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Okay, DeYoung's "Save Me" is the best song he's done in years. Seriously brilliant work.
Really good one.

The entire album is great. I had the Canadian version this whole time and finally bought the American release this past weekend. Private Jones kicks ASS!! That song rocks!

brywool wrote:Okay, DeYoung's "Save Me" is the best song he's done in years. Seriously brilliant work.
Really good one.

No comment .

froy wrote:

brywool wrote:Okay, DeYoung's "Save Me" is the best song he's done in years. Seriously brilliant work.
Really good one.

No comment .

That's a first

Everett wrote:

froy wrote:

brywool wrote:Okay, DeYoung's "Save Me" is the best song he's done in years. Seriously brilliant work.
Really good one.

No comment .

That's a first

Good one young fella

brywool wrote:Okay, DeYoung's "Save Me" is the best song he's done in years. Seriously brilliant work.
Really good one.

Unquestionably a great song. Unquestioningly agree with you, bry. Now the question is -- could/would he fit it into his concert song rotation again? Probably not.

Bugsy

bugsymalone wrote:

brywool wrote:Okay, DeYoung's "Save Me" is the best song he's done in years. Seriously brilliant work.
Really good one.

Unquestionably a great song. Unquestioningly agree with you, bry. Now the question is -- could/would he fit it into his concert song rotation again? Probably not.

Bugsy

IMHO, it's his best solo album to date. Now, if we could only get more of this please!

What are you guys smokin?

it's a good album that was hampered by a few really bad tracks.

kansas666 wrote:What are you guys smokin?

brywool wrote:it's a good album that was hampered by a few really bad tracks.

Oh come on Really Bad tracks?

Nothing that bad. Like the Strange Animal CD

brywool wrote:it's a good album that was hampered by a few really bad tracks.

2 good songs the rest is crap.

ChicagoSTYX wrote:

brywool wrote:it's a good album that was hampered by a few really bad tracks.

2 good songs the rest is crap.

really which one are good and which ones are crap.

brywool wrote:it's a good album that was hampered by a few really bad tracks.

And there ladies and gentlemen is about the closest thing to a compliment Bryidiot will ever give to DDY. Of course its a backhanded one...

ChicagoSTYX wrote:

brywool wrote:it's a good album that was hampered by a few really bad tracks.

2 good songs the rest is crap.

No you're crap. Get some taste in music...or is your bias blinding you so much that you can't tell your head from your ass (well, in your case they might be one of the same).

Toph wrote:

brywool wrote:it's a good album that was hampered by a few really bad tracks.

And there ladies and gentlemen is about the closest thing to a compliment Bryidiot will ever give to DDY. Of course its a backhanded one...

You're wrong dude. I give compliments to DeYoung all the time. But when crap is crap, I will point it out in EITHER band. YOU are THE most biased person on this board, even moreso than Froy. At least Froy has a sense of humor about it and can actually be way cool. But you start some juvenille crap every single day. I have plenty of taste in music. What I don't have a taste for is immature punks like yourself.

I compliment DeYoung all the time on his voice. I compliment him all the time about his writing when it's good. I will not compliment him on CRAP like Roboto and First Time. Nor will I blindly say everything he's done is brilliant and everything the other band has done is crap, like yourself (read that last sentence any way you like).

Dennis has written some brilliant songs both in Styx and in his solo career. Come Sail Away, Show Me the Way, Lady, Boomchild, Harry's Hands, etc. He's also written some complete garbage like Boys will be Boys, Beneath the Moon, First Time, Lords of the Ring, and your favorite song Mr. Roboto.

Also, the way that he ran the band and kept them off the road, I am also not a fan of. A band needs to work, create, and move ahead if it's to thrive. He kept putting so many things in FRONT of Styx that he really needed to make a commitment and he couldn't do that. That also doesn't sit well with me, a LONG TIME fan.

I'm actually a HUGE Dennis fan. But I prefer him before he sold out to get "hits". Trust me, as Dennis DeYoung fans go, I'm a big one of him and his songs and I have dissected them quite a bit musically.

By the way, your personal attacks are ridiculously immature. Grow up. If you want to discuss music, great. If you're just going to call people names because they don't agree with you then you need to come back when you can wear your big boy pants.

Regarding 100 Years From Now:

1. 100 Years From Now- Brilliant track

2. This Time Next Year- Great tune

3. Rain- Decent but way too Broadway. Sounds like something out of Wicked.

4. Crossing the Rubicon- One of the best songs Dennis ever did

5. Save Me- See Rubicon

6. I Don't Believe in Anything- Decent sentiment, but sounds like some old guy afraid of the internet. The synth solo blows as well.

