You have a great taste about music, is so hard to day to find someone could apreciated this kind of bands, at least where i live. sometimes i feel so lonely 😢👌
I got pulled over for speeding in town about 15 years ago. I’m 63 now, so I was in my late 40’s. Cop asked me why I was speeding. I said I was listening to “Renegade” 😬 He gave me a warning and let me go 😛
I got busted for speeding in the 70's. My car was very obvious, there was 1 similar to mine but was brown. Mine was white. My best friend had his mother's car, she was an ER nurse and had to have her car. So in an effort to get her car home we decided to play race car so we could get it home in time. I was in my car, he was behind me when I ran the stop sign by the libary. He stopped and saw the cops sitting at the red light about a hundred yards away. When he saw i wasn't going to stop he pulled out behind me and started flashing his lights. I thought he meant to go faster. So i dropped the hammer. A little side note here, what i didn't know was inside the cop car was an officer all us hippies considered a friend. He was a great cop as was all the local cops except 1. The other asshole we wouldn't have walked across the street to piss on him if his guts were on fire. Also in the car was a newly minted officer. 1st night on the job. First hour on the job. His 1st patrol was from the pig pen to the red light (about a 100 yards) when the officer saw me run the stop sign. By the time he flipped on the lights i was over the hill and couldn't see them. Back to the story. As i said my friend was behind me flashing his lights, so I went faster. The reason he was flashing his lights was because he saw the cop car and was flashing his lights to get me to stop. Which i would have i wasn't worried about a speeding ticket. As i said all local stoners had worked out an agreement with local enforcement if we saw anything totally wrong we'd let them know, I mean like breaking into a house or stealing someone's stereo. That shit is just wrong and we didn't need you in our group. Hence if they saw us breaking small time laws, rolling through stop signs, doing more than 10 mph over the speed limit they would pull us over and bitch us out. We drove/raced towards his house. There was a very tricky turn that is deadly at speeds over 45 has caused dozens of fender benders. In fact 2 of my friends were killed at that turn. From that turn there's a straight stretch for almost 3/4 mile, when i was about to turn off the main road i saw the flashing lights. So i pulled over and stopped. They were so far behind i had time to get out of my car. When the officer got out of the car I got to hear a phrase I'd always wanted to hear. It was a cop screaming in my face "just where the fuck is the fire", i busted out laughing and after him bitchin at me like my father for 5-10 minutes he calmed down. The next problem was when he asked for my license. I told him i lost them. He didn't wait for an explanation. He thought they were suspended, they weren't suspended i had physically lost them. I no longer carry a wallet because I've lost at least 6 and approximately $800, unknown sets of keys, I am now limited to no more than $20. This was agreed upon by all parties. Anyway after he calmed down and got down to writing the ticket as I'm watching i saw that I was being charged with doing 95 in a 25 mph zone and reckless operation. My cohort had to deal with the new guy, the cop was not gonna let the newby talk to me. He said the guy was shaking so bad he offered to fill the ticket out for him. Since he had his mother's car she had to get out of bed to come down and identify her car a say it wasn't stolen. I used this time to practice the ancient art of ass kissing. I was waiting for my friend to be released and the cop pulled in. I went over and apologized and said how stupid it was. I told him we were just dickin' around. I asked him at what point they got a speed reading on me? He said they couldn't so they went with how fast they had to go ketch me. But by simply apologizing I got my ticket dropped from speeding and reckless operation to just speeding. About a $100 cheaper and only 2 pts on my license instead of 6. The new officer? When they got him back to the station it took them almost 2 hours to talk him out quitting. He said he didn't want to work with crazy bastards like me. After we trained him he turned out to be a pretty decent cop.
They really blew me away! I saw them a few years ago with Foreigner and Kansas and I swear they sounded like I was listening to a recording they were so tight
They use this song in an episode of Supernatural. It is one of the best music cues I have seen in a TV show. Styx came to the local county fair. I told my mom I was going and asked if she wanted to come. When we got there the guy next to us, around my mom's age, asked if my mom had dragged me there. She said nope I dragged my mom.
Rich Langdon, Styx was powerful. Lady was their 1st song. Dennis we Young write the sing in his garage. Friends got together and firmed a band around it.
When I saw them at the Minnesota state fair in 1999, Tommy Shaw said he was writing Crystal Ball when he was asked to join Styx. Renegade was their finale that night.
"I bet this song is insane at a concert." This song is insane at Heinz Field in the 4th quarter on 3rd down coming out of a timeout when the Steelers need a stop! GO STEELERS!!!!
As Najee would say 'Hella Sung'.... Thanks 'Stynx' for allowing The Steelers to officially use your kickass song as our home game fight song...'Here-We-Come'😎👍🏼
Out of all the amazing music cues in the show Supernatural, the one using this song is my absolute favorite. No matter how many times I watch that scene, I get chills.
They are also one of those groups who did it all. You can't compare Styx to anybody else. Some people compare them to Queen, but they both sound different.
Styx-show me the way. A great song. Now you know why those of us who grew up in the 70's and 80's say the music of today is soulless, tasteless, mindless garbage. Because we grew up on real music played and sung by people who had real talent and who loved what they were doing.
I agree but I have been watching a guitar prodigy from Australia that is now 11 that's giving me hope for the future, especially since we are losing so many great musicians. He actually has come out with his first song. He even has played in Vegas at The House of Blues with Carlos Santana.
@@valogden that's what i needed to here. There are still people out there who have real talent, we just need to find them and give them what they need to let that talent grow and mature. People also need to learn how to write real songs again. But at least we have hope for the future.
My brother, my fellow human being. Your a good man. Please, please keep your family and yourself safe from the chaos out there that these evil people are causing. We all love your videos, you bring much happiness to us by your work here, an escape from the insanity we are bombarded with all day.
