KANSAS Carry On Wayward Son Reaction!!! 

I've always had a sensitive spot for Father Son relationships. As Vin explained his thoughts the lyrics I found myself tearing up and thinking about all the things I've learned from my father and the role it had in shaping me into the man I am today. I'm no father but can still appreciate the hardships that Fathers encounter in raising their children. I'm also very aware of the mother's role as a parent and I'm not trying to undermine it. ^_^ anyways total classic. keep up the great work and wish nothing but the best for you and this channel. Yes! to "Dust in the Wind."

They ABSOLUTELY sounded like this live! Classic & iconic 💕

This song has been the anthem of 15 seasons of the tv series Supernatural, adored by millions of fans. Younger generations are discovering and loving this song every day because of the series. Kansas appeared at San Diego Comic-con to play Carry on Wayward Son live for thousands of Supernatural fans. It was an epic moment!

“How did these people find each other? They didn’t have social media.” LOL They left the freaking house.

The reason so many older bands appear to have “more” talent is that there wasn’t technology to cover their warts. They had to sing it well, which requires practice and cutting your teeth for years. Bands don’t often come up the same way and digital recording/sampling does a lot of work for the artist that they just don’t have to perfect their craft as much. And don’t take this as an “old snob” attitude. There are real talents out there now that come up the same way, but it’s becoming rarer and rarer. Back in the day you cut your teeth and with so few mediums to get music to you, that limit allowed a lot of cream to rise to the top. Now anybody with a computer can make an album, no matter if it’s good or not. This obviously liberates artists who are no longer controlled by labels, but it also saturates the music industry with loads of garbage.

Once upon a time, society actually managed to live life without social media, cell phones and RU-vid..lol much better times and music back then for sure!

I love Kansas.They were big in the late 70's and 80's. It is so nice that people are finding these bands that I listened to back in the day. It is taking me back........... I would not mind listening to Dust in the Wind. :-)

Definitely do Dust in the Wind. The strings are awesome.

Boston - "More then a feeling"

This musical era shaped me. And I’m still in good shape ! Good job! you guys are cute!

Where my SPN fans at?

A time in music where multiple sections of a song were crafted and switched around THEN they practiced the hell out of it. They crafted pieces, then organized the song. So we are talking a ton of practice to get the songs to come on this way in studio AND live.

Vin, back then the pool was smaller and the best of the best knew each other through a network akin to 7 degrees of separation. The musicianship had to be spot on back then. There was no way to hide bad playing like there is now. Watch the two part doc on The Eagles. It really shows how talent finds talent.

It is an absolute JAM! You young'uns missed all the good music first time around! 😋

This song is used as a major theme song on "supernatural " tv show on the cw. You might like that show. It's about family and religion and heaven and hell . Father and son relationships. Plus kick ass music. I love it when you do classic songs. Great stories as always too.

Just saw this for the first time. Even though this was 3 years ago, I completely relate to your story about telling your then 13 yr old son you love him after a conflict. I heard that same voice you heard. It told me to tell my dad I loved him. Those were my and my dad's last words to each other one evening, after a conflict we had earlier that day. He died unexpectedly the next day. He was 34, I was 13. That night has stayed with me my entire life. I am now 62. Keep telling your son you love him and following God's lead. God bless you.

Wow. This band needs to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Saw them in concert in the 70s. Fantastic live.

instant like...cult classic song, the memories of Sam and Dean getting into s*itty situations

Miracles out of knowhere is my fav Kansas song.

9:00 In the liner notes for the 30th Anniversary edition of the Kansas live album, Kansas - Two For The Show, drummer Phil Ehart says that there was no studio magic or overdubs on the live album, what you hear is straight from the recording truck tapes. And the album performance and sound is fantastic :)

The answer for how they 've played so well those days without all that technological stuff is exactly that...They were forced by this lack of technology to be great musicians . Now they're good technicians not musicians.

The Road So Far... Haha first heard this while watching Supernatural. Stuck with me since 😁👌🏻 Helloween ☆ Keeper of the seven keys 🎃

There's another song in the same album called *Miracles Out Of Nowhere* which is musicly unbelievable!

