Classical Composer Reaction & Analysis of Chasing Shadows (Kansas) | The Daily Doug (Ep. 439)
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In this episode of #thedailydoug, I'm reacting to Chasing Shadows by Kansas. This selection comes to us from Pedro, today's Guest DJ. This was my first time hearing this little gem of a song. I hope you enjoy!
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This is good, but I'm putting out another vote for Miracles Out Of Nowhere, an absolute masterpiece from them at their prime
Beautiful and terribly underrated song. It’s really something to see them perform this live.
In the chorus, "Have we left the answers..." the chord progression actually starts in F Major and does not go to E minor but actually to C Major with E in the bass, then the bass stays on E as a pedal as we get D Major to E minor on "far behind".
**Elefante is awesome on this album***
I understand the interviewed and listen to over 200 people before they decided on John, to replace Steve Walsh
You really should check out Miracles out of Nowhere.
The studio version from Leftoverture.
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YES, THAT IS THE SONG
Still one of my favorite Kansas songs to this day.
You’re gonna love Miracles Out Of Nowhere when you get to it
For Kansas the proggier tunes I’d recommend: Miracles out of Nowhere, Mysteries and Mayhem/The pinnacle, Musicattio, lamplight symphony, Hopelessly Human, Apercu/Death of Mother Nature Suite, and Angels have Fallen.
Also check out the Proto Kaw song Nevermore. Kerry and his earlier Kansas band made some great songs in the 2000s when they reassembled.
Love this song... been a long time since I heard it and it actually makes me cry. John Elefante's voice has gotten better with age. His solo material has some real gems.
Pleasant tune, but not one of their prog masterpieces. I recommend "Miracles out of nowhere".
Yes!
Icarus -borne on wings of steel . Another great tune
Always loved this song. One of Elefante's best with the band.
Definitely get back to Kansas soon, so much other great stuff
That's neat that you are discovering this just now. My friends and I were massive fans of it in college in 1982. While not as strong musically as other Kansas albums, the writing is tremendous. As I write this, I can see my car out the window and I have that CD in it. It brings back good college memories. Love what you do, BTW.
We all know the members of Kansas are brilliant, this includes John Elefante!
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P.S. and Dino
Robby Steinhardt (Violin, vocals) left after "Vinyl Confessions" tour. They released one more album with Elefante "Drastic Measures" and did a 32 show tour last show being on 11/3/83. Being a Kansas fan since 1975, I was sad to find out that they had dissolved, not just taking a hiatus in order for members to recharge, pursue other endeavors, they were history. Walsh had started his own band, Streets, and had put out a couple of albums and toured hard but they tanked for a number of reasons and my perception is that costs of recording, touring, etc. overran revenue. As a matter of fact, Walsh invested most of his personal $$ in this effort only to see it fail, a whole 'nother story. Livgren and Hope moved on into the burgeoning "Contemporary Christian Music" market and arena with their new band "Kerry Livgren AD" and put out a couple of albums and toured but this effort also just kind of died on the vine. Hope went on and became an Ordained Minister in the Episcopal Church and Kerry Livgren bought a farm, built a recording studio in his barn and started his own record label "Numavox" and has put out quite a bit of solo stuff on Numavox over the ensuing years. Back to Kansas......in about 1985 Ehart, Walsh and Williams converged and decided to resurrect Kansas from the tombs of music history. After agreeing to re-start the band there were a few glaring deficits such as bass, lead guitar, violin, another strong song writer to augment Walsh. Walsh provided the bass player from his defunct "Streets" band Billy Greer who also is a heck of a singer in his own right. Around this time, Phil Ehart was at some sort of huge function, I think maybe it was a music festival or a concert and he happened to bump into Steve Morse a talented songwriter/composer (Dregs, Steve Morse Band, and voted in Guitar Player Magazine's annual poll "Guitar Player of the Year" for 5 consecutive years) and they shot the breeze for a minute. Ehart told Morse that they were in the process of relaunching KANSAS band and offhandedly suggested maybe he would like to come aboard and to his delight Morse took him up on it. 1986 