I grew up listening to my dad play Styx on the drums! One of my favorite songs he used to play is called Too much time on my hands! A must listen tho, is Renegade!!! I hope u check that one out!! ❤
Ah man. You picked the short version. You really need to listen to the studio version; the entire middle instrumental section is cut out. The boatman is Charon, also the name of Pluto’s moon. Styx is a 70’s supergroup. “Fooling Yourself,” “Never Say Never,” “Lorelei,” “Boat on The River,” “The Grand Illusion,” “Borrowed Time,” “Blue Collar Man,” “Too Much Time on My Hands,” and “The Best of Times” to start with. And of course…”Renegade.”
I was born in 1960, my. Mother passed away in 1968, you have no idea how many songs in the 60s and 70s gave me the power to carry on. So many uplifting and positive messages back then guided me to adulthood. It wasn't just music its a part of who i am. Music today cannot touch the magic given to me by tthe music from the past!!!!
Tommy Shaw is probably one of the most underrated guitarists ever. They are like Foreigner, they have so many hits and awesome songs that didn't make into the top 20 but are still bangers.
Charon is the ferryman! Styx is amazing! Tommy Shaw is the blonde guitarist in this video and he is my home boy from Alabama. You just gotta listen to “Renegade” he wrote it and sang lead on it. I think it was my fave Styx song! So glad you are checking out these classics!❤️🔥✌🏻
Just a bit of useless trivia. Tommy's daughter, Hannah Shaw, is well-known on the Internet as "The Kitten Lady". She educates the public about animal/kitten rescue, writes books, lectures, fosters kittens, etc. Her husband was a neuroscience major who became a successful cat photographer. (Would love to have been a fly on the wall for that conversation. "Hey, Mom and Dad, you know that big fancy college degree you paid for so I could get a great job in the scientific field? Well, I'm gonna photograph cats instead!"🤣)
Come Sail Away is about following your dreams by embarking on a journey into the unknown. Lead singer/keyboards Dennis DeYoung wrote the song about struggling to break through to the next level with Styx. DeYoung said in 2020, the song is about yearning to be in a better place. Styx and Dennis DeYoung are amazing and very talented.
The song is about aliens not following dreams. "I thought that they were Angels but much to my surprise, we climbed aboard a starship and headed for the skies."
“Crystal Ball”, “Man In the Wilderness”, “Miss America”, a must play is “Suite Madam Blue”, “Snow Blind”, “Lady” live, and “Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)” are must play songs. 😉
I agree. This is the short version. There is a long wonderfully produced spacey instrumental section missing between angels to aliens. You must listen to the full version. Put the full version on the play list.
This is the Radio Edit, which cuts out the all-important center section that changes the feeling of the song so the switch from angels to aliens isn't so jarring. No, this is Progressive Rock.
Yeah, the piano part is truly special. Dennis is playing what they call an Alberti bass part with his left hand and accentuating the natural chord progression with his right hand. The song is in the key of C -- no black keys. The movement you're mentioning where he is playing really fast is not "tremolo", but called a "trill". He is rapidly using his index finger and middle finger and quickly "trilling" the B and C notes back and forth very fast. Accomplished piano players (as Dennis DeYoung is) can really fluidly "trill" well and make it seem very natural to do that. But it's not really easy--it takes a lot of practice to sustain that sound for right amount of time. I learned this song when I was young and can still play it on the piano today.
These guys are classified basically as arena rock bands you can categorize them with Boston foreigner REO Speedwagon, Kansas, Toto, and STYX. They all rock out and they all have killer rock ballads
I went to see Styx in the early 80's . They were filming the concert. No opening act. The show lasted two and a half hours. One of the best concerts I've ever been to.
you know I count my blessings as I believe I was born in the perfect time. I was alive for the beginning of the 70's and grew up there and matures into the 80's and delved into the 90's. the best time for great music. I caught the tail end of the 60's as well. the music was just better back then. period.
When I was in the Navy, we'd play a song over the ship's loudspeakers, as we pulled out of home port for a 6-month cruise. It was for the families on the pier, waving goodbye to us. This song was always a favorite to be used for that occasion.
Dennis DeYoung has an amazing voice and incredible vocal ability. Loved Styx music as a kid. So many great tunes to react to - "Renegade", "Babe", "Too Much Time", Mr. Roboto", "Best of Times" etc.
