Carry On Wayward Son Kansas

    1. Carry On Wayward Son Kansas   Time 2008-05-29 18:42
  • "Carry On Wayward Son" (often misnamed, due to the lyrics, as "Carry On My Wayward Son") is a hit progressive rock single recorded by Kansas and written by Kerry Livgren for their 1976 album Leftoverture. In 1977, the song peaked at #11 on the Billboard pop singles chart, becoming their first Top 40 hit.Long a classic rock staple, as well as a popular song for pep bands, the song comprises 5:25 of prototypical rock/progressive fusion, the trademark of Kansas.Kerry Livgren wrote the song as a sequel to the final song on the previous album ("The Pinnacle" off Masque).A song from the band Journey called "I'm Gonna Leave You" from their second album, Look into the Future, shares an almost identical guitar riff with "Carry On Wayward Son". During 1975-76, the two bands toured tirelessly, often playing the same shows. Although the Journey track predates the Kansas song, Livgren insists that the similarity is a coincidence. After its prominent appearance in the South Park episode "Guitar Queer-o", a tab of the song shot to the number 3 most viewed tab at at ultimate-guitar.com.Covers"Carry On Wayward Son" was covered by Canadian Christian rock band Critical Mass, garnering a nomination for Best Rock Song of the year in 2005 at the Canadian Gospel Music Association.It was also covered by Yngwie Malmsteen on his 1996 album Inspiration.Another Christian rock band, Rachel Rachel, also covered this classic rock song, on their 1991 album Way To My Heart.More recently, it was covered by The Oak Ridge Boys.Was adapted to "Carry On Joe Conason" on The Al Franken Show as a theme song for writer Joe Conason, a regular on the show.The University of Texas Longhorn Band, The Marching Virginians, The Sacramento State Marching Band, University of California, Davis Marching Band-uh!, and University of California, Los Angeles Marching Band perform this song during football games. The University of Florida, University of Kansas, University of Colorado, and Bradley University bands also play this song during basketball games.Riffs from this song are incorporated into "The Big Medley" by Dream Theater.Gregg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, mash up DJ used "Carry On Wayward Son" for one of many of his sample-based remixes, "Warm It Up" on his 2006 album Night Ripper.The Roamin' Bones of the Florida State University Marching Chiefs play this song often at performances prior to football games.Christian metal band, The Showdown, covered the song on their Temptation Come My Way album.Screamo band The Kodan Armada briefly cover the chorus of this song in their song "One" on their Collections Volume 1 CDFrench Canadian artist Sylvain Cossette, covered the song on his upcoming album this fall 2007.The song was edited and featured in the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 music video game Guitar Hero II.Ellison Screaming Eagle band used this song (along with "Point Of Know Return" and "Icarus (Borne On Wings Of Steel") for their half time show during the 2007-2008 football season. Info courtesy: wikipedia.org]
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