INSPIRATION

by **yogi** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:39 am

On Seven Deadly Zens Tommy had an excellent song with the above title. Anyway, it seems like most of the songs written by Styx, and especially Dennis were inspired by someone or some type of event in their lives. My question is, that in Dennis case the source of much of his inspiration has been his family, led by his wife Suzanne. With that being the case who is Lorelei, and Jennifer and what inspired Dennis to write these songs??????
If they were real people involved in Dennis's life, I wonder what Suzanne thought?????

by **SuiteMadameBlue** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:53 am

Yogi, when you see my little interview with Dennis he explains how he came up with the name "Lorelei". He needed a woman's name with 3 parts and he came up with "Lorelei", it's not named after anyone.

As for "Jennifer", I forgot to ask about this one. I'll add it to the list of more questions. I think I'm up to over 100 questions for Dennis - LOL

By the way, Do you know ALL the songs that were written for Suzanne????

Good questions :)

by **swwskj** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:55 am

SuiteMadameBlue wrote:[color=darkblue]By the way, Do you know ALL the songs that were written for Suzanne????

Is 'Not Dead Yet' one of them?

There's a mugger in the alley
there's a sniper in the hall
there's a girl at the bar
wants to grab me by the balls :shock:

by **Zan** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:26 am

swwskj wrote:
SuiteMadameBlue wrote:[color=darkblue]By the way, Do you know ALL the songs that were written for Suzanne????

Is 'Not Dead Yet' one of them?

There's a mugger in the alley
there's a sniper in the hall
there's a girl at the bar
wants to grab me by the balls

by **SuiteMadameBlue** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:48 pm

Zan I made the mistake coming on here after dinner and seeing your emotion guy thing, ACK!! - LOL

Anyway......

Scott wrote:

Is 'Not Dead Yet' one of them?
There's a mugger in the alley
there's a sniper in the hall
there's a girl at the bar
wants to grab me by the balls

Um, Scott, I'm sorry but that song is a NO. The reason, it wasn't even written by Styx - LOL :wink:

Sorry no prize for you this round. Please try again

Anyway, back to the song, why would she want to grab them and then do what with them? I don't get it. Anyhoo, It's another song that hasn't been answered!!

by **DarrenUK** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:56 pm

Suzanne is the main inspiration for Dennis's writing ?

I thought Babe was about an earlier generation of movie pig

by **Ash** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:03 pm

I once ran the web site for Tony Carey... so I got to know Tony on a better level than some.

All I can say is never read too much into an artists's lyrics or the names of things... because 9 times out of 10 they mean a whole lot more to you than it ever did to them.

Fans have been dissecting Pink World for 20 years now... and some of the things I've read have been far more intelligent than any explanation I heard Carey give. IMHO.

by **Ash** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:03 pm

DarrenUK wrote:Suzanne is the main inspiration for Dennis's writing ?

I thought Babe was about an earlier generation of movie pig

Have you ever considered the comedy circuit? No? Why not? Oh yeah... you'd starve.

by **BlackWall** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:24 pm

Has Tommy ever talked about what inspired him to write this one? I've always had a theory on it, but anyone I've ever mentioned it to thinks I'm really reaching.. A lot of Styx songs have more than one meaning, though; or I guess are written so they could be interpreted a couple of different ways: "Snowblind", "Queen Of Spades", "Sing For The Day".

by **DarrenUK** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:33 pm

Ash wrote:
DarrenUK wrote:Suzanne is the main inspiration for Dennis's writing ?

I thought Babe was about an earlier generation of movie pig

Have you ever considered the comedy circuit? No? Why not? Oh yeah... you'd starve.

I would not starve....ide have you as my road manager........ there would be new material every day

by **ek88** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:41 am

All I can say is never read too much into an artists's lyrics or the names of things... because 9 times out of 10 they mean a whole lot more to you than it ever did to them.

LOL! I was this way with the song Hysteria by Def Leppard. I connected with that song on such a deep level. What a letdown when I found out all they were trying to do was come up with words that rhymed and/or sounded well together. :cry:

So much for my spiritual connection with Def Leppard as songwriters

by **SuiteMadameBlue** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:55 pm

I still like thinking of "Desert Moon" as a youthful romantic train trip from Illinois to the Indiana Dunes, like I first thought it was about. Not what Dennis actually wrote about. That song reminds me of a time when I went on a long train trip in Canada when I was in high school and the romance that I found...... ah those were the days!!! I love that song.

MR

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