The guitar part was Kerry Livgrens fingerpicking practice piece. His wife said he oughta make a song out of it. He said nah, but she kept bugging him till he did it to stop the harrassment. From finger exercise to one of the great iconic songs in music history.
Eagles Life in the fast lane. Joe Walsh would always play that opening lick to warm up, Glen Fry finally asked him “ what song is that from? “ Joe said “ It’s just a warmup riff it’s not a song “. Glen replied “ it should be a song”. They immediately began writing it. 👍
RIP Robbie. As the violinist for Kansas, he was a huge part of their signature sound. He passed a way earlier this year, after completing his first solo album, Not in Kansas Anymore.
My favorite member of the band....he had such a great voice. He doesn't get enough respect for that. He could have seriously been the singer of Kansas himself.
@@TheDivayenta my dad rolled with this basically Christian hippie commune called Shiloh in his 20’s. Wild I know 😂 So it’s just all these old sappy Christian tunes that him and his friends wrote that nobody’s ever heard. Some beautiful songs in there, whatever you believe.
My father told me that he wanted this song played at his funeral when I was 15 years old. He sat me down and we listened to the song together. He explained that I should live my life with the perspective the song delivers.
It has been in soundtracks and has been played at funerals. In fact, in Old School, it was played in the soundtrack at Blue's funeral. "You're my boy, Blue!"
Yes, it's sobering, but to me it's neither pessimistic nor optimistic, it's just the way things are. "All we do..." whether great or small, profound or tragic "crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see." We're only here for a brief moment, so "Don't hang on..."
My friend won some tickets back in high school and I got to see Kansas live, around 1996-7. They opened for ZZ Top, and both bands still CRUSHED it. This song sounded great, and the crowd was an ocean full of people holding lighters up. Good times. Ty for this video, it takes me back.
This song came out when I was about 9. Scared the hell out of me as a kid because all I heard was that we all die and just become dust when we die. As an adult I appreciate its meaning and musicianship. Very haunting to say the least.
Im from Portugal and we listen a lot american music (off course). I understand english didnt care about the lyrics only the sound was nice but about some years a go i real care about the lyrics and is so sad today music 😢
Note that this is similar to "Carry On My Wayward Son., which was a conversation with God. Kansas takes a spiritual and philosophical approach. They are trying to figure out life. And so that's what they sing about. Deep thinkers that are willing to address it in their music.
I saw these guys in Raleigh, NC in the 70's when they were touring this album. They had absolutely ZERO fakey/hypey stage "presence, just came on stage and wowed us all. To be able to see/hear the violin LIVE was epic. So very glad I got to see them.
RIP to Robby Steinhardt the violinist/vocalist who passed away just recently too. Thought you guys would be interested to know that. Other songs to consider... Can I Tell You Journey from Mariabronn Song for America Icarus (Borne on Wings of Steel) The Pinnacle The Wall Hopelessly Human Hold On
That intro is a fingerpicking pattern called the 'Travis Pick', named after Merle Travis, with an alternating thumb pick depending on chord. You'll hear it in many folk and western-inspired songs once you recognize the pattern.
Yes and in fact the Travis picking pattern persists through the entire song. The bridge chords are haunting, a bit hard to hear with the violin solo taking the foreground.
It’s crazy watching how you guys have grown and progressed over the years. Started out small and simple and now you look and sound professional more. Glad to see y’all coming up
The title cut "Point Of No Return" is a great one. This track was always a bit too melancholy for me. Another fabulous band to check out from this era is Styx. They have 3 singer/songwriters, with very different styles. Styx songs to consider: •"Renegade" {vocalist/writer - Tommy Shaw} •"Miss America" {vocalist/writer - James (JY) Young} •"Queen Of Spades" {vocalist/co-writer Dennis DeYoung w/J. Young} •"Snowblind" {vocalists - T. Shaw & J. Young - writers T. Shaw J. Young and D. DeYoung}...
Your list needs more Dennis and don't even bother with JY, who is awful in addition to being a bad person. Suite Madame Blue, Come Sail Away & The Grand Illusion are musts.
This song originated as a hand-picking exercise for Kerry Livgren. His wife heard him playing it and said something like, "oh, you should put that on your album." The rest is history. Also, Livgren was always introspective and "feeling out his Christianity" and it is reflected in his lyrics. "Dust...." takes its meaning from the book of Ecclesiastes. "Nothing lasts forever but the Earth and Sky." "The promised land is waiting like a maiden that is soon to be a bride", which is a line from The Wall. Another great Kansas song. That is one you should definitely listen to.
I was blessed to be part of the backstage crew on their 1986 USO tour and I can promise you, Steve's voice does not change without the effects (reverb/compression/eq). The musicians from the bands on the tour were backstage standing around a piano as Dave Jenkins (Pablo Cruise) played, and Steve's voice was just as perfect.
