What Makes This Song Great? "Carry on Wayward Son" KANSAS 

I agree with that!! He's my kind of Total Music Geek!!!

Yes!!

Right on...the only way to be!!

So much fun watching Rick do this!

He looks like a child under the christmas tree - so much fun and joy - awesome!

I Agree The Best Series of Music Breakdowns Ever!!!!

Me

I have learned far more about music appreciation from these RU-vid videos than I did from a semester of Music Appreciation in college. Rick's enthusiasm and genuine love for it is infectious. Admittedly I'm not a musician myself, but now I'm finding I'm hearing things in older (and some newer) songs I hadn't even noticed before. It's like hearing them again for the first time. Highly recommend this channel for EVERYONE! I thank that man from the bottom of my heart.

Me!

No question about it !

@@jackhaskins6855 For sure. Studying song composition and music production is always an informative and humbling experience.

You summed it up perfectly. I couldn't find the right words; thank you!

"Needs more cowbell"

@@andreasstam7411 😂😂😂

having access to the stems would have made this much easier to learn in my 70s garage band 🌝 but then again it was fantastic ear training to pick out keyboard parts in this or Yes tunes or ELP, Boston songs etc. Fun times, fun bands. Fun era but then current era also fun.

And real voices without autotune.

Just a master piece ... all the separate parts expertly crafted ... astounding

Real KANSAS!!!!

@@babagandu- Written and recorded within 24 hours!! How's THAT for talent!!!

I graduated from high school in 1976. Kansas,Boston, Frampton comes alive! Raced in the 125 Elsinore class. 😂 blessed

It's nuts, they coulda put half the work into the song and it'd still be a massive memorable hit, but they kept polishing and adding all these extra touches.

to say nothing of the lyrics... and the great memories.

So true literally every part of this song is immaculate and memorable

@@creedolala6918 The details and intricacies especially in the guitar parts are almost unbelievable. Great musical minds.

Lots of memories attached to this song, involving cassette tapes, hair spray, and a Chevy Camaro.

Sven Horlemann The drum work is epic on this song

My thoughts exactly. I grew up in the 70s listening to Kansas and this album was obviously huge; but this song was overplayed and grew tiresome. But then Rick does this video and you gain a whole new respect for the song after all these years. Amazing.

I wasn't born until the late 80s, so I feel kind of lucky that I never got radio burnout with this one. It never got old for me. Don't get me wrong, Rick still brought it to life :D

when he broke down the parts, I was thinking, hell, that could be a song in itself! ...then he did it again and I was thinking, That could be a song, all on it's own! so cool

It's a great one for playing the old game of "Who played that bit, Kerry or Rich?" :D

no he wasnt under rated at all sorry

Yeah I saw em in the nineties and he had so much energy it was CONTAGIOUS!!

Like having Wakeman and Tony Banks but they can sing like Robert Plant!

I think Steve Walsh was underrated for his vocals too. Rarely hear his name mentioned when discussions of great rocks vocalists are put forward. But as Rick highlighted, great vocal track, no autotune. Amazing.

Definitely under-rated, but so is Kerry Livgren!!! Kerry played a mini-moog, as well as multiple electric pianos, synths...

did his mom think he was "under rated"? lmao

@@clemclemson9259 not sure but you definitely are not……

No, no you are not :)

I make the same faces he does!

I’m constantly grinning when watching Rick - his enthusiasm is so catching!!

Definitely not! I'm grinning and doing the air guitar right along! 😁🎶

It's a grimace of ecstasy of pleasure... I think...

Kansas and Yes? Wow, that must've been one of the best concerts ever.

Wow what a show. Two of my favorite bands Of all time. How did Kansas sound? I never Saw them in later years only at 1977 Spectrum in Philadelphia. Unbelievable show!

@@LewisBuckles not likely they were the same concert, but it would have been quite a show

@@kindofsimplereally Yes and Kansas have intermittently toured together since 2005

Awesome parents! Props 🤟

True. Non-musician here. Does Rick receive special tracks that has the instruments isolated, or is he using software that isolates them?

Kansas is phenomenal!

David Berdes Socrates is the wisest man in Athens for he knows that he knows nothing

"The more I learn, the less I know". (George Harrison)

@@barryshea1657 Barry Shea the boom operator?

