What if...alternate world part 2.

[gr8dane]

Styx is still classic Styx.
Styx has been out of the picture since 'Return to paradise',when it all fell apart.
Styx has landed a 1 cd deal,and has released 'Cyclorama'.Tommy and JY has written the whole album but 2 tracks.Due to writers block Dennis only wrote 2 songs 'More love for the money' and 'Home of the brave'
Would this be an aceptable album for the classic Styx fan out there???
Also, live they now got 2 cover songs on the setlist,'I am a walrus' and a song called 'Criminal mind ' by an unknown Canadian artist called Garry Lowan.
Would this be acceptable for the classic Styx fan out there???

[styxfanNH]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but they haven't played Criminal Mind for some time other than casino rama.

[Guest]

Styx is still classic Styx.
Styx has been out of the picture since 'Return to paradise',when it all fell apart.
Styx has landed a 1 cd deal,and has released 'Cyclorama'.Tommy and JY has written the whole album but 2 tracks.Due to writers block Dennis only wrote 2 songs 'More love for the money' and 'Home of the brave'
Would this be an aceptable album for the classic Styx fan out there???
Also, live they now got 2 cover songs on the setlist,'I am a walrus' and a song called 'Criminal mind ' by an unknown Canadian artist called Garry Lowan.
Would this be acceptable for the classic Styx fan out there???

What if pigs flew out of my butt?

[gr8dane]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but they haven't played Criminal Mind for some time other than casino rama.

You are probably right,but this is an alternate world.

[gr8dane]

Styx is still classic Styx.
Styx has been out of the picture since 'Return to paradise',when it all fell apart.
Styx has landed a 1 cd deal,and has released 'Cyclorama'.Tommy and JY has written the whole album but 2 tracks.Due to writers block Dennis only wrote 2 songs 'More love for the money' and 'Home of the brave'
Would this be an aceptable album for the classic Styx fan out there???
Also, live they now got 2 cover songs on the setlist,'I am a walrus' and a song called 'Criminal mind ' by an unknown Canadian artist called Garry Lowan.
Would this be acceptable for the classic Styx fan out there???

What if pigs flew out of my butt?

Then you would have a big hole where your a**hole used to be.Yoinks

[froy]

Styx is still classic Styx.
Styx has been out of the picture since 'Return to paradise',when it all fell apart.
Styx has landed a 1 cd deal,and has released 'Cyclorama'.Tommy and JY has written the whole album but 2 tracks.Due to writers block Dennis only wrote 2 songs 'More love for the money' and 'Home of the brave'
Would this be an aceptable album for the classic Styx fan out there???
Also, live they now got 2 cover songs on the setlist,'I am a walrus' and a song called 'Criminal mind ' by an unknown Canadian artist called Garry Lowan.
Would this be acceptable for the classic Styx fan out there???

No it would not anything by Larry Gowan should be banned from the STYX name

[gr8dane]

Styx is still classic Styx.
Styx has been out of the picture since 'Return to paradise',when it all fell apart.
Styx has landed a 1 cd deal,and has released 'Cyclorama'.Tommy and JY has written the whole album but 2 tracks.Due to writers block Dennis only wrote 2 songs 'More love for the money' and 'Home of the brave'
Would this be an aceptable album for the classic Styx fan out there???
Also, live they now got 2 cover songs on the setlist,'I am a walrus' and a song called 'Criminal mind ' by an unknown Canadian artist called Garry Lowan.
Would this be acceptable for the classic Styx fan out there???

No it would not anything by Larry Gowan should be banned from the STYX name

OK,then.
You missed a question.What if Dennis had written 2 songs called'Home of the brave'+'More love for the money' as they are on Cyclorama,would that be acceptable classic Styx

[froy]

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quote="gr8dane"]

Styx is still classic Styx.
Styx has been out of the picture since 'Return to paradise',when it all fell apart.
Styx has landed a 1 cd deal,and has released 'Cyclorama'.Tommy and JY has written the whole album but 2 tracks.Due to writers block Dennis only wrote 2 songs 'More love for the money' and 'Home of the brave'
Would this be an aceptable album for the classic Styx fan out there???
Also, live they now got 2 cover songs on the setlist,'I am a walrus' and a song called 'Criminal mind ' by an unknown Canadian artist called Garry Lowan.
Would this be acceptable for the classic Styx fan out there???

No it would not anything by Larry Gowan should be banned from the STYX name

OK,then.
You missed a question.What if Dennis had written 2 songs called'Home of the brave'+'More love for the money' as they are on Cyclorama,would that be acceptable classic Styx

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How can anyone answer that ?
Thats like saying what if Tommy did a 10 on Broadway cd how many would like it?