While I was in the Army and stationed in Germany, The Renegades was the nickname my squad gave ourselves. We'd start everyone of our parties with this song. Thank you for bringing back so many good memories.
Thank you Jamel for doing "my" Styx. I've been requesting them. They have so many songs, it's incredible. Yes, *"Renegade"* is always a crowd pleaser. It's such a rocker. Tommy, the singer/songwriter of the song never really said what the "subject" actually did. He said he doesn't even really know where it came from. *"Miss America"* is another great rocker from the band, with a different lead vocalist...
@@jamelakajamal ~ Oh, that sound you heard, and were asking "What is that?" It's a keyboards section. And the person on lead guitar for *"Renegade,"* is also the lead vocalist for *"Miss America."*
Tommy Shaw is such a talent. Always think of him in the video of “Too Much Time on My Hands,” and “High Enough,” when he went on to front Damn Yankees. Crazy rock tenor voice.
@@andyscott5277 ~ Tommy Shaw is one of my all time favorite male rock vocalists. But I also like his lyrical style. I call Tommy the "King Of Introspection". Because he's always singing about looking at ourselves, and what we can do to improve our lives. He's a realist, and his lyrics are almost always relatable to something many people have experienced. •Who hasn't been unemployed, (Blue Collar Man, Too Much Time On My Hands)? •How many people have had a substance abuse problem, (Reach For The Bottle)? •Have you ever felt as if you didn't fit in anywhere, (Outsider)? •How often have we all wondered what our future holds, (Crystal Ball)? These are all subjects he's addressed in his songs (which I listed in parentheses). All relatable to someone somewhere...
Thank you for listening to Styx! One of my absolute favorite bands. You cant go wrong with ANY of their songs. A little trivia..... Styx only had ONE number one song. I’m always so shocked at that. They were huge. I have come to the conclusion that there were soooo.. many great bands back then, that the competition was crazy. That’s my two cents on that. Who reading this would agree??
Frank Altrui I like a lot of the later stuff from Kansas as well “ Fight Fire with Fire “ and “ Everybody’s my Friend “ are great songs from the eighties.
Look up the sound check video "Down the Road" from their "Know Place Like Home" DVD. That show brought back former band members Kerry Livgren (pre-stroke) and Steve Morse. The interlude part of the song where Steve Walsh (organ), David Ragsdale (violin), and all three guitarists all get their own time to solo still blows me away to this day. And in to that this was filmed live with no overdubs...you will see what fantastic musicians these guys are.
Jamel, you mentioned how great this song would be in concert.... You should see and here it when it's played at Heinz Field. Inspirational and motivating.
Styx is such an amazing rabbit hole. Multiple lead singers, basically multiple lead guitars. Amazing musicianship and songwriting all around in the band. So many different sounds if you listen to a lot of their songs.
In a world of "hate+discontent",you make me just wanna DANCE!! I remember this one blasting on boardwalk Himalaya Ride in Ocean City Maryland as a kid in the '70's.ROCK ON,MAN!😎🤙
Thank you for choosing Styx. Their music has stood the test of time. Tommy Shaw works with a youth orchestra, and their performance of “Fooling Yourself “ is unbelievable. It is worthwhile for you to profile, and I encourage everyone to watch them. You are my favorite RUclipsr, Jamal!
Might be because a certain "Renegade" has been rumored to have been caught and executed. That part about "I don't wanna go!", sounds just like how it happened. Dragged to the firing line, whimpering like a wounded animal!
When this song was released and hit the airwaves, it was hugely popular. So many great Styx songs! 'Crystal Ball' is my fav. You'd like it too, I imagine.
anything styx does in concert is insane. the crowd participation and reaction. My pops and I used to go see them whenever they were in town. Dad and I fought a lot...many days I hated him as much as I loved him..but our love of music was a shared thing. Probably why despite the dichotomy of that relationship...why I miss him so much some days
I caught Styx in concert at the Budokan January, 1982. At the end of the show Dennise DeYoung shaved off his mustache. Haha, the Japanese audience loved it.
Rabbit Hole! Perfect Words, from Lorelei to Snowblind this great Band with three different vocals searing through their catalogue hits is for sure A Rabbit Hole of tasty tunes!
@@jeffcobb2734 Absolutely all great songs... "Queen Of Spades" "Lights" "Great White Hope" "Grand Illusion" "Love In The Midnight" "I'm Ok" "Half Penny Two Penny" "Best Of Times" "Babe" "Too Much Time On My Hands" "Rockin In Paradise" Their playlist is deep....!
Styx always had stellar vocal chops, especially with their 3-part harmonies. Another awesome but underrated song by them is 'Superstars" from the epic The Grand Illusion album.
All time Favorite of Styx.. love me some Tommy Shaw. This song still gives me chills... Love it. Had a friend 25 yrs ago that loved Styx also but he loved Dennis DeYoung.. all good.. He had money and would take me and my husband to Styx concerts all over the country.. Have to thank him because we loved every dang concert.. Renegade will always be my all time favorite.
Was waiting on the realization that you’d heard it before. Too much time on my hands, come sail away, babe, mr. roboto, Crystal ball, the best of time, and many others from Styx
That is Tommy Shaw singing. He did a lot of their hits. He eventually left and Joined Damn Yankees with Jack Blades from Night Ranger and Ted Nugent. Night Ranger and Damn Yankees are two bands I'd love to see you react to.
Oh love me some night ranger when you close your eyes four in the morning You can still rock in America they had those two back to back kick ass albums in the early 80s midnight madness and seven wishes. Yeah sister Christian is the one that everyone knows is night ranger but there’s so many better songs than that
@@LA-fz5qw sister Christian is actually a song of Kelly keagy's sister Christine but Jack and Brad thought that Kelly was saying Christian and that's how the song came about. The song "Goodbye" gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it,it was Jack's brother dying from a drug overdose and you can tell it is emotional for Jack and from Kelly in his vocals for the song
As a man who saw Styx perform this song back in the day when they were in their prime... You, the crowd enthusiastically clapped in rhythm when it came to the bridge of the song.
