Supertramp’s 1974 hit single “Dreamer” is one of their most iconic songs. The song was written by Roger Hodgson and released on their album “Crime of the Century”. The song stayed on top of the US Billboard charts for three weeks and still remains an iconic song of the 70s. “Dreamer” explores themes of individualism, imagination and non-conformism in society. Let’s take a deeper look into the meaning behind “Dreamer”.
The lyrics of “Dreamer” are simple yet profound. The song is an ode to dreaming big and following one’s heart no matter the obstacles. The opening lines of the song set the tone, “Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer, I said dreamer, you’re nothing but a dreamer, you can fly, you can fly, High”.
The song continues with the lyrics “Dreamer, you’re still a little dreamer, Well nobody knows where you’re been, or what you’ve seen. Dreamer, you’re still a little dreamer, Well if you’re gonna make a dream come true, You gotta wake up and work for it, Cause no one’s gonna do it for you”. The song talks about the importance of hard work to realize one’s dreams and being persistent against all odds.
Roger Hodgson wrote the song when he was 19, and it became one of the first the band recorded. It was the first charting hit, reaching #13 in the UK and #15 (a live single version) in the US. He recorded the demo of the song with vocals, cardboard boxes used for percussion, and an electric piano.
I was excited – it was the first time I laid hands on a Wurlitzer.
Roger Hodgson describes how “the song exploded out of me” in this interview in LA in 2013 (last clip).
From their much acclaimed third album Crime of the Century, their first gold record.
The album can be loosely termed “concept album”, dealing with a young man’s loneliness, emotions and personal struggle. For example, “School” deals with Paranoia.
Merci. J’ai dû appeler le 15 pour un ami en détresse psychiatrique (TS). Ils ont été super. Merci à eux. On se plaint souvent du 15, mais en ce qui me concerne, aussi bien dans mon cas (détresse respiratoire) que dans le cas de mon ami (urgence psychiatrique), ils ont été au top.
Je ne sais pas comment les remercier. Alors j’écris ceci ici : Merci. Vous avez été super.
It's amazing to me that #chromium devs (who are literally nameless, as their new bug tracking system hides their names/email address) decided that wayland breakage is not any kind of high priority blocker for a stable release. https://crbug.com/329678163
[some context for that second pic; that comment was made by a chromium developer on March 25th; it was clearly never marked as a blocker, and three weeks later on Apr 16th chromium v124 was marked 'stable'.]
pd...@chromium.org #15 Mar 25, 2024 03:43PM +cc ui/base/wayland owners. Should this be marked as a release blocker?
We salute the courage of the students occupying Columbia University in protest against the university's complicity in the genocide in Gaza. The New York City police have surrounded the area and violently arrested supporters, but the occupiers stand firm.
When you seize Columbia, when you
seize Paris, take
the media, tell the people what you’re doing
what you’re up to and why and how you mean
to do it, how they can help, keep the news
coming, steady, you have 70 years
of media conditioning to combat, it is a wall
you must get through, somehow, to reach
the instinctive man, who is struggling like a plant
for light, for air
when you seize a town, a campus, get hold of the power
stations, the water, the transportation,
forget to negotiate, forget how
to negotiate, don’t wait for De Gaulle or Kirk
to abdicate, they won’t, you are not
‘demonstrating’ you are fighting
a war, fight to win, don’t wait for Johnson or
Humphrey or Rockefeller, to agree to your terms
take what you need, ‘it’s free
because it’s yours’
Die integrative Schule wurde in der Deutschschweiz vor gut zehn Jahren eingeführt. Das Experiment ist gescheitert, nur möchte die Regierung das nicht wahrhaben.
Der engagierte schwule Lehrer unseres Kindes wurde von sog. "wertkonservativen" Eltern weggemobbt. Schulleitung und Schulpflege haben den Lehrer fallen gelassen. Wir "normalen" Eltern wurden erst hingehalten und dann vor Tatsachen gestellt. Jetzt ist wieder mal eine Vikariatsperson (ca. #15) am unterrichten.
Nachzulesen heute im Tages-Anzeiger und den Zürcher Regionalzeitungen:
TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS (www.bbc.com)
Supertramp - Dreamer [03:31 | Pop, Rock, Piano Rock, Progressive Pop, Art Rock, Pop-Rock] (youtu.be)
Fernando de la Rúa (Córdoba, 15 de setembro de 1937 — Buenos Aires, 9 de julho de 2019) (famososefamosasdetodososramos.blogspot.com) Portuguese
Fernando de la Rúa (Córdoba, 15 de setembro de 1937 — Buenos Aires, 9 de julho de 2019)