Take The Long Way Home (Supertramp cover) - Nerina Pallot
Released in 1979, 'Take the Long Way Home' was the third single from Supertramp's Epic and Amazing album 'Breakfast in America.' It reached number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 though it should have been number 1 forever and forever. (In my head it was.)
Clocking in at over 5 minutes, the original is, IMHO, the perfect marriage of pop brilliance and progressive rock and it was a daunting proposition when I set out to cover it. But this is a song that has had an enormous influence on me since I first heard it as a teenager. (So much so that the first song on my first album quotes the first verse in its entirety.)
Some might argue that this is isn't even the best song that Roger Hodgson has ever written - and they might be right given that he has written so many bangers. But it's the one that has had a profound influence on me all of my adult life. Thank you, thank you Roger Hodgson for the joy you have brought to me, and millions of others around the world. Thank you also Portsmouth for birthing this incredible songwriter, and the fine people of Havant who have bought or are planning to buy shed loads of tickets to my live show at The Spring in the autumn of 2025. (Confusing innit.) Link to tickets below.
If you are watching this in the future and wondering why I've gone full rabbit, it's because this was my Easter offering for 2025.
But also because I believe in rabbits and hope you do too.
Happy Easter kids.
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