Off the top of my head:
Miracles out of Nowhere
Lonely Wind
Closet Chronicles
The Coming Dawn (Thantopsis)
Distant Vision
Off the top of my head:
Miracles out of Nowhere
Lonely Wind
Closet Chronicles
The Coming Dawn (Thantopsis)
Distant Vision
Odd, considering tnhe guy was making aerobics from behind his keys in the 70's.Originally Posted by Vic2012
Did he suffer from injury or illness?
TBH, if I never hear Kansas (or Yes) for the +/- 20 years I've got to live, it'll be OK.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
I could go 20 years without hearing COWS. I sorta went on a mini Kansas binge last night because of this thread. I heard Monolith and AV. Monolith is a great album. It's got some very proggy songs. The elephant in the room is called.....How My Soul Cries Out For You. I've always liked it. It's a little obnoxious but quirky and bizarre.
Phil Ehart is quoted as saying that they did the "party crasher" stuff in the middle "because they could." Doesn't really mean that you SHOULD.
"Arf." -- Frank Zappa, "Beauty Knows No Pain" (live version)
I've heard that story. The bar room brawl is just clumsy. It doesn't ruin the song. It might be part of the charm. Along with that track I love Stay Out Of Trouble.....step outside and feel the tingle........
I love all those Southern boogie songs they do. I wish they'd do them now. I mean newly written boogie rock.
I'd rather see that than Steve doing handstands wearing nothing but a pair of shorts.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
I like HMSCOFY! Good vocal song. Kansas could do that trick of writing quirky vocal lines within straightforward prog/rock songs. Of course now it's my earworm for the day.
Duncan's going to make a Horns Emoticon!!!
all early stuff for me..
JFM
SfA
Magnum Opus
Carry On
Miracles
The Wall
Cheyenne Anthem
Closet Chronicles
Hopelessly Human
The Pinnacle
boy that Leftoverture was a great album
"She said you are the air I breathe
The life I love, the dream I weave."
Unevensong - Camel
The first time I saw Kansas was on the Monolith tour. When that party crasher part of How My Soul Cries Out For You came something dropped from the roof of the venue. Cannot remember what it was but I know it was an intentional part of the show. I absolutely love Angels Have Fallen, I never get tired of hearing that one. The two songs that bring me to tears are The Wall and Lonely Wind.
The problem is that when Steve lost his energy, the band started playing much shorter sets. Those last few times I saw Kansas with Walsh, they were playing no more than 80, often 75 minutes or less. With the new lineup, they are doing 2+ hour long shows.
Been listening to Walsh’s solo album “Shadowman”. Good, heavy album with some proggy touches.
If I remember right it was a dummy that fell out of the lighting rig. Then two "orderlies" came out with a stretcher and carried the dummy off the stage. I had no clue what it meant then nor do I now, but that is how I remember it.
I’ve seen Kansas more than twenty times and they never did more than 90 minutes when Walsh was in the band, even back in their heyday. Today’s version of the band does often do two plus hour shows, but not always. I saw them a few years ago and it was only 90 minutes with no opening act. The whole show was done before 9:00PM which was weird and a bit disappointing to be honest.
I got some!
Can I Tell You
Song For America
Mysteries & Mayhem
Cheyenne Anthem
Magnum Opus
Hopelessly Human
People of the South Wind
Relentless
Chasing Shadows
Incident on a Bridge
Secret Service
Rainmaker
Depends on the tour. Last time I saw them (POKR show) they played 2 hours 15-20 minutes. It was the best show I've seen from them. I'm pretty sure when I saw them for their Power tour it was close to 2 hours.
It's been my experience that when Kansas features a particular album the shows go 2 hours or longer. If no album is featured then the show averages around 90 minutes.
I saw the Power tour in Grand Rapids MI and it was 90 minutes. I remember that because the short show thing used to be a pet peeve with me and Kansas and used to time the show. Even their huge "Monolith" production, which was the biggest they ever toured with, was only 90 minutes from start to finish. They did not start doing 2 hour plus shows until after Steve left.
Yes, if it is a featured album show they are typically doing two hours. Unfortunately the last show I saw was apparently just a Kansas Classics tour which was only 90 minutes.
Back in the day, most bands performed 90 minute shows. Able to fit nicely on a double LP.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
I too listened to a lot of Kansas in high school. Their logo was scribbled on just about all my notebooks. I just had to take a peek and I still have my original vinyl copies of Masque, Leftoverture, PoKR, TftS & Audio Visions. I had to peek because I don't often fire up the turntable anymore and truly only one of their albums stayed in my regular listening spectrum, all the way through until today and that's Monolith. The only album of theirs I went out and replaced with a cd.So my answer is really that entire album with the exception of the final track RTB, which is an easy come down from all the action on this record I suppose but nothing very memorable imo.
Absolutely love this track, doesn't feel clumsy to me, feels just like something they were really having fun playing at the time. It always seemed analogous to Release, Release from Tormato to me in that regard. The band just wrapping up side one with a rollicking track and leaving me feeling likeBring on side two!
Journey is better on Two for the Show, imo. It's a bit longer with an extended middle.
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