KANSAS released the "Power" album and the band consisted of Williams (guitar), Ehart (drums), Walsh (Keys, lead vocals, keyboard handstands lol), Greer (bass), Morse (lead guitar). In lieu of a violinist, Morse covered the classic Steinhardt violin parts with his incredible guitar abilities and actually learned to play Dust in the Wind on a violin to preserve it's integrity when played live. I caught this incarnation of KANSAS live in 1984 in San Diego on the USO Tour and it was a killer show. Fast forward to the here and now and KANSAS is still playing up to 100 shows a year with original members Williams and Ehart along with long time member Greer and violinist extraordinaire David Ragsdale, acclaimed keyboardist and writer Tom Brislin (Yes, Meatloaf, You Were Spiraling) and on lead vocals and keyboards a Chicago area blue collar truck driver and rock singer whenever possible and veteran of a brief stint with Shooting Star Ronnie Platt. During the past 6 years or so years they have released 2 acclaimed studio albums that really were true to KANSAS' American prog-rock legacy and just outstanding music, 2016's effort "The Prelude Implicit" (Billboard: #5 on Rock Chart; #6 for Physical Albums; Top 200) and 2020's "Absence of Presence" (Billboard: #4 Current Rock Albums; #5 for Internet Albums; #10 for Billboard Top Albums; #10 for Top Current Albums), you really should give both of these a listen, you will be pleasantly surprised. Also, released 2 live albums "Leftoverture Live and Beyond" and "Point of Know Return 40th Anniversary". I caught both shows and they were just incredible. Also, go see them live, they are awesome, still have their impeccable chops and out there loving what they do.
Also, Kansas has some great Spin-off groups worth a listen, including the aforementioned Streets and AD, Native Window, Proto-Kaw (featuring pre-Walsh lead singer Lynn Meredith), and John Elefante's Mastedon (a power-rock group with some really good tunes, some of which are VERY Kansas).
Don’t understand why they haven’t gotten a mention for induction
@@keithbk for sure bro. Also, a connection to "Streets" is Billy Greer's "Seventh Key" with one of the most underrated guitarists ever Mike Slamer. I would throw in Steve Walsh's solo efforts besides "Schemer-Dreamer", "Glossalalia" with Mike Slamer on guitar, "Shadowman" with Joel Kosche of Collective Soul fame on guitars and more recently 2017's "Black Butterfly" with Jerome Mazza of a very KANSAS-esque band "Pinnacle Point" on vocals as well. All of it great stuff to get lost in lol.
You can see and hear present day John Elefante with the Jay Sekulow Band along with former Petra singer John Schlitt. They have great studio artists and are a good cover band. Their stuff is on UA-cam under Jay Sekulow Band.
@@robertbyers7697 Yup and JE has some videos from gigs he has done with the band Six Wire on UA-cam. He still gets out there and performs live and sounds great.
I didn't expect much honestly. Color me thoroughly impressed! The vocals are beautiful.
“The message in the bottle has been lost at sea.” My favorite line.
Though not a favorite of mine, I would have to say the piano play is the highlight of this song. along with the strings.
I know a lot of people didn't like this incarnation of the band, but I always enjoyed this album. While not Steve Walsh, John Elefante filled in admirably I thought.
The John Elefante era is soooo great
The Wall is short and sweet ...you will enjoy it
One of their great songs! 👍
Amazing vocals and music.
It's funny, I must have been around 9 years old when this came out. I'm not sure if I heard this at the time. But later, when I as a GDR-born child discovered the English language, the words "Chasing Shadows" came to my mind. And I never could link anything to them. I'm still not sure if I heard this song before this video. But it sounds somewhat familiar to me.
I don't care about their spiritual direction. I think this is a beautiful song with a lot of meaning for anyone seeking for a something in their lives. And now the lines in the chorus make sense. We all are chasing shadows in the night.
Of course, everybody knows "Dust in the Wind" and "Carry on, Wayward Son" from them, so my 15-year-old daughter does. I think their songs had always something to tell. I think, "Chasing Shadows" carries some mystical content with it. And with this, E-Minor makes a lot of sense.
In the end, the song is great. And maybe one day I find out, why those two words follow me through my whole life.
Awesome song from one of my favorite albums by one of my favorite bands! Love the Walsh, Elefante, and Platt versions of the band. Constantly innovating their beautiful sound.