Guys, I'm half of a reaction channel you guys pretty much inspired. I'm not going to name it, as I'm not here to promote it. We're doing ok as a young channel. Regardless, I've come to the conclusion that your success as a channel is pretty much the reason my channel is growing. You're genuine. Your reaction to this song, one I've known since I was on the streets as a juvenile sh!thead, and understood with absolute clarity, is pretty much on point. At 14, surviving on the streets, with violence an every day part of my world, this tune showed the double-edged sword of existence, and in the grand scheme of things, how trivial it all was. It was always weird to be a street thug with brains. Regardless, This was your first real contact with this song, and you guys mostly got it. People like to connect with that. I appreciate it. Keep cutting vids. And next time I'm in Vegas, you two seem like a couple of guys I'd like to have a beer with.
This song is a reminder to be humble. Because no matter who you are, how famous you are, what you do, what you make, how much money you have, how much nice stuff you have, none of that matters really because you are going to come to exactly the same fate as everyone else. You will die, and you will be forgotten. It is a sad truth but it is an unchanging one. You are no different from any other, and should not pretend to be.
I remember in the early 90s when AIDS had really started to creep into every day society I got the sad news that a friend of mine was dying of AIDS. I heard this from a different friend because he didn’t want anyone to know and I remember having to see him and act like I didn’t know that he was losing his life- after I found out that news I went in to a place to mail a package and this song was playing and I burst out into tears I’m sure the people in the UPS store were wondering what the hell was wrong with me but I couldn’t put into words that I knew that my friend would be leaving us soon and he did RIP Dan- you were an amazing man!
The main difference between AC/DC and Kansas is that, and I’m not shitting on Angus or the band here, but AC/DC songs all have a VERY similar tone and vibe to them. Across all of their albums I’ve ever listened to, they’ve pretty much stuck to one formula. It works for them, they’re a great band, but it leads to the fatigue you are talking about. The same can’t be said for Kansas.
“I’m sick to death of people saying we’ve made 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we’ve made 12 albums that sound exactly the same.” ― Angus Young (AC/DC)
I remember an interview with Angus a few years back where he said, “this Album is for all of those people who say we’ve made 12 Albums that all sound the same. Now we’ve made 13 albums that all sound the same.”
@@voodoobill Lol yeah, Angus has a great sense of humor and self awareness. They’re a great band and know who their audience is and what their sound is. They stick to it and it works for them, which is great. It just doesn’t work with every band. ACDCs music is sort of timeless, in a way. Like if Metallica were still doing exact replicas of Ride The Lightning, MoP or Justice, it would have become really boring by now. I’m one of the vocal minorities who loved the Load era, well Load and a few songs off Re-Load. St. Anger is the only misfire for me and that’s mainly due to production value, that damn trash can snare and seemingly trying too hard to swoop in on the “Nu Metal” popularity by essentially having almost no solos on the album, which…meh. It’s their weakest album and the only one I just can’t listen to.
Actually this song was played at an old friend of mines funeral. The lyrics is also written in the back of her tombstone. It was here favourite song as u can imagine.
I have always loved this song. The ending is just so beautiful with the vocals but, the whole song is just beautiful. Take care guys I always enjoy your picks and reviews!
Ryan! THANK YOU for sharing! Coming to the realization of what really matters in life in huge. It shifts everything. I really appreciated you sharing your thoughts. ❤🎵✌
Every musician I knew in 1977 was learning and performing this song -- singers, violinists, guitarists, all of them. We all performed it everywhere, and improvised on it, and riffed on it, and just generally loved it to death. It is impossible to understate how influential this song was.
Folk was about at the end of its popularity by the time this came out in the mid 70s. Folk reached the height of its mass popularity in the 60s with artists like Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, Simon & Garfunkel, and Peter, Paul & Mary. When Dylan abandoned folk for electronic rock in the late 60s that started the shift away from folk and towards the dominance of rock. The 70s rock bands would still occasionally write a folk song or two, but this was one of the rare ones that became a massive hit.
This is an amazing piece glad you guys listened. I have a suggestion for another classic. Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple. Shit, you could’ve already done it and I missed it but that song is filthy! Keep it going dudes
I got to see Kansas live at an outside theater. The light show was amazing. I ended up catching a signed drumstick from the drummer. I gave it to my uncle who was with me. It was his bday and he is a die hard fan. I felt like he deserved it. Great memory.
I think of Kansas as an American prog rock band. Syncopated rhythms, violins, and movements within songs along with orchestrations. There is also a lot of depth to their lyrics. Their music grows on you.
