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Roger Hodgson: Rites of Passage

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Label: Unichord Records
Released: 1997.04.17
Time:
 60:28
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Karuna Hodgson
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.rogerhodgson.com
Appears with: Supertramp
Purchase date: 1997
Price in €: 16,99



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[1] Every Trick in the Book (Hodgson) - 5:48
[2] In Jeopardy (Hodgson) - 5:07
[3] Showdown (Hodgson) - 4:32
[4] Don't You Want to Get High? (Hodgson) - 4:02
[5] Take the Long Way Home-R.O.P. (Davies/Hodgson) - 4:20
[6] Red Lake (Hodgson) - 5:00
[7] Melancholic (Hodgson) - 4:17
[8] Time Waits for No One (Hodgson) - 9:00
[9] No Colours (Graham) - 4:50
[10] The Logical Song-R.O.P. (Davies/Hodgson) - 3:39
[11] Smelly Feat (Graham) - 5:57
[12] Give a Little Bit-R.O.P. (Davies/Hodgson) - 3:56

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Roger Hodgson - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

Andrew Hodgson - Drums, Vocals, Piano, Harmonica
Mikail Graham - Guitar, Vocals
Rich Stanmyre - Bass, Vocals
Jeff Daniel - Keyboards, Vocals, Percussion

John Helliwell - Saxophone, Percussion, Vocals [1]-[6],[8],[10]-[12]
Terry Riley - Tamboura, Vocal [8]
Josh Newman - Cello [7

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


Conceived and produced by Karuna Hodgson, Rites of Passage is Roger's recovery album. Recorded live in his hometown of Nevada City, CA, Roger re-discovered the joy of playing live. The experience of recording and promoting the album has inspired Roger to tour and record his backlog of almost 80 songs.



It is through Rites Of Passage ceremonies that people have long been able to rise above their differences and join together in a common dignity of humanity. Rituals are often unique, but the spirit behind these demonstrations of recognition and honoring are the same the world over. This Rites of Passage project is our own form of celebration that speaks to many levels obvious to subtle, personal to universal. Our commitment to put appreciation before criticism is the key we use to liberate and empower the creative potential in each other. We see this as a Coming Of Age for each one of us. The spirit of this gathering has called for a restructuring in the ways we relate to each other. In one way or another, we are all shifting from the authoritarian, hierarchical pyramid forms of control to the ancient nurturing circle structures that foster healing and empowerment. It is only fitting that our teenagers should remind us of how important it is to make that shift. What better way to celebrate than by demonstrating what can happen when generations put down their barriers and work together in mutual respect. The circle at the core of this musical journey is the medicine symbol that holds the healing energy we would like to extend to our families and the world. The circle speaks to us, "There never was a beginning and there will never be an end."

Karuna Hodgson
 

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EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK

Well every trick in the book
That you want to play
You'd better have a good answer
To get your way
'Cause all the tricks that you pulled
And all the people you fooled
Well you you started something

Well all the people that liked you
Just went on home
And when they could have stood by you
You stood alone
'Cause all the people you fooled
And all the people you took
Well you started something

And all the signs in your head
Call out you're dead
But all the preachers went home
And left you alone

And all the women that liked you
You fooled around
And when you got them inside you
You turned them down
'Cause all the women you fooled
And all the women you took
Well you started something

And all the lines in your head
Call out you're dead
And all the teachers went home
And left you alone

Monkeys to the left
Monkeys feeling right at home
Too many people
Too many walking alone
And though they say
They don't like it
You know they really don't mind
If you started something

But all the signs in your head
Call out you're dead
And all the teachers went home
And left you alone


IN JEOPARDY

In jeopardy, in jeopardy, I feel I'm about to cry
In jeopardy, in jeopardy, oh tell me the reason why
In jeopardy, in jeopardy, I'm watching the feeling grow
In jeopardy, in jeopardy, oh tell me I want to know
In jeopardy, in jeopardy, the writing is on the wall
In jeopardy, in jeopardy, I can't seem to sleep at all
In jeopardy, in jeopardy, we utter a lonely cry
In jeopardy, in jeopardy, who cares if we live or die

Who's in your mind
Who's in your conscience
Part of the crime
Part of the nonsense
Do what we can
Pray for tomorrow
Living our lives
Watching, waiting, feeling as much as we can

In jeopardy, in jeopardy, so where is the golden age
In jeopardy, in jeopardy, we're ready to turn the page
In jeopardy, in jeopardy, it's getting so out of hand
In jeopardy, in jeopardy, I wish I could understand

Who's in your mind
Who's in your conscience
Part of the crime
Part of the nonsense
Do what we can
Pray for tomorrow
Living our lives
Watching, waiting, feeling as much we can

Who's in your mind
Who's in your conscience
Part of the crime
Part of the nonsense
Do what we can
Sing for tomorrow
Living our lives
Watching, waiting, working, playing
Singing, dancing, running as fast as we can


SHOWDOWN

Well there's crying in the kitchen
And there's fighting on the street
And there's cocaine in the schoolyard
yet my heart don't miss a beat
I can't let go - oh I can't let go

And the preacher on the telly
And he's handing me the phone
Got an ulcer in his belly and a torment in his soul
He can't let go, no he can't let go

Everybody wants a contibution
Telling me they've got the best solution
No one wants the carousel to slowdown
Seems to me we're heading for a showdown

And there's poisen in the water
And there's holes up in the sky
And the children keep on asking
"Is the planet going to die?"
We must let go, we must let go

Go to get fired - it's going to get hot
We've got to take it higher
Give it everything we got
Oh - oh, you never know, oh way to go

Everybody's talking revolution
Politicians offer no solution
No one seems to want to face the lowdown
Seems to me we're heading for a showdown


DON'T YOU WANT TO GET HIGH?