@@Lengsel7 Yes! Have our paths crossed?

@@barryshea1657 Dana K and The 3rd Nail, and maybe some other things. Hey bro! Good to see you!

Gotta love Kerry Livgren!

Great comment, I love it,I couldn't agree more with you, that's what good music should do to us all!!!

And he’s actually only a mere white male… No Trans necessary to smile in life. 😷🤣

I used to sit in my bedroom and just listen for hours ! Sometimes air drumming or singing along, my sisters used to bust me all the time, I didn't care. So much great music in the mid 70s, Alice Cooper, Kansas, ELO, Pink Floyd, Grand Funk, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, the music that made me become a musician, such a great period for rock music

Yea, I'm with Rick ;)

He knows a great song when he hears one. Carry on...is a killer song and never gets changed on the radio dial when it comes on! Just one of those songs that always gets listened to all the way through. If I'm in my car..will wait until song finishes. Always no exceptions lol! F'in weird like that ;)

Contextual analysis = "Wooohhh!"

Methinks Rick is a Kansas fan. :)

True dat!

@@BattManion1979 Steve wanted to break away and be a solo artist. He knew all too well how great he was, but was humble about it. (A little birdie told me.)

He's also a great performer. He would do near handstands on his organ. He would jump up, place his hands on its side, and then push off. His body was about 30 degrees above horizontal. And he didn't miss a note playing or singing.

Steve really shines in his band "Streets" after his departure from Kansas. If you are a Walsh fan and yet to listen to the 2 albums he put out with Streets you certainly missing out!!

@@aorgypzy I've heard the first album and love it. The band I was in at the time covered "If Love Should Go". I still love that track.

I think the lyrics are wonderful as well

Carry on my Wayward Son is one of my favorite tunes of all time! But it's gotta be LOUD! ❤❤❤

When Boston came out it was like every 10 minutes it was on. The debut album was a monster in every sense of the word. ALL played by ONE guy.

Kerry Livgren and bandmates were in majestic unison.

mkii1964 damned straight, skippy!

Muskokwww

And are still on the radio, I always listen Mix FM 93.1 in Cancun and they plays both songs all days. The same with BIG 105.9 in Miami!. Good music never dies!

good music is still being written; it's just harder to find. do a RU-vid search on The Lone Bellow, I'm With Her, Lukas Nelson and/or Corin Ashley. I think you'll find some good song writing and recording with any of these artists.

Kansas should be in the Rock-N-Roll Hall-of-Fame. They blew away just about any Band that ever lived with their musicianship, energy, and their brilliant and complex Compositions.

@Angelspawn The R&R HOF is a massive hypocritical and contradictory "political" entity, that has become meaningless by its own shallowness and incompetence. There is no clear cut music criteria, or influence metrics, or talent measurements, or even music genre impact applied that is involved with them. It is just simply all about "trendiness", and a kind of "peer pressure"-based, superficial popularity. In the beginning it was easier to bring attention to the original Rock founders (Berry, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Bill Haley, Holly, Richard, Gene Vincent, etc.), but since there are so many thousands and thousands of bands since then, and so many styles of music within the space of "Rock", it has become an impossible task to really create a true Hall-of-Fame. It inevitably just degenerates into a lowest common denominator thing .. where no talent bands that did nothing 'special' or unique at all but somehow were "trendy" with largely unknown self-appointed selectors - are chosen to be rewarded, while amazing music talents that stretched the boundaries of popular music and blew peoples minds away (like Kansas) are ignored. And it is not about "breaking the mold" or being controversial either - as you have very "play it safe", uncontroversial, purely commercial -pop-rock Bands like Tom Petty in there (due to "popularity"), while Bands that were unique and stretched Rock music in new directions (Jethro Tull, Kansas) are not even considered. And why are Rap and Hip-Hop people in a Rock Music Hall anyway? (when that is not even close to "Rock music" to be begin with). It is all politics, and like a lot of other cultural things that we see today - defies basic logic and common sense -- in order to superimpose some sort of political agenda. .

fake accounts and bots mostly

woke cancel culture gave it a a thumbs down... Beato's review of this song is amazing.

Trolls and other vegetable life forms. Digital phone zombies.

the good old days when you could Thumbs Down. BTW, I gave it thumbs up. I'd give it two thumbs up if I could.