Hey Dudes, I am so happy to see you guys are over 1 million subscribers. You earned it and I love your selections for review. Dust in the Wind is so incredibly iconic because, let’s face it, everyone dies.
Always got the “seize the moment” vibes from this track. It’s beautiful, and then it’s gone. It is pain, and then it is gone. The string section goes up and down, just making me feel these peaks and valleys. Just the feels I get.
Ryan, when you think that opportunities have passed, and you didn’t do what you wanted to do in life, just remember you still can do them. If you think you’re too old to learn guitar, just remember that the next 20 years of your life will pass (hopefully) whether or not you learn the guitar. So, why not take the time to learn?
This was a practice riff that Kerry Livgren used to warm up and practice his finger picking. He was always the one who came up with the riffs that would become hits.
If you want to prog out - Magnum Opus!.....there is about 1 minute of singing, the rest is just straight banging Prog.....One of my favorite Kansas songs, trust me you wont regret it. Especially from their live Two for the Show LP! I would love to see your reaction to that one!
You'll hear similar fingerpicked chord progressions in earlier folk/rock like Simon and Garfunkel and Bob Dylan and the like. They probably had a huge influence on Kansas as much as this song had a huge influence on the generations that followed. Standing on the shoulders of giants.
The fingerpicking style is known as Travis picking, where the thumb keeps a steady alternating bass pattern and the other fingers fill in the rest of the pattern. You hear it in a lot of styles - Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham uses it all the time.
All right guys I see what you’re saying about the negativity part. However, I don’t see it that way. I look at it as in focusing on the good things. Deal with things just for today. We don’t know what the future holds for us to do what we need to do today. I look at it as the glass half full and not the glass half empty. But I love y’all’s reaction.
The photo you're talking about at approximately 9:00 is 'Pale Blue Dot', taken from 3.7 billion miles away by Voyager 1. Carl Sagan's description of that picture is the greatest piece of writing I've ever read. Love your channel.
Years ago, my best friend at the time played this 7 times in a row on the jukebox at the pool hall we were at. He was 6'8", 450, so although everybody wanted to kill him, they also didn't want to mess with him. lol
Great call. There are a lot of great songs on this album that never really made radio play. Closet Chronicles is a masterpiece with some fantastic lyrics.
I love me some AC/DC, but people probably get tired of hearing them because a lot of thier songs have the same rhythm. George had me laughing with that, "they need to play this in a strip club," so people could get their life together....lol.
No I think it's really just as simple as once you've heard a song every week for literally dozens of years, you start to get sick of it, no matter how good. That's why I find myself gravitating to the lesser cuts from bands because I'm such a music nut. Like I acknowledge all the "big" songs from bands, but I tend to say things that are like "3rd on the totem pole" for lack of a better term are the songs that I gravitate toward. Like AC/DC for example, my favorite song is For Those About to Rock, because you don't hear it NEARLY as much as the Shook Me or Thunderstruck or Highway to Hell's of the world. Don't get me wrong, those are CLASSIC and KILLER songs, but I'm just over it. But you catch me in the right mood half-cut at a bar and a good bar-band comes out with Highway to Hell I'm gonna be out on the floor doing the duck-walk lol. So take from that what you will.
@@djjazzyjeff1232 What you describe is definitely a thing, but there’s also that AC/DC songs are usually highly formulaic; even with tunes one has never heard before, there’s often the feeling that you’ve heard it a million times.
Although a hit for Kansas, it is not representative of their progressive rock catalog. Next song check out "Miracles Out of Nowhere" is a classic Kansas song and more representative of their prog-rock credentials.
Sobering song like Ryan said, we should enjoy life and love the ones we cherish. Very moving and emotional song but it hits deep! Great review guys!! Thanks, keep up the great work.
I was in 10th grade when this song came out. And the student teacher in our English class used this song's chorus as an example of how metaphors convey meaning. First he wrote on the chalk board "We are nothing, life is meaningless." Then below that he wrote "Dust in the Wind, all we are is dust in the wind." But this song is not saying that life is meaningless. It is, as you discussed in your reaction, about putting our lives into perspective. And the lyrics, by the way, are based on passages from The Book of Ecclesiastes.
Overdue Edit... Hope you guys keep growing.. A change in content CAN hurt a chennel but... I appreciate your channel's effort to diversify your audience... Yup.. That's it
You have to see the trajectory from "Carry On My Wayward Son" through "Dust in the Wind" to the eventual breakup of the band. Kerry Livgren was going through a deep soul-search, eventually leading to his conversion to Christianity and the eventual breakup of the band.
Wonderful reaction and interpretation of the lyrics!The Wall is my favorite song by Kansas. It’s also highly philosophical and it inspired me a lot personally, but the music is a little more upbeat.
