Talk about politics. How in the world are these guys not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.. One of the top ten best rock bands ever. When music was music....Not singing someone else's song...Wish I could relive my teenage years and the 80s. Talent was real...back in those days
Styx won’t be in the hall because of how the treated Dennis De Young tossing out the founder of the group I’m a huge Styx fan but until the make amends with Dennis De Young they’ll never be nominated
The InDustry Today ! I’d Say ! Diffrent Times, I’m In Agreement, I Grew Up With Them ! They Are Deserving of Hall of Fame , Recognituon ! For Shore !!!!! 🤟
@@davidcamp3522 Dennis de Young wanted to take the band in a direction wasn't true to their base type of musicality, founding member or not. Just my opinion. I have been a fan since the beginning, and as much as I loved Dennis de Young, he rolled the dice and lost. It's that simple. And Styx music, then and now, has remained relevant and popular.
Rick! I just "blasted" you out of "13" thumbs up! You are welcome. 😄 The 70's will come back. Time is not linear. It is cyclical. Styx is so awesome. Especially in this performance, even without Dennis. The original recordings with Dennis were great but I saw and heard what he did to the band, in a concert I saw in CT. He had all the band members jumping around like pixies. My friend and I walked out after 15 minutes. It was bad. Dennis is very talented but he ruined the band. It is unfortunate but I can listen to recordings of "The Grand Illusion" and "Pieces of Eight" all day long, for free. (I paid my dues. Albums, Tapes, CD's over the years, and that wasted concert ticket. You ROCK Tommy!!)
With all do respect, what the hell are you talking about? Prior to Crystal Ball, the only Styx song I ever heard was Lady. Tommy Shaw made Styx. And yes, I am that old. 😂
Does anyone miss Dennis DeYoung. My goodness the band is good and I have loved them since 1983, but I miss Dennis. I also miss John! Whenever I hear the wooden nickel albums, I immediately think of Dennis DeYoung and John Curulewski! Awesome start to a great band.
15 years old, black lights, headphones, copious amounts of weed and this music. It was fun to be young and life is still fun. Amazing how great music is always part of everything we do.
@@DeanLaprete We have a bluray disc of the current members of this group recorded at the Rhyman Theater. Perfect video and surround sound quality. But alas, no Dennis DeYoung.😥
Music has always been a major part of my life - 66 years old now and nothing has changed - took my son to Dallas to see STYX this past year - Because of music like this, I will be a kid forever - THANK YOU STYX
Man in the Wilderness is my second favorite Styx song.Tommy Shaw made his guitar sound like nobody I’ve ever heard in the lead guitar solo in Man in the Wilderness.
I have loved Styx since I was a teenager. I am well past that now. I have seen them live several times. Tommy Shaw is just amazing. There are no words to express his talent and diversity. I love his work with CYO and Damn Yankees, and many other artists. Please Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, recognize this great talent.❤
See Tommy doesn't seem underrated to me ar all because I know how super talented he is. Styx is one of the bands I was really into and had every album from the Wooden Nickel days up to Killroy. So as much as all their first 7 or so albums are engraved in my brain I couldn't accept.. Oh just a sec. I just heard fake Dennis, or Gowan or whatever his name is and at this point, unsure what year exactly, they sound SO FRIKKN' AWSOME!! They're still on their game. Castle Walls is one of my most favorite songs EVER by any band. They slayed it!! 😍 👍👍
I’ve seen a lot of music. And I’m a player. But man I absolutely have to say thee are this performance has it all. The poses are so nss as rural and total ROCK. the reason so many people Over the last 60 years have gone to ROCK AND ROLL to Right themselves. To reconnect with the Spirit of freedom and creativity. Not to mention the SOCIAL COMMENTARY. . That’s another one of the reasons why I love Rock and Roll. The social commentary. Sheer poetry electrified. THANKS GUYS REALLY!!!
Tommy Shaw's voice is like fine wine. Age has had the effect of making it smoother, more mellow and beautiful. His voice was always lovely, now its beauty is exquisite.
I forgot how much I love Styx. Every once in a while by chance, you run into a video that brings back all of the feelings from the great music of the 70's. Best era of music ever. Too bad our kids wont know the joy of seeing this music being born. After playing Styx Greatest hits for my teenage son, he went and saw them live. He loved them as well.
Styx were a great band to see live in the 70's and 80's, but I always felt a rather unfriendly vibe coming from the band. I have seen them in the past couple of years and they seem to have lost that. Seem much friendlier among the band members and toward the audience.
Sorry, to young to remember them. I was only born back in the early 60's.🤣🤣🤣 Love both groups. I have most of their songs on the black plastic things that spin around. I forget what they are called.🤣🤣🤣
The Grand Illusion came out when I was 13. I remember my old man telling me I would "Outgrow that noise someday". I am 50 nonw and these are still 2 of my all time favourite songs! lol
your old man.. like most people.. didnt understand music. Music is about growth.. change.. ill guarantee some of the people your old man idolised saw Tommy dennis et al and ... their jaws dropped
I bought Grand Illusion in the spring of 1978 when I was in 8th grade -- it was the first record I ever purchased. I still have it. It's a fantastic album that I've listened to hundreds, if not thousands, of times since then. My favorite songs are these two -- I've listened to Man In The Wilderness and Castle Walls every year on my birthday since 1983. So much time has passed, so many friends and loved ones gone. This just takes me right back...
