This is 80's Styx. I like both decades but 70's Styx is just fantastic. Try 'Renegade', 'Come Sail Away', 'Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)', 'The Grande Illusion', 'Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)', many more, they were a hit machine.
Dennis DeYoung, and Tommy Shaw apparently went their separate ways. Dennis was stressing out he quit the band, and Styx hired another singer, Tommy decided to go solo, he made an album "Girls with Guns". Then he teamed up with Ted Nugent, Jack Blades from Night ranger, & Mike Carteloni and formed a band called Damn Yankees. You ought t listen to their songs: Come Again, High Enough, Mistified, Pile-driver, and many more...
I recommend checking them out with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra in concert. It's awesome watching these teenagers rock out to one of my favorite bands!
STYX is a very polarizing band - they have two singer - this was Shaw and he wanted a more rock oriented sound and there was DeYoung who has one of rocks greatest voices, and he was more theatrical. They did a concept album and Shaw hated it and DeYoung loved it and it didn’t end well
They actually have 3 singer/songwriters that includes James "JY" Young whose best song is generally acknowledged to be "Miss America" from The Grand Illusion album. The Grand Illusion, Pieces of Eight, Paradise Theatre and Kilroy Was Here were all concept albums. However, Kilroy is the concept that broke up the band until 1990 with "Edge of the Century"(without Tommy Shaw) and then again in 1996 with "Return To Paradise". I also STRONGLY encourage NOT to listen to the "Official Video" of Come Sail Away. Please listen to the album version which actually was the radio version people first heard in 1977 and continues to hear even today.
@@Vaelsung1 I was just about to add that there were 3. Like the Eagles had 4 I think. So it's like that. The songs all had a different sound based on who was singing.
Out of all the reaction videos I have watched I like y’all the best I can tell just by watching y’all that y’all love each other and love your family I am 51 and was born in 1970 I was raised in a Christian home and I could not have asked god for a better mother than the one he gave me But I like how y’all listen to rock and country music Hey T if you want to hear some good rockin roll listen to Bad Company. Paul Rogers is the lead singer and one of the singer songwriter out there Listen to THE SKY IS BURNING. ELECTRIC LAND, MARY DONT YOU WHEEP NO MORE and they have so many good songs Thanks y’all for being such good people
This is my favorite 70’s arena rock band. I have seen them live over a dozen times. It is a crime they are not in the RnRHF!!!!!! They have 30 plus songs that were big hits!
Styx wasn't necessarily a dance-song band, but if you went to the skating rink, definitely. "Come Sail Away" was extremely popular, because it's definitely not a slow song.
@@One_Proud_Papa I loved skating to Babe, as did so many others at that time. Great memories. "Lady" btw does follow the "starts slowly and then kicks it into high gear" formula.
The think about Styx music is it's ALL uplifting. You can't help but feel great after listening to them. I've seem them live 5 times. It's almost like a religious experience it's so positive and loving, and their real fans are some of the kindest human beings on the planet. You've already seen a ton of great song suggestions - I endorse them all. I havent seen any of any after Mr. Roboto. IF you want to hear something after they broke up and got back together "Show Me The Way" that's a nice ballad - became a bit of an anthem for The Gulf War back in 1991. Another great one I haven't seen mentioned: Best Of Times
Styx just released a new album “Crash of the Crown”. It’s with the updated lineup but Tommy Shaw and James “JY” Young still shredding guitar and preserving the Classic Styx Sound.
Come Sail Away is a must but PLEASE DO NOT react to the "Official Video". It cuts out around a minute of the song. Renegade, Crystal Ball, Blue Collar Man, Fooling Yourself, Castle Walls, Lorelei etc... these are all great songs. There are more in their catalogue as well. They are the first band to sell 4 triple platinum albums in a row. No one had done that before them.
Yes, agreed! Do NOT react to the "official video" of "Come Sail Away" which cuts out the iconic instrumental part. Instead, please react to the album version which is just over 6 minutes. Great reaction!
