Spliced version of Fooling Yourself

[StyxCollector]

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Actually, he can. Unlike when he was in Styx where you had three main people who did fronting and there were natural tradeoff points, he's the frontman of his band. To be stuck behind keys all night just wouldn't make for a good show. So when he went solo, he made the decision to have a second keyboard player who did most of the work and Dennis did the occasional thing (like the CSA solo). He's actually doing more keys now than he ever has live (with his solo project) which I'm happy about.
Heck, even Bon Jovi has another keyboard player onstage these days and David Bryan's keyboard parts are less complex than anything in Styx!

Even if Dennis returned to Styx I bet there would be another keyboard player. I'll have to dig up the quote from Keyboard magazine in '81, but if memory serves me correctly, he's always seen himself more as a keyboard player than a piano player.

[Rockwriter]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

JY wrote the theme, not the solos. Gowan has said many times how much he liked the parts Dennis put on those records.


Sterling

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah . . . you continue to offer no insight into anything. If you actually watched this video you'd actually hear him playing the parts just well as he always did, but you don't want to do that, do you? You just want to post away without any regard to reality. I know I've pointed this out before, but it bears repeating that you display your own lack of self-confidence by tearing others down from the comfort of your online anonymity. It's sad, really.


Sterling

[StyxCollector]

And let's be honest ... Dennis with a keytar hooked up to a rack somewhere of MIDI gear would be ridiculous

[Boomchild]

Not bad for a guy who pretty much had to teach himself how to play as opposed to a guy who was "classically trained"

so Dennis couldn't afford lessons? I'm not dogging him, I'm just saying that Gowan's the superior player. I LIKE DeYoung's playing and he wrote those parts originally, so that's definitely worth something. But TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, Gowan is the superior player.

His first instrument was the accordion (which I believe he had lessons for that), I remember reading somewhere he pretty much had to learn to play the piano (and later the keyboard). Of couse most would agree that Gowan's the better player seeing that he was trained and Dennis learned on his own, I like Dennis' playing better because he can improvise and his playing isn't so strict


Robin 8)

I believe DDY himself has stated he does not look at himself as a master of the keyboard. In fact, he has stated something along the lines of that he can't do some things in the conventional way and had to work around it, which he feels is one of the things that gives him his own style of playing.

that's just a nice way of saying he sucks

Sucks enough that both he and Larry make their coin by playing songs he wrote.

songs that styx wrote

Your correct, songs that Styx wrote when DDY was in the band and has the writing credits to some of those songs. That would be a more accurate statement.

you mean songs that the three writers in styx wrote but were sometimes uncredited for because no one really cared about writing credits then because they were a band

Either way, DDY deserves just as much credit as the other members.

[Boomchild]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

Shouldn't you have said "Songs that Styx Wrote"? That seems to be your blanket answer when discussing things that DDY wrote while in the band.

[Boomchild]

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Actually, he can. Unlike when he was in Styx where you had three main people who did fronting and there were natural tradeoff points, he's the frontman of his band. To be stuck behind keys all night just wouldn't make for a good show. So when he went solo, he made the decision to have a second keyboard player who did most of the work and Dennis did the occasional thing (like the CSA solo). He's actually doing more keys now than he ever has live (with his solo project) which I'm happy about.
Heck, even Bon Jovi has another keyboard player onstage these days and David Bryan's keyboard parts are less complex than anything in Styx!

Even if Dennis returned to Styx I bet there would be another keyboard player. I'll have to dig up the quote from Keyboard magazine in '81, but if memory serves me correctly, he's always seen himself more as a keyboard player than a piano player.

I also believe that first and foremost DDY believes that his vocals are the most important thing to him when performing. Anyone who states that DDY's playing ability is not up to par hasn't even listened to the stuff on One Hundred Years From Now.

[Abitaman]

I also believe that first and foremost DDY believes that his vocals are the most important thing to him when performing. Anyone who states that DDY's playing ability is not up to par hasn't even listened to the stuff on One Hundred Years From Now.

