![]() ![]() This song is featured in the South Park episode "Guitar Queer-O." In the episode, Stan and Kyle become obsessed with the video game Guitar Hero and often play to "Carry On Wayward Son." The song is played throughout the episode. I don't remember exactly who picked that one, but generally I'd give the artist a few choices and they sort of pick among them." (Check out our interview with Cevin Soling.) So that kind of went back and forth and somehow "Wayward Son" got thrown out there. I had alternate lyrics, you know, but they were still uncomfortable with doing that. ' Carry On Wayward Son ' is a song by American rock band Kansas, released from the bands fourth studio album Leftoverture (1976). I could not wait to get them in the studio to work on that. Carry On Wayward Son by KansasLeftoverture (1976)Lyrics:ChorusCarry on, my wayward sonTherell be peace when you are doneLay your weary head to restDont y. Carry on my wayward son For there'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more Once I rose above the noise and confusion Just to get a glimpse beyond the 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 h. this very 'Elvira' Country version of the Nine Inch Nails' 'Closer,' with all the doo-wops and poppa oom maus and everything. ![]() Cevin Soling, who put the compilation together, said: "The Oak Ridge Boys, I wanted them to do Nine Inch Nails' 'Closer,' and I had this wonderful arrangement worked out. The Oak Ridge Boys recorded this for the album When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear. This song has appeared in several movies, including Heroes (1977), Happy Gilmore (1996) and Anchorman - The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004). It remains a staple of Classic Rock radio. The first line of "Carry On Wayward Son" is: "Once I rose above the noise and confusion." (Thanks, Rich - Trenton, NJ) "I stood where no man goes/ABOVE THE DIN I ROSE Life is amusing though we are losing Drowned in tears of awe."īy definition in the Cambridge dictionary, "Din" is a loud unpleasant confused noise which lasts for a long time. As stated in the last verse of "The Pinnacle": This song can be seen as the continuation of the last song of Kansas' previous album Masque. People have attributed all sorts of alternative meanings to it, but he suggests taking the song as it is. According to Livgren, the song was not written to express anything specifically religious, though it certainly expresses spiritual searching and other ideas. Carry On Wayward Son is a song by Kansas which was written by Kansas guitarist Kerry Livgren. ![]()
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