With Veterans Day coming up please consider Billy Joel’s Goodnight Saigon. It’s a soldier’s perspective of Vietnam. Heavy song but worth a listen, follow it up with Charlie Daniels Still in Saigon a look into PTSD.
Indeed - The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken Feb. 14, 1990, by NASA’s Voyager 1 at a distance of 3.7 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) from the Sun
Bill and Ted to Socrates " All we are is dust in the wind dude."
Socrates - "yes, like sand in the hourglass, so are the days of our lives."
So crates!
LOL
Dust (you).... wind !!!!
You just know not to say what Von Bass said, cause someone like Von Bass was going to say it first. In other words, bravo 👏
Hah, this is what I think of every time I hear this song.
The guitar part was Kerry Livgrens fingerpicking practice piece. His wife said he oughta make a song out of it. He said nah, but she kept bugging him till he did it to stop the harrassment. From finger exercise to one of the great iconic songs in music history.
The same happened with black sabbath by black sabbath and Overkill by motorhead just bass and drums
The same also with “sweet child of mine” by GnR. I think slash used that opening riff as a warm up for years.
Hotel California as well!
Eagles Life in the fast lane. Joe Walsh would always play that opening lick to warm up, Glen Fry finally asked him “ what song is that from? “ Joe said “ It’s just a warmup riff it’s not a song “. Glen replied “ it should be a song”. They immediately began writing it. 👍
that was one of the first things my guitar teacher taught me...I hated it cuz I couldn't play it right as a 14 yr old...love it now...
This song was played at my best friend's funeral in 1986. To this day I still get choked up when I hear it. RIP David, miss you buddy...
same for mine last year. Henry love you brotha
RIP Robbie. As the violinist for Kansas, he was a huge part of their signature sound. He passed a way earlier this year, after completing his first solo album, Not in Kansas Anymore.
My favorite member of the band....he had such a great voice. He doesn't get enough respect for that. He could have seriously been the singer of Kansas himself.
😭😭😭😭
Haha, great album name.
Robbie was one of the big reasons that Kansas was discovered by Wally Gold. He loved the use of the violin in rock songs.
Most 60’s and 70’s guitarists started out playing folk music and blues. That finger style picking is timelessly beautiful.
Folk is truly a transcendent genre. I thought this song was around for ages
@@skirk248 and still used in commercials.
My dad plays fingerstyle and that alone makes him stand out among young acoustic players I know. Some of those songs make me cry.
@@dclarkmusic what songs are his favorites?
@@TheDivayenta my dad rolled with this basically Christian hippie commune called Shiloh in his 20’s. Wild I know 😂 So it’s just all these old sappy Christian tunes that him and his friends wrote that nobody’s ever heard. Some beautiful songs in there, whatever you believe.
I absolutely love this sentence in the song! It’s deep!
“And all your money won’t another minute buy.
Time. The most under-cherished, yet strict, resource we have. Limited supply. Non-refundable.
That’s pretty surface level and obvious actually.
@@MustObeyTheRules And you're pretty surface level rude.
Unless you got great health care !
Time is the most valuable resource.
This song always gives me goosebumps, the melody is heavenly
My father told me that he wanted this song played at his funeral when I was 15 years old. He sat me down and we listened to the song together. He explained that I should live my life with the perspective the song delivers.
"All we are is dust in the wind, dude. Dust. Wind." - Bill
"Dude." - Ted
"Put them in the Iron Maiden"
We actually watched that in AP English my Senior year of High School in '89.
We actually watched that in AP English my Senior year of High School in '89.
I was going to say it worked for Bill and Ted when Socrates ripped it off for their report
Blows the mind of the greatest philosopher and founder of Western philosophy. Hahahahahaha.
I lost my dad and my younger brother to cancer in the last few years, and this song reminds me of them. Can't wait to see them again.
❤
So very sorry for your loss.
Ryan: "Not to get too philisophical here guys"
After having spoken words of wisdom for 5 minutes straight.
It has been in soundtracks and has been played at funerals. In fact, in Old School, it was played in the soundtrack at Blue's funeral. "You're my boy, Blue!"
I love that movie, I love Will Ferrell, but I can't listen to this song without thinking "you're my boy Blue"!
Yes, it's sobering, but to me it's neither pessimistic nor optimistic, it's just the way things are. "All we do..." whether great or small, profound or tragic "crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see." We're only here for a brief moment, so "Don't hang on..."
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains."
"Melancholic" perhaps?
👌
I agree. It's very Buddhist, in a way.
I respect Ryan's openness talking about this song.
My friend won some tickets back in high school and I got to see Kansas live, around 1996-7. They opened for ZZ Top, and both bands still CRUSHED it.
This song sounded great, and the crowd was an ocean full of people holding lighters up. Good times. Ty for this video, it takes me back.
