Fools Overture : Composed and sung by Roger Hodgson / Kayak Music Video`s

Posted in art rock | December 16th, 2009

KAYAKING MONTREAL QUEBEC / VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA.
WIKIPEDIA:
“Fools Overture” is the closing track from Supertramp’s 1977 album Even in the Quietest Moments. Written and song by guitarist, keyboard player, singer and songwriter Roger Hodgson, the song tells about World War II England and the lessons learned from it. The song, which is over 10 minutes long, is a collage of progressive instrumentation and sound samples. First there are excerpts of Winston Churchill’s famous June 4, 1940 House of Commons speech regarding England’s involvement in World War II (”Never Surrender”), and later sounds of police cars and church bells are heard. The flageolet-sounding instrument plays an excerpt from Gustav Holst’s “Venus”, from his orchestral suite The Planets. There is also a reading of the first verse of William Blake’s poem “And did those feet in ancient time” (more commonly known as “Jerusalem”), ended by a very short sample of the band’s song “Dreamer”.

Its writing credits are given to Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, although it is a Hodgson composition.[1] Like John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles, Hodgson and Davies joined writer’s credits from 1974 until 1983, when Hodgson left Supertramp to pursue a solo career

Roger Hodgson, co-founder of Supertramp is currently on tour in Europe, visit http://www.rogerhodgson.com/ for his latest tour schedule or go to WWW.ROGERHODGSONSTORE.COM to pick up his latest album.

Birth name Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson
Born 21 March 1950 (1950-03-21)
Origin Portsmouth, England
Genre(s) Progressive rock, Pop rock, Art rock
Occupation(s) Musician, Songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass
Years active 1969 – Present
Label(s) A&M, Voiceprint, Epic
Associated acts Supertramp, Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
Website http://www.rogerhodgson.com/

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4 Responses to “Fools Overture : Composed and sung by Roger Hodgson / Kayak Music Video`s”

  1. lolphenwozere Says:

    Sorry …
    Sorry VancouverKayaker.You were right. I was mistaking
    Fool’s Overture with Child of Vision, another superb
    track closing the album of Breakfast in America

  2. lolphenwozere Says:

    Fool’s Overture is …
    Fool’s Overture is the closing track in Breakfast in America. This is just for your records Vancouver
    Kayaker

  3. oscarlareu Says:

    Este tema es fasooo …
    Este tema es fasooo, esta remando y se fumo un fasoooo

  4. Moemors Says:

    u should let her go …
    u should let her go :-)

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