Great song. Saw Styx in Mobile, AL on the Mr. Roboto Tour. It was a concept album. So played live, the Mr. Roboto story played out with a intro movie, costumes, and later a stage-fight. The story was Mr. Roboto lived in a world where gathering to rock out with live music, such as we were that night in Mobile, was an "illegal gathering". They even had fake police come on stage and making announcements like we were all busted. It was a rock-opera inspired by George Orwell's 1984. They did a great job. It was a good show with all original members. Used to go to a lot of shows in the early 80s between Pensacola, Mobile, and Biloxi.
I've never seen a decade with so MUCH talent, yes, other decades had talent, for crying out loud Elvis had more hits and well known songs than anybody, but the 80's good gosh, the bands just kept producing, so much GOOD competition.
Tommy heard some kind of beat in his car on the way to the recording studio. He had his bassist Chuck Penazzo play the beat on his bass. Tommy had the music within 5 minutes and the lyrics took another half hour. They put it down and within an hour we have this gift. Enjoy! I've Seen them 3 times with both versions of the band.
You both are spot on. Styx has 3 lead singers. The main two are Dennis Deyoung ( Roboto, Come Sail Away, Suite Madame Blue, Lady, Show Me The way, The Best of Times, Queen of Spades, Castle Walls, Babe ( The song Babe started the breakup & Roboto put the band breakup over the top according to Tommy & JY 'as they still cashed their checks')... Tommy Shaw ( Man In The Wilderness, Renegade, Too Much Time On My Hands, Blue Collar Man, Fooling Yourself, Crystal Ball...) James JY Young ( Miss America, Heavy Metal Poisoning, Midnight Ride, Snowblind ( JY & Tommy together).... Styx was one of the greatest & most versatile bands EVER. Top 10 songs in 3 decades 70's, 80's & 90's. Please play the video & song Show Me the way. One of the most powerful videos & songs ever performed. Thanks for the great review & insight into the band. It was pretty spot on!
@@CCDzine It was a cool album at least in concept. I really liked some of the songs on there like Heavy Metal Poison, and a real spiritual triumph song "Get Through This Night".
3 actually.....including James "JY" Young who sang just as much, if not more so, then Dennis did until Tommy Shaw joined the band during the 1975 "Equinox" tour.
Tommy Shaw (singing) is a soulful singer. This song is fun, their first four albums (with Tommy) went double platinum. They were extremely successful. Miss America, Sweet Madame Blue, Renegade, Snowblind, Crystal Ball, they have so many great songs. There are many more, their catalogue is vast. Really nice that you reacted to Man in the wilderness, that’s a fantastic Tommy Shaw tune!!!
They have so many good songs. I think Blue Collar Man would be a good mix between a more serious song, but also has the good energy that you seem to like. I heard you mention Subdivision from Rush. That is one of my favorite songs from them.
Styx plays all kinds of music: heavy, hard, theatrical, easy , here's a love song for the both of you. From the album Return to Paradise, song called "Paradise." Lots of couples use this song as their first dance after their wedding! P.S. You'll love it!!!
Dennis Deyoung (keyboard player) was pulling the band into the pop music direction (Mr. Roboto). Tommy Shaw James Young, the two guitar players wanted the band to rock out more. It eventually led to Dennis leaving the band.
Back in the 70s Styx did an awful lot of fantasy themed tunes, including, 'Renegade', 'Born for Adventure', 'The Grove of Eglantine', 'Unfinished Song', & even, 'Man in the Wilderness'. Give a listen to, 'Renegade'; 'Come Sail Away'; 'Light Up'; 'Lady'; 'Suite Madam Blue'; 'Crystal Ball'; 'The Grand Illusion'; 'Fooling Yourself'; 'Babe'; 'Rockin' the Paradise'.
A married couple like TNT would definitely appreciate "Babe" because Dennis DeYoung wrote it as a birthday present for his wife and it became a #1 song.
I graduated in 1978 and virtually everybody loved Styx and most everyone owned their "Grand Illusion" album. "Mr Roboto" came much later and was, in my opinion, one of the worst of their hits. It's the song that made me and many of my friends begin to drift away from Styx a little (sort of "jumped the shark" with that one). There are so many better songs by Styx to listen to.
78 Grad as well. Styx was my fave band, have seen them in concert 11 times back in the day. I completely understand the blow back against Mr. Roboto but I like it and in hindsight it was pretty prophetic. IMHO Prelude12/Suite Madame Blue (and they have to be played together) is the quintessential Styx tune!
