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Styx, "Big Bang Theory"

Styx jumps into the popular fray of covers worship with 14 intriguing remakes on this new CD -- which hits store shelves Tuesday. Generally speaking, the most successful cover tunes are the ones that not only pay homage to the original but also take it somewhere new.
Indeed, the ultimate compliment one can bestow on a cover is to actually prefer it over the original recording -- no small feat. "Big Bang Theory" is a success on both fronts. "I Am the Walrus" and "Locomotive Breath," by the Beatles and Jethro Tull respectively, never really did anything for me before, but I find myself wearing these inventive remakes out on the new disc. Other highlights include "I Don't Need No Doctor," "Summer in the City" and "Manic Depression." The song that really knocks my socks off though -- I must literally listen to it barefoot -- is "Wishing Well," a Free song that's made me a slave to its grind. Styx even tackles one of its own classics, offering a tasty blues version of "Blue Collar Man." Goo goo g'joob.

-- Doug Fox

ChicagoSTYX wrote:The Daily Herald


Styx, "Big Bang Theory"

Styx jumps into the popular fray of covers worship with 14 intriguing remakes on this new CD -- which hits store shelves Tuesday. Generally speaking, the most successful cover tunes are the ones that not only pay homage to the original but also take it somewhere new.
Indeed, the ultimate compliment one can bestow on a cover is to actually prefer it over the original recording -- no small feat. "Big Bang Theory" is a success on both fronts. "I Am the Walrus" and "Locomotive Breath," by the Beatles and Jethro Tull respectively, never really did anything for me before, but I find myself wearing these inventive remakes out on the new disc. Other highlights include "I Don't Need No Doctor," "Summer in the City" and "Manic Depression." The song that really knocks my socks off though -- I must literally listen to it barefoot -- is "Wishing Well," a Free song that's made me a slave to its grind. Styx even tackles one of its own classics, offering a tasty blues version of "Blue Collar Man." Goo goo g'joob.

-- Doug Fox

From multi platinum to multi covers
You pump this like its such a great feet
To me its a total downgrade.

To me its a total downgrade.

So you've actually listened to it in its entirety? Then, and only then, I MIGHT view your opinion with a bit of credibility.

BBT got a sentance or 2 in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

in the "new in CD's this week" article........the pub keeps coming !

ek88 wrote:

To me its a total downgrade.

So you've actually listened to it in its entirety? Then, and only then, I MIGHT view your opinion with a bit of credibility.

I careless what it sounds like
The local band Hi Infidelity does great covers they play at the local bars here week after week , Should we start talking about there covers ?
This was once a muti platinum selling band who now is doing the same thing as the local bar band and you guys are all hoped up like this is there huge break , Please talk to me when they sell a cd that sells at least 500 thousand units , The credit should not go to Styx but the credit should go to The Beatles The Who Tull and CSN
Once again there cashing in on other peoples sucsess.
There almost bootleggers ,

Froy,

Wake the hell up. EVERYONE is doing covers Ask Metallica, Guns,Rod.... the list keeps growing& growing & growing...............

YOU and EVERYONE else here knows in 'YOU'RE'( Did that one right there Bad Jovi Medicine) eyes if Dennis was still in Styx it would of been a brilliant idea for them to do this.

'Your' ( screwed that one up there These Days Jovi) the shallowest 'so called' Styx fan on the planet.

Was I talking to Froy, or Def(Deaf) Jovi??????????????

FROY- what is wrong with a bad doing covers? Is it because it is Styx or a band?-ERIC

Yogi Wrote:

YOU and EVERYONE else here knows in 'YOU'RE'( Did that one right there Bad Jovi Medicine) eyes if Dennis was still in Styx it would of been a brilliant idea for them to do this.


Classic Says:

Hey Yogs........I think the correcting grammer posts are bogus, but just this once I'll chime in. The correct spelling in the sentance you wrote would be y-o-u-r. Unless you meant to say "everyone knows in you are
eyes.............." ( You're = You Are your is used in all other instances )

I agree with the point you made in the post though.

yogi wrote:Froy,

Wake the hell up. EVERYONE is doing covers Ask Metallica, Guns,Rod.... the list keeps growing& growing & growing...............