So many good song to choose from. Too Much Time On My Hands, Lorilei, Sing For The Day, Blue Collar Man, Foolin' Yourself, Boat On The River. A few years ago Tommy Shaw and Styx did some shows with the Cleveland Youth Orchestra. I've seen clips on RUclips and it's on Amazon Prime.
Such and underrated and underplayed song. "I stood on a ridge and shunned religion thinking the world was mine I made my break and a big mistake, stealin' when I shoulda' been buyin'!" J definitely needs to listen to that!!!!!
Any Heep especially from the Hensley years, so many well written songs and so many different feels from Gypsy(s) early metal, to folk inspired lady in black, "Cowboy" metal of Stealin, and tearful song of lost love of Rain. And the symphonic metal Salisbury at around 18 minutes.
i had the absolute pleasure of seeing Styx perform this live at Texas Jam 1983 as the headlining act. They were amazeballz and it was an experience not to be forgotten!
The Best of Times by Styx was our senior song in hs. Renegade is my favorite but they have many amazing songs. Tommy Shaw starts singing this acapello in concert and the crowd goes crazy. You should do Too Much Time On My Hands from the official video with Tommy in the blue jumpsuit and great facial expressions. Babe by Styx is a great song. It was out around the same time as Sail On by Commodores and Rock With You by Michael Jackson. We had jukebox in our school cafeteria in hs and all of those were on it. Good times!!! Thanks for reaching to this song!❤😊
The Great 70's Band STYX. Love Tommy Shaw, Dennis DeYoung Harmony's. LIGHTUP, BLUE COLLAR MAN, Some Really Good Live Versions of this Group. Peace Out....
Glad to see some love for Styx, my father is actually a guitar technician for the band so I know each band member personally and have been to many shows. Check out Grand Illusion, I think you’ll like it man.
THANK YOU for doing STYX!!!!! Just for fun... You really should look up some videos of their live performances from the past couple years, so you can see what they look like now, even after rocking out for more than 45 years... you can tell they absolutely love being on stage, and they are still rocking! They were still touring until Covid shut down concerts everywhere. I think you would really like Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man), Blue Collar Man, Crystal Ball, Babe, The Best of Times, and the list goes on. Another thing that's really cool is the series of videos that they did where they periodically team up with a group of teens called Contemporary Youth Orchestra. Sometimes it's just Tommy Shaw (lead singer) with CYO, and sometimes it's the whole band. The kids, the band, the audience... all having an absolute blast singing/playing classic STYX songs. Sooooo much fun to watch!
Saw this band live in 1981 during my sophomore year in high school. They were two hours late arriving to the show due to a snow storm, so they allowed us to take our ticket stub to a local record store and get a free album. Got to remember guys, especially you younger ones, this was 1981, we still had vinyl. What an awesome show it was!
You should check out "Lady" and "Suite Madam Blue" and "Crystal Ball" from Styx as well !! Thank you For hanging out with all of us, feels like I'm watching and listening with a friend ! You Rock :)
I love watching your reaction to the classic music my generation grew up with. We’re all sitting here waiting for “the part” where we know it’s going to change up and shock you. 😂
ted ritola I agree. The 70’s was the seminal decade for so so so many genres we still listen to today. Prog rock, pop rock, fusion, funk, yacht rock, hip-hop, new wave, punk, electronic. And they weren’t just experimenting and tinkering-they were writing great songs, too.
I LOVE THIS SONG. Styx were the first band I had ever listened to. My brother had left to college leaving his portable cassette player and I loved the cover on the cassette cover I just put in and started listening to it. LOVE STYX!
You need to check out Tracy Chapman - Fast Car.... Great song, powerful lyrics...... This is a great live version Tracy Chapman - Fast Car - 12/4/1988 - Oakland Coliseum Arena (Official)
When you mentioned just now about seeing it in concert you are absolutely right. I was just going to say this. That song at a show is the most uniting experience in the universe. It's so much fun. Styx never fails to put on an amazing show. I would see them if you have the chance. I know that Styx is coming with Foreigner & John Waite. It will be pissah! 😊 I have tickets for August
Oh, that beginning part is ridiculously iconic! Definitely watch the Supernatural Renegade clip. It should come up right away if you search it. Man, talk about Chilling! That was one of the best scenes Supernatural ever did.
This may be a small thing but Tommy Shaw isnt the main singer ...yes he did a lot of lead vocals but he also shared that description with Dennis DeYoung ..former member of STYX ..which by the way Dennis did most of the main vocals so actually Dennis DeYoung was the lead vocalist...
Heard this song on the radio as I was driving the other day, turned it up to the max and was, like, “Ah, yes . . . I remember how great this song was.” Only wish I had a car stereo in which the entire street could have had this tremendous feast of the ears . . . bangin.
As a lifelong Steeler fan I can tell you this song is very important. You should see what happens when they play it. A can of ass whuppin gets opened to hell.up.
Awesome! You started the clap exactly where we do it at the concert!! I've loved Styx since college - and I have tickets to see them in Las Vegas in September!!
Renegade is one of those few songs that grab you by the throat and chokes you then you find yourself nodding in approval. There is no intro music or watered down bourbon here. Straight out the gun, 200 proof Kentucky Bourbon. That’s what grabs you. The screaming and music part chokes you. By that time the Bourbon is in full effect and you start enjoying it. You have to listen again so you can savor the choking part. Look at Jamal’s expressions. It grabbed his attention. By him stopping it and he was able to thoroughly enjoy the choking part. The Bourbon was smooth going down by then.
“Renegade” is the last song Styx plays in its encore. The crowd goes bat shit crazy!
