CARRY ON WAYWARD SON (ADELANTE, HIJO DESCARRIADO)

I have to say that the first time that I listened to KANSAS's music I didn't like it very much. I also think that the very first of their albums to be released in my country was "Leftoverture" (1976). This album was played a lot by my brothers in the late seventies. So maybe I became a bit bored of that album. It took me until 1984, when I bought their live album "Two for the Show" (1978), to really like KANSAS's music and to be interested in listening to "Leftoverture" again and to some of their other albums.

I think that the song which first made KANSAS popular in muy country (Mexico) was "Carry On, Wayward Son", composed by Kerry Livgren. It is one of their most known songs. It reached the Number 11 in the U.S. Hit Parade charts, and it became a Hit Single in several countries. It is mainly a Hard Rock song which still is played in some FM Radio stations in my city. It also sounds very "American Rock" in musical style. A good heavy song with some Prog Rock influences.

"Questions of my Childhood", composed by Kerry Livgren and Steve Walsh, is a more Prog Rock influenced song with some good violin and synthesiser melodies and more keyboards in comparison to "Carry On, Wayward Son". It is one of the best songs from their "Letoverture" album.