KANSAS - "DEATH OF MOTHER NATURE SUITE" (reaction)
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
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The abrupt start is due to ending of the previous song, " Apercu ". You should listen to both together, the two songs are nearly 18 minutes of superb violin solos( RIP Robby Steinhardt 😢 🎻, died a few weeks ago, he's also the lead vocalist here too), swirling organ/ keyboards, soaring and crunchy guitars, excellent bass too. And this was from their debut, where they barely knew what they were doing, in terms of production and engineering in a studio. An indication of the greatness to come.
You're pretty spot on about the album cover, " The dude" is named John Brown, one of the founders of the state of Kansas, an abolitionist, and yes, a civil war battle is being depicted, an analogy for how Kansas had to fight to stay a free state during the civil war era.
Your lyrics analysis was spot on also, the precursor to today's " climate change " movement was the " ecology " movement in the 1970s, songwriter Kerry Livgren ( who writes or cowrites 80% of the original band lineups songs) was making an observation about the ecology movement in this song.
Thanks for appreciating and " getting " Kansas, not all folks do.
Thanks for watching Michael!
I met Robby on two occasions. What a lovely man he was. He was very attentive to my wife and myself. He was blown away when he found out we travelled from the UK to California to watch Kansas (twice) in concert !
The album cover is a fairly famous painting of Kansan abolitionist John Brown. The things that impress me about this piece is the stellar audio production from 1974 and the sonic depth it has plus the progressive motion it has from fierce to delicate and quiet musical expressions of what nature sounds like in Kansas's sense of olden times when nature was so vibrant and unpolluted. It's definitely a past vs. present symphonic structure. And blessings to Robby Steinhart their violinist who passed away last week.
RIP Robby
RIP Robby
Rest In Peace, Robby. 💔👋😢🎻🎶🔥💞🌈🌉
The painting is by John Steuart Curry and it is a massive mural that hangs on the 2nd Floor Rotunda in the Kansas State Capital in Topeka. By coincidence, that was where I first heard about the band. I was there for a high school event and a friend of mine from Topeka High pointed at the mural and told me that was to be the album cover of the first record by some guys he knew in Topeka. That was April of '74 and the album dropped in June.
While Kansas had their fair share of hit songs, this band is also known for their catalogue of incredible deep cuts...Death of Mother Nature Suite being one of them.
My hometown heroes! The progenitors of Prairie Prog are the best thing to come out of Topeka, Kansas!
Hell yeah Dale! Shoutout to Topeka!
You must be so proud! I always marvel at how a town in Kansas can produce four world class musicians, and in Kerry Livgren, one of the great songwriters! I guess one could include Robby RIP because he was taught classical violin at Kansas University, so it is really five!
It is my Dream to join KANSAS !!!
More relevant today indeed. Greed will bring us all down.
Yupp
Killer tune and I love that this group was singing about being good stewards of the planet before it was fashionable. Same goes for their songs about native Americans, love of country and any number of other relevant current topics.
One of my favorite Kansas songs and very valid today
Very cool that you dig deeper in the Kansas catalog than most to react to. This band is so ridiculously under heard past their radio hits.
We loved it!
Thanks SAD. One of the greatest outros of any song ever (along with Journey from Mariabronn). As relevant today as 1974. Kerry is just a genius songwriter and Robby vocals are perfect (RIP Robby). What a phenomenal band. HOF should be ashamed. F*** em.
Thanks for being here!
Great under-rated American prog-rock band! When I think of Rock electric violin, I think of Kansas!
Gotta love em
what wonderful FM radio listening in 1974.......just amazing live in the day
We bet!
This song and the song before it, Aperu, run together, and definitely need to be listened to together.
Another epic song from this album is Apercu, which is the prequel for this song
They should always be played together, they fit each other perfectly.
This song was written, recorded in 1973, released in '74. So this song is almost 50 years old!.
I wish you guys could react to more music of them, they have 20+ amazing. mind blowing songs.
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Love this f..king album!✌🤘
One of my early and all time favorites from Kansas.
Love Livgren's guitar break after the organ solo.
I saw them live twice back in the late 1970's they were as good live as to the record. Very talented band of musicians.
The first track of the album is for our days. Few words :say you want your freedom/ got to deserve it
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"If you expect the freedom that you say is yours, prove that you deserve it, help us to preserve it, or being free will just be words and nothing more."
Song for America is fantastique
RIP Robby Steinhardt. Saw this song performed live in early 1975 when they were backing up Queen. They ended their rather short set list with this song and even though most in the crowd were there to hear Queen, Kansas made quite the impression.
Another great song.How in the World did I miss this back then.Thanks again. Ya'll. Do really good reactions..
Thanks so much for watching!
Kerry Livgren is a songwriting genius, and ahead of his time. That’s it. No need to wonder any more!
I love that album. Journey to marienbad is good also
Thanks for the reaction, if you check out the live version on YT, from Don Kirshners Rock Concert, you'll see Kerry livgren doing the acoustic part at the end on a Les Paul. Phil Ehart's drumming is fabulous.🤠
Awesome! Thanks!
"Now that I authorized it?" lol Awesome. My 2nd viewing of your channel. Loving it!
Lol glad you enjoyed!
Awesome never thought anyone would review this one thank you
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America had few prog heroes that could match the UK. Kansas held their own
Hell yeah
Whenever folks want more American prog from the 70s,
I steer them to the 1st 3 albums by CRACK THE SKY.
Prog/pop really, but that's quibbling.
Maybe start with the songs ICE, NUCLEAR APATHY or RANGERS AT MIDNIGHT.
Kansas N 1
The album cover is John Brown
Thanks James!
Yes people have been saying the sky is falling for about 50 years.
Fifty years? The world has always been too small for everybody. We had better return those imbalance causing rocks to the moon before the universe swirls even further into an abysmal chaos.
Seems like it!
The idiom itself is significantly older than that XD
Maybe time to listen to some Yes?
Maybe!
Whew! Hoohoohoo!! Nutso! Something for everyone. A turbulent ride fo' sho'.
Foooo shoooo
The guy on the cover is John Brown, the US abolitionist. Come on guys you are American! Know your history. I’m English and I know him!
Got to listen to the first half called “Apercu”
One of my favourite songs of a band I worship! ‘All The World’ from Masque is my all time favourite!
The painting is John Brown, Bloody Kansas I think by John Curry , a regionalist artist in the 30s. I think it is in the Kansas state house. I saw Kansas when this album came out. They were loud. It was amazing.
Must’ve been a good time!
Yes, that mural is by John Steuart Curry and hangs in the state capitol.
The mural is titled Tragic Prelude.
Electric violin...? Great invocation.
Jean Luc Ponté... Played with Zappa alot ... Voyager album.
Another is Cano... Un Norte de outra via.
Love this album! "Let me tell you Something " was the first Kansas song I ever heard. Prefer their older music :)
They’re great!
“Can I Tell You” is the opening track from this album.
Live version ruclips.net/video/_ujOU_ZSdDM/видео.html
Environmentalism before it was trendy.
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