You and I are similar age. The Grand Illusion was one of the first albums I bought after getting a very nice stereo hifi for Christmas by my parents. My copy available up here in Canada was a special A&M mastered at half speed LP, pressed on the quietest made by JVC from Japan vinyl. A remarkable sounding LP I had to save up a bit for it as it cost twice as much as the regular pressings.😎
Classyx~Styx... These; Timeless,~Words & Music~Live... {Still} Reaches~Hearts & Souls... Like Me! Life Is a~ Journey... I myself will Continue to Keep My Eyes On~"Jesus"/Yeshua/Messiah... & His Eternal~Mercies! ~ John 3:16 For God So Loved the World that He Gave His Only Begotten Son... Believe... ✝️☘️🩸⚡🔥💟🙂😉🐑☝️🐑🐑🌅 🍁🐢🌊🚣🌊🛶🌊🌊🌊🔥🙏❤️🩹🥲💟🌬️💖🫧⛑️🌱🍉🍇 🎶🌿 🦋 🐼🐕🦅🎈👍🌎🌻🌵❄️😚🕊️😂 🏖️ ✌️
Such a momentous time in my life, and the lives of my friends. This music somehow made it all just a little easier to deal with being an American teenager. And here I sit, at 62, and listening to Styx, and to Kansas, and realizing that it never got any better than that. Thanks to Styx and Kansas !
Really good bands but mine were deep purple, rainbow, Sabbath, triumph UFO Judas priest, Dio , early Nugent,acdc, zeppelin but I liked Styx and Kansas also.
Back in the day, I wore down the "Grand Illusion" LP some much I could almost see through it and blew out a nice set of Sansui speakers in the process. I miss my black light posters, my strawberry rolling papers, and Boones Farm Wine. I miss the 70's. The End.
....sigh!...Technics turntable...Kenwood amp/equalizer...Bose 901s stacked on 501s..Meersham pipe packed with Blond Lebanese.....sound going around the room and through your soul!
@@djonpow Im totally with ya John...what great memories...If I had a time machine I'd relive the 70s over and over. My wife and I met Tommy when Styx broke up and he was out on the road behind the "Girls With Guns" LP...Helluva nice person!
Yes it was when DDY was with them now can't stand Lawrence Gowan,to much of a showman and he ruins DDY'S songs,can't hit the high notes which ruins the songs
Most bands would kill to sound this good in concert...So rarely do I hear musicians play with the same intensity and dynamism. These guys are awesome and I love it that they are still rocking despite the set backs, I have loved these guys since before they were well known and still love to listen...My favorite band of all time, really!. The music just speaks to me, like none other.
Keith T ,.... been listening almost 50 years myself . looking back the best years of my life Styx was right there with me. to the greatest band ever, I thank you.
Totally agree with you. Saw them 2 years ago and have not stopped listening to their music since. They are awesome live. Tommy can really belt out a song and J Y is unbelievable on lead guitar.
STYX was truly one of the great "super groups" of the '70s & '80s. It is beyond comprehension how they could end up playing such small venues and be all but forgotten considering the PURE trash that is called "music" today.
It's all Ghetto trash w a few exceptions ppl are so twisted now and everything is racist. Hollywood n Disney are great examples of twisted garbage and atheists. Truth
But they are still playing. I have seen them in the Ryman Auditorium and the Schermerhorn Concert hall in Nashville, a Casino in Tunica MS, any number of places in and around Atlanta over the last 25 years. They bring it Every time.
Gowan's voice fits so perfectly in Castle Walls. Castle Walls is my all time favorite Styx song. Love it with Dennis DeYoung's voice and Gowan does just as incredible of a job in it
Styx is above the rock n roll Hall of Fame this band is truly a master piece right there with Zeppelin Sabbath purple there songs are just as good God bless us all 💕🙏
Man when Tommy changes guitars that song elevated to a whole new level!! He is a very underrated guitar player compared to a lot of the rock legends. I would put him up there with about any of them!!
James Young is incredible too. Watch him play.........hes watching the audience, not the guitar, all over the neck. These guys know how to rock and make the audience feel it's just for them!!!
I like the way Shaw humbly credits Kansas/Left Overture as being his inspiration for writing "Man in the Wilderness". I didn't know that until watching this video. Both epic songs are flawlessly performed. Thank you so much for posting.
same here.. being from Kansas country, and seeing both bands together many times, it was great to hear Kansas being givin the credit they are due.. both bands are true master musician storytellers..
Kansas us my favorite all time band. Styx is right up there with them. And to hear Tommy give Kansas the credit for the insperation behind man in the wilderness was huge. They both are long deserving of the Hall of fame. Critics don't like progressive rock bands tho. What a shame.
Yeah, that tripped me up a bit! Tommy crediting Kansas! Wow! I was on holiday at the Hard Rock Hotel in Punta Cana last year and one of Tommy's guitars is on display. I just stood. And stood.
"B" side of the Grand Illusion album, ie, Miss America, Man in the Wilderness, Castle Walls, Blacklights, and full ear headphones, trust me folks, best rock Styx ever played!
yup. I thought this was their best album. When they started spitting out songs when popular, I think the quality went down. Mr. Roboto, etc, not a fan.
Timeless/ bad ass classic rock. I was a teenager in 1976 when this album was new. So very damn great. Chills, goosebumps/ memories of the greatest rock music time in history (imo). Respect. Hope to see styx again in concert. Until then I put on there music and enjoy!
Tommy Shaw is probably my favorite rock god in the world, but JY is positively a phenomenal, underrated guitarist. No one ever mentions the guy. He plays everything absolutely flawlessly and effortlessly. Big props dude!!! 🎸🎸
I agree. Tommy is like 65 years old in this video. I think he might be even better now than back in the 70's. James Young is awesome. He had a a voice back in the day too. What a great band!
And people forget that he sings several of the songs!! It's great to show it, for people to see JY!! He & JY really can play with amazing sounds with their guitars!! 🎸
Tommy Shaw you are truly awesome and a beautiful person❣️❣️❣️ Never forget the Damn Yankee days and the most iconic video in idolization of you Tommy Shaw, Ted Nugent, the other great bad ass looking guitarist,, also from another band, video content, visuals emphasis, excellent instrumentals of course, love love love lyrics and song!! The 80's Days!
One of my favs of the album grew up in Detroit. 16 yrs Old in 76 I got to hear it all every day. All my life so lucky now 63 with cancer. Heard it all. All my life litrally
I was in my late teens. Im 57 and this is still some of my favorite music. I never get tired of it. Its almost as fresh today as it was back in highschool. Great memories.