STYX was a band driven by 2 great song writers with very different musical styles. This song is wrote and sung by Tommy Shaw. He was the rock influence and Dennis DeYoung was the Pop influence. DeYoung wrote and sang most of their top 40 ballad stuff, while Shaw handled the rock side of things.
Tommy Shaw is the real deal. Guitarist, vocalist, rocker. Dennis DeYoung is a good vocalist and more into theatrics. The two of them, along with a killer band made great music together, but they just couldn't stay together.
This is from the album Paradise Theater and the best track - actually, TWO tracks (because the one leads directly into the other) - from that album is A.D.1928/Rockin' the Paradise. Great stuff! Paradise wasn't a bad album but, as Tasha noted, it did sort of mark a switch from the classic Styx sound (the album just previous to it - Cornerstone - was the start of that switch).The best of Styx, in my opinion, came during the four album stretch of Equinox, Crystal Ball, The Grand Illusion, and Pieces of Eight.
The stereotype of a street hustler is generally a guy with jewelry (including watches) on the inside flap of a trench coat. In reality, lots of other items were sold by street hustlers. I used to be a regular at a neighborhood bar where people would come in trying to hustle various items. Since there was a grocery store a block away, one popular item was actually steak.
Thank you for your reaction. I can't wait to seeore Styx Styx reactions. Styx has always had a wide variety of styles and genres. They have blues, rock, synth, prog, jazz, and even some folk music. Every album and song sounds a bit different with different styles and genres. And different members of the band write and perform lead vocals of different songs. Dennis DeYoung on piano and synths did Mr. Roboto and Tommy Shaw lead guitarist did Too Much Time on my Hands and Man in the Wilderness. Styx's first album was in 1972 so not everything they do sounds 80's. If you're going to do Come Sail Away don't react to the music video they cut out about minute and a half the actual song. Lorelei is another great Synth song like Mr. Roboto Crystal Ball is another emotional song like Man in the Wilderness.
Styx was huge in the late 70s and early 80s. Tommy Shaw left because they were doing so much marry Poppins type music instead of rock. As a guitarists who loves rock I don't blame him.
Most "real Styx fans" will disown you for saying Mr. Roboto is your favorite - just so you know. Man in the Wilderness was sung by Tommy Shaw - same as this one. But this is this 80s vibe. Man in Wilderness was a little more classic rock sound and is my personal favorite song by them along with Crystal Ball and Suite Madam Blue (both from the 70s) Mr. Roboto album was just a different appeal and created a rift in the fan base; but today I still like that song.
I would LOVE if if you two would react as a couple to the song "The Best of Times" its kind of a ballad from this album (Paradise Theater). The song talks about the best of times and the worst of times, this album was about both the best and worst of times, and I think it reaches out to me today
Blue Collar Man and Renegade are the songs to check out next from styxx. Check out Damn Yankees! Tommy Shaw (singing in this song) teamed up with Ted Nugent and Jack Blades and produced a block buster album. PLEASE check out Damn Yankees - Coming of Age.
Just watched coward of the county... I loved your reaction whence you understood what the 3 boys did... that was enough for me to sub. If I might make a suggestion from my past. Rush 'Nobody's Hero' off the Counterparts album, if you listen to the message, it is very applicable to the state of the world today.
I loved this song when it came out. I had the liner notes from the cassette tape and learned the lyrics. That said, Come Sail Away and all the songs mentioned in the other comments are far better songs.
There are a lot of great songs listed in the comments, but there's one song that I always liked by Styx that many don't know... "Boat on the River"... a unique, but beautiful song that was a little different style by them... here's a video of it on TH-cam: th-cam.com/video/K9Qs8-BkiLw/w-d-xo.html
This is my fav Styx song, “I’ve got dozens of friends and the fun never ends that is as long as I’m buying” epic.
Tommy Shaw is a great singer. He’s got such a broad range.
This is 80's Styx. I like both decades but 70's Styx is just fantastic. Try 'Renegade', 'Come Sail Away', 'Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)', 'The Grande Illusion', 'Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)', many more, they were a hit machine.
prefer 80s styx, er at least this one album
There are really good Styx tracks out there “crystal ball” renegade “ snowblind” are good examples even “ suite madame blue”
Suite Madam Blue is my ultimate favorite.
