From about the 60's through the 90's, the average level of talent expressed in the composing, playing, singing and performing was at a remarkable level. The incredible diversity on the Top 40 during that time showed that 'rock' was an extremely loose term that included influences from virtually every other musical form. Someone like Journey could have a hit at the same time as Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, Neil Young, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Charlie Daniels. None of whom sounded anything like the others.
I’m 57 and female from Baltimore- agree 💯 with everything you said….without a lot of technology, you had to be talented too. I don’t mean a little bit of talent, reading and composing music ,then playing it live and sounding like the record….not easy to do. Music was literally falling out of the sky by 1980….. we had some one hit wonders of course, but I’d say the 70’s and 80’s took music to another level. Rush, Queen, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Bowie……we were spoiled back then and now after pandemic and reactors- more people understand music is the universal language we can all speak.
Agreed. For me, mid-90s music went so downhill and continues to be not very good in general. I'm so glad I grew up listening to this great music, we didn't know we were so lucky and that the good times would end
@@sergebrunet4218Robby Steinhardt (RIP) was the guy with the hair and who played violin (Dust In the Wind) and sang . He sang backup here. Steve Walsh is the guy who is singing lead, playing drums & organ.
The red man is Robby Steinhardt. He plays violin! The lead singer/percussion/organ is Steve Walsh. The blonde guitarist is Kerry Livgren. He bad! On the drum kit--Phil Ehart! Rich Williams on guitar. He’s the one with the patch over his eye! Dave Hope on bass! They have others through the years! Very progressive yet easy to hear music! Love ‘em! Thx! You guys REALLY rock! -Terry
I remember when my son first came across this song on Guitar Hero II - he was blown away by how complex and difficult it was to play in the game .. I just said "welcome to my music buddy, I've got a lot more to introduce you to" .. to this day, both he and his sister love the music I grew up with!!
First song I learned the bass on Guitar Hero with my son who died age 20 heart problems 💔. But fun times and loads of laughs, we finally got to expert loads of practice 😆
One of Rock's greatest songs ever! Written by Kerry Livgren, who played the Piano & Lead Guitar. Kansas was a self-made, from rags to riches..Band.. of incredibly talented virturoso level progressive-Rock musicians that wrote and performed many amazing & complex musician masterpieces. Kerry Livgren was a musicial genuis. Listen to the albums: Leftoverture, Mask, and Point of Know Return. They will blow you away.
It is hair raising to see the bliss, wonder and excitement of others experiencing exactly what I felt hearing Kansas for the first time. Listen to The Wall
Yours has to be one of my favorite reactions to this song. This song is so epic, it is a blast "hearing it for the first time" through your ears. Carry on my wayward reactors!
You need to listen to the entire album Left Overture and Point of no Return. Every song of both of those records are exactly as good with incredible messages
Such talented musicians, and so many great songs! Even their deep cuts are great! You should check out “Lightnings Hand”, “Icarus (Borne on Wings of Steel)” and “Angels have Fallen”. Loved your reaction!
The Red Haired fellow is Robbie Steinhardt ( he passed away just a couple of months ago) and he is the guy who plays the violin in the song 'Dust In The Wind '.
I loved to rock out to this song thousands of times back in the 80's!! Teenage Years everyone of my friends and I loved KANSAS!! Respect the facial hair!! Great Reaction, Guys!!
This was a huge hit in the late 70s and still gets a lot of radio play today. The dark hair vocalist not only sang but played keyboards AND bongos. Big Red unfortunately died a couple of months ago. I loved his long red hair and beard too. RIP. He was the violinist and shared vocals on Dust in the Wind. This song has so many change ups and so glad you liked this live performance. I saw them perform in the 70s indoor with speakers all over the place. It was phenomenal.
As a veteran of 1010 concerts in my lifetime, it's safe too say I've seen just about every band in every genre live from ABBA to Zappa and most in between. Kansas 1976/1977 "Left Overture" tour, the album this song is from, is still in my top 5 shows in my concert going career. Simply a flawless and near perfect reproduction of their studio sound.
One of the lead singers John Elephante went Gospel l. He recorded a song called This is What Love Is. It was a reply to his friends the band Foreigner I wanna Know What Love Is.
Check out their song "Dust In The Wind." One the biggest selling singles in history, for real. The song came about from guitarist Kerry Livgren(blond headed guitarist) sitting around at home picking the music to Dust for a finger exercise so his fingers wouldn't get stiff while the band had a short break in their touring schedule. His wife was walking through the living room, heard the music Livgren was picking, and commented "that's beautiful, you should write some lyrics and turn it into a song." Boy did he. He turned it into one of those songs that if ever there was a song that's the meaning of life...................
