#Leftoverture

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Kansas – Carry On Wayward Son

[rastronomicals]

11:41 AM EST November 24, 2024:

Kansas - "Magnum Opus" From the album Leftoverture (October 1976)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

★★★★★

   I. Father Padilla Meets the Perfect Gnat   II. Howling At the Moon  III. Man Overboard IV. Industry On Parade  V. Release the Beavers VI. Gnat Attack

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[spinning-supernatural]

Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)

Featured Song: Carry On Wayward Son

Played during 01x21 "Salvation", 02x22 "All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two", 03x16 "No Rest for the Wicked", 04x22 "Lucifer Rising", 05x22 "Swan Song", 06x22 "The Man Who Knew Too Much", 07x23 "Survival of the Fittest", 08x23 "Sacrifice", 09x23 "Do You Believe in Miracles?", 10x23 "Brother's Keeper", 11x23 "Alpha and Omega", 12x23 "All Along the Watchtower", 13x23 "Let the Good Times Roll", 14x20 "Moriah" and 15x20 "Carry On". Also referenced in The Winchesters 01x13 "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye".

I can think of no better album to start this blog off than with Leftoverture! I finally picked it up a few weeks ago from on of my local record shops, after quite a while of looking for it and bringing home other Kansas albums instead. The cover of this copy is pretty rough - I had to tape up the bottom after taking these photos, because the record kept trying to fall right out. The vinyl itself however plays well, with only a bit of popping. Sound-wise, the album is quintessential Kansas prog rock. "Carry On Wayward Son" dominates as the biggest hit, but the rest of the album is cohesive and fun to listen to. The album art, like many Kansas albums, has fantastic details and absolutely deserves to be viewed in the big vinyl format. For anyone who happens to spot a secondhand copy in the wild at a good price, it's definitely worth grabbing.

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

If there were a Kansas cover band, would it be called Arkansas or Nebraska?

[coeyymarie]

Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son

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Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son

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Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)

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"Carry on Wayward Son" - Kansas

Carry on Wayward Son Kansas Leftoverture, 1976

Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more

Ah

Once I rose above the noise and confusion Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion I was soaring ever higher, but I flew too high

Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man Though my mind could think I still was a mad man I hear the voices when I'm dreaming I can hear them say

Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more

Masquerading as a man with a reason My charade is the event of the season And if I claim to be a wise man Well, it surely means that I don't know

On a stormy sea of moving emotion Tossed about, I'm like a ship on the ocean I set a course for winds of fortune But I hear the voices say

Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more no!

Carry on You will always remember Carry on Nothing equals the splendor Now your life's no longer empty Surely heaven waits for you

Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry Don't you cry no more

No more!

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Kansas - Leftoverture (October 21, 1976)

[glorioustyrantcollectorlove-blog]

Una canción que sin lugar a dudas relacionas con la serie de SuperNatural.

[valereth2]

The next album out of the box is Leftoverture by Kansas. I have heard nothing but good things about this one

[rastronomicals]

2:10 AM EST December 24, 2024:

Kansas - "Magnum Opus" From the album Leftoverture (October 1976)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

★★★★★

   I. Father Padilla Meets the Perfect Gnat   II. Howling At the Moon  III. Man Overboard IV. Industry On Parade  V. Release the Beavers VI. Gnat Attack

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[justanotherbildungsroman]

this is a combination of records that I own, and records that my mom owns and I grew up listening to, in no particular order:

Beethoven's 9th Symphony (this is a bit of a cheat, since the symphony takes about ten sides all told, but whatever, it's my list!) (I have a recording from the London Philharmonic, and it's great music for having some kind of emotional catharsis to. Beethoven had gone deaf by the time it premiered, and it was his last symphony. He didn't know he'd gotten a standing ovation until one of the singers turned him around and GAH even just thinking about it I get verklempt)

Kid Charlemagne by Steely Dan (needs no explanation, perfect album)

Bing Crosby's White Christmas (the only christmas album I will listen to, tbh!)

Dvorak's 9th Symphony, From the New World (another great emotional catharsis symphony! Dvorak wrote it after spending time in America, and it was influenced by African American spirituals in a really wonderful way)

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Funeral for a Friend is SUCH a banger of an opening, but don't try to sing it at karaoke -- they do NOT abridge the intro)

my friends got me a RECORD PLAYER for my birthday and of course i am out of my gourd about it, but now i have to get records to play on it and i'm overwhelmed by options! obviously i went straight to the tiny record store near us and bought the first nina simone album i could find ("the amazing nina simone," they didn't have "wild is the wind" or "i put a spell on you" but beggars can't be choosers and nina is nina). however. records are $$ and our apartment is small so i have to be choosy about who else i can buy to go with her. and the thing is that a record player requires a whole ritual, it's not just putting the current song you're obsessed with on repeat, you have to:

decide on your album and retrieve it from the pile (once you have a pile),

remove the LP, which has a certain gratifying heft; you might give it a half-spin in your hands, like you are leading the album out on the dance floor,

rest it on the turntable,

unlatch the needle arm,

carefully move the arm over to the correct groove,

hit the little lever that lowers the needle, which always stresses me out because what if i miscalculated or didn't calibrate the counterweight correctly and it scratches too hard?