Dennis DeYoung, and Tommy Shaw apparently went their separate ways. Dennis was stressing out he quit the band, and Styx hired another singer, Tommy decided to go solo, he made an album "Girls with Guns". Then he teamed up with Ted Nugent, Jack Blades from Night ranger, & Mike Carteloni and formed a band called Damn Yankees. You ought t listen to their songs: Come Again, High Enough, Mistified, Pile-driver, and many more...
I recommend checking them out with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra in concert. It's awesome watching these teenagers rock out to one of my favorite bands!
I loved that concert!
Styx was my favorite band when I was a teen in the 70's.
STYX is a very polarizing band - they have two singer - this was Shaw and he wanted a more rock oriented sound and there was DeYoung who has one of rocks greatest voices, and he was more theatrical. They did a concept album and Shaw hated it and DeYoung loved it and it didn’t end well
They actually have 3 singer/songwriters that includes James "JY" Young whose best song is generally acknowledged to be "Miss America" from The Grand Illusion album. The Grand Illusion, Pieces of Eight, Paradise Theatre and Kilroy Was Here were all concept albums. However, Kilroy is the concept that broke up the band until 1990 with "Edge of the Century"(without Tommy Shaw) and then again in 1996 with "Return To Paradise". I also STRONGLY encourage NOT to listen to the "Official Video" of Come Sail Away. Please listen to the album version which actually was the radio version people first heard in 1977 and continues to hear even today.
@@Vaelsung1 I was just about to add that there were 3. Like the Eagles had 4 I think. So it's like that. The songs all had a different sound based on who was singing.
Absolute favorite by Styx !! Me and my mom have jammed to this song my whole life !! ❤️
Out of all the reaction videos I have watched I like y’all the best
I can tell just by watching y’all that y’all love each other and love your family
I am 51 and was born in 1970
I was raised in a Christian home and I could not have asked god for a better mother than the one he gave me
But I like how y’all listen to rock and country music
Hey T if you want to hear some good rockin roll listen to Bad Company. Paul Rogers is the lead singer and one of the singer songwriter out there
Listen to THE SKY IS BURNING. ELECTRIC LAND, MARY DONT YOU WHEEP NO MORE and they have so many good songs Thanks y’all for being such good people
You should do "Lady", this was their first song that went gold.
This is my favorite 70’s arena rock band. I have seen them live over a dozen times. It is a crime they are not in the RnRHF!!!!!! They have 30 plus songs that were big hits!
Styx wasn't necessarily a dance-song band, but if you went to the skating rink, definitely. "Come Sail Away" was extremely popular, because it's definitely not a slow song.
Like many Styx songs, they start slowly and then it really kicks into high gear. "Come Sail Away" does that too.
Yes, not like Babe, which was a couples only roller rink favorite.
@@nitro_001newman2 And Lady.
@@One_Proud_Papa I loved skating to Babe, as did so many others at that time. Great memories. "Lady" btw does follow the "starts slowly and then kicks it into high gear" formula.
@@Vaelsung1 You're right. I forgot about that.
The think about Styx music is it's ALL uplifting. You can't help but feel great after listening to them. I've seem them live 5 times. It's almost like a religious experience it's so positive and loving, and their real fans are some of the kindest human beings on the planet. You've already seen a ton of great song suggestions - I endorse them all.
I havent seen any of any after Mr. Roboto. IF you want to hear something after they broke up and got back together "Show Me The Way" that's a nice ballad - became a bit of an anthem for The Gulf War back in 1991.
Another great one I haven't seen mentioned: Best Of Times
my fave Styx song off my fave Styx album (Paradise Theater)
Maybe check out another great song from that album: Rockin' the Paradise
That's styx right there,2,3,or more songs in one! Real artist and musicians.
Check out "Suite Madame Blue" this is when STYX was killing it
Absolutely a must!
Styx just released a new album “Crash of the Crown”. It’s with the updated lineup but Tommy Shaw and James “JY” Young still shredding guitar and preserving the Classic Styx Sound.
