I'm certainly not the only person who has had "Goodbye Stranger" in mind lately. For the past few days, since reading about the passing of Supertramp's Rick Davies, I've thought about how well-constructed his signature tune is. The keyboard hook catches the listener's ear immediately, and the slalom in the chorus between the distinctively different vocal ranges of Roger Hodgson and Davies seals it as one of the group's best hits. Despite hearing it a few hundred times on classic rock stations over the years, I've never tired of "Goodbye Stranger"--and I doubt that I ever will.