Excellent...Styx is even better than ever...I have not seen them in years live...I think it was the Return to Paradise Theater at the Summerfest stage...glad to see them still pushing their great music, and the quality of showmanship is still tops in their shows...My sister said as much when she saw them with REO, and Loveboy recently...Still love crankin up tunes like Put Me On, Borrowed Time, Super Stars, Light Up, and many others...Styx, REO, and Kansas will always be my favorite bands...thank you for all the great music 🎶
Reading some of the other comments and agree, Styx is a great band. Both of these songs are among my favorites. It’s amazing that neither Style or Foreigner are in the R&R HOF. Both bands produced many great hits over the years and still rocking.
I was very young when I heard my first song from this awesome band. The last concert before my brother died we were there together thank you Tommy Shaw for all the beautiful music.🇺🇲🦅🎸🎙️🎼🎶🦅🇺🇲
November of 2019 during their tour where they did just small theatres I took my brother Nick to see them in Utica New York. It was the last concert we ever went to together. He died in July 2020 at 63. So glad I took him they were incredible. Like to think your brother and mine are in heaven jamming out to them. Peace✌️
This is by far the best version of Styx. Being a drummer I have to admit Todd is amazing to watch. As a musician, a good performance brings tears to my eyes, and Tommy is guilty of doing that over and over throughout his career. Everyone involved in this project should be extremely proud of their body of work....
I had the pleasure of hearing Him before he joined Styx. Being a local from Montgomery, Alabama, He was with an awesomely talented young band who are still in the Hearts of fans all over the southern part of the U.S. Tommy wrote and performed Crystal Ball, also before joining Styx The band was known as HARMONY
Styx is one of the best bands ever, and what a great group of guys! I had the pleasure of meeting all of them several times when they performed at Parx Casino in Pennsylvania. Thanks for leaving me with some incredible memories guys; sure wish you'd come back and perform there again 🙂
I was lucky enough to see these guys in '81...I was a senior in high school and sat front row in front of Tommy Shaw...one of the best concerts ever...went out the next day and bought everything they had on vinyl...still have them
I saw Styx at Molson Amphitheatre outdoor in the summer of 95. Kansas actually opened up for them Kansas was good but Styx was amazing. They sound exactly like the albums with longer versions and crystal clear. ♥️
I was fortunate enough to see STYX live in 1977 in the fall (September) at the Tarrant County Convention Center (Ft. Worth, Tx) for The Grand Illusion tour. I swear to you it was life changing experience! I thought myself to be a passable musician/guitar player... but at last, I would finally get to see how IT WAS DONE. Absolute perfection through the entire setlist and Dennis DeYoung was in command! At Least until Tommy Shaw started to sing... OMFG he sang like an Angel and he and James Young played their hearts out! John Panozzo on drums (RIP) and his brother Chuck on Bass made up one of the tightest rhythm sections ever... you would be hard pressed to find better than the brothers Panozzo Watching this tonight some 35+ years later it was hard to not be overwhelmed again by the magnificent songwriting and musical expertise on display here. It doesn't get much better than this. Tommy Shaw sings as good as or better than he did when this album came out.
Tim Wilson Agreed with everything you said except it's not the same without DDY and to me Lawrence really sounds like shit but Tommy and JY sound great...
I was fortunate to see them a few months after you did...in San Diego 1978.. Left the next day for Honolulu! What an awesome concert and an excellent way to start a new life!
Just watched this again, and it's deserving of another comment. It's amazing to me, that 35 years after it was recorded, that these guys can still play live like this. This sounds like it was right off the album. Tommy's voice actually sounds even better to me. It's incredible that he still has the range. And to play these two songs together, just like on the album, was a real treat. I used to play the hell out of the Grand Illusion album, it's by far my favorite. Right up there with AC/DC's Back In Black, as far as the song quality and the way they were sequenced on the lp. You show me ANY other band that can pull off a performance like this, after 35 years. Outstanding, gentlemen.
Agree totally!! I had the pleasure of seeing them a second time.....last April in St Augustine, FL. They were incredible and their sound was absolutely perfect!
I hear you! Their harmony, Castle Walls...And how amazing for Tommy to mention opening for Kansas, Left Overture in 76 and Tommy's voice now compared to Walsh's voice now.. Crazy..
Haven’t but gonna check it out now. I broke my chops with these late 60’s, 70’s bands. This is my first return in 40 years. You know family, kids ect. This makes me want to bust out all my old guitars, grow out my now gray hair and go join a rock n roll band. 🤓 heading right now to check out your suggestion. Thanks.
@Jeff Tillman Met tommy and john panozzo in '80, when i was following Styx on tour for three months. They were incredibly kind to us.John was a sweetheart. sad we lost him so young.
Tommy and James are never mentioned in the top 100 greatest rock guitar players. Such a shame! Not to mention they belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Styx has always been one of my top 5 bands of all time. Was fortunate to see them live three times back in there prime in the late 70’s. They always put on an outstanding show. Today they still Rock with the newer blood in the band.
Always loved the band. Even way back from the beginning with DeYoung & the brothers Panozzo. Really like the twin lead guitars. Reminiscent of Duane & Dickey, Thin Lizzy & the group that started it...., Wishbone Ash!
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Grand Illusion's double pleasure on the B side. Spent many a night as a teen lying on the floor listening just to these 2 songs.
That was me. Headphones on. These 2 songs. 10 yrs old. Still listening
B side was awesome
Talk about politics. How in the world are these guys not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.. One of the top ten best rock bands ever. When music was music....Not singing someone else's song...Wish I could relive my teenage years and the 80s. Talent was real...back in those days
Styx won’t be in the hall because of how the treated Dennis De Young tossing out the founder of the group I’m a huge Styx fan but until the make amends with Dennis De Young they’ll never be nominated
The InDustry Today ! I’d Say ! Diffrent Times, I’m In Agreement, I Grew Up With Them ! They Are Deserving of Hall of Fame , Recognituon ! For Shore !!!!! 🤟
DITTO!