Legendary band! Try 'Play the Game Tonight', much simpler and straightforward but I think you'll love it. Also check 'Dust in the Wind' one of the greatest ballads ever!
I remember when I was six years old, my father went and seen them in the town next to us. They were a no-name band and I remember my father talking to the neighbor guy about the free beer! The town was Ellinwood Kansas and we live in Great Bend Kansas nine miles west of there. For the past 40 years he always bragged about being one of the first to ever see them play. R.II.P Pops, I'm sure he has Kansas on a loop up there!
These guys are brilliant instrumentalists AND orchestrators. You called this a roller coaster ride. You ain't heard nothing yet. Check out their song Miracles Out Of Nowhere. That's an instrumental roller coaster ride of epic proportions.
Kerry Livgren, the blonde guitarist who wrote this, was becoming a Christian around this time. The lyrics reflect it. He later formed a great Christian band, AD.
Robby Steinhardt was the guY with the long hair, he is a trained concert violinist. Kerry Livgren was the blonde haired guitar keyboard/guitar player. he wrote almost all their lyrics. Steve Walsh was the ultra talented lead singer. His voice paired with Kerry Livgren’s lyrics were hard to beat.
The guy with the lion's mane plays a mean violin. Check out "Bringin' It Back" off their first album, Kansas. A really beautiful song on their second album, Song For America, is "Lamplight Symphony."
From about the 60's through the 90's, the average level of talent expressed in the composing, playing, singing and performing was at a remarkable level. The incredible diversity on the Top 40 during that time showed that 'rock' was an extremely loose term that included influences from virtually every other musical form. Someone like Journey could have a hit at the same time as Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, Neil Young, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Charlie Daniels. None of whom sounded anything like the others.
Now corporations took over music and radio stations
I’m 57 and female from Baltimore- agree 💯 with everything you said….without a lot of technology, you had to be talented too. I don’t mean a little bit of talent, reading and composing music ,then playing it live and sounding like the record….not easy to do. Music was literally falling out of the sky by 1980….. we had some one hit wonders of course, but I’d say the 70’s and 80’s took music to another level. Rush, Queen, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Bowie……we were spoiled back then and now after pandemic and reactors- more people understand music is the universal language we can all speak.
Agreed. For me, mid-90s music went so downhill and continues to be not very good in general. I'm so glad I grew up listening to this great music, we didn't know we were so lucky and that the good times would end
Had a kansas poster in my room as a teen.
@MaryEllen Azack did you see them in a Walker episode last year? I like this song because it was the theme song for Supernatural on the CW.
Absolutely! One of the "GREATEST" songs of all time ! Great positive message.....carry on baby! Kansas so much TALENT!
I love the lead singer. He's singing and playing organ and drums. The song is amazing 50 years later. 😍 love it!
Died at 71 at Tampa Hospital on july 17th 2021 ! R.I.P. Robby Steinhardt !
@@sergebrunet4218Robby Steinhardt (RIP) was the guy with the hair and who played violin (Dust In the Wind) and sang . He sang backup here. Steve Walsh is the guy who is singing lead, playing drums & organ.
The red man is Robby Steinhardt. He plays violin! The lead singer/percussion/organ is Steve Walsh. The blonde guitarist is Kerry Livgren. He bad! On the drum kit--Phil Ehart! Rich Williams on guitar. He’s the one with the patch over his eye! Dave Hope on bass! They have others through the years! Very progressive yet easy to hear music! Love ‘em! Thx! You guys REALLY rock! -Terry
Robby died a few weeks ago. RIP
RIP Robby
RIP Robbie
Oh this one is an absolute masterpiece. ❤️🎼🤘😎🔥
One of the greatest rock songs of all time!
I agree and it shall never die
Absolutely true
I remember when my son first came across this song on Guitar Hero II - he was blown away by how complex and difficult it was to play in the game .. I just said "welcome to my music buddy, I've got a lot more to introduce you to" .. to this day, both he and his sister love the music I grew up with!!
I only ever got 99% on expert for this song. Tried so hard for that 100 but never hit the bugger
First song I learned the bass on Guitar Hero with my son who died age 20 heart problems 💔. But fun times and loads of laughs, we finally got to expert loads of practice 😆
My daughter also has listened to our music from the 60s,70s,80s. When she is driving all she listens to is classic rock.
Yes!.
We'd drive a hundred circles around our high school playing this song ✌❤🤘
....... "SAMMY!......., " SAMMY!".........
",,,," DEAN!",........."DEAN.........,
"'ELLO BOYS!" (A, deep, scratchy English Accent exclaimed)
(both am & Dean in unison),........ "Crowley"!!
