Ash's New Jersey Blog

[mrronboto]

OMG Froy, what the hell??? We're on vacation and we're just trying to open our eyes from being out all night and morning. Sheesh!

Well maybe you shouldn't have been out all night and morning with Jeager and Red Bull and whatever else you had.
Ron

[froy]

Froy wrote:

A setlist would be great to see I guess they are keeping it a secret.

OMG Froy, what the hell??? We're on vacation and we're just trying to open our eyes from being out all night and morning. Sheesh!

I hope you had a great time
But lets face it we all want to know what the setlist was.
When I post a review I always post the setlist sometimes right after the show at 1 oclock in the morning.
We heard all about everything except the setlist.
Get to it.

Anyway I would imagine more shows like this is the future and this could be a door opener for Dennis even if its a small one.

The doors already been open.

Thats not the door I was talking about.

Like would piss off JY to no avail and he would be running to his lawyers you could bet that.

You know what, who cares what JY thinks, I mean really. They're doing their own thing and Dennis is doing his.

Great point but you know even though they are doing there own thing they do not like the thing Dennis is doing
And thats getting more attention than STYX who tried every which way to be famous.

[jimmy19029]

Hello all!

I made home safely. The rain waited till I pulled into my driveway then just POURED the rest of the day and night.
It was a great pleasure meeting everyone to experience such an awesome show.
Thanks for your connections getting us backstage Laurie! You're a sweetheart!
Thanks for the fries and ginger ale Mike. And I was glad I was there during the historic moment when you met Glen! That girl who said hello to you pulled up beside me on the way home and asked where she could find you!! NO, just kidding! LOL! Just testing to see if you're all still awake!
Thanks again to you Mark for the Edge of the Century pass!
And I enjoyed meeting you too Ron and your wife and daughter. Us PA people must be the biggest fans since there were more of us in the group. HA HA!
And Kathy, I really enjoyed talking to you about our music and wish we could've talked more!
And Amy and Terry, you rock too! Between us all we had most the U.S. represented!
Special thanks to Tim for slipping us all in and being so wonderful to us all. And to Dennis and Suzanne for putting up with us all! Us HARDCORE people! LOL!
I'm currently putting together my review. Glad to get the setlist in correct order. I'll include that too.
Have a safe voyage home y'all!!!

Jimmy

[froy]

Bugsy has the setlist in her suitcase and we don't feel like getting it out now - LOL We'll make changes later.

I think this is what the set list was and I'M OKAY WAS TAKEN OFF DARN IT



Anyhoo, I just forced Bugsy with cookies to get the list.

Here you kids go:


The Message
Grand Illusion
Lady
Lorelei
Desert Moon
Pieces of Eight - Fricken rocks
Show Me the Way - standing O's and that's standing ovations - LOL

Looking for someone with an acoustic guitar and OH MY GOD, Glen comes out from backstage with an acoustic guitar, who would have thought??? Then they sit on their stools just like old friends.

Went right into:

We Can Work It Out - unfrickenbelievable, do you get it???
All in a Day's Work - unfrickenbelievable part 2
Watch The World - Glen solo, fricken beautiful
All For Love - Blew the fricken walls off both places

Mr. Roboto - Original Roboto Mask
Don't Let It End
Light Up
Castle Walls

Guitar Solo - Tommy, not Shaw
Glen came out and stayed the rest of the show, fricken great the second guitar and of course Glen and Glen did background vocals on all of these

Edge of The Century
Rockin' The Paradise
Suite Madame Blue
Babe
Best of Times
Come Sail Away

Are we talking about the unfrickenbelievable Message as in the Pieces of 8 cd version?
That sounds great if true
What happened to Prelude 12?

[styxfanNH]

It was a collective decision to not publish the set list after the first night, because we didn't want to spoil it for those that were only going to the Atlantic City show.

[froy]

It was a collective decision to not publish the set list after the first night, because we didn't want to spoil it for those that were only going to the Atlantic City show.

Bad decision just put spoiler on the post and let it rip.

[Ash]

I've returned home from NJ now. I'm going to go enjoy my family a bit, but I really wanted to say this.


