Top 3 and Bottom 3 songs from the 3 main songwriters in Styx

[DarrenUK]

In my opinion ........

DDY

TOP 3

1) Castle Walls
2) Pieces Of Eight
3) Suite Madame Blue

BOTTOM 3

1) Music Time
2) High Crimes And Misdemeanours
3) Mr Roboto


Tommy

TOP 3

1) Man In The Wilderness
2) Crystal Ball
3) One With Everything

BOTTOM 3

1) She Cares
2) Cold War
3) Just Fell In

JY

TOP 3

1) Half Penny Two Penny
2) Great White Hope
3) Midnight Ride

BOTTOM 3

1) Eddie
2) Heavy Metal Poisoning
3) Homewrecker

[Toph]

In my opinion ........

DDY

TOP 3

1) Castle Walls
2) Pieces Of Eight
3) Suite Madame Blue

BOTTOM 3

1) Music Time
2) High Crimes And Misdemeanours
3) Mr Roboto


Tommy

TOP 3

1) Man In The Wilderness
2) Crystal Ball
3) One With Everything

BOTTOM 3

1) She Cares
2) Cold War
3) Just Fell In

JY

TOP 3

1) Half Penny Two Penny
2) Great White Hope
3) Midnight Ride

BOTTOM 3

1) Eddie
2) Heavy Metal Poisoning
3) Homewrecker

Great topic.

DDY

Top
1. Come Sail Away
2. Show Me The Way
3a. The Best of Times
3b. Pieces of Eight
3c. Rockin The Paradise

Bottom
1. Great Expectations
2. Jennifer
3. Lonely Child

Tommy

Top
1. Foolin Yourself
2. Boat On the River
3a. Lights
3b. Crystal Ball

(Can you tell I'm a Tommy acoustic fan?)

Bottom
1. Just Fell In
2. Shooz
3. Cold War

JY

Top
1. Half Penny
2. Double Life
3. Midnight Ride

Bottom
1. Eddie
2. Homewrecker
3. Heavy Metal Poisoning
3b. Sick of factor - Snowblind and Heavy Metal Poisoning.

[ManOfMiracles]

DDY top:
- Grand Illusion
- Come Sail Away
- Borrowed Time

DDY bottom:
- Carrie Ann (naming a romantic love song after your daughter is kinda creepy)
- Back to Chicago
- Lonely Child

Tommy top:
- Love in the Midnight
- Fooling Yourself
- On My Way

Tommy bottom:
- Yes I Can
- Just Fell In
- Cold War

JY top:
- Man of Miracles
- These Are the Times
- Great White Hope / Heavy Water (tied)

JY bottom:
- Heavy Metal Poisoning
- Captain America
- Homewrecker
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[gr8dane]

It is indeed a great topic,and nice to see Toph be best chums with Darren again.

Dennis top
-Suite Madam Blue
-Grove of Eglantine
-Golden Lark

Bottom
-Carrie Anne
-Back to Chicago
-Goodbye Roseland


Tommy top
-Crystal Ball
-Love in the midnight
-I will be your witness

Bottom
-Never say never
Yes I can
-#1

JY top

-These are the times
-Man of Miracles
-Young Man

Bottom
-Eddie
-Homewrecker
-Captain America

[Archetype]

I'm only going to give top three

Top 3 Dennis:

Come Sail Away
Love At First Sight
Suite Madame Blue

Top 3 Tommy:
Man In The Wilderness
Just Get Through This Night
Crystal Ball

Top 3 JY:
These Are The Times
Half-Penny, Two-Penny
Double Life

[styxfansite]

Her are my top picks. Hard to pick just 3.


Love at first sight
Suite Madame Blue
Christopher Mr. Christopher / Goodbye to Roseland / Fallen Angel


Boat on the River
Man In The Wilderness
Dear John / Fooling Yourself


Half-Penny Two-penny
Midnight Ride
Great White Hope

[Toph]

Some early themes

Surprising amount of love for Love At First Sight....

Outside of that one and Show Me the Way....little love for DDY's Edge offerings (some really weak ones...)

Lots of love for acoustic Tommy Shaw

JY's Half Penny Two Penny a hidden gem that needs to be dusted off....

[cittadeeno23]

Half Penny is not just one of JY's best songs, it's one of the best songs Styx ever did. Great, great rocking tune!

[Baron Von Bielski]

Good topic, tough too.

Mine are as follows...

