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http://www.rogerhodgson.com/documents/tour.html "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 Roger and Rick shared joint writer credit throughout their years together with Supertramp, they actually wrote separately. It is easy to tell the composer of the songs as Roger sings all the songs he wrote, and Rick sings the songs he wrote. You can see the song list at http://www.rogerhodgson.com/documents/songlist.html

Fools Overture is from the Even in the Quietest Moments and also on the Paris Live album. You can only hear this live at Roger Hodgson concerts, Supertramp no longer plays it when they go out on tour.

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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

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[hocman654]

im liking the winston churchill at the beginning



[8188ify]

Progressive Rock... The great moment of music

[Need4SpeedDude]

@trogdor508 No way..Ripples surely lol :)

[olavoep]

@3cliffsbay It really wasn't to be original, friend, but only to joke... See? Hugs...!

[3cliffsbay]

@olavoep

What an original comment!

[trogdor508]

This is the second best song in history next to suppers ready by Genesis

[Need4SpeedDude]

@jlvillanuevad try listening instead of commenting......this is a beautiful piece of music and the topic covers a decisive time in Britain's history...one of my all-time favourites from too many years ago :)

[MrDardoman]

vancouverkayaker te quedo genial el video....lo veo una y otra vez, tus imagenes y roger hodgson me vuelan ...excelente !!!

[jlvillanuevad]

Boring!!!

[drunkenplumber15]

amazing

[kruslakskli]

@Helsvga still more waiting, even better moments, but this is beautiful, thanks for understanding that.

[SlayBlooder]

@Helsvga You just watched it once?...