊
Ich bin 63 Jahre alt ...
meineJugend ...
die Siebziger ...
und ❤️❤️SUPERTRAMP❤️❤️❤️
immer noch best music ever
Bin auch 63 , Für mich so super gut
Another gem from the 70s! They don’t make music like this anymore.
That's for sure.
Nope, they certainly don't anymore..
ABSOLUTELY !!
You are right there, they don't.
NO THEY SURE DONT. #ROGERHOGDSON SUCH A PURE TALTENRED SINGER, SONGWTITER & MUSICIAAN ...I WILL FOREVER BE A #SUPERTRAMP FAN. EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO THESE GREAT CLASSICS IT TAKES ME BACK TO MY 70S CHILHOOD . AS WE LL AS MY EARLY TEEN YRS. . THEY JUST DONT make GREAT MUSIC WITH SUCH FEELING & soul THAT JUST TOUCHES YOUR SOUL sooooo deep LIKE NO OTHER EAR IN TIME CAN .... well not close to AS WELL AS #SUPERTRAMP DOES. . THANK YOU #ROGERHOGDSON & #SUPERTRAMP FOR WRITING & PERFORMING YOUR GTEAT SONGS FOR ALL OF US SUPERTRAMP FANS TO ENJOY FOR LIFE!!!😊❤💃🔥🎤🎶
And I'm 16 again listening to this....through back roads and woods, long way home.
I remember hearing this song as a kid and I've always loved it. Still a fan 40 years later in 2024
hello, how are you doing it is nice meeting you here.
I grew up in South Jersey, when I was 17, I drove everywhere in my 68 firebird. Once I heard Supertramp I couldn't stop listening. They saved me over and over in my heart and soul with their spiritual songs. They have always been my favorite. Babaji and Even in the Quietest Moments. I must have listened to them a couple of thousand times back then. Life is a fantasy. You tried to tell me back then and I finally got it. Is it time to know....Babaji, Babaji. Thank you for Babaji!!!
Same here Deborah. Also a southern Jersey gal. Wishing you love!!
Ciao..da. gio..sss..junior..in.by..gio..ssss..primo..miami..florida..ciaoo
I was only a kid when I fell in love with this. My parents listened to it all of the time. After we lost my father in 88 my mother started taking every back road she could find on her way home from work. It was her chance for a road soda and to breath before coming home to reality. I lost mom to cancer in 2018. Now I find myself going out of my way to take the long home Happy Mother’s Day.
That hit me hard.thank you for sharing. Im in California and because of my mom I might have to go back home to Virginia. I've been here lil over 7yrs.Came here to start a new life.But now im gonna have to take that long way home.Came on a plane gonna leave on a train.I was a kid when this came out.love supertramp.Again thank you for sharing
@@allenbundy4650 hi Allen. I lost my mum and dad years ago. Not a day goes by when I don't think about them. It'll be a long way home for me.
Beautiful sentiment
I agree with you 100% I’m 69 at this time and I lost my best friend in 1994 while waiting for him in California and I know how you feel…God bless you .
(SFYL's) Just put it on repeat, and cruise, road warrior ! 👍💯👏
Great song from the past
Back in 1979 when life was easy... I miss those easy days.. Take another breakfast in amrica...
No country,hip hop,rap,rock-n-roll,pop music of today can top this and you damn well know it.
that why we are all listening to the good ones
I was in middle school when this came out and now, at age 62, I’m finally seeing a live performance lol… better late than never lol
We were at this very concert!!! My wife has been a fan of Supertramp, and of Roger for many years, so sang along to every song.
Me too amazing 😊
That harmonica still makes goosebumps appear on my neck. I just love this song. Always have, always will..
Me too.❤
Same here. You can feel it just cut through you. Awesome music 🎶
Gotta have the harmonica! Love it when an...uncommon instrument is used, and it's not only good, but part of a song's identity!