Babe by Styx is so close to my heart. We played my brother singing it from his cd at his funeral like he was saying goodbye. Styx is another great band!!❤
I always think of the line from the movie Big Daddy when he says, "Styx is the Greatest American Rock band, but only caught a bad wrap, because most critics are cynical Assholes."
Tommy and Dennis shared lead singer duties. Very different voices and different directions they saw the band.Tommy was also in Damn Yankees. Go down this rabbit hole. One of my prized possessions is a fender strat signed by the band.
38 years ago when my son was a baby, I would sing this to him as a lullaby. He now sings it to my granddaughter. The difference is we didn't have Siri. So my poor son would jump when the 2nd half of the song started. There was no thought in my mind of a time when we would say Siri turn it down. 😂
"Lady" is one of my favorite early Styx songs. Also I wish you had listened to the longer version of this song with a synthesizer interlude (it would have been another layer) leading into the spaceship mode. Great music, great band.
I Am Almost 70. I Grew Up On ALL The Great Bands & Music ! It's So Wonderful To See ALL These Great Bands Touching Hearts Today ! I Had All The Bands On Vinyl When These Bands All Just Put Them Out !* We Had Great Music. All The Great Classic Bands On The Radio Everyday & Billboards Top Fifty Every Sunday. It's Really Great To Hear Younger People Say, " I Was Born In The Wrong Years For Music " !*.... lol....neat....
P Styx is my all-time favorite band and honestly this is Dennis DeYoung singing, he is amazing and his musicianship is incredible and so is his voice! He's no longer in the band, but Tommy Shaw and Dennis DeYoung both sing incredibly and write great songs JY Jaymes young also writes great songs and sings to! Like Miss america!
Dennis DeYoung is soooooo incredibly talented. Great classically trained voice that he bends to rock, and mad piano skills to boot! Styx is great rabbit hole :)
Styx was probably my first favorite band when I was young. So many great songs. Lady, Mr Roboto, Heavy Metal Poisoning, Grand Illusion… I can go on and on… and on Ironic you just did Wayward Son. I actually saw Kansas open for Styx live. Excellent performances both!
My God-Sister and I would ride around town in my 1976 Datsun 610 Hatchback singing all of Styx’s songs. She and I have good singing voices, so we were able to harmonize like you wouldn’t believe!!!! We loved STYX!!!
If you ever get a chance to see Styx then go. The guitar work alone will blow you away. I’ve seen them twice when Dennis was with them and 3 times since then. The last was in Feb 2022. They are AMAZING.
STYX! Arena rock! React to Babe, Lady, and Renegade! In Greek mythology, the dead were buried with a coin in their mouth to pay Charon to ferry their souls across the River Styx to The Underworld. There, the god Hades ruled. (Hades was the son of Cronus and Rhea.) Cerebus, the three-headed dog, guarded the Underworld (remember Fluffy from the first Harry Potter book & film?). All souls went there, but to different areas (sort of like a paradise and a hell).
In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon is a psychopomp, the ferryman of the Greek underworld. He carries the souls of those who have been given funeral rites.
I've seen Styx numerous times back in the day (one of my top 10 bands). One of my greatest memories of going to concerts was at a Styx concert - the guy sitting next to us set his hair on fire (accidently) and we were all laughing our arses off. One of my best Styx songs is called "Ballerina" (with Clare de Lune intro) from the "Crystal Ball" album. I don't remember hearing it on the radio and it's often overlooked in requests for Styx.
This is Dennis DeYoung he was wonderful. I have seen them in concert 3 times. They are still a great group but Dennis left them years ago and sings solo. He even performs with orchestras. He's got an amazing voice. 'Lady' Man of MIracles. If you haven't look at 'Desert Moon'
Oh, man. My first rock concert. Stacks and stacks of amps. They were sooo good. I decided that night that rock concerts were the coolest thing 😎 ever in the world!! And I'm 61 now and still going strong 💪 ❤😂 !!!