7. Private Jones- Good rocker and the first one he's had since Boomchild.

8. I Believe in You- This song is SO friggin' bad. Sounds like something from a Love Boat re-run. AWFUL.

9. There Was a Time- good song.

10. Breathe Again- It rips off Prelude 12's beginning, then sounds like a throwaway from Donny and Marie. Is this really what you want from Dennis Freakin' DeYoung?

11. Forgiveness- can take it or leave it. At least it's not as corny as the last two.

12. Turn Off CNN- Decent rocker.

If you can read Toph, and I'm not really sure you can, there are several compliments in there. But the bad songs are just SO bad. Dennis, like McCartney sometimes, needs someone to tell him "you need to fix this one".

froy wrote:

ChicagoSTYX wrote:

brywool wrote:it's a good album that was hampered by a few really bad tracks.

2 good songs the rest is crap.

really which one are good and which ones are crap.

This time next year
Private Jones
Are good songs the rest are crap

Toph wrote:

ChicagoSTYX wrote:

brywool wrote:it's a good album that was hampered by a few really bad tracks.

2 good songs the rest is crap.

No you're crap. Get some taste in music...or is your bias blinding you so much that you can't tell your head from your ass (well, in your case they might be one of the same).

Don't care what you think.
I like good music and you like crap!

brywool wrote:
Also, the way that he ran the band and kept them off the road, I am also not a fan of. A band needs to work, create, and move ahead if it's to thrive. He kept putting so many things in FRONT of Styx that he really needed to make a commitment and he couldn't do that. That also doesn't sit well with me, a LONG TIME fan.

If your statement about DDY putting so many things in front of Styx were totally true, then you could apply that same theory to TS when he decided to leave and start his own solo act.

brywool wrote:Regarding 100 Years From Now:

10. Breathe Again- It rips off Prelude 12's beginning, then sounds like a throwaway from Donny and Marie. Is this really what you want from Dennis Freakin' DeYoung?

I really don't think you can rip yourself off. He was trying to create music that was like what he (they) did in Styx. So it's more like a nod to Prelude 12.

ChicagoSTYX wrote:

froy wrote:

ChicagoSTYX wrote:

brywool wrote:it's a good album that was hampered by a few really bad tracks.

2 good songs the rest is crap.

really which one are good and which ones are crap.

This time next year
Private Jones
Are good songs the rest are crap

Rubicon is crap? Come on CS

Boomchild wrote:

brywool wrote:
Also, the way that he ran the band and kept them off the road, I am also not a fan of. A band needs to work, create, and move ahead if it's to thrive. He kept putting so many things in FRONT of Styx that he really needed to make a commitment and he couldn't do that. That also doesn't sit well with me, a LONG TIME fan.

If your statement about DDY putting so many things in front of Styx were totally true, then you could apply that same theory to TS when he decided to leave and start his own solo act.

brywool wrote:Regarding 100 Years From Now:

10. Breathe Again- It rips off Prelude 12's beginning, then sounds like a throwaway from Donny and Marie. Is this really what you want from Dennis Freakin' DeYoung?

I really don't think you can rip yourself off. He was trying to create music that was like what he (they) did in Styx. So it's more like a nod to Prelude 12.

Prelude 12 was Curelewsi's.

brywool wrote:

Toph wrote:

brywool wrote:it's a good album that was hampered by a few really bad tracks.

And there ladies and gentlemen is about the closest thing to a compliment Bryidiot will ever give to DDY. Of course its a backhanded one...

You're wrong dude. I give compliments to DeYoung all the time. But when crap is crap, I will point it out in EITHER band. YOU are THE most biased person on this board, even moreso than Froy. At least Froy has a sense of humor about it and can actually be way cool. But you start some juvenille crap every single day. I have plenty of taste in music. What I don't have a taste for is immature punks like yourself.

I compliment DeYoung all the time on his voice. I compliment him all the time about his writing when it's good. I will not compliment him on CRAP like Roboto and First Time. Nor will I blindly say everything he's done is brilliant and everything the other band has done is crap, like yourself (read that last sentence any way you like).

Dennis has written some brilliant songs both in Styx and in his solo career. Come Sail Away, Show Me the Way, Lady, Boomchild, Harry's Hands, etc. He's also written some complete garbage like Boys will be Boys, Beneath the Moon, First Time, Lords of the Ring, and your favorite song Mr. Roboto.

