Joe Fields
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Thu Aug-17-06 04:36 PM
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Kansas (rock group) appreciation thread |
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Can I tell you something?
Got to tell you one thing...
If you expect a freedom
that you say is yours...
Prove that you deserve it.
Help us to preserve it,
or being free will just be
words and nothing more...
I love the early Kansas. What say you?
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southpaw
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Thu Aug-17-06 04:41 PM
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Before Kerry Livgren went all holy-roller...
Classic 1970's prog-ish rock from the heartland!
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Joe Fields
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Thu Aug-17-06 04:50 PM
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3. They were on fire when they first started out, making all of the big |
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stadium festivals. I saw them play around Lawrence and Kansas City before their first album came out. Was really sorry to seem them go downhill musically, (progressively speaking) after their third album.
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Thu Aug-17-06 04:48 PM
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Thu Aug-17-06 04:55 PM
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4. Ilove just about everything they did on their first two albums, |
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and about half of their thirs. Can I tell you, Belexes, Journey to Mariabronne, Bring it on Back, and Death of Mother Nature Suite, from their debut album kicked ass.
Saw them about a dozen times in a three year period. They put on one hell of a show.
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Thu Aug-17-06 05:00 PM
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5. I never got to see them live |
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I always thought Steve Walsh was one of the better singers in the prog rock genre.
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Thu Aug-17-06 06:29 PM
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9. They're still around. I saw them live a few years ago. Still a great band. |
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Actually, they're better, now that the fundy guitar player/songwriter is gone.
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Thu Aug-17-06 05:17 PM
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6. Please explain what there is to appreciate |
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Thu Aug-17-06 05:31 PM
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7. Just a great progressive rock group from the heartland. They |
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burst onto the music scene nationally in 1973. Check out some of their music, if you like power progressive rock. Their biography is on allmusic.com.
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Thu Aug-17-06 05:36 PM
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Edited on Thu Aug-17-06 05:40 PM by sendero
... was a lot better than say... Styx.
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Thu Aug-17-06 06:45 PM
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10. First concert I ever saw was Queen and Kansas together in LaCrosse, |
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Wisconsin. $5 tickets. It was great.
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