Who is fool overture about

During the song's finale, the band decided to "go crazy" by bringing on stage Superman, a holy man, band member John Heliwell in his Spider-Man glasses plus a conductor's jacket, dancing gorillas, cops, robbers, Indians, a banana, Charlie Chaplin , Miss Piggy as seen on the Live in Paris '79 concert film and an Adolf Hitler look-alike. A live version of the song, recorded in , is included in the Paris live album.

The song has less frequently appeared on live setlists following the tour because of Hodgson's departure. For several years from the late s to the early s, a portion of the song was used as the theme music for W5 , a Canadian news magazine television series.

In the Netherlands, the synthesized instrumental part of the track was used as the background music for the gig guide on Radio Veronica , during their broadcast of the national Top 40 chart throughout the s. Chamberlain was dead within a few months from cancer. The song was not meant to paint Chamerlain as fool, but to honor his memory. A noble man with noble intentions, he was just in the wrong place and time in history sshaw on December 21, Link.

General Comment Wow, I can't believe that nobody has posted more on this song, but really on Supertramp in general.

They're a great band, and this is just really an incredible song. I hope more people will pick up on this epic of a song. General Comment As I listen to Fool's Overture for the first time, the middle was what catch my attention.

It was so serene I'm into that Pink Floyd Prog Rock style. I didn't pay attention to the lyrics until I rewound over many times and started really listening. They are amazing. This kind of music will seldom happen again. Musicians that really meant what they said. Yes, I do catch the Jesus Christ resemblance in the end before he died. I also catch WWII remarks. The island is sinking could it be England?

This middle part is just perfect. Mode on October 11, Link. Fool's Overture was the closing song on Supertramp's , and tours before the encore. When this song was played live, a video of World War II would be shown during the Winston Churchill speech and another film of bombs and houses exploding before the grand finale of the song.

During the song's finale, the band decided to "go crazy" by bringing on stage Superman, a holy man, John in his Spider-Man glasses plus a conductor's jacket, dancing gorillas, cops, robbers, Indians, a banana and an Adolf Hitler look-alike.

It attempts to teach us to not be complacent as individuals and as a society. History has shown us that complacency leads to horrible consequences.

Freedom, humanity and rights for all does not come without conscious awareness and most importantly without working hard at maintaining it. The historical lesson used in the backdrop of the song to give historical context is that of World War II when society was complacent and allowed Hitlerbto rise to power.

But for one man alone, who tried to convince the world not to be complacent in the face of the rising Nazi attempt to destroy civilization and create a totalitarist world, we would have lost all that we love and charish, in particular, compassion, love and basic human desency.

That man was Winston Churchill. He warned to no end what the Nazis were intending. But no one believed him. They branded Churchill as overreacting and a fool. Finally, we woke up when it was too late to discover, in actuality, he was right. Britain then took to the skies to fight Nazism. Failure to heed Churchill's warnings early on cost the lives of 45,, people, including the slaughter of 6,, innocent Jews. The lesson is to not be complacent or all will be lost.

One of my favorite songs, and I was lucky enough to hear it and see it live in a concert in Hamburg, Germany Open Air in