@@davidcamp3522 Dennis de Young wanted to take the band in a direction wasn't true to their base type of musicality, founding member or not. Just my opinion. I have been a fan since the beginning, and as much as I loved Dennis de Young, he rolled the dice and lost. It's that simple. And Styx music, then and now, has remained relevant and popular.
Tommy's voice just gets better with age!!!
Wish we could bring back the 70's so bad!!
Damn Straight
Rick! I just "blasted" you out of "13" thumbs up! You are welcome. 😄 The 70's will come back.
Time is not linear. It is cyclical.
Styx is so awesome. Especially in this performance, even without Dennis. The original recordings with Dennis were great but I saw and heard what he did to the band, in a concert I saw in CT. He had all the band members jumping around like pixies. My friend and I walked out after 15 minutes. It was bad. Dennis is very talented but he ruined the band. It is unfortunate but I can listen to recordings of "The Grand Illusion" and "Pieces of Eight" all day long, for free. (I paid my dues. Albums, Tapes, CD's over the years, and that wasted concert ticket. You ROCK Tommy!!)
What a composer, what a singer, what a musician. Tommy Shaw never got enough recognition for his amazing talent.
So he died a pauper then?
Luke Skywalker on the 6 string light sabre
With all do respect, what the hell are you talking about? Prior to Crystal Ball, the only Styx song I ever heard was Lady. Tommy Shaw made Styx. And yes, I am that old. 😂
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Some musicians such as Tommy Shaw, Andy Latimer, Ray Davies etc could never get credits even if they work miracles. What a shame!
It simply doesn't get any better than this! 66 years old and never get tired of hearing Styx, one of the best rock groups ever - period!
Does anyone miss Dennis DeYoung. My goodness the band is good and I have loved them since 1983, but I miss Dennis. I also miss John! Whenever I hear the wooden nickel albums, I immediately think of Dennis DeYoung and John Curulewski! Awesome start to a great band.
75 here...love STYX.
35 and love Styx. Their songs Renegade, Come Sail Away, and Grand Illusion playing on the radio got me hooked with their rhythm and lyrics.
We grew up with THE Best music, hands down! I’m 62
@kurtwood7480 I'm with you dude and Tommy Shaw and JY are great but not the same without DDY
15 years old, black lights, headphones, copious amounts of weed and this music. It was fun to be young and life is still fun. Amazing how great music is always part of everything we do.
Yes that was me and you I was there too and here we are again
And my strobe light from the local headshop.
@@DeanLaprete We have a bluray disc of the current members of this group recorded at the Rhyman Theater. Perfect video and surround sound quality. But alas, no Dennis DeYoung.😥
I agree, still here, lost a lot of good friends along the way, but the music lives on!
I was there !
My favorite two songs of STYX.. year 1976..
Music has always been a major part of my life - 66 years old now and nothing has changed - took my son to Dallas to see STYX this past year - Because of music like this, I will be a kid forever - THANK YOU STYX
we were so cool 😃 kids today will never know
I’m 66 and Styx can still make my heart swell and tears flow. And brother that is not a bad thing!
@@OldTrucker958 right there with you Brother
The Grand Illusion album is simply a masterpiece...😎😎😎
Damn straight
I saw them in Fayetteville NC The Grand Illusion Tour simply a masterpiece with all the older songs as well.
Saw Styx two or three times, first time was in 1976, great show with BOC..
Yes it was a masterpiece I bought that album 180 g sounds terrific
Man in the Wilderness is my second favorite Styx song.Tommy Shaw made his guitar sound like nobody I’ve ever heard in the lead guitar solo in Man in the Wilderness.
Love this song by Styx, amazing vocals by Tommy Shaw 🎤
Tommy Fucking Shaw! He writes, sings and plays guitar like no other. Truly one of the most under rated musicians on this or any other planet.
I LOVE TOMMY SHAW❣️🥰 He's gorgeous and super talented! 💋
Lots of good old Tommys out there but ain't nobody like my Tommy Fucking Shaw.😎
I have loved Styx since I was a teenager. I am well past that now. I have seen them live several times. Tommy Shaw is just amazing. There are no words to express his talent and diversity. I love his work with CYO and Damn Yankees, and many other artists. Please Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, recognize this great talent.❤
See Tommy doesn't seem underrated to me ar all because I know how super talented he is. Styx is one of the bands I was really into and had every album from the Wooden Nickel days up to Killroy. So as much as all their first 7 or so albums are engraved in my brain I couldn't accept.. Oh just a sec. I just heard fake Dennis, or Gowan or whatever his name is and at this point, unsure what year exactly, they sound SO FRIKKN' AWSOME!! They're still on their game. Castle Walls is one of my most favorite songs EVER by any band. They slayed it!! 😍 👍👍
Yep. Hysteria. Georgia lynn
I’ve seen a lot of music. And I’m a player. But man I absolutely have to say thee are this performance has it all. The poses are so nss as rural and total ROCK. the reason so many people Over the last 60 years have gone to ROCK AND ROLL to Right themselves. To reconnect with the Spirit of freedom and creativity. Not to mention the SOCIAL COMMENTARY. . That’s another one of the reasons why I love Rock and Roll. The social commentary. Sheer poetry electrified. THANKS GUYS REALLY!!!
Rock n' roll bro !!!
I never will forget this grand arcade ...simply the best ..... of the Best ...ever ....Love, Love, Love
This is what real Rock & Roll sounds like, One of the best bands of the 70s. Tommy Shaw is one of the best artists out there!
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Don't you guys think that Styx should be inducted into the Rock and roll hall of Fame? Can I get a hell yeah
Tommy shaw is one of the greatest guitarists ever
One of the best bands right now!
Amen to that. I wonder if he even knows how much he is appreciated.
Myself being a Ontario boy so proud to see a Toronto guy linked UP with one of the best rock shows in North America
Gowan and the late John Candy, same high school.
Tommy Shaw's voice is like fine wine. Age has had the effect of making it smoother, more mellow and beautiful. His voice was always lovely, now its beauty is exquisite.
