Fun Music Information -> Supertramp
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Band Name Origins:
- The band got it's name from the first drummer by the name of Richard Palmer. Palmer wrote all the bands lyrics at the time and was a literature graduate or student at least. The name comes from a book by W.H. Davies. The book being titled "The Autobiography of a Supertramp". There was an online version of it if anyone cares to give it a read. Submitted by: Tony Trampfan
- Unemployed guitarist Roger Hodgson was busking in the underground (subway)in London in the late sixties when a man approached him. An unkempt Hodgson asked if if he liked the music, to which the man replied, "Super, Tramp!" (Tramp is the British word for a "bum" or "hobo") Submitted by: Richard Braithwaite
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "24 Hours From Tulsa" | "Take The Long Way Home," Supertramp | My Name Is Joe |
| "Hello Stranger" | "Good-bye Stranger," Supertramp | shortest conversation ever - little Jen |
| "Trickle, Trickle" | "It's Raining Again," Supertramp | Salvador Dali Parton |
| "Like To Get To Know You Well" | "Goodbye Stranger," Supertramp | FussBudget |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"The Logical Son" originally "The Logical Song"
Trina Lufkin
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Goodbye Strangler" originally "Goodbye Stranger"
Probably a wiser option than 'Hello, Strangler'.
Rodger Hodgkin's Disease
"It's Braining Again" originally "It's Raining Again"
That might be messy.
Peter
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"The Logical Bong" originally "The Logical Song"
No Name Given
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Breakfast In America" | "Submit Songs Irregular (Bad Muse Lament)" | renaldo58 |
| "Asylum" | "Italians" | Guy DiRito |
| "Breakfast In America" | "Naked In The Cinema" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Hide In Your Shell" | "Ride Into Hell" | Guy DiRito |
| "Crime Of The Century" | "Crime Of A Family" | Guy DiRito |
| "Bloody Well Right" | "Study Well Wright" | Guy DiRito |
| "Breakfast In America" | "Watching Miss America" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Dreamer" | "P.E.T.A." | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Give A Little Bit" | "Give A Little Bit(Give A Little Bit Of Your Lunch " | White Trash |
| "Dreamer" | "Screamer" | Rick Duncan |
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Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Take The Long Way Home | First Bus transport | Pickle |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Take The Long Way Home | AAA (Triptix) | britrock |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| It's Raining Men The Weather Girls | It's Raining Again Supertramp | It's Raining Men Again Say what? | crazydon |
| (We Been Drinkin') Whiskey For Breakfast Arlo Guthrie | Breakfast In America Supertramp | We Been Drinkin' Whiskey For Breakfast In America | hec |
| The Logical Song Supertramp | Thong Song Sisqo | The Logical Thong Song OK, that's just weird. | Edward |
| Sister Moonshine Supertramp | It's A Sunshine Day The Brady Bunch Kids | It's a Sister Moonshine Day These two songs shine! | Benjamin Edge |
| There are additional Supertramp duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :
Bowling For Supertramp
Bowling For Soup combined with Supertramp
Submitted By: crazydon
Misheard Lyrics:
"The Logical Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Whoa, dig, dig, dig it yeah!
Original Lyrics: Whoa, tick, tick, tick, yeah!
| "The Logical Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Watch what you say
They'll be calling you a riding horse. or Watch what you say, they'll be calling you Riding Hood. Original Lyrics: Watch what you say
They'll be calling you a radical. |
"Give A Little Bit"
Misheard Lyrics: Wobble on by.
Original Lyrics: What a long night
| "Take The Long Way Home"
Misheard Lyrics: Lonely days and your lonely nights
Makin' love on a pickle pie. Original Lyrics: When lonely days turn to lonely nights
You take a trip to the city lights. |
| There are additional Supertramp misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Potter"
Misheard Lyrics: I told this chick she could see my p****
And lay a cactus back in the confines of my home. Original Lyrics: I told her strict she could see my prickled
Cactus back in the confines of my home. |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Igor Molotov On the Internet, there doesn't seem to be total agreement on what the lyrics really are here. (Is it for instance 'strict' or 'quick'?) For my part, I'm still pretty sure that my version is the correct one. At least, the hormone-filled teenager that I was when I first heard this song back in the mid-eighties was never in doubt that Potter was making a very direct proposal to some delicious broad. |
| There are additional Supertramp misheard stories available. | |
Song Parody Fragments:
"Potter"
Better Lyrics:
Beggar in the woodpile, mind out
Original Lyrics:
Nigger in the woodpile, mind out
Submitted by: Mike Hack
Funny Lyrics:
"Gone Hollywood"
The Funny Lyrics: I'm tired of talking on the telephone
Why They're Funny: Why would people be trashed from calling friends on the phone? Gimme the phone! Gimme the phone!
Submitted by: Mike Hack
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Repetitive Lyrics:
"Oh Darling"
The Repetitive Lyrics: I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna
I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna catch you, lady Why They're Repetitive: It sounds extremely repetitive. It's always repetition.
Submitted by: Mike Hack
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Misrhymed Lyrics:
"Breakfast in America"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: I'm a loser, oh what a joker...
Why They're Misrhymed: Everything else in the song rhymes just fine, but that one line just doesn't! It kind of bugs me.
Submitted by: Cassie N.
| "From Now On"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: I think I'll rob a store, escape the law, and live in Italy
Why They're Misrhymed: 'Store' and 'law' actually rhyme beatifully when sung with e British accent.
Submitted by: Sam Stafford
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Surely"
Opening Lines: Surely there's a way I could please you. Only in the past lie the tears.
Comments: There were two "Surely"s in Supertramp's self-titled debut album. One was the first track. And another one was the tenth and last track.
Submitted by: Mickey D.
| "Give A Little Bit"
Opening Lines: Give a little bit, give a little bit of your love to me.
Comments: Submitted by: Vic George
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Super Long Pop Songs:
"Even in the Quietest Moments" Length: 6:29
From the album of the same name.
Submitted by: Ra'akone
"Fool's Overture" Length: 10:51
A rather long song by Supertramp, with a rather long intro, the first lyrics are not heard until 5:25, almost exactly halfway through. Due to the first words of those lyrics, some people think the song is called "History Recalls."
Submitted by: Ra'akone
"Try Again" Length: 12:03
The song was taken from the 1970 self-titled debut album.
Submitted by: Mickey D.
