SCHOOL ISN'T ALL THAT IT SEEMS?! First Time Hearing Supertramp - School Reaction!

Welcome back, everyone! Today, we're stepping into the classroom with a twist as we dive into our first-time reaction to Supertramp's "School." This track, known for its poignant critique wrapped in progressive rock melodies, offers a deeper look into the education system and the feelings it evokes. Join us as we uncover the layers of "School" by Supertramp and explore the genius behind one of the band's most iconic songs.
⭐️ WHAT WE DISCOVER IN THIS VIDEO:
Our genuine reactions to the masterful composition and thought-provoking lyrics of "School."
Discussing Supertramp's unique ability to blend complex musical arrangements with meaningful social commentary.
Reflecting on the song's message about the education system and how it resonates with listeners' own experiences.
Sharing our thoughts on the impact of "School" on the progressive rock genre and its relevance today.
🎵 ABOUT SUPERTRAMP & "SCHOOL":
Supertramp, a band celebrated for their intricate musical style and insightful lyrics, released "School" as part of their critically acclaimed album "Crime of the Century" in 1974. The song stands out for its compelling narrative on the conformities and disillusionment within the educational system, highlighted by Roger Hodgson's distinctive vocals and the band's sophisticated instrumentation.
👫 WHO WE ARE:
We're a couple passionate about unraveling the stories and sounds that have shaped the music world. Our channel is dedicated to experiencing the classics and uncovering the hidden gems of music, sharing our reactions and insights along the way.
💬 COMMENT BELOW:
What's your interpretation of Supertramp's "School"?
Do you have other Supertramp songs or similar tracks that delve into societal observations for us to react to next?
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[@vasdef101]

Not just the best album from Supertramp but one of the best prog rock albums of all time.

[@ATAH69]

Definitely

[@grahambatchelor3576]

You're 'Bloody well right" !

[@jans724]

Sure is!

[@adriantrusca1245]

Rock? This is circus music.

[@ATAH69]

@@adriantrusca1245 Listen To The Whole Album.

[@martinaalderink7773]

One reason i am glad to be 60. I got to grow up in these best of music years.

[@durv13]

same here 1965 . born into the best 20 years of music there was ./

[@db321g]

born in 62, Supertramp, Kansas, Pink Floyd, Styx, Genesis, Yes, Rush all great prog

[@TheGermanObserver]

​@@db321gMee too 1962 😊.

[@mikewe3001]

so am i - born '61

[@ianrayner7522]

1963 here. This album was one of the first I bought.

[@billg763]

Geez. 50 years! I remember when this came out. Play it loud!

[@nigelturner3251]

Me too, where did the time go. Amazing track and sounds as good today as it did half a century ago.

[@adriantrusca1245]

Why? The music is soft shit. Not exactly Sepultura.😊

[@johnlove7224]

Yes loud!!! Feel it!!! Crystal clear!! Precise!!!

[@WilliamJones-sf5pt]

It took my five years to find Gentle Giant's black album "In a Glass House." Another black album is ELO 2. They created two different album covers for the British and American markets. The one common depiction in both albums was a picture of a black light. Black meant to pump up the volume.

[@chuckhutton5087]

It was believed back when “ Crime of the Century “ was released that it was engineered in such a way that the music had more clarity when played at higher volume. Outstanding album from an underrated band. Should be in the R&RHOF.

[@billg763]

This was SuperTramp's best album. I had the pleasure of seeing them live in Calgary in the summer of 79 (Breakfast in America tour) and I can attest that they played "School" to a tee. It sounded exactly as their studio recording did.

[@JoeBlow_4]

I prefer Breakfast in America.

[@wolverineair9529]

I prefer Crisis? What Crisis?

[@jackkelly7855]

@@wolverineair9529 so does the band

[@jackkelly7855]

@@wolverineair9529 Even in the Quietest Moments gives it a run for its money though but I don't gotta tell you that you know what's up

[@tracyanne1548]

Breakfast in America is my LEAST favorite album….crime of the century….Favorite. Also …Even in the Quietest Moments ❤

[@cheripetty1805]

This is one of the 70s legendary "concept" albums that MUST be listened to in its entirety start to finish like Pink Floyd's DSOTM. You can mention both of these Bands in the same breath when talking about superior Studio Production values. Crime of the Century stands toe to toe with Dark Side of the Moon in this regard.