all this process means when i put an album on the record player i am physically engaged with it in a way that is very specific, and not every album will do, even the ones i love!

anyway so i am making a little list and telling myself i can buy two records a month. there are go-to classics on there (davis/coltrane, ella, billie, oscar peterson, fleetwood mac, paul simon, nick drake), and there are records i listened to on my parents' turntable when i was a kid that i find perfect start to finish AND suited to the format simply because of those sense memories (bonnie raitt nick of time, talking heads speaking in tongues, beatles rubber soul, rufus & chakha khan RAGS TO RUFUS which ok i admit i already bought on ebay it was $10 leave me alone), and there are newer favs that i think will suit (hozier, kendrick, doechii, the 1975 [SORRYYY not sorry][bangers]). anyway do any of you guys have a record player or experience with a record player and if so do you have a top five? again can't emphasize this enough this is not top five ALBUMS this is top five ALBUMS TO PLAY ON A RECORD PLAYER which is different in the year of our lord 2025, as i am sure you understand.

[cosmoseinfeld]

thanks for the tag guys 🤗

* you can choose between a t-rex or a triceratops

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[go-go-devil]

Analyzing the Mouthwashing Cast by Their Assumed Preferences in Prog Rock

Swansea: Your average senior prog rocker. It's not his absolute favorite genre, but he enjoys a good amount of the classic 70's bands (and occasional obscure curve balls like Crack the Sky and Klaatu) without much interest for where the genre went afterwards. As long as the instrumentation and singing don’t sound "too goddamn weird" for his tastes he'd be willing to give any classic-sounding prog band a shot. Would certainly get into a LONG conversation about his feelings on Dark Side of the Moon and Leftoverture if he's in a good enough mood... or when he gets drunk enough.

Daisuke: Out of the whole crew, he's actually the most well-versed in the genre; from the 70’s and beyond. A combo of him inheriting his parents' CD's and also utilizing online music forums to take him down all sorts of prog and jazz fusion rabbit holes to find good job hunting music that certainly won't distract him at all! Generally prefers listening to individual songs rather than full albums since sometimes he just doesn’t have the patience to listen to multiple long songs back-to-back, but he certainly has a good variety of proggy songs under his belt. Definitely the only one who's ever graced the Tulpar knowing who Kenso or Liquid Tension Experiment are.

Him and Swansea's shared love of Yes is one of the very few music overlaps the two share, and his gushing about how awesome they are are some of the only times he’s able to break the ice around his boss and have a genuinely good-natured conversation with him.

Anya: To immediately assume that she wouldn't know a single thing about progressive rock would be a highly reductive line of thinking. Sure if asked about her favorite prog album she’d probably just say Hounds of Love, but that alone would not be enough to fully analyze the depths of her very specific tastes in the genre. In her pursuit of picking albums solely for the sake of their “vibes” she has ended up gaining a love for artists like Art Bears, Neu!, FM, and National Health (the latter she thought would be great to listen to while studying for her nursing exams). She has songs from Robert Wyatt’s Rock Bottom abruptly stationed between electronic ambient and pop songs on her mixtapes, her favorite Peter Gabriel album is Up, and she would be surprised to learn that Sally Oldfield’s brother also made a few of his own albums.

Suffice to say, if she ever tried to seriously focus on expanding her prog horizons the results would be GLORIOUS!

Curly: Unfortunately, the captain is this ship is the saddest case when it comes to knowing any prog rock. It's honestly quite tragic. He truly thinks that any 8-9 minute track is "pretty long" for a song and would be baffled to learn that Genesis wasn't always just an 80's pop rock band. The only Pink Floyd album he has ever listened to in-full is A Momentary Lapse of Reason, and his favorite song on it is "Learning to Fly." While his willingness to learn more about the genre prevents him from being a total lost cause, the captain still has a LONG way to go before he can even reach noob status.

Jimmy: There are exactly two paths that he could take on this subject...

The first (and most merciful) would be that he's just as lacking in knowledge of the genre as Curly and only ever listens to the same five power metal bands he likes during his weight-lifting sessions.

The second path would be that he does have a fair enough knowledge of prog rock and is just about as insufferable as one would imagine. We’re talking the full-mile here: Flexing on how cool he is for all of the “deep” albums he listens to, telling the guys long, drawn-out about all the incredible trips he’s had while listening to them in his “man cave” back on Earth (while failing to mention how smoking weed actually makes him paranoid instead of relaxed), quoting Frank Zappa lyrics to Anya then immediately quipping about how she just "wouldn't get" them, relating very closely to Pink from The Wall without the smallest speck of self-reflection as to why that might be. All that kind of bullshit. Fucking PRAY he never discovers Zeuhl music.