Posted on Jun 23, 2021
Supertramp - Breakfast in America (Live In Paris '79)
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Supertramp Take the Long Way Home
LIve at the Pavillon de Paris, 1979
Thank you my friend SGT (Join to see) for posting the music video of Supertramp performing Breakfast in America live in Paris, France in 1979 in honor of the fact that on June 23, 1979, Supertramp's "Breakfast in America" became the # 1 album in the United States.
Background of Supertramp from allmusic
'Supertramp followed an unusual path to commercial success in the 1970s, fusing the stylistic ambition and instrumental dexterity of progressive rock with the wit and tuneful melodies of British pop, and the results made them one of the most popular British acts of the '70s and ‘80s, topping the charts and filling arenas around the world at a time when their style of music was supposed to have fallen out of fashion.
Supertramp was formed in 1969 by pianist and vocalist Rick Davies. Davies had been a member of a group called the Joint, who had found a financial backer in Dutch millionaire Stanley August Miesegaes; Miesegaes had grown disenchanted with the Joint, but saw promise in Davies, and he offered to bankroll a new band if Davies wanted to launch a fresh project. Davies placed an ad in the British music weekly Melody Maker, and recruited guitarist Richard Palmer, percussionist Robert Millar, and vocalist/bassist Roger Hodgson. Davies initially dubbed the new band Daddy, but to avoid comparison with a number of other paternally named acts, he changed their billing to Supertramp, taking the name from a book by Welsh author William Henry Davies.'
"Breakfast in America" written by Richard Davies and Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson
Lyrics
Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
I've never seem to get a lot
Take a jumbo across the water
Like to see America
See the girls in California
I'm hopin', it's going to come true
But there's not a lot, I can do
Could we have kippers for breakfast
Mummy dear, Mummy dear
They got to have 'em in Texas
'Cos everyone's a millionaire
I'm a winner, I'm a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I'm a loser, what a joker
I'm playing my jokes upon you
While there's nothin' better to do
Hey
Papararam pano daram no no no
Papararam pano daram no no no
Na na na nana na na na
Don't you look at my girlfriend
(Girlfriend)
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
(Girlfriend)
I've never seem to get a lot
(What she got in another land)
Take a jumbo cross the water
Like to see America
See the girls in California
I'm hoping it's going to come true
But there's not a lot I can do
Hey
Papararam pano daram no no no
Papararam pano daram no no no
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Na na na nana na na na"
One classic Supertramp performance inspires me to post a few more.
Supertramp Take the Long Way Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_3crV1To3Y
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Background of Supertramp from allmusic
'Supertramp followed an unusual path to commercial success in the 1970s, fusing the stylistic ambition and instrumental dexterity of progressive rock with the wit and tuneful melodies of British pop, and the results made them one of the most popular British acts of the '70s and ‘80s, topping the charts and filling arenas around the world at a time when their style of music was supposed to have fallen out of fashion.
Supertramp was formed in 1969 by pianist and vocalist Rick Davies. Davies had been a member of a group called the Joint, who had found a financial backer in Dutch millionaire Stanley August Miesegaes; Miesegaes had grown disenchanted with the Joint, but saw promise in Davies, and he offered to bankroll a new band if Davies wanted to launch a fresh project. Davies placed an ad in the British music weekly Melody Maker, and recruited guitarist Richard Palmer, percussionist Robert Millar, and vocalist/bassist Roger Hodgson. Davies initially dubbed the new band Daddy, but to avoid comparison with a number of other paternally named acts, he changed their billing to Supertramp, taking the name from a book by Welsh author William Henry Davies.'
"Breakfast in America" written by Richard Davies and Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson
Lyrics
Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
I've never seem to get a lot
Take a jumbo across the water
Like to see America
See the girls in California
I'm hopin', it's going to come true
But there's not a lot, I can do
Could we have kippers for breakfast
Mummy dear, Mummy dear
They got to have 'em in Texas
'Cos everyone's a millionaire
I'm a winner, I'm a sinner
Do you want my autograph
I'm a loser, what a joker
I'm playing my jokes upon you
While there's nothin' better to do
Hey
Papararam pano daram no no no
Papararam pano daram no no no
Na na na nana na na na
Don't you look at my girlfriend
(Girlfriend)
She's the only one I got
Not much of a girlfriend
(Girlfriend)
I've never seem to get a lot
(What she got in another land)
Take a jumbo cross the water
Like to see America
See the girls in California
I'm hoping it's going to come true
But there's not a lot I can do
Hey
Papararam pano daram no no no
Papararam pano daram no no no
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Hey aham
Na na na nana na na na"
One classic Supertramp performance inspires me to post a few more.
Supertramp Take the Long Way Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_3crV1To3Y
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter LTC (Join to see) MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Sgt Albert Castro PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Samuel Kermon SSG Franklin Briant A1C Riley SandersGySgt Thomas Vick CPL Douglas Chrysler SGT Randal Groover SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen 1SG Dan Capri MSgt James Clark-Rosa SGT Charlie Lee
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Supertramp - Dreamer (Live in Paris 1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UYVHF37KzA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UYVHF37KzA
FYI SPC Woody Bullard Cpl (Join to see) SFC William Farrell SPC Michael TerrellSSG Paul Headlee SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D SPC Randy Zimmerman Sgt Vance Bonds Cpl Vic Burk PO1 H Gene Lawrence Maj William W. 'Bill' Price PO2 (Join to see) LTC John Shaw SGT (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarland SMSgt David A Asbury1LT Voyle SmithGySgt Jack Wallace LTC David Brown PVT Mark Zehner
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LTC Stephen F.
Supertramp - Bloody Well Right (Live In Paris '79)
Supertramp - Bloody Well Right (Live In Paris '79)Available Now: https://mercury-studios.lnk.to/SupertrampParis79 Supertramp's "Breakfast In America" was the...
Supertramp - Bloody Well Right (Live In Paris '79)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ys6YSfJDA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ys6YSfJDA
FYI Sgt Jim Belanus SSG Michael Noll SFC Bernard WalkoSFC (Join to see)SPC Daniel Rankin[SSG Byron HewettSSG Robert WebsterPFC Craig KarshnerCpl Robert Russell PayneCPT Richard TrioneSGT Herbert BollumSPC Steve Irvine1LT Peter Duston SPC Nancy GreeneSPC Chris Hallgrimson CSM Charles Hayden SMSgt David A AsburySGT Denny EspinosaSP5 Dennis LobergerLinda Lawrence
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