Take the Long Way Home - Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) Writer and Composer

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.

[@hairylarry6167]

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.

[@soisaidtogod4248]

Good for you, give that Sky Fairy a pass though.

[@ronnietoots6797]

we all did the life , different chapters, rooting for you

[@lovetowatchable]

Amen! I'm glad you cleaned up and came to faith in Christ!

[@hairylarry6167]

@@lovetowatchable Thanks, life is good if you don't weaken.

[@Last_one_before_I_go]

We all have our dips. A long, happy life and good health to you.

[@dikchany]

50 yrs ago I got off the school bus...we had nothing...but now I realize we had everything...

[@asaine]

Well said...

[@goodbyebluesky5770]

such a cool comment!!!!!!!!

[@user-hs7cf7bt7o]

Sweet 🧁

[@francesdinneen5416]

I'm 52 I this reminds me of my childhood on the radio all the time. Happy days.😊😢

[@davidhuddleston4524]

Your comment made me more Thankful than I already was!

[@kaykiekid]

I'm 62 years old and have always taken the long way home 🏡 😌 💕

[@terrycrogg3355]

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

[@brianniegemann4788]

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.

[@audebausier2881]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@lorencarlin2087]

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.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​lorencarlin2087 peace and love..

[@stellamcnair7720]

😢I'm sorry 😞 xx

[@mikkiduf]

Real musicians, real music, real talent, no autotune, this song gives me chills everytime ❤❤❤❤

[@markchasse8992]

Hi Ren... m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZDRlGR_i9SArsU&feature=share

[@Melanie-le6mw]

Facts

[@dclayton777]

Me too

[@constanceandrew8429]

Rodger Hodgson/supertramp, are and where one of the best band's in the world in my opinion, just class 👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

[@salvatorecapone6479]

❤❤❤❤❤❤per sempre

[@user-td3lq3rb7h]

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!

[@terrybentley9936]

Great song from the past

[@verygoofy1]

How on earth is this band not in the Rock n Roll HOF??? Also - best harmonica ever

[@simongreenwood2998]

I Hope answer sure his time will come, well deserved

[@larryfournier4403]

The rock and roll hof is a joke

[@gregoryhagen8801]

​@@larryfournier4403True

[@anthonymurphy2806]

To good to be in the hall of fame !

[@MrSailor7x]

The RnR HOF is a joke like the magazine Rolling Stone. I’ll never forget their bad reviews of Led Zeppelin. Incredibly pathetic

[@ehtafrica]

That harmonica still makes goosebumps appear on my neck. I just love this song. Always have, always will..

[@esterhudson5104]

Me too.❤

[@findingneutral]

Same here. You can feel it just cut through you. Awesome music 🎶

[@TodaysTomSawyer-lm8fu]

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!

[@scottrackley4457]

It's a lance. A cry.

[@shawno66]

Same!

[@bobwirth9256]

The intro of this song with the harmonica playing gives me chills, so amazing .

[@scottrackley4457]

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.

[@petrabirol3343]

​@@scottrackley4457❤

[@paisleytie5454]

I get the chills too!😊

[@markchasse8992]

Hi Ren... m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZDRlGR_i9SArsU&feature=share

[@markchasse8992]

Hi Ren... m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZDRlGR_i9SArsU&feature=share

[@sarahkennedy1481]

Such a charming and talented man.

[@Mr.SudzBudz]

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.

[@allenbundy4650]

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

[@christophermonks8732]

@@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.

[@burton48]

Beautiful sentiment

[@frankarmijo9546]

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 .

[@robertcoker4648]

(SFYL's) Just put it on repeat, and cruise, road warrior ! 👍💯👏

[@randyd3649]

These guys have more musical talent in their dandruff than many current bands do in their entire existence!

[@Piaseczno1]

Dandruff. [god, i'm laughing at that choice of contrast]. Okay, I understand what you mean.

[@ronnietoots6797]

yep!

[@dustythe2nd188]

Yes they really do. They are just awesome.