A few things. As a lifelong Kansas fan, their music, almost from the very beginning, has a christian theme. In the song "The answers far behind" is the belief in the bible and how man has strayed. John Elephante is also a born again christian. Chasing Shadows was his attempt at the Kerry Livgren way of writing. Kerry wrote almost all Kansas music before this album. John wrote the majority of this album and Drastic Measures album which right after Dave Hope and Kerry Livgren left the band. This is the first Kansas album that I didn't like every song. The song "Andi" was the signal that Kansas, as we knew it, was coming to an end. Broke my heart. I was a fan from the beginning.
John Elefante definitely did not write the majority of this album. Drastic Measure for sure, but here he only co-wrote three (with his brother Dino) out of ten songs ("Right Away," "Chasing Shadows" and "Face It") and co-wrote "Play On" with Kerry Livgren. Kerry wrote five and also co-wrote "Play the Game Tonight" (which was actually a revised version of a song titled "Stay With Me Tonight" by two outside songwriters). I too, was very disappointed in Drastic Measures upon release. "Andi" definitely was the nadir of the band. Too bad, because "Perfect Lover" (from which was recorded by the Elefante brothers with Rich Williams and Phil Ehart, was a great song!
Kerry Livgren had become very open about his born again Christianity. It was one of the reasons why Steve Walsh left the band, as he just wanted to be in a rock band and not have so many hidden meanings. Bassist Dave Hope at this time had also become born again, and new vocalist John was already born again!
Many, if not all of the songs on this record and the next, were steeped in religious undertones... but both of the John Elefante albums had some amazing tracks!
They broke up in 1984 and returned in 1986 with Steve Walsh back on vocals... and it was a pure pop/rock Kansas. Kerry Livgren was gone, never to return until their reunion album in 2000.
Listen the song "Fires (Which Burn Brightly)" with Christiane Legrand a French soprano , From Procol Harum "Grand Hotel (album)" 1973.
ABSOLUTELY YES!!!! 👌🥳👍 That song, along with the title cut and For Licorice John, are absolute top favorite songs from any band ever. The whole album is great and a wonderful listen from beginning to end. 🥰
This one has always been one of my fave Kansas songs & especially on this LP. It always makes my soft rock playlists. ❤
Wow I'm so pleasently surprised you did this song it's so underrated!
I keep asking but no replay Doug. I will donate $25 to your channel to hear you play "Lamplight Symphony" by Kansas Just tell me how.
John Elefante its a serious composer..!! Amazing..!
I saw them several times when they were touring as a bar band around the time "Masque" was released and had no active hits yet ... great guys and a great band!
I was in high school and I had this friend who played Guitar and Piano and had a kick-ass hi fi apparatus for that time. He had one of the first CD Players and he bought Vynil Confessions in one of the rarest CD stores at the time. I have this album recorded in a TDK Metal cassete and this song caught immediately my attention.
Thanks for making a review of it.
It brings good memories.
Apercu/Death of Mother Nature Suite!
Enjoy all Kansas, this is very good!
PS Kerry was doing “Christian”before he was “Christian!
I have seen Kansas 19x! The 20x will be 10/05/22!
Agreed Mark, I've been suggesting Apercu/ Death of Mother Nature suite for it seems like forever. Crickets 😣
@Mark Scutti. If you examine Kerry's pre-Christian lyrics & read his first autobiography "Seeds of Change," you will discover that during all that time he was deeply studying philosophy books all FAR from Christian. For example, look at the lyrics from Incomudro-Hymn to the Atman from the album Song for America which reflect Eastern religious philosophy (reincarnation, etc.).
Kerry was into an obscure religion called Urantia at the time (1979) that he had an encounter with Jesus Christ in a motel room while on tour. He instantly gave his life to Christ and has never looked back. That's when he started writing Christian lyrics. In fact, his first Christian song was the lead-off on the album AudioVisions, "Relentless."
See you in Heaven Kerry!!
Janice Kates I respectfully disagree! He was Christian long before Relentless, he just didn’t know it yet!
No matter, IMO, one of the greatest lyricists of our lifetime!
Peace!
@@markscutti9682 You can't be a Christian without choosing to be one. If you read Kerry's 1st autobiography, "Seeds of Change" which you can order from his website, Numavox, you'll see that everything I say is the truth.