Too true, awesome cd all the way around.

[Boomchild]

I also believe that first and foremost DDY believes that his vocals are the most important thing to him when performing. Anyone who states that DDY's playing ability is not up to par hasn't even listened to the stuff on One Hundred Years From Now.

Too true, awesome cd all the way around.

I agree. It also shows that he has not lost his ability to write a good rock tune. I don't think he was looking to prove that. The whole argument that a musician has to keep writing and performing in the same way as they did for the majority of their career is narrow minded.

[chickenbeef]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

JY wrote the theme, not the solos. Gowan has said many times how much he liked the parts Dennis put on those records.


Sterling

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah . . . you continue to offer no insight into anything. If you actually watched this video you'd actually hear him playing the parts just well as he always did, but you don't want to do that, do you? You just want to post away without any regard to reality. I know I've pointed this out before, but it bears repeating that you display your own lack of self-confidence by tearing others down from the comfort of your online anonymity. It's sad, really.


Sterling

you know nothing about music. you actually have negatives to say about the beatles. WOW!!! your life's work is meaningless get a job.

with love

[Boomchild]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

JY wrote the theme, not the solos. Gowan has said many times how much he liked the parts Dennis put on those records.


Sterling

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah . . . you continue to offer no insight into anything. If you actually watched this video you'd actually hear him playing the parts just well as he always did, but you don't want to do that, do you? You just want to post away without any regard to reality. I know I've pointed this out before, but it bears repeating that you display your own lack of self-confidence by tearing others down from the comfort of your online anonymity. It's sad, really.


Sterling

you know nothing about music. you actually have negatives to say about the beatles. WOW!!! your life's work is meaningless get a job.

with love

To think that everyone in the world likes The Beatles is a very narrow minded.

[chickenbeef]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

JY wrote the theme, not the solos. Gowan has said many times how much he liked the parts Dennis put on those records.


Sterling

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah . . . you continue to offer no insight into anything. If you actually watched this video you'd actually hear him playing the parts just well as he always did, but you don't want to do that, do you? You just want to post away without any regard to reality. I know I've pointed this out before, but it bears repeating that you display your own lack of self-confidence by tearing others down from the comfort of your online anonymity. It's sad, really.


Sterling

you know nothing about music. you actually have negatives to say about the beatles. WOW!!! your life's work is meaningless get a job.

with love

To think that everyone in the world likes The Beatles is a very narrow minded.

only smart people like the beatles.

[gr8dane]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

JY wrote the theme, not the solos. Gowan has said many times how much he liked the parts Dennis put on those records.


Sterling

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah . . . you continue to offer no insight into anything. If you actually watched this video you'd actually hear him playing the parts just well as he always did, but you don't want to do that, do you? You just want to post away without any regard to reality. I know I've pointed this out before, but it bears repeating that you display your own lack of self-confidence by tearing others down from the comfort of your online anonymity. It's sad, really.


Sterling

you know nothing about music. you actually have negatives to say about the beatles. WOW!!! your life's work is meaningless get a job.

with love

To think that everyone in the world likes The Beatles is a very narrow minded.

only smart people like the beatles.

I think you only live about 1/2 an hour away from me.
I never thought I was gonna be that close to the centre of the universe.

[Babyblue]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

JY wrote the theme, not the solos. Gowan has said many times how much he liked the parts Dennis put on those records.


Sterling

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah . . . you continue to offer no insight into anything. If you actually watched this video you'd actually hear him playing the parts just well as he always did, but you don't want to do that, do you? You just want to post away without any regard to reality. I know I've pointed this out before, but it bears repeating that you display your own lack of self-confidence by tearing others down from the comfort of your online anonymity. It's sad, really.


Sterling

you know nothing about music. you actually have negatives to say about the beatles. WOW!!! your life's work is meaningless get a job.

with love

To think that everyone in the world likes The Beatles is a very narrow minded.

only smart people like the beatles.