I forgot how much I love Styx. Every once in a while by chance, you run into a video that brings back all of the feelings from the great music of the 70's. Best era of music ever. Too bad our kids wont know the joy of seeing this music being born. After playing Styx Greatest hits for my teenage son, he went and saw them live. He loved them as well.
speeking 70s best time my life fishin swimin kissinflying my airplanes
Styx were a great band to see live in the 70's and 80's, but I always felt a rather unfriendly vibe coming from the band. I have seen them in the past couple of years and they seem to have lost that. Seem much friendlier among the band members and toward the audience.
My first concert…starcastle styx and blue oyster cult, may 1976…all three were awesome
Styx and Kansas were and are my favorite bands. I love this song until they go Jimmy on us. Many of us do not like the reverb
Sorry, to young to remember them. I was only born back in the early 60's.🤣🤣🤣 Love both groups. I have most of their songs on the black plastic things that spin around. I forget what they are called.🤣🤣🤣
I saw Styx in 1977 at Birmingham hippodrome on the grand illusion tour , what a great night and still as good!!!
2024 still here listening to this great music.
The Grand Illusion came out when I was 13. I remember my old man telling me I would "Outgrow that noise someday". I am 50 nonw and these are still 2 of my all time favourite songs! lol
+Scott Vankeuren ~your old man didn't know what the Hell he was talking about...!
Scott Vankeuren now why does that sound familiar
The Grand Illusion is best Styx album.
your old man.. like most people.. didnt understand music. Music is about growth.. change.. ill guarantee some of the people your old man idolised saw Tommy dennis et al and ... their jaws dropped
Me to the Grand illusion was such an amazing album I wore that sucker out on record then 8 track then cassette well you get the picture :-)
I bought Grand Illusion in the spring of 1978 when I was in 8th grade -- it was the first record I ever purchased. I still have it. It's a fantastic album that I've listened to hundreds, if not thousands, of times since then. My favorite songs are these two -- I've listened to Man In The Wilderness and Castle Walls every year on my birthday since 1983.
So much time has passed, so many friends and loved ones gone. This just takes me right back...
Every man must meet his destiny.
You and I are similar age. The Grand Illusion was one of the first albums I bought after getting a very nice stereo hifi for Christmas by my parents.
My copy available up here in Canada was a special A&M mastered at half speed LP, pressed on the quietest made by JVC from Japan vinyl. A remarkable sounding LP I had to save up a bit for it as it cost twice as much as the regular pressings.😎
Happy next birthday
Classyx~Styx... These; Timeless,~Words & Music~Live... {Still} Reaches~Hearts & Souls... Like Me! Life Is a~ Journey... I myself will Continue to Keep My Eyes On~"Jesus"/Yeshua/Messiah... & His Eternal~Mercies! ~ John 3:16 For God So Loved the World that He Gave His Only Begotten Son... Believe... ✝️☘️🩸⚡🔥💟🙂😉🐑☝️🐑🐑🌅 🍁🐢🌊🚣🌊🛶🌊🌊🌊🔥🙏❤️🩹🥲💟🌬️💖🫧⛑️🌱🍉🍇 🎶🌿 🦋 🐼🐕🦅🎈👍🌎🌻🌵❄️😚🕊️😂 🏖️ ✌️
One of these days people appreciate sticks out great they were
JY & Tommy both get overlooked one of the best guitar tandems ever.!!!!!!!
Tommy Shaw is ABSOLUTELY TIMELESS!!! One of the great voices & guitarists of a generation!!
Such a momentous time in my life, and the lives of my friends. This music somehow made it all just a little easier to deal with being an American teenager.
And here I sit, at 62, and listening to Styx, and to Kansas, and realizing that it never got any better than that. Thanks to Styx and Kansas !
I'm 52 and absolutely share the sentiment!
Holy shit! He sounds EXACTLY the same as he did in the 70's!!!!!! This dude is phenomenal! Good for him :)
I hope you are referring to Tommy Shaw and not Lawrence Gowan. Because Lawrence Gowan was the replacement for Dennis DeYoung
***** Well obviously. I never even heard of Lawrence Gowan. Tommy all the way.
Haha okay. Reason why I said that is because I have talked to people who actually think Gowan is an original member. It pisses me off haha
I know right!! Absolutely amazing vocals!! Gives me goosebumps,not to mention the twin leads and harmonies!!
he's been my favorite voice from styx and his songs too even before I knew his name, but I think Gowan is a great musician too
I am so lucky to have lived my teens from 1974-1980. Influenced by the best music the world will ever see.
Kansas and Styx. Two of my all-time favorite bands. R.I.P. Robbie Steinhardt, you were awesome.
Really good bands but mine were deep purple, rainbow, Sabbath, triumph UFO Judas priest, Dio , early Nugent,acdc, zeppelin but I liked Styx and Kansas also.
No other way to say it. Tommy Shaw is as talented as any vocalist/ guitarist/song writer has ever been.
So many people talking about how great Tommy is (and HE IS!). But what about JY coming in with that TASTY solo at 11:14
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Triumphs singer/lead guitarist is pretty damn good too… both are amazing talents and I love their music.
@@ruthylopezIt’s one of my fave Styx solos!! He kills it!!
@@ruthylopez I was thinking the same thing!
Tommy with the cast iron vocal chords. The years have been very kind.
No shit man, he hasnt dropped a beat.
Nice und insane the voice of an Angel ... Right ?
@@Bucktard2 Just saw them this past Saturday...awesome! Tommy just as strong as ever!
I only wish I could have seen them in person. One of Rock's "GREATEST"
Hell yeah, those high notes so effortless
Tommy Shaw should go into the Rock and Roll hall of fame singer song writer?
Yes he should. 😇👏👏
Great
The Rock and Roll Hall of LAME does not deserve Tommy Shaw or anyone in Styx.
Yes he should
Why is that even a question - absolutely yes!
WOW, I can't believe all the views and comments on this. I grew up with Styx. Glad I was able to share this.
Thank you for sharing :)
Thank you....fucking awesome!
I'm getting emotional right now. Tons of memories.