Taylor Swift fans.

Absolutely! That's why he's known as "The Maestro!"

Other than maybe EVH or Page. What other guitar “god” had two iconic guitar riffs in the same song. Kerry Livgren!

no truer words here- today is more, "rushed music for a rushed culture..."...absorbing an album used to be an "event"...

@@sseltrek1a2b OTOH, people were complaining about "a rushed culture" back when this song was made. I think it's an adulthood thing. But now, with punk in everything, musicians are caught up in it, too. "Don't bore us, get to the chorus." Funny how it all ties together...

Blame RUSH. Ba-dum. Sorry- and seriously.. young musicians.. take note of this.

@Mario Castillo can you provide an example of an interlude that’s been popular in the last 7 years?

Timothy Charles Ellis, I ended up appreciating the Album’s B side more than the A side with the epic ballads and the instrumentals with tight rhythms.

My mom bought the album in 1977 after seeing the movie Heroes, and it soon after found a new home in my bedroom. I was instantly a fan of this band and went back and acquired all of their previous releases and everything until Steve Walsh left. Always Never the Same was awesome when it came out years later.

Iconic tune from one of the absolute best bands ever ..so much talent in that group....never fail to be in awe of the vocals....and orchestration..they just fricken rock!

@@timothycharlesellis5940 My first Kansas was actually 'Play The Game Tonight'. (w/ John Elephante (sp?)) Terribly commercial in hindsight... but it was the one that whet my appetite for the real Kansas. But when I heard 'The Wall', I was blown away.

I fell in love with The Wall when l first heard it. Beautiful chord progression! Definitely on my "To do" list as far as songs l want to learn on acoustic guitar.

I believe the main actors are from Kansas.

The actors are from Texas. The characters hometown is Lebanon, Kansas - the geographical centre of the US

AC/DC for the season premiere, Wayward Son for the season finale.

sadly, thats what technology does.

I feel like classic rock is fading into the background the way classical music has, though it's just too good to fully disappear. Classical music itself hasn't been forgotten, either, and rock will endure as well. I hope!

Ratel.H Badger you're probably right. do you know where it's possible to see those demographics?

Edward Prete And yet it takes years to make a record these days. Some paradox.

Know what I like about this series so much? Episode 79 was The Foo Fighters. The era doesn't matter. There is good music if you look for it.

They are recording ARTISTS, you know. It really is a craft.

It isn't just that it's orchestrated. Technically, orchestration is deciding what instruments will play a bit. The most interesting part of Kansas compositionally is how "contrapuntal" their music is; that is, everyone is playing different little bits and pieces. It's not like Yes, where everyone seems to be soloing simultaneously (not exactly a fair statement), but all the parts of the song aren't just "vertically" set up, where the bass and drums "hold down the fort" while an instrument solos or plays a melody with the singer. When Rick says "it's actually a double lead" that's a nice case in point. Both guitarists are playing the same line, but one of them is harmonized. It's sort of like as the band is playing, they don't even know (individually) how it will sound coming out, but we in the audience get to hear all the parts coming together. queen also built up a wall of orchestration, but they almost never had the degree fo compositional "counterpoint" that Knasas has. This is why you can often listen to an entire song and just pay attention to a single instrument and not get bored. Meanwhile, the bassist (Dave Hope) and teh drummer (Phil Ehart) are two of the most consistently entertaining sections of the band. Both are playing some really scrumptious stuff, even without being showy too often.

Chris, I hope this opened your eyes to Kansas. As cool as this song is, it's the commercial stuff. Treat yourself to the deep cuts of Kansas! They have ALBUMS of mind blowing music magic! ...

Kerry stated in his bio that some of his first music exposures was to classical music and that this played a big role in his music style development. Agree with David (below) that yes, you must check out some of the "deep cuts" of Kansas...other songs on this album (Leftoverture) and Point of Know Return.

You would say they are real musicians not those of todays

Actually I saw this tour and found one band that can do it of all bands its panic at the disco live at some festival. The also do a great version of BeeGees lonely days at a tribute to them. They're great musicians when doing class

rat4spd indeed!!

Absolutely!

He should add a "Whooo!" counter in the corner of his videos.

Whoo! Drum face! Kick drum sounds huge! Without a grid! We need a Rick song really.

