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styxdudebrandon wrote:Frontiers Records is particularly excited to announce the release of Styx & the Contemporary Youth Orchestra album One With Everything on the European markets on November 10!
Styx and CYO cooperation started last year when the band was asked to join the Orchestra for a concert. Having in the past worked with solo artists, including Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Ray Manzarek, Graham Nash and Jon Anderson, it was not the first time for them to be involved with Rock music, but was definitely their premiere with a full scaled band!
Styx has performed only one other time with a symphony and "while it was a wonderful experience, we had not been inclined to revisit it until we heard that the members of this particular orchestra were all between the ages of thirteen and nineteen," says Styx singer and guitar player Tommy Shaw, adding "From the very beginning, the enthusiasm has been extraordinary. Their grasp of our music, their flexibility and willingness to go far beyond what any of us imagined, has been incredible. Director Liza Grossman is to be hailed as the heroine extraordinaire tonight, for her steady guidance and the unflinching belief in the members of CYO."
On May 25, 2006 then Styx took the stage in Cleveland for a new venture accompanied by the 115 piece Contemporary Youth Orchestra and a 60 member chorus. With a setlist that combined the band s classics, new songs and cover versions, this was a truly unique event.
This very special album will include the following 14 songs (not final order): Blue Collar Man; One With Everything; Don't Make Sense (If You Can't Make Peace); Everything, All The Time (NEW SONG); I Am The Walrus; 6. Just Be (Studio Version, NEW SONG); Fooling Yourself; Boat On The River; I Don't Need No Doctor; Crystal Ball; Too Much Time On My Hands A Criminal Mind; Miss America; Renegade.
I really hope Dennis gets back with Styx. But if not, he ought to look into this symphony thing.
Styx doing this was a brilliant idea. I would of thought that Dennis and his posse would of thought of this idea too???
styxfansite wrote:Didn't Dennis start his Orchestra shows before the CYO thing came about. So isn't the band being copycats at this point?
Confused here.![]()
I also thought the guys didn't care about the symphony type of music and they come up and did this. Although this was for a special cause.
Jodes wrote:Well they weren't really interested in doing a Symphony show until they heard about the Orchestra, where most of the kids were under 19 years old.
Personally it will be good to hear both versions and see which one sounds better..
Just as long as they don't put Revel's Bolero in Lady, all will be fine!
Every Orchestra show I've heard of DDY's, everytime he does that there's at least 1 person in the crowd that gasps and says UHGGGGGG! And it's not just me! lol
I love hearing DDY sing Lady, but the classical interlude in the middle? No thanks!
styxfansite wrote:Didn't Dennis start his Orchestra shows before the CYO thing came about. So isn't the band being copycats at this point?
Confused here.![]()
I also thought the guys didn't care about the symphony type of music and they come up and did this. Although this was for a special cause.
sadie65 wrote:Now...the one used in Pieces of Eight I could live without...the song is just fine as it was.
Peace
Jodes wrote:Well they weren't really interested in doing a Symphony show until they heard about the Orchestra, where most of the kids were under 19 years old.
Personally it will be good to hear both versions and see which one sounds better..
Just as long as they don't put Revel's Bolero in Lady, all will be fine!
Every Orchestra show I've heard of DDY's, everytime he does that there's at least 1 person in the crowd that gasps and says UHGGGGGG! And it's not just me! lol
I love hearing DDY sing Lady, but the classical interlude in the middle? No thanks!
SuiteMadameBlue wrote:sadie65 wrote:Now...the one used in Pieces of Eight I could live without...the song is just fine as it was.
Peace
WHAT?????![]()
OMG, I LOVE THAT ADDITIONAL PART OF THE SONG!!!! Only with the orchestra though!!!
sadie65 wrote:SuiteMadameBlue wrote:sadie65 wrote:Now...the one used in Pieces of Eight I could live without...the song is just fine as it was.
Peace
WHAT?????![]()
OMG, I LOVE THAT ADDITIONAL PART OF THE SONG!!!! Only with the orchestra though!!!
As Annie said...to each their own. I like both songs...just not together. Go figure
SuiteMadameBlue wrote:sadie65 wrote:SuiteMadameBlue wrote:sadie65 wrote:Now...the one used in Pieces of Eight I could live without...the song is just fine as it was.
Peace
WHAT?????![]()
OMG, I LOVE THAT ADDITIONAL PART OF THE SONG!!!! Only with the orchestra though!!!
As Annie said...to each their own. I like both songs...just not together. Go figure
She was talking about other people, you don't count - LOL![]()
I didn't know that you didn't like those songs together, I'm pretty much shocked![]()
I remember when I first heard them practicing POE during soundcheck in Milwaukee, I was so excited, then when I heard it live with the orchestra, OMG! Just loved it!
sadie65 wrote:
Hey now...I do too count! LOL
There is someone else we know that isn't crazy about that combination either....
You get excited easily (take that however you want...mwahahahaha). Kidding.
No seriously, I much prefer the original version.
Oh and GO BEARS!!!!
ChicagoSTYX wrote:I would think the US release date will be 11/7/06.Did you notice that Just Be is a studio version!
SuiteMadameBlue wrote:ChicagoSTYX wrote:I would think the US release date will be 11/7/06.Did you notice that Just Be is a studio version!
I'm sure Froy noticed the studio versionLOL
Awwwwwww, just in time for Christmas! This would make a wonderful Christmas gift for those die-hard Styx fans!!![]()
yogi wrote:If Dennis plays a symphoney show at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Houston,
And no one is there to hear it because Styx has played 174 shows in the Houston area since 1999,
Does it count as playing a symphony show?????????
froy wrote:yogi wrote:If Dennis plays a symphoney show at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Houston,
And no one is there to hear it because Styx has played 174 shows in the Houston area since 1999,
Does it count as playing a symphony show?????????
Your wrong it was 189 shows since 1999
They did a few shows at a bowling alley you did not know about.
froy wrote:yogi wrote:If Dennis plays a symphoney show at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Houston,
And no one is there to hear it because Styx has played 174 shows in the Houston area since 1999,
Does it count as playing a symphony show?????????
Your wrong it was 189 shows since 1999
They did a few shows at a bowling alley you did not know about.
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And don't forget the Styx show, at the bestbidmotor.com launch in froys bedroom,october 1st I believe.
Bring your own hydraulics.
froy wrote:
And don't forget the Styx show, at the bestbidmotor.com launch in froys bedroom,october 1st I believe.
Bring your own hydraulics.
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