[@MBighk]

...and I'd also say that it's thematically similar to DSOTM, about how society tends to suppress the individual.

[@thisSOBRocks]

I made the same comment, before I saw yours. On the floor, headphones on. I feel so blessed to grow up at the time these amazing albums came into our little worlds. Nothing compares since.

[@michaelgnit8476]

It was a truly amazing musical time. I grew up in Toronto Canada so I saw a whole bunch of bands over decades.

[@RussInCanada]

This album is an absolute masterpiece. I have owned it on 8-track, cassette, compact disc and vinyl.

[@snafufubar]

Same here though I still have it on a thumb drive for the car.

[@franktrig]

The title track absolutely positively has to be listened to. A Masterpiece.

[@luvstellauk]

I like Rudy, probably the only time you will hear my home town (Didcot) mentioned in a song.

[@jimcuozzo9190]

This is one album you need to hear from start to finish. One of the best

[@mikeklesic7535]

Masterpiece of an LP

[@jayblackwood3736]

This album came from a time when you listen to the whole album in one go. This piece worked as a bridge in the album and it works even better hearing it in context.

[@kevinullsperger1940]

Wore the vinyl off that album in high school years!! Each song on it is greatness!! Also, Supertramp was the 1st concert I ever attended (1975)

[@photobistro]

Supertramp is a band that has kept me in awe my whole musical life...

[@keymack2477]

Every song on this fantastic album is worth a listen and a reaction! "Bloody Well Right", "Rudy", "Asylum", "Crime of the Century", "Dreamer", "Hide In Your Shell" and "If Everyone Was Listening" are all treasures. And you are bang on about Breakfast being the most commercially viable LP. Every song on the four albums from Crime through Breakfast are great!!

[@patrickwouters6568]

Yesss, I agree! For me "Rudy" is an absolute masterpiece

[@maxbrazil3712]

A start-to-finish rock album masterpiece.

[@rko1095]

Crime of the Century is one of those albums that need to be heard in it's entirety rather than individual songs as the whole album tells a story. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon is another example of this.

[@user-ds8bi2fw9e]

My favorite Supertramp song ! Definitely a masterpiece !

Together with «Take the long way home»

[@user-ds8bi2fw9e]

@ Indeed

[@johnlove7224]

How can one have “a,” Supertramp favorite?? LOL😂😂😂

[@markgreene6349]

This era of music you were supposed to listen to the whole album.. this is one of them and every song is perfect.

[@Steffe]

A favorite album since the day I bought it.

[@hl5597]

It is simply a musical masterpiece

[@russrollins9978]

Supertramp has been my favorite band for decades. I would suggest two songs from one of their underrated albums, Even in the Quietest Moments. The title track, Even in the Quietest Moments, as well as Fool's Overture. They have different vibes from each other, but each is amazing.

[@benjaminrupe5930]

From Now On and Babaji are exceptional tracks as well.

[@dsomerville5293]

​@@benjaminrupe5930💯

[@midnightrambler7716]

Even off Breakfast in America, clearly their most successful album commercially, Just Another Nervous Wreck is one of the overlooked tracks that is among my favorites on that album, which you hardly ever hear mentioned. Lots of great stuff if you dive deeper than the hits!

[@jackkelly7855]

@@midnightrambler7716 I know 4 Supertramp albums better than the highly overrated Breakfast in America

[@midnightrambler7716]

@@jackkelly7855Agreed. I even like Brother Where You Bound better. Just Another Nervous Wreck and Child of Vision are about the only tracks on Breakfast in America I didn’t get sick of. But I have always been more of a deep tracks than hits guy. I would rank Crime of the Century as my favorite, followed by Crisis? What Crisis? Followed by Even in the Quietest Moments, Brother Where You Bound and maybe even their very different self titled debut album higher than BIA.