Come Sail Away is a must but PLEASE DO NOT react to the "Official Video". It cuts out around a minute of the song. Renegade, Crystal Ball, Blue Collar Man, Fooling Yourself, Castle Walls, Lorelei etc... these are all great songs. There are more in their catalogue as well. They are the first band to sell 4 triple platinum albums in a row. No one had done that before them.
Yes, agreed! Do NOT react to the "official video" of "Come Sail Away" which cuts out the iconic instrumental part. Instead, please react to the album version which is just over 6 minutes. Great reaction!
Come Sail Away... the longer version.
I LOVE this song
When they brought out the album Paradice Theater i bought it and listen to it just about every day the whole alum was good and went together
RENEGADE!!... It's definitely one of my personal favorites
Beautiful!!! The song is good too!!! Great reaction.
Great song. Saw Styx in Mobile, AL on the Mr. Roboto Tour. It was a concept album. So played live, the Mr. Roboto story played out with a intro movie, costumes, and later a stage-fight. The story was Mr. Roboto lived in a world where gathering to rock out with live music, such as we were that night in Mobile, was an "illegal gathering". They even had fake police come on stage and making announcements like we were all busted. It was a rock-opera inspired by George Orwell's 1984. They did a great job. It was a good show with all original members. Used to go to a lot of shows in the early 80s between Pensacola, Mobile, and Biloxi.
Very good band Styx.... lots of great songs and fabulous musicians.... y'all are fabulous TNT....thanks for you reactions........ :)
I've never seen a decade with so MUCH talent, yes, other decades had talent, for crying out loud Elvis had more hits and well known songs than anybody, but the 80's good gosh, the bands just kept producing, so much GOOD competition.
Tommy heard some kind of beat in his car on the way to the recording studio. He had his bassist Chuck Penazzo play the beat on his bass.
Tommy had the music within 5 minutes and the lyrics took another half hour. They put it down and within an hour we have this gift. Enjoy!
I've Seen them 3 times with both versions of the band.
This could be the theme song for 2020. 🤣👍👍
Literally any song from the Paradise Theater album is a home run
One of their best!! The 70's and 80's were the decades of the best music ever made!
Still this love this song.
This song is perfect for Covid lockdown:-)
You both are spot on. Styx has 3 lead singers. The main two are Dennis Deyoung ( Roboto, Come Sail Away, Suite Madame Blue, Lady, Show Me The way, The Best of Times, Queen of Spades, Castle Walls, Babe ( The song Babe started the breakup & Roboto put the band breakup over the top according to Tommy & JY 'as they still cashed their checks')... Tommy Shaw ( Man In The Wilderness, Renegade, Too Much Time On My Hands, Blue Collar Man, Fooling Yourself, Crystal Ball...) James JY Young ( Miss America, Heavy Metal Poisoning, Midnight Ride, Snowblind ( JY & Tommy together).... Styx was one of the greatest & most versatile bands EVER. Top 10 songs in 3 decades 70's, 80's & 90's. Please play the video & song Show Me the way. One of the most powerful videos & songs ever performed. Thanks for the great review & insight into the band. It was pretty spot on!
Come Sail Away was their best song. They had many more, but this one was great.
For me Mr Roboto was very much a Thematic album, it focused on how we become slaves to our technology
How true this has become
The album is Kilroy Was Here.
@@CCDzine It was a cool album at least in concept. I really liked some of the songs on there like Heavy Metal Poison, and a real spiritual triumph song "Get Through This Night".
@@Frostrazor Don't Let it End is good too.
To music like this, you aren't supposed to sit down and be bop. You're supposed to get up and dance and have fun. 😂😂😂
Hello,
I love this song. So cool.
Thanks for the reaction.
Rock on!🤟
Styx have 2 different style lead singers that creates 2 different sounds within the band
3 actually.....including James "JY" Young who sang just as much, if not more so, then Dennis did until Tommy Shaw joined the band during the 1975 "Equinox" tour.
I sing this song all the time at work. I'm there for 12 hours so might as well sing.
Two words... Damn Yankees!
Tommy Shaw (singing) is a soulful singer. This song is fun, their first four albums (with Tommy) went double platinum. They were extremely successful. Miss America, Sweet Madame Blue, Renegade, Snowblind, Crystal Ball, they have so many great songs. There are many more, their catalogue is vast. Really nice that you reacted to Man in the wilderness, that’s a fantastic Tommy Shaw tune!!!