Yea everyone is

U2
The Stones
Paul McCartney
Elton John
John Mellencamp
John Fogerty
Journey
Fleetwood Mac
Yea there all doing them

Fact is the only ones doing them are the washed up artists
Like Styx Guns Metallica and Rod Stewart

Abitaman wrote:FROY- what is wrong with a band doing covers? Is it because it is Styx or a band?-ERIC

Its a rippoff Abitaman its the easy way out
Styx knows when they stop there done so they will do anything to keep going and a rippoff cover cds fits the bill
Yea look at all the cover cds happening none are doing anything there all tanking . In there heyday STYX did not follow the trends they set them
Without Dennis Shaw and Young are just followers and this cd proves it

Reading froys description of JY in many cases,I find it ironic they share many of the same qualities.

The local band Hi Infidelity does great covers they play at the local bars here week after week , Should we start talking about there covers ?

If they have a forum (or forums) somewhere, by all means.

I careless what it sounds like

If you truly care less, then what's the reasoning behind labeling it a downgrade? Someone who doesn't care wouldn't even bother

Please talk to me when they sell a cd that sells at least 500 thousand units

Why is it so important how much it sells? Did you not buy a Styx album or listen to them before they sold 500,000? Do you not own the Wooden Nickel albums that didn't go gold? Do you not own Brave New World? Do you not own any of DDY's solo albums? I was misled by many of your posts into thinking you were a diehard fan dating back to their roots. Apparently, you're just a bandwagon fan that jumped on after they started going multiplatinum (which I realize isn't true, but BY YOUR OWN LOGIC, it's the only conclusion that makes sense).

ek88 wrote:

The local band Hi Infidelity does great covers they play at the local bars here week after week , Should we start talking about there covers ?

If they have a forum (or forums) somewhere, by all means.

They are a bunch of kids in the area and according to you there the same as STYX,

I careless what it sounds like

If you truly care less, then what's the reasoning behind labeling it a downgrade?

Any band that does an entire cd of covers is down grading themselves
That 's the fact jack
They should have waited and come out with there own material.

Please talk to me when they sell a cd that sells at least 500 thousand units

Why is it so important how much it sells?

Because a band with the same name STYX sold multi platinum for many years and now they can't even sell 100 K but they advertise themselves as if its the same damm band
Thats WHY.

Did you not buy a Styx album or listen to them before they sold 500,000?

NO

Do you not own the Wooden Nickel albums that didn't go gold?

Yea I bought them after hearing GI

Do you not own Brave New World?

No Its in the garbage

Do you not own any of DDY's solo albums?

I own Shaw solo cds and none of them sold but thats not a band its a solo artist big difference

I was misled by many of your posts into thinking you were a diehard fan dating back to their roots.

I saw the STYX BTO show in 75 but I did not buy anything till GI .

Apparently, you're just a bandwagon fan that jumped on after they started going multiplatinum

No I started loving them after hearing Come Sail Away and I will be dammed if I would ever listen to anyone as bad as Gowan ruin my memories of that song

No I started loving them after hearing Come Sail Away and I will be dammed if I would ever listen to anyone as bad as Gowan ruin my memories of that song

Ya know, it's sad that people actualy believe that their memories can be changed by someone other then the person they want singing a song.

Oh, well.

Can you actually change a memory? hmmmm

Monker wrote:

No I started loving them after hearing Come Sail Away and I will be dammed if I would ever listen to anyone as bad as Gowan ruin my memories of that song

Ya know, it's sad that people actualy believe that their memories can be changed by someone other then the person they want singing a song.

Oh, well.

Its sad that you don't have any memories .
And Gowan doesn't sing the song he yells at it ,

I have many good memories of seeing Styx both with Dennis and without him. All good!

Btw Froy, I was also at the Styx BTO show at the Chicago Stadium.

ChicagoSTYX wrote:I have many good memories of seeing Styx both with Dennis and without him. All good!

Btw Froy, I was also at the Styx BTO show at the Chicago Stadium.

Your kidding WOW
Styx blew BTO away still remember that show
I won tickets on WDHF Captian Whamo
10 caller at 591- 1222
We had a different number that got through it was 368-1222
I won things all the time with that number,

Apparently, DDY is "cashing in on other people's successes."

He did an album/cd of covers.

Just like Rod Stewart. Just like Michael McDonald. And so on, and so on, and so on........

No difference at all - no matter what genre of music it is. A cover is a cover. Period.

Mr Froy - your remarks are contradictory to say the least.