My older brother had gone to Vietnam and came home unharmed at least physically. I remember him telling my father that America had sent him over there and when he came home America was ashamed of him. This song wasn't written about Vietnam veterans but if you listen to the words it does kind of fit them. My brother had this LP and he'd listen to this song over and over again. It was kind of theurapetic at a time when there wasn't anything for the vets to help them. Thanks for playing this.

Blue Öyster Cult - (Don’t Fear) The Reaper

I would love to see you guys listen to “Dust in the Wind”!

Vin, the songwriter for this song, Kerry Livgren, became a Christian around 1979 (this song came out in 1976). Then bassist Dave Hope became a Christian, and when he (Hope) left the band he never came back to rock n' roll. I think he's a pastor now.

Deep Purple "Perfect Strangers"

Gotta love that Hammond Organ. In 1977 I was 17 when this came out and if I was out riding around in my 1968 Firebird with the windows rolled down, and this came on the radio, I would blast it. The 70s produced the best musicians because we didn't have Xbox. If you were 22 and in your parents' basement, you were probably a musician, constantly practicing and getting better. Then, instead of plugging into steam games on a Friday night, you were out playing gigs and getting noticed by talent scouts.

Carry On My Wayward Son reached 11 while Dust in the Wind reached 6. Dust in the Wind came off their 1978 album, Point of Know Return, another good song. From that same era Head East did a song, Never Been Any Reason. Love this song sung by John Schlitt, who became a Christian and formed Petra in 1986 after suffering from addiction and getting kicked out of Head East in 1980.

So glad you guys reacted to this song

This song never ages. You could listen to it a thousand times and never get tired of it.

What a wonderful song ! Those vocal melodies are bigger than life. You just lean back and enjoy every time you hear this !

Am i the only one that watches Supernatural?

Great selection .. Of course the next logical step is Kansas" Dust in the Wind." If you're doing classic rock now I would suggest boston-more-than-a-feeling and Bruce Springsteen Badlands

For the younger listeners, the lead singer's voice was NOT auto-tuned. What a set of pipes Steve Walsh had! Rock on!

"Carry-on my wayward son" was the song break out song that them. A very iconic song for them. "Leftoverture" is a great album, great songs throughout.

The biggest difference between then and now is the attention span of people. Back then people would really dedicate themselves to a "craft" and become exceptional through very hard work. As technology has evolved the attention span of people has greatly changed. There are still people who become exceptional at a certain thing, but there are so many distractions that it's likely there are many fewer. There will always be those who are just born with virtuoso-type talent, but those who are on the border-line are less likely to put in the work to achieve this level of talent.

Wow! This is a classic song. I have a feeling Vin is going to really like the guitar work in this! Excellent pick!!

Great song! Kansas is one of my favorite bands... great musical talent, great song writing, and several songs have a good spiritual message.

I LOVE your discussion! Best reaction video I’ve ever seen!

You can imagine how much this meant, the entire album to a 15 year old Christian, saw them on the "Point of Know Return" tour, they were spot on. Many great Kansas songs!

KANSAS IS WAY MORE COMPLEX THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW ....MORE PLEASE ..Try Song for America or ICARUS Borne on the wings of steel

So both Dust In The Wind and Wayward Son were game changers for Kansas. The songwriter for Kansas wrote the latter the *night before* they finished that album, and that album basically made their careers. Then he (yup, same guy wrote both songs) said he was in his practice area in his kitchen doing a guitar drill he'd made up to practice finger picking. His wife walks by and says, "You need to do something with that." He tells her, "Ah, its just a practice drill, stop bothering me." Then he wife stops, and says, " *No,* I'm serious, you need to *do* something with what you have there." So, taking his wife's advise he started putting words to it and it became Dust In The Wind. He actually didn't think his bandmates would like it because it was so different from their usual stuff. He recorded it on a tape and played it for them, just his voice and guitar. When it stopped, everyone was speechless and their drummer said, "Where has *_this_* been?" He had doubts but the others in the group believed that the song was something really special.