That’s so cool man I wish I was around too see that
One of the most beautiful, melancholic songs out there.
I appreciate you guys being honest when you've heard a song before once you start listening to it
"We're only immortal for a limited time." Neil Peart, legendary drummer for Rush
Dreamline. Great song.
Not only a phonminal drummer, but also a great lyricist. My favorite one of all time
This song came out when I was about 9. Scared the hell out of me as a kid because all I heard was that we all die and just become dust when we die. As an adult I appreciate its meaning and musicianship. Very haunting to say the least.
Im from Portugal and we listen a lot american music (off course).
I understand english didnt care about the lyrics only the sound was nice but about some years a go i real care about the lyrics and is so sad today music 😢
Note that this is similar to "Carry On My Wayward Son., which was a conversation with God. Kansas takes a spiritual and philosophical approach. They are trying to figure out life. And so that's what they sing about. Deep thinkers that are willing to address it in their music.
"You're my boy Blue!"
-Frank the Tank
Beat me to it!
yeah I commented and now I had to delete it so thanks a bunch
Looked in the comments for this quote. Didn't let me down 😆😆
I'm in good company 😄
When ya know, ya know.
Just another thing I like about you guys, you're not afraid to talk about song meanings and how you relate. ANother great vid!
This is my favorite Kansas song. I am glad that you two generally enjoyed it.
I saw these guys in Raleigh, NC in the 70's when they were touring this album. They had absolutely ZERO fakey/hypey stage "presence, just came on stage and wowed us all. To be able to see/hear the violin LIVE was epic. So very glad I got to see them.
RIP to Robby Steinhardt the violinist/vocalist who passed away just recently too. Thought you guys would be interested to know that.
Other songs to consider...
Can I Tell You
Journey from Mariabronn
Song for America
Icarus (Borne on Wings of Steel)
The Pinnacle
The Wall
Hopelessly Human
Hold On
Robby's eponymous solo album (Not in Kansas Anymore) has just been released.
That intro is a fingerpicking pattern called the 'Travis Pick', named after Merle Travis, with an alternating thumb pick depending on chord. You'll hear it in many folk and western-inspired songs once you recognize the pattern.
That bass thumb is everything.
That came from Merle Travis? Neat
Yes and in fact the Travis picking pattern persists through the entire song. The bridge chords are haunting, a bit hard to hear with the violin solo taking the foreground.
My guitar teacher said this song is a must to be a "real" guitar player...
Ryan, I appreciate your willingness to dive into deep philosophical waters with your reaction. Well done.
It’s crazy watching how you guys have grown and progressed over the years. Started out small and simple and now you look and sound professional more. Glad to see y’all coming up
You guys should hit Kansas again in the future, literally any song off of their first five albums is worthy of a reaction
I think they would love Lonely Streets.
Miracles out of nowhere is great too
The title cut "Point Of No Return" is a great one. This track was always a bit too melancholy for me.
Another fabulous band to check out from this era is Styx. They have 3 singer/songwriters, with very different styles.
Styx songs to consider:
•"Renegade" {vocalist/writer - Tommy Shaw}
•"Miss America" {vocalist/writer - James (JY) Young}
•"Queen Of Spades" {vocalist/co-writer Dennis DeYoung w/J. Young}
•"Snowblind" {vocalists - T. Shaw & J. Young - writers T. Shaw J. Young and D. DeYoung}...
POINT OF NO RETURN IS AN AWFUL SONG LOL. MY FRIENDS AND I USED TO MAKE FUN OF HOW BAD IT IS
@@MRPERFECT_79 ~ To you, not to me...
@@MRPERFECT_79 have to agree with you Jason.
LAAAAADYYYYYY
Your list needs more Dennis and don't even bother with JY, who is awful in addition to being a bad person. Suite Madame Blue, Come Sail Away & The Grand Illusion are musts.
Classic, regardless of genres. Thanks guys, I really appreciate your work.
This song originated as a hand-picking exercise for Kerry Livgren. His wife heard him playing it and said something like, "oh, you should put that on your album." The rest is history. Also, Livgren was always introspective and "feeling out his Christianity" and it is reflected in his lyrics. "Dust...." takes its meaning from the book of Ecclesiastes. "Nothing lasts forever but the Earth and Sky." "The promised land is waiting like a maiden that is soon to be a bride", which is a line from The Wall. Another great Kansas song. That is one you should definitely listen to.
I was blessed to be part of the backstage crew on their 1986 USO tour and I can promise you, Steve's voice does not change without the effects (reverb/compression/eq). The musicians from the bands on the tour were backstage standing around a piano as Dave Jenkins (Pablo Cruise) played, and Steve's voice was just as perfect.