[@marcchapleau8343]

The entire album is a true Masterpiece. School is magical!

[@jimcantwell6575]

i heard this song on my first acid trip...oh what a memory!!!!! BIG SMILE

[@westtxmutt]

Mine was Hawkwind Space Ritual album

[@M63Tod]

I can relate 😂

[@dannylgriffin]

@@westtxmutt 😁Hawkwind!

[@mwfmtnman]

Mine was Steve Vai-Little Green Men. And holy heck lol

[@ScalinoCorleone]

definitely worth being included in your to-do lists... :)

[@Divedown_25]

This album was not the debut album by Supertramp but it was the first album with the classical line-up. It is said by Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies that his album is not a concept album but for me it is, following Rudy from school to his mid 30's or so. A superb album with no weak songs. Ben Siebenber plays drums very tasteful on this album.

[@donnakubiski5572]

The drummer's name is Bob Siebenberg.

[@petersmithm9]

That's my take on it as well.

[@davidbrown3971]

Finally someone mentioned the percussion on this album. Flawless.

[@zedkanata6495]

I was 14 when this came out. I still never tire of it

[@leonardmacaulay9833]

This is the real Supertramp long before they had breakfast in America and popped out.

[@bradjohnson4456]

Fool's Overture is a great composition from the "Even In The Quietest Moments" LP.

[@ericgugi8912]

Saw them live in BUFFALO in 1979 Breakfast in America Tour I've been to thousands of concerts either working or as a fan and this was TOP 5 BEST

[@brettwilkie3833]

Their best album. All songs are brilliant but my favourite is Hide In Your Shell from this album.

[@marylreddick]

Me too.

[@eddhardy1054]

& me. 🥰

[@BretSnyder]

Hide In Your Shell is my favorite

[@michaelbarnes4403]

I got this album when it first came out, it was on my turn table for 2 weeks straight, songs like this one, Rudy, If Everyone Was Listening, Dreamer... just a great piece of work. thank you for getting away from the same songs everyone is doing... GREAT VID!!

[@michaelakkerman407]

Same, my mother brought this home. I was 10 and my younger sisters and I listened to this for months straight. Still one of my favorite albums from top to bottom...

[@metalmark1214]

If you want a great Supertramp song featuring harmonica check out Take the Long Way Home.

[@TZ61]

This and "Crisis? What Crisis?" are my two favorite albums of theirs with "Even in the Quietest Moments" a great album as well. Thanks for the upload.

[@timwhitnell7145]

A masterpiece song from a true masterpiece album. My favourite album of all time from my favourite band ever. All master musicians with philosophical and socially conscious thought-provoking lyrics plus superior sound production, all a hallmark of Supertramp in the 1970s. School leads into the next classic song, Bloody Well Right, with its virtuoso piano playing by co-singer Rick Davies. The LP is fire from start to finish and never gets old. It all sounds fresh even 50 years later! Crime of the Century is a concept album about personal freedom, the pressures of life, expectations, loneliness, conforming, mental illness etc. The album, for me, is perfection. I discovered it as a 13-year-old in 1975, the year after it was released, and my (musical) life was changed. Thank you for doing this Sam and Phil. Please continue on the long and rewarding rabbit hole of discovery that is Supertramp.

[@Whatisthisstupidfinghandle]

Similar age and year for me too

[@timwhitnell7145]

@@Whatisthisstupidfinghandle Hi. I know it's only music but I can't overstate how important this album was to me as an impressionable, newly-minted teenager not long after it was released. Some of its songs hit me particularly poignantly and hard like Asylum, Rudy and especially Hide In Your Shell.

[@correctlyrics]

Oh, yeah!!!!!!! This song is awesome. So many parts. The first listen is always strange. But after a few listens, you'll really like it.

[@kennethmacrae]

My favourite Supertramp song - it builds a real atmosphere to send a strong message about alienation from formal education - similar theme to Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall. Pleased that you mentioned the bass line - I went to the same primary school as Supertramp's bass player.

[@kevinmcfarlane2752]

And also Rush's Subdivisions.

