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Kansas: Leftoverture | Extended Play Lounge Ep. 63 (Patreon)

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2024-03-08 22:29:48
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It's a little delayed, but I'm glad I waited until I had a good slot of time to dive head-first into this proggy masterpiece. I grooved on every single song in this 1976 album by Kansas. I hope you enjoy!

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Kansas: Leftoverture | Extended Play Lounge Ep. 63

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Christopher Arters (relative timeworx - Mr.A)

There is a fabulous "rockumentary" on Kansas called "Miracles Out Of Nowhere" that I highly recommend viewing. Watching your reaction to The Wall, you should definitely dive into the chords - amazing composition! The "hokey" instrumental middle to Cheyenne Anthem was stylized to sound like an old cowboys and indians movie. This track is structurally similar to Genesis' One For The Vine where a very dramatic song and lyric lightens up with an almost comedic portrayal of a battle scene. For me - this is a top 5 all-time album.

Ford H. Cotton III

Awesome album! Another one that I'm hearing for the 100th time or so. But it still sounds fresh to me. Not much else to say, except that my personal favorite is Questions of My Childhood. I can totally relate to it, it's reflective and very warm sounding. Thanks for doing it!

Ross Pollack

This has been my go-to album for the last couple of years and I am so glad you got around to it! My wife and I both enjoyed this EPL tremendously.

CJ Rapier

You are correct about Kansas being overlooked when it comes to prog bands. Their first five albums are, as you say, "proggy as sh*t" (I cracked up when you said that) and they definelty rock harder than their British prog contemporaries.

DAVID SCHWARTZ

Hey Doug, lovely reaction video of this classic album from Kansas. Actually I just saw them in concert, celebrating their 50th Anniversary. That show was amazing and they definitely played "The Wall", plus many other great songs like Dust in the Wind, Song for America, Fight Fire With Fire and their Encore song was Carry on my Wayward Son. They actually had another drummer fill in for the first half of the show, then I think Phil Ehart did the rest. They had one other original member playing and that was Richard Williams. It was an amazing show. Thanks for sharing this Doug.

Brian Collins

Thank you for this. Once again I find the real value in your channel - to get me to discover new things to listen too. I had always mistakenly discounted Kansas as yet another another Southern Rock AOR FM band and had failed to notice the amazing prog that they made. So ... yet another back-catalog that I need to dive into!

Randy Gibson

As a 3-album run, Song For America, Leftoverture, and Point of Know Return might be one of the greatest of all time for any band. And if anyone has any doubts about Kerry Livgren's genius as a composer, this album should forever erase them. Kerry was going through an extended search for meaning in his own life that eventually led to Christianity, but his lyrics throughout his career with Kansas were always brilliant at exposing that search.

Richard Moore

Hmmm... won't play for me. Hopefully just a temporary glitch, but my other Patreon channels are working.

Potted Rodent

Being a person that lived in an environment where I couldn't run far enough away from classic rock on the radio, I never gave this album much of a chance. But the other album cuts are surprisingly good.

Jeff Norman

Despite Christopher's explanation above, that middle part of "Cheyenne Anthem" didn't work for me (and I love the rest of the track). So I took Doug's offhand remark about that big opening/closing theme from "Magnum Opus" replacing it, fooled around in Logic Pro for a bit...and hey: it works better than I would have guessed. (I used a couple of minutes from the beginning, the full statement of that big theme in fifths up to the very beginning of the guitar solo. Kept the latter part of the middle section (once the military/Bolero drums come in). (The edited part begins about 3:10 and goes till about 4:35.) https://clyp.it/21fbladd?token=ec07a5126932d4c609de4d7a0147182a

Adie

This is wild! It's a bit like discovering the missing link between prog and US metal and/or US rock. As a Brit, this is somewhat unsettling 🤣 I heard influences, particularly of Genesis, but also Gentle Giant, ELP, King Crimson etc. But it's not all influences, there's a distinct identity coming through. Magnum Opus was my favorite track, and I would like to hear more like that. I love the positive energy and ambition.

Jeff Norman

Oh—that middle section of "Opus Insert," especially the first half, sounds very much like someone in the band was listening to Zappa...

Justin Cordell

Adie, being a brit, can u tell me y so many of the best prog groups seem to come from England and Holland? Is there a cultural part to it?

Claudio Fernandes

Not playing for me here. It's been like that the whole day.

Brad L Duren

I will echo Christopher's explanation of that middle section of Cheyenne Anthem. It always struck me as a musical depiction of the tribes being overrun by the settlers, including battling with British and later US military. I can see how it comes across as a bit hokey, but as a native Oklahoman who is surrounded by the ghosts of Indian Removal and destruction, it is a piece of music that never ceases to move me. Great review, Doug! Kansas is a band that has never received the respect they deserve. They are prog, rock, and pop all mixed together in a truly unique mixture.

Tom (the soggy one)

Surprisingly, I had never heard "The Wall" until the late-90's, when I was already a 30-ish prog-head, but had never gotten into Kansas beyond "Song For America". "The Wall" grabbed me by the throat and would. Not. Let. Go. It is a musical masterpiece, of course, but the message summed up exactly what had been my mind's anguish for years. But what was my wall? I'm listened to it repeatedly over the years, but could never get through it without tears of anguish. Finally, in 2017 I got myself tested and sure enough, lifelong, untreated Asberger's Syndrome (autism), tinged with untreated brain damage from a concussion from a car crash when two years old. Now hearing this song, there's still tears, but tears of relief after finally tearing town the wall and letting it be. And yes, there is no loss.

Randy Hammill

Such an amazing album and so many great moments. I absolutely love how Miracles Out of Nowhere shifts into that pedal on the bass in the chorus. So effective.

Adrian Goodrich

Meant to comment first time I watched this - Prog Rock is British, for sure. But not entirely - Kansas were up there with the best. And great to hear Doug explain why.

Herr Lefe

I love The Wall. My favourite Kansas Song. The Coda is epic.