Guys, I'm half of a reaction channel you guys pretty much inspired. I'm not going to name it, as I'm not here to promote it. We're doing ok as a young channel.
Regardless, I've come to the conclusion that your success as a channel is pretty much the reason my channel is growing. You're genuine. Your reaction to this song, one I've known since I was on the streets as a juvenile sh!thead, and understood with absolute clarity, is pretty much on point. At 14, surviving on the streets, with violence an every day part of my world, this tune showed the double-edged sword of existence, and in the grand scheme of things, how trivial it all was. It was always weird to be a street thug with brains.
Regardless, This was your first real contact with this song, and you guys mostly got it.
People like to connect with that.
I appreciate it. Keep cutting vids. And next time I'm in Vegas, you two seem like a couple of guys I'd like to have a beer with.
Appreciate Ryan getting real with us in this! Good vid. Now time for more Smashing Pumpkins songs?
"Brothers, what we do in life… echoes in eternity." - Maximus, Gladiator
Icarus (Borne On Wings Of Steel) has always been my favorite Kansas song. Song For America is also one of my favorites that doesn't get enough dap.
This song is a reminder to be humble.
Because no matter who you are, how famous you are, what you do, what you make, how much money you have, how much nice stuff you have, none of that matters really because you are going to come to exactly the same fate as everyone else.
You will die, and you will be forgotten.
It is a sad truth but it is an unchanging one.
You are no different from any other, and should not pretend to be.
Glad yall are back!
To me the song reminds me that there’s something much greater than our time here on earth
I remember in the early 90s when AIDS had really started to creep into every day society I got the sad news that a friend of mine was dying of AIDS. I heard this from a different friend because he didn’t want anyone to know and I remember having to see him and act like I didn’t know that he was losing his life- after I found out that news I went in to a place to mail a package and this song was playing and I burst out into tears I’m sure the people in the UPS store were wondering what the hell was wrong with me but I couldn’t put into words that I knew that my friend would be leaving us soon and he did RIP Dan- you were an amazing man!
❤😢
This song is powerful because of its subtle touch. So introspective. And just gorgeous lyrics.
The main difference between AC/DC and Kansas is that, and I’m not shitting on Angus or the band here, but AC/DC songs all have a VERY similar tone and vibe to them. Across all of their albums I’ve ever listened to, they’ve pretty much stuck to one formula. It works for them, they’re a great band, but it leads to the fatigue you are talking about. The same can’t be said for Kansas.
Yea, something you'll never hear is "play me that AC/DC ballad"
Right. Even just between the two songs they've played by Kansas you can see the contrast lol.
“I’m sick to death of people saying we’ve made 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we’ve made 12 albums that sound exactly the same.”
― Angus Young (AC/DC)
I remember an interview with Angus a few years back where he said, “this Album is for all of those people who say we’ve made 12 Albums that all sound the same. Now we’ve made 13 albums that all sound the same.”
@@voodoobill Lol yeah, Angus has a great sense of humor and self awareness. They’re a great band and know who their audience is and what their sound is. They stick to it and it works for them, which is great. It just doesn’t work with every band. ACDCs music is sort of timeless, in a way. Like if Metallica were still doing exact replicas of Ride The Lightning, MoP or Justice, it would have become really boring by now. I’m one of the vocal minorities who loved the Load era, well Load and a few songs off Re-Load. St. Anger is the only misfire for me and that’s mainly due to production value, that damn trash can snare and seemingly trying too hard to swoop in on the “Nu Metal” popularity by essentially having almost no solos on the album, which…meh. It’s their weakest album and the only one I just can’t listen to.
Actually this song was played at an old friend of mines funeral. The lyrics is also written in the back of her tombstone. It was here favourite song as u can imagine.
If realism is sad, then it's sad. There's a freedom in coming to terms with the brevity of one life.
I have always loved this song. The ending is just so beautiful with the vocals but, the whole song is just beautiful. Take care guys I always enjoy your picks and reviews!
Well done fellas!! Great classic tune, really puts life in perspective and makes you think........Awseome
Ryan! THANK YOU for sharing!
Coming to the realization of what really matters in life in huge. It shifts everything. I really appreciated you sharing your thoughts. ❤🎵✌
It’s the Ash Wednesday song: “Remember Man, that you are dust, and unto dust you shall return”
Every musician I knew in 1977 was learning and performing this song -- singers, violinists, guitarists, all of them. We all performed it everywhere, and improvised on it, and riffed on it, and just generally loved it to death. It is impossible to understate how influential this song was.