Styx was my favorite band growing up. These were my "high school songs". Styx is a rabbit hole, and with three different lead singers in the band, you will hear a variety of styles in their music but they all rock. Check out "Blue Collar Man" and "Renegade" sang by Tommy Shaw (the blond guy with the guitar) and "Snowblind" and "Miss America" sang by James Young (the blonde guy with the beard and guitar)
I absolutely LOVE Styx!! This band was at their height when I was 12 and I had to have their album. I wanted to be Mrs. Shaw.. I had such a huge crush on Tommy and still do! James Young was the other guitarist originally and in this video he is in the background. He had a Bachelor degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. And they say rock stars are just "punks" LOL... They had tons of airplay on the radio and I love them so much. Thank you BP and Don!!!
Tommy Shaw wrote the song “Man In the Wilderness” the day after Styx opened for Kansas. He was blown away by the Kansas long progressive style songs, so “Man In the Wilderness” was his attempt at that progressive style. IT’S AWESOME! ruclips.net/video/WBRoQ91W1rk/видео.htmlsi=MKQOc6O_xi00-FDC
My suburban Chicago high school signed a contract with Styx to play our 1974 Homecoming. Their song, Lady, was huge in the charts and Styx tried to pull out. They were unable to, so we had a brand new nationally known rock band play our Homecoming. Prior to that, they had been a fairly popular local Chicago bar band.
The boat "Ferryman" is called "Charon" (Pronounced - "Care-On") It's Greek mythology that the river separated the living world to Hades. Styx is an amazing band - so diverse cuz they had 3 different singers with distinctly different voices (like The Eagles), and each have their own songs. For another amazing song by this singer (Denis DeYoung) check out "Suite Madame Blue" (which is a tribute to America's bicentennial in 1975). For a different singer (my favorite) Tommy Shaw, check out: "Crystal Ball" and "Man in the Wilderness", "Renegade" and "Blue Collar Man" Both are amazing. Finally for the 3rd singer (James "JY" Young) check out "Snow Blind" and "Miss America"
My daughter went to a comic con And bought FBI DOCUMENTS from the Supernatural booth. Names on the badges are DeYoung and Shaw. I smiled so hard when I saw them.
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I grew up listening to my dad play Styx on the drums! One of my favorite songs he used to play is called Too much time on my hands! A must listen tho, is Renegade!!! I hope u check that one out!! ❤
You are finding all the great songs from the past! 🤩🔥 I’m LOVIN’ all these reactions lately!! ❤
Ah man. You picked the short version. You really need to listen to the studio version; the entire middle instrumental section is cut out. The boatman is Charon, also the name of Pluto’s moon.
Styx is a 70’s supergroup. “Fooling Yourself,” “Never Say Never,” “Lorelei,” “Boat on The River,” “The Grand Illusion,” “Borrowed Time,” “Blue Collar Man,” “Too Much Time on My Hands,” and “The Best of Times” to start with.
And of course…”Renegade.”
Show me the way and Mr. Roboto are also very good
You captured some great songs, and nailed it with listening to the studio version!
Man in the wilderness and my fav Suite Madam Blue!!
Yeah you missed out on a cool keyboard solo it’s very trippy
Light Up, is a must
Love seeing these older bands getting some love!
It's a crime that Styx hasn't been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, compared to some of the inductees, Styx should be near the top.
Rock and roll hall of fame is a joke it's better if you are not in it.
@@thor1468you beat me to it! They need to change the name, if they're inducting country, rap and R&B acts.
I live in Columbus and I plan on going there this summer. I will drop it in the suggestion box. LOL!
Of course they deserve to be in there but the RRHOF a joke.
Same with Meatloaf
I saw them as a teen a few times - great band 😊🦠💚🦠💚 We had the best music back then
Damn right! 👍🙂
BACK THEN WAS THEM 70s baby
Styx is a huge rabbit hole. Please continue,
Ditto
Yep let’s go!
I was born in 1960, my. Mother passed away in 1968, you have no idea how many songs in the 60s and 70s gave me the power to carry on. So many uplifting and positive messages back then guided me to adulthood. It wasn't just music its a part of who i am. Music today cannot touch the magic given to me by tthe music from the past!!!!
Tommy Shaw is probably one of the most underrated guitarists ever. They are like Foreigner, they have so many hits and awesome songs that didn't make into the top 20 but are still bangers.
Thinking Tommy wasn't underrated at all, he was well respected as one of the tightest guitarists out there.