[@philiptucci2458]

MASTER MUSICIANS, wonderful performance, proud fan of Roger for 50 years, great piece of music

[@dustythe2nd188]

@@philiptucci2458 Me too.

[@StephenSmith-rn2lo]

Iconic harmonica playing coupled with timeless vocals from Roger. Just transports one back in time.

[@thomasmalone8216]

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.

[@markchasse8992]

Hi Ren... m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZDRlGR_i9SArsU&feature=share

[@markvaars37]

Who else got chills when the harmonica kicked in

[@glennb881]

I do!

[@FedUpLurker]

Yes indeed

[@Calinicus72]

Gets me everytime!☺️

[@xymbolix]

I lose it. Every time. My dad used to play it for me as a kid...when this album came out.

[@markvaars37]

@@xymbolix thats awesome this is one of my all time favorite songs

[@ericfaret4252]

Another gem from the 70s! They don’t make music like this anymore.

[@myriamkeppens2140]

That's for sure.

[@daviddistefano7520]

Nope, they certainly don't anymore..

[@amberlilly4101]

ABSOLUTELY !!

[@lesleyturner1733]

You are right there, they don't.

[@tereisakowalczyk5772]

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!!!😊❤💃🔥🎤🎶

[@markdavies1205]

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.

[@troyrodgers3270]

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!

[@dubaiedge]

There's something so resonant in this song, I think they'll be listening to it 'till the heat death of this universe.

[@feecolling9094]

Ich bin 63 Jahre alt ... meineJugend ... die Siebziger ... und ❤️❤️SUPERTRAMP❤️❤️❤️ immer noch best music ever

[@michaelzeidler2064]

Bin auch 63 , Für mich so super gut

[@t.h.9153]

Back in 1979 when life was easy... I miss those easy days.. Take another breakfast in amrica...

[@Padoinky]

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

[@mickeynismocat]

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!!

[@YvonnePouw-td3hk]

Sorry

[@maryrauschenberger1537]

Your Father Had Great Taste Sweet Memories💔😇💐🌺💗🌷💖🥰

[@mallinalii]

you can go there with your family and play the song now for him!

[@arthilliker3721]

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

[@mickeynismocat]

@@arthilliker3721 Thankyou!

[@nancyullrich5447]

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!

[@jritter1]

And back up vocals as well

[@glengamble526]

My homey from London Ontario. Great guy.

[@robertp9025]

Was he the guy on the bus with a ice pack on his head in the video "Its Raining Again"?

[@supergillou6596]

Roger Hodgson, two words to describe it. Pure genius

[@markchasse8992]

Hi Ren... m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZDRlGR_i9SArsU&feature=share

[@glengamble526]

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.

[@1UTUBEUSERNAME]

I was gonna say, that sax player is a monster. London Ontario!!! Woooot!!!

[@rigolonzinbrin]

Oh yes, Aaron is a famous musician. an autograph for me?

[@jasonthompson5324]

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

[@datadude67]

Representing Southwestern Ontario!

[@tammyjenkins732]

I grew up listening to Supertramp..still love you them,Take The Long Way Home still gives me chills Everytime I hear it.

[@aw-md6oi]

This tune will always hold up.Breakfast in America was a huge popular album in 79.What a great performance.

[@firstsergeantcandiobelleus6546]

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.

[@stevewenham4131]

God bless

[@alexhazen662]

Thank you for your service.

[@aquamatch]

...carry on soldier ❤

[@brianmcd9492]

One of the most famous Piano/Harmonica introductions to a song,🙂 Well done Supertramp

[@tinawilliams5522]

And I'm 16 again listening to this....through back roads and woods, long way home.

[@stephank.2865]

I’m almost 55 sitting here watching something being performed beyond perfection with a smile on my face

[@franciscoxalamihua5734]

Me too, I’ll be 55 in a few months, time to start bitching about all my discounts🤣🤣🤣

[@A1B2C3757]

I'm 56 and counting listening this beatiful song that brings me old and unforgetable memories!

