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It offers 13 highlights from a rejuvenated group captured as part of their hundred-date It's About Time world tour. The group's first foray into live work in almost a decade was organized to promote a comeback LP Some Things Never Change, which had been released in March 1997. The tracks that make up this live collection were extracted from the Royal Albert Hall shows from September 1997. The frontman for one of Canada's most well-known punk rock bands talks about his Eddie Vedder encounter, Billy Talent's new album, and the importance of rock and roll.
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Not having any real answers to his problem he gets to enjoy their moment together - in the now. Not to worry about anything else. Making the day go on longer, by taking the long way home. This is one of my favorite all time songs. In my opinion it’s about a guy who is probably in his mid thirties. A wife, a couple of kids and a well paying but unsatisfying job.
The core meaning of the song to me is that you don’t have to struggle to do or be anything. But many people, including me in many ways, don’t realize that yet. It takes until we are about 70 years old to realize that most of our struggles were pointless. We, this time in past tense, took the long way home. All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners. All lyrics, Chords, Tablatures and sheet musics provided for educational purposes and personal use only.
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Personally, I think it's worth listening to. Although marvelously well written the lyrics of this song is somewhat depressing and it's a step away for an ordinary middle aged dude to commit suicide. That line which reads "...who´s to blame when you´re not around? You TOOK THE LONG WAY HOME ". As they say, we gotta read between the lines. I'm quite sure about the meaning and it's different than the comments I saw here. I think it's about realizing what is truly important in life.
You have already purchased this album. You can find it on your downloads page. Charlie discusses the songs that made him a Southern Rock icon, and settles the Devil vs. Johnny argument once and for all. I don't know why this song has always struck me as being about suicide for some reason. In this case, the precipitating event is that he is walking own the street one day and an iron girder from a skyscraper building project falls and just misses him by inches.
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Studio albums11Live albums6Compilation albums4Music videos19Singles28The following is intended to be the complete discography of the progressive rock British band Supertramp. Over the years they have released eleven studio albums, four live albums, five compilation albums and 28 singles. This is such an amazing song. I interpret it as the personal struggle Roger was feeling with the pressure of being an elite rock musician versus the responsibility of being a husband and father. The vocals, and emotion of Roger's vocals combined with the clarinet, and keyboards really strike a chord-a great song! In an interview with a Danish tv network, Roger cited the need to be a regular father as the reason he decided to leave the band in 1983.
An item that has been used previously. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. This song reminds of me of grown-up people I know who have been mild drug users all their lives, you know, true rock 'n' rollers, and well, by staying youthful, never really became anything more than mediocre. Yet there is something to be said for taking the long way home, you get to see a lot more along the road, and it's always interesting. The oohs and the aahs at the end are the best part.
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The second verse, joke of the neighborhood, is about not knowing who you are or pretending to be someone else, disregarding your own feelings. The third verse, but there are times, is about almost realizing that we do not live our life in the right way. We don’t give ourselves enough credit and self love. I had always imagine this song as being two guys friends whom decided to get away from home to do some activity together. The narrative of the song would by his friend who knows him well, tries to console him, as best as a guy could.
I guess Barry Gibb disagreed, since he wrote a song for Dionne Warwick three years later called "Take the Short Way Home." That song would have amounted to a bubblegum smacking transistor radio sing along if not for the harmonica playing of Rick Davis and all those other quiet geniuses happy to be buried silent in the group. The band Trixter included a version of the song on their 1994 release Undercovers.
A song he wrote and recorded from "sheer spiritual inspiration," Allen's didn't think "Southern Nights" had hit potential until Glen Campbell took it to #1 two years later. One of Tom Petty's most personal songs is "Room At The Top," which he stopped performing because it brought back painful memories. Has anybody ever considered the possibilty that the song is about the effects of living life on a stage? The pressures to constantly be "ON", and very rarely having the chance to be something else? So many artists find themselves stuck in the rut of constantly cranking out the same thing time after time, never allowed to be something else. This song appeared uncredited, along with "Child of Vision" (also from the "Breakfast in America" album) in the 1984 Richard Lester directed film, "Finders Keepers".
The movie starred Michael O'Keefe ("Caddyshack") and Lou Gossett Jr. To me, those lyrics could definately be interpreted as someone who has just given up hope and just decided to "take the long way home". Just a different take on the song. I've always assumed that this song was about him and his failed or about to fail marriage. Whatever the case, i'm sure he has drawn a lot of this from personal experiences. I just became re-acquainted with the writing of John Updike .
Nowadays, we have the Supertramp camp saying Roger is stealing Supertramp songs for his use on tour. Roger wrote his songs and Rick Davies wrote his songs - it would be nice if the side could come to a reconciliation but it doesn't look promising. Anyway, enjoy the songs, they are amazing works of art. A lot of us, including me most of the time, are a bit lost. We think we need to famous, first verse about Romeo, .
When he was younger he had great dreams and aspirations and thought he would be great, powerful, achieve something, only to find that is life has turned out to be ordinary. Having loved this song since it was released, what it speaks to me personally is a sense of needing to 'reset' one's outlook on the often out of control madness in our lives. I also interpret it as being about middle-age, when guys are usually very good at their jobs, but see that there is a limit to how far they can advance given the relatively short amount of time they have left in their working lives. To grow, they have to realize there is more to life than just work. They have since divorced after she left him.
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