Tommy's solo work was awesome, too. Remember "Girls with Guns?"
Like Miss America. I love it
@@jamesgladden6152 He was awesome in the Damn Yankees too.
Charon is the ferryman! Styx is amazing! Tommy Shaw is the blonde guitarist in this video and he is my home boy from Alabama. You just gotta listen to “Renegade” he wrote it and sang lead on it. I think it was my fave Styx song! So glad you are checking out these classics!❤️🔥✌🏻
Love Tommy!
Check out Styx's biggest rockin song by their other lead singer, Tommy Shaw. The song is RENEGADE, about an outlaw .
Just a bit of useless trivia. Tommy's daughter, Hannah Shaw, is well-known on the Internet as "The Kitten Lady". She educates the public about animal/kitten rescue, writes books, lectures, fosters kittens, etc. Her husband was a neuroscience major who became a successful cat photographer. (Would love to have been a fly on the wall for that conversation. "Hey, Mom and Dad, you know that big fancy college degree you paid for so I could get a great job in the scientific field? Well, I'm gonna photograph cats instead!"🤣)
Tommy Shaw does an amazing version of renegade with the youth contemporary orchestra from Cleveland.
Tommy Shaw is 125 lbs of pure joy n talent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol true tho...love him
My fav!!!!
my favorite Tommy Shaw is _Blue Collar Man_ & _Too Much Time_
"The Best of Times" is their absolute best work...
Please keep reacting to more 70s SONGS pleeeeeease .
That was my 9th grade graduation theme song 😂
Agreed
Come Sail Away is about following your dreams by embarking on a journey into the unknown. Lead singer/keyboards Dennis DeYoung wrote the song about struggling to break through to the next level with Styx. DeYoung said in 2020, the song is about yearning to be in a better place. Styx and Dennis DeYoung are amazing and very talented.
DeYoung is undeniably talented. He is also, undeniably, an egomaniacal jerk.
The song is about aliens not following dreams. "I thought that they were Angels but much to my surprise, we climbed aboard a starship and headed for the skies."
I prefer Tommy Shaw's singing.
@@sandikorevaar4743 how wonderful that they were in the same band
Maybe you should Google the meaning of the song for yourself. kthanksbye
“Crystal Ball”, “Man In the Wilderness”, “Miss America”, a must play is “Suite Madam Blue”, “Snow Blind”, “Lady” live, and “Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)” are must play songs. 😉
My dad will play the acoustic part of Crystal Ball, I don't see him as much anymore and when I hear it, it could make me cry
Let's not forget "The Grand Illusion"
Renegade too!
"The Best of Times"
LOVE Miss America!!!!!
You have to listen to the long version of Come Sail Away. It has an absolutely amazing instrumental section. Very Progressive Rockish!
I agree. This is the short version. There is a long wonderfully produced spacey instrumental section missing between angels to aliens. You must listen to the full version. Put the full version on the play list.
Styx...."Light Up"...."Lady".... just a couple of my faves.
Yes.... LADY 🔥
Crystal Ball
Lady my fav Styx song ❤
Styx, Supertramp, and Queen on 8 track. The soundtrack of my summers during high school. It doesn’t get better than that. 👍🏻
Renegade and Blue Collar Man. Ballad, the song Babe. 🙂
Babe... is my jam too 🔥
....and Mr. Roboto
@@thomasord8636 DOMO ARIGATO 🤖
Styx, has got to be my Favorite Rock band of all time, not to mention the mixes on their albums are amazing
I am so lucky to have been an teenager during the late 70's, early 80's and experiencing all this great music when it was new
And I was so lucky to be a teenager in the early 70"s 😀
Me too.
Ditto!
I know what you mean. SO MUCH GREAT MUSIC... We didn't know. We thought music was always this great until it was gone
This is the Radio Edit, which cuts out the all-important center section that changes the feeling of the song so the switch from angels to aliens isn't so jarring.
No, this is Progressive Rock.
Definitely prog.
LOL I love the faces you make BP!! They are priceless. Keep jammin the old music. So many great songs with great lyrics and music.
My husband and i have been married 42 years and The Best of Times by Styx has been our song since the beginning. Love this band
One of the best groups EVER! And one of the very few groups that sound better live.
