The reason why these guys are able to come up with this music is because when they went to grade school and high school music and instruments were actually taught and kids were exposed to all different kinds of instruments and types of music at school. Unfortunately our education system is crap and all of that went away in the 80s.
Our schools still had band and other music of any kind was encouraged, when mine went in the 90's they still had art classes, I think doing away with these two hurt students who enjoy these and suppresses their creativity.
@@elizabethbowman8853 that's why we have an entire music industry right now that describes itself as artists rather than musicians because they don't create anything of their own anymore. And it's even more of a shame that most of their fans don't even realize it until they come in contact with something like this and hear the actual music that was used to create their art.
That's why we need to support artists like Joe Bonamassa as he lives to support "Keep The Blues Alive". They donate instruments to public schools so they can still teach music as they have in the past. About everything Joe does, part goes to that charity. I picked up his entire Desperation CD and his biopic called "The Guitar Man" I got the biopic for $1 for a week with the buck going to KTBA.
Bingo! That right there hits it on the nail. Music education is more than just music, too. It's been shown to boost many other areas of growth and learning, including subjects like math.
This was so fun! Thanks for having me back @blackpegasus! i actually reacted to Dust In The Wind on my channel...if you liked this reaction, swing by and check out that! and tell me in the comment what Kansas record i should react to next! Im recording reactions today and would love your input!
Which just proves that the Rock n Roll HOF is a tourist scamming joke. I think Kansas isn't the only great band not in there. While a lot of mediocrities are.
And you know who made RnR HoF already? Eminem, Biggie Smalls and... Madonna just as a few examples. Iconic artists in their own right, sure, but not exactly in the correct genre. RnR HoF is a pure joke.
Their musicianship has always been underrated to me. Kansas was righ up there with Styx, Supertramp, Boston and Fleetwood Mac in terms of their orchestration and execution as well as their harmonizing.
Kansas' Progressive Rock was at a higher level and more complex than Styx, Boston and even Supertramp. Kansas was more influenced by ELP, Yes and GENESIS. Especially stuff like Journey from Mariabronn, Apercu, Lamplight Symphony, The PINNACLE, Icarus, Miracles Out of Nowhere, Magnum Opus etc.
I can't begin to tell you how I feel seeing you guys get into classic rock and roll. We may not be the greatest generation but we had the best music. Yes I am a baby boomer and I'm retired now. But I still love my old rock and roll
I've never understood how one could only listen to one genre of music. I've been multi genre fan since I was a little kid. Grew up with my parents stuff, but also my older brother's stuff and decided for myself that other stuff was interesting enough to make my body want to move around.
This song told this abused child to " carry on," and i did. Music has power especially when Yah is involved. No theatrics with technology, just pure music.
Ngl, watching Supernatural ignited my obsession with this song. Sam and dean always come to my mind. I can’t ever get enough of this. Ty for reacting to it.
Dude, supernatural either introduced me to good classic rock or made me remember songs i heard my parents listening to when I was a kid. The show premiered in 2005, when I was a sophomore in highschool.
This is REAL MUSIC from a Time when Real Artists with Real Instruments and Real Talent was the norm! Modern Music just isnt as Authentic as the 60`s, 70`s and the 80`s Music! Pure Talent!
@Black_Pegasus-u2m Howdy! Thank you for the personal response. I drop opinions but try to be careful about when and how much (got lots of them, of course...lol). It's been fun watching you learn and grow. I have been doing the same right along with you since you are the first reaction channel I ever clicked on (still my favorite), and I'm not very tech savvy. 😊
Kansas is a rabbit hole of deep lyricism. My favorite song of theirs is actually a bit of a deep cut, "The Wall"--It encapsulates the struggle for growth and reaching to find the better part of ourselves.
71 Baby here too. Agree 100 percent. You cannot find music nowadays that showcases as much actual TALENT as the music we grew up with. No autotune or computer-manipulated juck, just pure talent with actual singing and playing of instruments.
This band was so talented when they toured as the opener for Queen the members of Queen used to sneak into the audience to watch them perform. I love your channel too Joe E Sparks!
In was 15yo in 1976 (Boomer here) and there was sooooo much great Rock n Roll music just before, during, and right after 1976! You've hit most of their "greatest hits" already. But most had fantastic "hits" also. Kansas, Styx, Journey, Fleetwood Mac, Boston, Bov Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, and I could go on for an hour! The '70s only helped the '80s be great. Word!