Thank you for uploading !!!
Thanks so much! Styx has always been my fave. I can't believe how awesome they sound still. Castle Walls, amazing..
PLEASE never take this post down, it helps me so much at least once a week ❤
Wowwwww. 71.
Looks such amazing music❤❤❤
Back in the day, I wore down the "Grand Illusion" LP some much I could almost see through it and blew out a nice set of Sansui speakers in the process. I miss my black light posters, my strawberry rolling papers, and Boones Farm Wine. I miss the 70's. The End.
uncle wiggily i ruined the cassette tape
@@cowboyupnow63 I ruined the 8-track....
I miss everything except for the Boone's Farm wine........... lol
....sigh!...Technics turntable...Kenwood amp/equalizer...Bose 901s stacked on 501s..Meersham pipe packed with Blond Lebanese.....sound going around the room and through your soul!
@@djonpow Im totally with ya John...what great memories...If I had a time machine I'd relive the 70s over and over. My wife and I met Tommy when Styx broke up and he was out on the road behind the "Girls With Guns" LP...Helluva nice person!
Don’t care what anybody says. This is the greatest classical rock band. Totally inspired and definitely channeling from the Angels.
I agree 100 %!
Yes it was when DDY was with them now can't stand Lawrence Gowan,to much of a showman and he ruins DDY'S songs,can't hit the high notes which ruins the songs
Most bands would kill to sound this good in concert...So rarely do I hear musicians play with the same intensity and dynamism. These guys are awesome and I love it that they are still rocking despite the set backs, I have loved these guys since before they were well known and still love to listen...My favorite band of all time, really!. The music just speaks to me, like none other.
+Kevin T seen them 4 times
+Steven brown wolf They are awesome ...saw them 6 times but all with Gowan....he fills deyoungs shoes awesomely....
Keith T ,.... been listening almost 50 years myself . looking back the best years of my life Styx was right there with me. to the greatest band ever, I thank you.
Totally agree with you. Saw them 2 years ago and have not stopped listening to their music since. They are awesome live. Tommy can really belt out a song and J Y is unbelievable on lead guitar.
I saw them when they were an opening act the first time around ~ mid 70's. May have been on the same bill as Journey, before Steve Perry.
I love so many of their songs but this one is at the top, along with Boat on the River.
Great songs from a 1977 masterpiece. Those were the days everybody.
STYX was truly one of the great "super groups" of the '70s & '80s. It is beyond comprehension how they could end up playing such small venues and be all but forgotten considering the PURE trash that is called "music" today.
Yes and Amen.Love
It's all Ghetto trash w a few exceptions ppl are so twisted now and everything is racist. Hollywood n Disney are great examples of twisted garbage and atheists. Truth
Styx was one of the best bands in the 70s n 80s for sure and they sound even great now.
But they are still playing.
I have seen them in the Ryman Auditorium and the Schermerhorn Concert hall in Nashville, a Casino in Tunica MS, any number of places in and around Atlanta over the last 25 years.
They bring it Every time.
Your absolutely rgt there's not alot of music in the last 25 yrs that's good
Man in the Wilderness is one of my favorite songs written by Tommy. Fantastic guitar backing by JY Young! Wow!
Gowan's voice fits so perfectly in Castle Walls. Castle Walls is my all time favorite Styx song. Love it with Dennis DeYoung's voice and Gowan does just as incredible of a job in it
I agree
Yep
Styx is above the rock n roll Hall of Fame this band is truly a master piece right there with Zeppelin Sabbath purple there songs are just as good God bless us all 💕🙏
Man when Tommy changes guitars that song elevated to a whole new level!! He is a very underrated guitar player compared to a lot of the rock legends. I would put him up there with about any of them!!
He doesn’t get enough credit, the whole band should get more credit
Many years ago I read that STYX was just LOVED to be hated by the critics. I never understood why...STYX S AN AWESOME ROCK BAND.
Tommy shows why he was also part of Damn Yankees. Super talent.
Of course he is; both guitarists are exceptional players.
James Young is incredible too. Watch him play.........hes watching the audience, not the guitar, all over the neck. These guys know how to rock and make the audience feel it's just for them!!!
I like the way Shaw humbly credits Kansas/Left Overture as being his inspiration for writing "Man in the Wilderness". I didn't know that until watching this video. Both epic songs are flawlessly performed. Thank you so much for posting.
same here.. being from Kansas country, and seeing both bands together many times, it was great to hear Kansas being givin the credit they are due.. both bands are true master musician storytellers..
Kansas us my favorite all time band. Styx is right up there with them. And to hear Tommy give Kansas the credit for the insperation behind man in the wilderness was huge.
They both are long deserving of the Hall of fame. Critics don't like progressive rock bands tho. What a shame.
That is cool, had no idea either. Wish I would have seen that tour.
Leftoverture is still awesome to listen to and a must-have in your collection.
Yeah, that tripped me up a bit! Tommy crediting Kansas! Wow! I was on holiday at the Hard Rock Hotel in Punta Cana last year and one of Tommy's guitars is on display. I just stood. And stood.
"B" side of the Grand Illusion album, ie, Miss America, Man in the Wilderness, Castle Walls, Blacklights, and full ear headphones, trust me folks, best rock Styx ever played!
no doubt... epic tunes most don't even know about
I agree! Had the poster on my wall as a kid in '77. Took a few rips off a bowl and I was blown away by this album. I fucking LOVE Styx!
yup. I thought this was their best album. When they started spitting out songs when popular, I think the quality went down. Mr. Roboto, etc, not a fan.
Timeless/ bad ass classic rock. I was a teenager in 1976 when this album was new. So very damn great. Chills, goosebumps/ memories of the greatest rock music time in history (imo). Respect. Hope to see styx again in concert. Until then I put on there music and enjoy!
@@spockmcoyissmart961 Gotta agree with you there. But *this* album? This album is as good as it gets.
Their music brings back so many great memories! I felt so alive!!!
Man in the Wilderness is one of their best songs.