[gr8dane]

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quote="gr8dane"]

Styx is still classic Styx.
Styx has been out of the picture since 'Return to paradise',when it all fell apart.
Styx has landed a 1 cd deal,and has released 'Cyclorama'.Tommy and JY has written the whole album but 2 tracks.Due to writers block Dennis only wrote 2 songs 'More love for the money' and 'Home of the brave'
Would this be an aceptable album for the classic Styx fan out there???
Also, live they now got 2 cover songs on the setlist,'I am a walrus' and a song called 'Criminal mind ' by an unknown Canadian artist called Garry Lowan.
Would this be acceptable for the classic Styx fan out there???

No it would not anything by Larry Gowan should be banned from the STYX name

OK,then.
You missed a question.What if Dennis had written 2 songs called'Home of the brave'+'More love for the money' as they are on Cyclorama,would that be acceptable classic Styx

How can anyone answer that ?
Thats like saying what if Tommy did a 10 on Broadway cd how many would like it?[/quote]

No it's easy.Listen to the 2 songs,replace Gowans vocals with Dennis'.Good or bad.

[classicstyxfan]

Quote: What if pigs flew out of my butt?

Reply Quote: Then you would have a big hole where your a**hole used to be.Yoinks

Classic Says: I was gonna suggest a whole lot of Preparation H !!!



Quote: No it's easy.Listen to the 2 songs,replace Gowans vocals with Dennis'.Good or bad.

Classic Says: It may be easy for you.......



Quote: Due to writers block Dennis only wrote 2 songs 'More love for the money' and 'Home of the brave' Would this be an aceptable album for the classic Styx fan out there???

Classic says: No, but it would be the worst case of Writers Block DDY ever had !

[gr8dane]

Quote: What if pigs flew out of my butt?

Reply Quote: Then you would have a big hole where your a**hole used to be.Yoinks

Classic Says: I was gonna suggest a whole lot of Preparation H !!!



Quote: No it's easy.Listen to the 2 songs,replace Gowans vocals with Dennis'.Good or bad.

Classic Says: It may be easy for you.......



Quote: Due to writers block Dennis only wrote 2 songs 'More love for the money' and 'Home of the brave' Would this be an aceptable album for the classic Styx fan out there???

Classic says: No, but it would be the worst case of Writers Block DDY ever had !

It was.I used my imagination.
But now I am curious as to what froy would say !!!!

[styxfanNH]

Regardless of what others say,

If Cyclorama was a Classic Styx release, those that boycot that album would accept it with open arms.

If you bought BNW then you would buy this one too. Writers block or no Writers Block. If for no other reason it would have been the first music released since BNW.

[froy]

Regardless of what others say,

If Cyclorama was a Classic Styx release, those that boycot that album would accept it with open arms.

If you bought BNW then you would buy this one too. Writers block or no Writers Block. If for no other reason it would have been the first music released since BNW.

I disagree Im a classic Styx fan and I think BNW stinks
Cycloramit stinks also
Bang will suck as well/

[onestilllearning]

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:16 pm Post subject:

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styxfanNH wrote:
Regardless of what others say,

If Cyclorama was a Classic Styx release, those that boycot that album would accept it with open arms.

If you bought BNW then you would buy this one too. Writers block or no Writers Block. If for no other reason it would have been the first music released since BNW.



I disagree Im a classic Styx fan and I think BNW stinks
Cycloramit stinks also
Bang will suck as well/

Froy - I still don,t get you - Classic Styx is gone - get over it , move on

[styxfanNH]

Then I guess if you wouldn't buy it then you never buy any album until you hear it a dozen times after someone else buys it. Other than the original single release, most people buy it before they hear an album in its entirety.

[SuiteMadameBlue]

Well obvious we can't go back in time and have anything changed. If Dennis is/was part of any album/cd of course I'd buy it. Even if everyone hated the album/cd/songs. I like Brave New World. When I'm working on the computer I'll listen to a cd sometimes 4 times in a row, the songs really grow on you.

You guys need to be nicer in your posts on here. I feel like I'm in high school.

[Zan]

Well obvious we can't go back in time and have anything changed. If Dennis is/was part of any album/cd of course I'd buy it. Even if everyone hated the album/cd/songs. I like Brave New World. When I'm working on the computer I'll listen to a cd sometimes 4 times in a row, the songs really grow on you.

You guys need to be nicer in your posts on here. I feel like I'm in high school.

I agree with both paragraphs! haha! (Have I told you how attractive looking you are today, Suite?)
MOST Styx music for me has taken getting used to before I fall in love with it. It's been that way since the first album I've ever owned. I just don't see the big deal.

[SuiteMadameBlue]

Zan says:

I agree with both paragraphs! haha! (Have I told you how attractive looking you are today, Suite?)
MOST Styx music for me has taken getting used to before I fall in love with it. It's been that way since the first album I've ever owned. I just don't see the big deal.

Why thank you LOL I guess you like my Lunch Lady attire for the day, very attractive.

It's been the same with me too, since the first album I ever owned too. It just takes a little time and I fall in love with the music. Then I try to figure out the words - LOL It took me years to figure out what the song "Light Up" was about, sheesh (of course someone had to tell me). Then I recently find out about "The Serpent is Rising" and what that could be about, sheesh, how old is that album.

