Best Tommy Shaw song ever?

[Guest]

Crystal Ball

[Zan]

Just Get Through This Night
Love in The Midnight close second
Man in the Wilderness third

[DeeJaySTYX]

Crystal Ball
Man In The Wilderness
Fooling Youself (The Angry Young Man)
Lights
On My Way
Dear John


DeeJay....

[bugsymalone]

Just Get Through This Night -- Great song! ("I just couldn't think of songs about robots.....")

Love in the Midnight -- Love the changes from minor to major keys in it.

Foolin' Yourself -- Some of his best lyrics

Haven't We Been Here Before -- Not just crazy about this song, but oh those beautiful harmonies with Dennis!

I Will Be Your Witness -- That album had some good songs on it.

Co-writes:

Lights -- Great tune (oops, Dennis wrote the melody!) Good lyrics by Tommy here, too.

Madamoiselle -- Nice, easy going, fun song with great harmony

Bugsy

[froy]

Crystal Ball

Somewhere In The Night

[swwskj]

Sing for the Day
Man in the Wilderness
Lights

Scott

[froy]

Crystal Ball

Remember these are STYX songs you all are listing
So Far nobody is right but me .

[DamnYankee]

With Styx - On My Way
Solo - Stop Knockin', Ocean
Damn Yankees - Come Again, Someone to Believe
Shaw/Blades - Come to Be My Friend

[evileyes]

Boat on a River
Crystal Ball
Just Get through this Night

Not necessarily in that order!

[ek88]

Everything Is Cool
Blue Collar Man
Girls With Guns
Down That Highway (w/Jack)
Straight Down The Line

[sadie65]

Man in the Wilderness
Lights
Boat on the River

[jthansen1]

ocean
down that highway
one with everything
where you going now
silence is broken

[yogi]

1.Stop Knockin- 'Busted & Broke & Too old to toke' Classic line!!!!
2.Its All In How You say It
3.Man In the Wilderness
4. Nature Of The Beast
5. Blue Collar Man - Back In 1978 It was AWESOME!!!!!

[bugsymalone]

You know, we all answered this question incorrectly, other than Froy. It was best Tommy Shaw SONG (singular).

Oh well...I enjoyed reading what everyone listed.

I did notice that BCM only made two of the lists. And no Renegade, so far. Interesting....

Bugsy

[SuiteMadameBlue]

Oh, how I miss these songs live, with the harmonies of yesteryears (sigh)

Anyhoo, here is my list:

Crystal Ball

Mademoiselle (yes, I know co-written along with Dennis)

Superstars (love it - yes again I know, co-written by Tommy, Dennis and Young)

Never Say Never

Lights (yes, wow, another one that I love, and it's even co-written with Dennis)

Boat on a River

Sing For The Day

Didn't care for his solo work, no offense

[kansas666]

Together: I love the urgency in this song. It feels like it wants to take off. But they keep it in check.

Yes I Can: Beautiful harmonies with Glen. They really lost an assett when Glen left.

The sad thing is, neither of these songs were performed live. I think they might have added Yes I Can at a couple of shows just before Glen departed.

[froy]

You know, we all answered this question incorrectly, other than Froy. It was best Tommy Shaw SONG (singular).

Oh well...I enjoyed reading what everyone listed.

I did notice that BCM only made two of the lists. And no Renegade, so far. Interesting....

Bugsy

Yes Bugsy the thread say's best Tommy Song ever

Meaning 1 song from Tommy solo

I love Somewhere In the Night off Ambition.

[sadie65]

Then playing devil's advocate here, no one should have any problems with Styx performing songs Dennis wrote or co-wrote when he was with Styx, since those are Styx songs, right?

[Zan]

Then playing devil's advocate here, no one should have any problems with Styx performing songs Dennis wrote or co-wrote when he was with Styx, since those are Styx songs, right?

Not I! LOL

Styx is Styx. Dennis is Dennis. I almost answered my favorite solo song, but I didn't think it mattered in this thread.

[bugsymalone]

I almost answered my favorite solo song, but I didn't think it mattered in this thread.

Nahhh. We are always breaking our own rules, here!

I enjoyed reading the lists everyone made myself. What fun would only one song have been?? Sorry, IML.

Bugsy

[I Stumble In]

Styx - Man in the Wilderness
Solo - Diamond (great 50's guitar vibe)
For Others - Shut up and Dance (sex is like a gun - you aim - you shoot - you run)

[evileyes]

Then playing devil's advocate here, no one should have any problems with Styx performing songs Dennis wrote or co-wrote when he was with Styx, since those are Styx songs, right?

Here, here Sadie! If it's OK to say DeYoung is performing HIS songs, and by that include the music he wrote/performed as part of Styx, then we have to allow Shaw credit for HIS music, with or without Styx.

[froy]

Then playing devil's advocate here, no one should have any problems with Styx performing songs Dennis wrote or co-wrote when he was with Styx, since those are Styx songs, right?

Wrong Dennis is alive and willing to sing them in STYX they don't want him in the band then they don't get his songs as well.

[onestilllearning]

Kansas666 writes

Together: I love the urgency in this song. It feels like it wants to take off. But they keep it in check.

Yes I Can: Beautiful harmonies with Glen. They really lost an assett when Glen left.

These are my 2 top picks on Cyclerama as well, No question and your both comments are so right on the money - I just bonded with you dude.

[ek88]

Then playing devil's advocate here, no one should have any problems with Styx performing songs Dennis wrote or co-wrote when he was with Styx, since those are Styx songs, right?

I have no problem with Styx performing songs Dennis wrote, nor do I have a problem with Dennis performing any song from the Styx catalog, whether he wrote it or not.

OSL and Kansas: I agree and echo your sentiments about the Cyclo tracks.