DDY

Top 3:

1. Pieces of Eight
2. Castle Walls
3. I'm OK

Bottom 3:

1. First Time
2. Fallen Angel
3. High Time

Tommy

Top 3:

1. Fooling Yourself
2. Man in the Wilderness
3. Crystal ball

Bottom 3:

1. Boat on a River
2. Difference in the World
3. Just Get Through This Night

JY

Top 3:

1. Miss America
2. Half-Penny, Two-Penny
3. Great White Hope

Bottom 3:

1. Eddie
2. Homewrecker
3. Heavy Metal Poisoning

[Boomchild]

DDY

Top 3:

1.) Suite Madame Blue
2.) Pieces of Eight
3.) Show Me The Way

Bottom 3:

1.) Music Time
2.) First Time
3.) High Crimes and Misdemeanors

TS

Top 3:

1.) Crystal Ball
2.) Boat On the River
3.) Renegade

Bottom 3:

1.) She Cares
2.) Yes I can
3.) Shooz

JY

Top 3:

1.) Midnight Ride
2.) Heavy Water
3.) Half Penny, Two Penny

Bottom 3:

1.) Homewrecker
2.) Eddie
3.) Captain America

[GrandIllusionist725]

My top 3 (been awhile since I have posted, thought I would for this topic!)

Dennis:
1. Come Sail Away
2. Love at First Sight
3. Goodbye Roseland

Bottom
1. High Crimes..
2. Jennifer
3. Fallen Angel


Tommy
1. Love in the Midnight
2. Everything is Cool
3. Man in the Wilderness

Bottom
1. Just Fell In
2. She Cares
3. Number One


JY
1. Half Penny Two Penny
2. These are the Times
3. Midnight Ride

Bottom
1. Eddie
2. Homewrecker
3. Captain America

[Zan]

Great topic. I'm going to assume you meant VOCAL only and not writing or anything:

DDY Top:

Castle Walls
Come Sail Away
Pieces of Eight

DDY Bottom:

Great Expectations
Music Time
Carrie Ann


TS Top:

Just Get Through This Night
One With Everything
Love in the Midnight

TS Bottom:

She Cares
Never Say Never
Wishing Well (cover off BBT)


JY Top:

Midnight Ride
Half Penny
These Are the Times

JY Bottom:

Eddie
Homewrecker
Heavy Metal Poisoning


I actually *like* HMP and Homewrecker, as wel as Never Say Never, but I feel they are the weakest on the food chain.

[Zan]

Great topic. I'm going to assume you meant VOCAL only and not writing or anything:

DDY Top:

Castle Walls
Come Sail Away
Pieces of Eight

DDY Bottom:

Great Expectations
Music Time
Carrie Ann


TS Top:

Just Get Through This Night
One With Everything
Love in the Midnight

TS Bottom:

She Cares
Never Say Never
Wishing Well (cover off BBT)


JY Top:

Midnight Ride
Half Penny
These Are the Times

JY Bottom:

Eddie
Homewrecker
Heavy Metal Poisoning


I actually *like* HMP and Homewrecker, as wel as Never Say Never, but I feel they are the weakest on the food chain.

Oh good god - how could I forget High Crimes and Misdemeanors?. But since I can't take Music Time out either, I'd like to opt for a split like Toph did and let them tie for second.

And I need to swap Wishing Well for Number One. That song was just awful. (Tho, the bridge was cool)

[yogi]

DDY' Top : Born For Adventure
Suite Madame Blue
Come Sail Away

Bottom: High Crimes
While There's Still Time
Jennifer

Tommy's Top: Blue Collar Man
Renegade
Love In The Midnight

Bottom: Best New Face
Just Fell In
Cold War

JY's Top: Young Man
Half Penny/Two Penny
These Are The Times

Bottom: Eddie
Witch Wolf
Homewrecker

[masque]

dennis top

1) come sail away
2) the best of times
3) castle walls

dennis bottom

1) high crimes and misdemeanors
2) great expectations
3) lies

tommy top

1) fooling yourself
2) renegade
3) crystal ball

tommy bottom

1) just fell in
2) best new face
3) do things my way

jy top

1) great white hope
2) put me on
3) half penny two penny

jy bottom

1) homerecker
2) captain america
3) southern woman


and i must say that I am in total shock to see "shooz" on anybody's bottom three list but I guess that is just the subjectivity of music.

[Zan]

Tommy

Bottom 3:

3. Just Get Through This Night

I know this is all subjective and everyone has an opinion and all, but this, I just cannot believe. Don't misunderstand me, Baron - no one is wrong here, but it really blows my mind.