I grew up listening to STYX my all time Favorite band and for me their songs were about escaping my childhood to a better place
Yes,escaping to CASTLE WALLS!🏰😘🎙🎶
"Come Sail Away" is one of the twenty-five greatest songs in rock history.
One of the BEST concerts EVER. Styx was the band of my high school years.
I am obsessed with that riff. I can listen to it over and over again. EPIC!!!
Yeah, the piano part is truly special. Dennis is playing what they call an Alberti bass part with his left hand and accentuating the natural chord progression with his right hand. The song is in the key of C -- no black keys. The movement you're mentioning where he is playing really fast is not "tremolo", but called a "trill". He is rapidly using his index finger and middle finger and quickly "trilling" the B and C notes back and forth very fast. Accomplished piano players (as Dennis DeYoung is) can really fluidly "trill" well and make it seem very natural to do that. But it's not really easy--it takes a lot of practice to sustain that sound for right amount of time. I learned this song when I was young and can still play it on the piano today.
Just wanna say we love it when Don is there with you!! I saw Styx in 1975 ! I was 16! They rocked
STYX ... is EPIC
I got to see them Lose your illusion tour with Pat Benetar. One of my favorite shows and I’ve been to a lot.
"Suite Madam Blue", by Styx, especially the live version is a must listen.
Got have the Prelude 12 intro for it.
best live song from them by far!
6th grade 1978-9, new school, new friends, new music, and this was 1 of the first songs I listened to over at Kevin's house.
These guys are classified basically as arena rock bands you can categorize them with Boston foreigner REO Speedwagon, Kansas, Toto, and STYX. They all rock out and they all have killer rock ballads
I went to see Styx in the early 80's . They were filming the concert. No opening act. The show lasted two and a half hours. One of the best concerts I've ever been to.
you know I count my blessings as I believe I was born in the perfect time. I was alive for the beginning of the 70's and grew up there and matures into the 80's and delved into the 90's. the best time for great music. I caught the tail end of the 60's as well. the music was just better back then. period.
Dennis De Young is an amazing vocalist. The live version of Suite Madam Blue from the Kilroy tour is amazing.
Styx was one of those, what we used to call super groups. Just hit after hit. You couldn't wait for their next album. Talent beyond logic.
When I was in the Navy, we'd play a song over the ship's loudspeakers, as we pulled out of home port for a 6-month cruise. It was for the families on the pier, waving goodbye to us. This song was always a favorite to be used for that occasion.
This was my very first concert, The Grand Illusion Tour, at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, Ga. in 1977, sitting first row balcony!
who gives a flying f
@@michealsky-g1r Obviously you do. Have the day you deserve.
Dennis DeYoung has an amazing voice and incredible vocal ability. Loved Styx music as a kid. So many great tunes to react to - "Renegade", "Babe", "Too Much Time", Mr. Roboto", "Best of Times" etc.
Yes! More Styx!!! Awesome reaction!
Babe by Styx is so close to my heart. We played my brother singing it from his cd at his funeral like he was saying goodbye. Styx is another great band!!❤
Dennis DeYoung had a short solo career after Styx. His big hit was Desert Moon. His voice is incredible!
He even did a CD called 10 on Broadway and he totally rocked those Broadway classics with that awesome voice!
But wanted to take the mainstream soft rock (mister roboto) was the last album with Styx. I liked it and it’s one of those story telling albums.
Love "Desert Moon"! Got a live version from later years on my playlist that still sounds great!
I always think of the line from the movie Big Daddy when he says, "Styx is the Greatest American Rock band, but only caught a bad wrap, because most critics are cynical Assholes."
That whole sentence is full of truths
He's likes... One time I got on stage during the performance of Mr Roboto... She's like ... REALLY? ... he's says... No not really 🤣😆
Styx, Kansas, Mother's Finest, ELO, Queen, too many to name were the soundtrack aka Playlist of my happy late boomer teen years. We were blessed 🙌 ❤
Tommy and Dennis shared lead singer duties. Very different voices and different directions they saw the band.Tommy was also in Damn Yankees. Go down this rabbit hole. One of my prized possessions is a fender strat signed by the band.