I agree
Yes indeed Tommy Belongs in the Rock and Roll hall of fame!!!!
Tommy Shaw is probably my favorite rock god in the world, but JY is positively a phenomenal, underrated guitarist. No one ever mentions the guy. He plays everything absolutely flawlessly and effortlessly. Big props dude!!! 🎸🎸
I agree. Tommy is like 65 years old in this video. I think he might be even better now than back in the 70's.
James Young is awesome. He had a a voice back in the day too. What a great band!
He doesn’t read music. Plays by practice and ear. Amazing!
I agree with the jy part
And people forget that he sings several of the songs!! It's great to show it, for people to see JY!! He & JY really can play with amazing sounds with their guitars!! 🎸
Have always thought JY was underrated. And Tommy should get wings when he dies.
One of the best harmonizing vocal bands of all time!
JY is a criminally underrated guitarist.
Tommy Shaw you are truly awesome and a beautiful person❣️❣️❣️ Never forget the Damn Yankee days and the most iconic video in idolization of you Tommy Shaw, Ted Nugent, the other great bad ass looking guitarist,, also from another band, video content, visuals emphasis, excellent instrumentals of course, love love love lyrics and song!! The 80's Days!
One of my favs of the album grew up in Detroit. 16 yrs Old in 76 I got to hear it all every day. All my life so lucky now 63 with cancer. Heard it all. All my life litrally
I was in my late teens. Im 57 and this is still some of my favorite music.
I never get tired of it. Its almost as fresh today as it was back in highschool.
Great memories.
I saw Styx perform this music in about 1979 on a warm summer outdoor night. It was magical!
Excellent...Styx is even better than ever...I have not seen them in years live...I think it was the Return to Paradise Theater at the Summerfest stage...glad to see them still pushing their great music, and the quality of showmanship is still tops in their shows...My sister said as much when she saw them with REO, and Loveboy recently...Still love crankin up tunes like Put Me On, Borrowed Time, Super Stars, Light Up, and many others...Styx, REO, and Kansas will always be my favorite bands...thank you for all the great music 🎶
Reading some of the other comments and agree, Styx is a great band. Both of these songs are among my favorites. It’s amazing that neither Style or Foreigner are in the R&R HOF. Both bands produced many great hits over the years and still rocking.
Styx is one of the greatest bands live I have been to many concerts and rarely seen anybody perform like they do
This song stirs the soul. Tommy is such a force !!
Seeing Styx Live is always a teary-eyed, exhiliarating experience...Forever fan..
Yea, me too.
Well said.
I've always had a craving to go to a Styx concert! I am such a huge Styx head! STYX FOR LIFE! :D
TEARY EYES HERE TO you said it fan forever
so true kelly in this video when they broke into sail away superstars memories made me tear up an i'm going to be 60
they are just as good , if not better live then on their albums
Thanks for giving us all the years of awesome music, one awesome band, got me through a lot of crap in my life!
FANTABULOUS! Woo-Wee! 1st Time For This MasterPiece in History! Yes, was @ Styx in Portland, Oregon Coliseum 76/77★ This IS Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy♥
I was very young when I heard my first song from this awesome band. The last concert before my brother died we were there together thank you Tommy Shaw for all the beautiful music.🇺🇲🦅🎸🎙️🎼🎶🦅🇺🇲
November of 2019 during their tour where they did just small theatres I took my brother Nick to see them in Utica New York. It was the last concert we ever went to together. He died in July 2020 at 63. So glad I took him they were incredible. Like to think your brother and mine are in heaven jamming out to them. Peace✌️
That drummer is a BEAST !!!!
This is by far the best version of Styx. Being a drummer I have to admit Todd is amazing to watch. As a musician, a good performance brings tears to my eyes, and Tommy is guilty of doing that over and over throughout his career. Everyone involved in this project should be extremely proud of their body of work....
I am also a drummer and saw them this past May. Todd is certainly one of the best in the business and Tommy defies age. Amazing voice!
Plus he tunes his drums to sit in the right pocket of "depth" to really let Tommy's higher powerful vocals soar here. It's truly a wonderful mix.
the base guitar and the drummer are very good but i miss the pinazo brother's. sad they both died. sorry i didn't spell their name right
@@frankibelt8447 Chuck Panozzo is still with us, and still performs at some of Styxs shows! John passed in 1996.
Dennis deyoung was the best era. However this is their best drummer. I've seen both line ups . John was still pretty good
I had the pleasure of hearing Him before he joined Styx. Being a local from Montgomery, Alabama,
He was with an awesomely talented young band who are still in the Hearts of fans all over the southern part of the U.S.
Tommy wrote and performed Crystal Ball, also before joining Styx
The band was known as HARMONY
styx is and always will be the kings of mystical rock n roll
Hats off and hi five this band is the most popular 19 70s and 80s cranking up on pioneer super tune
Mystical matrix galaxy 31 rok rok this tune is dreams
Awesome awesome song. Takes you too that place im 62 n will never outgrow this rock
2020 and Tommy Shaw is even better. Keep it coming we need more great music now more than ever. Love you.
Hello, how are you doing? it’s nice seeing you here.
One of my all time favorite Styx songs!!!....Sometimes I still feel like a man in the wilderness and I will be 52 soon....
im 57 18 days off 15 years hevy opiates just moved northen Wisconsin loging country wildernes
@@williamhaugem7505 been there done that. Props!
The hidden gem .
Tommy Shaw.Legend!
+bannsidereddie best singer and guitar player that ever walked this earth!
i thought LEGEND was his first name, not last
of the best songs Tommy Shaw is a great writer singer guitarist he writes so relatable songs
Styx is one of the best bands ever, and what a great group of guys! I had the pleasure of meeting all of them several times when they performed at Parx Casino in Pennsylvania. Thanks for leaving me with some incredible memories guys; sure wish you'd come back and perform there again 🙂
Castle Walls is in my top 3 Styx songs of all time. Such a GREAT tune.
Such a great song with incredible lyrics.
Hall of fame ...WAKE UP!!
they don't make music like this nowadays..........great clarity on video.
