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what song would you like to hear and by who?

I think Dream Theater breaking into Suite Madame Blue would be cool or Rik Emmett doing Man in the Wilderness.

Sorry of this topic was discussed before, I may have missed it in wading through all the good vs evil posts. Just curious what others would find cool on this topic

Rush-Castle Walls
Tom Petty-Blue Collar Man
BAd Company-Renegade
Foreinger-Man in the Wilderness
Journey-Boat on the River
ERIC

Abitaman wrote:Rush-Castle Walls
Tom Petty-Blue Collar Man
BAd Company-Renegade
Foreinger-Man in the Wilderness
Journey-Boat on the River
ERIC

Nah, Journey should cover Lights...just for the irony.

Dont know about Styx but Michael Jackson could do the DDY song Boys Will Be Boys when his court case is over....

DarrenUK wrote:Dont know about Styx but Michael Jackson could do the DDY song Boys Will Be Boys when his court case is over....

Maybe he can get the prison mates doing the "yip yip yip yip yip bow bow" part....

This is an interesting topic. Some of the suggestions are pretty good. I'm not coming up with any earthshattering ideas, personally. It's just interesting to read everyone else's.

How about Dennis DeYoung doing Fields Of The Brave ?
Thats a non Styx member doing a Styx song......what do you think Froy?

I like the Bad Company and Rush choices

Another one I thought of would be Y&T doing something like Too Much Time on My Hands. They could really do a good job of giving that song a good blues/rock twist

Oh what the hell.........Let's throw Barry Manilow doing "Babe" into the mix........

classicstyxfan wrote:Oh what the hell.........Let's throw Barry Manilow doing "Babe" into the mix........

I think Nugent should. They did a good job with it in Damn Yankees.

Oh what the hell.........Let's throw Barry Manilow doing "Babe" into the mix........


I think Nugent should. They did a good job with it in Damn Yankees.

Oh ok….that direction huh.


Kiss Your Ass Goodbye – Green Day (This song is a ripoff of Green Day anyway, so why not)

Love in the Midnight – George Michael

Criminal Mind/I Am the Walrus/Salty Dog Medley – Alvin and the Chipmunks

Shooz – Fantasia

Bugsy

Kiss Your Ass Goodbye – Steve Perry/Dennis DeYoung duet.

Aw Zan........Just having a little fun with the topic. I guess I can only speak for myself, but my "cyber-tongue" was planted firmly in my
"cyber-cheek" !!!

And Monker, a Deyoung/Perry (or would that be Perry/DeYoung ?) duet of KYAGB is a hilareous idea! and....it just MIGHT produce some terrific harmonies !!!

Rather than lowering your posts to the level of those you profess to distain, wouldn't it be best to let it go and participate productively or not at all? It sure doesn't *seem* like everyone is tired of the bickering.

Well, this topic so quickly went "there." I actually do have some serious ideas, but figured they would get drubbed quickly.

Maybe I will post them later.

But, you know three of my suggestions would work and are NOT out in left field. Green Day COULD do a killer Kiss Your Ass. And George Michael has an amazing voice. Fantasia has a great R & B voice and Shooz could be made into a good R & B flavored song.

I would add that I would love to hear Josh Groban cover any of DDY's songs from The Hunchback.

Oh, and I like the idea of Devo and "Music Time."

Bugsy

KYAG by Green Day is a good idea. A lot of their lyrics are quite clever as well, so the song would be an all around good fit.

I'd LOVE to hear Evanescence tackle Come Sail Away.

Some others:

Together - Ninedays ( I think it sounds like a Ninedays song, anyway)
Everything Is Cool - Rob Zombie
Mr. Roboto - Linkin Park
Fooling Yourself - Jackson Browne

After reading the posts, I too think KYAG would be great done by Green Day.

Bugsy, perfect choice on Josh Groban on the Hunchback songs!!

I like to hear Dream Theater sing "Castle Walls"
Rob Thomas singing "Lady"
Aerosmith "Light Up"
Metallica "Come Sail Away" in a real heavy metal way
Rik Emmett with either "Mademoiselle" or "Crystal Ball"

Good topic Soloud

Rob Thomas singing "Lady"

Why am I not surprised to see Rob Thomas show up on your list?