To Suite - you're amazing. The things you did for all of us this weekend really demonstrate the meaning of "friendship". It means a lot to me when someone will go so far out of their way to make something happen for what really amounts to total strangers. What you did for me and the others who went to the two shows this weekend is not something I will soon forget and you have my undying gratitude.

I have a lot of memories that I will cherish for years to come from this weekend. Anything negative said by people who weren't there should be taken with a grain of salt... because if you were there, then you very likely would be feeling the same way I am now.

[froy]

I've returned home from NJ now. I'm going to go enjoy my family a bit, but I really wanted to say this.


To Suite - you're amazing. The things you did for all of us this weekend really demonstrate the meaning of "friendship". It means a lot to me when someone will go so far out of their way to make something happen for what really amounts to total strangers. What you did for me and the others who went to the two shows this weekend is not something I will soon forget and you have my undying gratitude.

I have a lot of memories that I will cherish for years to come from this weekend. Anything negative said by people who weren't there should be taken with a grain of salt... because if you were there, then you very likely would be feeling the same way I am now.

Im sure it was a great time
I bet back stage was a cool thing to be part of.

[gr8dane]

4 songs?!?! What the hell is that? I thought this was supposed to be some big reunion? Didn’t they do any of those lost songs? Didn’t Dennis let Glen play any of his own songs from his solo CD’s? It sounds like the DDY “Styx the Musical” with Glen being trotted out as a side show. I hope I’m wrong. I would hope DDY would have let Glen do a little more since he used his name in the ads along with the name Styx as usual.

I would bet that JY slapped a cease and dissist order on them playing anything from EDGE 2 that is why they did not play any of those songs.
Good ole JY .

Good ole floy.

[SuiteMadameBlue]

I finally made it home after 2 plane delays! Ah, now I get it what the Mile High Club is too - LOL

Anyway, I think I've been up for 48 hours or so, so I'll make this quick (LOL).

Froy wrote:

Are we talking about the unfrickenbelievable Message as in the Pieces of 8 cd version? That sounds great if true

Yes, that's the one, The Message.

What happened to Prelude 12?

It was played only in Morristown, no AC.

[SuiteMadameBlue]

I was stranded in the airport for like 4 hours or so. I had a blast meeting tons of people. I went to the airport bar (only had 6 drinks- LOL) with one of the great people I met and ran into:

Jim Cramer from CNBC. What a fricken great guy. He and everyone else in the bar was making fun of me and my Packer Favre jersey - LOL I talked to him for a while and now I know what I'm going to buy in the stock markets tomorrow - LOL

I took me off the picture because I look like hell.

[SuiteMadameBlue]

Oo La La!! I had no idea how good looking Glen is until I got up and close to him -way to go Glen.

The best part of the entire trip was when made a surprise visit for Ash backstage. What a great guy!!

I took me out because again, because I look like hell~!! - LOL

[Ash]

Wow... Jim Cramer is frickin awesome. I love that guy also. He appears on the Glenn Beck show that I listen to on the radio occasionaly. He's highly entertaining.

Was this the Newark airport that you ran into him? I got there 90 mins early and still damn near missed my flight lol.

[SuiteMadameBlue]

I met Jim in the bar at the airport. I didn't know there were people that liked other teams instead of the Packers - LOL

Put it this way, I had a great conversation with him and he met his match in yelling - LOL The Packers will win the Superbowl. I think he said he was an Eagles fan -ACK He was a blast !! I can't believe the guy I hung around with was a Vikings fan - ACK, ACK, ACK !!

[bugsymalone]

Suite! Glad you had some entertainment for your delays. Me? Nada, except the iPod and the memories.

Jim Cramer is a frequent guest on Imus in the Morning, a show I watch a lot. He is always very good on that show. Very funny and sharp. Cool that you met him!!!

[SuiteMadameBlue]

Yogi wrote:

It sounds to me like Dennis treated Glen like the superstar that he is.

Yes, Dennis did treat Glen very good. Both were happy, both were excited.

I have not a clue what goes on behind the scenes. The one thing that I do know is that when Tommy first joined Styx( Crystal Ball ) Dennis ( group leader) let Tommy have the title track plus two other songs(album only had 7 songs total).

