froy wrote:Christopher
First off, why don't you just take it down a notch. You and I both have differing opinions. I stated mine respedtfully, and there's no reason for there to be any animosity.
No animosity what so ever, Im challenging your answers.
I didn't say they were better than any particular songs. Gowan's songs just happen to have a certain theatricality to them,
Your kidding right? Dennis was thrown out for this exact reason and now your saying Gowan brings more theatrics than Dennis?
They wanted to rock remember and now your saying Gowan brings show tunes?
Something is not right here,
but in a darker tone than what DDY would do. I don't dislike DDY...but sometimes he would write songs or have ideas that made me cringe. Mr Roboto I suppose is widely loved, but it's really corny IMO...and yes, Babe...
Babe is a great song weather Shaw likes it or not, Roboto is not Born For Adventure but either is I can't Dance compared to MAMA by Genesis.
Dennis went way out with Roboto right or wrong he took a shot and now its the first song people think of when asked about STYX go figure,
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..but Gowan also brings some great material to the table. Fields Of The Brave is
A blatant rippoff of Show Me The Way
More Love For The Money is also an excellent song, and has a bit of a Beatlesque sound to it.
But not a STYX song end of story. No chemistry at all.
IMO, Gowan's theatrical style is a good balance against Tommy's more rocker style songs.
Sorry STYX is a ROCK band and JY wants nothing to do with theatrics,
Prove what? My age?
No that you were there and saw the classic lineup from 77-96
That was AWESOME!!
Your not done
Whether you want to admit it or not, there was animosity in the rudeness of your tone. I replied to you with polite comments in response. None of what I said was insulting or challenging of what you said....only stating what my own opinions are. I will never understand why some people think so much of their own opinions, that they have to get all riled up and challenging, when others dare to have differing opinions. That's why they're called opinions...ad not facts. Now...if I said the sky was green, you'd have a reason to challenge me.
Secondly, you seem to have a problem with comprehension. First you accused me of saying Gowan's songs were better than DDY, which I did not say. Now you're claiming I said that Gowan's songs were more theatrical than DDY...which I also did not say. You are saying more about your own bias with these comments, than about mine. What I DID say, was that Gowan's theatrical flare has a darker side to it than DDY's more...well..."let's write a musical!" style. I just happen to prefer the darker theatricality to....well....this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we6mrCmT4O4 ...now God bless him, he doesn't seem to care how silly he looks doing the robot....but it's cringeworthy to the millionth degree. Early on in the video, he motions towards the keyboard player, and the the guy just looked away like "oh crap...he's doing it again". Anyway, though...like I said....God bless him...legendary vocalist...great songwriter and all that. I just really enjoy what Gowan brings to the band....even if you don't belive he brings anything.
Fields Of The Brave has a similar sounding set of backing vocals as during the chorus of Show Me The Way, but the comparisons end there, IMO. More Love For The Money sounds very much like Styx to me. Cyclorama is 10 times a better album than Brave New World IMO, because they got back to what made Styx great...putting a varied style of songs on there, instead of forcing themselves to try and sound more modern, edgy, and serious...like they seemed to be trying with Brave New World...which I found mostly boring.
Lastly...I still have to prove nothing...but I've been a fan since I was a kid.....was a little too young when they first split, to have seen them....but was still a fan. I saw them in Copley Symphony hall in San Diego in 90 when they came through with Glenn the first time...and we were one of only two groups of people (there were 5 of us in the 5th row) who actually stood up for the entire show and had an AWESOME time. We were also the only among that lame crowd that did that TMTOMH "Clap Clap" thing, to which Glenn pointed at us and smiled over. Before the show, we noticed John Panozzo back at the soundboard just hanging out and we went back and spoke with him briefly...and he was gracious enough to sign my ticket for me. I was so happy we got a chance to mee t him before he passed away. An artist opened for them that we'd never heard before...Vinnie James...came out on stage with a bunch of acoustic guitars behind him, and some idiot from way back said "We want Styx!"...to which he replied "I think you're gonna like this anyway"....and he was so excellent that we all went right out and bought his CD. The guy should have been huge, but I think his music was a little out of time, unfortunately.
Then I saw them on the RTP in San Diego, At Humphrey's....outdoor on a lawn with folding chairs...awesome show. By the time CSA came on, I was up against the stage in front of Tommy, and he threw out his guitar pick. I caught it, amazingly, between two fingers. Near the end of the song, Tommy sees me holding the pick, motions to me and does a mock "strum" with one hand" and pushes his guitar out towards me. I get to...unbelievably...strum his guitar (probably badly) near the end of CSA while he held it and I'm assuming was handling the fretwork. It was the part of the song where they're just winding down and it's all just a big sounding mess....lol. I had befriended a family member of one of the bandmembers (who will remain nameless...as that way you can accuse me of lying...lol) who was able to get me backstage where I was very honored to meet the band and had solo CDs from Tommy, DDY, and JY...which they graciously signed. Tommy, I remember saw the stack of CDs I had and stated I must be their biggest fan in San Diego. I told him I'm sure I'm amongst them...but not THE biggest...lol. I hope you read that, btw....I had DDY's Hunchback CD signed by him...so...I don't hate him.
A few weeks or days later (it was a long time ago), that friend called me up saying he had an extra ticket and space in his car for me to see the band in Phoenix...so I drove up towards LA, and he and I and two ladies drove out to Phoenix where we had 3rd row seats and backstage passes waiting for us. This time we got to hang out a little with some of the members...but there were a lot of people, so I mostly just hung out and enjoyed it all. Since then, I've seen them many times, including on the Main Event tour in San Diego and Los Angeles, where they played with Journey and REO Speedwagon. This was the tour that I did the artwork for Journey's previous CD release Red 13, and Deen Castronovo's bass drums that he used on the Main Event tour. So again...I saw the band and briefly said hello as they walked past me backstage, while I was hanging out with Deen's drum tech, who was showing me the bass drum head artwork, actually on the drums.
So there you have it....enough of an accounting of my "fanhood"....and if you need proof beyond that, then tough.
BTW....notice I haven't asked YOU to prove anything?
BTW....that "That was AWESOME!" comment was not anything I said...it was someone else replying to my post....and it's "You're"...not "Your".
