Monker wrote:If a person doesn't like it, fine, but arguing against someone elses opinion just because they disagree is futile...It's a battle that can't be won. It's a strange game. The only 'winning move' is not to play.
Thats the life blood of this or any other forum tho... so it really is a bit "expected" even if it does get "old".
The Styx sound is the three main guys writing, playing and performing. Styx was defined by the sound produced by those men. To some people, the individual parts can be replaced and yet retain the same "sound" while to others, the sound is exclusive to the original parts (so to speak).
What you end up doing is talking in circles and it never ends. At some point though, the discussion has to be over simply because we get tired of reusing the same analogies and such to try and make the same points.
To me, and me alone: Styx was the original line up. Styx has not existed since 1984 in it's "pure" form. It wasn't "classic" Styx when Glen replaced tommy, and it's not "classic" styx now that Larry has supplanted Dennis. And you can reformulate the ingredients all you like - but some people will simply prefer the original formula. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I hated Coke II.... so I kept drinking Coke Classic. I am not a huge fan of the nuStyx (although I am slowly warming to the band save for Larry's singing), so I spend more time enjoying the classic stuff as opposed to the nuStuff.
I know this is going to sound screwed up, but if Larry wouldn't sing - I might actually be able to swallow this. IMO Glen was a far better vocalist - and song writer. I didn't think I'd miss Glen's presence in Styx as much as I do.
P.S. Monker, I like the "War Games" reference. Do you live in some kind of weird parallel universe to me or something?