It's a lance. A cry.
Same!
Supertramp: unquestionably up there in the pantheon of the greatest bands ever. Real intelligent music that means something. No drivel, no polyfiller just pure genius. Lost on today's generation I fear...
Yup, I put them up there with Elton John....
100%. Let’s count our generation’s luck…
Summed it up perfectly
100% correct but I don't blame this generation for not understanding how things really are. The whole world is set up in a way that confuses people deliberately
Sadly I have to agree with you: politicians the world over don't like people who can think for themselves.
Roger is a humble and great man. I played this song on my brothers' funeral in 2011.
When this song arrived in my youthful life, my brother and I would listen over and over again waiting for our father to return into our devastated lives! We needed you more than you could ever imagine dad! I love and miss you! Thank you Roger for writing the songs of my youth!❤
These guys have more musical talent in their dandruff than many current bands do in their entire existence!
Dandruff. [god, i'm laughing at that choice of contrast]. Okay, I understand what you mean.
yep!
Yes they really do. They are just awesome.
MASTER MUSICIANS, wonderful performance, proud fan of Roger for 50 years, great piece of music
@@philiptucci2458 Me too.
I’m almost 55 sitting here watching something being performed beyond perfection with a smile on my face
Me too, I’ll be 55 in a few months, time to start bitching about all my discounts🤣🤣🤣
I'm 56 and counting listening this beatiful song that brings me old and unforgetable memories!
Me too. I,m 51( ◜‿◝ )
I'll be 51 in March...I absolutely love Supertramp...I've never stopped listening.
A great song to go along with some great memories.
Much love from Mobile Alabama.
Gotcha beat. I'm 62. When I bought my first car "Breakfast In America" was the first cassette (!) I popped into the player. :-)
I was in the military away from home and missing my family so much. I only had 2 weeks left and this song made me smile and made the wait bearable.😊
....music history at the finest...
The intro of this song with the harmonica playing gives me chills, so amazing .
That is Rick Davies, and he's arguably the best at bending notes there ever has been. I can bend decent over 20 years of practice, but not that good.
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I get the chills too!😊
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Roger is amazing. Saw him in concert all over the world and he has an amazing connection with his fan base. Writer of songs that has defined a generation.
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Such a charming and talented man.
Thank you Clarkson's Farm for introducing a whole new generation to this gem!
❤
Clarkson 😊
Mr sloe
Hi ❤😂
Roger Hodgson, two words to describe it. Pure genius
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Aaron MacDonald on the harmonica and saxophones is absolutely phenomenal! Sends shivers down my spine when he plays! Outstanding acoustics and sound engineering, too! And, naturally, Roger Hodgson is superb!
And back up vocals as well
My homey from London Ontario. Great guy.
Was he the guy on the bus with a ice pack on his head in the video "Its Raining Again"?
BRILLIANT song from a great songwriter !…….LOVED Supertramp & the lyrics in this song are something we can ALL relate too at some point in our lives !!!……thank GOD for songs like this !!!!
No one now days has an idea of what music really is. This is amazing! Dying breed. Someone needs to do something and get this kind of music in kids lives! This stuff heals and gives people inspiration. Now days it is compromised! Very sad!
I have just found these videos. (Admittedly not much into tech.) I was listening to Supertramp on the Alexa a few days ago and still love the sound. How I missed it. Agreed this music heals. A lot of music does. I recall being in a dark place in my late teens, absorbing Supertramp's sound - those harmonica and saxophone sounds are incredible - and poring over the lyrics. So positive and oh that music, for me, expressed such hope. The darkness went a few years later. The hope lasts. Forty years later Roger Hodgson's music is still magical. The fact he wrote these in his late teens is just amazing to me. Such insight. Thank you Sir. Your compositions were a light to a lost and lonely soul. God bless you.
Yes ma’am Sheila…
I don't think there will ever be another era of music as great as this generation was.What a spectacular and inventive era this was....glad to have been part of this for sure!!!!