Thanks For The Music!
Really got to hear "Snowblind"
Love this
Cool, like seeing you guys pick the song. Good choice
They have so many good songs. I think Blue Collar Man would be a good mix between a more serious song, but also has the good energy that you seem to like. I heard you mention Subdivision from Rush. That is one of my favorite songs from them.
Styx plays all kinds of music: heavy, hard, theatrical, easy , here's a love song for the both of you. From the album Return to Paradise, song called "Paradise." Lots of couples use this song as their first dance after their wedding!
P.S. You'll love it!!!
It's from the singer that sang Mr. Robot, yet he has a remarkable voice when he sings love songs. He'll bring both of you into ONE !
Dennis Deyoung (keyboard player) was pulling the band into the pop music direction (Mr. Roboto). Tommy Shaw James Young, the two guitar players wanted the band to rock out more. It eventually led to Dennis leaving the band.
Back in the 70s Styx did an awful lot of fantasy themed tunes, including, 'Renegade', 'Born for Adventure', 'The Grove of Eglantine', 'Unfinished Song', & even, 'Man in the Wilderness'. Give a listen to, 'Renegade'; 'Come Sail Away'; 'Light Up'; 'Lady'; 'Suite Madam Blue'; 'Crystal Ball'; 'The Grand Illusion'; 'Fooling Yourself'; 'Babe'; 'Rockin' the Paradise'.
You have to do Babe. Great song.
A married couple like TNT would definitely appreciate "Babe" because Dennis DeYoung wrote it as a birthday present for his wife and it became a #1 song.
The mr roboto was a heck of a concert
Just watched Coward of the county right before this one....Awesome guys!!!...The official lockdown song lol
The both of you do a great job
I graduated in 1978 and virtually everybody loved Styx and most everyone owned their "Grand Illusion" album. "Mr Roboto" came much later and was, in my opinion, one of the worst of their hits. It's the song that made me and many of my friends begin to drift away from Styx a little (sort of "jumped the shark" with that one). There are so many better songs by Styx to listen to.
78 Grad as well. Styx was my fave band, have seen them in concert 11 times back in the day. I completely understand the blow back against Mr. Roboto but I like it and in hindsight it was pretty prophetic. IMHO Prelude12/Suite Madame Blue (and they have to be played together) is the quintessential Styx tune!
Yep Mr. Roboto was just plain bad I'll jump off a roof to turn it off
I agree overrated lady fooling your self renegade all better than mr. Roboto
Yes you guys got the handclaps!
Fits #45 to a T. Should be his campaign song.
Blue Collar Man, Lorelei
STYX was a band driven by 2 great song writers with very different musical styles. This song is wrote and sung by Tommy Shaw. He was the rock influence and Dennis DeYoung was the Pop influence. DeYoung wrote and sang most of their top 40 ballad stuff, while Shaw handled the rock side of things.
🤘🤘❤🤘🤘 Love me some Styx!!!! 🤗❤✌
Tommy Shaw is the real deal. Guitarist, vocalist, rocker. Dennis DeYoung is a good vocalist and more into theatrics. The two of them, along with a killer band made great music together, but they just couldn't stay together.
This is from the album Paradise Theater and the best track - actually, TWO tracks (because the one leads directly into the other) - from that album is A.D.1928/Rockin' the Paradise. Great stuff! Paradise wasn't a bad album but, as Tasha noted, it did sort of mark a switch from the classic Styx sound (the album just previous to it - Cornerstone - was the start of that switch).The best of Styx, in my opinion, came during the four album stretch of Equinox, Crystal Ball, The Grand Illusion, and Pieces of Eight.
Back in the 80’s there were VHS but they were smaller because they were called Betamax.
Renegade Renegade Renegade oh and Renegade
Tasha is always looking so cute!! 😊
There is a hilarious video of Paul Rudd and Jimmy Fallon doing a shot for shot remake of the first part of this video. It’s great.
Styx forever nunca muere
The stereotype of a street hustler is generally a guy with jewelry (including watches) on the inside flap of a trench coat. In reality, lots of other items were sold by street hustlers. I used to be a regular at a neighborhood bar where people would come in trying to hustle various items. Since there was a grocery store a block away, one popular item was actually steak.