The primary symphonic rock band of the 70's
🇬🇧 Love Dennis DeYoung's voice, it's perfect. They actually have some fabulous songs (hits) for you to react to. 🎼🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎼
38 years ago when my son was a baby, I would sing this to him as a lullaby. He now sings it to my granddaughter. The difference is we didn't have Siri. So my poor son would jump when the 2nd half of the song started. There was no thought in my mind of a time when we would say Siri turn it down. 😂
"Lady" is one of my favorite early Styx songs. Also I wish you had listened to the longer version of this song with a synthesizer interlude (it would have been another layer) leading into the spaceship mode. Great music, great band.
"Too Much Time on my Hands" is a must. There's a video of Jimmy Kimmel and Paul Rudd re creating the video. Very funny
I Am Almost 70. I Grew Up On ALL The Great Bands & Music ! It's So Wonderful To See ALL These Great Bands Touching Hearts Today ! I Had All The Bands On Vinyl When These Bands All Just Put Them Out !* We Had Great Music. All The Great Classic Bands On The Radio Everyday & Billboards Top Fifty Every Sunday. It's Really Great To Hear Younger People Say, " I Was Born In The Wrong Years For Music " !*.... lol....neat....
This is a CLASSIC 👈❤️🔥🤘
This is one of my most favorite bands! I have seen them live about 8 times! It’s criminal that they are not on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!
Styx and Meatloaf both should be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame!
Come Sail Away to me means the journey to Heaven ❤ Dennis DeYoung is an amazing vocalist ❤
Oh man it was the short version!!
I am so glad someone else knows this!!!
Styx's 'Renegade' is amazing. Thanks for the reactions!
Maybe add it to your banger list?
one of my favorite bands i got to see them in 2012 they put on great show
You guys have the pot of gold. It's not just money. It's riches in life.
STYX is still amazing LIVE today! So much amazing music
I just saw them in concert last summer and they still got it....the voice and the energy!!! Legends!
I loved your face when you came to the part where "we climbed aboard their starship and headed for the skies." I laughed out loud.
My 1st concert as a teenager! 🎉loved Tommy Shaw! ❤
❤Same here!! ❤
One of the first concerts I saw was Styx and their “Grand Illusion” tour. You have to react to “Renegade”… I think it’ll blow you away.
P Styx is my all-time favorite band and honestly this is Dennis DeYoung singing, he is amazing and his musicianship is incredible and so is his voice! He's no longer in the band, but Tommy Shaw and Dennis DeYoung both sing incredibly and write great songs JY Jaymes young also writes great songs and sings to! Like Miss america!
The fast little piano part when he goes between two notes rapidly is called a trill.
Play the long version, it has so much more awesomeness.
Dennis DeYoung is soooooo incredibly talented. Great classically trained voice that he bends to rock, and mad piano skills to boot! Styx is great rabbit hole :)
Styx was probably my first favorite band when I was young. So many great songs. Lady, Mr Roboto, Heavy Metal Poisoning, Grand Illusion… I can go on and on… and on
Ironic you just did Wayward Son. I actually saw Kansas open for Styx live. Excellent performances both!
🔥BABE🔥
@@PML78 Clair De Lune / Ballerina
Gets me every time. But my first real girlfriend was a ballerina.
My God-Sister and I would ride around town in my 1976 Datsun 610 Hatchback singing all of Styx’s songs. She and I have good singing voices, so we were able to harmonize like you wouldn’t believe!!!! We loved STYX!!!
Two for two this is so beautiful are you sure you never heard this before really❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Saw them in an amazing concert around '78/'79
ELO opened for Styx at Cobo Hall, awesome concert!!
ELO opened for STYX, that’s wild
If you ever get a chance to see Styx then go. The guitar work alone will blow you away. I’ve seen them twice when Dennis was with them and 3 times since then. The last was in Feb 2022. They are AMAZING.
This live version is 1 1/2 minutes shorter than the studio version.
STYX... Too much time on my hands. My old time favorite ❤
Tommy Shaw and Styx are still ripping it up! Gonna see them with the wifey in Houston on June 22.
And FOREIGNER! ❤
They will kick your ass.
That's my birthday...🎉
I was fortunate enough in my youth to actually see sticks during their edge of the universe concert tour
STYX! Arena rock! React to Babe, Lady, and Renegade!
