| Supertramp – Child of Vision Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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Breakfast in America was an seminal album, which wrapped up the 1970s for me. Amazingly good songs with both tunes and lyrics. Last year, I purchased a pair of Magneplanar speakers for my 58th birthday. My old BIA CD sounded flat and listless on the new speakers. After a little research and reading a few blogs, I purchased an imported CD of Breakfast in America remastered in Germany. My goodness what a difference like night and day - same album, same songs, but a digital remaster at Sony Studios in Hamburg, Germany. After 38 years this album still sounds great - I just listened to it this past weekend. Child of Vision, The Logical Song, Breaklfast in America, Gone Hollywood and Just Another Nervous Wreck all have a common them running through them. It speaks about the disillusionment in our materialistic society and our culture of consumption. In many ways, the album follows in the footsteps of another group, my all-time favorite and another seminal album of the early 1970s, Pink Floyd and Dark Side of the Moon. Dark Side of the Moon and Breakfast in America, bookend the 1970s as two great and spectacular albums, by groups that both hit their pinnacles of achievement in the 1970s. I grew up as kid and teenager in the 1970s and these two albums capture my life and how my generation was lost during that era and only the music kept us going. As I approach my retirement, I will continue to listen to these albums of my life, over and over again, much to the chagrin of my wife. May the force be with you and live long and prosper. |
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