[@Andi-bj4ig]

Me too. I,m 51( ◜‿◝ )

[@randymiller3949]

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.

[@jarvisfamily3837]

Gotcha beat. I'm 62. When I bought my first car "Breakfast In America" was the first cassette (!) I popped into the player. :-)

[@zebravo2842]

Music, lyrics...exceptional, the world urgently needs groups like SUPERTRAMP!!!

[@Kellypsalm40]

If Supertramp is not in the Rock and Roll hall of fame they should be. ❤❤❤❤❤😊😊

[@allknight7905]

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

[@michaelmeeks8301]

Mid seventies were never to be replaced. Ever!

[@melinalathouwers7793]

My birth year 1975

[@dustythe2nd188]

You are bloody well right M8.

[@ruicalado1859]

True.

[@nastyzebra7370]

BLOODY MARVELOUS!!

[@bullridermusic2054]

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.

[@deborahsouth]

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!!!

[@annmarieknapp]

Same here Deborah. Also a southern Jersey gal. Wishing you love!!

[@francesconero1953]

Ciao..da. gio..sss..junior..in.by..gio..ssss..primo..miami..florida..ciaoo

[@plasticrap4577]

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!❤

[@markphipps985]

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 !!!!

[@unaddictable]

What a classic in every way. The lyrics are as moving as the beautiful music. Touches my soul every time...

[@fabiodiasmorais6803]

Incrível. Música linda demais

[@kontxademanuel6041]

Cuanto tiempo sin oirles, me encantan. Cuantos recuerdos. Son geniales.

[@markchasse8992]

Hi Ren... m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZDRlGR_i9SArsU&feature=share

[@williamyoung5052]

This song resonates on so many levels. I think most people can relate on some level .

[@ThePossumfan]

57 yrs. old and I am still Loving his music!

[@pattysalyer382]

I LOVE this song by Roger Hodgson !!! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@paulychannel7914]

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 !

[@flumetron]

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...

[@royshearin4526]

Yup, I put them up there with Elton John....

[@esterhudson5104]

100%. Let’s count our generation’s luck…

[@362chop]

Summed it up perfectly

[@yoostburg]

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

[@flumetron]

Sadly I have to agree with you: politicians the world over don't like people who can think for themselves.

[@user-KaseBron2327]

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.😊

[@user-wy1bk6ck6p]

Everything about this song is absolutely perfect!

[@toradog5719]

It never gets old, does it?

[@brianfoster7486]

nope

[@patrislemair1754]

True 👋

[@esterhudson5104]

Never. Just never.😊

[@susanrodgers9222]

I love his voice. He has his own sound and i love it!🙃

[@jeanpierrecostantini2012]

Idem....cheers from France

[@christinarichards7803]

I remember hearing this song as a kid and I've always loved it. Still a fan 40 years later in 2024

[@benjaminburnleymusic]

hello, how are you doing it is nice meeting you here.

[@lynnecottam1043]

Brilliant band…glad I grew up in this era when music was music with meaning ❤️

[@Andybernitez-nm9qr]

Hi Lynne💐💐

[@paulsmith5469]

This is the perfect example of what rock and roll should be. Always the best. Still growing up on Supertramp.

[@wadewatson2751]

This is an iconic song period. I was a 15 when it was released. I remember it was on the radio constantly, and never got tired of hearing it. Still don't.

[@StephenFoster-ko6bh]

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

[@stevewenham4131]

Well done 😊

[@user-dr3sc6kl1i]

There isn’t much around today that can get close to this musically

[@danieldetroye9651]

almost73 and still listen to the best music ever written

[@neilpetzing5141]

Daniel, right behind you brother. Just happy we made it this far. Couldn't have done it without great music from the sixties and seventies.

[@hanjeuring5320]

Roger is a humble and great man. I played this song on my brothers' funeral in 2011.

[@andyday554]

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

[@boorat3573]

My son Dallas always loved this song. God rest his precous soul.😭

[@brittaevans9808]

so sorry for your loss, mama

[@danieldivirgilius4580]

Sorry for your loss Ronaye Cherish All the memories!