Love and appreciate that you do your commentary after the song is completed.👍👍

Kansas- miracles out of nowhere

Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

They grew up together in Lawrence, Kansas.

Y'all making me feel old!! I rocked to this every day, late 70s, was in middle school...leftoverture was my favorite..dust in the wind is my ❤️

I highly suggest you check out Icarus by Kansas. Also, in 1980, Kerry Livgren, who composes the majority of Kansas’s music made a solo Christian album. And on that album there are two songs that Ronnie James Dio sings on. One of them being Mask of the Great Deceiver which I highly recommend you check out.👍

I love this song but I really appreciate Vin's honesty about it.I am sure he likes it more now.And the parenting conversation was great.Happy new year everybody,stay safe.

dust in the wind is my favorite. Its fun to play on guitar and like you guys said this musicianship is nuts. its not about how many notes you can play its about the patterns being clever and fun.

The natural extension of Kansas is Boston. Do Foreplay/Longtime. Just believe me on this one.

I guess you two have never watch Supernatural? This song (and the band) enjoyed a renaissance because it is the season finally theme song for Supernatural. It is also a great song

Re: Kansas - "Carry On Wayward Son" was their breakout song. "Dust In The Wind" was their biggest hit.

Very good drum workout and yes (all the changes), they were awesome Live, I saw them in the 70’s and again in 2000’s and they still ROCK!!!Thanks for reacting to this!

TRIUMPH Fight the Good Fight World of Fantasy Lay it on the Line Time Goes By

Kansas-Dust in The Wind

it's funny to see your reaction to hearing this for the first time when i've heard this song a million times..classic..great video!! :D

I feel like you guys are giving me an early Christmas gift with all of these great songs lately! Theocracy, Iron Maiden, and Kansas! Wow!

Check out some Boston. Foreplay/Long Time. Don't Look Back. More Than A Feeling. They have a lot of good ones.

Nice one guys,this is definitely classic rock.I prefer Dust in the Wind also☆

PS. you guys are great. youve introduced ME to songs ive never heard from bands ive listened to for years. thanks for the great show.

So cool that you guys and Hefner know each other. Kudos on the networking efforts!

I have a hard time explaining to my kids ‘I’m 50 ‘ that this was a chart topping pop song in the 70’s and more or less prog rock , interestingly this era of music mid 70’s had some of the most ambitious music on the rock era , Queen -Rush-Led Zeppelin- Styx-Etc all had big multi dimensional songs that were big hits , something about that era

Yes, the production level is awesome

I grew up with Kansas! Graduated Highschool in 1977 (yea. I'm almost 60) Leftoverture put them on the map (so to speak) with Carry On My Wayward Son being the catalyst. Their follow up album Point Of Know Return gave them their biggest commercial hit Dust In The Wind. Their lyrics have always been pretty thought provoking and clever (Point of Know Return). From the above mentioned albums I recommend The Wall, Nobody's Home, Closet Chronicles and of course Dust In The Wind is a must

For another great classic rock song you should do Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the Light"

Kansas is my all time favorite band. Their lyrics are so amazing, touches you so deep...its like all of their songs tell your story. This song, even how great it is, for me, is not their best song, not even close, neither is Dust In the Wind. Kansas haves so many, so mind blowing songs, they are so good, the most underrated band in the world. They were the best live band ever, if you don't believe, believe one Freddy Mercury. In the 70's Kansas had the chance to tour with the Queen (and with the Aerosmith), now obviously Kansas went first. After one show, Freddy Mercury said to Brian May, this is the greatest live band i ever heard or seen, how they perform,...they are so tight, their sound is so amazing. - Steven Tyler of the Aerosmith did not agree, he was so jealous of the multiple encore request's and got super pissed, but that's a story for another time :) . Songs i recommend you should listen. From the self titled album: Kansas (1974 - all of the songs were actually recorded in 1973) - Can I Tell You - Lonely Wind - Belexes - Journey From Mariabronn - Apercu - Death Of Mother Nature Suit From the album: Songs For America (1974) - Down The Road - Songs For America - Lamplight Symphony - The Devil Game - Incomudro - Hymn To The At Man From the album: Masque (1975) - Icarus - Born On The Wings Of Steel - All The World - Child Of Innocence - Mysteries And Mayhem - The Pinnacle (the last song is really a one song, but it was forced as two by their record label From the album: Leftoverture (1976) | already listened that Wayward Son song - every single song, they are all masterpieces From the album: Point Of No Return (1977) - every single song Other songs: Glimpse Of Home and Hold On are good ones