As he does air drumming

"Hey everyone im Rick Beato" is the best part

Man!!! Gimme a break! No Quantizition! No autotune!

Absolutely

Dear God... They're not? I guess that just proves you don't need talent to get in, it's all rigged...

The HOF is a complete and utter joke! Dolly Parton was nominated for crying out loud. Why do people keep saying "so and so belongs there". No they don't! No decent rock artist belongs there.

They're not but Run DMC , LL Cool J , Jay Z are , just goes to show you Jann Wenner and the RRHOF don't have a fucking clue

They'll never get in. They're too Christian leaning for the Lefty run hall of shame. Depeche Mode? 80s pop gets in. Rap and Hip Hop crap; No George Thorogood either. Kerry Livgren is a staunch Christian. Ex bass player Dave Hope is a preacher in Florida. Again, NO WAY Carry On Wayward Son will see the Hall.

Dave Hope was/is a GREAT bass player! All you have to do is listen. He's been a church leader for many years now. I was a big fan after seeing their debut on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert as a teenager. They were immediately and refreshingly different. I wrote a fan letter to them - the only time I ever did that to anyone in my life. I received a handwritten reply written by Dave Hope. I will cherish it forever.

Lol!

Becuase it reminds us all of what we do when we listen to it alone 🤘

Definitely! KICK DRUM!

I love When Rick enjoys a tune. He goes in hard! XD

Hes definetly into what he does!!!.... it spreads the enthusiasm!... if I would have had a music teacher as Badass and Cool as Rick Beato in school----- I would've taken more lessons!... he makes everything interesting. ,:)

I assure you that he was and is very highly rated although in the current climate his name doesn't come up that much but that is, unfortunately, true of a lot of musicians from this era.

@@TheUtuber999 Which one? Carry on Wayward Son wasn't even their top hit.

@@TheUtuber999 Yeah, other than All Night Long, Rocky Mountain Way, Funk #49, all the Eagles stuff, and all the others I'm forgetting, just the one.

@@darrenramey437 I must have missed something. You guys are talking about Joe Walsh (James Gang, Barnstorm, solo, The Eagles) instead of Steve Walsh (Kansas). Both are great artists but Steve's a far better singer/keyboardist, but Joe's a guitar god and has a very amusing personality.

Along with that, Kerry Livgren is often overlooked as a guitarist.

I thought I was a great air musician until I saw that.

That is the classic air organ song.. Steve in his short shorts, stabbing at the organ and doing hand stands is what made their live shows great.

@@seaturtledog I love his "air" drums, pure unashamed enthusiasm, so real and endearing 😊

I think he has enough air instruments now to do a multi-screen video. All the parts, all the Beato!

The verse piano arpegiation is pretty.

Stolen from journey of course.

@ floydcooley....lol good point and I think that's for a reason. Don't think this band really speaks to many outside the USA. Bland & boring!!!

Robert Wheatley - What was stolen from Journey? Put down the crack pipe, dude!

We still have had a lot of inventive sounds in the last 20 years. Bands like System of a Down and Muse come to mind. But I get where you're coming from.

Not if you listen to the Flower Kings.

@@Splenda257 ...or Kaipa. Also Swedish progrock.

You make a fine point. One could listen to what passes for music these days (why don’t we, Beyoncé, Kanye, etc) to know exactly what Gustavo is attempting to say, which is spot on. Argue all you want. You’re just wrong

@@VMBFV yeah.. and porcupine tree

Honnestly it's top notch from the start

Well the song does end with “now your life’s no longer empty surely heaven waits for you!”

Well, it is based on Jesus' parable of the Prodigal Son, after all.

This, and "Dust In the Wind" maybe?

The best Rock intro of all at least

Except for the radio edit where they shorten the intro.

Please dive much deeper into Kansas! (not just the titles you've heard of) They have albums of PURE MAGIC! They became my favorite band in 1975...

@@daviddew1945 Beginning with Audio Visions, Livgren & Hope's born-again philosophy began pervading their music. They lost me with AV, Vinyl Confessions and Drastic Measures. "Power" was a welcome return and they came back mightily with "In the Spirit of Things". The greatest American Prog Rock band without a doubt.

ya know, you re right. i was so sick of this piece but because of Rick i now have a new found admiration for this. can you imagine what else we ve been missing from the past 50+ years!?