[@ronj4727]

Rest In Paradise Dallas.

[@3dpowersports216]

So sorry for your loss, whenever you hear it I hope it always brings you comfort.

[@yingyang7737]

very Sorry for your loss 🙏 💖

[@razorburns8651]

British rock bands were always the best.

[@ladierspercoski3360]

Supertramp is part of my life and I'm thankful for that. Great music forever.

[@polishmasterjay]

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 👍👏❤️🔥🙌🏽🎶

[@johnkelly1027]

Never give up.

[@tracymillsom4171]

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!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@PaulHollywoodEasyBakes.]

hello, how are you doing it is nice meeting you here.

[@CabinFever52]

Breakfast in America is one of my all-time favorite albums, and this is one of the best of one of the best.

[@oldrocker74]

II still have this album since the late 1970's!

[@procs81]

Funny I read this today. This song was playing on the radio in my car the other day and I said to my gf the album is one of the best I know.

[@dustythe2nd188]

Mine as well. I still come to listen here lately, thanks to youtube. I get to see all my old fav's. I like the new stuff and in between as well. But this is VERY nostalgic for me. Just love this band & Roger esp. If not for him it wouldn't be what it is.

[@sonnydean3187]

Still have the cassette.

[@dustythe2nd188]

@@sonnydean3187 Cool, I sure don't. I hardly even have any CD's anymore. Kept getting stolen. Thats ok, I have enough in my car, 2 books worth, Plus I have youtube!

[@5richmedia5]

you almost forget just how great these songs are, these are real musicians.

[@larsaskenvik7203]

I had my yout during these GOLDEN YEARS LOVE THIS BAND

[@jennycales8670]

I did not forget.

[@sandraafonsodossantosassun2075]

@@larsaskenvik7203 linda demais, amo

[@sandraafonsodossantosassun2075]

Comentários em português

[@jasonrose9092]

70's were the best! somewhat of a Resurgence in the 90s. Best Decades of Rock!

[@CharlieBrn]

This just shows Roger Hodgeson was the soul of Supertramp. Surround him with great musicians and it comes to life all over.

[@Carmenetta]

Genius , love this man and all he’s achieved ❤

[@veritasaequitas9277]

One of the greatest, most underrated rock laments of all time

[@gutmensch9339]

That,s classical music....

[@petrus666love]

It’s not underrated it’s a classic

[@veritasaequitas9277]

@@petrus666love are you just looking for something to argue about? That'll teach me to say something nice about a song I like.

[@dejandobrivojevic1879]

Truly genius,and Supertramp of course,from start to end...What a kind of voice..incredible....

[@georgessiam378]

The music that will be heard in a thousand years. Timeless, masterpiece.

[@jurgstreuli3093]

This song moves me to tears. How much better was that earlier time.

[@ZENYREBEL]

My dads taste in music was superb I miss him everyday, this live version is incredible 🖤

[@grandparolie]

My dad passed three years ago but it feels like we lost him yesterday dad we love and miss you so much!! 💯🙏🏼❤️🙂

[@DR-pj7sr]

lovely to remind your Dad

[@timhanna4700]

A smile and some goose bumps. I’ll take it.

[@LadyAlien318]

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

[@sheilabidwell8925]

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!

[@annelyttle8814]

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.

[@joekaiser7512]

Yes ma’am Sheila…

[@psychedelicmachinestudio7325]

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!!!!

[@initbutnotofit7481]

So called musicians today could only dream of performing onstage like this. Roger Hodgson IS Supertramp.

[@pkaramer]

Quite difficult, they have to learn music first..

[@DiecastEmporium]

Thank you Clarkson's Farm for introducing a whole new generation to this gem!

