Somehow, I got the opening piano notes to a song stuck in my head last week, and I just could not think of what song they went with:
I tried humming the opening into Siri, but to no avail.
I scrolled through my playlist, it wasn’t any of those songs.
I mentally went through some of the songs of my favorite artists, but none of them seemed to fit the bill.
And then out of nowhere, a line from the song came back to me: “Soon be, like a man that’s on the run”.
So I searched for that phrase in Google, but the first song listed was a song by Run D.M.C., and I knew that wasn’t it. And surprisingly, none of the first 20 or so results looked familiar either.
So I then tried searching the phrase again, but this time with quotes around it.
And there it was.
From Now On, by Supertramp.
The song comes from the album Even in the Quietest Moments. which was the fifth album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in April 1977. Even in the Quietest Moments… reached number 16 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart in 1977 and within a few months of release became Supertramp’s first Gold (500,000 copies or more) selling album in the US. In addition, “Give a Little Bit” became a US Top 20 single and reached number 29 on the UK Singles Chart. While “Give a Little Bit” was the big hit, both “Fool’s Overture” and the title track also got a fair amount of FM album-rock play. In 1978, Even in the Quietest Moments… was ranked 63rd in The World Critic Lists, which recognized the 200 greatest albums of all time as voted for by notable rock critics and DJs. (Wikipedia)
It was one of my favorite albums and I listened to it quite a bit during college. As noted above, there are several great songs on the album, but From Now On was one of my favorites.
According to Songfacts, the song is about a guy who doesn’t like his job, and spends a lot of time daydreaming to make up for the monotony of his everyday existence. It’s a feeling that I am sure many of us can relate to at certain times.
What a relief it was to figure out what the song was that kept playing over and over in my head.
Without further ado, here is the song. I usually prefer to share live versions, but the ones I found just did not do justice to the song. Plus, I love the album cover as well. Piano and sax – doesn’t get much better…
Monday has come around again
I’m in the same old place
With the same old faces always watching me
Who knows how long I’ll have to stay
Could be a hundred years
Of sweat and tears
At the rate that I get paid
Sometimes I slowly drift away
From all the dull routine
That’s with me every day
A fantasy will come to me
Diamonds are what I really need
Think I’ll rob a store, escape the law
And live in Italy
Lately my luck has been so bad
You know the roulette wheel’s
A crooked deal
I’m loosing all I had
Soon be like a man that’s on the run
And live from day to day
Never needing anyone
Play hide and seek
Throughout the week
My life is full of romance
Guess I’ll always have to be
Living in a fantasy
That’s the way it’s got to be
From now on
You think I’m crazy I can see
It’s you for you, and me for me
Living in a fantasy
From now on
(lyric from AZ Lyrics)
*image from Name That Tune WIki
I also was a Supertramp fan, but it was their Breakfast in America album that I played repeatedly. The brain is such a curious and fantastic instrument to suddenly retrieve something that we haven’t thought about for decades. Who knew it was stored in the long-term memory there someday, waiting to come out?
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Breakfast in America was also a great album…
and the mind is an amazing organ…
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It’s not a very catchy tune, so at least it’s hard to get an earworm from it. I’ve never heard it before, but I can sure relate to the lyrics. Leaves me glad to be retired.
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it’s not a catchy tune, but I think it is a great one. perhaps because a piano and a sax are among my two favorite instruments. add a banjo, and I can’t control myself.
and the lyrics do strike a chord…
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I wish I could be retired and not have to get up to the alarm which is going to go off too early for me!
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it will be nice to get up when you’re ready to, not when an alarm tells you to…
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Exactly!
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Alarms are such a bummer. I hope you’ve been saving your nickels and pennies.
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They are! I have lots of pennies!
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Good. Now invest those pennies wisely and I’ll bet you’ll be able to retire by the time you reach age 80.
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Never had heard of them, but yes the sax and piano are great instruments and I wouldn’t mind living in Italy. 🙂
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you’d have to rob a store first…
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Wellll that may be a problem!
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same for me…
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I wonder how Italy would feel about that.
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they might be desparate for any tourist these days…
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Heyyy… not sure I like what that seems to imply! 😛
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just saying, they need tourists 🙂
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Riiight!
Well send me a ticket 🎟 I will gladly go. 😊
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if prices drop down close to zero, I’ll think about it…
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Oooh so generous you are!