Folk was about at the end of its popularity by the time this came out in the mid 70s. Folk reached the height of its mass popularity in the 60s with artists like Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, Simon & Garfunkel, and Peter, Paul & Mary. When Dylan abandoned folk for electronic rock in the late 60s that started the shift away from folk and towards the dominance of rock. The 70s rock bands would still occasionally write a folk song or two, but this was one of the rare ones that became a massive hit.
This song was played at my dad’s funeral…. One of his all time favorites! Beautiful lyrics and beautiful melody ❤️
Thank you both..great review..appreciate the philosophical approach in your interpretation. Keep it up .Looking forward to your continuation.
Point Of Know Return has one of the best album covers and inner sleeve artwork of all time.
By Nu Shoes? They also had one of the best beats coming out of the 80's in I Can't Wait!
@@SultanOfSymmetry9 😂😂😂 no lie that song is a banger
Ryan, I love your take at the end! You will be ok….. we all are in this together! Hope everything is going well for you both! Love your show here.
Saw Kansas 5 or 6 times live. They always perform perfectly, they play so well it's like you're hearing their cd.
Kansas is such a brilliant band. Thanks for reacting to this song. Also, wow congrats on over a million subs!
I graduated high school in 1977. If I remember correctly this was our class song.
That was cool of you to be so transparent, Ryan. Appreciate it.
This is an amazing piece glad you guys listened. I have a suggestion for another classic. Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple. Shit, you could’ve already done it and I missed it but that song is filthy! Keep it going dudes
Ahhh, memories! Love this tune. And this band. Couple of my friends and I sang this in high school @ our variety show. Got a standing ovation! Lol
Can never tire hearing Dust In The Wind....just one of those songs ☺️. Gonna have this played at my demise as my spirit lifts off and upward 💗🕊️
I got to see Kansas live at an outside theater. The light show was amazing. I ended up catching a signed drumstick from the drummer. I gave it to my uncle who was with me. It was his bday and he is a die hard fan. I felt like he deserved it. Great memory.
There’s some underrated artist like Kansas, foreigner, Toto, 38 special, even Styx.
Thanks for the great video guys. Thanks for all you guys do!
Tommy Shaw from Styx said that Kansas was the tightest band he had ever heard.
I saw Foreigner, Styx and Kansas perform on the same night about ten years ago. One of the coolest concerts ever. I was 23.
Well done guys, one of my favorite songs of all time
I think of Kansas as an American prog rock band. Syncopated rhythms, violins, and movements within songs along with orchestrations. There is also a lot of depth to their lyrics. Their music grows on you.
Hey Dudes, I am so happy to see you guys are over 1 million subscribers. You earned it and I love your selections for review. Dust in the Wind is so incredibly iconic because, let’s face it, everyone dies.
Always got the “seize the moment” vibes from this track. It’s beautiful, and then it’s gone. It is pain, and then it is gone. The string section goes up and down, just making me feel these peaks and valleys. Just the feels I get.
Ryan, when you think that opportunities have passed, and you didn’t do what you wanted to do in life, just remember you still can do them. If you think you’re too old to learn guitar, just remember that the next 20 years of your life will pass (hopefully) whether or not you learn the guitar. So, why not take the time to learn?
True and didn't Michaelangelo paint the Sistine chapel in his 70s?
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I adore this comment. Keep on being kind and caring. We all need type of hope and encouragement! Much love, Dana
This was a practice riff that Kerry Livgren used to warm up and practice his finger picking. He was always the one who came up with the riffs that would become hits.
I've always felt that the meaning of this song, is ... well, Slack Thompson summed it up quite nicely, at the end. Good job guys.
If you want to prog out - Magnum Opus!.....there is about 1 minute of singing, the rest is just straight banging Prog.....One of my favorite Kansas songs, trust me you wont regret it. Especially from their live Two for the Show LP! I would love to see your reaction to that one!
Love this review also cause it seems like it hit home for you..personal interest..so that's important and meaningful that you shared that..thanks
Ted: All we are is dust in the wind, dude.
Bill: Dust... wind...
Ted: Dude!!
As a guitar teacher for the last 20 years I’ve taught this song soooo many times….and it literally never gets old.
You'll hear similar fingerpicked chord progressions in earlier folk/rock like Simon and Garfunkel and Bob Dylan and the like. They probably had a huge influence on Kansas as much as this song had a huge influence on the generations that followed. Standing on the shoulders of giants.
The fingerpicking style is known as Travis picking, where the thumb keeps a steady alternating bass pattern and the other fingers fill in the rest of the pattern. You hear it in a lot of styles - Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham uses it all the time.
One of the most talented group of guys to ever do it.
Your commentary is more profound and insightful than you may realize,
"Play this at the strip club, make people get their lives together" 🤣😂🍻💨
I love that you talked so much about space. I go the same place when I hear this song. I love you two so much. You are awesome :)
All right guys I see what you’re saying about the negativity part. However, I don’t see it that way. I look at it as in focusing on the good things. Deal with things just for today. We don’t know what the future holds for us to do what we need to do today. I look at it as the glass half full and not the glass half empty. But I love y’all’s reaction.