[@pathat3027]

❤

[@pathat3027]

Clarkson 😊

[@pathat3027]

Mr sloe

[@pathat3027]

Hi ❤😂

[@mikkiduf]

Breakfast in America, what a fabulous album!!!! Brings back so many happy memories

[@deeanna5814]

My dad introduced me to Supertramp. And so many others. Thanks Dad. Rest In Peace and music

[@ronnietoots6797]

I wish my kid got it, wtvr,,, he has his rapppp... lol/....

[@jeffe4297]

Same here! I'm eternally grateful my dad had great music taste and passed it along to me.

[@davelee8961]

My dad introduced me to Gilbert & Sullivan! But then again, he was born in 1930. Love this song.

[@deeanna5814]

@@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.

[@gasmanrus]

+1 rip all those great dads ❤️

[@mikestevenson2303]

Man that guy can play that hermonica.That is music, not the crap today!

[@superbulldog81]

Because these guys are talented musicians and singers, not "entertainers" like we have an abundance of today.

[@mikestevenson2303]

@@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.

[@LH-po1pv]

1:50 Awake after a nightmare 😨... the harmonica cuts🔪 like a knife, sounds like a desperated but high talented chainsaw 👍

[@paulm.7422]

Aaron MacDonald, a Canadian musician.

[@sallydorsey1851]

Yes yes this music

[@user-kg5dp7zw9e]

I saw Rodger at the Bridgwater Hall in Manchester in 2017 and it was an amazing experience.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🎸😁👍🇺🇲☮️🇸🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ifcllc8274]

1979. What a great time. I was 5 and remember sitting in the back seat of our Plymouth 360 Duster, singing along to this song. It's still one of my absolute faves. Still get goosebumps during the intro.

[@Edward-bd8iy]

You might like this... In 2018, I was a widower, lost my wife in November 1017. May 2018, I took my youngest granddaughter and her two boys to see some of the places that my wife and I had taken her and her sisters when she was still in the car seat. It was a beautiful thing to watch my granddaughter watch her children climb and clamber over the same rocks she had as a child... the same ones I did when I was a child and my mom watched us. At the end of the day, we set out for home on that old two-lane mountain road... and I sang this song to the boys as I drove. They are in middle school now, I bet 20 blind they still remember that one.

[@lutherbuckhurst3887]

That harmonica intro is amazing, the whole song is.

[@yaronavizrat6363]

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[@phyllispetras2181]

@@yaronavizrat6363 Yes, that too!

[@donaldwarnick3412]

Yes! At first I didn’t see him and the intro went a little long then bam. Awesome!

[@finishinggraybill644]

Born and raised in Southern California. Got admitted I'm spoiled still live here been around the world very beautiful but always come back home. And it doesn't matter if it's the long way or not as long as it's home

[@1silvervespa]

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 !

[@user-pk8xy2jq6x]

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…..

[@MxSaxman]

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 ...

[@Sky-on2cy]

Hear Here!

[@Bellathebear777]

Or taking the long way home 🏜️🌞🌛✨💕🙏💪✌️

[@Bellathebear777]

@@user-pk8xy2jq6x 🏜️🌛🌞💕🙏💪✌️

[@pattysalyer382]

I love "Take the Long Way Home" by Roger Hodgson !!! I listen to it all the time !!!

[@rubenkbalz9587]

My mother likes this band and she danced their music now she's resting in peace thanks so much Roger ❤❤

[@silviac221]

Oh my! The voice is 98% still there, and the quality is intact. So here are my teenage years dancing back in.

[@Chokice]

Absolutely, same here

[@oldschool8432]

Ikr I'm here with ya

[@user-gb9iv5op3y]

The brilliant Roger still sounds as good as ever!!

[@rubenkbalz9587]

Supertramp his music is magic and excellent thanks Roger to his good music 💙

[@kerrimiller3397]

He's sooo talented and rather charming

[@bandieboo8102]

Roger Hodgson....so much talent! So underrated...this guy is the ultimate in "cool"...and musicianship...band really good too. Sax player rocks as does keyboard player..and harmonica guy!