The beginning is especially haunting when you realize the drum is thumping in the background like his terrified heartbeat.
I never realized that. I have a totally new appreciation for the song
Its a cool heartbeat, but that BPM is way too low to be terrified.
@@MrGameControler long slow walk to the death. It only speeds up when it's happening.
"We don't just listen to music, we feel it." And this is why you're one of my favorite RUclipsrs.
Melody Richardson YES! Music speaks to our hearts!
As a musician I have a saying: "Music is what feelings sound like"
@@js6729 That's a good way to put it😁😁😁
That last Styx song left me with a tear or two.
Amen, Melody! Jamel is top-notch and deserves a tv show of his own to match his great personality!!
Another Styx song that fits in today is "Too Much Time On My Hands".
Oh yes. This is why we are watching this channel all day.
Or “The Best of Times”
This is one of those bands that has more than one lead singer, which is why their songs can sound so different from each other.
Like Triumph...another fantastic 70-80's band
Tommy and Dennis!!!!
tacbear and James and that other dude that Tommy replaced
Yeah, this when they were called super groups and my goodness didn't they deserve it all! Styx! 💖💯
@@jamesgray7064 Love me some Triumph!!
Styx, Kansas, REO Speedwagon, Journey, Foreigner.... all the classic "arena rock" bands had a ton of great material.
These bands traveled through Iowa many times. Often they played at the same concert. Always packed them in and gave great shows.
You have a great taste about music, is so hard to day to find someone could apreciated this kind of bands, at least where i live.
sometimes i feel so lonely 😢👌
Also Survivor
And they all have exceptionally gifted singers and musicians and songwriters.
My first concert ever was Styx & REO. It was amazing to say the least
“Blue Collar Man” by Styx is another great one.
please
Lady is my favorite of theirs.
I got pulled over for speeding in town about 15 years ago. I’m 63 now, so I was in my late 40’s. Cop asked me why I was speeding. I said I was listening to “Renegade” 😬
He gave me a warning and let me go 😛
Understandable...😎
I got busted for speeding in the 70's. My car was very obvious, there was 1 similar to mine but was brown. Mine was white. My best friend had his mother's car, she was an ER nurse and had to have her car. So in an effort to get her car home we decided to play race car so we could get it home in time. I was in my car, he was behind me when I ran the stop sign by the libary. He stopped and saw the cops sitting at the red light about a hundred yards away. When he saw i wasn't going to stop he pulled out behind me and started flashing his lights. I thought he meant to go faster. So i dropped the hammer.
A little side note here, what i didn't know was inside the cop car was an officer all us hippies considered a friend. He was a great cop as was all the local cops except 1. The other asshole we wouldn't have walked across the street to piss on him if his guts were on fire. Also in the car was a newly minted officer. 1st night on the job. First hour on the job. His 1st patrol was from the pig pen to the red light (about a 100 yards) when the officer saw me run the stop sign. By the time he flipped on the lights i was over the hill and couldn't see them.
Back to the story. As i said my friend was behind me flashing his lights, so I went faster. The reason he was flashing his lights was because he saw the cop car and was flashing his lights to get me to stop. Which i would have i wasn't worried about a speeding ticket. As i said all local stoners had worked out an agreement with local enforcement if we saw anything totally wrong we'd let them know, I mean like breaking into a house or stealing someone's stereo. That shit is just wrong and we didn't need you in our group. Hence if they saw us breaking small time laws, rolling through stop signs, doing more than 10 mph over the speed limit they would pull us over and bitch us out. We drove/raced towards his house. There was a very tricky turn that is deadly at speeds over 45 has caused dozens of fender benders. In fact 2 of my friends were killed at that turn. From that turn there's a straight stretch for almost 3/4 mile, when i was about to turn off the main road i saw the flashing lights. So i pulled over and stopped. They were so far behind i had time to get out of my car. When the officer got out of the car I got to hear a phrase I'd always wanted to hear. It was a cop screaming in my face "just where the fuck is the fire", i busted out laughing and after him bitchin at me like my father for 5-10 minutes he calmed down. The next problem was when he asked for my license. I told him i lost them. He didn't wait for an explanation. He thought they were suspended, they weren't suspended i had physically lost them. I no longer carry a wallet because I've lost at least 6 and approximately $800, unknown sets of keys, I am now limited to no more than $20. This was agreed upon by all parties. Anyway after he calmed down and got down to writing the ticket as I'm watching i saw that I was being charged with doing 95 in a 25 mph zone and reckless operation.
My cohort had to deal with the new guy, the cop was not gonna let the newby talk to me. He said the guy was shaking so bad he offered to fill the ticket out for him. Since he had his mother's car she had to get out of bed to come down and identify her car a say it wasn't stolen. I used this time to practice the ancient art of ass kissing. I was waiting for my friend to be released and the cop pulled in. I went over and apologized and said how stupid it was. I told him we were just dickin' around. I asked him at what point they got a speed reading on me? He said they couldn't so they went with how fast they had to go ketch me. But by simply apologizing I got my ticket dropped from speeding and reckless operation to just speeding. About a $100 cheaper and only 2 pts on my license instead of 6.
The new officer? When they got him back to the station it took them almost 2 hours to talk him out quitting. He said he didn't want to work with crazy bastards like me. After we trained him he turned out to be a pretty decent cop.
I seen Styx live with REO speed wagon and foreigner GREAT CONCERT
3 of my favorites!
Do you remember the year? I saw em in Wisconsin in the early 80s.
They really blew me away! I saw them a few years ago with Foreigner and Kansas and I swear they sounded like I was listening to a recording they were so tight
I saw STYX, REO and Ted Nugent in Springfield, MA.
Guess I’ll chime in as well: spring/Summer 2018 Styx with Tesla and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Was rocking!
