MR

"Thanks for this posting. This the band I remember."
- ddy

On his site.... a lot said in just a few words....

I should hope he remembers them

DarrenUK wrote:I should hope he remembers them

Ha ,yes,I would hope he remembers.He only was in one band.

gr8dane wrote:

DarrenUK wrote:I should hope he remembers them

Ha ,yes,I would hope he remembers.He only was in one band.

You're an idiot.

Nice comment from Dennis there. When Dennis is in the public eye, he always has class.

Toph wrote:

gr8dane wrote:

DarrenUK wrote:I should hope he remembers them

Ha ,yes,I would hope he remembers.He only was in one band.

You're an idiot.

Now now,there there.

Toph wrote:"Thanks for this posting. This the band I remember."
- ddy

On his site.... a lot said in just a few words....

Money, fame, power, ego, lust, greed....the music business....or is it the NBA, MLB, NFL.....whenever you combine money and power with people's constant adulation it destroys whoever was inside them...way more often than not...unfortunately....it must hurt to look back and see how great things were in the simple times...at the beginning....when Tommy was thankful to have the opportunity that DDY afforded him....when JY was happy to be onstage doing what he loved and not worried about DDY and his control of the band....DDY when he could write and create because of his passion for writing, and not under pressure to write a hit....

The music business will swallow up the best of them....and it is why bands never release their best material at the end of their careers.....VERY rarely....

JV

Joe Vana wrote:.when Tommy was thankful to have the opportunity that DDY afforded him....when JY was happy to be onstage doing what he loved and not worried about DDY and his control of the band....DDY when he could write and create because of his passion for writing, and not under pressure to write a hit....

Seems to me that is exactly where they are right now.

Monker wrote:

Joe Vana wrote:.when Tommy was thankful to have the opportunity that DDY afforded him....when JY was happy to be onstage doing what he loved and not worried about DDY and his control of the band....DDY when he could write and create because of his passion for writing, and not under pressure to write a hit....

Seems to me that is exactly where they are right now.

Just out of curiosity, why does everyone always say that DDY gave Tommy his break? According to everyone, it was Jim Vose who had met Tommy back in 1974, when he was in MS Funk, and it was Vose who remembered him and brought him back to Chicago to audition. I read a lot of comments at a lot of places about how DDY was the one who got Tommy into the band, and it simply isn't correct. Just wondering where people got that info. Anyone know?

Cassie May wrote:

Monker wrote:

Joe Vana wrote:.when Tommy was thankful to have the opportunity that DDY afforded him....when JY was happy to be onstage doing what he loved and not worried about DDY and his control of the band....DDY when he could write and create because of his passion for writing, and not under pressure to write a hit....

Seems to me that is exactly where they are right now.

Just out of curiosity, why does everyone always say that DDY gave Tommy his break? According to everyone, it was Jim Vose who had met Tommy back in 1974, when he was in MS Funk, and it was Vose who remembered him and brought him back to Chicago to audition. I read a lot of comments at a lot of places about how DDY was the one who got Tommy into the band, and it simply isn't correct. Just wondering where people got that info. Anyone know?

Whose decision you think it was? Vose or DDY????

JV

Joe Vana wrote:

Cassie May wrote:

Monker wrote:

Joe Vana wrote:.when Tommy was thankful to have the opportunity that DDY afforded him....when JY was happy to be onstage doing what he loved and not worried about DDY and his control of the band....DDY when he could write and create because of his passion for writing, and not under pressure to write a hit....

Seems to me that is exactly where they are right now.

Just out of curiosity, why does everyone always say that DDY gave Tommy his break? According to everyone, it was Jim Vose who had met Tommy back in 1974, when he was in MS Funk, and it was Vose who remembered him and brought him back to Chicago to audition. I read a lot of comments at a lot of places about how DDY was the one who got Tommy into the band, and it simply isn't correct. Just wondering where people got that info. Anyone know?

Whose decision you think it was? Vose or DDY????

JV

It was DeYoung's decision. That's why Vose took Shaw to Dennis's house first. If DeYoung says he doesn't want him at that point after they sat down and played Lady together, it's over. No further audition or anything, just adios.
Granted, Vose was the one who found Tommy and brought him down but DeYoung is the one who green-lighted him into the band.