[@petrus666love]

Bandie he’s definitely not underrated , but I get you drift , we all love ❤️ him too 🇬🇧

[@bandieboo8102]

@@petrus666love 😊

[@partslig123]

No country,hip hop,rap,rock-n-roll,pop music of today can top this and you damn well know it.

[@ronnietoots6797]

that why we are all listening to the good ones

[@ricardoescobedo1672]

Beautiful song from the old days to hear at6:40 in morning it brings back old memories.

[@vwilson7651]

Breakfast In America carried me through a rough patch in my life in 1979. This song, and “The Logical Song” were favorites

[@johnnylemonhead8590]

This is one of those songs you hear in the background (on a radio playing in a store or whatever) when you are a kid but don't pay much attention to. Then you grow up and hear it again and TOTALLY GET IT

[@bandieboo8102]

True....😘

[@glenkeating7333]

Same here.

[@clarissabailey8025]

I have had felt this way before 4 real in a 13 yr relationship ao glad to be free

[@meangene5104]

I'm glad I stumbled across this video because until just this moment, I hadn't ever given the lyrics one bit of thought, though I loved Supertramp back in the day Now, this fall of 2022 when our youngest leaves for college, I'm facing divorce from a 27-year marriage. The line "she used to be so nice," now I get it

[@freddythamesblack8479]

In time one understands........

[@kdmil2002]

This one of those songs that just transports me back to a time and place and a very special time in my youth. This band had a very unique and iconic sound that still leaves an impact when I hear it today. Has it really been 50 years? Wow, that went by like a flash!

[@evelinviduka1]

Exactly, it simply "transports" you...! You put it beautifully, just the way it was/is! 💙✌️

[@deeanna5814]

My Grandma told me that the older you get, the faster time goes. Man, was she right

[@Tobias-xr9gy]

@@deeanna5814 yes thats true here’s a experiment: If ur 20, 10 years is half ur life and half(+) of your memories. If ur 40 10 years is only still a quarter of your life and memories.

[@Tobias-xr9gy]

So ur memory/time awareness is kind of exponential

[@davidarmitage289]

IKR? Tears filled my eyes when the harmonica started.... so many great memories from the summer of 1979 and my friends

[@moviegloss]

That guy playing the harmonica and all those other instruments AND back up songing 😍😍

[@saitenspiel]

....music history at the finest...

[@paulringwood8065]

CLASS. 70s . How lucky us oldies were

[@rickcarlyle4914]

Here in 2020, used to cruise Northern Lights Blvd in the early 80’s Anchorage Alaska with Supertramp cranked up. Still smiling.

[@dustythe2nd188]

Hey I lived in Fairbanks AK in the 80's! Came back to the lower 48 in 1991. I loved Supertramp so much back then I used to play Breakfast in America tape all the time, so much so that my friends started calling me supertramp! Not very flattering, but they did not mean it that way so I accepted the nickname. The 3 guys that used to call me that were Elvis fans. I am sorry but I never really liked Elvis, music or movies. still don't. There are maybe 1 or 2 songs I like, not love by Elvis and that is about it. And they would ONLY listen to Elvis. Hell I listened to many groups back then and still do, but Supertramp was always one of my favorites. My music goes as far back as the Beatles, Otis Redding, Procol Harum, Doors, Cream, Stones, Vanilla Fudge, The Monkeys! LOL! Hendrix, Janis, (Saw Janis as well as Led Zep, Cold Blood in concert in the 60's, I was to young but I got in) Zepplin, BB King, Alice Cooper etc. I have a very wide range of music. Never got stuck in the past always moved onto new things. I love to meet people from AK. I went to Anchorage 1 time and had a great dinner at a 5 star restaurant, then went to the Alaska Bush Company. In the recent years I met the guy who owned the Bush Co., he is family to me now thru my daughters marriage to his son. Amazing how small the world can be. Dusty the 2nd.

[@ronnietoots6797]

good music is good music, kick ass is kick ass.......

[@joekaiser7512]

I've got some relatives that live in Anchorage...bet they heard those sounds and were rockin out to'em...keep on truckin bro...