[Real rock fan]

Dennis DeYoung

TOP 3

1) Castle Walls
2) Pieces Of Eight
3) The Best Of Times
Queen Of Spades

Tommy Shaw

TOP 3

1) Man In The Wilderness
2) Crystal Ball
3) Love In The Midnight

James Young

TOP 3

1) Half Penny Two Penny
2) Great White Hope
3) Eddie

[masque]

Tommy

Bottom 3:

3. Just Get Through This Night

I know this is all subjective and everyone has an opinion and all, but this, I just cannot believe. Don't misunderstand me, Baron - no one is wrong here, but it really blows my mind.

agreed.......its just mind blowing to see how some folks hear things differently....also seeing "goodbye roseland" as a bottom 3 for dennis was a "wow" moment for me....I considered placing it in my top 3.....lol

[Abitaman]

DDY
Top 3
Come Sail Away
Goodbye Roseland
Castle Walls

Bottom 3
Music Time
Jennifer
Grove Of E.

TS
Top 3
Blue Collar Man
Everything Is Cool
Man In The Wilderness

Bottom 3
She Cares
Just Fell In
Best New face

JY
Top 3
These are The Times
Midnight Ride
Young Man

Bottom 3
Eddie
Heavy Metal Poisoning
Havin A Ball

[Toph]

Tommy

Bottom 3:

3. Just Get Through This Night

I know this is all subjective and everyone has an opinion and all, but this, I just cannot believe. Don't misunderstand me, Baron - no one is wrong here, but it really blows my mind.

And Boat on the River is his number one worst TS - don't understand that one either Baron.

[Baron Von Bielski]

Tommy

Bottom 3:

3. Just Get Through This Night

I know this is all subjective and everyone has an opinion and all, but this, I just cannot believe. Don't misunderstand me, Baron - no one is wrong here, but it really blows my mind.

And Boat on the River is his number one worst TS - don't understand that one either Baron.

Those are just 2 songs I cannot stand. Boat on a River is seriously overplayed during their live shows. When I'm listening to a CD with that song on there I skip it every time. Just Get Through This Night is bad from the first note. Everything about that song says "wussy". Well, maybe not the first note... but as soon as he starts singing. And I love Tommy Shaw's voice... just not when he starts singing that song.

[Boomchild]

Tommy

Bottom 3:

3. Just Get Through This Night

I know this is all subjective and everyone has an opinion and all, but this, I just cannot believe. Don't misunderstand me, Baron - no one is wrong here, but it really blows my mind.

And Boat on the River is his number one worst TS - don't understand that one either Baron.

Those are just 2 songs I cannot stand. Boat on a River is seriously overplayed during their live shows. When I'm listening to a CD with that song on there I skip it every time. Just Get Through This Night is bad from the first note. Everything about that song says "wussy". Well, maybe not the first note... but as soon as he starts singing. And I love Tommy Shaw's voice... just not when he starts singing that song.

What?? I thought it was Dennis who only wrote those "wussy" songs in Styx.

[gr8dane]

I am surprised that there are no votes for Babe in top 3.
We are often reminded here that it was their only #1 song,
and that Dennis was the mastermind behind that.

[brywool]

I am surprised that there are no votes for Babe in top 3.
We are often reminded here that it was their only #1 song,
and that Dennis was the mastermind behind that.

Babe is actually a decent song. The thing I DON'T dig about it is the keyboard used.
Have you ever seen the VH1 unplugged version where they do it on acoustic piano?
Man, WHAT a difference. THAT version made me like the song much more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5WiSgqhfZc
They should've recorded it like that.

I can never cite the best stuff, I can only cite the worst...

For Dennis, the worst songs would be
First Time
High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Mr. Roboto, though I can see why people like it. It's fun to play

For Tommy, the worst would be
She Cares

JY, the worst would be
the live versions of Miss America
Eddie


Shooz to me is a great rock tune with some excellent guitar work and a killer Shaw vocal. Not sure why people don't like this one. Probably the heaviest, non-damn yankees song he did.

Ballerina from Dennis is a great song that never gets mentioned too. Has he ever done that live?

Half Penny Two Penny was a great one as was the recorded version of Great White Hope. The whole intro to that song alone was awesome.

[Cassie May]

I am surprised that there are no votes for Babe in top 3.
We are often reminded here that it was their only #1 song,
and that Dennis was the mastermind behind that.

Babe is actually a decent song. The thing I DON'T dig about it is the keyboard used.
Have you ever seen the VH1 unplugged version where they do it on acoustic piano?
Man, WHAT a difference. THAT version made me like the song much more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5WiSgqhfZc
They should've recorded it like that.

I can never cite the best stuff, I can only cite the worst...