I do too. I do not see the song as a negative.
I appreciate your comment.
The photo you're talking about at approximately 9:00 is 'Pale Blue Dot', taken from 3.7 billion miles away by Voyager 1. Carl Sagan's description of that picture is the greatest piece of writing I've ever read. Love your channel.
Years ago, my best friend at the time played this 7 times in a row on the jukebox at the pool hall we were at. He was 6'8", 450, so although everybody wanted to kill him, they also didn't want to mess with him. lol
Love love love this song. Kansas is one of my top 3 bands, thanks for doing it and agree with most of your comments.
You should listen to sparks of the tempest by Kansas. Its not their biggest song but is sure is an amazing song.
Great call. There are a lot of great songs on this album that never really made radio play. Closet Chronicles is a masterpiece with some fantastic lyrics.
Beautiful message Ryan... I definitely agree with the interpretation you guys came up with... Try your best to live life to the fullest. 🤎
I love me some AC/DC, but people probably get tired of hearing them because a lot of thier songs have the same rhythm.
George had me laughing with that, "they need to play this in a strip club," so people could get their life together....lol.
No I think it's really just as simple as once you've heard a song every week for literally dozens of years, you start to get sick of it, no matter how good. That's why I find myself gravitating to the lesser cuts from bands because I'm such a music nut. Like I acknowledge all the "big" songs from bands, but I tend to say things that are like "3rd on the totem pole" for lack of a better term are the songs that I gravitate toward. Like AC/DC for example, my favorite song is For Those About to Rock, because you don't hear it NEARLY as much as the Shook Me or Thunderstruck or Highway to Hell's of the world. Don't get me wrong, those are CLASSIC and KILLER songs, but I'm just over it. But you catch me in the right mood half-cut at a bar and a good bar-band comes out with Highway to Hell I'm gonna be out on the floor doing the duck-walk lol. So take from that what you will.
@@djjazzyjeff1232 What you describe is definitely a thing, but there’s also that AC/DC songs are usually highly formulaic; even with tunes one has never heard before, there’s often the feeling that you’ve heard it a million times.
I think a lot of AC/DC songs sound alike. They don't have much range.
@@dago87able It all depends on if you like the formula or not. All pizza tastes roughly alike too but if you like pizza you’ll keep ordering it lol.
@@djjazzyjeff1232 Right ;)
Great break down as always
Although a hit for Kansas, it is not representative of their progressive rock catalog. Next song check out "Miracles Out of Nowhere" is a classic Kansas song and more representative of their prog-rock credentials.
Sobering song like Ryan said, we should enjoy life and love the ones we cherish. Very moving and emotional song but it hits deep! Great review guys!! Thanks, keep up the great work.
I was in 10th grade when this song came out. And the student teacher in our English class used this song's chorus as an example of how metaphors convey meaning. First he wrote on the chalk board "We are nothing, life is meaningless." Then below that he wrote "Dust in the Wind, all we are is dust in the wind."
But this song is not saying that life is meaningless. It is, as you discussed in your reaction, about putting our lives into perspective. And the lyrics, by the way, are based on passages from The Book of Ecclesiastes.
What a great teacher!!
Overdue
Edit... Hope you guys keep growing.. A change in content CAN hurt a chennel but... I appreciate your channel's effort to diversify your audience... Yup.. That's it
You have to see the trajectory from "Carry On My Wayward Son" through "Dust in the Wind" to the eventual breakup of the band. Kerry Livgren was going through a deep soul-search, eventually leading to his conversion to Christianity and the eventual breakup of the band.
Wonderful reaction and interpretation of the lyrics!The Wall is my favorite song by Kansas. It’s also highly philosophical and it inspired me a lot personally, but the music is a little more upbeat.
With Veterans Day coming up please consider Billy Joel’s Goodnight Saigon. It’s a soldier’s perspective of Vietnam. Heavy song but worth a listen, follow it up with Charlie Daniels Still in Saigon a look into PTSD.
Then do Big and Rich’s “the 8th of November”.
Huey Lewis… Walking on a Thin Line.
Redgum - A Walk in the Light Green (I was only 19)
Oh, and Cold Chisel- Khe Sanh
Loved this song since th 1970s . Love my life. Live it to the fullest!
"The Pale Blue Dot"-Carl Sagan, that's what you were talkin about there
Good comparison there
Indeed - The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken Feb. 14, 1990, by NASA’s Voyager 1 at a distance of 3.7 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) from the Sun
RIP Blue. May we all go out the way you did.