You didn't argue "radio play"...You asked when was the last time Tommy wrote a song 'like' those others...in an attempt to prove his songwriting has changed as much as Dennis'.
And you gave your opinion .
Those songs did not have the same impact as Fooling Yourself or Crystal
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The band did not even play OWE Live but they sure always did Fooling and Crystal .
Please, stick to one story. First you say Tommy has changed his writing just as much as Dennis. Then you start talking about radio play. Now you are on 'impact'.
How much 'impact' has "10 On Broadway" or any of the Hunchback songs had?
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Back when Tommy was promoting 7DZ, I even told Tommy in a chat that "Down On the Ground" reminded me a lot of "Fooling Yourself".
So it reminds you of it but it did not remind anyone else.
How do you know? Did you take a poll?
Even YOU admint that 7DZ is 'great'.
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7DZ is full of AWESOME songwriting...It blows away any of Dennis' solo work.
Yes it is a great cd but it does not blow away anything .
Compared to 7DZ, "Boomchild" SUCKS. So does "Girls With Guns". The bottom line is, out of all the solo releases from ALL of the various Styx members, 7DZ is my favorite...and probably always will be.
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Even though you won't admit it, Cyclorama is also full of awesome songwriting.
Who really cares?
Well, YOU do, of course...Since you were comparing Tommy's songwriting to Dennis.
When was the last time DENNIS wrote a songs like "One With Everything" or "These Are the Times"?
Dennis doesn't write music that fits into Styx any longer. That is the sad truth. The sad truth is that he didn't even see the potential of "These Are the Times". He took a different path. You may enjoy the Hunchback/broadway Dennis, but that isn't everything that Styx was about.
You don't need to take a poll you just need to see fans are still comming to JRNY shows many years after Perry quit.
And they still headline they don't hide behind 2 other bands .
And, fans are still going to Styx shows many years after Dennis was canned. So, what is your point? That Styx runs triple bills to fill 15,000 seat auditoriums while Journey goes to rodeos to perform to 15,000 cowboys? You really think one is better off then the other right now? I don't see it. I think they are about equal...Except Styx has defined plans to release a new CD, and Journey only implies it.
I have friends who have attended the STYX fiasco and by the time STYX hit the stage he told me many people were so wasted they had no clue what was going on.
Even Gowan sounded good after a 12er.
Froy, that is called 'hearsay'...
No that is called fact from a long time friend .
And, you saying "My best and most trusted friend in the world said..." is the very definition of hearsay. You don't have the personal experience. I do. So do others. And, I did not see a bunch of 'drunk losers'. That is very lame accusation.