When you hear it on the radio, all of the parts get muddled. With Ricks equipment & insight, the genius shines through.

The artists you mentioned and more will be the Beethovens, Mozarts, Bachs, and Handels of their time. They'll be played and replayed for centuries to come

@@bj.bruner Those classical heroes have already stood the test of time. They’ll continue.

Yes he is.

Fortunately, the drums are mixed a little higher on The Prelude Implicit so you can appreciate what's going on.

I saw them live in a smallish venue a couple of years ago- not long after Walsh retired and maybe a year before Prelude Implicit. Ehart was mind blowing, even well into his 60s (and I’m not far behind him, so I know how difficult that is!).

And “smokin’!”

And how often he starts playing air guitar in spite of having like 20 guitars right behind him.

Rick is the best his passion for every note of every song is great it would be funny if someone did a video montage of his facial expressions for each instrument

@@falsenames Difference is, his fingers are in the right place "in the air" :-)

@@RogerBarraud Oh, I agree. Rick is clearly correct with his fingering from muscle memory. I enjoy hearing him play along with the songs or isolating his playing to show how good a riff or melody is, but I enjoy his appreciation for fine details and pointing them out to plebs like me even more. For some of the songs he's going over, he seems (quite reasonably) swept away and doesn't pause a song long enough to grab a guitar because it's always at "the good part".

They were the Best!

Yep, yep, and yep. Rob, I saw them at Cobo Arena in Detroit in '80 maybe? Same seats as you, from above and behind Steve and saw him like a maniac athlete doing (probably coke-fueled) jump-up hand stands on his organ all night. Also marimbas and congas and perfect rock vocals over all. His vocals are WAY underrated and were what inspired my teenage self to want to be a rock & roll vocal frontman.

JOURNEY ^^

He's so happy, like a kid getting into the music!

I haven' seen Rick this animated about a song in quite a while. It's a great selection for WMTSG.

@ Adam.....indeed!!!!!

YESSSSSSS

People still do. It may not be what radio is playing, but there are some seriously talented musicians out there. And there was a lot of bad music when we were young as well. Fortunately it has vanished.

@@klapaucius7339 amen, brother. The change has been that the people talented in this kind of music are no longer breaking into the charts at all, but they're still out there making music if you look for them. I'm loving some of the newer artists coming out of Nashville in the past decade, and there are great artists everywhere from the Seattle indie scene to the UK prog metal one. Musicality is far from dead, it's just not as popular anymore.

Most rock just said "3 chords! Go!" Credence...great stuff. But they milked G-C-D for everything they could get. How much of the Stones was only the Key of E played on an open guitar? Punk was great stuff. I love it. It was garbage with energy. Most punks that wanted more, evolved away from it, but it was just kids starting out in garages. The new stuff is the same thing. Autotune is just another instrument. It's like the 80s. For awhile, we got a bunch of Ah-ha, Flock of Seagulls...the synth wave....but it also gave us Men At Work, Dire Straights, The Cure, Bon Jovi, NIN, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, and a million other things that grabbed the synth and fit it in with guitars. Sure, I also am not very enthused about new music, but there is cool stuff out there, and there's kids out there doing stuff. It all comes back around. The way I see it, the kids right now are a lot like the Synth kids from the 80s. They can do a lot by themselves or with one friend. They have millions of sounds and effects at their fingers.....and probably the fad will get tired. They'll want more improvisation...and who knows....maybe something great will come along.

That's what it took to attempt to be great - thanks Ayce

Rockin BoBokkin sorry, even culture club, a-ha, wham and else where great. The bass of duran duran is great, also their catchy lyrics...

Agreed. Even their "simple" stuff is amazing. I still consistently get goosebumps when I listen to "Dust in the Wind" from "Two for the Show".

I'm a huge fan of The Wall and The Pinnacle.

“The American Yes.” I have thought that for years.

And they are still absolutely incredible when you get them up on a concert stage. Soon as the virus kerfluffle tones down, GO. SEE. KANSAS. LIVE. You WILL NOT regret it. With their current lineup they have the number of musicians and the caliber of musicians to reproduce any song in their catalog. And given how long their shows are these days, they're a great value for the concert dollar! :D

@@mrz80 not sure. Last time I saw them live was when Steve's voice was still in pretty decent shape and Robbie was on violin. As good as the new lineup is, it cant live up to that. Same thing with Yes...saw the last tour when Anderson and Rick Wakeman were there, and Squire was still alive. Rather hang on to the memory of epic shows with mostly original lineuos than an okay show with one or two guys and essentially a cover band.