This band was together for quite some time, and worked very hard on becoming a tight group. They were all very good musicians. The number of time changes in this piece were incredible. This came out my senior year in high school, and became a staple during college days.
One of my favorite Kansas memories, was going to a Supernatural panel at Comic Con 2017. When the curtains opened, Kansas was standing in front of us playing this song. An unexpected concert!
yeah it was in all 15 seasons. S1 is the only time it was not used during the Road So Far recap in the finales, in S1 it was used in the next to last episode. The show is the reason many older songs are now known, which both delights me and depresses me, during all 327 episodes the only songs I didn't know before I ever saw SPN, even the alternate songs in the Netflix episodes, were the ones that had been specifically written for the show. But I love music and I was blessed to have been able to hear multiple genres and eras, I know not everyone has/had that.
@@AngB517 sadly it's not just Netflix. It's the WB who didn't realize the need to contract for the S1 music for streaming purposes. No matter what platform (not including DVDs), S1 will always have the alternate music.
@@huchlvr oh yeah, I knew about that, but I have no idea what streaming services it’s on. There are pieces of the episodes cut out of re-runs and streams. I have the Blu-Ray box set so I was like whoa ok Don’t Fear The Reaper is in an episode. And parts of scenes I’d never seen before.
??? 1979 was the Monolith Tour. Dust in the Wind was released on the Point of Know Return 1977 album. They of course played it on just about every tour since 77.
My very first concert when I was 15 was Kansas with Thin Lizzy as the opening act! 1978! Still love both bands, and feel so lucky to have seen them then.
I saw them on that tour. We kind of laughed at Thin Lizzy with the Boys are Back in Town (big hit at the time) and their antics for Jailbreak (sirens + revolving police lights 🚨), lol. They were good, then Kansas comes out and blows them out of the water with Carry On, Icarus, Song for America, Miracles out of Nowhere etc. Great concert. I remember a lot of laser lights.
This era rock was all raw! What you hear is what you get! That’s talent!, so so many bands like this! 70’s 80,s best music ever. Thank god I grew up with this!
My first concert was Kansas in 1976 when they were promoting this album. Carry On was their encore piece (which was already a huge hit) and they turned it into about 25 minutes of the best music ever. Everyone had a solo section, it was great.
"How do you write something like that?" Back in the day studio cost was not as much of a consideration, so it was common for the band to spend hours just working out the parts and the structure (jamming) until they were ready to lay the tracks. In studio, but played live as if on stage. Today? Not so much...
8th grade social studies class. We were doing some kind of loose project when a boy brought this 8 track into the class and played it for my friend who was a musician. We were all doing the project together and we were all blown away
I'm touched by stories like this. Children should be cherished, protected, nurtured. Not scared, hurt, hopeless. It takes a strong soul to find inspiration and motivation to persevere and move beyond life's ugliest chapters. Music certainly can do that. I hope your life is full of beauty now.
❤ how you two were truly enjoying the music that I grew up on. Never limit yourself. You won't regret it.I listened to everything from John Lee Hooker to Black Lable Society. I have no regrets. Really enjoyed your song and video about your daughter as well.
The Bee Gees got the beat for their song Jive Talking by going over a bridge. The sound that the tires made going across the bridge gave Barry the idea and beat for the song. Then they took it from there.
I commented on your “Piano Man” reaction that I had that Billy Joel 8-Track in my tractor amongst 4-6 tapes that made their way in the tractor cab. Kansas 1974 debut album was another 8-Track that I had to listen to for 12 - 16 hours a day while driving around in circles. 😂
I saw Kansas live in Missouri in 2004. Got back stage and got their album autographed for my niece from the band members. Super nice guys! I’m a Boomer. Best music ever in the 70’s. You had to be able to write, play instruments, have amazing vocals and tight harmonies…and no auto tune at concerts back then!
The vocals and harmonies of this band are amazing. So many great songs. This was an era when bands had to play great live and sing great live. These bands sounded as good live as they did on their albums. Just talent, plain & simple! At this time, the corporate record companies didn't force bands to make music a certain way. Bands wrote & played the music that they wanted and much more control over the art that they made. Record companies pushed for hits of course but what was a hit was still yet to be determined because the style of music at the time was so all over the map, unlike the contrived music that we have so much of today just to make a song a throw away hit.
