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I'll be doing a formal review on my site this week, but great show. As critical as I was of the one back in February whic had its issue, this one was about as good as it gets, and arguably one of the best Styx-related shows I've seen going back to the EOTC tour. It was great to go with my Dad who had never seen any kind of Styx show before (hard to imagine, right? lol).

Set:
The Message (taped intro)
Grand Illusion
Lady
Blue Collar Man
Show Me The Way
Mr. Roboto
Desert Moon
Don't Let It End (semi-acoustic)
Too Much Time On My Hands
Rockin' the Paradise
Babe
Fooling Yourself
Suite Madame Blue
The Best of Times/A.D. 1958/In The End
Renegade
Come Sail Away
The Grand Finale (taped outro)

StyxCollector wrote:I'll be doing a formal review on my site this week, but great show. As critical as I was of the one back in February whic had its issue, this one was about as good as it gets, and arguably one of the best Styx-related shows I've seen going back to the EOTC tour. It was great to go with my Dad who had never seen any kind of Styx show before (hard to imagine, right? lol).

Set:
The Message (taped intro)
Grand Illusion
Lady
Blue Collar Man
Show Me The Way
Mr. Roboto
Desert Moon
Don't Let It End (semi-acoustic)
Too Much Time On My Hands
Rockin' the Paradise
Babe
Fooling Yourself
Suite Madame Blue
The Best of Times/A.D. 1958/In The End
Renegade
Come Sail Away
The Grand Finale (taped outro)

Would have loved to have seen that. Seem like kind of a meager set list though, given he's getting rest on 4 of them. That feels like ~60 minutes of actual performance (if you allow for ~ 4 mins per song), not including the intro, exit, or between song banter. Maybe I expect more for the $.

Show was a solid 90 minutes. For example, "Rockin' the Paradise" had extended guitar solos at the end.

StyxCollector wrote:Show was a solid 90 minutes. For example, "Rockin' the Paradise" had extended guitar solos at the end.

What is the "semi acoustic" don't let it end?

Everett wrote:

StyxCollector wrote:Show was a solid 90 minutes. For example, "Rockin' the Paradise" had extended guitar solos at the end.

What is the "semi acoustic" don't let it end?

it means december couldn't handle the awesome guitar solo they just strummed acoustics over that part, therefore "semi-acoustic"

StyxCollector wrote:I'll be doing a formal review on my site this week, but great show. As critical as I was of the one back in February whic had its issue, this one was about as good as it gets, and arguably one of the best Styx-related shows I've seen going back to the EOTC tour. It was great to go with my Dad who had never seen any kind of Styx show before (hard to imagine, right? lol).

Set:
The Message (taped intro)
Grand Illusion
Lady
Blue Collar Man
Show Me The Way
Mr. Roboto
Desert Moon
Don't Let It End (semi-acoustic)
Too Much Time On My Hands
Rockin' the Paradise
Babe
Fooling Yourself
Suite Madame Blue
The Best of Times/A.D. 1958/In The End
Renegade
Come Sail Away
The Grand Finale (taped outro)

A Kick Ass STYX Concert

Born4adventure wrote:

Everett wrote:

StyxCollector wrote:Show was a solid 90 minutes. For example, "Rockin' the Paradise" had extended guitar solos at the end.

What is the "semi acoustic" don't let it end?

it means december couldn't handle the awesome guitar solo they just strummed acoustics over that part, therefore "semi-acoustic"

Ha ... made me laugh (not).

It was basically vocals (with harmonies where you would expect), acoustic guitar (Jimmy), and the solo was done on electric by August. I liked the arrangement, and a highlight of the night to hear it done very differently.

StyxCollector wrote:I'll be doing a formal review on my site this week, but great show. As critical as I was of the one back in February whic had its issue, this one was about as good as it gets, and arguably one of the best Styx-related shows I've seen going back to the EOTC tour. It was great to go with my Dad who had never seen any kind of Styx show before (hard to imagine, right? lol).

Set:
The Message (taped intro)
Grand Illusion
Lady
Blue Collar Man
Show Me The Way
Mr. Roboto
Desert Moon
Don't Let It End (semi-acoustic)
Too Much Time On My Hands
Rockin' the Paradise
Babe
Fooling Yourself
Suite Madame Blue
The Best of Times/A.D. 1958/In The End
Renegade
Come Sail Away
The Grand Finale (taped outro)

I have 1 question for you Allan

Who has the better band ?

froy wrote:I have 1 question for you Allan

Who has the better band ?

