You just have to laugh

by **sadie65** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:02 pm

http://blogs.denverpost.com/reverb/2008 ... hitheatre/

There’s something about seeing a couple classic rock mainstays in an evening at Red Rocks. After all, you’re literally watching a sliver of rock history play out in front of you, along with a few thousand other people, in the best outdoor amphitheater on Earth. What more could you ask for? And from the looks on their faces, most of the audience on Sunday night agreed.

I jumped at a chance to take in Boston and Styx at Red Rocks for a few reasons — mostly to add some historical perspective to the list of bands I’ve seen over the years, and bands I grew up listening to as a child of the ’70s, and to bring my younger son Sandisz (he’s 10) to see some of that history in action (this would be the second time in a few years that Sandisz will have seen Styx).

On those terms, both bands delivered an adequate performance — and were even pretty exciting at times. Each set was performed impeccably and showed the evidence of either act’s years of touring, recording, touring, and recording, and the last 10 years of (mostly) just the touring. Just about everything is rote at this point, which is not to say the bands didn’t deliver what everyone paid for. Nostalgia is what it is.

Of the two, Styx seems to be the band with an ax to grind about being on classic rock radio’s heavy rotation — selling T-shirts with a bold “Classic Rock MY ASS” printed across the back, over a listing of highlights form the more than 1,100 shows they’ve played over the last ten years. This is the shirt my son picked (Styx is one of his fave classic rock bands), though I told him I doubted he’d be able to wear that one to school … yet.

Trying to prove that they’re anything but classics, Styx took the stage pretty much right on time at 7:30 p.m. and offered up a well-practiced arena set, filled with a fairly complete selection of all the hits Styx fans want to hear. The audience screamed approval at Tommy Shaw’s high energy antics. Running manically across the stage through the whole set, he still cuts an early thirtysomething figure.

The rest of the band performed well, offering hits like “Come Sail Away,” “Lady,” “Fooling Yourself,” “Babe” and “Renegade,” among others. The band played to near-album perfection, in performances studded with signature lengthy guitar and keyboard solos. As usual in Styx productions, Dennis DeYoung’s keyboard antics were a highlight, with DeYoung spinning the entire keyboard platform around on its custom merry-go-round, and dancing around and on and off the platform as it spun, all the while keeping up with the music.

by **bugsymalone** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:26 pm

OMG, how hilarious!

Yeah. That blogger really knows his/her Styx band history. Uh uhnh. :roll:

Bugsy

by **chowhall** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:30 pm

bugsymalone wrote:OMG, how hilarious!

Yeah. That blogger really knows his/her Styx band history. Uh uhnh.

Bugsy

This is a review that really makes Froy's case.

by **Zan** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:34 pm

chowhall wrote:This is a review that really makes Froy's case.

:-X

by **yogi** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:10 am

Why in the hell did they put Babe back in the mix???

Well I guess the band is Dennis's baby again.

I actually heard from a doctor friend of mine that the spinning keyboards could lead to something called 'light sensitivity'

by **elmotano** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:32 am

chowhall wrote:
bugsymalone wrote:OMG, how hilarious!

Yeah. That blogger really knows his/her Styx band history. Uh uhnh.

Bugsy

This is a review that really makes Froy's case.

Actually quite the opposite to fraud's case. If anything, this just proves the average fan can't tell the difference

by **LordofDaRing** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:03 am

Typical of a lot of concert reviews, that guy could work for the NY Times with that kind of accurate reporting. The only thing missing was, when Styx came out to do their encore and "Tommy DeYoung shouted, what song is you want to hear, to which the crowd responded...FREEBIRD.. then the band launched into their best known song" bwhahahahahhhahah

by **Zan** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:38 am

elmotano wrote:
chowhall wrote:
bugsymalone wrote:OMG, how hilarious!

Yeah. That blogger really knows his/her Styx band history. Uh uhnh.

Bugsy

This is a review that really makes Froy's case.

Actually quite the opposite to fraud's case. If anything, this just proves the average fan can't tell the difference

Psst: I think Chow was being sarcastic. ;-)

by **Blue Falcon** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:51 am

sadie65 wrote:
The audience screamed approval at Tommy Shaw’s high energy antics. Running manically across the stage through the whole set, he still cuts an early thirtysomething figure.

I thought Tommy quit doing coke back in the 80s.

And here's "Dennis DeYoung" in all his annoying glory.... :roll:

by **Angiekay** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:52 am

Blue Falcon wrote:

And here's "Dennis DeYoung" in all his annoying glory....

Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmmm SOOOOOO much better eye candy then Dennis could ever DREAM of being...

by **bugsymalone** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:09 am

Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmmm SOOOOOO much better eye candy then Dennis could ever DREAM of being...

Ack! Ack! Ack! :shock:

Sorry. But that Gowan is not just one ugly dude but one REALLY ugly dude.

Guess it is all in the eye of the beholder and whatnot.

Bugsy

by **classicstyxfan** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:12 am

Hey.....how come they never talk about that JDY guy ??? You Know....James De Young...............

by **Blue Falcon** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:45 am

Angiekay wrote:
Blue Falcon wrote:

And here's "Dennis DeYoung" in all his annoying glory....

Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmmm SOOOOOO much better eye candy then Dennis could ever DREAM of being...

Yeeesh....sorry, but every time I see ol' Lar, these two things pop into my mind:

and

by **Angiekay** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:52 am

That's what you get for thinking.

by **Ehwmatt** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:58 am

Did they really do Babe too? That'd surprise me.

by **LordofDaRing** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:03 am

Yep right after First Time and Music Time

by **Zan** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:14 am

Blue Falcon wrote:Yeeesh....sorry, but every time I see ol' Lar, these two things pop into my mind:

and

Hot scotsmen with big logs?

Yeah, me too.

by **yogi** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:57 am

But does Suzzanne know the difference????

by **foolintherain** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:06 am

he's Canadian.

by **stmonkeys** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:11 am

scotish by birth. canadian by residence. he's a scotnadian.

by **Zan** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:09 am

stmonkeys wrote:scotish by birth. canadian by residence. he's a scotnadian.

Looks like someone else really knows their band history. ;-)

by **stmonkeys** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:28 am

Zan wrote:
stmonkeys wrote:scotish by birth. canadian by residence. he's a scotnadian.

Looks like someone else really knows their band history.

i studied

by **elmotano** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:41 pm

Zan wrote:
elmotano wrote:
chowhall wrote:
bugsymalone wrote:OMG, how hilarious!

Yeah. That blogger really knows his/her Styx band history. Uh uhnh.

Bugsy

This is a review that really makes Froy's case.

Actually quite the opposite to fraud's case. If anything, this just proves the average fan can't tell the difference

Psst: I think Chow was being sarcastic.

damn it! I've been out sarcasmed, what about the kids Kilroy?

by **elmotano** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:43 pm

Zan wrote:
stmonkeys wrote:scotish by birth. canadian by residence. he's a scotnadian.

Looks like someone else really knows their band history.

I just like to believe you are both of the heaux ilk.

by **stmonkeys** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:11 am

once a heaux, always a heaux LOL

MR

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