I had to post that when I heard this comment. Although Steve is often credited with playing piano on their early albums, it's usually a much smaller amount compared to him playing organ and synthesizers. Kerry usually did most of the piano work for whatever reason, even though you'd think piano would align better with the singer. My guess is that Steve wanted to be able to detach from the keyboards and be a front-man a good portion of the time while singing and mostly stuck to the keyboards for the instrumental parts, which makes more sense for the instruments chosen over piano. Either that, or Kerry was bringing in the songs with himself already covering the piano so Steve picked other instruments.

Dre Batista Not in my book he wasn’t. He and Lou Graham from Foreigner I thought we’re the best

Steve Walsh's "No more" run at the end of this is on par with Brad Delp's stratospheric "She slipped away" at the end of More than a Feeling.

Not underrated, he actually never was. To those who KNEW or were musicians, he was always mentioned or was a model/example of greatness. It’s just that like great movies (when was the last time anywhere that you saw silence of the lambs or the likes? Nowhere. They just killed them all. The posters, awards, rarely played on cable or netflix, no more dvds, vhs...) time and other variables made him fade away a bit. But thanks to youtube(when they want) and beato...we are here and he is ALIVE with power! 👍

Tom 54 i have and keep my best of or top10 lists of many things, guitars, cars, places, women, movies... In my rock singer one are: Walsh Bruce Dickinson Gramm Brad delp Michael sweet Steve perry...

Tom 54 it’s not that you think...those who knew...KNEW he was top. There is no way ever that anybody can dare say: he’s just not good.

That says it all

he was also referring to the chord progression and harmonies within it at that point, moreso I'd argue.

Yaaass I picked that up as well.

well. Harpsichords began in the late middle ages, a medieval instrument would be a lute, lyre, or harp for the sound you're referencing :)

That was my thought as well. That harpsichord sound reminds me of Rick Wakeman of Yes on Siberian Khatru.

Christian Changer I would argue that Masque is their best

@@cognitivedissonance8406 Agree! Masque is absolutely Best.

@@cognitivedissonance8406 But you didnt make any arguments for it.

Kerry really hit his peak as a writer and player during Masque and Leftoverture. I still listen to both albums regularly

luke walden True. But music is entirely subjective. I could state all the reasons why I prefer Masque to Leftoverture, but that wouldn’t invalidate anyone else’s contrary opinion. I tend to lean towards the more emotional and intuitive aspects of music, and I think that while technical proficiency defined the band’s entire career, Masque just has that emotional gut punch that gives me the musical tinglies.

We weren't spoiled. The music industry decided to shut down rock music, after 15 years, and replace it with rap which has been running strong since 1985. Look at the people and the politics involved. Rock music had wandered from the socialist/civil rights protest and had become an exercise in what critics of the time derided as 'gratuitous' music.

Absolutely! My personal favorites on this album are 'Cheyenne anthem', because the content is very moving and 'Magnum opus', because of the musical brilliance!

Yes, but the most underrated Kansas album was Song for America which came out before Leftoverture. I believe it did not get recognition due to the long song formats, so really had nothing suitable for radio play. Saw them do this live opening for Queen in 1975 - absolutely incredible!

and continues through the Know Return album.... in these two they peaked.

@Peter Laman believe it or not, I sang Cheyenne Anthem while doing the dishes last night (Sunday 12/29/19). Yes, I sing when I do dishes because that chore sucks. Anyway, back when I was in 5th grade in the late 70's, I bought Leftoverture and listened to it non stop for weeks. One day my mom heard me singing along to Cheyenne Anthem and thought I sang "it's my destiny to fart and die" rather than "fight and die" and that was an inside joke between us for years. Something made me think of that yesterday and I just started singing it from the top, "From the mountains to the sun..." while washing the silverware.

Russell Szabados join the club, but since i play(since 1982-3)guitar, bass, drums and some backing vocals, i wash the stupid dishes and just hum the beats in my head-the whole time. My dentist says why do i grind and smash my teeth? And it’s that, me keeping the beat with my teeth while doind dishes.