I think you only live about 1/2 an hour away from me.
I never thought I was gonna be that close to the centre of the universe.

CB you are in" TROUBLE "now

[Rockwriter]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

JY wrote the theme, not the solos. Gowan has said many times how much he liked the parts Dennis put on those records.


Sterling

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah . . . you continue to offer no insight into anything. If you actually watched this video you'd actually hear him playing the parts just well as he always did, but you don't want to do that, do you? You just want to post away without any regard to reality. I know I've pointed this out before, but it bears repeating that you display your own lack of self-confidence by tearing others down from the comfort of your online anonymity. It's sad, really.


Sterling

you know nothing about music. you actually have negatives to say about the beatles. WOW!!! your life's work is meaningless get a job.

with love

To think that everyone in the world likes The Beatles is a very narrow minded.

Actually I like the Beatles very much, I just don't subscribe to the lame notion that just because they're the Beatles, everything they did is automatically great. They have some clunkers, like any band. They're just human beings.

But of course, that kind of subtle nuance is lost on people who are so arrogant as to suppose that their opinion is the guiding fact of the universe. And then again, if you pierce the skin of arrogance, it bleeds self doubt. It's just a big front for massive insecurity. Kinda like cooking up multiple screen names to come post anonymously on some message board, then post right after to agree with yourself under another name, then personally attack anyone who disagrees.

Sterling

[Rockwriter]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

JY wrote the theme, not the solos. Gowan has said many times how much he liked the parts Dennis put on those records.


Sterling

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah . . . you continue to offer no insight into anything. If you actually watched this video you'd actually hear him playing the parts just well as he always did, but you don't want to do that, do you? You just want to post away without any regard to reality. I know I've pointed this out before, but it bears repeating that you display your own lack of self-confidence by tearing others down from the comfort of your online anonymity. It's sad, really.


Sterling

you know nothing about music. you actually have negatives to say about the beatles. WOW!!! your life's work is meaningless get a job.

with love

Two quick points: first, the members of the Beatles themselves have some negative things to say about the Beatles. John Lennon hated "Yesterday." George hated "Revolution." John hated "Maxwell's Silver Hammer." So by your own definition, their life's work is meaningless and they should all get jobs.

Secondly, the way that you make personal attacks like that once again only reveals what an insecure person you are, whose ego is so fragile that you have to lash out at people from the safety of anonymity. It's really too bad that you don't recognize that. It's no way to be.

Sterling

[Babyblue]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

JY wrote the theme, not the solos. Gowan has said many times how much he liked the parts Dennis put on those records.


Sterling

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah . . . you continue to offer no insight into anything. If you actually watched this video you'd actually hear him playing the parts just well as he always did, but you don't want to do that, do you? You just want to post away without any regard to reality. I know I've pointed this out before, but it bears repeating that you display your own lack of self-confidence by tearing others down from the comfort of your online anonymity. It's sad, really.


Sterling

you know nothing about music. you actually have negatives to say about the beatles. WOW!!! your life's work is meaningless get a job.

with love

To think that everyone in the world likes The Beatles is a very narrow minded.

Actually I like the Beatles very much, I just don't subscribe to the lame notion that just because they're the Beatles, everything they did is automatically great. They have some clunkers, like any band. They're just human beings.

Sterling

And that is so very true

[bugsymalone]

The purpose of trolls is to post asinine, idiotic statements, hoping someone will then give them legitimacy by responding to them. And, thus, their goal is accomplished and they continue to thrive.

Skipping and ignoring trolls, and responding only to what contributes positively to the discussion, even if you don't agree with what is being said, will eventually kill off the likes of the ones we are seeing show up here. (Or leave them isolated as what they say gets no attention.)

Until then, the usual suspects will continue to come out from under their respective bridges and post their ignorance.

JMO.

Bugsy

[chickenbeef]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

JY wrote the theme, not the solos. Gowan has said many times how much he liked the parts Dennis put on those records.


