Dust back in the wind for Subaru

Kansas’ song “Dust in the Wind” is making a comeback as the soundtrack of Subaru’s new ad campaign. But there was a time when the song was silenced by radio impresario Clear Channel Communications. After 9/11, “Dust in the Wind” joined 149 other tunes on the voyage of the banned, apparently because of their potential for misinterpretation or, perhaps, over-interpretation. Lyrics such as “All we are is dust in the wind” and “All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see” no doubt contributed to the song’s landing in the no-play zone.