Provide an example of "christian before he was christian".
I would not have sought this song out on my own. Your mid song explanations made me appreciate this song. I nearly tagged it as unremarkable and was proved wrong.
Doug, nice reaction as always. I still think you should check out "no one together" by Kansas ... one of their best tunes. Greets from Brazil
E você, meu amigo, por aqui curtindo as reações também! Abração!!
@@BlackmoreDavid sim, bem interessante! abraço!
KANSAS has many great songs. I would like you reacts to Journey from Mariabronn and Closet Chronicles.
This was a hard time for me. I'd just discovered and fallen in love with this band and as I'm discovering their music, they're undergoing fundamental changes. Being a young teen male, I wanted no part of the new singer.
Without Walsh, it just wasn't the same band. At least for me, then.
It's a good song, but I'd take The Spider or No One's Home in a heartbeat.
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Agreed. I've been into Kansas since about 1975 or so and their first 5 studio albums are all awesome and essential must haves for me but with Monolith and Audio Visions they started to lose me a bit as it seemed over all the writing wasn't as strong and the recording quality seemed a bit lower quality or rushed at times, although there are cuts I love on both albums. But when Steve Walsh left and the albums Vinyl Confessions and Drastic Measures came out I couldn't get into them at all. Since then with the various regroupings it's been a bit of a roller coaster with occasional high points that would get me excited but also a lot of "filler" songs that weren't "bad" but to me were fairly forgettable. Actually their most recent The Absence of Presence from 2020 is one of their most solid albums in a long time I think. 👍
All the Kansas songs he's done so far have been a travesty. This one is, frankly, incomprehensible to choose. Goddamn Doug, you absolutely must do an actually good Kansas song and performance (there are so many!), and as anyone who knows Kansas will say, just go to the album Two For The Show.
I love Kansas but you're really missing out on some great music if you're going to be unmoving in your dedication to Walsh or nothing. The new singer they have now sounds more like Elefante than Walsh, but their last album, The Absence of Presence, stands among some of their best work, in my opinion.
@@michaelrstover You claim to know what "anyone who knows Kansas will say", yet you apparently think Song for America, one of Kansas' signature songs, is a travesty. That's a bizarre thing to think if you want to speak for Kansas fans.
@@clintonwilcox4690 This was all when I was 15. That was 40 years ago. That's why I wrote in past tense.
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I love your channel, you got a new sub from Iran
Always adored this song. Great to hear it analysed. Well done.
Doug, I'd like to recommend the song "Rainmaker" from "In the Spirit of Things". Great music and story, and Steve Walsh on top of his vocal capabilities IMHO.
Great song. I've been a huge fan of Kansas since I was in high school (which started in '95, so still a relative late-comer to Kansas' discography). Kerry Livgren's career is varied and definitely worth following, even if you're not particularly fond of Christianity or Christian music. This album definitely alienated some fans who loved the spiritual searching in their lyrics but didn't appreciate landing on the answers they had found. By Elefante's second album, Livgren had grown disillusioned with the music industry in general, who were pushing them away from their prog rock roots to a more 80's sound, which inspired the song Mainstream. But Livgren also became increasingly uncomfortable with using Kansas as his outlet to spread Christianity, so he left the band to do some solo recording (and eventually formed the new Christian prog rock band A.D.). But even though his solo work was still overtly Christian, Livgren was so well known and well respected as a musician and songwriter that he got some big names to guest on his first solo album, including Ronny James Dio lending vocals to one or two of the songs.
Kansas? Aww I was hoping for Deep Purple's Chasing Shadows...this is ok, but that song is wild!
Excelente análisis, tanto musical como conceptual , es difícil analizar con tal precisión y realmente para mí es toda una obra de arte esa canción, además de respetar y continuar el estilo propio de la Banda Kansas , sin salirse del contexto musical del rock progresivo ! 😃👍🇲🇽un saludo desde Mexico , me acabo de suscribir , comprendo el inglés , pero escribí en español para redactar perfectamente mi idea al respecto sin distorsión alguna ! Muchas Gracias excelente video ya estoy suscrito y seguiré en el canal ! 👏👏👏
I saw "Chasing Shadows" and I thought you'd stumbled upon one of my favourite early Deep Purple songs (with Rod Evans on vocal).