[Adam]

I think gr8dane deserves an award for showing an amazing amount of generous patience on this topic. Hats off, buddy!

[gr8dane]

I think gr8dane deserves an award for showing an amazing amount of generous patience on this topic. Hats off, buddy!

Thank you Adam,let me put my hat on.All the best.

[ek88]

gr8:

I prefer Cyclorama to Brave New World and would feel that way even if one could somehow interchange Dennis and Larry's respective vocals on the two albums. I simply like the music better and although I prefer Dennis' vocals, we're only talking about 2 tracks on Cyclorama that Larry sings on, after all.

And I'm not sure about this one, but I thought I read somewhere that Larry wrote the majority of One With Everything. If that's the case, that song blows away anything DDY has written since Pieces Of Eight (and I stress that is in my opinion, it's not meant as a slam to those who appreciate DDY's current songwriting).

[Guest]

If that's the case, that song blows away anything DDY has written since Pieces Of Eight (and I stress that is in my opinion, it's not meant as a slam to those who appreciate DDY's current songwriting).

Hahaha... stay off the heavy drugs dude.

[Zan]

Hahaha... stay off the heavy drugs dude.

Says the innocent victim.

[Guest]

Hahaha... stay off the heavy drugs dude.

Says the innocent victim.

Lick it up... lick it up... oh oh oh...

[styxfanNH]

One With Everything was written by Tommy. It was written as a letter to his daughter .

[Adam]

"One With Everything was written by Tommy. It was written as a letter to his daughter."

I beg to differ, It was written by all of them. It was a collaboration.

[styxfanNH]

OK Adam, lets play the semantics game.

The one who sang the song is the one who brought it to the band to be included on the cd. While they all had a hand in its creation musically, the overall presentation was brought by Tommy as were the lyrics.

The same can be said of all the songson Cyclorama. The lead singer brought the overall song to the band, and the others had a hand in developing the sound to the song and orchestrating their part on what is presented to the public.

[Adam]

No confrontation or semantic argument intended, styfan! I just thought I'd mention what I'd read, based on an interview with Glenn that someone here once pointed out to me. I just looked it up and you can read it at http://www.getreadytorock.com/10questio ... rtnik2.htm

He was asked: What were the highlight(s) of `Cyclorama' and the subsequent tour?

Burtnik: I enjoyed the collaboration of writing "One With Everything". THAT is the one true 5 way collaboration on that album - and I think it came out great. Lawrence's keyboard riffs, Todd's arranging, Tommy's lyrics, my chorus, JY's bass lines mixed together with Lawrence's playing, Todd's performance, Tommy's melodies, my retarding the end idea, and JY's attention to production detail - there was a nice cooperative mission that worked on that one. That's perhaps the closest I've been to a Yes-like compositional environment.

As for the tour, I got my ya-yas out running through huge arenas while performing my "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye". How fitting, now that I think of it!

[styxfanNH]

OK, let's do the Adam Recap

StyxfanNH said:

One With Everything was written by Tommy. It was written as a letter to his daughter .

Adam said:

beg to differ, It was written by all of them. It was a collaboration.

StyxfanNH said:

The one who sang the song is the one who brought it to the band to be included on the cd. While they all had a hand in its creation musically, the overall presentation was brought by Tommy as were the lyrics.

Adam said:

No confrontation or semantic argument intended, styfan! I just thought I'd mention what I'd read, based on an interview with Glenn that someone here once pointed out to me. I just looked it up and you can read it at http://www.getreadytorock.com/10questio ... rtnik2.htm

He was asked: What were the highlight(s) of `Cyclorama' and the subsequent tour?

Burtnik: I enjoyed the collaboration of writing "One With Everything". THAT is the one true 5 way collaboration on that album - and I think it came out great. Lawrence's keyboard riffs, Todd's arranging, Tommy's lyrics, my chorus, JY's bass lines mixed together with Lawrence's playing, Todd's performance, Tommy's melodies, my retarding the end idea, and JY's attention to production detail - there was a nice cooperative mission that worked on that one. That's perhaps the closest I've been to a Yes-like compositional environment.

StyxfanNH said:

The one who sang the song is the one who brought it to the band to be included on the cd. While they all had a hand in its creation musically, the overall presentation was brought by Tommy as were the lyrics.

The same can be said of all the songson Cyclorama. The lead singer brought the overall song to the band, and the others had a hand in developing the sound to the song and orchestrating their part on what is presented to the public.

Like I and Glen said, Tommy wrote the lyrics.

[Adam]

Are we arguing?

I stand by my statement. When you wrote "One With Everything was written by Tommy" I say that is inaccurate. That's all. I am not trying to "get into" anything with you here, just stating a fact.

Unless you define the writing of a song to be Lyriucs only (in which case I'd think Richard Rogers, George Gershwin and Elton John might give you a big argument there)