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What are your 10 best Styx songs written by JY?

No paticular order;

Great White Hope
Put Me On (co-written by Dennis and Tommy)
Rock n' Roll Feeling (Co-written by JC)
Southern Woman (co-written by Ray Brandle)
Half Penny-Two Penny (Co-written by Ray Brandle)
Double Life
Man Of Miracles (Co-written by Ray Brandle and Dennis)
Best Thing (Co-written by Dennis)
Heavy Water (Co-written by Tommy)
These Are The Times

DeeJaySTYX wrote:No paticular order;

Great White Hope
Put Me On (co-written by Dennis and Tommy)
Rock n' Roll Feeling (Co-written by JC)
Southern Woman (co-written by Ray Brandle)
Half Penny-Two Penny (Co-written by Ray Brandle)
Double Life
Man Of Miracles (Co-written by Ray Brandle and Dennis)
Best Thing (Co-written by Dennis)
Heavy Water (Co-written by Tommy)
These Are The Times

I'm not sure what kind of commentary it is on JY's prolific writing that 7 of Deejay's 10 were CO written. Maybe the thread should have been top 10 songs sung by JY.?.

Great White Hope
I'm Gonna Make You Feel It
Lord of the Rings
Eddie (I'm probably the only one that likes this one)
Miss America
Midnight Ride
Winner Take All
These are the Times
Captain America
Heavy Water

I have to agree since certain songs were sung by JY but not written by him..That would leave out Lords Of The Ring, You Need Love, I'm Gonna Make You Feel It, and Winner Take All.


BTW, Eddie is a great choice....

DerriD wrote:Eddie (I'm probably the only one that likes this one)

Nope. I almost put it on there, but there were others I liked better. Eddie and Homewrecker are both enjoyable to me, so I'm in the minority too, Derri.

DeeJaySTYX wrote:I have to agree since certain songs were sung by JY but not written by him..That would leave out Lords Of The Ring, You Need Love, I'm Gonna Make You Fell It, and Winner Take All.


BTW, Eddie is a great choice....

Change it as you want...ok written, co-written or sung by

styxfanNH wrote:

DeeJaySTYX wrote:I have to agree since certain songs were sung by JY but not written by him..That would leave out Lords Of The Ring, You Need Love, I'm Gonna Make You Fell It, and Winner Take All.


BTW, Eddie is a great choice....

Change it as you want...ok written, co-written or sung by

Not by what I want...I selected my list by what you stated...

Half-Penny, Two-Penny
Captain America
These Are The Times
Midnight Ride
Double Life

Zan wrote:Nope. I almost put it on there, but there were others I liked better. Eddie and Homewrecker are both enjoyable to me, so I'm in the minority too, Derri.

Glad you like 'em. You are in the minority. "Eddie" and "Homewrecker" are two of the worst songs Styx has committed to tape.

StyxCollector wrote:

Zan wrote:Nope. I almost put it on there, but there were others I liked better. Eddie and Homewrecker are both enjoyable to me, so I'm in the minority too, Derri.

Glad you like 'em. You are in the minority. "Eddie" and "Homewrecker" are two of the worst songs Styx has committed to tape.

Actually, I'm in that minority as well...

StyxCollector wrote:Glad you like 'em. You are in the minority. "Eddie" and "Homewrecker" are two of the worst songs Styx has committed to tape.

Is this your professional opinion?

Because everyone knows the two worst Styx songs committed to tape are "Carrie Ann" and "High Crimes."

Zan wrote:

StyxCollector wrote:Glad you like 'em. You are in the minority. "Eddie" and "Homewrecker" are two of the worst songs Styx has committed to tape.

Is this your professional opinion?

Because everyone knows the two worst Styx songs committed to tape are "Carrie Ann" and "High Crimes."

Zan,

You are half right. Two worst songs ever are 'High Crimes' and 'Hip Hip Hipocrasy'.

Blech!

DerriD wrote:

Zan wrote:

StyxCollector wrote:Glad you like 'em. You are in the minority. "Eddie" and "Homewrecker" are two of the worst songs Styx has committed to tape.

Is this your professional opinion?

Because everyone knows the two worst Styx songs committed to tape are "Carrie Ann" and "High Crimes."

Zan,

You are half right. Two worst songs ever are 'High Crimes' and 'Hip Hip Hipocrasy'.

Blech!

Derri, they're the same song



Robin

DerriD wrote:

Zan wrote:

StyxCollector wrote:Glad you like 'em. You are in the minority. "Eddie" and "Homewrecker" are two of the worst songs Styx has committed to tape.

Is this your professional opinion?

Because everyone knows the two worst Styx songs committed to tape are "Carrie Ann" and "High Crimes."

Zan,

You are half right. Two worst songs ever are 'High Crimes' and 'Hip Hip Hipocrasy'.

Blech!

That's actually the same song, DerriD....High Crimes & Misdemeanors (Hip Hop-Cracy)...

Zan wrote:

StyxCollector wrote:Glad you like 'em. You are in the minority. "Eddie" and "Homewrecker" are two of the worst songs Styx has committed to tape.