Sterling

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah . . . you continue to offer no insight into anything. If you actually watched this video you'd actually hear him playing the parts just well as he always did, but you don't want to do that, do you? You just want to post away without any regard to reality. I know I've pointed this out before, but it bears repeating that you display your own lack of self-confidence by tearing others down from the comfort of your online anonymity. It's sad, really.


Sterling

you know nothing about music. you actually have negatives to say about the beatles. WOW!!! your life's work is meaningless get a job.

with love

Two quick points: first, the members of the Beatles themselves have some negative things to say about the Beatles. John Lennon hated "Yesterday." George hated "Revolution." John hated "Maxwell's Silver Hammer." So by your own definition, their life's work is meaningless and they should all get jobs.

Secondly, the way that you make personal attacks like that once again only reveals what an insecure person you are, whose ego is so fragile that you have to lash out at people from the safety of anonymity. It's really too bad that you don't recognize that. It's no way to be.

Sterling

i said with love sterling that means i was just playing with you. maybe your insecure for taking offence???

[Archetype]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

JY wrote the theme, not the solos. Gowan has said many times how much he liked the parts Dennis put on those records.


Sterling

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah . . . you continue to offer no insight into anything. If you actually watched this video you'd actually hear him playing the parts just well as he always did, but you don't want to do that, do you? You just want to post away without any regard to reality. I know I've pointed this out before, but it bears repeating that you display your own lack of self-confidence by tearing others down from the comfort of your online anonymity. It's sad, really.


Sterling

you know nothing about music. you actually have negatives to say about the beatles. WOW!!! your life's work is meaningless get a job.

with love

To think that everyone in the world likes The Beatles is a very narrow minded.

only smart people like the beatles.

Actually, many Beatles fans are blithering neanderthals who drool on anything that says "The Beatles" on it. Their music is average rock--there's nothing special about it, and some of it absolutely godawful. It's idiots who don't know any better that say they're the best ever.

[chickenbeef]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

JY wrote the theme, not the solos. Gowan has said many times how much he liked the parts Dennis put on those records.


Sterling

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah . . . you continue to offer no insight into anything. If you actually watched this video you'd actually hear him playing the parts just well as he always did, but you don't want to do that, do you? You just want to post away without any regard to reality. I know I've pointed this out before, but it bears repeating that you display your own lack of self-confidence by tearing others down from the comfort of your online anonymity. It's sad, really.


Sterling

you know nothing about music. you actually have negatives to say about the beatles. WOW!!! your life's work is meaningless get a job.

with love

To think that everyone in the world likes The Beatles is a very narrow minded.

only smart people like the beatles.

Actually, many Beatles fans are blithering neanderthals who drool on anything that says "The Beatles" on it. Their music is average rock--there's nothing special about it, and some of it absolutely godawful. It's idiots who don't know any better that say they're the best ever.

ask dennis what he thinks about the beatles

[Abitaman]

you know nothing about music. you actually have negatives to say about the beatles. WOW!!! your life's work is meaningless get a job.

with love

Dude, if you think everyone likes the same thing, you are the one is negative and knows nothing.
IMO the beatles had 1 cd of good songs (at most) and the rest was crap.

[froy]

"Abitaman"

IMO the Beatles had 1 cd of good songs (at most) and the rest was crap.

Sorry my friend you are simply wrong .
They had 1 cd of bad songs and the rest were genius.

[gr8dane]

"Abitaman"

IMO the Beatles had 1 cd of good songs (at most) and the rest was crap.

Sorry my friend you are simply wrong .
They had 1 cd of bad songs and the rest were genius.

I am not a fan of them either.
Never owned an album of theirs.
I did buy 'Here comes the sun' or whatever the
fak it was called by George Harrisson.
68 I think
Don't know if that was a Beatles song?

When I grow up,I wanna be just like fwoy.

[Babyblue]

"Abitaman"

IMO the Beatles had 1 cd of good songs (at most) and the rest was crap.