Also, the way that he ran the band and kept them off the road, I am also not a fan of. A band needs to work, create, and move ahead if it's to thrive. He kept putting so many things in FRONT of Styx that he really needed to make a commitment and he couldn't do that. That also doesn't sit well with me, a LONG TIME fan.

I'm actually a HUGE Dennis fan. But I prefer him before he sold out to get "hits". Trust me, as Dennis DeYoung fans go, I'm a big one of him and his songs and I have dissected them quite a bit musically.

By the way, your personal attacks are ridiculously immature. Grow up. If you want to discuss music, great. If you're just going to call people names because they don't agree with you then you need to come back when you can wear your big boy pants.

Regarding 100 Years From Now:

1. 100 Years From Now- Brilliant track

2. This Time Next Year- Great tune

3. Rain- Decent but way too Broadway. Sounds like something out of Wicked.

4. Crossing the Rubicon- One of the best songs Dennis ever did

5. Save Me- See Rubicon

6. I Don't Believe in Anything- Decent sentiment, but sounds like some old guy afraid of the internet. The synth solo blows as well.

7. Private Jones- Good rocker and the first one he's had since Boomchild.

8. I Believe in You- This song is SO friggin' bad. Sounds like something from a Love Boat re-run. AWFUL.

9. There Was a Time- good song.

10. Breathe Again- It rips off Prelude 12's beginning, then sounds like a throwaway from Donny and Marie. Is this really what you want from Dennis Freakin' DeYoung?

11. Forgiveness- can take it or leave it. At least it's not as corny as the last two.

12. Turn Off CNN- Decent rocker.

If you can read Toph, and I'm not really sure you can, there are several compliments in there. But the bad songs are just SO bad. Dennis, like McCartney sometimes, needs someone to tell him "you need to fix this one".

You are full of it, Bry. You constantly berate DeYoung for things you know absolutely NOTHING about. Get over yourself.

froy wrote:

ChicagoSTYX wrote:

froy wrote:

ChicagoSTYX wrote:

brywool wrote:it's a good album that was hampered by a few really bad tracks.

2 good songs the rest is crap.

really which one are good and which ones are crap.

This time next year
Private Jones
Are good songs the rest are crap

Rubicon is crap? Come on CS

I give the song another listen and get back to you.

brywool wrote:

Boomchild wrote:

brywool wrote:
Also, the way that he ran the band and kept them off the road, I am also not a fan of. A band needs to work, create, and move ahead if it's to thrive. He kept putting so many things in FRONT of Styx that he really needed to make a commitment and he couldn't do that. That also doesn't sit well with me, a LONG TIME fan.

If your statement about DDY putting so many things in front of Styx were totally true, then you could apply that same theory to TS when he decided to leave and start his own solo act.

brywool wrote:Regarding 100 Years From Now:

10. Breathe Again- It rips off Prelude 12's beginning, then sounds like a throwaway from Donny and Marie. Is this really what you want from Dennis Freakin' DeYoung?

I really don't think you can rip yourself off. He was trying to create music that was like what he (they) did in Styx. So it's more like a nod to Prelude 12.

Prelude 12 was Curelewsi's.

Yes, I know that. That is why I put the word "they" in my response. DDY was part of the band that created that material. As I said, it's a nod to Prelude 12 if anything.

ChicagoSTYX wrote:

froy wrote:

ChicagoSTYX wrote:

froy wrote:

ChicagoSTYX wrote:

brywool wrote:it's a good album that was hampered by a few really bad tracks.

2 good songs the rest is crap.

really which one are good and which ones are crap.

This time next year
Private Jones
Are good songs the rest are crap

Rubicon is crap? Come on CS

I give the song another listen and get back to you.

Okay, I gave it another listen and I think it sounds like a song that was left off of the Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack.

Toph wrote:
You are full of it, Bry. You constantly berate DeYoung for things you know absolutely NOTHING about. Get over yourself.

Okay Toph you're the authority... Talk about getting over yourself.
I berate DeYoung when he produces crap. I berate Deyoung for lack of good judgement in his writing and in other things.
I do not berate the guys talents when they are apparent.

"Okay, I gave it another listen and I think it sounds like a song that was left off of the Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack."

Wow. You're a tough crowd. I think it's one of the best songs any member of Styx has written since the real band broke up after Kilroy.

cittadeeno23 wrote:"Okay, I gave it another listen and I think it sounds like a song that was left off of the Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack."

Wow. You're a tough crowd. I think it's one of the best songs any member of Styx has written since the real band broke up after Kilroy.

IMHO, it's one of the strongest songs on that album.