Pandora and "Kansas Radio"

I love Pandora.  

Typically I have it playing all day in the background unless I am grading essays.  Then the only music that can be heard is the sweet cry of anguish coming from yours truly as I read essays that could sometimes be better written by Oliver the dog Reilly.  But I digress.

I created a station called "Kansas Radio" and included bands like Styx, REO, Chicago, The Eagles, Boston and of course, Kansas.  I've always loved them.  Carry On My Wayward Son - ah - such incredible lyrics.  Really.

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 hear the voices when I'm dreamin', I can hear them say

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

Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune, but I hear the voices say

If you're still reading and you're of a certain age or if your parents raised you right and you KNOW Kansas, there's no way you weren't singing along.  Am I right?  Seriously, how could one deny the thought that went into those lyrics?  Love that!  Dust in the Wind, there's another masterpiece.
I also loved "Hold On" but if I recall, that was a bit of a turning point for the band.  One of them, the guitarist I believe, became a born-again Christian and band members began to battle over lyrics.  Too bad. I still loved it.  Heck, I love it still.

In 2018, where is our Kansas equivalent?  I know it's out there with the small indie bands and alternative groups, but where is the Kansas equivalent being played on the radio with relevant lyrics?  A band or artist whose music isn't replete with hidden messages about their favorite number, what someone made them do, or revenge?  An artist who doesn't rely on dance moves and putting pinky rings up to the moon?  An artist who doesn't wax philosophic about his "boo bae tastin like kool-aid".  I mean really.  Here's a song in the top five as of today.  It's a song called "Rockstar" by Post Malone.  I'll admit, I've never heard of this person.  It truly amazes me how quickly my knowledge of pop culture vanished when the kids moved out and I left the traditional classroom.  Wow.  

Anyway, this gem begins like this:

Ayy, I've been fu***n' hoes and poppin' pillies
Man, I feel just like a rockstar (star)
Ayy, ayy, all my brothers got that gas

Well, that's enough of that, right?  I choose to believe that the rest of the song is about a ridiculously heinous bout of flatulence experienced by Mr. Malone and his friends.  That's what 'll get me through the day. This is what's playing through those ubiquitous earbuds?  Say it isn't so!

Am I the only one longing for music from days gone by?  Have I crossed over into that "officially old" state that we thought our parents were in when we were teenagers?  Maybe I have, but my ears are thankful; and so is my mind. ;-)