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THE TRANSITIONS!| FIRST TIME HEARING Styx - Crystal Ball REACTION
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2024
- THE TRANSITIONS!| FIRST TIME HEARING Styx - Crystal Ball REACTION
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Tommy Shaw, the pride of Montgomery, Alabama. This was a song he brought into Styx that he had already written. I have a friend from Montgomery who knew him. The first time my friend heard "Crystal Ball," he was at a mutual friend's house, and a 19-year-old Tommy Shaw played this for him, their friend, and their friend's mom on acoustic guitar, sitting at her kitchen table.
And the fact that the band let this song be the title of their album despite him being a newcomer shows just how great they think of this song.
Wow, what a memory that must be!
Tommy Shaw is a good songwriter. He and the drummer, John Panozzo were close friends and after John's death in the mid 90's, Tommy Shaw wrote probably one of his best songs as a tribute. It's called "Dear John." You would probably love that one as well.
One of the underappreciated songs by Styx that I really like is Snowblind. It is a bit darker than many, but always touches me.
Yes this, and live it was amazing - love it when JY sings "mirror, mirror, on the waaaall....."
Styx fans talk about "Dennis songs," "Tommy Songs" and "John Songs" but Crystal Ball, while it IS a Tommy Song, is also an "everybody in the band song." They all sing.. SING. Great singers sing from their diaphragm rather than their lungs but in the chorus on Crystal Ball everyone in Styx sings from their toes (if you sing you know what I mean... when your toes dig in and you sign from there)! One of my FAVORITE Styx songs ever!
The "Flute" you think you're hearing is actually a synthesizer ( keyboards ). This was written by Tommy, and he sang lead on this one. He also sang lead on Mademoiselle and Shooz. I highly recommend you listen to both of these!! 🎸🎶🔥 He wrote or shared writing on 5 of the 7 tracks. This was also his first album with the band. He was 23 when Crystal Ball was released in October of 1976.
I was about to add that it was keyboards
Everyone in the band is Super Talented Musically, Instrumentally, Vocally! Just blessed to have been around when they were at their best.
Tommy Shaw’s vocals on this one are awesome! He goes from soft, ethereal to belting out those later lyrics! Tremendous mix of musical instrumentation too!
Tommy's first album with Styx (the band's 6th album). Tommy has written some beauties - check out "Man In The Wilderness" and Don't be afraid to check out the earlier albums too. Songs like "Lorelei, Light Up, I'm Gonna Make You Feel It, You Need Love" ALSO: one of the few songs off Kilroy's that I like that has both Dennis and Tommy sharing the vocals: "Haven't We Been Here Before"
Not only did Tommy Shaw play the acoustic guitar intro, but he also played the electric guitar outro.
As others have mentioned, a couple of other great Tommy Shaw Styx tunes are "Man in the Wilderness" (where Tommy also plays both an acoustic guitar intro and transitions to an electric guitar solo) and "Fooling Yourself."
A great Tommy Shaw lead vocal song is "Man In the Wilderness", which he wrote after touring with Kansas. The lyrics to that one are really deep. Wicked guitar solos too!
(God, could you imagine seeing Styx AND Kansas at the same show?? Those were some lucky fans!!)
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Nearly forgot: "Dear John". A tribute song they wrote for drummer and founding member John Panozzo, after he died. SO good!
RE: Seeing Styx & Kansas together: I was fortunate to do just that on their 1996 "Return To Paradise" tour--and yes, it was AWESOME! Probably the best concert I've ever seen. Unfortunately, they had just lost drummer John Panozzo (RIP), but the replacement did a fine job and both bands were still amazing as ever.
@@proudmoon3 I saw the same show! Kansas output more raw energy and STYX was more polished!
That song is by far the deepest, lyrical wise that Tommy ever wrote. He wrote that after his brother came home from the war with PTSD. The lines " ten thousand people look my way, but they can't see the way I feel" and " I'm dying of thirst in the middle of the ocean" hits me everytime.
Actually seen Styx and Nazareth together, awesome show!