Who is listing to this in 2020 ???? Brings back memories good old days.
A moi aussi cette merveille de chanson rappelle de beaux souvenirs.
I am. But Before last night Id only heard their songs at the grocery store, and didn’t know it was them.. for some reason I clicked a live version I’m just kind of blown away by how much much more soulful and funky they are live. Listening to their concert from Paris on a repeat.
Good old days for sure 😸
Back then - today - always :-)
True that. Love the feeling!
Songs like this mean so much and at time in my life 3am in the morning sleeping in the car after driving to London in the 80s waiting for the morning to start work from then on the way my life changed for the good xxx
Well done 😊
My first real concert, and at Alpine Valley Music Theater! SUPERTRAMP UNFORGETTABLE AND AWESOME
Oh my! The voice is 98% still there, and the quality is intact. So here are my teenage years dancing back in.
Absolutely, same here
Ikr I'm here with ya
I watch this vid about once a month. Not only an amazing song but every musician is so seasoned and knows exactly where their part fits! When you have that perfect unity and humility, something magical happens and a song goes to a whole new dimension! I can’t explain it, I just FEEL it!
There's something so resonant in this song, I think they'll be listening to it 'till the heat death of this universe.
I was probably 10 or 11 when this came out. Had been playing anything with keys on it since 4, but only bits n pieces. I heard this, and it inspired me to finally sit down and hv the discipline to actually play one start to finish. It touched me even then and I've moved on to become a known keyboardist for many, even Grammy winners. Funny how one song can start u off in the right direction
Music, lyrics...exceptional, the world urgently needs groups like SUPERTRAMP!!!
I met him in Barcelona, 1978. As a member of the Supertramp fan club they allowed me to enter the dressing rooms. He gave me some autographs and we shook hands. He was very kind.
Lucky you!
Who else got chills when the harmonica kicked in
I do!
Yes indeed
Gets me everytime!☺️
I lose it. Every time. My dad used to play it for me as a kid...when this album came out.
@@xymbolix thats awesome this is one of my all time favorite songs
Soooo incredibly proud of my friend Aaron McDonald on sax/keys/clarinet/vox/harmonica! Though I haven’t seen him in years, he was a London Ontario musician I always loved playing with and he always had that ‘it’ factor. Im not surprised he found the success he did. A great guy and great musician.
I was gonna say, that sax player is a monster. London Ontario!!! Woooot!!!
Oh yes, Aaron is a famous musician. an autograph for me?
Wow is that your friend
I’m no expert on sax or clarinet but I can tell someone who is good and that supertramp guy sounds like the best I’ve ever heard
His parts in school that song are my favourite bits of the whole song
Representing Southwestern Ontario!
I believe he walked away from Supertramp in its heyday to be a stay home father now he’s back on stage: His children must be immensely proud of him
Ironic since it's about being free from a mundane relationship.
There was so many times years ago when I was stuck in a marriage with children that I loved, on the way home from work I would take the long way home! That is how coped with it! Thanks Roger and Super Tramp for your music!
My dad introduced me to Supertramp. And so many others. Thanks Dad. Rest In Peace and music
I wish my kid got it, wtvr,,, he has his rapppp... lol/....
Same here! I'm eternally grateful my dad had great music taste and passed it along to me.
My dad introduced me to Gilbert & Sullivan! But then again, he was born in 1930. Love this song.
@@davelee8961 as long as we had dads that shared the music they loved with us, the year, the musicians and the songs they shared aren’t the important part.
+1 rip all those great dads ❤️
Iconic harmonica playing coupled with timeless vocals from Roger. Just transports one back in time.
Roger has given us some immensely beautiful work. Absolutely wonderful tunes.
My life came to a halt in 2016.I grew up with this song in 70's.When my life was nearly at an end,I happened upon this song 37 years later.My life rejuvenated and am a better person for it.