Dennis was somewhat a leader of the band, this is a long story and I'm not going to explain it, but it's in one of the interview's I did and it's explained there, I think - LOL Anyway, Tommy had songs on Crystal Ball, he was "taken" care of good and Glen was pretty much "taken" care of on the Edge. That one I know for sure and how Dennis pushed for "Love is The Ritual" to be released first which the record company told them no way, no way and no fricken way. But Dennis himself pushed for this to be released first.
Dennis did the exact same thing with Glen back for the Edge album.

Dennis CLEARLY was the superstar of Styx. Yet to the public ( album songs & concerts) he TOTALLY spread the wealth among the other members. He allowed Glen to shine 100 times more than Tommy and JY ever dreamed of doing.

I don't care what anyone says, but I feel that Dennis is the superstar when he was with Styx. When it came to some of the final decisions, overall he has oops, had a good heart and believed in the others in the band.

'We Can Work It Out'.... What a fantastic song to open with!!!!

The only clue that was given to me was there was going to be a song they played that neither wrote. It took me weeks, but the night of the show I thought it HAD to be a Beatles song. Just a guess. It was a perfect song to open the show with and to see their facial expressions and gestures was priceless.

I would sure love to purchase Glens new material is it on his website??, or was it a concert only sale??

I'll find out, but I'm pretty sure it will be available on website, if not already.

How awesome was Rik?? How long did he play for? What was his set list?

Rik is awesome, I love him so much. He had a short set list with just him and Dave. He played a few new songs and also "Magic Power", "Lay it On the Line" and "Hold On". I have the set list coming to me, plus other stuff.

What was Dennis/Glen set list??

Posted

I am glad that you all had a GREAT time!! I wished that I could of been there!!!!!

Yogi, I really wish you were there. You would've had a blast with us !! I just hope you would know how long a "city block" is when walking?? LOL

[SuiteMadameBlue]

By the way Froy, you're still on my shit list!

Froy wrote:

I hope you had a great time

Um, I think I had a little too much of a great time. It's a trip that I will never forget. No Canadian chicks this time - LOL Nevermind, there actually was - LOL

But lets face it we all want to know what the setlist was.
When I post a review I always post the setlist sometimes right after the show at 1 oclock in the morning.
We heard all about everything except the setlist.
Get to it.

If I was at home I would've posted the set list right away. I was too busy having fun, the set list was the farthest thing from my mind at 1am in the morning - LOL

Thats not the door I was talking about.

What door were you talking about??

SuiteQuote:
You know what, who cares what JY thinks, I mean really. They're doing their own thing and Dennis is doing his.
Froy wrote:
Great point but you know even though they are doing there own thing they do not like the thing Dennis is doing
And thats getting more attention than STYX who tried every which way to be famous.

OMG, Yeppers!

Are we talking about the unfrickenbelievable Message as in the Pieces of 8 cd version?
That sounds great if true
What happened to Prelude 12?

Prelude 12 was played at Morristown but no AC. That was filled with a bluesy guitar piece or something.

[SuiteMadameBlue]

Bugsy wrote:

Suite! Glad you had some entertainment for your delays. Me? Nada, except the iPod and the memories.

LOL, I think I had a little more than entertainment! mah ha ha ha

I'm afraid I lost most of memories - LOL Hopefully they'll be back later today. I need to go back to bed.

Jim Cramer is a frequent guest on Imus in the Morning, a show I watch a lot. He is always very good on that show. Very funny and sharp. Cool that you met him!!!

OMG, it was so much fun to talk to him. I think the people in the bar had a good time when him and I were talking. The more we both drank the louder it got - LOL And then the Packers came up again and I got a little fired up - LOL And he ended up saying Oh My God a few times, which was pretty funny!! LOL

[bugsymalone]

I forgot to mention Rik. He was wonderful. Beautiful acoustic set from him and his partner. A couple (more?) straight guitar-only pieces that I loved.

Rik looked wonderful and was very cute onstage, especially when he had to put his glasses on to see the guitar fretboard dots.

His voice is out of this world good. I was just stunned! He rivals Dennis in purity, though no one can truly touch Dennis DeYoung in the vocal department.