I DID see Styx & Kansas at the same show! It was totally mind-blowing. I believe it was in the mid-90's at the Riverport Amphitheater in St. Louis. We had lawn tickets and I was so afraid it was gonna rain. When Styx finished their encore, wish I could remember what it was, the sky opened up and it poured. The storm held off until the show was finished. Between Tommy Shaw and Steve Walsh it was a night to remember!
Love Crystal Ball. Other great Styx songs: The Grand Illusion, Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man), Don't Let It End, Light Up, Lorelei, Miss America, Love is the Ritual.
And snow blind is also great
Suite Madame Blue, and Lady are two of my favorites.
This was the first concert I went to. It was in Boise, ID in 1976. Styx's Crystal Ball tour. I think I paid $4.50 for a standing room only ticket. I was just 15 at the time. Styx was an up and coming band then, but with the addition of Tommy Shaw the band took off to the stratosphere! A year later they hit the big time with their seminal album Grand Illusion! It was a super great time for rock back in the 70s and 80s.❤ Nice reaction guys! 👍
I was at both those tours.
Fooling Yourself, and Rockin' The Paradise are two more great songs by Styx.
You mentioned them having a medieval sound. You should check out "Castle Walls" - highly underrated song from their Grand Illusions album. Hauntingly beautiful ballad.
Love that song!❤
Should check out "Light Up". Saw them numerous times back in the seventies. Even with all their great music they came out with, it was always "Light Up" usually at the beginning or end of a show that sent the audience into a frenzy for obvious reason.
TOMMY SHAW AND STYX ARE AMAZING AND A LEGENDARY BAND. MANY OF THEIR SONGS START SLOW BUT GET GOING IN THE MIDDLE. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome song, Tommy Shaw really brought his best when he joined Styx. Next one you gotta check out: "Man in the Wilderness".
Tommy was playing this song with a band called Harvest in Montgomery AL in the early 70's.
We used to sneak in to Keglers Kove on the Atlanta Hwy to watch them (mostly him) play.
I was there to. Bama lanes also.
I went to see Styx....my very first concert back in '77. It was their Crystal Ball tour. I was blown away. Hypnotized....so so glad you got to hear this. Thanks. Blessings from Canada.
My first concert too. My brother was 2 years older than me and a senior in high school at the time. His friends and my friends all went out to the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, NY to see the show. Probably 20 of us. Great memories.
This song was a huge hit for Styx, and the album Crystal Ball started to get them into the mainstream. Their follow up album a year later Grand Illusion was a monster, and propelled them into a different level of popularity. Tommy Shaw is an underrated singer/songwriter, and was responsible for many of the Styx hits. Thank you guys for this reaction, a great song indeed
It wasn't a hit at all. It didn't even make the charts. They had already had three top 40 hits in the US, although oddly none in the UK. As for albums, the previous album (Equinox) outsold Crystal Ball. But yeah, Grand Illusion is the one that really made them megastars. I'll agree with you on that one.
Actually it was Lady that started getting them in mainstream.
On the live album, Caught in the Act, Dennis mentions how Grand Illusion was their first big album. I never heard Crystal Ball on the radio, but it should have been played." Lady" and " suite madame blue" were the only Styx songs I heard before Grand Illusion
@@eclecticexplorer7828 The single "Crystal Ball" was released but didn't break the top 100 on the charts. Kind of hung around at 108. So it did chart. Just not top 100. "Mademoiselle" was a single from the "Crystal Ball" album and did indeed chart in the top 50, somewhere around 36. "Jennifer" was another single released from the album, but it didn't chart at all.
Lady was my introduction to Styx. Overplayed on FM radio ? -yes. Then Equinox hit the airwaves, and I was all in.
There are no bad songs on the Crystal Ball album, and that title track was a killer. Nice pick. When you're ready for another REALLY BIG BANGER from Styx, go find "You Need Love" from Styx II - it'll make your ears bleed. Thanks for all the great reactions.
EQUINOX is SOOOO much better than the Crystal Ball album before Shaw joined.
@@billiondollarbaby3276 Midnight Ride is a killer track
I'd say "Put Me On" is not a great song.
@@billiondollarbaby3276 Equinox is so much better because "Suite Madame Blue" is on it!