In Greek mythology, the dead were buried with a coin in their mouth to pay Charon to ferry their souls across the River Styx to The Underworld. There, the god Hades ruled. (Hades was the son of Cronus and Rhea.) Cerebus, the three-headed dog, guarded the Underworld (remember Fluffy from the first Harry Potter book & film?). All souls went there, but to different areas (sort of like a paradise and a hell).
"I'm about to go ham. I got my shirt open..." ROFL! Classic.
In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon is a psychopomp, the ferryman of the Greek underworld. He carries the souls of those who have been given funeral rites.
I've seen Styx numerous times back in the day (one of my top 10 bands). One of my greatest memories of going to concerts was at a Styx concert - the guy sitting next to us set his hair on fire (accidently) and we were all laughing our arses off. One of my best Styx songs is called "Ballerina" (with Clare de Lune intro) from the "Crystal Ball" album. I don't remember hearing it on the radio and it's often overlooked in requests for Styx.
Your next reaction needs to be their song Renegade. Another song with a great surprise.
This is Dennis DeYoung he was wonderful. I have seen them in concert 3 times. They are still a great group but Dennis left them years ago and sings solo. He even performs with orchestras. He's got an amazing voice. 'Lady' Man of MIracles. If you haven't look at 'Desert Moon'
They have some fantastic songs you’re picking some good bands, my friend
Oh, man. My first rock concert. Stacks and stacks of amps. They were sooo good. I decided that night that rock concerts were the coolest thing 😎 ever in the world!! And I'm 61 now and still going strong 💪 ❤😂 !!!
Rapper dude, 1. QUEEN OF SPADES 2. NOTHING EVER GOES AS PLANNNED 3. BLUE COLLAR MAN 4. SUITE MADAM BLUE 5. SNOWBLIND.
Styx was my favorite band growing up. These were my "high school songs". Styx is a rabbit hole, and with three different lead singers in the band, you will hear a variety of styles in their music but they all rock. Check out "Blue Collar Man" and "Renegade" sang by Tommy Shaw (the blond guy with the guitar) and "Snowblind" and "Miss America" sang by James Young (the blonde guy with the beard and guitar)
Check out "Lady". Hard rockin song!
LADY and BABE are my songs I like also.
I love BP's face when they started talking about the spaceship 😊
Styx Grand illusion
I absolutely LOVE Styx!! This band was at their height when I was 12 and I had to have their album. I wanted to be Mrs. Shaw.. I had such a huge crush on Tommy and still do! James Young was the other guitarist originally and in this video he is in the background. He had a Bachelor degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. And they say rock stars are just "punks" LOL... They had tons of airplay on the radio and I love them so much. Thank you BP and Don!!!
Tommy Shaw wrote the song “Man In the Wilderness” the day after Styx opened for Kansas. He was blown away by the Kansas long progressive style songs, so “Man In the Wilderness” was his attempt at that progressive style. IT’S AWESOME!
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One of my favorites. Has a sort of Medieval tone to it.
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My suburban Chicago high school signed a contract with Styx to play our 1974 Homecoming. Their song, Lady, was huge in the charts and Styx tried to pull out. They were unable to, so we had a brand new nationally known rock band play our Homecoming. Prior to that, they had been a fairly popular local Chicago bar band.
Listen to their Renegade!
The boat "Ferryman" is called "Charon" (Pronounced - "Care-On")
It's Greek mythology that the river separated the living world to Hades.
Styx is an amazing band - so diverse cuz they had 3 different singers with distinctly different voices (like The Eagles), and each have their own songs.
For another amazing song by this singer (Denis DeYoung) check out "Suite Madame Blue" (which is a tribute to America's bicentennial in 1975).
For a different singer (my favorite) Tommy Shaw, check out: "Crystal Ball" and "Man in the Wilderness", "Renegade" and "Blue Collar Man" Both are amazing.
Finally for the 3rd singer (James "JY" Young) check out "Snow Blind" and "Miss America"
"Don't Pay the Ferryman" by Chris De Burgh 80's deep cut and a banger!
Hope you don't mind suggestions I've got a million! 😂
🎵 till he gets you to the other side 🎵
My daughter went to a comic con
And bought FBI DOCUMENTS from the Supernatural booth. Names on the badges are DeYoung and Shaw. I smiled so hard when I saw them.
Charron is the ferryman