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

styxfanNH wrote:Can you actually change a memory? hmmmm

Sure you can, watch....

ooogie booogie booogie boogie

There...Now Froy has completely forgotten how much he loves Gowan.

(I won tickets on WDHF Captian Whamo)

You’re bringing back some memories with that one Froy! I haven’t thought about WDHF in years. Wasn’t it 95.9 or something close? How about WDUI 94.7.

John Mellencamp recorded a covers cd called "Trouble No More" I guess that make him washed up.

Come to think of it, every band you mentioned is past their prime.

froy wrote:
Yea everyone is

U2
The Stones
Paul McCartney
Elton John
John Mellencamp
John Fogerty
Journey
Fleetwood Mac
Yea there all doing them

Fact is the only ones doing them are the washed up artists
Like Styx Guns Metallica and Rod Stewart

Any band that does an entire cd of covers is down grading themselves

We'll just have to agree to disagree here.

they advertise themselves as if its the same damm band

Fair enough. I see some truth in that statement.

They are a bunch of kids in the area and according to you there the same as STYX,

For me personally, I'd say they're the same in that they still put on a quality live show (IMO) and their last studio album (Cyclo) was a step back in the direction of older Styx music that I enjoy. I think they are different in that they lost a tremendously gifted vocalist and songwriter in Dennis. (However, his songwriting went downhill after Paradise Theater, in my opinion).

Because a band with the same name STYX sold multi platinum for many years

What's your take on EOTC and Dennis' recent live album. Are they both crap for not going multi platinum? Just wondering.

Yea I bought them after hearing GI

Well, that's probably a good thing. You seem to be a big Father O.S.A. fan. If not for the multi platinum albums, you may have never heard that song.

I was trying to find where to put this. Seems like a nice review.

http://www.rockreport.be/review.asp?id=1117

I think they are different in that they lost a tremendously gifted vocalist and songwriter in Dennis. (However, his songwriting went downhill after Paradise Theater, in my opinion).

So what how about Shaws song writting and JY's song writtting
You can't think Cold war was a great tune
And as far as JY 's song writting no need to even go into that ,'

Because a band with the same name STYX sold multi platinum for many years

What's your take on EOTC and Dennis' recent live album. Are they both crap for not going multi platinum? Just wondering.

My take on EDGE is it was not a STYX cd so not going platinum is fine
To let Burtnick in and to let him have so much control was crazy
I like Dennis's songs on EDGE but the rest I can live without,
As far as Dennis's new cd how can it go platinum its a live cd
I think only Framptons did that,

Yea I bought them after hearing GI

Well, that's probably a good thing. You seem to be a big Father O.S.A. fan. If not for the multi platinum albums, you may have never heard that song.

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I love Father OSA wish I could hear it live some day

froy wrote:My take on EDGE is it was not a STYX cd so not going platinum is fine
To let Burtnick in and to let him have so much control was crazy
I like Dennis's songs on EDGE but the rest I can live without,
As far as Dennis's new cd how can it go platinum its a live cd
I think only Framptons did that

Wrong. There have been a zillion live albums to go platinum.

"Framptom Comes Alive" was just one of the first, if not the first, double live album to go multi-platinum.

Kiss "Alive!" soon followed and went multiplatinum also and broke them into the bigtime.

ItsMyLife wrote:

froy wrote:My take on EDGE is it was not a STYX cd so not going platinum is fine
To let Burtnick in and to let him have so much control was crazy
I like Dennis's songs on EDGE but the rest I can live without,
As far as Dennis's new cd how can it go platinum its a live cd
I think only Framptons did that

Wrong. There have been a zillion live albums to go platinum.

"Framptom Comes Alive" was just one of the first, if not the first, double live album to go multi-platinum.

Kiss "Alive!" soon followed and went multiplatinum also and broke them into the bigtime.

So there was 2 big deal
Bottom line live cds dont go platinum compared to studio cds
Then take a solo artist and try to find one

Has anyone seen any new reviews of Big Bang Theory? From what I have heard it is selling very well!

froy wrote:So there was 2 big deal
Bottom line live cds dont go platinum compared to studio cds
Then take a solo artist and try to find one

There have been many more than two to go platinum. Live albums by most "big" artists tend to go platinum.

I see you never let facts get in the way of a good argument though.

Most reviews I have seen have all been good.