iPlay: Kansas

Corporate marketing teams, those tricky devils, are getting even trickier with their tricks. The viewing public no longer watches commercials. With DVRs and internet watching, who has time for ads? Especially after the painfully pitiful attempt to show people what they were missing during this year’s Super Bowl, it added more indicators to the list of reasons why not. (Charles Barkley rapping about Taco Bell. For serious?)

Hooray for those that get it right, though. I have to say, after I heard this song playing on a State Farm commercial, paired with the cute little bespeckled dude playing air drums to the beat in his car, I’ll have to admit. I acquired a new-found appreciation for the song and the band. So I uploaded their catalogue onto Rock Band. Because that’s how music appreciation is done in the 21st century. Respect.

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Artist: Kansas
Song: Song Point of Know Return
Album: Point of Know Return (1977)
Heard on: This State Farm commercial
FEAR Says: Ever want a greater appreciation for a song? Play it on RockBand. Carry On My Wayward Son is still the best listen and hard to play. Oy, my scabula.