One of the biggest things that makes Styx so appealing is the bright, beautiful, soulful voice of Tommy Shaw! LOVE his tone!
Renegade has always been on of my favourite songs. That screaming “yeah!” at the beginning just gets me going. If I could dance, I’d dance to this
It makes me want to rock the living shit out of somebody instead of dance lol
They use this song in an episode of Supernatural. It is one of the best music cues I have seen in a TV show. Styx came to the local county fair. I told my mom I was going and asked if she wanted to come. When we got there the guy next to us, around my mom's age, asked if my mom had dragged me there. She said nope I dragged my mom.
Love Styx. Lady is a great song.
Rich Langdon, Styx was powerful. Lady was their 1st song. Dennis we Young write the sing in his garage. Friends got together and firmed a band around it.
It’s my most favorite of their songs. It’s sexy and has great harmonizing.
Styx - Crystal Ball is a fantastic song and Tommy Shaw’s first song to be put on an album
you're right...fantastic song
When I play STYX on the jukebox, Crystal Ball and Snowblind are always on the playlist.
When I saw them at the Minnesota state fair in 1999, Tommy Shaw said he was writing Crystal Ball when he was asked to join Styx. Renegade was their finale that night.
Have and love that LP. They had a few albums before anybody ever heard of them. Lady.
Great song. I prefer the Tommy Shaw written songs. Dennis wanted everything to be a ballad.
"I bet this song is insane at a concert."
This song is insane at Heinz Field in the 4th quarter on 3rd down coming out of a timeout when the Steelers need a stop!
GO STEELERS!!!!
👍🏾
It was great. 1983 Houston Texas Jam. I was 6th row.
They still put on a hell of a show.
As Najee would say 'Hella Sung'.... Thanks 'Stynx' for allowing The Steelers to officially use your kickass song as our home game fight song...'Here-We-Come'😎👍🏼
I’ve seen them several times and yes this song is great live
Out of all the amazing music cues in the show Supernatural, the one using this song is my absolute favorite. No matter how many times I watch that scene, I get chills.
i think about that scene all the time its so good
Come Sail Away, Best of Times, Too Much Time on My hands.
2nd for Too Much Time On My Hands!!
Nailed it, Joe, on the recommended songs.
Why? Try. And. Bring. Racism. Into. This? Smdh
Stxy is one of those groups where every member is a virtuoso on their instrument.
They are also one of those groups who did it all. You can't compare Styx to anybody else. Some people compare them to Queen, but they both sound different.
Gotta be in the top 10 of the tightest live bands ever, and always have been (I've seen them live in about four different decades now).
Styx-show me the way. A great song. Now you know why those of us who grew up in the 70's and 80's say the music of today is soulless, tasteless, mindless garbage. Because we grew up on real music played and sung by people who had real talent and who loved what they were doing.
Absolutely!👏👏👏👏
I agree but I have been watching a guitar prodigy from Australia that is now 11 that's giving me hope for the future, especially since we are losing so many great musicians. He actually has come out with his first song. He even has played in Vegas at The House of Blues with Carlos Santana.
@@valogden that's what i needed to here. There are still people out there who have real talent, we just need to find them and give them what they need to let that talent grow and mature. People also need to learn how to write real songs again. But at least we have hope for the future.
@Edward Cook you should look him up on RUclips. He has a lot of videos. His name is Taj Farrant
@@valogden thanks, man. I will.
This is the Pittsburgh Steelers pump up song every home game around the third quarter. Big song in Pittsburgh
Yes huge huge huge to the point people thought this song was made just for them.
Before every Steelers game me and my three year old son jam out to this and waive the terrible towel!! AWESOME!!!
…and even the occasional away game.
Love this song. Blue Collar Man: Lady; Babe are a few more I’d recommend.
Awesome suggestions!!! I also put my vote in for Fooling Yourself
Long Nights
I just heard ‘Babe’ today for the first time in years. It brought me back.
LOVE BLUE COLLAR MAN 👨
“Crystal Ball” is a MUST for Styx!
Yes!!! Absolutely
Yesssssssss!
Styx - man in the wilderness. Underrated as hell
Probably my favorite!
The Pittsburgh Steelers theme song lol. They play it at all their games.
"Too Much Time On My Hands" was featured in the film "Revenge Of The Nerds".
Great song!
Please check out SnowBlind!
Where in the film was that song placed?
My brother, my fellow human being. Your a good man. Please, please keep your family and yourself safe from the chaos out there that these evil people are causing. We all love your videos, you bring much happiness to us by your work here, an escape from the insanity we are bombarded with all day.
"What is that?!?" That is an expert keyboard player all up in your adrenaline, sir. Enjoy.
Nothing like Dennis DeYoung playing that keyboard.
While I was in the Army and stationed in Germany, The Renegades was the nickname my squad gave ourselves. We'd start everyone of our parties with this song. Thank you for bringing back so many good memories.
Tommy Shaw is so underrated, imo.
Have you seen his performances with the Cleveland Youth Orchestra? If not, you're in for a major treat.
Blew me away at how good it is.
Ah, I've said this for years
Thank you Jamel for doing "my" Styx. I've been requesting them. They have so many songs, it's incredible.
Yes, *"Renegade"* is always a crowd pleaser. It's such a rocker. Tommy, the singer/songwriter of the song never really said what the "subject" actually did. He said he doesn't even really know where it came from.
*"Miss America"* is another great rocker from the band, with a different lead vocalist...
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@@jamelakajamal ~ Oh, that sound you heard, and were asking "What is that?" It's a keyboards section. And the person on lead guitar for *"Renegade,"* is also the lead vocalist for *"Miss America."*
Tommy Shaw is such a talent. Always think of him in the video of “Too Much Time on My Hands,” and “High Enough,” when he went on to front Damn Yankees. Crazy rock tenor voice.