Sorry my friend you are simply wrong .
They had 1 cd of bad songs and the rest were genius.

Holy crap batman i can not believe we agree on someting.

[chickenbeef]

"Abitaman"

IMO the Beatles had 1 cd of good songs (at most) and the rest was crap.

Sorry my friend you are simply wrong .
They had 1 cd of bad songs and the rest were genius.

they never had any crap. they are the only thing that has ever existed in the universe that was the definition of perfection

[Boomchild]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

JY wrote the theme, not the solos. Gowan has said many times how much he liked the parts Dennis put on those records.


Sterling

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah . . . you continue to offer no insight into anything. If you actually watched this video you'd actually hear him playing the parts just well as he always did, but you don't want to do that, do you? You just want to post away without any regard to reality. I know I've pointed this out before, but it bears repeating that you display your own lack of self-confidence by tearing others down from the comfort of your online anonymity. It's sad, really.


Sterling

you know nothing about music. you actually have negatives to say about the beatles. WOW!!! your life's work is meaningless get a job.

with love

To think that everyone in the world likes The Beatles is a very narrow minded.

only smart people like the beatles.

If your theory was the truth, then the the guy who shot John Lennon was really smart right? After all he was a huge fan.

[Boomchild]

"Abitaman"

IMO the Beatles had 1 cd of good songs (at most) and the rest was crap.

Sorry my friend you are simply wrong .
They had 1 cd of bad songs and the rest were genius.

they never had any crap. they are the only thing that has ever existed in the universe that was the definition of perfection

Yeah right. While I like quite a lot of The Beatles catalog, I would not say they were the center of the Rock N' Roll Universe. Nor do I think that they were perfection. They had some really good music, helped define the genre and influenced a lot of people to start their own musical careers. But I think your statement is taking it a little to far.

[chickenbeef]

I think Gowan choosing to play the music almost note for note perfect is, at least in part, his way of respecting the composer.

too bad jy wrote that keyboard part

JY wrote the theme, not the solos. Gowan has said many times how much he liked the parts Dennis put on those records.


Sterling

it's too bad dennis can't play his own parts anymore. sure he plays the piano well but a keyboard is different

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah . . . you continue to offer no insight into anything. If you actually watched this video you'd actually hear him playing the parts just well as he always did, but you don't want to do that, do you? You just want to post away without any regard to reality. I know I've pointed this out before, but it bears repeating that you display your own lack of self-confidence by tearing others down from the comfort of your online anonymity. It's sad, really.


Sterling

you know nothing about music. you actually have negatives to say about the beatles. WOW!!! your life's work is meaningless get a job.

with love

To think that everyone in the world likes The Beatles is a very narrow minded.

only smart people like the beatles.

If your theory was the truth, then the the guy who shot John Lennon was really smart right? After all he was a huge fan.

he wanted to be famous and by killing the most famous person in the world he did that

[Michigan Girl]

he wanted to be famous and by killing the most famous person in the world he did that

NO ...
"It is definitely illogical to say that Mark Committed the murder to make himself famous. He did not want to talk to the press from the very start. It's possible Mark could have been used by somebody. I saw him the night of the murder. I studied him intensely. He looked as if he could have been programmed."

http://www.john-lennon.com/theassassinationofjl.htm

This did make me chuckle, though!!

"His wife Yoko Ono held his head in her arms and screamed (just like on her early albums)."

[chickenbeef]

he wanted to be famous and by killing the most famous person in the world he did that

NO ...
"It is definitely illogical to say that Mark Committed the murder to make himself famous. He did not want to talk to the press from the very start. It's possible Mark could have been used by somebody. I saw him the night of the murder. I studied him intensely. He looked as if he could have been programmed."

http://www.john-lennon.com/theassassinationofjl.htm

This did make me chuckle, though!!

"His wife Yoko Ono held his head in her arms and screamed (just like on her early albums)."

'


he's a fucking idiot and should be tortured