You're like me; I took lyrics to actually mean something back then. Not just "Oh, that word rhymes with this one, so let's use it."

I use to think about it too... God Bless U

Michele Parker - That’s the cherry on top of great music like Kansas made: it has the power to comfort and heal. I wish you and your son the best. Take care.

@@crusheverything4449 Thanks, much love to you and Happy New Year!!!😍😍

Michele Parker - Happy new year!! ❤️

the same mastery exists in all KANSAS compositions; and this piece is not the best etc...

I think they just misclicked the button, it has happened to me couple of times

@@extrullorgd4444 You, Sir, have taken the high road! Cynical as I may be, I appreciate your spirit of generosity 🙂

The very next song on the album. "The Wall"

I still hear this every day.

Who killed the music? Was it rap? Was it the music companies? It's time for a second wave. We are sick of the music they're trying to jamm down our throats!!!!

@@MattAlexanderMe but you don't hear new music like this on your radio every day now do you?

I’’m amazed that we had music like this and then DISCO became popular.

Don't get me started on the 80's and 90's....bloody hell.

I would add Styx Grand Illusion to that list. Cheers.

Rap is crap and pops a flop. Disco, well I can't say it here but basically it sucks.

Sounds like a oberoi hotel

That’s a really cool story. For me, the implicit lesson is that people are real, not cartoons, in every part of the world, despite the efforts of the haters to degrade their humanity. I find that people who have spent time in foreign parts have a different worldview than those who only stay home and consume media. Thanks for saying your reality.

You just made my tummy rumble ☺ The childlike passion never gets old. Massive 🥂

Leela Palace by any chance?

I love the picture you you just painted. Thank you for your story.

How do you isolate the different tracks?

Michael Jackubowski I know a lot of people get them from the game guitar hero but I’m not sure where he gets other isolated tracks.

@@Mick1037 hey Mike, was wondering the same thing and had asked in the channel. keep me updated if you get an answer. thx

@@Mick1037 I think Rick has said it somewhere; studios trade off those. Something like that. Though I might be totally off because I have to rely on my memory. :P

@@Quusikko I'm pretty sure he does get them from the studios. He mentioned it in one of these videos. Not sure how though

Far from a straight ahead pop song.

@Luke Robinett you do realize you're arguing alone, right?

@Luke Robinett 100% agree the majority (if not ALL) songs that reach the top of the charts use some variation of the verse/chorus format. By that I mean a verse portion leads into a repeating, climactic chorus. Most of the time, songs utilize some kind of build and release, loud/quiet/loud idea. Not that using this formula is necessarily a good or bad thing, it’s just that music is much easier to get into when you’re familiar with the basic conventions a song utilizes. Songs can be huge hits by alienating as few people as possible. Here’s the idea: the verse/chorus format is the familiar building block that most popular music is based on. Verse/chorus is kind of a vague concept, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a song that’s gotten decent radio-play that doesn’t have some sort of hook. You know, that one section of a song that you find yourself humming throughout the day? The part of the song you sing to your friend when she asks “how does that song go again?” The part that literally “hooks” into your memory. The verse builds into the catchy hook of the song. It’s tried and true, and is the one defining feature that binds together every song on the best seller list. Think about it like Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. But instead of talking about psychology, we’re talking about music. I believe that there is a similar hierarchy that we all go through when listening to music. For many people, song structure one of the most important factors in their enjoyment of a song, even though they might not realize it. People want to hear a song that approaches songwriting in a familiar way that they can innately understand. Once a listener feels comfortable with a song’s structure, then they can focus on the details like melody and harmony. When a song provides an easy to follow and almost universally recognizable format like verse/chorus, then the listener is open to appreciate what the song is doing melodically. Then add repetition on top of that and you have a song that feels familiar on the very first listen. The verse/chorus format is definitely the most valuable tool a pop song has to make someone enjoy it right away. The only issue then is this becomes quite a stale formula and songs like Carry on Wayward Son sound all that much better because of it. Many other fantastic songs too like Bohemian Rhapsody, All Along The Watchtower, Hey Jude, I Walk The Line et cetera. Imo these songs when they work become transcendent.

The story behind the song is worth telling, too.

Luke Robinett - I think Martin meant no one is arguing with you.