@@andyscott5277 ~ Tommy Shaw is one of my all time favorite male rock vocalists. But I also like his lyrical style. I call Tommy the
"King Of Introspection".
Because he's always singing about looking at ourselves, and what we can do to improve our lives.
He's a realist, and his lyrics are almost always relatable to something many people have experienced.
•Who hasn't been unemployed, (Blue Collar Man, Too Much Time On My Hands)?
•How many people have had a substance abuse problem,
(Reach For The Bottle)?
•Have you ever felt as if you didn't fit in anywhere, (Outsider)?
•How often have we all wondered what our future holds, (Crystal Ball)?
These are all subjects he's addressed in his songs (which I listed in parentheses). All relatable to someone somewhere...
As a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, "Renegade" is part of my religion.
Thank you for listening to Styx! One of my absolute favorite bands. You cant go wrong with ANY of their songs. A little trivia..... Styx only had ONE number one song. I’m always so shocked at that. They were huge. I have come to the conclusion that there were soooo.. many great bands back then, that the competition was crazy. That’s my two cents on that. Who reading this would agree??
Styx has a ton of good songs,,check out “best of times”
This one has great harmonies!
Paradise Theater.
Crystal ball
Light up and Blue Collar Man are great too.
Mr. Roboto 😀
Do some Kansas sooooon!!! Carry on my wayward son ...... dust in the wind ...... point of no return. All you will love!!!!!!!!!!
Frank Altrui I like a lot of the later stuff from Kansas as well “ Fight Fire with Fire “ and “ Everybody’s my Friend “ are great songs from the eighties.
Look up the sound check video "Down the Road" from their "Know Place Like Home" DVD. That show brought back former band members Kerry Livgren (pre-stroke) and Steve Morse. The interlude part of the song where Steve Walsh (organ), David Ragsdale (violin), and all three guitarists all get their own time to solo still blows me away to this day. And in to that this was filmed live with no overdubs...you will see what fantastic musicians these guys are.
Jamel, you mentioned how great this song would be in concert.... You should see and here it when it's played at Heinz Field. Inspirational and motivating.
and Dennis DeYoung is a total class act. I've had the pleasure of meeting him and his wife.
Billy Thorpe "Children of the Sun"! Lol
love that song
Sweet southern succotash, BY ALL MEANS!!!!!!!
I've requested that song several times and it is a great song with great guitar riffs and a great tone.
@@atomicpunk520 Me too. Figured I'd keep it up till he did it or told me to go away. Lol
That would blow his mind!
I remember this song when it came out
I'm old ...
"guess that makes me ancient. I have it my 45's collection" LOL !!!!!
You and me both...
Lol...I was a senior in high school and this was the song we had the girls that wanted to be in the next year's drill team tryout to.
Lol me too
My parents had the 45 I was about 10 and the headphones on my head where on 10!
Styx is such an amazing rabbit hole. Multiple lead singers, basically multiple lead guitars. Amazing musicianship and songwriting all around in the band. So many different sounds if you listen to a lot of their songs.
Known this song my whole life, but the intro feels particularly timely.
Styx - "Babe", "Too Much Time On My Hands", and "The Best Of Times".
Paradise Theater is one hell of an album.
Best Of Times was the first 45 I bought.
In a world of "hate+discontent",you make me just wanna DANCE!! I remember this one blasting on boardwalk Himalaya Ride in Ocean City Maryland as a kid in the '70's.ROCK ON,MAN!😎🤙
I remember those OC summers, too! 😎
Lol, not much going on in OC with this virus these days
Thank you for choosing Styx. Their music has stood the test of time. Tommy Shaw works with a youth orchestra, and their performance of “Fooling Yourself “ is unbelievable. It is worthwhile for you to profile, and I encourage everyone to watch them. You are my favorite RUclipsr, Jamal!
I cannot believe how many Styx haters there are, they are delusional.
Haven't you seen That 70's Show? They're all just closeted Styx fans.
Yep.
Please feel free to point them out to me so I can promptly kick their ass.
One of my favorite bands
Might be because a certain "Renegade" has been rumored to have been caught and executed. That part about "I don't wanna go!", sounds just like how it happened. Dragged to the firing line, whimpering like a wounded animal!
"Suite Madam Blue", "Too Much Time on my Hands", "Snowblind"
Those 3 songs are the best!
P.s. thats Tommy shaw singing this one.
Lol me too.
When this song was released and hit the airwaves, it was hugely popular.
So many great Styx songs!
'Crystal Ball' is my fav.
You'd like it too, I imagine.
I think that's my fave of all Stygian songs...
Hands down my FAVORITE Styx song! And it hits just as hard every time!
anything styx does in concert is insane. the crowd participation and reaction. My pops and I used to go see them whenever they were in town. Dad and I fought a lot...many days I hated him as much as I loved him..but our love of music was a shared thing. Probably why despite the dichotomy of that relationship...why I miss him so much some days
"Sweet Madam Blue" it is sooo good!!!
"Sweet Madam Blue" Styx ...
Yes!
Nay 4Peace Suite
I feel like I'm at a Steelers game and we need to step it up at the beginning of the 4th quarter.
yea man
I see the terrible towels in my mind’s eye!
There is honestly no better feeling. HERE WE GO!!!!!!
Haha I just commented something similar before I scrolled down
Yup! Let the ass whipping begin. Makes me want to tackle somebody. Preferably someone wearing Browns garbage.
Pieces of Eight, Grand Illusion, Castle Walls, etc. there's a ton of Styx songs worth listening to
Random, but I’d love to see you do the 2 big hits by Golden Earrings- “Twilight Zone” and “Radar Love”
I caught Styx in concert at the Budokan January, 1982. At the end of the show Dennise DeYoung shaved off his mustache. Haha, the Japanese audience loved it.
Real good stuff! The Grand Illusion...entire album.
