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Pretty good interview, for JY. Well-balanced.

http://www.goldminemag.com/article/jame ... hings-styx

Great interview. I like the idea of an ep. Sure it's not a full album which would be better
but hey it's something.

“Dennis was much more of a mainstream writer,” Young says. “Dennis was always geared more toward … even toward theatre, way back in the early days, the softer, ballad-y thing, and he sort of got dragged kicking and screaming into the rock thing by me, in a sense."




Wow, just wow

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:“Dennis was much more of a mainstream writer,” Young says. “Dennis was always geared more toward … even toward theatre, way back in the early days, the softer, ballad-y thing, and he sort of got dragged kicking and screaming into the rock thing by me, in a sense."




Wow, just wow

While I have yet to read this article, this is an interesting statement. Since many have stated that Dennis started out writing more rock oriented material and then gravitated towards a softer or ballad type of material. Seems that JY was not interested in putting out a diverse collection of material.

No mud slinging, that is good.

Boomchild wrote:

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:“Dennis was much more of a mainstream writer,” Young says. “Dennis was always geared more toward … even toward theatre, way back in the early days, the softer, ballad-y thing, and he sort of got dragged kicking and screaming into the rock thing by me, in a sense."




Wow, just wow

While I have yet to read this article, this is an interesting statement. Since many have stated that Dennis started out writing more rock oriented material and then gravitated towards a softer or ballad type of material. Seems that JY was not interested in putting out a diverse collection of material.

no....he wrote lady and "it bombed" initially (his words) and so he started forcing himself to write in a style that he wasnt really feeling like was natural to him.....once lady became a hit then it opened the door to him writing more in that vein and staying more true to his artistic vision. and that vision got more ballad oriented and more theatrical as time went and that's a good thing or bad thing depending on your taste.

great interview with JY

Boomchild wrote: Seems that JY was not interested in putting out a diverse collection of material.

JY is rather one-dimensional, isn't he? I recall a line from Tommy in which he said that JY would come into writing sessions at the last minute with songs that would need quite a bit of work. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but JY would not have any type of career or longevity if it wasn't for the more versatile writing skills of DDY and Tommy. It seems that Tommy can write any type of music. Personally, I find that amazing. I can't imagine what it's like having that kind of gift.

Cassie May wrote:

Boomchild wrote: Seems that JY was not interested in putting out a diverse collection of material.

JY is rather one-dimensional, isn't he? I recall a line from Tommy in which he said that JY would come into writing sessions at the last minute with songs that would need quite a bit of work. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but JY would not have any type of career or longevity if it wasn't for the more versatile writing skills of DDY and Tommy. It seems that Tommy can write any type of music. Personally, I find that amazing. I can't imagine what it's like having that kind of gift.

there is no doubt that JY's career was enhanced or sustained because of the writing talents of dennis and tommy but I for one love th estuff he wrote on the wooden nickel albums and the one or two songs he contributed to the styx albums after tommy came along were for the most part great as well (with an exception or two).

i like versatile writers but there is nothing wrong with being a one trick pony either such as angus and malcom young.....it's worked ok for them and many others like them.

i think it's JY's "hard rock" vision that helped keep the band rocking just hard enough to appeal to a wider audience than just a pop crowd.

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:“Dennis was much more of a mainstream writer,” Young says. “Dennis was always geared more toward … even toward theatre, way back in the early days, the softer, ballad-y thing, and he sort of got dragged kicking and screaming into the rock thing by me, in a sense."




Wow, just wow

Ohh well.that didn't take long.

Cassie May wrote:Pretty good interview, for JY. Well-balanced.

http://www.goldminemag.com/article/jame ... hings-styx

Nice read, thanks.

gr8dane wrote:

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:“Dennis was much more of a mainstream writer,” Young says. “Dennis was always geared more toward … even toward theatre, way back in the early days, the softer, ballad-y thing, and he sort of got dragged kicking and screaming into the rock thing by me, in a sense."




