In her defense, this state that looks like a graham cracker with the corner bitten off has birthed some famous native sons. Walter Chrysler founded Chrysler Corporation. Dwight D. Eisenhower, after smacking Hitler with the greatest armada in the history of history, eventually moved into the White House. And, most importantly to us, in 1969, Lynn Meredith, Don Montre, Dan Wright, and Kerry Livgren played as a group in their hometown of Topeka. They became the nucleus of the band known as Kansas.
Kansas, the band, is surely more happenin' than their home state, right? I mean they're rock and rollers for crying out loud. Not so fast there, sport. VH1 attempted to do an episode of Behind the Music on Kansas, but the episode never aired. It was deemed that band members lives off stage were too, well, boring. Seriously.
In spite of this, Kansas churned out enough hits to make them a perennial fixture on pretty much every greatest rock countdown/compilation out there.
"Carry On Wayward Son" is a trove of symbolism waiting to be unpacked and shoehorned into your particular frame of reference. Usually it's taken to be of a spiritual nature and the search for truth and meaning. To this end, it was even covered by an all female Christian rock band, Rachel Rachel. Check it out for yourself to see if they hold their own.
Some associate it with the story of Daedalus and Icarus, Hamlet, or even the Vietnam War.
And then you've got the fandoms. "Carry On Wayward Son" is the unofficial theme song for Sam and Dean Winchester in Supernatural. It's also been referenced as a biography for Anakin Skywalker. Seriously.
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