Same here. I was disappointed. Love that Deep Purple song!
Doug really needs to dig into the MKI era of the band.
A lot of push for Miracles. I say back it up and get into album #3 - Masque. Talk about great compositions and "unearthly" vocals. All the World absolutely fantastic. Mysteries & Mayhem , right into The Pinnacle, ( Walsh's favorite ), of course let's not forget Icarus.
Kerry Livgren is a musical GENIUS.
It is actually an F to C with an E bass
Kerry Livgren was always a searcher!
Incomudro - Hymn to the Atman is a great song from the Song for America album! Great vocals and a lot of different transitions and segments!
I'd like to mention the band Spock's Beard for an episode. Especially during the Neal Morse era, they had just incredible writing and musicianship!
They are ok (have a couple of their albums), but they don't compare to Kansas with Livgren, Walsh, & Steinhardt.
I Would love to ear your impressions on Still Life of Van Der GRAAF. What an amazing album it is
There are some really interesting songs from the Elefante era ... Always thought those two albums ("Drastic Measures" being the other) were underrated work. Also, "Power" and "In The Spirit Of Things" with Steve Morse on guitar are two other albums that people overlook - some great material on them as well.
Vinyl Confessions is a very good/great album(but not quite at the level of the first six albums, equal to Audio-Visions, but Drastic Measures was just mediocre. Power and In The Spirit of Things is good music, but feels more like a Steve Morse album with Steve Walsh singing,...and no violin...it isn't Kansas if it doesn't have a violin featured on most of/nearly all the songs
@@michaelbaucom4019Neither album was as "prog" as they could have been, considering Morse's (and Walsh's) compositional capabilities (which, for the former, manifested nicely on the Flying Colors & some of his solo / SMB albums) ... But, arena rock was "king" at the time; Even the Hackett / Howe "GTR" album was disappointing in terms of it's potential artistry. Personally, I thought the orchestral arrangements (Andrew Powell, the producer, was a composer who did most of the string arrangements) on "Power" more than made up for the lack of violin solos. Also, "Spirit" was about half written by outside songwriters - allegedly at the record company's insistence (?) - So I don't think it could fairly be called a "Steve Morse" album (which is probably why he departed shortly thereafter).
Vote for Pedro!!
Big hurrah for Pedro.👏
Prophetic to today
Haven't heard this before. Kansas aren't big in the UK and although most of us know their only hit, Wayward Son, some of us will know Dust in the Wind and a couple of other classics.
Check out their first 5 studio albums, all fantastic stuff! 🥳 Here's some recommended cuts (my personal favorites) to try out from each album (or just buy each album, one every few months, and listen the heck out of them! 😎👍):
1 Kansas: "Can I Tell You", "Journey from Mariabronn", "Apercu / Death of Mother Nature Suite"
2 Song For America: "Song for America", "Lamplight Symphony", "The Devil Game", "Incomudro - Hymn to the Atman"
3 Masque: "Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel", "Child of Innocence", "Mysteries and Mayhem / The Pinnacle"
4 Leftoverture: "The Wall", "Miracles Out of Nowhere", "Opus Insert", "Cheyenne Anthem", "Magnum Opus"
5 Point of Know Return: "The Spider / Portrait (He Knew)", "Closet Chronicles", "Nobody's Home", "Hopelessly Human"
ENJOY!
Fire up the album Two For The Show, and check out "Icarus: Borne on Wings of Steel". If you don't like that, you won't like Kansas.
Thanks for the suggestions 👍
The "Kansas" purists hate everything post-Walsh, but I think this is a great album, especially the songs on Side 2. The final track, "Crossfire", is overtly Christian, but is quintessential "Kansas" with fantastic guitar & violin arrangement. I highly recommend "Crossfire", "Child of Innocence", and "Icarus (Borne on Wings of Steel)".
If you're going to Masque, you don't dare exclude All the World and The Pinnacle. And a nod to Mysteries & Mayhem.
The thing I really like from Crossfire are the parts where Dave and Robbie take over and trade off on the rhythm.
This might be my favorite song from Vinyl Confessions. I was junior in HS when this came out, and it's now 40 years old.... geez, I suddenly feel old. LOL. Thank you for giving some attention to my favorite band of all time! If you get a chance, you should check out their newest album "The Absence Of Presence", it's a fantastic album!