Wow, just wow

Ohh well.that didn't take long.

I'm not gonna mudsling, so don't get your panties all in a twist.....I just disagree with what JY said because Dennis is very capable of writing a rock song without JY's help

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:

gr8dane wrote:

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:“Dennis was much more of a mainstream writer,” Young says. “Dennis was always geared more toward … even toward theatre, way back in the early days, the softer, ballad-y thing, and he sort of got dragged kicking and screaming into the rock thing by me, in a sense."




Wow, just wow

Ohh well.that didn't take long.

I'm not gonna mudsling, so don't get your panties all in a twist.....I just disagree with what JY said because Dennis is very capable of writing a rock song without JY's help

Was there anything you liked about the interview?

gr8dane wrote:

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:

gr8dane wrote:

pinkfloyd1973 wrote:“Dennis was much more of a mainstream writer,” Young says. “Dennis was always geared more toward … even toward theatre, way back in the early days, the softer, ballad-y thing, and he sort of got dragged kicking and screaming into the rock thing by me, in a sense."




Wow, just wow

Ohh well.that didn't take long.

I'm not gonna mudsling, so don't get your panties all in a twist.....I just disagree with what JY said because Dennis is very capable of writing a rock song without JY's help

Was there anything you liked about the interview?

The interview was fine, JY's revisionist history just grates on my nerves. He is, however, getting better at not throwing Dennis under the bus

I am sure it was mentioned before,but I forget.
JY mentions that they all live in different parts of North-America.
Where do they all live.
I'll take a guess that Gowan lives here in Toronto or close,
but what about the other guys?

gr8dane wrote:I am sure it was mentioned before,but I forget.
JY mentions that they all live in different parts of North-America.
Where do they all live.
I'll take a guess that Gowan lives here in Toronto or close,
but what about the other guys?

Tommy is in LA, Chuck lives in Florida, JY is still in Chicago, Todd is in California, Ricky in Arizona. Not sure if Lawrence has a US residence.

Cassie May wrote:

gr8dane wrote:I am sure it was mentioned before,but I forget.
JY mentions that they all live in different parts of North-America.
Where do they all live.
I'll take a guess that Gowan lives here in Toronto or close,
but what about the other guys?

Tommy is in LA, Chuck lives in Florida, JY is still in Chicago, Todd is in California, Ricky in Arizona. Not sure if Lawrence has a US residence.

Actually todd & ricky live in texas. Gowan lives around toronto.

Everett wrote:

Cassie May wrote:

gr8dane wrote:I am sure it was mentioned before,but I forget.
JY mentions that they all live in different parts of North-America.
Where do they all live.
I'll take a guess that Gowan lives here in Toronto or close,
but what about the other guys?

Tommy is in LA, Chuck lives in Florida, JY is still in Chicago, Todd is in California, Ricky in Arizona. Not sure if Lawrence has a US residence.

Actually todd & ricky live in texas. Gowan lives around toronto.

Ah, thanks. I was going off old info. I read an interview in which Ricky talked about Arizona; perhaps he lived there at that time. Todd, I remember, had moved to LA after growing up in Chicago; I was not aware he had moved to Texas since.

Cassie May wrote:

Everett wrote:

Cassie May wrote:

gr8dane wrote:I am sure it was mentioned before,but I forget.
JY mentions that they all live in different parts of North-America.
Where do they all live.
I'll take a guess that Gowan lives here in Toronto or close,
but what about the other guys?

Tommy is in LA, Chuck lives in Florida, JY is still in Chicago, Todd is in California, Ricky in Arizona. Not sure if Lawrence has a US residence.

Actually todd & ricky live in texas. Gowan lives around toronto.

Ah, thanks. I was going off old info. I read an interview in which Ricky talked about Arizona; perhaps he lived there at that time. Todd, I remember, had moved to LA after growing up in Chicago; I was not aware he had moved to Texas since.

Yeah he talked about it on his facebook a few years ago. In his words he couldn't afford the high
prices in california.