Dennis has an EXCELLENT band with great musicianship that's hard to beat. LAst night I would definitely say that Styx is going to have to up their game. I'll leave it at that for now. I'll put a few more thoughts in my review around this.

I'm seeing Styx next month. Since it's been awhile, I'm not going to comment on them as of yet.

froy wrote:

StyxCollector wrote:I'll be doing a formal review on my site this week, but great show. As critical as I was of the one back in February whic had its issue, this one was about as good as it gets, and arguably one of the best Styx-related shows I've seen going back to the EOTC tour. It was great to go with my Dad who had never seen any kind of Styx show before (hard to imagine, right? lol).

Set:
The Message (taped intro)
Grand Illusion
Lady
Blue Collar Man
Show Me The Way
Mr. Roboto
Desert Moon
Don't Let It End (semi-acoustic)
Too Much Time On My Hands
Rockin' the Paradise
Babe
Fooling Yourself
Suite Madame Blue
The Best of Times/A.D. 1958/In The End
Renegade
Come Sail Away
The Grand Finale (taped outro)

I have 1 question for you Allan

Who has the better band ?

The one with the gowan

Babyblue wrote:The one with the gowan

Give it a rest in this thread, please. I know you're kidding (sort of with the wink), but I don't want this thread to become a spiral into hell. This thread is about Dennis' show.

StyxCollector wrote:

froy wrote:I have 1 question for you Allan

Who has the better band ?

Dennis has an EXCELLENT band with great musicianship that's hard to beat. LAst night I would definitely say that Styx is going to have to up their game. I'll leave it at that for now. I'll put a few more thoughts in my review around this.

I'm seeing Styx next month. Since it's been awhile, I'm not going to comment on them as of yet.

Fair enough

Thanks Allan

StyxCollector wrote:

Babyblue wrote:The one with the gowan

Give it a rest in this thread, please. I know you're kidding (sort of with the wink), but I don't want this thread to become a spiral into hell. This thread is about Dennis' show.

Cool!

StyxCollector wrote:I'll be doing a formal review on my site this week, but great show. As critical as I was of the one back in February whic had its issue, this one was about as good as it gets, and arguably one of the best Styx-related shows I've seen going back to the EOTC tour. It was great to go with my Dad who had never seen any kind of Styx show before (hard to imagine, right? lol).

Set:
The Message (taped intro)
Grand Illusion
Lady
Blue Collar Man
Show Me The Way
Mr. Roboto
Desert Moon
Don't Let It End (semi-acoustic)
Too Much Time On My Hands
Rockin' the Paradise
Babe
Fooling Yourself
Suite Madame Blue
The Best of Times/A.D. 1958/In The End
Renegade
Come Sail Away
The Grand Finale (taped outro)

I love Desert Moon that is my fave.

Babyblue wrote:

StyxCollector wrote:

Babyblue wrote:The one with the gowan

Give it a rest in this thread, please. I know you're kidding (sort of with the wink), but I don't want this thread to become a spiral into hell. This thread is about Dennis' show.

Cool!

I'm not trying to be an asshole here. It just seems like nearly every thread becomes a Styx or Dennis sucks thread depending on someone's viewpoint, or someone wants to egg someone else on. I have no problem with people having any criticisms of the concert and such, but I think we've got enough other places to take DDY vs. Styx snipes

Babyblue wrote:I love Desert Moon that is my fave.

It holds up well after all of these years. Can't say that for some tunes on that album which are very much sonically a product of their time. I still wish Dennis would do "Don't WAit For Heroes". Apparently he did it once or twice a few years back.

StyxCollector wrote:

Babyblue wrote:I love Desert Moon that is my fave.

It holds up well after all of these years. Can't say that for some tunes on that album which are very much sonically a product of their time. I still wish Dennis would do "Don't WAit For Heroes". Apparently he did it once or twice a few years back.

I like that one as well.I thought he played it in shows i guess not.Do you think he will ever play it again???? You are right it still holds up.I have the CD and that is the one that gets me.

StyxCollector wrote:

Babyblue wrote:I love Desert Moon that is my fave.

It holds up well after all of these years. Can't say that for some tunes on that album which are very much sonically a product of their time. I still wish Dennis would do "Don't WAit For Heroes". Apparently he did it once or twice a few years back.

Dennis should do This Is The Time..

Babyblue wrote:I like that one as well.I thought he played it in shows i guess not.Do you think he will ever play it again???? You are right it still holds up.I have the CD and that is the one that gets me.