Is this your professional opinion?

Because everyone knows the two worst Styx songs committed to tape are "Carrie Ann" and "High Crimes."

don't forget First Time!!! eeeewwwwwww.....

JY hasn't written 10 good songs.

Eddie
Miss America

Anyone who says Eddie sucks loses credibility with me. THats a great Styx song.

Ash wrote:JY hasn't written 10 good songs.

Eddie
Miss America

Anyone who says Eddie sucks loses credibility with me. THats a great Styx song.

Yeah, I'd have to struggle with 10 JY songs. They'd all be pretty much 1976 and earlier for the most part. Put Me On and Midnight Ride would move to the head of the class.

Eddie still blows, though. He redeems himself with Half-Penny, Two-Penny. The only worthwhile bit in Eddie is I like the guitar synth solo.

Let's face it, other than a few songs on Cornerstone, no one brought their A game on that one. The division in the band shows, not unlike BNW. Cornerstone is very much odd man out from 1977 - 1981.

Can't say I can come up with 10, but the ones I like are:

Miss America
Double Life
Great White Hope
Half-Penny, Two-Penny
Heavy Metal Poisoning
Heavy Water

DeeJaySTYX wrote:

DerriD wrote:

Zan wrote:

StyxCollector wrote:Glad you like 'em. You are in the minority. "Eddie" and "Homewrecker" are two of the worst songs Styx has committed to tape.

Is this your professional opinion?

Because everyone knows the two worst Styx songs committed to tape are "Carrie Ann" and "High Crimes."

Zan,

You are half right. Two worst songs ever are 'High Crimes' and 'Hip Hip Hipocrasy'.

Blech!

That's actually the same song, DerriD....High Crimes & Misdemeanors (Hip Hop-Cracy)...

Doh!

Somehow I knew that. I'm gonna blame a high stress work environment yesterday. I meant to say 'Hip Hip' and 'Great Expectations' were the two worst.

I still can't believe I flubbed that one.

StyxCollector wrote:

Ash wrote:JY hasn't written 10 good songs.

Eddie
Miss America

Anyone who says Eddie sucks loses credibility with me. THats a great Styx song.

Yeah, I'd have to struggle with 10 JY songs. They'd all be pretty much 1976 and earlier for the most part. Put Me On and Midnight Ride would move to the head of the class.

Eddie still blows, though. He redeems himself with Half-Penny, Two-Penny. The only worthwhile bit in Eddie is I like the guitar synth solo.

Let's face it, other than a few songs on Cornerstone, no one brought their A game on that one. The division in the band shows, not unlike BNW. Cornerstone is very much odd man out from 1977 - 1981.

I can see what you're saying to a point, but I think any time a band makes a transition from a heavier style (Art Rock) to a more melodic, acoustic style there is going to be some grinding of gears. Cornerstone may have had some cringe moments (Never Say Never), but overall it's a very solid album from an artistic standpoint. Paradise Theatre is somewhat a masterpiece I think of what Dennis was trying to achieve by taking Styx from Art Rock to Acoustic driven melodic rock back in the early 80s and late 70s and it was absolutely nailed in my opinion.

Eddie is a really good song tho. You may not care for JY's vocal performance - and we can argue that. But the song style and lyrical message are pretty good (even if political).

DerriD wrote:

DeeJaySTYX wrote:

DerriD wrote:

Zan wrote:

StyxCollector wrote:Glad you like 'em. You are in the minority. "Eddie" and "Homewrecker" are two of the worst songs Styx has committed to tape.

Is this your professional opinion?

Because everyone knows the two worst Styx songs committed to tape are "Carrie Ann" and "High Crimes."

Zan,

You are half right. Two worst songs ever are 'High Crimes' and 'Hip Hip Hipocrasy'.

Blech!

That's actually the same song, DerriD....High Crimes & Misdemeanors (Hip Hop-Cracy)...

Doh!

Somehow I knew that. I'm gonna blame a high stress work environment yesterday. I meant to say 'Hip Hip' and 'Great Expectations' were the two worst.

I still can't believe I flubbed that one.

oooh. Great Expectations. Another runner-up for the boobie prize. LOL But to give it its props, a lot of people actually like that song for some reason, so I can't say it's THE worst. Same with Carrie Ann. Melodically, it's a decent song, and he sings it well, but the creep factor is way too high on this one for me.

So, I will start another thread for ten worst songs, and we can take it from there. lol

Ash wrote:I can see what you're saying to a point, but I think any time a band makes a transition from a heavier style (Art Rock) to a more melodic, acoustic style there is going to be some grinding of gears. Cornerstone may have had some cringe moments (Never Say Never), but overall it's a very solid album from an artistic standpoint. Paradise Theatre is somewhat a masterpiece I think of what Dennis was trying to achieve by taking Styx from Art Rock to Acoustic driven melodic rock back in the early 80s and late 70s and it was absolutely nailed in my opinion.

Eddie is a really good song tho. You may not care for JY's vocal performance - and we can argue that. But the song style and lyrical message are pretty good (even if political).