One person in the band wrote these lyrics. Kerry Livgren. It is about his journey as a musician and ultimately a spiritual journey where he became a Christian and eventually did gospel music. The combination of Livgren and Steve Walsh the singer was incredibly powerful. When Livgren left, that magic they both had was never replicated.
60s 70s 80s Best music ever.I watched Joee's reaction to Dust in the wind .So glad you introduced him to some good music. I'll be watching for his classic rock reactions. Black Pegasus please check out somebody to love live from Montreal in 1981. I know you would appreciate the pure talent and lyrics. Great reaction and Peace out guys ✌️ ☮️
THAT instrumental bridge is the WHOLE reason they had hair! everyone grew out their 'hair-to-there' so we could do the hard nod& swing to this stufff. Im a baby boomer and this was our groove~~~~
I have to say. I am so envious of you listening to some of these classics for the first time! It brings back memories of the first time I heard many of them. Kansas was one of the most loved bands of their era.
BP and anyone else who might be interested, there is a video out called the "The Wrecking Crew". It is the story of all the session musicians who played background on the music of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Did you know that the bands never played their own music for the records they made, it was the session players that did it. The video is well over an hour long, and highlights the musicians like Glenn Campbell, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, Leon Russell, and many more. This is just an FYI. PEACE,Bill
Im an 80s baby. My dad looooves Kansas, so ive listened to them my whole life. Thanks for reacting to this. Me and dad memories going on rn And hey, Joe E. !!!!!
I've been a KANSAS fan since they started in 1974. Saw them play live on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert show real late on TV. Didn't know at the time that Kirshner signed KANSAS to his label. Blown away by them immediately. They looked like a bunch of big ol hippie farmboys in overalls. This is AMERICAN PROGRESSIVE ROCK AT ITS FINEST. KANSAS was influenced by British Progressive Rock bands like ELP, Yes, GENESIS, and even a little Gentle Giant. Yes, its complex symphonic classical Progressive Rock. I first saw them in 1977, and have seen them live about 22 times. Always a hard working precise band. PLEASE react to: 1. ICARUS (BORNE ON WINGS OF STEEL) 2. SONG FOR AMERICA 3. MIRACLES OUT OF NOWHERE KERRY LIVGREN, the blonde haired guitarist/moog player wrote most of their complex Prog songs.
Kerry Livgren wrote this song the night before they headed to Louisiana to record the Leftoverture album. “Carry On Wayward Son" was written after the band had completed rehearsals. Livgren, who perceived the song as being "beamed down" to him in full (from above).”
I always have a great time watching y'all collab, especially when I've seen BP react first and he just side eyes Joe E to see if he catches some of the same moments.
I have been to some crazy "show" concerts (like ZZ Top) but watching the roadies bolt a keyboard to the stage for Kansas gives you this "oh, this is going to be nuts" feeling. They deliver.
Thanks, PG! Also check out Kansas and "The Wall", which is an outstanding performance, with very deep lyrics and rather emotional! If you want emotions, please check out Lucy Thomas with "Hallelujah" and anything else she does!
You can get a taste of how he moves on from one instrument to another in this produced music video, but there’s a live video of the song that will really blow you away - I HIGHLY recommend watching it.
A brilliant and inspired song that makes you really admire the creative process because how does anyone come up with a song so complex yet beautiful both musically and lyrically. Very representative of mid-70's rock that still had elements of 60's rock that hadn't yet devolved into hair bands with their simple riffs and power chords intended to appeal to 17 year old boys that signaled the slow death spiral of rock, which, yes, is now effectively dead. No wonder reaction channels are so popular, as us oldsters are nostalgic for music that mattered and younger people are yearning for something more interesting and moving than what's on today's Spotify top whatever list.
Back when they toured this album for some reason Kansas NEVER played in Nebraska. I lived there so a buddy and I had to go to Red Rocks Colorado(God's Cathedral). Very well worth the trip and a nice ride on a couple of Harleys with our girls. 300 miles each way with roughly $1 a gallon for gas on bikes. Hell yeah.😎😎 I've seen them since then with the new band members in Reno (Harrah's former outdoor venue) Still killin' it. I still have this LP./Album. "Point of Know Return" and "Dust in the Wind" are two other awesome songs from that era 45 years ago. They're still played on classic rock radio. "Surely Heaven waits for you"😇 I like watching reviewer's reaction as it keeps getting better.🤩