Vinyl Confessions is a very good/great album, John Elefante's songs were up to Kerry Livgren's songs. This song was his best contribution to Kansas(save maybe Fight Fire With Fire from Drastic Measures, a disappointing album). As our host noted, great vocals are a Kansas staple
Lyric analysis: Spot on
Please could you do an analysis of some abba songs. Especially ”The Day Before You Came” Think you might find it interesting!
Nice! I'd like to see a chord chart for this.
THERE IS A SONG FROM THE "POWER" ALBUM CALLED "SECRET SERVICE". IT"LL BLOW YOUR MIND, DOUG>
I forgot about that album. Later Kansas is very underrated.
Kansas was kool Journey poured out of the radio non-stop.
There is another rock song with the same title on Deep Purple's 2nd album. Titled symply "Deep Purple". Their first three albums are quite rare now.
They are very easy to find now- all reissued in 2000 with remastered sound and bonus tracks.
Carry on is my fav
This should have been the "Dust in the Wind" of the 1980s but I think many fans gave up on Kansas once Steve Walsh left and never really gave John Elefante a chance. Plus, the religious connotations became more overt...and people didn't like that.
I saw Chasing Shadows and thought it was the Deep Purple song!
very beautiful
Doug, when you demonstrate the movement of 3rds, F to A to C, what are the chords you lead (fill) with that gives the piece movement?
This was a good album. John Elefante had some big shoes to step into. This material more closely resembles Kerry's A.D. project. It was good material although very overtly Christian rock.Which isn't a bad thing, just not everyone's cup of tea. Crossfire was my favorite track off of this album.
Just so you know, John Elefante, Kerry Livgren, and Dave Hope were born again believers. Kerry did an album called Seeds Of Change which is excellent and has a lot of secular singers singing Kerry's songs! Also when Kerry and Dave left Kansas they formed a band called AD which is amazing music, please react to Time Line and Art Of The State albums! No one knows about AD because its a christian group. I know about them because i followed what Kerry and Dave did after Kansas!
Have you read Seeds of Change by Kerry Livgren?
I would like to suggest that you look up on UA-cam Kerry Livgren in his own words. I believe it is a 14 part interview with the main songwriter for the band Kansas.
Doug, for a change, would you not tackle something like “Pulp Culture” from the ‘Aliens ate my Buick’ Album by Thomas Dolby??
Budapest by Blimp might even be more interesting.
Have you done The Moody Blues or Emerson Lake & Palmer?
Yes he has, several of each! 😎👍 Just search his channel and you'll find them.
Love that album
Hey Meg. Doug---Hair talk! What has happened? I guess no more Quarantine(ha-Ha).
Please try The Pinnacle and Windows!!!
Glad someone mentioned "Windows"...the only problem is it is so fast, it ends too soon. ;)
Doug, you should really look in to material from Ambrosia.
You should react to “area” that is a truly particular italian progressive rock band from the 70’s
I think a really fun Band to see you react to would be Polyphia, specifically their song "Playing God." The complexity of their music and mixing between genres is always fun to listen to.
If I remember correctly he has already done GOAT some time ago
John Elefante sounds similar to Steve Walsh.
This song was an awful recommendation. Not a bad song, but not a Kansas song. It is a rather simple Elefante song, not much to analyze., There are so many other great Kansas songs. Check out Hopelessy Human, Journey From Mariabronn,The Pinnacle, Miracles Out of Nowhere, and Icarus Borne on Wings of Steel. These have some impressive arrangements and are very proggy. Also, check out Apercu and Incommudro Hymn to the Atman.
Please do the 2007 live version of Kansas playing The Wall, epic version
Except Steve Walsh's voice was completely shot by then. You need to go back to the 1970s to hear Kansas in their prime. The best live band I've ever heard (many, many times). The double live album, "Two for the Show" from ca. 1978 is the best live album I've ever heard!
@@katesjanice Exactly. Elefante still sings like a dream; perfect. Walsh majorly declined, although he got some of it back by 2009. The difference? Elefante never messed with drugs or drink.
I'm a John Elefante fan so...