Of course, everyone grooved to the Triumph songs and Rik was aware those were what people wanted to hear. "Magic Power" was just that -- Magic Power!

I would hope Rik opens for Dennis in the future. That was as entertaining a set as I have ever heard, despite the rudeness of the yak, yak, yakking crowd.

Bugsy

[Zan]

It mystifies me that anyone would thing Glen got cheated when he did 5 songs in one show when Tommy and JY only let him do one song per show. Can someone frickin explain that to me?

Who are you addressing here? I said I didn't think Glen got cheated, but I can see the difference between a "double bill" not really being a double bill and an established rock band not giving their bass player equal mic time. I hope that sort of frickin' explains it.

I'm glad to hear everyone had such a great time. Many of those there I already know and adore. From what I've heard, it sounds like I would have loved to meet you. It just wasn't in the financial cards for me at this juncture. There might be a next time, so if there is, maybe I'll see ya next time.

[Ash]

Well, I guess I was specifically targeting ChicagoSTYX's comments (not him personally).

[SuiteMadameBlue]

Zan wrote:

I'm glad to hear everyone had such a great time. Many of those there I already know and adore. From what I've heard, it sounds like I would have loved to meet you. It just wasn't in the financial cards for me at this juncture. There might be a next time, so if there is, maybe I'll see ya next time.

Zan, you would've had a blast. I still can't stop laughing - LOL

Who cares about money??? Life is so short, you have to enjoy life!!

Anyone going to the remaining Canada shows?? Those are the ones I want to go to, those have the best crowds !!!

[Zan]

Who cares about money??? Life is so short, you have to enjoy life!![/b]

No worries there. Sandi, myself, two of our friends, my sister, and Chris of Orlando ran around theme parks all weekend and had a blast.

[SuiteMadameBlue]

That sounds like a great time too!!! I'm sure you had better weather then we did!!!

Hey Zan, do you like this Glen picture from Friday??

[bugsymalone]

Zan, I hope someday.....

Ash -- your avatar!!!!

Just wanted to add that I had so much fun meeting up with everyone. What a great bunch of fans Dennis and Styx have!!

Ash, StyxfanNH, Jimmy, EvilEyes, and, of course, Suite Madama Blue (or whatever your current screen name is ) We really did seem to feel, and act, like we were old friends just meeting up yet again. How cool it is THAT??

Bugsy

[jimmy19029]

Thanks Bugsy! You certainly put it accurately. That's the same way I was feeling about all of you!

[Zan]

That sounds like a great time too!!! I'm sure you had better weather then we did!!!

Hey Zan, do you like this Glen picture from Friday??

We did!!! Oh god, did we...The BEST was having Mark pose inside the shark's mouth and everyone running and hiding, leaving him inside the shark "posing" for an indefinite amount of time in front of dozens of bystanders until he figured out that he'd been had. LMAO


I love the picture, Suite. What I can't believe is that it's taken you all this time to realize how cute Glen is.

[mrronboto]

I met Jim in the bar at the airport. I didn't know there were people that liked other teams instead of the Packers - LOL

Put it this way, I had a great conversation with him and he met his match in yelling - LOL The Packers will win the Superbowl. I think he said he was an Eagles fan -ACK He was a blast !! I can't believe the guy I hung around with was a Vikings fan - ACK, ACK, ACK !!

And what is wrong with being an Eagles fan, except for the Philadelphia curse. We may eat cheesesteaks but at least we don't WEAR the cheese on our head!
Ron

[sadie65]

And what is wrong with being an Eagles fan, except for the Philadelphia curse. We may eat cheesesteaks but at least we don't WEAR the cheese on our head!

Let me know if you can get through on this one. Believe me...I've been trying for years. I do believe the styrofoam cuts off the brain cells

[SuiteMadameBlue]

You know Zan, I always thought he was cute, of course. BUT when I got a really good look and stared at him, I was thinking OMG, he IS a hottie!!! He is SO nice too!! I always liked Glen even through all that crap from before. When I met him in 1999, he was so nice too.

I wish you there to see Ash's face when he was brought out for him!! That was one of the BEST highlights of the whole trip!!!!

Even though all that crap happened and how I feel, all the members of Styx have always treated me great. It's really hard to not like anyone.