Who would have ever written music like Tom Sholtz Boston back in the 70's truly more modern and still fits the bill
And when this song was written...music from the 50’s wasn’t being written any more, either...what is your point
I was lucky enough to see these guys in '81...I was a senior in high school and sat front row in front of Tommy Shaw...one of the best concerts ever...went out the next day and bought everything they had on vinyl...still have them
I saw Styx at Molson Amphitheatre outdoor in the summer of 95. Kansas actually opened up for them Kansas was good but Styx was amazing. They sound exactly like the albums with longer versions and crystal clear. ♥️
I was fortunate enough to see STYX live in 1977 in the fall (September) at the Tarrant County Convention Center (Ft. Worth, Tx) for The Grand Illusion tour. I swear to you it was life changing experience! I thought myself to be a passable musician/guitar player... but at last, I would finally get to see how IT WAS DONE. Absolute perfection through the entire setlist and Dennis DeYoung was in command! At Least until Tommy Shaw started to sing... OMFG he sang like an Angel and he and James Young played their hearts out! John Panozzo on drums (RIP) and his brother Chuck on Bass made up one of the tightest rhythm sections ever... you would be hard pressed to find better than the brothers Panozzo
Watching this tonight some 35+ years later it was hard to not be overwhelmed again by the magnificent songwriting and musical expertise on display here. It doesn't get much better than this.
Tommy Shaw sings as good as or better than he did when this album came out.
Tim Wilson Agreed with everything you said except it's not the same without DDY and to me Lawrence really sounds like shit but Tommy and JY sound great...
Now this is how you write a comment! (Ref. Alexander Rybak’s “That’s How You Write a Song”)
I agree with everything you said. I saw them live for the first time about 2 years ago & they blew me away. In no way is that depressing.
I was 13 Mississippi Valley Fair Grounds, Davenport IA, saw KISS ALIVE at 11 Dav IA never to young DENNIS to start✌️
I was fortunate to see them a few months after you did...in San Diego 1978.. Left the next day for Honolulu! What an awesome concert and an excellent way to start a new life!
Just watched this again, and it's deserving of another comment. It's amazing to me, that 35 years after it was recorded, that these guys can still play live like this. This sounds like it was right off the album. Tommy's voice actually sounds even better to me. It's incredible that he still has the range. And to play these two songs together, just like on the album, was a real treat. I used to play the hell out of the Grand Illusion album, it's by far my favorite. Right up there with AC/DC's Back In Black, as far as the song quality and the way they were sequenced on the lp. You show me ANY other band that can pull off a performance like this, after 35 years. Outstanding, gentlemen.
Well said. This is a hauntingly melodic song. Pulls at the soul with utter sheer.
Agree totally!! I had the pleasure of seeing them a second time.....last April in St Augustine, FL. They were incredible and their sound was absolutely perfect!
I hear you! Their harmony, Castle Walls...And how amazing for Tommy to mention opening for Kansas, Left Overture in 76 and Tommy's voice now compared to Walsh's voice now.. Crazy..
Heck i have this on my saved list just to watch over and over and over.
Lark Raines Tommy Shaw still kills it!
Tommy Shaw is a next level badass. This is an incredible performance! It sounds like I'm putting the studio record on. Unbelievable!
I was born too late 😔
Damn right. Tommy Shaw is a damn beast!!
He's one of the few old rockers who hasn't completely trashed his voice. He can still soar!
You can tell my James Young's expressions how much he enjoys these songs. Amazing band under appreciated but many.
Got to see this myself back in July (24) in Charleston SC. Sound was great! Styx is a great group to see live!
Anybody seen Tommy with Daryl's house? Tommy is such a humbled man.
You have that 100% right. I was fortunate enough to meet Him. Amazing singer songwriter. Definitely one of my favorite memories.
Haven’t but gonna check it out now. I broke my chops with these late 60’s, 70’s bands. This is my first return in 40 years. You know family, kids ect. This makes me want to bust out all my old guitars, grow out my now gray hair and go join a rock n roll band. 🤓 heading right now to check out your suggestion. Thanks.
Todd's style of drumming really adds a new flavor to Styx,s great classic tunes
Yes, he was great. Tried not to laugh at Daryl trying to keep pace with Tommy.
@Jeff Tillman
Met tommy and john panozzo in '80, when i was following Styx on tour for three months. They were incredibly kind to us.John was a sweetheart. sad we lost him so young.
Stellar performance of "Castle Walls"! Gave me chills! Tommy and James are Gods...
These guys are my favorite band, always have been, since 1976.
Tommy and James are never mentioned in the top 100 greatest rock guitar players. Such a shame! Not to mention they belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Own Grand Illusion...Classic Album
Man, we lived through some good times! (Class of '75)
'77!...still rockin'!
Class of 73 for me. Very good times. I still have my Styx albums.
class of 80 and still listen to all this old crap on my Klipsch cornwalls, very loud
Class of 73 for me!! Yep, 65 now!!
'76!
Styx was absolutely part of my teen days, and beyond, as was Journey! 😎👍
Freaking amazing! As good or even better than back in the day. My favorite ALL TIME band and singer songwriter. Styx/Tommy Shaw. A national treasure.
Just love watching Styx Tommy Shaw is brilliant love it 😀
Styx is awesome every time I've seen them
Tommy Shaw underrated guitarist he is phenomenal and vocals tremendous
My two fave bands of the 70', Styx and Queen! Both were outstanding live shows to see!
Styx has always been one of my top 5 bands of all time. Was fortunate to see them live three times back in there prime in the late 70’s. They always put on an outstanding show. Today they still Rock with the newer blood in the band.
1980 or 1981. Paradise Theater album. Saw Styx live in Houston, Texas. I am now older.
Always loved the band. Even way back from the beginning with DeYoung & the brothers Panozzo.
Really like the twin lead guitars. Reminiscent of Duane & Dickey, Thin Lizzy & the group that started it...., Wishbone Ash!
Father-in-law drove bus for them😊