FIRST TIME HEARING Styx- "Man In The Wilderness" (Reaction)
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FIRST TIME HEARING Styx- "Man In The Wilderness" (Reaction) | Another strong introspective Styx journey, led by Tommy's punchy and soaring electric guitar!
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Another strong introspective Styx journey, led by Tommy's punchy and soaring electric guitar! Thanks for watching! 🥰
EPIC EPIC EPIC song. I'm 60 years old and when I grow up I still want to be Tommy Shaw. Thanks for playing and reviewing this.
I was 17. So hard to believe so much time has passed. So much harder to believe that this kind of music is no longer made. We thought it would never end. 😞
Sweet, excellent song from my favorite Styx album! (other favorite cuts are "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" and especially "Castle Walls")
I have the original LP from 1977. One of my favorite. Styx and Kansas rules on 1977.
I too also have the original LP & I still have my Pioneer PL 570 Turntable and yes it still plays A shout out to Brandon who plays awesome music that I grew up with. I was 18 in 77
Our host beat me to making the point about Kansas being the musical inspiration for this song. Styx, of course, always had prog chops(although Dennis De Young often uses the " theatrical" label). The surprise was Tommy Shaw expanding his songwriting to include prog.
As per usual with Styx, the vocal harmonies are off the charts, and fantastic guitar work by Tommy Shaw and James Young. Dennis DeYoung on synths is excellent, along with the Panozzo brothers' rhythm section being just right.
Grand illusion were my first album from Styx, great interplay between them, beautiful Synth sounds and guitar solos, harmonies and melodies. One of their best offering (my favorites were that intro of "Miss America" , "Castle Walls" and "Come sail away" ) cheers!
That song plays in my head from time to time.
Ditto. A lot of the time as I'm going to bed
Hey Brandon! STYX!! Awesome song from a masterpiece album! Enjoy my friend. 👍😎
I love Kansas. I love Styx. I love this song. 💙🎵🎶🎶 I also LOVE Tommy Shaw. He's awesome.
One of the best Styx songs --- awesome vocals and guitar. Actually the vocals here sound very much like Steve Walsh of Kansas --- Styx and Kansas, the 2 best American progressive bands of that era.
Progressive rock is my jam.
The Grand Illusion was my first Styx tour seeing them live. This has always been up there among my favorite albums of theirs. MITW is a great song….Tommy really shines! My first Styx album was Styx II from 1973….many great songs. This album boosted Styx’s popularity after a Chicago radio station WLS, kept playing their song “Lady”. I know I still keep mentioning “Little Fugue in “G””/“Father O.S.A.”, which are on there. I know you’ll hear them eventually. Styx II also has two tracks “A Day” and “You Better Ask” which were both written and sung by James Curulewski (Tommy Shaw’s predecessor). “A Day” especially is one I know you’d love.
I was 14 when this came out, stunning then, stunning now
I used to listen to this constantly. I have a lot of favorite songs from them but this one is a touch above, great message, vocals, beat, drums and of course guitars. Styx was one of my favorite bands even saw them twice. To this day I still listen to them on a regular basis. Right now I'm on The Warning kick!😀
My favorite Styx song!
Great song and album - if you ever get the chance to see it, there’s a live show where they played the Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight” albums start to finish. While it did not include Dennis DeYoung, his replacement did a very good job. Might be one for Patreon?
This song is very meaningful to Tommy as kind of a follow-on to "Crystal Ball" where he was wondering where his life was going and whether he'd ever have a career in music. This one is more of his search for meaning in life as he stolled through the crowd watching Kansas perform and no one recognized him when he just played an opening set ...
Ten Thousand people look my way
But they can't see the way that I feel
Nobody even cares to try
I spend my life and sell my soul on the road
And I'm still in the dark
'Cause I can't seem to find the light alone
Like a lot of Styx songs, this one sets a mood right from the beginning, including the first sound you hear is the lighting of a match as you would to see in the dark or light a lamp or candle in the wilderness. The match is a small amount of light that is fleeting and could either go out in just a few seconds("still in the dark 'Cause I can't seem to find the light alone"), or light a lamp or fire/blaze to begin your journey to warmth and happiness("I'm Alive").