[@ronnie241259]

Masterpiece!!

[@estranhokonsta]

It must have been decades since the last time i heard this. So iconic of supertramp. And certainly so iconic of the 70s music composition.

[@RossDear-zm4nj]

Underrated group , so typically English so very of its time . These guys never made a bad record always pushing the envelope . Thanks for the memories.

[@elliecanty1110]

Dancing in my kitchen, headphones on, turn it up!!!❤

[@user-cf7rq1ex5p]

Saw Supertramp 4 times...their Shows were always fantastic!

[@robertw377]

Criminally underrated as they say.

[@midnightrambler7716]

This is my favorite album by them. Had it since it came out. The production and engineering quality of it are second to none, especially when you consider it is 50 years old! I finally “saw” them live in McMahon Stadium in Calgary in 1979. It was actually sold out so we sat up on a grassy knoll just outside the stadium, at one of the end zones and could hear the whole thing brilliantly. Chris De Burgh opened for them. There was a beer strike that summer so we brought a $4 gallon jug of Donini wine - the good stuff 🤣, for beverages! Good times! 😂

[@robertembury6094]

Now THAT is Progressive Rock. As for the subject matter ,they are not the first rock band to criticize Britain's rather staid education system. All together a great album.Rudy is my favorite.

[@cliffordwaterton3543]

One of the best albums of all time - saw them 'live' the year this came out performing the whole album - they reproduced it note for note - absolute perfection. I'm sure other commenters will point out that it needs to be listened to in its entirety - but you've made a good start - this is the first track on the album.

[@kjmorley]

And Mark comes through again! Way to go, Mark! 🥳

[@Beatlejamie]

This album is a masterpiece! It was put out four years before breakfast in America. Every track on “Crime of the Century“ is a gem. Breakfast in America“

[@spydude38]

A sonic journey.

[@bintheredonethat]

Was the head of the stage crew and booked, with my roommate & local promoter, Supertramp at our college. We set a load out record for them. The next morning my roommate and I took Rick Davies & one of the other guys out to breakfast then shopping for cowboy boots. We were in Denver. This was right after Even in the Quietest Moments came out. I remarked that the show sounded fantastic & the engineer did a great job. Davies said, yes he's almost good enough to into the studio with us now. ;0)

[@annieclifford9337]

THIS SONG IS FOR MUSIC LOVERS

[@susannewitt6112]

One of the best songs ever written and composed. I heard it a lot on my way to school to bring me in a "good mood".

[@Pixelologist]

I very strongly recommend watching/listening to the live version of this one. The studio cut is great, of course, but there's a lot of additional energy when they perform it live and absolutely COOKS!

[@eaglepep1]

Supertramp was not only very fussy about the sound quality of albums, but their concerts as well. If my memory serves correctly, it took 3 days for them assemble and tune the sound stage at their 1st concert in Winnipeg, Canada in the late 1970's. Either CBC or CTV (our 2 main TV broadcasters at the time) did about a 15 min news intrest story of the setup and concert. That would be hard to do now as stadiums don't sit idle during the work week as they did back then.

[@mcsporran7228]

OMG, I bought this album when it came out, I was young then, now my wife gives me a round of applause if I wake up!

[@extracaliber432]

Asylum is surprisingly nice.

[@avanoosterhout8397]

This is one of those albums that deserve a full listen in one go. Because of the flow of the songs, but also because it's one of those albums that doesn't have one bad or even mediocre song on it.

[@denismansfield8876]

Supertramp is so great, and the album, CRIME OF THE CENTURY, is a masterpiece. This album, along with the album ... EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENT, helped me through a tough year in college.

[@RockinMamaT]

My Mom got Breakfast in America and the first time I heard it I took upstairs played it on my record player and I pretty much owned it after that 😂 This is a great LP also ❤

[@penelopehornswaggle102]

I'm glad you finally did this one. This is in my top favorites by Supertramp. This whole album is fantastic.❤ It seems so weird and kind of sad to me that I've been listening to this for 40 years and you haven't heard it yet. It's such a fun masterpiece for your mind and soul.