Don wrote:

Joe Vana wrote:

Cassie May wrote:

Monker wrote:

Joe Vana wrote:.when Tommy was thankful to have the opportunity that DDY afforded him....when JY was happy to be onstage doing what he loved and not worried about DDY and his control of the band....DDY when he could write and create because of his passion for writing, and not under pressure to write a hit....

Seems to me that is exactly where they are right now.

Just out of curiosity, why does everyone always say that DDY gave Tommy his break? According to everyone, it was Jim Vose who had met Tommy back in 1974, when he was in MS Funk, and it was Vose who remembered him and brought him back to Chicago to audition. I read a lot of comments at a lot of places about how DDY was the one who got Tommy into the band, and it simply isn't correct. Just wondering where people got that info. Anyone know?

Whose decision you think it was? Vose or DDY????

JV

It was DeYoung's decision. That's why Vose took Shaw to Dennis's house first. If DeYoung says he doesn't want him at that point after they sat down and played Lady together, it's over. No further audition or anything, just adios.
Granted, Vose was the one who found Tommy and brought him down but DeYoung is the one who green-lighted him into the band.

Exactly.......

yep ddy may have green lighted him into the band but dennis was wise enough to know that tommy was a HUGE upgrade over JC in nearly everyway.....and tommy was a HUGE reason they reached the level they did.....ddy knows that too........styx would have never been as successful as they were without that partnership.

ddy and tommy needed each other.

Don wrote:

Joe Vana wrote:

Cassie May wrote:

Monker wrote:

Joe Vana wrote:.when Tommy was thankful to have the opportunity that DDY afforded him....when JY was happy to be onstage doing what he loved and not worried about DDY and his control of the band....DDY when he could write and create because of his passion for writing, and not under pressure to write a hit....

Seems to me that is exactly where they are right now.

Just out of curiosity, why does everyone always say that DDY gave Tommy his break? According to everyone, it was Jim Vose who had met Tommy back in 1974, when he was in MS Funk, and it was Vose who remembered him and brought him back to Chicago to audition. I read a lot of comments at a lot of places about how DDY was the one who got Tommy into the band, and it simply isn't correct. Just wondering where people got that info. Anyone know?

Whose decision you think it was? Vose or DDY????

JV

It was DeYoung's decision. That's why Vose took Shaw to Dennis's house first. If DeYoung says he doesn't want him at that point after they sat down and played Lady together, it's over. No further audition or anything, just adios.
Granted, Vose was the one who found Tommy and brought him down but DeYoung is the one who green-lighted him into the band.

It was also Dennis who decided that both the album title and first single off the first album with Tommy would be Tommy songs...

Did the EXACT same for Glen & Edge of Century album.

Pretty damn cool of him to do that.

I agree with Dennis. That is the band I remember and still love to this day.
I love the end part of that video. Nothing funnier than watching white guys attempt to dance!!!

Toph wrote:

gr8dane wrote:

DarrenUK wrote:I should hope he remembers them

Ha ,yes,I would hope he remembers.He only was in one band.

You're an idiot.

+1

Baron Von Bielski wrote:

Toph wrote:

gr8dane wrote:

DarrenUK wrote:I should hope he remembers them

Ha ,yes,I would hope he remembers.He only was in one band.

You're an idiot.

+1

There there,now now.
You guys got anything planned tonight for valentines, with your special loved one, Dennis.?

Off for some High Crimes and Misdemeanours maybe ....... I know for sure Toph will be pleading Dont Let It End come bedtime

DarrenUK wrote:Off for some High Crimes and Misdemeanours maybe ....... I know for sure Toph will be pleading Dont Let It End come bedtime

Hey Darren -

How was the sex with Tommy tonight you fuckface?

gr8dane wrote:

Baron Von Bielski wrote:

Toph wrote:

gr8dane wrote:

DarrenUK wrote:I should hope he remembers them

Ha ,yes,I would hope he remembers.He only was in one band.

You're an idiot.

+1

There there,now now.
You guys got anything planned tonight for valentines, with your special loved one, Dennis.?

Inventive.