The Song I Kept Skipping To
The world chooses the hits. Sometimes one listener quietly chooses a different song. In today's episode of Dave’s Side One, Dave returns to Supertramp’s Breakfast in America. He loved the singles, and in 1979 they were everywhere: “The Logical Song,” “Goodbye Stranger,” “Breakfast in America,” “Take the Long Way Home.” But the song that moved Dave most was “Lord Is It Mine?” Instead of simply letting the album play, Dave repeatedly went looking for that track on Side Two. The big singles were public. “Lord Is It Mine?” felt private. That is one of the reasons albums matter. Radio, charts and…
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