[@P_E_P_1966]

Awesome hidden/forgotten gem of musical art ! Great reaction

[@philshorten3221]

Pretty sure there's a kitchen sink in there somewhere! 😂Just absolutely brilliant!!!

[@mickr1448]

If you do listen to School again, listen to it on the live album, Live in Paris, probably the best live album i've ever heard, it's song one, Fools Overture is also fabulous in this concert, way before their time were Supertramp

[@reborndaughter445]

Oooooh, my fave Supertramp song and album. Thanks very much Phil and Sam and Sam's Mom!

[@jtf2dan]

Wow...been asking for this since day one.....about time!

[@SRG558]

My third year at BYU was 1975-76 and it was the year I bought this album, having never heard of Supertramp. I immediately fell in love with this band and their amazing music. In my opinion, this is their best album, followed by Even In the Quietest Moments. Breakfast in America was way too commercial for my liking. I was a psychology major and was taking an adolescent psychology class at the time I bought Crime of the Century. In a nutshell, the song "School" describes the pressures, expectations and sometimes unrealistic goals placed on adolescents by parents, teachers, counselors, you name it! I actually used the words to "School" in one of my compositions on adolescent psychology and got an A on the paper. My teacher was a grad student, not much older than I was, and she thanked me for turning her on to Supertramp!

[@muels62]

I bought my first stereo system after the salesman put this album on for me to listen to. Yamaha amp with Bang & Olufsen with B&W speakers. Still have the stereo and album.

[@jamesdagenais6494]

The whole album was very creative and different. Some might consider it a concept album.

[@livenhfree]

Holy crap! I guess it is 50 years old! I remember picking this album up when I was in college home for the summer. I was already a Supertramp fan. Only song I knew from this album was Bloody Well Right. So I dropped the needle, sat on my bed, and waited to see whether it would live up to all I loved about Supertramp by that point. A smile crossed my face when the driving keyboards and drums appeared three minutes in, this first song on the album.

[@jimmymcintyre7944]

Bought this album in 1977. Love it. Also have their next 3 albums after this as well. This us my favorite Supertramp album and maybe my favorite song by them.

[@IAMCAVE]

Their live album, Paris has a fantastic performance of this. It’s how I first heard it.

[@davidoran123]

These were just the albums we listened to back in the day, now they are classics. yeh, knew it even then.

[@stevedockeray]

My fav album from them & remember the time & social upheaval of the 60s & 70s - I always took the meaning of the song to be standing up to the System\Man - being 16 in the mid 70s was a cool time musically etc when all of this stuff was new .

[@MPDSR422]

Crime of the Century was a continuation of the band’s pre Pop Song Behemoth period prog compositions. I saw this tour and it was brilliant!

[@paulocarvalho6480]

Oh boy. You have to do the Paris live version. It's even more amazing.

[@bramcurtis6900]

I agree 100%. The bass absolutely drives this song. I saw Supertramp 3 times. The first time was THE best concert I have ever seen. The Even in the Quietist Moments" tour. I heard Fools Overture live the first time I heard it.

[@dagnytaggart5955]

Gosh, you made me want to listen to it again. I have not done so for at least 40 years.I gave my copy to my younger sister...

[@cyclops60]

Nice one guys and thanks to Mark! Like you both said this will grow on you more each time you listen. I love the harmonica intro with the long build and the many layers it reminds me of a Pink Floyd style of song. It also reminds me of 10cc in places, very similar musically. I think it is a similar message to the 'Logical Song', about how your early years are all about conformity with no room for individual expression. The whole album is fantastic, if I had to choose other tracks to react to I'd say 'Rudy' and 'Hide in your shell'. Cheers.

[@jamesbondbond8388]

This song live in Paris !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dragon-shepherd]

When this came out, I (of course) bought a copy. It used to constantly disappear from my album stash... and would mysteriously show up on my Dad's stereo. I think he may have been a fan too. 'Crime' & Even in the Quietest Moments are their best albums I my opinion. 'Breakfast' came out later.