One of Rock's greatest songs ever! Written by Kerry Livgren, who played the Piano & Lead Guitar. Kansas was a self-made, from rags to riches..Band.. of incredibly talented virturoso level progressive-Rock musicians that wrote and performed many amazing & complex musician masterpieces. Kerry Livgren was a musicial genuis. Listen to the albums: Leftoverture, Mask, and Point of Know Return. They will blow you away.
Always reminds me of South Park and Supernatural.
It is hair raising to see the bliss, wonder and excitement of others experiencing exactly what I felt hearing Kansas for the first time. Listen to The Wall
We've got ourselves a hit. That's what the guys said when Livgren walked in with this song when they needed one more song for the album.
Yours has to be one of my favorite reactions to this song. This song is so epic, it is a blast "hearing it for the first time" through your ears. Carry on my wayward reactors!
You need to listen to the entire album Left Overture and Point of no Return. Every song of both of those records are exactly as good with incredible messages
Maybe my favorite all time song! Spiritual and powerful!
A great reaction to a great song! This song reminds me so much of high school. Keep up the great work S&M ❤
Such talented musicians, and so many great songs! Even their deep cuts are great! You should check out “Lightnings Hand”, “Icarus (Borne on Wings of Steel)” and “Angels have Fallen”. Loved your reaction!
These guys were mega talented muscians. Its a damn shame they're not in the hall.
These groups back in the 70s and 80s actually had TALENT!! They sang and played instruments...TRUE TALENT!!!
Rock-classical fusion baby!!! Incredible band!!
Though my eyes could see,
I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think,
I still was a mad man..
Diving deep on those lyrics!
The Red Haired fellow is Robbie Steinhardt ( he passed away just a couple of months ago) and he is the guy who plays the violin in the song 'Dust In The Wind '.
That acappella harmonies are so perfect they start with.
One of the greatest songs ever!
RIP Robby Steinhardt..backing vocals and violin.
We were so spoiled back then. I feel sorry for the kids today with what they have to listen to.
Imagine growing up during the time when you turned on the radio and stuff like this was on.
Mel..you crack me up, you hear every lyric...love you girl!!
I loved to rock out to this song thousands of times back in the 80's!!
Teenage Years everyone of my friends and I loved KANSAS!!
Respect the facial hair!!
Great Reaction, Guys!!
This was a huge hit in the late 70s and still gets a lot of radio play today. The dark hair vocalist not only sang but played keyboards AND bongos. Big Red unfortunately died a couple of months ago. I loved his long red hair and beard too. RIP. He was the violinist and shared vocals on Dust in the Wind. This song has so many change ups and so glad you liked this live performance. I saw them perform in the 70s indoor with speakers all over the place. It was phenomenal.
This song is played across the US in HS Marching bands, when the team is behind. This song has massive staying power!
I am so happy my brown skined brothers are experiencing the great music from my youth. Try This Led Zeppelin The ocean live. Love you. Sami
As a veteran of 1010 concerts in my lifetime, it's safe too say I've seen just about every band in every genre live from ABBA to Zappa and most in between.
Kansas 1976/1977 "Left Overture" tour, the album this song is from, is still in my top 5 shows in my concert going career. Simply a flawless and near perfect reproduction of their studio sound.
One of the lead singers John Elephante went Gospel l. He recorded a song called This is What Love Is. It was a reply to his friends the band Foreigner I wanna Know What Love Is.
You two have very good taste! Love watching your reactions!
Check out their song "Dust In The Wind." One the biggest selling singles in history, for real. The song came about from guitarist Kerry Livgren(blond headed guitarist) sitting around at home picking the music to Dust for a finger exercise so his fingers wouldn't get stiff while the band had a short break in their touring schedule. His wife was walking through the living room, heard the music Livgren was picking, and commented "that's beautiful, you should write some lyrics and turn it into a song." Boy did he. He turned it into one of those songs that if ever there was a song that's the meaning of life...................
You can still hear them live to this day...
SO MUCH TALENT!!
Legendary band! Try 'Play the Game Tonight', much simpler and straightforward but I think you'll love it. Also check 'Dust in the Wind' one of the greatest ballads ever!
As a representative of the Supernatural fandom....welcome to our theme song!!
Not!! This songs been everyone’s theme song for forty years!!
I played this music on PlayStation guitar heroes early 2014 didn’t know it was them legend playing this music called wayward
I remember when I was six years old, my father went and seen them in the town next to us. They were a no-name band and I remember my father talking to the neighbor guy about the free beer! The town was Ellinwood Kansas and we live in Great Bend Kansas nine miles west of there. For the past 40 years he always bragged about being one of the first to ever see them play. R.II.P Pops, I'm sure he has Kansas on a loop up there!
That was the gig that got them signed to a record company.
