Styx at the White House

[foolintherain]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/24048.html



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/2 ... 19149.html

[chowhall]

Oh, you've GOT to be kidding. Their best rockers were ALL written by Tommy Shaw. Dennis DeYoung is an egomanical princess with delusions of grandeur. He tried turning STYX into a flamboyant Broadway electronic sideshow during the 80s and alienated the existing fanbase and drove Tommy from the band. Sure I like a bunch of DeYoung's 70s songs, but then he got utterly ridiculous and deserved his exile.

That said, we'll probably do no better than agreeing to disagree.
Which one of you is going to own up to this comment?

[classicstyxfan]

80's band ?

[Zan]

Chow, where did you see that comment?

[Ash]

lol

The band happened to be in town for a gig. And as the long-haired musicians took questions and posed for pictures, a few members of the media could be heard chanting the lyrics to "Mr. Roboto" and "Come Sail Away." One member of the Obama communications team, laughing at the spectacle, whispered: "This is why I love working in the White House."

[Ash]

Chow, where did you see that comment?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/2 ... t_26032848

[Zan]

Chow, where did you see that comment?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/2 ... t_26032848

OK, thanks. Internet fans. Heh.

I liked this one too:

You are living in denial. Styx is a sideshow without Dennis DeYoung. And they were popular through most of the 80's too. No offense to Gowan. I like his solo stuff. But Styx without Dennis DeYoung is like Playboy without naked pictures of women in it.


Although, there's something a little unnerving about "Dennis DeYoung" and "Naked pictures" in the same paragraph.

[chowhall]

I did think that Tommy's response to the Smoking Bill question was very good. As some know, my political views are quite different than the band's views, but I think this political exercise was handled well.

[Toph]

I did think that Tommy's response to the Smoking Bill question was very good. As some know, my political views are quite different than the band's views, but I think this political exercise was handled well.

I always was under the impression that the band was relatively diverse in political thought. JY was a big time liberal, Dennis was "the right says yes and the left says no, I'm in between and the more I learn, the less that I know" a moderate albeit a pretty big Reagan fan, Chuck - very liberal, Tommy - who knows -I've never heard him comment on his political leanings - although he did hang with that arch conservative Ted Nugent for a few years...

[Ash]

I did think that Tommy's response to the Smoking Bill question was very good. As some know, my political views are quite different than the band's views, but I think this political exercise was handled well.

I always was under the impression that the band was relatively diverse in political thought. JY was a big time liberal, Dennis was "the right says yes and the left says no, I'm in between and the more I learn, the less that I know" a moderate albeit a pretty big Reagan fan, Chuck - very liberal, Tommy - who knows -I've never heard him comment on his political leanings - although he did hang with that arch conservative Ted Nugent for a few years...

Finer point. The lyric is "The left says yes and the right says no".

Don't forget that JY wrote the song Eddie which was a negative song about Ted Kennedy and the entire Kennedy family. So who knows what his political leanings are.

[Zan]

I did think that Tommy's response to the Smoking Bill question was very good. As some know, my political views are quite different than the band's views, but I think this political exercise was handled well.

I always was under the impression that the band was relatively diverse in political thought. JY was a big time liberal, Dennis was "the right says yes and the left says no, I'm in between and the more I learn, the less that I know" a moderate albeit a pretty big Reagan fan, Chuck - very liberal, Tommy - who knows -I've never heard him comment on his political leanings - although he did hang with that arch conservative Ted Nugent for a few years...

Finer point. The lyric is "The left says yes and the right says no".

Don't forget that JY wrote the song Eddie which was a negative song about Ted Kennedy and the entire Kennedy family. So who knows what his political leanings are.

Didn't Todd say last year that they were "all staunch democrats?"

So, there's your answer.

Ted Kennedy's just waste of oxygen.

[Mr JY Roboto]

I did think that Tommy's response to the Smoking Bill question was very good. As some know, my political views are quite different than the band's views, but I think this political exercise was handled well.

I always was under the impression that the band was relatively diverse in political thought. JY was a big time liberal, Dennis was "the right says yes and the left says no, I'm in between and the more I learn, the less that I know" a moderate albeit a pretty big Reagan fan, Chuck - very liberal, Tommy - who knows -I've never heard him comment on his political leanings - although he did hang with that arch conservative Ted Nugent for a few years...

Dennis once said Reagan was full of shit, but he brought back a feeling of.. yeah we make mistakes as a country but we are a great country. I think Dennis, while very patriotic, is more middle/left leaning. I think the rest of Styx, like most musicians (except country), are quite liberal.

[LordofDaRing]

Hmmmm I actually took JY's song as more of a warning to someone he admires not to run, for fear of his life. I am sure JY doesn't speak to loudly in approval of his present govenor.