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What Makes This Song Great

Posted on 3/4/20 at 1:42 pm
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
27994 posts
Posted on 3/4/20 at 1:42 pm
Check out episode #80...Kansas, Carry on Wayward Son.
Not going to link it here but it's up on youtube.

Absolutely amazing playing and singing. Pre pro tools.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
88008 posts
Posted on 3/4/20 at 1:53 pm to
I really like the Limelight one.
Posted by Sayre
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Nov 2011
5754 posts
Posted on 3/4/20 at 6:24 pm to
They're all pretty good. The one on Failure's Stuck On You is my favorite.
Posted by Deplorable Duke
Lousyana
Member since Nov 2016
2619 posts
Posted on 3/4/20 at 6:32 pm to
I took a “History of Rock n’ Roll” intercession class in college as a music elective. On the first day of class, the teacher walked in with a portable DVD player. He didn’t say a word, but he hit the play button. The song was “Carry On” by Kansas. He just let the song play. He still didn’t say a word. He didn’t have to. The music did the speaking for him.

I still remember this nearly 20 years later. What a bad arse moment! What a great song!
Posted by heatom2
At the plant, baw.
Member since Nov 2010
13107 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 6:34 am to
Really enjoyed the latest one on Rocketman.
Posted by cramps
Member since Oct 2012
2551 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 11:58 am to
Gonna check it out. The main guitar riff got stuck in my head probably quicker than any other has.
Posted by CockHolliday
Columbia, SC
Member since Dec 2012
4896 posts
Posted on 3/6/20 at 2:30 pm to
I just watched the one on Toto's Rosanna (#9 I think), very cool.
Posted by Kcprogguitar
Kansas City
Member since Oct 2014
944 posts
Posted on 3/6/20 at 3:03 pm to
You’d be hard pressed to find a song with more hooks in it.

Acapella chorus intro
Guitar intro with two hooks
Pre verse hook
Verse (one big hook)
Chorus
Repeat single guitar intro hook
Verse
Chorus
Bridge has two hooks,including solo
Modified verse/bridge
Etc
End of song is a hook
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
69606 posts
Posted on 3/6/20 at 5:05 pm to
Not my cup of tea, but I admit the vocals were great.

I watched a documentary about Kansas awhile back. They have an interesting history.

I really don't much care for the geography bands: Kansas,

Boston, Chicago, etc.
Posted by SoulBrotha91
Birmingham, AL
Member since Aug 2019
559 posts
Posted on 3/8/20 at 5:02 pm to
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What Makes This Song Great


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Kansas, Carry on Wayward Son


Riff, harmonies, shifting time signatures, vocal breakdown, very addicting
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