Hide in Your Shell, Roger Hodgson of Supertramp (writer and composer), with Orchestra
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Published 2010-12-22
"People often write to me and say that this song in particular strikes a chord in them. Maybe it's because I was going through a difficult time in my life when I wrote it that people are able to relate to it. Our teenage years seem to be difficult ones for many of us, especially if one is sensitive. I know there is a tendency to want to Hide in Your Shell." ~ Roger Hodgson
Roger not only wrote & composed Hide in Your Shell, he also gave us the great majority of the hits to include Breakfast in America, The Logical Song, Dreamer, Give a Little Bit, Take the Long Way Home, It's Raining Again, School, Fool's Overture & many more. Although Roger and Supertramp's other co-founder shared writing credit, they actually wrote & composed separately with each singing their own respective songs. bit.ly/1Kfgu0W
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'Hide in Your Shell' can be found on Roger's 'Classics Live' album. www.RogerHodgsonStore.com/
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LYRICS: www.rogerhodgson.com/lyrics/lyrics.html
"I went to my first concert at the age of 44 to see your show. I was so amazed by the experience. I have to say you sound like you did when I was 15 buying your albums. I had goose bumps most of the night. I think you actually care about your guests and we all felt so welcome my friend. Thanks for an experience that will stay with me for the rest of my days."
"I was a typical teenager being pulled in a hundred different directions. Some of them frightening and lonely. Hide in Your Shell spoke directly to my heart. It told me I wasn't alone and that any good that would come of my life would be a direct result of me summoning up my courage and living true to the values and principals I felt. "I, as a boy, I believed the saying the cure for pain was love. How would it be if you could see the world through my eyes?" struck me as Shakespeare. 30+ years down the road now. Words to a boy are now a creed for a man."
All Comments (21)
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I just discovered this song while listening to the album "Crime of The Century"... I'm literally speechless, I never felt a song as much as I feel this one, the melody, the text and the passion he plays and sings with are out of this world
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This man is a true genius and Supertramp one of the top5 greatest bands of all times
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does anybody else feel this song has some kind of really unique energy to it?
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This song must resonate with so many people who are struggling in life❤
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Is a shame that only a few people understand that this was one of the best bands of all time.
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I hope Roger reads these comments so he can feel all the love 💕 ❤ 💕
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Fourty years later this song made me feel the same, as it were made yesterday ❤
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When I listened this song for the first time, I was a fifthteen year old boy, my parents passed away on the same year, I was living between doubts and confussion, so it was like If this song was compossed for me exclusively, giving me the hope to getting ahead in my life, was like an hymne to get strange to go on... Thanks a lot to you Roger for this song wich have made me to go on through life, I still listen it and makes me cry even, It has been with me in my hardest moments in life.......
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❤️ thank you Supertramp. I’m 64, this tune was my favourite as a teen.........the lyrics make perfect sense now!
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Supertramp. A "hidden gem" of the 1970's. Certainly, on sheer talent, one of the top 10 bands of all time. Crime of the Century is a musical masterpiece.
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Crime of the Century....This was a beautiful song! Knew life would be tough! And at a stage of Life looking down on everyone and happy! The words still revurbirate and mean so much to me: I as a boy, I believed the saying the cure for pain was love How would it be if you could see the world through my eyes
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50 years later and my love for Rogers music has never changed ❤
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This is my favorite most emotional song! Supertramp and Roger were amazing geniuses! They made your brain think and your emotions open in a way to provide loving healing! 🥰🙏
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It is a honest and applies to all human kind . Supertramp are in a class of their own!
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Quel souvenir ...c'est autre chose que les chansons de maintenant...et quel talent
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Multi dimensional music .. written from the heart.
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i was a 19 yo Brazillian student, alone, no parents, no friends, nothing but some alcohol to take life passing throught the day, i was ready to give up and close my eyes for the last time, and then this song played randomly in my cellphone, a childhood song for me, i listened clearly for the first time, my mind was weak at the time, i cried over and over with his words, this song saved my life 4 years ago, Roger doesnt have idea but he saved my life with his words, i heard, and understood that this was the message to make me do the right thing. i wish i have the chance to thank him personally one day...
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Supertramp, best rock band EVER
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Again,, OUTSTANDING!!! Thank You Roger Hodgson and Supertramp.
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This song I had dedicated to my younger sister when we were teens because her shell was from all the abuse we endured growing up. I got out sooner. And I love her dearly.
