My kids' Grandpa, Jim, named his son Dusty, after his favorite song, Dust In The Wind. Dusty passed away as a young adult. Kansas played a gig in Arkansas, and Jim wound up getting to drive the band from the hotel to the gig and back. He told them that, in honor of his son, he had the lyrics with Dusty's photo, printed and framed. The band made him drive them to his house so they could sign it.
Dust in the wind is one of the easiest beginner finger picking songs - I use it to warm up before more complex tracks - so I absolutely agree with his assessment that it was an exercise
I didn't know that dust in the wind was a song, but now I get the reference in Bill and Ted where Ted's translating Socrates and says all we are is dust in the wind
I saw them in Detroit this past fall, and right before they played Life's Been Good, Joe said "You know... It's a lot harder being 70 in the 20's than it was being 20 in the 70's!"
Babe you should do something with that... no woman! I'm just exercising my fingers! And so.... that was the story of the first ever.... Blue lady bawls...
palmmute
I knew immediately this was the story behind Dust in the Wind
battlebetter5772
I think Vicci wanted a go
Eldibs
It's definitely worth seeing them play it live if you can.
necrojoe
Für Elise may be similar in that regard
TheRealDude19047
RickWilde
Men are bad at hints.
bumCandle
Dude didn't get the hint from his wife
cbjfan
ThomWill
Keep your fingers out my wife's damn mouth!!
AdelineThatsMeYo
Nerds. ❤️
ImagineArtsStudio
One of the best existential songs ever wrote.
sadurdaynight
you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but when you pick your finger on these certain cords you apparently create a hit
nachosyndicate
I thought she meant something else.
hetherweaversmagic
MarsIsAfire
Source: Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere documentary https://youtu.be/I53Y57OcRlo?t=3870
thatsbadmmkay
Her: you should do something with those fingers.
Him: Babe! Leave me alone Im practicing guitar!
What a king
bigboneded
My kids' Grandpa, Jim, named his son Dusty, after his favorite song, Dust In The Wind. Dusty passed away as a young adult. Kansas played a gig in Arkansas, and Jim wound up getting to drive the band from the hotel to the gig and back. He told them that, in honor of his son, he had the lyrics with Dusty's photo, printed and framed. The band made him drive them to his house so they could sign it.
thebonesofmyancestors
That's a really great story.
bigboneded
I cry every time I think about it.
Kilsta
YOU'RE MY BOY BLUE!!!
Sandproblems
Dust in the wind is one of the easiest beginner finger picking songs - I use it to warm up before more complex tracks - so I absolutely agree with his assessment that it was an exercise
DwightLikesManMeat
Guitar
pullingsixty
Great story. Man that long hair and pornstache look really had a heyday.
casbott
He's still committed to the stach, and will die on that hill.
DrasticBastard
My wife says the same thing, I can’t play guitar, but she is astounded by my fingers.
dirtybarnacles
I thought he said “finger bang” and had a whole different understanding of Vicki…
andydicktracymorganfairchild
I didn't know kevin nealon was in Kansas.
quadraspaz1
I didn't know that dust in the wind was a song, but now I get the reference in Bill and Ted where Ted's translating Socrates and says all we are is dust in the wind
SkeksiLady
Duuuuude
Nim449
"Hi So-crates. Um, now what? I don't know...philosophize with him! 'Oh uh, All we are is dust in the wind, dude'"
Macadaynu
Dust…wind…duuude
marbiter
Life in the Fast Lane started similarly. It was just a warm up Joe Wash played.
CaffeineEnabler
aShogunNamedMarcus
Joe's fingering technique will surely make you lose your mind
DongleDingler
Life's been good to him so far
pookieeatworld
I saw them in Detroit this past fall, and right before they played Life's Been Good, Joe said "You know... It's a lot harder being 70 in the 20's than it was being 20 in the 70's!"
cuddleskunk
That's my favorite Eagles song...which has gotten me weird looks from hardcore Eagles fans.
ThailandExpress
Mines ‘Those Shoes’ & I think ‘Tequila Sunrise’ sucks.
hyperchondriac
Doolin' Dalton
BokchoyIsAWhiteVegetable
My finger exercises led to me becoming a teen parent....
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
It was probably the penis in the vagina that actually did that.
BokchoyIsAWhiteVegetable
lololol
WeAllTransform
It was probably the ejaculation from the penis that actually did that.
ThomWill
It was probably the one sperm that penetrated the egg that actually, actually did that
ImahumanIpromise
Him: *Doing finger exercises* Wife: Babe, I have an idea...just trust me... Me: Not where I thought this was going.
Shovi
I thought he was picking his nose, and he was calling it finger pick exercise :))
LollipopKid
Reading top comment on here usually reminds me I'm not alone in the world
Rpgjgb
willpostanything
IGotLordVoldemortsNose
I'd say they tried it too, she sounds intelligent
AttackOfTheSpaceBat
My exact thought when I first saw it
ErudiousRex
Babe you should do something with that... no woman! I'm just exercising my fingers! And so.... that was the story of the first ever.... Blue lady bawls...
Boatsntoes
Beat me…. Beat me to it
samuelthastings5
Definitely thought the story would end up with scuba diving
GloveFullaVaseline
Still ends up everyone being in a good place though.
judgewolfgm
Was coming down here to say this. Huge difference with audio instead of subtitles... lol
bstringrocks777
Exactly what I thought when I saw this earlier, too
TheOneThatGotBanned
mikeatike
Also considering your username...
iamthelawl
I, too, had a brain that was traveling the ways of the gutter.
kathlTvVillain
Nay, you just have a healthy attitude to finger exercises ! God I need to get a life .
lalwaysupvotecatsandTHT
I think it's a very similar story for "Sweet Child of Mine": finger picking exercise turns into great riff.
Noahbalboa82
Kind of like piano exercise that turns into Dre
RedIronCrown
They forgot about Dre
Chimponzoo
Twinkle-Twinkle little star's tune was written by Mozart as practice work.
WillemHellfire
I came here to say the same. +1
Malsbury
Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straights too.
CormacTheCat
It was a string skipping/alternate picking warm-up that turned into Sweet Child Of Mine. But yeah, same principle.
MachinatioVitae
Slash has gone on record saying it was built like any other riff, not from a warmup or exercise.
jekath
Yeah. And the "where do we go now" was Axl really not knowing where the song was going and it worked.
Eldibs
Yeah, if my memory serves correctly, their manager or something told them the song should be longer and they had no idea where to go with it.
Badprenup
I thought it was symbolic of being at the airport and you can't find your gate
jekath
...I like that story better and I will insist it is true from now on and you can't stop me.