You are my favorite "reaction-ist" , you bring all thos great music to life
Sticking with Styx: I have 3 “L” songs for you to react to: Lady; Light Up; Lorelei ❤️😊
4 "L" Songs including Lights!
Too much time on my hands.
Ahhh memories of Paradise Theater, on 8 track in my aunts Pinto station wagon.
^^^^ This! Damn I wish I could relive the 70's.
77 Chevy Vega here... Yeah don't have it anymore but man... The memories of 8-Track and STYX
@@Savatage1964 Oh yeah, I had a 69 Mustang with a Pioneer Super Tuner with Jensen Triax speakers. Good times.
@@rickbarton9130 ahh yes. Supertuners.. Reliable workhorse head unit. I was buying those units well into the 90's for my rides.
Snowblind
Styx is another rabbit hole.... "Sweet Madam Blue", "Lorelei" "Light Up" "Why Me"
Do Loreli
Rabbit Hole! Perfect Words, from Lorelei to Snowblind this great Band with three different vocals searing through their catalogue hits is for sure A Rabbit Hole of tasty tunes!
Those are great choices.
Also "Castle Walls"
"Crystal Ball"
"Lady"
"Fooling Yourself"
"Blue Collar Man"
"Snowblind"
"Miss America"
@@jeffcobb2734 Absolutely all great songs...
"Queen Of Spades"
"Lights"
"Great White Hope"
"Grand Illusion"
"Love In The Midnight"
"I'm Ok"
"Half Penny Two Penny"
"Best Of Times"
"Babe"
"Too Much Time On My Hands"
"Rockin In Paradise"
Their playlist is deep....!
@@2869may their catalog is deeper than almost any other arena rock band
Styx always had stellar vocal chops, especially with their 3-part harmonies. Another awesome but underrated song by them is 'Superstars" from the epic The Grand Illusion album.
All time Favorite of Styx.. love me some Tommy Shaw. This song still gives me chills... Love it. Had a friend 25 yrs ago that loved Styx also but he loved Dennis DeYoung.. all good.. He had money and would take me and my husband to Styx concerts all over the country.. Have to thank him because we loved every dang concert.. Renegade will always be my all time favorite.
Was waiting on the realization that you’d heard it before. Too much time on my hands, come sail away, babe, mr. roboto, Crystal ball, the best of time, and many others from Styx
That is Tommy Shaw singing. He did a lot of their hits. He eventually left and Joined Damn Yankees with Jack Blades from Night Ranger and Ted Nugent. Night Ranger and Damn Yankees are two bands I'd love to see you react to.
I thought Damn Yankees was pretty great.
Oh love me some night ranger when you close your eyes four in the morning You can still rock in America they had those two back to back kick ass albums in the early 80s midnight madness and seven wishes. Yeah sister Christian is the one that everyone knows is night ranger but there’s so many better songs than that
"Don't tread on me" would be great to see him react to. 😺😸
@@LA-fz5qw sister Christian is actually a song of Kelly keagy's sister Christine but Jack and Brad thought that Kelly was saying Christian and that's how the song came about.
The song "Goodbye" gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it,it was Jack's brother dying from a drug overdose and you can tell it is emotional for Jack and from Kelly in his vocals for the song
That was Dennis DeYoung singing. Tommy Shaw took over lead vocals after Dennis left, but not when this song was recorded.
As a man who saw Styx perform this song back in the day when they were in their prime... You, the crowd enthusiastically clapped in rhythm when it came to the bridge of the song.
One of the greatest songs from one of the greatest bands in Rock Band History! We did much cruising in the day to Styx's music. Classic!!!
So many good song to choose from. Too Much Time On My Hands, Lorilei, Sing For The Day, Blue Collar Man, Foolin' Yourself, Boat On The River. A few years ago Tommy Shaw and Styx did some shows with the Cleveland Youth Orchestra. I've seen clips on RUclips and it's on Amazon Prime.
Along the same theme is “Stealin’” by Uriah Heep!
Oh yeah, Jamel has got to check out Uriah Heep!
Such and underrated and underplayed song.
"I stood on a ridge and shunned religion thinking the world was mine
I made my break and a big mistake, stealin' when I shoulda' been buyin'!"
J definitely needs to listen to that!!!!!
Any Heep especially from the Hensley years, so many well written songs and so many different feels from Gypsy(s) early metal, to folk inspired lady in black, "Cowboy" metal of Stealin, and tearful song of lost love of Rain. And the symphonic metal Salisbury at around 18 minutes.
Omg, now I have to go listen to it!
i had the absolute pleasure of seeing Styx perform this live at Texas Jam 1983 as the headlining act. They were amazeballz and it was an experience not to be forgotten!
The Best of Times by Styx was our senior song in hs. Renegade is my favorite but they have many amazing songs. Tommy Shaw starts singing this acapello in concert and the crowd goes crazy. You should do Too Much Time On My Hands from the official video with Tommy in the blue jumpsuit and great facial expressions. Babe by Styx is a great song. It was out around the same time as Sail On by Commodores and Rock With You by Michael Jackson. We had jukebox in our school cafeteria in hs and all of those were on it. Good times!!! Thanks for reaching to this song!❤😊
Sorry. Spellchecker changed that to reaching and I didn't catch it.😣
Oh yea. More Styx please. Blue Collar Man, Live.
Great tune for sure!
William Weiss yes!
The Great 70's Band STYX. Love Tommy Shaw, Dennis DeYoung Harmony's. LIGHTUP, BLUE COLLAR MAN, Some Really Good Live Versions of this Group. Peace Out....
Glad to see some love for Styx, my father is actually a guitar technician for the band so I know each band member personally and have been to many shows. Check out Grand Illusion, I think you’ll like it man.
I'm jealous...🤭😄😂
I had the privilege of seeing Styx in concert. Absolutely epic.