He's not opposed to it and from a song/arrangement standpoint, it'd slot in well (it's uptempo, has good harmonies, can rock it up a bit, etc.). But with the current format of the show which is more focused on Styx, it may not work. He does like the tune and maybe the bug I planted in his ear will make it happen at some point. So no time soon, but it's certainly a possibility.

froy wrote:

StyxCollector wrote:

Babyblue wrote:I love Desert Moon that is my fave.

It holds up well after all of these years. Can't say that for some tunes on that album which are very much sonically a product of their time. I still wish Dennis would do "Don't WAit For Heroes". Apparently he did it once or twice a few years back.

Dennis should do This Is The Time..

Meh. The one I felt he should have done years ago at the orchestral shows was "Call Me" since he usually had a sax player.

StyxCollector wrote:

Babyblue wrote:I like that one as well.I thought he played it in shows i guess not.Do you think he will ever play it again???? You are right it still holds up.I have the CD and that is the one that gets me.

He's not opposed to it and from a song/arrangement standpoint, it'd slot in well (it's uptempo, has good harmonies, can rock it up a bit, etc.). But with the current format of the show which is more focused on Styx, it may not work. He does like the tune and maybe the bug I planted in his ear will make it happen at some point. So no time soon, but it's certainly a possibility.

We can hope he will at some point as you say. I bet his shows are great.I may just have to check it out.

Babyblue wrote:We can hope he will at some point as you say. I bet his shows are great.I may just have to check it out.

Just go with an open mind if you do. No one says you will become a heathen if you wind up liking the show. You can still love your Gowan! lol

StyxCollector wrote:

Babyblue wrote:We can hope he will at some point as you say. I bet his shows are great.I may just have to check it out.

Just go with an open mind if you do. No one says you will become a heathen if you wind up liking the show. You can still love your Gowan! lol

Yogi is going to freak out when he hears the news . BFA is close to being the show opener.

Froy's Tweaks

Set:
The Message (taped intro)
Born For Adventure
Suite Mademoiselle
Lady
Blue Collar Man
Show Me The Way
M. Roboto
Desert Moon
Crystal Ball
Too Much Time On My Hands
Rockin' the Paradise
Babe
Fooling Yourself
Suite Madame Blue
The Best of Times/A.D. 1958/In The End
Renegade
Come Sail Away
The Grand Finale (taped outro)[/quote]

froy wrote:Yogi is going to freak out when he hears the news . BFA is close to being the show opener.

Froy, that's delusional at best. EVen if BFA *ever* got played, it wouldn't be a show opener

StyxCollector wrote:

froy wrote:Yogi is going to freak out when he hears the news . BFA is close to being the show opener.

Froy, that's delusional at best. EVen if BFA *ever* got played, it wouldn't be a show opener

It already did and it fits perfect in slot 2

"StyxCollector"

BFA wouldn't be a show opener

I think they opened with that in 76

froy wrote:

"StyxCollector"

BFA wouldn't be a show opener

I think they opened with that in 76

In 20xx it wouldn't be. 1976 was a long time ago.

StyxCollector wrote:

froy wrote:

StyxCollector wrote:

Babyblue wrote:I love Desert Moon that is my fave.

It holds up well after all of these years. Can't say that for some tunes on that album which are very much sonically a product of their time. I still wish Dennis would do "Don't WAit For Heroes". Apparently he did it once or twice a few years back.

Dennis should do This Is The Time..

Meh. The one I felt he should have done years ago at the orchestral shows was "Call Me" since he usually had a sax player.

"Call Me" is an underrated song. It's no "Desert Moon", but it deserved better than it got. "This Is The Time" is extremely catchy. I guess maybe the lyrics weren't bubble gum enough for 1986?

StyxCollector wrote:I'll be doing a formal review on my site this week, but great show. As critical as I was of the one back in February whic had its issue, this one was about as good as it gets, and arguably one of the best Styx-related shows I've seen going back to the EOTC tour. It was great to go with my Dad who had never seen any kind of Styx show before (hard to imagine, right? lol).

Set:
The Message (taped intro)
Grand Illusion
Lady
Blue Collar Man
Show Me The Way
Mr. Roboto
Desert Moon
Don't Let It End (semi-acoustic)
Too Much Time On My Hands
Rockin' the Paradise
Babe
Fooling Yourself
Suite Madame Blue
The Best of Times/A.D. 1958/In The End
Renegade
Come Sail Away
The Grand Finale (taped outro)

Just curious, the February show you mentioned was that the one at the Harrahs in Chester, PA?