IF EVERYONE WAS LISTENING
SUPERTRAMP
SONGWRITERS:
ROGER HOGDSON & RICK DAVIES
WHERE: PLACE
DES ARTS, MONTREAL, CANADA - 2013
COUNTRY: U.
K.
ALBUM: CRIME
OF CENTURY
LABEL: A
& M RECORDS
GENRE:ROCK
PROGRESSIVE
YEAR: 1974
Crime of the Century is
the third studio album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in
September 1974 on A&M Records. Crime of the Century was Supertramp's
commercial breakthrough in both the US and UK, aided by the UK hit "Dreamer"
and the US hit "Bloody Well Right". It was a UK Top 10 album and a US
Top 40 album, eventually being certified Gold in the US in 1977 after the
release of Even in the Quietest Moments.... The album was Supertramp's first to
feature drummer Bob Siebenberg(at the time credited as Bob C. Benberg),
woodwinds player John Anthony Helliwell, bassist Dougie Thomson, and
co-producer Ken Scott. The album has received critical acclaim, including its
inclusion in Rolling Stone's "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time".
The album's dedication
reads "To Sam", which is a nickname for Stanley August Miesegaes, the
Dutch millionaire who supported the band financially from 1969–72
Supertramp (known as Daddy
in 1969–1970) are an English rock band formed in London in 1969. Though their
music was initially categorised as progressive rock, they later incorporated a
combination of traditional rock, pop and art rock into their music.
The band's work is marked
by the individual songwriting of founders Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies and the
prominent use of Wurlitzer electric piano and saxophone. Though their early
style was progressive, they enjoyed greater commercial success when they
incorporated more radio-friendly pop elements into their work in the mid-1970s,
going on to sell more than 60 million albums. The band reached their commercial
peak with 1979's Breakfast in America, which sold more than 20 million copies.
Supertramp attained
significant popularity in the US, Canada, Europe, South Africa, and Australasia.
Since co-founder
Hodgson's departure in 1983, Davies has led the band by himself.
The actors and jesters are here
The stage is in darkness and clear
For raising the curtain
And no-one's quite certain whose play it is
How long ago, how long
If only we had listened then
If we'd known just how right we were going to be
For we dreamed a lot
And we schemed a lot
And we tried to sing of love before the stage fell
apart
If everyone was listening you know
There'd be a chance that we could save the show
Who'll be the last clown
To bring the house down?
Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall
Well, what is your costume today?
Who are the props in your play?
You're acting a part which you thought from the start
was an honest one
Well how do you plead?
An actor indeed!
Go re-learn your lines
You don't know what you've done
The finale's begun
If everyone was listening you know
There'd be a chance that we could save the show
Who'll be the last clown
To bring the house down?
Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall.
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