Come Sail Away !! yes brother
No one has suggested "Miss America" by Styx yet so I'll be the first!
JY, James Young is the heart and hard rocking soul of Styx, underrated guitarist and vocalist in my opinion.
Crystal Ball 🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎙️🎙️
I have! Like 5 times!
And how about Shooz?
THANK YOU for doing STYX!!!!! Just for fun... You really should look up some videos of their live performances from the past couple years, so you can see what they look like now, even after rocking out for more than 45 years... you can tell they absolutely love being on stage, and they are still rocking! They were still touring until Covid shut down concerts everywhere. I think you would really like Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man), Blue Collar Man, Crystal Ball, Babe, The Best of Times, and the list goes on. Another thing that's really cool is the series of videos that they did where they periodically team up with a group of teens called Contemporary Youth Orchestra. Sometimes it's just Tommy Shaw (lead singer) with CYO, and sometimes it's the whole band. The kids, the band, the audience... all having an absolute blast singing/playing classic STYX songs. Sooooo much fun to watch!
That "Yeahhhhh" gets me each listen
Singing the high harmony in the breakdown was Tommy Shaw’s audition. He sang it and they said.....you’re in
YES! Some good songs are...Angry Young man, Come sail away, Mr Roboto and just about everything from the paradise theatre album.
Saw this band live in 1981 during my sophomore year in high school. They were two hours late arriving to the show due to a snow storm, so they allowed us to take our ticket stub to a local record store and get a free album. Got to remember guys, especially you younger ones, this was 1981, we still had vinyl. What an awesome show it was!
What I love most about Styx and when you speak of music that moves you, check out the videos of Styx playing with the contemporary youth orchestra
You took me right back to my teen years again. Totally enraptured by the music then I open my eyes to find you head bangin just like I was.
A beautiful sad ballad by Styx "Don't Let It End".
You should check out "Lady" and "Suite Madam Blue" and "Crystal Ball" from Styx as well !!
Thank you For hanging out with all of us, feels like I'm watching and listening with a friend ! You Rock :)
I love watching your reaction to the classic music my generation grew up with. We’re all sitting here waiting for “the part” where we know it’s going to change up and shock you. 😂
Fooling Yourself by Styx!!!
Great, Great Song
NEXT: Come Sail Away !!
Naw, Too Much time on my Hands
You are correct
How right you are. Lol
ted ritola I agree. The 70’s was the seminal decade for so so so many genres we still listen to today. Prog rock, pop rock, fusion, funk, yacht rock, hip-hop, new wave, punk, electronic. And they weren’t just experimenting and tinkering-they were writing great songs, too.
One of the best Styx songs! Tommy Shaw has such an amazing voice!! I have seen them many many times and loved every one!!!!!!
I LOVE THIS SONG. Styx were the first band I had ever listened to. My brother had left to college leaving his portable cassette player and I loved the cover on the cassette cover I just put in and started listening to it. LOVE STYX!
“Fooling Yourself” and “Lorelei” both by Styx are awesome
You need to check out Tracy Chapman - Fast Car.... Great song, powerful lyrics...... This is a great live version Tracy Chapman - Fast Car - 12/4/1988 - Oakland Coliseum Arena (Official)
Ooh. Lovely song
Check out the vertical horizon cover
Man in the wilderness, castle walls, pieces of eight, just a few of my favorites from this classic rock band.
When you mentioned just now about seeing it in concert you are absolutely right. I was just going to say this. That song at a show is the most uniting experience in the universe. It's so much fun.
Styx never fails to put on an amazing show. I would see them if you have the chance. I know that Styx is coming with Foreigner & John Waite. It will be pissah! 😊 I have tickets for August
Oh, that beginning part is ridiculously iconic! Definitely watch the Supernatural Renegade clip. It should come up right away if you search it. Man, talk about Chilling! That was one of the best scenes Supernatural ever did.
Was my fav band growing up!
They are a great band and still love Pieces of Eight to this day.
Lead singer Tommy Shaw is solid on this and “Too Much TIme On My Hands.” Never could get into Styx though. Dennis DeYoung’s voice makes my teeth hurt.
Dennis DeYoung is god
This may be a small thing but Tommy Shaw isnt the main singer ...yes he did a lot of lead vocals but he also shared that description with Dennis DeYoung ..former member of STYX ..which by the way Dennis did most of the main vocals so actually Dennis DeYoung was the lead vocalist...
Tommy still had it 5 yrs ago when I seen STYX in St. Louis.
@@richardburdick9430 Yes!! Tommy is STILL singing great!!great guitarist too!!
I get that same feeling from Bono and Axl Rose.
I love Dennis' voice. Funny how different things bug people differently.
Heard this song on the radio as I was driving the other day, turned it up to the max and was, like, “Ah, yes . . . I remember how great this song was.” Only wish I had a car stereo in which the entire street could have had this tremendous feast of the ears . . . bangin.
You need to hear Styx "Half Penny, Two Penny"
As a lifelong Steeler fan I can tell you this song is very important. You should see what happens when they play it. A can of ass whuppin gets opened to hell.up.
I’d love to see you react to “Cold as Ice” by Foreigner
Great song!
Awesome! You started the clap exactly where we do it at the concert!! I've loved Styx since college - and I have tickets to see them in Las Vegas in September!!
Renegade is one of those few songs that grab you by the throat and chokes you then you find yourself nodding in approval.
There is no intro music or watered down bourbon here. Straight out the gun, 200 proof Kentucky Bourbon.
That’s what grabs you.
The screaming and music part chokes you. By that time the Bourbon is in full effect and you start enjoying it.
You have to listen again so you can savor the choking part.
Look at Jamal’s expressions. It grabbed his attention.
By him stopping it and he was able to thoroughly enjoy the choking part.
The Bourbon was smooth going down by then.