My son Dallas always loved this song. God rest his precous soul.😭
so sorry for your loss, mama
Sorry for your loss Ronaye Cherish All the memories!
Rest In Paradise Dallas.
So sorry for your loss, whenever you hear it I hope it always brings you comfort.
very Sorry for your loss 🙏 💖
I just came here for the harmonica.
I'm just here because he's still cute.
He's best.❤
❤
Who is he?
I'm 57 and reminds me of my old mini with graphic equaliser and big back speakers! Joy!
A fantastic performance by Roger & his handpicked band sounding as good live as the original Supertramp recording...... BRAVO !!! ... I Started listening to Supertramp in the 70's & am very glad Roger continues to play this AMAZING music...... RESPECT !
I grew up listening to Supertramp..still love you them,Take The Long Way Home still gives me chills Everytime I hear it.
Mid seventies were never to be replaced. Ever!
My birth year 1975
You are bloody well right M8.
True.
BLOODY MARVELOUS!!
Amen to that my man I'm saddened by this new generation of shit music IMO. Rap and Hip Hop, there's some good stuff here and there, but I feel like it doesn't have the feels and soul that connect with me. Bands like Supertramp, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Queen, Steve Miller Band, Elton John, Journey, Billy Joel etc.
My mother likes this band and she danced their music now she's resting in peace thanks so much Roger ❤❤
I LOVE this song by Roger Hodgson !!! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
British rock bands were always the best.
This is the perfect example of what rock and roll should be. Always the best. Still growing up on Supertramp.
Supertramp was the a big part of my pre-teen years. Many years later I was working for a music manufacturer and was working our booth at the NAMM show and someone taps my shoulder and in a quiet voice asked me if the owner was around. I turned around and there was Roger. Now I met a LOT of musicians while working there, but meeting Roger was one of the biggest treats! I was so familiar with his music and he was so kind and friendly.
share it with everyone, good story!
Reading these memories that music brought back to the forefront of everyone’s mind has made me so emotional. And filled with happiness that other people experience song the same way. TY All so Much sharing 💜
My father who passed recently loved this song. ❤️
I was 12 in 1979 in Australia and Supertramp filled me with mystery wonder and love for this legendary band.
Change your 12 to my 15, all the rest is the same
Welcome to 53. 12 in 79 myself. Breakfast in American is still one of my favorites.
Been a lifelong ST fan, this song came on today and has me in tears!!! Going through an almost 4 year uphill battle but seeing the light finally, these lyrics!!! Thanks Rodger 👍👏❤️🔥🙌🏽🎶
Never give up.
A song that just embodied the turmoils in life
Glad to glory in every moment of it.
This has got to be one of my all time favourites what a stunning song have always loved supertramp still love them thanks guys you really know how to cheer a girl up am 58 and you still make me feel 16!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
hello, how are you doing it is nice meeting you here.
There isn’t much around today that can get close to this musically
One of the greatest, most underrated rock laments of all time
That,s classical music....
It’s not underrated it’s a classic
@@petrus666love are you just looking for something to argue about? That'll teach me to say something nice about a song I like.
Take the long way home Australia I live now love Supertramp❤️❤️❤️🇦🇺
You my friend helped me through the his valley of death. I'm grateful.
One of the most famous Piano/Harmonica introductions to a song,🙂 Well done Supertramp
You've never really heard this song till you find a quiet place in the woods and play it on a Walkman alone in silence .
I found a grove of trees two lines planted years earlier by a young man who was now old . I laid there and listened to
the whole album .
Life you cannot predict it.
Still here, still hear !
I was touring Alaska in the 80’s and had a walkman,I was stuck in a town called Tok. I was listening to this tape over and over as I was trying to get out of Tok, and yes home was in in Africa a long way home…Supertramp music for life…..