For Dennis, the worst songs would be
First Time
High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Mr. Roboto, though I can see why people like it. It's fun to play

For Tommy, the worst would be
She Cares

JY, the worst would be
the live versions of Miss America
Eddie


Shooz to me is a great rock tune with some excellent guitar work and a killer Shaw vocal. Not sure why people don't like this one. Probably the heaviest, non-damn yankees song he did.

Ballerina from Dennis is a great song that never gets mentioned too. Has he ever done that live?

Half Penny Two Penny was a great one as was the recorded version of Great White Hope. The whole intro to that song alone was awesome.

I love Shooz. I wish Tommy would break out his slide playing more often. And, his vocals on that song were great.

As for Babe, I just can't get past my own thought that it should have never been a Styx song. Just kept it as a personal song from DDY to Suzanne. In fact, I wish all of Cornerstone had been handled differently. Yes, I understand the need to change things up a bit, to move beyond GI and Po8, but they really made a huge turn away from them. Cornerstone could have been much better if it would have had more rock and less sap. I never had a problem with Boat on the River, but Babe and First Time were just way out there. Never Say Never was just "eh" in my book. Lights is great; if Dennis was determined to be more commercial, they could have followed that vein and recorded more songs like that--pop rock rather than pablum.

[gr8dane]

I am surprised that there are no votes for Babe in top 3.
We are often reminded here that it was their only #1 song,
and that Dennis was the mastermind behind that.

Babe is actually a decent song. The thing I DON'T dig about it is the keyboard used.
Have you ever seen the VH1 unplugged version where they do it on acoustic piano?
Man, WHAT a difference. THAT version made me like the song much more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5WiSgqhfZc
They should've recorded it like that.

I can never cite the best stuff, I can only cite the worst...

For Dennis, the worst songs would be
First Time
High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Mr. Roboto, though I can see why people like it. It's fun to play

For Tommy, the worst would be
She Cares

JY, the worst would be
the live versions of Miss America
Eddie


Shooz to me is a great rock tune with some excellent guitar work and a killer Shaw vocal. Not sure why people don't like this one. Probably the heaviest, non-damn yankees song he did.

Ballerina from Dennis is a great song that never gets mentioned too. Has he ever done that live?

Half Penny Two Penny was a great one as was the recorded version of Great White Hope. The whole intro to that song alone was awesome.

I love Shooz. I wish Tommy would break out his slide playing more often. And, his vocals on that song were great.

As for Babe, I just can't get past my own thought that it should have never been a Styx song. Just kept it as a personal song from DDY to Suzanne. In fact, I wish all of Cornerstone had been handled differently. Yes, I understand the need to change things up a bit, to move beyond GI and Po8, but they really made a huge turn away from them. Cornerstone could have been much better if it would have had more rock and less sap. I never had a problem with Boat on the River, but Babe and First Time were just way out there. Never Say Never was just "eh" in my book. Lights is great; if Dennis was determined to be more commercial, they could have followed that vein and recorded more songs like that--pop rock rather than pablum.

I agree.

[gr8dane]

I am surprised that there are no votes for Babe in top 3.
We are often reminded here that it was their only #1 song,
and that Dennis was the mastermind behind that.

Babe is actually a decent song. The thing I DON'T dig about it is the keyboard used.
Have you ever seen the VH1 unplugged version where they do it on acoustic piano?
Man, WHAT a difference. THAT version made me like the song much more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5WiSgqhfZc
They should've recorded it like that.

I can never cite the best stuff, I can only cite the worst...

For Dennis, the worst songs would be
First Time
High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Mr. Roboto, though I can see why people like it. It's fun to play

For Tommy, the worst would be
She Cares

JY, the worst would be
the live versions of Miss America
Eddie


Shooz to me is a great rock tune with some excellent guitar work and a killer Shaw vocal. Not sure why people don't like this one. Probably the heaviest, non-damn yankees song he did.

Ballerina from Dennis is a great song that never gets mentioned too. Has he ever done that live?

Half Penny Two Penny was a great one as was the recorded version of Great White Hope. The whole intro to that song alone was awesome.

I am not big on the unplugged stuff.Prefer the original version myself.
Agree on Shooz,Ballerina and 1/2 P.

[Baron Von Bielski]

Babe is a great song and I love the keyboard sound... it's just one of his top three songs IMO.

[Ash]

Bah... screw y'all for hatin' on "Eddie". It's one of his better songs.

Give me that over his solo garbage any day.

[Abitaman]

[quote="brywool"]

JY, the worst would be
the live versions of Miss America
quote]

I actually like the live Miss America on CITA better than the original. Like how he speaks the last verse, the guitar has a bigger raw sound to it, and an DDY is awesome on the keyboard, the last half smokes!