I don't like Eddie from a song structure standpoint, either. Very repetitive in a non-interesting way. JY sounds like JY on it, so I don't hate the vocal performance. I can take or leave JY's "scathing" lyrics which don't disguise it's about Ted Kennedy. It's just not a good song; like the use of the guitar synth - that's it. Cornerstone is NOT one of my favorite Styx albums, and Eddie is another one of its victims.

Here's my issue with the so-called acoustic driven melodic rock band statement. PT and KWH were not acoustic driven. Are "Sing For The Day", "Fooling Yourself", "She Cares", "Boat on the River", or "Crystal Ball" DDY songs? No. Tommy is the acoustic guy in the band. Always was when he joined. It's who he is, and he's at his best when he's more folksy. Look at "Yes I Can" (barf) on Cyclorama. Point being, all this talk about Styx being such a hard driven rock band that just went soft with "Babe" is laughable.

StyxCollector wrote:I don't like Eddie from a song structure standpoint, either. Very repetitive in a non-interesting way. JY sounds like JY on it, so I don't hate the vocal performance. I can take or leave JY's "scathing" lyrics which don't disguise it's about Ted Kennedy. It's just not a good song; like the use of the guitar synth - that's it. Cornerstone is NOT one of my favorite Styx albums, and Eddie is another one of its victims.

Well we're just gonna have to agree to disagree..... you IDIOT... (kidding ).

I do think that John Panozzo's best drumming is on that song - he sounds like Keith Moon in places.

Ash wrote:I do think that John Panozzo's best drumming is on that song - he sounds like Keith Moon in places.

JP definitely peaked in 78/79, so I agree there. The drum sound they got while recording the whole Po8 album is great.

Going by the songs where he did vocals:

"These Are The Times"
"Heavy Water"(I'm guessing he at least had a hand in writing this)
"Double Life"
"Snowblind"
"Miss America"
"Southern Woman"

Witch Wolf
Young MAn
MAn of Miracles
Southern Woman
Midnight Ride
Miss America
Half Penny Two Penny
Heavy Water
These are the Times
Great White Hope

If you include co-wrote or sung mostly by:

Loreli
Half Penny Two Penny
Eddie
Midnight Ride
Put Me On
Great White Hope
Lords of the Ring (sointenly)
Heavy Metal Poisioning
Miss America
Witch Wolf

Zan wrote:

DerriD wrote:

DeeJaySTYX wrote:

DerriD wrote:

Zan wrote:

StyxCollector wrote:Glad you like 'em. You are in the minority. "Eddie" and "Homewrecker" are two of the worst songs Styx has committed to tape.

Is this your professional opinion?

Because everyone knows the two worst Styx songs committed to tape are "Carrie Ann" and "High Crimes."

Zan,

You are half right. Two worst songs ever are 'High Crimes' and 'Hip Hip Hipocrasy'.

Blech!

That's actually the same song, DerriD....High Crimes & Misdemeanors (Hip Hop-Cracy)...

Doh!

Somehow I knew that. I'm gonna blame a high stress work environment yesterday. I meant to say 'Hip Hip' and 'Great Expectations' were the two worst.

I still can't believe I flubbed that one.

oooh. Great Expectations. Another runner-up for the boobie prize. LOL But to give it its props, a lot of people actually like that song for some reason, so I can't say it's THE worst. Same with Carrie Ann. Melodically, it's a decent song, and he sings it well, but the creep factor is way too high on this one for me.

So, I will start another thread for ten worst songs, and we can take it from there. lol

You put way too much into the "creep" factor for Carrie Ann. So what if he dedicated it to his daughter. There are plenty of other songs out there dealing with sons/daughters that are like that. In fact, if you want to be perverted, there is a new Dixie Chicks song on their album that they wrote to their sons that you could take the same way. But personally, I think that unless you are looking for that kind of stuff (and I don't want to get psychologically into people's pasts), songs like Carrie Ann, they are legitimate songs to their children. To me, Carrie Ann is a legitimate song of a father speaking to a daughter. If you want to read something more sexual into it than that, then that is between you and your therapist.

Carrie Ann

Time stands still, baby when I touch you
I can't believe the way I'm feelin'
Please don't speak, it's taken me all this time
To find the strength just to say

That I never knew what love was til I met you
Never thought that I could act this way
But I'm still afraid to show how much I need you
Tell me, what makes a man like me this way

Carrie Ann, don't ask me why
Baby I work so hard just to hide my emotions
Carrie Ann, words can't explain
The way that I feel in my heart

Lovers' hearts never quite beat in time
They never find that perfect rhythm
You know I let you down many times
But this I promise to you
That I'll never lead you through doors of deception
I won't bind you to a chain of lies
Though I know my love for you won't be perfection
What I give to you will last all time

Carrie Ann, don't ask me why
Baby I work so hard just to hide my emotions
Carrie Ann, my words can't explain
The way that I feel in my heart

Take a little time to realize
I'll love you faithfully
Just take a little time and you'll see
That baby it's me

Carrie Ann, don't ask me why
Baby I work so hard just to hide my emotions
Carrie Ann, my words can't explain
The way that I feel in my heart