So many write off their Wooden Nickel albums saying they were young and made mistakes etc etc. To me that was the Styx that proved they were actually a Rock Band more so then when Dennis kept wanting to take them into Ballroom and Ballerina land.
In concert when Tommy sang ‘crystal’ ball, lights lit a disco ball in the middle of the arena. The crowd went wild!
Tommy Shaw actually wrote this song BEFORE auditioning for STYX.. this song helped him land the gig
@dogsdogs8441The song from the Equinox album that convinced Tommy Shaw to join Styx was "Midnight Ride", a real banger with JY, James Young, on lead vocals.
1976 had a particular atmosphere... and this song embodies it!
Thanks to my older sisters boyfriend Styx was my gateway drug to seventies music and still listening to the best decade of music
This was always one of my favorite Styx songs. Love it! The flute was Dennis DeYoung on keyboards/synthesizer. Tons more great Styx songs to react to - hope you get to more soon!
Styx..one of my favorite bands!!❤❤
This song is one of the many reasons I fell in love with this band in high school. I would put my headphones on at night and listen to this and many of their other songs. I would get completely lost in the music. You're first person to mention the medieval times reference that I always felt as well. On the back of one of their albums, not sure which one, but it was one of the first that Tommy Shaw was on, I remember reading the words "hot damn, Tommy Shaw". Hot damn, indeed😊
Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) with Tommy Shaw on lead vocals is amazing! A must listen to!
I love Fooling Yourself!
Quite simply one of the great songs ever! If mankind last for any length of time people will be listening to this song
So glad you took our advice on Styx as it's sooooooo good now with that batter up with Rob squad checking out Zebra tunes: "Who's behind the door" and "Tell me what you want" and check out an awesome tune from Vandenberg's: "Burning Heart" I promise to you again you won't be disappointed is incredibly ROK'in!!
Yay! One of their best! My first concert was Kiss and Styx opened. I was in the second row, permanent hearing loss but it was worth it.
The best word that I can use to describe a lot of Styx is ethereal. Even when the fast, heavy rock comes out, it's still ethereal for me. Love y'all and your channels. Keep on doin your thing!
Great choice, easily my favorite Styx song. I think you'll really enjoy the live version of this song where styx plays with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra. Wishing y'all a very merry Christmas and all the best in the new year! 🎄
Saw Styx in concert on Dec 7th of this year. They opened for the Steelers. Only played one song... the National Anthem. That was unexpected.
Its hard for me to watch them without DDY.
I feel the same, but Tommy did sing a number of great songs.
Next, check out third vocalist guitarist James 'JY' Young on "Miss America", possibly their hardest rocker.
Tommy Shaw brought this song to the band just as they asked him to join.
This is such an awesome song!🎵 🎶
Glad you loved it!!❤❤
You still need to do Suite Madame Blue and I'd love to see your reaction to Styx - Half-Penny, Two-Penny/A.D. 1958, was one of my all time favorites growing up. I played that whole album so much that I had to replace it from the needle wearing the groves out especially from track 8,Snowblind till the end of A.D. 1958 which is the outro of Half-Penny, Two-Penny. I love to see if those songs speak to the two of you like they did to me as at 13 and still to this day some 40 odd years later.
This is one of their best songs. Saw Styx twice in last 10 years. Tommy Shaw is incredible.. better than ever.
This is probably my favorite styx song!!! Love it!!! Thanks for reacting to it. Been waiting for u to hit this one.
Love Tommy’s voice and his acoustic guitar playing. Fooling Yourself is another great Tommy track and a live show staple. Dennis DeYoung singing Ballerina is not to be missed.
I love Styx and this is my favorite song. Styx never gets as big as they did if they didn't obtain Tommy Shaw. In Fact, my favorite songs by Styx feature Tommy Shaw
I have to disagree, it took those amazing harmonies and combined talent that got them to the top.
I absolutely agree. It's my favorite of theirs too.