[@aegirmeingott]

one of the best songs they did. makes me feel like in younger times. all comes back in my mind, wonderful!

[@raymondhira2723]

"Maybe I'm mistaken expecting you to fight Or maybe I'm just crazy, I don't know wrong from right But while I'm still living, I've just got this to say It's always up to you if you want to be that Want to see that, want to see that way You're coming along...." Great song and I love the lyrics, especially this part! And it's so true: we should let our children develop their own personality, build self confidence and character. Don't make them clones of us 🙏 They will find their way...

[@simonfaulkner1342]

One of my favorite albums of all time, born 84.

[@peasandhapsforever110]

This is their best album and you should do a reaction video to the song hide in your shell off this album

[@AW11-e4h]

Listening to this just reminded me of how processed today’s music is 🤘🤘

[@Karen_in_Canada]

Try Fool's Overture or Even in the Quietest Moments. Both amazing for showing their musical talent

[@Gamepak]

best supertramp song, brilliant

[@ptolemyauletesxii8642]

A bit of context, as a former teacher in England. 'He's coming along' is a teacher cliche used on school reports and parent-teacher meetings. It means 'he's making progress' and is essentially meaningless filler. It's used ironically here by Roger Hodgson here, who doesn't really understand the difficulty of creating and running an education system.

[@nix4pool]

As a school kid i bought this with my pocket money on a whim in 1974/5 as it was recommended to me by a friend, I didn't like it at all, but it was a grower, 50 years later imo it's one of the greatest albums ever and easily Supertramp's best, every track is great, School, Rudy and Bloody well right are the stand outs.

[@libertysoutlook5160]

I was a freshman in college when this came out. Love it. Saw them in Chicago in support of this record. Fabulous!

[@user-jp6in7fx9c]

School is my favorite Supertramp song.

[@stevenparker4684]

Breakfast in America tour at CNE Stadium Toronto. It was the best concert I've ever seen.

[@waterdonkey]

The entire album is a musical masterpiece.

[@lambo2655]

Another 80's band filled with musical geniuses 😊

[@aishahmacgill]

70s!

[@michaelwesselmann5133]

I'm not a big Supertramp fan but this album is outstanding. School was one of the must play songs at every Party at the end of the 70's :-)

[@mbgaomo]

Crime Of The Century is Supertramp's Prog album.

[@stevedotwood]

Indeed best album, and I have a few ones by them

[@randyjohnston7749]

Crime of century hole album fantastic..so many memories

[@stevecowder4774]

Always did love this song. Probably the best song ever done about school. Everything about it perfectly evokes the days of growing up and learning the golden rule. And that harmonica was a major attribute for Supertramp. They really knew how to incorporate it. But that whole album is tremendous even though I’m a biased fan of that band.

[@PhantomGhostWriter47]

The problem with people just getting into Supertramp for the 1st time is they are very much a concept album group. Particularly their 1st 3-4 albums. This is a classic example of you need to put this song in perspective by listening to the entire album and the concept message this album puts across. Once you have listened to this entire album a few times you will understand why fans put this album at the top of the list as one of the greatest concept albums of all time. Listen to an individual song here and there and you just won't appreciate this masterpiece.

[@orcaflotta7867]

Maybe hard to get for youngsters in 2024. At the time of release this was a huge hit! No school party without a number of Supertramp songs, no teenage record shelf without copies of all their albums. And they were even played in mainstream radio! At least in Germany they were.

[@paulbrinkmann1469]

Grew up in the hills . Nothing cooler than hearing Super Tramp in the summer night air away from all but friends❤🎶

[@stevemurrell6167]

They have many great albums but this one is probably their best. A classic....it's just so consistently great. Yes, this WAS more proggy and you're right, they went more commercial with Breakfast In America. The title suggests they were angling for cross Atlantic success. It worked.

[@cousinjack2841]

The whole album is brilliant, as is to be expected from such an accomplished band. Complex compositions that you don't see from many groups and as such comparable to other greats, such as Pink Floyd for example. Great stuff.

[@richelliott9320]

I haven't heard this song in a long time its a great one from s great band