To continue on your Styx journey, I'll suggest experiencing some James "JY" Young with "Young Man" or his combo with Tommy "Snowblind".
For more Tommy Shaw check out "Fooling Yourself", which is the song that got me into Styx way back when. The studio version is great, but the message of this one is for the youth so check out the performances with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra (of Cleveland). Styx did a performance( ruclips.net/video/brDDzKOcvPA/видео.html ) and Tommy did both a live performance( ruclips.net/video/xpYHgbjOIq0/видео.html ) and a virtual collaboration during covid lockdown( ruclips.net/video/nECouHrb6aQ/видео.html ).
Excelente
The Grand Illusion concert was still one of the top concerts I ever been too. I think I saw them at Merriwether Post Pavilion. Incredible show
All the shows I saw in the 70’s, and this is one of the bands I wish I would have made a point to see.
This, Castle Walls and Mother Dear are a few of my favorite Styx songs and you don’t hear them mainstream. Progressive American band. Not many had done better Styx
FM radio from 1976 to 1980 will never happen like that again
i was a sophomore in high school when this came out, and i was kind of an outcast. a loner with just a couple of friends,so i identified with "man in the wilderness" a lot,reading my own meaning into the lyrics. i played "the grand illusion" album constantly. then in 2003 i got to attend a listening party for the new styx album "cyclorama" at radio station KLOS in los angeles with tommy shaw and james young,hosted by dj jim ladd (RIP). it was held in the station's small meeting room with about 50 other contest winners. everyone got a copy of the new cd,and after the listening party tommy and james sat at a table and signed them. when it was my turn i said to tommy," 'man in the wilderness' helped me get through high school", and he replied,"it still rings true". in two weeks i'm seeing styx and foreigner in concert. tommy's bound to do "man in the wilderness",and i'm bound to get teary eyed when he does.
Hey Danny! What an awesome story, thanks for sharing. Kind of a full circle moment yeah? Oh, so cool, I hope you have a wonderful time.... I KNOW you will! Those are 2 epic bands right there. I hope they play "Waiting for a Girl Like You" in my honor LOL...Take care bud...
@@retroreactions.... yeah i've been a styx fan since 1975, so it's close to a 50 year full circle (damn i'm old lol). even though dennis deyoung isn't with them anymore,and lou gramm isn't with foreigner anymore "the songs remain the same". tommy and james have some great songs of their own with styx,so it's not a total loss. opening the show will be john waite from the babys,so at least i'll get to see one original lead singer!
Nice...Is that John Waite of Missing You fame? I thought he passed, guess I'm mixing him with someone else... Boat on the River is a great Tommy song...
@@retroreactions.... yeah that john waite. he had some great solo songs as well as fronting the babys. he/they would be a good addition to your 70s reactions.
You can definitely hear the Kansas influence in this song!
a band that you still not reacted to is Prefab Sprout and they have so many good songs... first that come to my mind is Appetite
Tears for fears sowing the seeds of love Please
Most everything has been said on which songs to do next
I've seen them three times. Twice with the original lineup. (including John 😇)
They were better with Dennis DeYoung though
They're still playing and are still killer good
"I'm a lonely sailor lost at sea. Drifting with the tide. Never quite knowing why"
"Sometimes it makes no sense at all"
You could compare them to REO SPEEDWAGON before REO changed. their sound.
Hi there. Just so you know…my DM shut down after I received the Yes lineup. 🤬
Yea, I don't know what's going on with Messenger lately!
Great song and album - if you ever get the chance to see it, there’s a live show where they played the Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight” albums start to finish. While it did not include Dennis DeYoung, his replacement did a very good job. Might be one for Patreon?