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IanB
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Edited Dec 12, 2009, 11:29
Re: Gentle Giant
Dec 12, 2009, 10:22
You are right about these Supertramp albums though. Anyone who likes a bit of Prog on the one hand and Ramases or 10cc on the other would enjoy them.

Even in the early/mid 70s Supertramp were never really considered cool were they? They had no mystique to see them through the punk wars and they were in absentia in the crucial period, mainly touring the US in that period IIRC. And they made a point of slagging punk off at every turn. Genesis and Yes toured the UK a lot in 76-78 and didn't just play arenas so they kept a strong connection with their audience which sustained them into the 80s. Supertramp made it easy to hate them.

Supertramp were more like Queen in that respect, the bands that could do no right with hipsters while being destined to be the bands most loved by the uncool kids (along with ELO and Jeff Wayne) - which after all is most people.

Yes might get away with doing one night at Wembley Arena these days if they are lucky but "War of the Worlds" is doing multiple nights at the O2. I would think a reformed Supertramp would be good for two nights themselves. I guess it was the uncool kids who did their homework on time and so 30 years on have all the disposable income today ;-)
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