Metal Monday request. I would love Doug listen to some Scorpions...Still Loving You. This is a Epic Power Ballad and the last 1/3 of the song is Epic compared to the excellent first 2/3rds.
Paul Butterfield - The thrill is gone
bro i beg you, react to bleed live drum cam by meshuggah. is a rabbit hole dude
Out of all the amazing catalogue of Kansas, this is a strange and obscure choice. So, so many better compositions by Walsh and Livgren.
Manowar-Heart of steel (with orchestra or not)
Way better Kansas songs from that album to review. “Crossfire” and if you are feeling really adventurous “Diamonds and Pearls” which is hard to put in a genre.
You should check out pink Floyd the wall, fantastic album
From a personal perspective you start searching for God/Creator when you are no longer getting them from religion. That was my journey and now I'm spiritual and not married to any religious dogma. Got to see them in the early 70s when they were first getting going. And from my birth state of Kansas.
Vinyl Confessions was still a strong album with new alcenters and still great songs. Only the following album was a disappointment (for me). Maybe the only one from Kansas.
I do like Kansas on the whole but wouldn’t describe myself as a big fan. Power is my favourite, with the two latest albums, so that probably says a lot.
I Strongly suggest CASAGRANDE & HANYSZ - TO NOT BELONG. I Hope you like it
Thanx good video, sometimes you speak too low and I can’t quite understand what you say, you could pause or speak louder please :-)
One of a number of very American rock bands emerging in the 70s that are super-proficient, very polished and honed, smooth and tight, and for me devoid of anything sonically appealing or remotely interesting. Just taking from the classic rock pattern-book. Usual high-pitched male vocal harmonies, etc. Crafted for arenas, anthemic power-ballads, sing-a-long with this bit, here's the staccato instrumental bit, a minor chord, a solo, and the big finish. Yawnsville.
What sort of bands do you like? Just curious because maybe I can point you to some Kansas cuts you might appreciate, as I'd hate for you to miss out on what I think is a fantastic band.! 😎 Of course no one likes everything (there is all kinds of music people LOVE that I don't care for at all) but I've gotten a lot of joy out of listening to Kansas, particularly the first 5 albums, and I want to share.
@@JohnLRice Zappa, Beefheart, Grateful Dead, Yes (not Rabin-era), Dylan, King Crimson, Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, Cocteau Twins, Led Zep, Deep Purple, Bowie, pre-Dark Side Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Opeth, Motorpsycho, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Beatles, Doors, Gong, the Canterbury Scene bands, Tortoise, Sigur Ros, Hendrix, the Who, Joni Mitchell, Roy Harper, Iggy Pop, Saint Etienne, Laura Nyro, Tangerine Dream, Ozric Tentacles, Can, Mingus, Monk, Sintra, Jacques Brel, Bob Marley, and lots of classical music and opera. I've no interest in any of those pattern-book power-ballad, arena-anthem American bands of the late 70s-80s.
Definitely not one of Kansas' better songs. In fact, it's rather weak. They have so many prog masterpieces that could have been chosen. This DOES NOT sound like classic Kansas. In fact it is one of Kansas' worst albums, primarily because Kerry Livgren, the master composer, didn't write most of the songs on this album, and he was about to leave the band to start another, AD, so his heart just wasn't in it.
One bit of information that may help explain the meaning behind the lyrics is that the brothers, John & Dino Elefante, who wrote the song are both also evangelical Christians. And John took on vocal duties for a very short period of time before Steve Walsh returned.
No offense intended Pedro (to each his own), but Kansas happens to be my favorite band by far & away, and I know them & their music very well. Doug, please don't allow this song to influence your thinking about the band.
Kerry Livgren is a masterful composer, orchestrator, lyricist, and multi-instrumentalist. Hence his nickname, "The Maestro."
This song doesn't sound like classic Kansas at all. Please take some time of your own and listen to the albums Song for America, Masque, and Leftoverture. You'll be floored by the incredible Livgren-penned progressive, classically influenced masterpieces that are representative of the true Kansas sound!
By the way, the highlight of this song musically is the piano work of Kerry Livgren.
I have this on vinyl. It's not a great album. Their guitarist and main songwriter had turned to evangelical Christianity, and decided all his music would be for that purpose from then on. 🤮
Awesome break down. Great song