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“Haha!” I am sure they would be happy. Their Gelato sales would go up. 🙂
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I wasn’t a Supertramp fan although some friends were big ones. This is nice bluesy tune – a little sad and a little hopeful.
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that’s a good way to describe the song; I’m sure most people have had such feelings…
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Just about everyone can definitely relate to the lyrics. It is great that there are ways to figure out the name of a song running through our heads.
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yes, thank heaven for google search and youtube…
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Supertramp was excellent back in the day and a trip down memory lane now. So many great songs like Dreamer, Take the Long Way Home, Bloody Well Right, The logical Song, and it just goes on and on.
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they did have quite the list of memorable songs…
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Not hard to imagine that recalling a favorite old tune is difficult when it is filed between Foreign Currency Translation and Greenmail.
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maybe I need to find a better way than alphabetical to file things away in my mind 🙂
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I remember Supertramp but not this particular song. I like it though and the lyrics are good!!
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it was not one of their singles, but it is one of my favorites…
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Ear worms are the worst. Glad you found the answer!
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it was driving me a bit crazy….
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oh, I had forgotten about them, but I always enjoyed their music. it makes me crazy when I can’t name or place a song, and suddenly, voila! glad you solved this one and shared a bit of nostalgic music with us
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they seem to have faded away, but they had some great music…
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Yes, they certainly had their time to shine
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👍
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I was a Supertramp fan too. Crime Of The Century came out during my last year at uni and any band that could get a song banned by the BBC for including a swear word in its title was bound to go down well with students! Breakfast In America was my favourite of their albums.
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they had some great albums and singles. what song was banned?
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Bloody Well Right. The BBC were quite prissy in the 70s!
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I used to listen to that album and song a lot.
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hopefully it brought back some good memories…
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I don’t have a lot of good teenage memories. I don’t look back fondly on being such a knucklehead.
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I didn’t lime my high school years, but I did love my college ones. knucklehead and all…
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College was fun as I had matured quite a bit. I also got married halfway through college.
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There are many Monday mornings when the opening verse of that song plays in my head.
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I know that feeling as well…
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One thing I often find myself muttering is “it’s always Sunday evening” I guess because the weekend goes by so quickly.
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someday we’ll all be like Tippy…
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Thanks. I think I’ll start drinking more heavily before that happens
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🙂
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I never would have guessed that one!
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it’s been a while since I’ve heard it; not sure why it got stuck in my mind…
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Some tunes are just like that!
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That was a hard clue for me. LOL!
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it’s from a band that hasn’t really been around for the past 30 years, and one of their more obscure somgs…
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All the best for the wonder. I really enjoyed. Take care. 🍮🍮💞🍮🍮
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thanks; have a great day.
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And, “Cheers” to your festive day!🦃🍽🎶
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thank you!
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You are welcome Jim. Season’s greetings.🎶🦌
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same to you…
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💕🎶:-)
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Love finally finding that song when the melody is on the tip of my tongue and the title at the edge of my brain!
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it is a good feeling!
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I’m trying the route of winning the lottery to live in Italy. So far it’s not worked.
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at least that’s a more honorable approach 🙂
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Really enjoyed the song- it was new to me. By the way, there’s this app called Shazam that helps you find the song from a small clip. It’s super helpful for moments like this when a song is stuck in your head and you just can’t think of what it is.
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but the only small clip was in my head. I did just try humming it into Shazam, with no luck…
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Oh I see. Well at least you found it in the end.
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thankfully…
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I’m so pleased you solved your song problem. I have been trying to think of a song too, but haven’t been able to find it yet. I don’t have the correct lyrics. It was just something my friend said that sounded like the line of a song, but neither of us have been able to identify it. She tried singing it into her phone too (she is a singer, I wouldn’t have done any good) but no luck. Hopefully, one day it will come to us.
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I hope you find out fast; it was driving me kind of crazy…
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Fortunately, I’m able to forget about it for a while. Hopefully, it will just come to me one day.
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that would be the ideal solution…
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Great classic by Supertramp. And may I say Jim, next time you’re stumped on a song, download the Shazam app on your phone, hum to it there. 🙂
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that’s a good suggestion; I did try Shazam, to no avail. I guess I am not a hummer…
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Great sax playing I love this not one I am familiar with although used to listen to Supertramp…x
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it was not one of their singles, but they have lots of great music…
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Catching up some posts. Piano and sax music help to keep me motivated. I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel with my first-ever sciatic flare-up.
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I am sorry to hear about your sciatica; I hopeyou find relief soon…
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