It was wonderful watching you both discovering this truly amazing - and extremely underrated - Styx song. _Crystal Ball_ (1976) was the first album that they did after Tommy Shaw replaced the previous second guitarist/vocalist, and it was the album before the one that broke them big (1977's _The Grand Illusion)._ This song amazed me when I first heard it in 1986 (The DJ didn't even announce it beforehand and so I didn't even have any idea at all whatsoever that this was Styx whenI first heard it), and it hasn't stopped amazing me ever since. This has become my favorite Styx song of all-time by now.
Styx still sounds great today. Still touring. I saw them earlier this year and they rocked! They are going out on tour in 2024 with Foreigner! They’ll be in Dallas 6/21/24. You guys should totally check them out. I’m going to their 6/28 concert in Anaheim (SoCal).
Keep Up the great reactions you guys are the ONLY reaction channel I follow religiously. 2+ years, 500K subscribers. You KNOW you’re doing it right! Sending love from sunny SoCal!❤️🎼
Ah memories. My husband would play his guitar and sing lead and I'd follow along with the harmony at he chorus.
amber & Jay, here are some other great Styx songs to react to: "The Grand Illusion", "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)", "Lorelei", "Don't Let It End", and "Castle Walls".
This is one of my favorite Styx songs. Love Tommy's voice and watching him play/sing this is amazing! I've seen them live a lot of times and it's incredible every time I hear it.
I have been a STYX fan since the "Paradise Theatre " album...I was around 12 or 13 at the time I turn 56 tomorrow so it's been a year or two. I finally got to see them live for the first time back in September. The show was AMAZING ! They started the show with "Come sail away" and ended it with "Crystal ball". They played a song that I did not think they would play "Mr. Roboto". As Tommy and J.Y aren't very fond of it to say the least. ( Nancy Wilson from HEART opened for them.) She was AMAZING as well.
Once again, do "Castle Walls" and "Miss America".
Que bella canción!! Cada que la escucho la disfruto y se me eriza la piel, y esa voz! Por Dios,,,👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼gracias chicos
This is a great song. "Castle Walls" is one that doesn't get played much but is quite good.
My first concert 73 or 74 my freshman year St. Joes H.S. Lady was being played on the radio. Before Tommy Shaw. Listen to them grow and change through the years. One of my favs……….
Okay, now you need to react to Castle Walls. It’s like Styx and Pink Floyd had a baby. :)
Got to see them do this Live in 1976, my first concert. One of the best bands to every see Live. Still go in 2024.
You guys still have to get to some of the songs sung by James Young. Two of the best known are Miss America and Snowblind (although on that one he shares vocals with Tommy).
So glad you got back to Styx! They, along with Journey, are my favorite bands ever. Also so glad you finally reacted to Crystal Ball.
Next I'd recommend "The Grand Illusion". You can't go wrong with the studio version but there's also a good live clip of it that's fun to watch.
How did I miss this reaction to my favorite band. Great reaction.
Out of all the Tommy Shaw written song with STYX this is a great song.
Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man) and Man in the Wilderness are truely great songs with Tommy singing. You should definitely check those out.
Fooling yourself or grand illusion both great song of theirs.
Love, love Styx ... saw them at the East TN State campus auditorium in January '79.
This is a Styx classic!! This has been my band since Grand Illusion in 1975.
I was one of the lucky ones at the Styx/Kansas concert. Absolutely out of this world fantastic evening!
...ty ty ty GOD for letting me live thru the GREATEST music time in history 💕💕💕
I feel VERY lucky cause we went to back to back shows! Greatest weekend EVER!!
I also saw the Styx/Kansas concert. We loved it so much we bought tickets for the next town. It was glorious!!!!!!!
Saw them in 1981 Paradise Theater Tour. They’re 1.5 hours late. They gave us all a free Album. Wow!
Speaking of crystal balls please check out Locked Within The Crystal Ball by Blackmore's Night. Ritchie Blackmore was a founding member of the band Deep Purple and later the band Rainbow. Vocals for the song are by Candice Night.
My favorite of theirs. Tommy is amazing!