I would love to see a keyboard oriented group like Keane do "Mother Dear". Or SOMEone do Mother Dear. What a great song!

Cool choices, Suite.

Matchbox Twenty and/or Rob Thomas -- A lot of songs from the Styx catalog would be a fit with them.

How about the White Stripes doing "Best Thing" ?

Bugsy

bugsymalone wrote:Well, this topic so quickly went "there." I actually do have some serious ideas, but figured they would get drubbed quickly.

Maybe I will post them later.

I hope so! I'm diggin' the topic so far! (And yes, I know it did...I was just pointing out that we can still have fun in spite of the land mines as opposed to planting more.)

But, you know three of my suggestions would work and are NOT out in left field. Green Day COULD do a killer Kiss Your Ass. And George Michael has an amazing voice. Fantasia has a great R & B voice and Shooz could be made into a good R & B flavored song.

I would add that I would love to hear Josh Groban cover any of DDY's songs from The Hunchback.

Oh, and I like the idea of Devo and "Music Time."

I picture Groban doing "Paradise" more than anything. Fantasia doing Shooz scares me a little. Maybe Bo. Of course, he'd probably do "Man in the Wilderness" well.

Lady - Guns N Roses

Shooz - Boston

Crystal Ball - Kansas

Born For Adventure - Rush

Renegade - Aerosmith

Blue Collar Man - Triumph

Come Sail Away - Loverboy

Miss America - Billy Idol

Man In The Wilderness - Van Halen with Sammy Hagar (Tommy Shaw Special Guitarist)

Grand Illusion - Foreigner

Babe - Little River Band

First Time - R.E.O. Speedwagon

Love In The Midnight - Bad Company

Too Much Time On My Hands - Steve Perry

Show Me The Way - Paul McCartney

Don't Let It End - Michael Jackson ( Sorry, I couldn't resist that one)

(Solos)

Don't Wait For Heros - Tommy and JY

Lonely School - Dennis Deyoung

Count On You - Barry Manilow

DeeJay...

Good one Zan, Bo singing "Man in the Wilderness"!!

DeeJayStyx - another good one, Kansas singing "Crystal Ball"

I'll add: Metallica singing "Miss America"

Ek88, LOL, you noticed Rob on my list -

** Useless Information Alert**

Speaking about Rob Thomas, he's doing pretty good and is on a roll. His debut solo album has just been certified platinum by the RIAA for U.S. sales exceeding one million copies and he's also going to perform at Live 8. Oh, and his song "This is How a Heart Breaks" is the official theme of ABC-TV's coverage of the NBA playoffs and finals and included in the opening of each telecast.

I like the Metallica ones and the GnR doing Lady sounds excellent.

Good responses folks...thanks!

Soloud wrote:I like the Metallica ones and the GnR doing Lady sounds excellent.

Good responses folks...thanks!

Great Topic...Fun to post with.....Thank You...


DeeJay....

Guns N Roses doing Lady? Hmmm . . . sounds interesting, actually.

I'd love to hear Marilyn Manson remake Mr. Roboto. I'm sure thaty would be very entertaining.

I'd love to hear Marilyn Manson remake Mr. Roboto. I'm sure thaty would be very entertaining.

You know, I'd have to say I agree wholeheartedly!

Soloud wrote:what song would you like to hear and by who?

I think Dream Theater breaking into Suite Madame Blue would be cool or Rik Emmett doing Man in the Wilderness.

Wow, I can totally hear DT doing Suite Madame Blue! There was a local melodic metal band back in Indy, whose name escapes me, that used to play SMB. It would totally catch the crowd off guard.

I wonder if Ice Age has ever covered a Styx song. Thier singer sounds so much like DDY sometimes, and they could really add a great prog vibe. I think they would kill on SMB too.

Roadie

Agree 100% about Ice Age, the guy sounds a lot like DDY. I had thought about them but chose not to list since the voice would sound so similar.

Another DDY sound alike is the guy from a band called Vox Tempus.