Love the fact that she said the audio comment. The mix n everything with this song is ground breaking for the time

Vin & Sori: I had the pleasure of seeing these guys put on a free concert back in the 80s at Six Flags Over Georgia (in Mableton just outside Atlanta). They sounded EXACTLY the same live as on the album, and that is VERY rare indeed.

Another good classic rock song you guys should check out , is Renegade by Styx. Great song.

I know this is way off in left field. But will you react to Living Colour (Cult Of Personality)

Yes, they do dust in the wind. Kansas the band went to school together. They grew up together.

Kansas is my all time favorite band, saw them in 79 my first ever concert. Awesome show

Love this song and band... However please may I ask you two to review more AMON AMARTH please it has been far too long now since your last reaction: Under The Northern Star, Farther Of The Wolf, Thousand Years Of Oppression, Death In Fire, One Thousand Burning Arrows, The Pursuit Of Vikings, Tattered Banners And Bloody Flags, A Beast Am I, Raise Your Horns 🤘🏻🤘🏻

As a guy who was born and raised in Kansas I hope you react to Dust in the Wind. If your on still on a grundge kick could you react to Mad Season Wake Up it was Layne Staleys Band after AiC it also had Pearl Jams guitarists and other grundge artists

Good reaction. Enjoyed your comparisons to the relationship with your own children. Dust in the Wind is a MUST. Kansas, Boston, and Supertramp were HUGE in the mid-70’s, along with many other bands......Great musicians, and vocalists from that era......Glad I was there for it.

Kansas is amazing they are a group of highly talented musicians and artists would have loved to see them live! Good reaction!😊

Down - bury me in smoke!!

Dust in the wind

Saw em in concert three times. The only band I have ever seen that many times. worth every minute, too.

This song is more characteristic of the band’s sound- Dust In the Wind is more the anomaly. Both are great for what they are. Loved the react…keep’em coming!

Journey - don't stop believin

It would be hilarious if you saw GWAR's version.

Saw them live two months ago, better than I thought

Im 43 and grew up on this music. Journey Foreigner Reo Speedwagon Kansas Boston and so on.. Still amazes me that people never heard this stuff.. It play's everywhere.. I could not imagine life without the bands of the 70s and 80s. Every single one of theses bands sound exactly the same live.. I've seen all of em numerous times live

Thin Lizzy - Jail Break

In keeping with your discussion about the talks between father and son, Perhaps you should listen to Cat Stevens song "Father and Son"...

I've seen them live 3 times. They were so good each time.

One of my favorites! Outstanding pick.

IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT OF ICARUS (official video) Epic stuff.

Please react to Aqualang or Locomotive Breath by Jethro Tull... Please,please,please X 1.000.000.000.000.000 .....Please !

Way ahead of their time.Awesome melodies and harmonies.Played their hearts out in concert...still do.Listen to more....they had many great ones.

Oh man bringing back the memories.... this was my first concert I went back in 1979.

Yes! Great classic rock song. The ONLY bad thing about this song is it doesn't include Kansas' signature instrument, the violin. Or at least it's not very prominent in the song.

Please do Pantera- “The Underground In America”/“Sandblasted Skin”

I’ve been enjoying your channel and your reactions. It’s fun to see reactions to great songs that I know and to hear your feedback. Personally, when I listen to any song for the first time, I never read the lyrics as I listen. I believe it detracts from the full impact of the composition. ... my two cents. ... Rock On 🤘🏼

one thing about these great classic rock songs is that once you hear them 2, 3, times, they really sink in and you'll be humming the tune for weeks.

I'm pretty sure they find each other because God loves rock n' roll 😜