You've heard this song until you've realised that there are 3 saxes awaiting your lazy attention - including a hand-build Yanagisaha - and that you need to your 60+ year arse back in gear again, and practice, practice, practice ...
Hear Here!
Or taking the long way home 🏜️🌞🌛✨💕🙏💪✌️
@@user-pk8xy2jq6x 🏜️🌛🌞💕🙏💪✌️
Desde luego los que rondamos ya los 70 a. tuvimos mucha suerte de conocer a grupos como SUPERTRAMP, solo podemos agradecer tanta calidad...
I love your Music, I am 78 years old, thank you, my Favorit!!!!
Everything about this song is absolutely perfect!
A smile and some goose bumps. I’ll take it.
This reminds me so much , sitting in the back of my dad’s cortina blasting tunes like this . Oh to be a kid in the 70’s again
Supertramp is part of my life and I'm thankful for that. Great music forever.
Man that guy can play that hermonica.That is music, not the crap today!
Because these guys are talented musicians and singers, not "entertainers" like we
have an abundance of today.
@@superbulldog81 So True! Gene Simmons is so right when he talks about the crap music that is played today. They can't sing, write or play there instruments these days.
1:50 Awake after a nightmare 😨...
the harmonica cuts🔪 like a knife, sounds like a desperated but high talented chainsaw 👍
Aaron MacDonald, a Canadian musician.
Yes yes this music
Takes on a whole new meaning seeing him at the end of his career
Great tune!!!
It seems like we remain fond of the music of our youth. Thankfully mine was full of the great music like Supertramp.
I had a 72 Vega with a stereo in it worth more than car. I had 8 track and then cassette.
I graduated high school in 1979 and “Breakfast In America” was a big part of my freshman year in college. Great memories.
"When the time comes to settle down, who's to blame that you're not around ? You took the long way home." At 60 I just got married a year ago. This song speaks to me now more than ever. ❤
Great!
I'm 58 and I've so much to do before I'm married at 60. On second thoughts I wonder if I'm missing something!
@@romakayak you never know who's waiting in the wings. I hear where you're coming from.
@@romakayak At 58 don't worry about what you might be missing, just go forward and do what you're gonna do. You've already missed a lot of time depending on what you wanted. I'm 63 and don't see much future, you have more ... go for it.
@@nickie7874 you have a future
This tune will always hold up.Breakfast in America was a huge popular album in 79.What a great performance.
This just shows Roger Hodgeson was the soul of Supertramp. Surround him with great musicians and it comes to life all over.
As I grow older I thank God that I have had the absolute pleasure to have had the opportunity to enjoy classics like this Angela x
you almost forget just how great these songs are, these are real musicians.
I had my yout during these GOLDEN YEARS LOVE THIS BAND
I did not forget.
@@larsaskenvik7203 linda demais, amo
Comentários em português
70's were the best! somewhat of a Resurgence in the 90s. Best Decades of Rock!
Brilliant band…glad I grew up in this era when music was music with meaning ❤️
Hi Lynne💐💐
The last 45 years I've been listening to Super Tramp as always had the cassette then the CD and now CZcams.....
That's Music for the future,i love supertramp and i could hear it every day❤❤❤
Supertramp ( esp. Roger Hodgson)... This band is one of the favorites of my 14 year old twins. I am so happy that they love Supertramp and prog. rock as well. Thank you Mr. Rodgers for composing that masterpiece and the others....
They don't make this kind of music anymore, love to hear this, love it 😘😊✌️
This song resonates on so many levels. I think most people can relate on some level .
STUNNING...🇺🇲....SING IT LOUD... TERRIFIC DAY'S, THEN, & NOW..💯...🙏🇺🇲...MAKE THE BEST OF THE REST....💥
Great band followed them since I was 21 now I am 68 their music is good as the day it was released and from Swindon
So called musicians today could only dream of performing onstage like this. Roger Hodgson IS Supertramp.
Quite difficult, they have to learn music first..