I love 80s rock and all you ❤❤❤❤
Awesome awesom awesome I remember theses guys at,at least three concerts in n. C
These guys are brilliant instrumentalists AND orchestrators. You called this a roller coaster ride. You ain't heard nothing yet. Check out their song Miracles Out Of Nowhere. That's an instrumental roller coaster ride of epic proportions.
Y’all have to do “More than a feeling” by Boston
Who ever is reading this your hair looks AMAZING!!!!!!
Supernatural, hehe.
Best band on the face of the Earth
The Road So Far......
Kerry Livgren, the blonde guitarist who wrote this, was becoming a Christian around this time. The lyrics reflect it. He later formed a great Christian band, AD.
You have to listen to "All the World"
Vocals Steve Walsh, violin Robbie Steinhardt, blond Kerry Livgrin.
ALL THE WORLD HAD GREAT LYRICS
Am I the only one that instantly thinks of Supernatural every time this song plays ?
Always...Last scenes of the series is when we found out it was one of Dean's favorites.
Not at all 👍🏽😎
No your not
Nope!
Nope!!
3:15 when the riffs are so good that it turned the guy's accent on the left British! Even though Kansas isn't British 🤔
I put Kansas in the same place as Jethro Tull, very successful, hugely underrated. No place for these guys in the RRHOF? a joke...
Great reaction! You may enjoy the song "The Wall" by Kansas. It is incredibly uplifting. Thanks!
To a different level..
Masterpiece
Kansas still tours with two of the original band members, and they are still awesome!
Watching this after watching the Jan 6 Committee Hearing and feeling these lyrics
in the depths of my soul! Carry On, brothers & sisters!
Real musicians. Beautiful song. 10.
"The Road So Far..."
Progressive rock! So blessed to have seen them live.
I saw them with Pablo Cruz....... Killer show!
You kids have some hippie in you and that is why I like you.
This was the theme song for the show Supernatural
Love your reactions
at 3:34 that is steve playing the piano with one hand
OHHH MEMORIES I USED TO HAVE HAIR LIKE 👍🏻 THAT LOL 😂 UNTIL I BECAME OLD 👴 LOL 😂
This is my ringtone ❤
Nice haircut Shawn looking sharp my brother
Absolutely one of the best rock songs of all time!
The guy with the orange hair and beard recently passed away.
This is about the flight of Icarus, Greek mythology, iron maiden wrote a song called flight of Icarus, but this is a great band
No, that's Icarus from Masque, lol.
Sooo! y'all never watch the WB show Supernatural from 2005 to 2019 (Sam and Dean Winchester and the Archangel Angel Castile )
I love this
Song for America , Pinnacle , The Wall , Journey from Mariabronn are much songs .
My sister had this on eight track baby! I was small and I get confused between Kansas or Boston.
Robby Steinhardt was the guY with the long hair, he is a trained concert violinist. Kerry Livgren was the blonde haired guitar keyboard/guitar player. he wrote almost all their lyrics.
Steve Walsh was the ultra talented lead singer. His voice paired with Kerry Livgren’s lyrics were hard to beat.
I seen these guys So on a. Halloween night in Knoxville TN. They were all dressed up in costume. So humble and fun. Very nice and talented.
One more thing. Everything you need to know about Kansas, you can watch on a documentary called Kansas out of nowhere.
You're adorable!😍❤✌🌟 🎶
My family friend went to the same high school as Kansas. Topeka high. He was a grade below them.
This song always makes me want to watch the show Supernatural. Lol
You should back it up and listen to the wholsong without stopping. It messes with the flow bad.
Such amazing talent!!
Good tunes are good tunes, no matter their performer or year.
THIS IS A BADASS TUNE! 👍✌️🤘
saving people, hunting things the family business
The guy with the lion's mane plays a mean violin. Check out "Bringin' It Back" off their first album, Kansas. A really beautiful song on their second album, Song For America, is "Lamplight Symphony."
It's rare when you hear a song that's non danceable and it carries you away.
Fun . . .and what's true.
No Auto Tune!
❤❤❤ Have you guys done any of the Eagles music 🎶 Hotel California, or Steve Miller Band ???
From my hometown of Topeka Kansas
Played in my hometown of Ellinwood Kansas in the early 70’s were known as white clover then.
This is an original band from the 70's playing Classic Rock! Rock On Kansas!!! 🤘🤟✊🤙👊
I love this group, everything about them…wow! Thank you for taking me back to my younger days! 🎼👏👏👏💙♥️🍾🍷🍷
None of that auto tune shit they sounded good live back then
You two have GREAT taste in music!!!!!!
If you guys want an instrumental ENSEMBLE, check out Edgar Winter Group-
Frankenstein live 1973. Instrumental mastery.
To hear their mellow side, listen to "Dust in the Wind"