Like Adam Sandler said one of his movies the most unappreciated band ever my favorite band
Tommy Shaw wanted to do more Rock influenced songs, Dennis DeLong wanted to do more thematic operatic type songs.
Thank you for your reaction. I can't wait to seeore Styx Styx reactions.
Styx has always had a wide variety of styles and genres. They have blues, rock, synth, prog, jazz, and even some folk music. Every album and song sounds a bit different with different styles and genres. And different members of the band write and perform lead vocals of different songs. Dennis DeYoung on piano and synths did Mr. Roboto and Tommy Shaw lead guitarist did Too Much Time on my Hands and Man in the Wilderness.
Styx's first album was in 1972 so not everything they do sounds 80's.
If you're going to do Come Sail Away don't react to the music video they cut out about minute and a half the actual song.
Lorelei is another great Synth song like Mr. Roboto
Crystal Ball is another emotional song like Man in the Wilderness.
You two are very charming. Hope you are doing fine in Georgia.
I loved Sing for the Day & Loreli
James Young sang on a few songs too.
I can’t see this without seeing the SNL version!! LOL
I think that you are right. One band member wanted to go in a more theatrical direction and another in a more pop-rock way and that broke them up.
Try Suite Madam Blue or Miss America
T. You are cool man. But you definitely married up. Together you are so fun with your love of music.
Check out Love At First Sight, Love In The Midnight, and Man In The Wilderness by Styx.
Tommy sang stories like rush and Dennis sang love songs.
Styx was huge in the late 70s and early 80s. Tommy Shaw left because they were doing so much marry Poppins type music instead of rock. As a guitarists who loves rock I don't blame him.
You guys are running the gamut on the music you listen to good job. Try out REO Speedwagon Ridin the storm out. They cover pretty much the rock genres
You guys should check out Cheap Trick - Dream Police
Most "real Styx fans" will disown you for saying Mr. Roboto is your favorite - just so you know. Man in the Wilderness was sung by Tommy Shaw - same as this one. But this is this 80s vibe. Man in Wilderness was a little more classic rock sound and is my personal favorite song by them along with Crystal Ball and Suite Madam Blue (both from the 70s) Mr. Roboto album was just a different appeal and created a rift in the fan base; but today I still like that song.
Album version of 'Come Sail Away' please.
I would LOVE if if you two would react as a couple to the song "The Best of Times" its kind of a ballad from this album (Paradise Theater).
The song talks about the best of times and the worst of times, this album was about both the best and worst of times, and I think it reaches out to me today
Mr Roboto sounded that way bc it’s an 80s Styx
RENEGADE! is a must!
Blue Collar Man and Renegade are the songs to check out next from styxx. Check out Damn Yankees! Tommy Shaw (singing in this song) teamed up with Ted Nugent and Jack Blades and produced a block buster album. PLEASE check out Damn Yankees - Coming of Age.
Just watched coward of the county... I loved your reaction whence you understood what the 3 boys did... that was enough for me to sub. If I might make a suggestion from my past. Rush 'Nobody's Hero' off the Counterparts album, if you listen to the message, it is very applicable to the state of the world today.
I loved this song when it came out. I had the liner notes from the cassette tape and learned the lyrics. That said, Come Sail Away and all the songs mentioned in the other comments are far better songs.
STYX was a rocking band at first,then Dennis DeYoung/another lead singer started doing more ballads & theatrical things (Mr Roboto).
Snowblind is one you both will like. Kicks ass!
Madam blue is a jamming ass song
Midnight Ride
70s Styx > 80s Styx.
If you like Tommy Shaw singing, I suggest Damn Yankees. High enough and Come again would be good choices.
There are a lot of great songs listed in the comments, but there's one song that I always liked by Styx that many don't know... "Boat on the River"... a unique, but beautiful song that was a little different style by them... here's a video of it on TH-cam: th-cam.com/video/K9Qs8-BkiLw/w-d-xo.html
Yes watches, and yes I bought a fake Rolex in NYC, turned my DAMN wrist green...DUH!
I think Suite madame blue, come sail away and renegade are the best songs from Styx
you sold the vhs tapes out of the trunk of your car back then !
Hahahahahaha... too cool. Thank you for the info!