When will you walk through my door?
When will the clouds dissappear?
When will the story unfold
When will there be no more tears?

But it's ok, you say
Don't you want to get
Don't you want to get high?
Sing Lord knows, let go
Don't you want to get
Don't you want to get high?

Smile though the world feels so cold
Sing though there's no one to hear
Dream so the story unfolds
Laugh so there'll be no more fear

'Cause it's ok, you say
Don't you want to get
Don't you want to get high?
Sing Lord knows, let go
Don't you want to get
don't you want to get high?

'Cause you're on your way
You know I'll say today
Hey - don't you want to get
Don't you want to get high?
Sing Lord there's a way
Your love will save the day
Hey - don't you want to get
Don't you want to get high?


TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME

So you think you're a Romeo
Playing a part in a picture show
Take the long way home
Take the long way home

'Cause you're the joke of the neighborhood
Why should you care if you're feeling good
Take the long way home
Take the long way home

But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery
All the greenery is comin' down, boy
And then your wife seems to think you're part of the furniture
Oh, it's peculiar, she used to be so nice

When lonely days turn to lonely nights
You take a trip to the city lights
And take the long way home
Take the long way home

You never see what you want to see
Forever playing to the gallery
You take the long way home
Take the long way home

And when you're up on the stage, it's so unbelievable
Unforgettable, how they adore you
But then your wife seems to think you're losing your sanity
Oh, calamity, is there no way out?

Does it feel that you life's become a catastrophe?
Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy
When you look through the years and see what you could have been
Oh, what might have been
If you'd had more time

So, when the day comes to settle down
Who's to blame if you're not around?
You took the long way home
You took the long way home...


RED LAKE

Red Lake, hear my words
Where the eagles cry
And the spirits fly o'er sacred land
Red lake, hear my prayers
They're a feeble cry
To an angry sky that bleeds for Man

"So get up and shut up
And don't let us use you
Oh get up and shut up
And let us abuse you"

It's a crazy world
And my spirit cries against the wind
Can you send to me
I've been this way before
I've danced on distant shores
I've watched the minds of men
Go south - come back again

I've walked a million miles
I've seen my little child
I've knocked on every door
And still I'm wanting more - To be home
To be home
Yeah yeah to be home
To be home
yeah yeah to be home


MELANCHOLIC

Many thing I've asked for
Are sitting next to me
Lifeless as can be
Always sound asleep
Many times I drift away
And somehow join their sleep
And when I wake I find myslelf
With noting left to be...


TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE

Time waits for no one
Old as the sun
Lying here beside you
Life's just begun

Time stays for no one
Old once was young
Life's grand illusion
Two hearts make one

Time waits for no one
Old as the sun
Lying here beside you
Life's just begun


NO COLOURS

I saw you walking down the streeet
I wondered if we'd ever meet
You turned to look and then I turned away
I wonder why it has to be that way

Oh I wanna know your name

Sometimes I wonder if everone's like me
So many wishes - so many dreams
I want to stop I want to talk with you
I'm just not sure if you would want me to
So many faces - so many lives
Sometimes they touch me and I feel so shy
They're all like mirrors that I'm looking through
The more I see the more I thing of you

Oh I wanna know your name

I saw you walking down the streeet today
I wondered if we'd ever meet
I held my breath, I closed my eyes
I stopped and listened as you passed me by
I never saw your face, I never saw your colour
I want to know you but I don't know how
It's such a place of wonder

Oh I wanna know your name


THE LOGICAL SONG

When I was young it seemed
That life was so wonderful
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical
And all the birds in the trees
Well they'd be singing so happily
Joyfully, oh playfully watching me

But then they sent me away
To teach me how to be sensible,
Logical, oh responsible, practical
And they showed me a world
Where I could be so dependable
Clinical, oh intellectual, cynical.

There are times when all the world's asleep
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man
Won't you please,
Please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who I am

Oh watch what you say
Or they'll be calling you a radical,
A liberal, oh fanatical, criminal
Oh won't you sign up your name
We'd like to feel you're acceptable
Respectable, presentable - a vegetable!

But at night when all the world's asleep
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man
Won't you please,
Please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who I am


SMELLY FEAT

You don't have to know what it is I know
You don't have to wonder where it is I go
I just want to find out what it is I fear
You can take me or leave me
Just tell me why it is we're all here

Oh I just wanna know - can you tell me please?
Don't you ever wonder why it is we're all here?
Don't you ever listen to what we all fear

I just wonder why,
I just want to know what it is
There's just got to be something
more than what we think this all is

Oh come on and tell me
If you think you know why
Oh come on tell me what it is
If you think you know
Oh come on and tell me
I really want to know

You don't have to wonder
But I know you do
You don't have to worry
But you know you will
There's got to be someting more
Than what we can see
Just tell me if you think you know
The way to se us all free

Oh come on and tell me
What it's we all fear
Oh come on and tell me
I really wanna know
Oh come on say
You know I wanna hear
Oh come on and tell me


GIVE A LITTLE BIT

Give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
Give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my love to you
There's so much that we need to share
Send a smile and show you care

Gave a little bit
I gave a little bit of my love to you
So give a little bit
Give a little bit of your time to me
See man man with the lonely eyes
Take his hand, you'll be surprised

Give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
I'll give a little bit
Give a little bit of my life for you
Now's the time that we need to share
So find yourself, we're on our way back home

Going home
Don't you need, don't you need to feel at home?
Oh yeah, we gotta sing

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