One of my favorite Styx songs is show me the way it’s not one of their more popular songs, but it’s always had a very special place in my heart
This song is a gem 💎 ❤
Never thought i would hear myself say, " He has a beautiful voice" . A styx fan in late 70-80s only came upon this song recently
Lawrence "Larry" Gowan, Dennis DeYoung's replacement was a star in Canada prior to joining Styx. Styx include Criminal Mind which is one of Gowan's solo songs in their live performances. I'd like to see your reaction, it is also a great song which fits in nicely with the rest of Styx's incredible setlist.
Tommy Shaw wrote this song while working at a bowling alley when they found him my favorite band growing up.😊
Styx is still amazing to see live! They are passing thru St Louis in the summer of 24. My wife and I already have tickets. We never miss a chance to see them.
You should try “Fooling Yourself”. And “Snowblind” both Great songs featuring Tommy Shaw!
Well, snowblind was a JY song. JY wrote it and sang lead vocals.
Fooling yourself is the quintessential Tommy song, and should definitely be reacted to. Good message to alienated young people.
B. J. Thomas songs are "I'm Hooked on a Feeling", "Song Sung Blue", "I Just Can't Help Believing", "Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song".
Tommy Shaw is one of the best vocalists ever. You should do his solo version of “Ever Since the World Began”! It is one of the most beautiful songs you’ll ever hear. I guarantee it! 🙂
My favorite Styx song!
That solo, I believe, was on a synthesizer. My wife and I saw Styx last summer, 2022, and it rocked as hard now as it did in 77.
Love this song. Man in the wilderness/ Snowblind and one of my favorites is Sing for the day.
This is the title track of the first album after Tommy joined.
That's Dennis on the keyboards/synthesizer using a flute sound effect.
We knew you'd be impressed by this.....I know I'm not the only one to have suggested it......one of my favorite Styx songs!
You finally got to my favorite Styx song! Thank you! It is almost forgotten today. In fact, Styx is touring and is playing my area (Connecticut) in March. No Dennis DeYoung, but still, Styx!
There is actually a "lost" third verse to this song that was never performed or heard anywhere until Tommy Shaw sang it in a show he did with the Cleveland Youth Orchestra in 2017 or '18, I don't remember exactly when it was. "If you should see me walking Through your dreams at night, Would you please direct me Where I ought to be. I've been looking for a crystal ball to shed the light, to find a future in me... To find a future in me..."
Hahaha… it’s so funny knowing the “switch” is incoming and seeing on Rob’s face he has no idea what’s about to drop, lol and then BAM!!! Rob’s face ---> 😱😱😱😱😱
Miss America , The Grand Illusion, and Fooling Yourself are other great ones!
I love Styx. Between Dennis and Tommy they have two spectacular vocalists that give the band a ton of range. Crystal ball is probably my favorite since it shows off so many aspects of the band's talent. I'm writing this because _there are so many things you need to know_ .
Styx was my first concert ever! 1983’s Kilroy Was Here tour
Another by Tommy is "Man in the Wilderness" that came to him while listening to Kansas when they were the opening act for Styx
Tommy Shaw, the singer on this one is from my home town Montgomery Alabama. He wrote this song while at a bowling ally one night called Bama Lanes. Tommy is a real nice guy. I used to run into him around town from time to time. You never would know he was in one of the most famous bands around by looking at him.
Styx in their heyday. After their first four albums on the Wooden Nickel label they got a contract with A & M Records and made four phenomenal albums. Try listening to some JY (James Young) songs too like Midnight Ride, Miss America and Great White Hope. You should also check out Put Me On and Mademoiselle from the Crystal Ball album and a Tommy Shaw song Man In The Wilderness from the Grand Illusion album. You can also go back to their Wooden Nickel songs like A Day and Rock & Roll Feeling. So much further for you to dig down this rabbit hole.
The Wooden Nickel compilation is a great collection. Really love some of those songs. Like The Serpent is Rising, Jonas Salter. They would probably get a kick out of You Better Ask.
An early banger by them is grand illusion well worth a review 😎😎
I’ve seen Styx perform with REO Speedwagon twice now and they have been incredible both times.
This is an awesome song and is my favorite STYX song. Glad you enjoyed it.
Their Best Song !! IMO... Tommy Shaw Is My Favorite Singer !!! He Wrote This A Loooong Time Ago ❤ Merry Christmas Eve 2023 Jay & Amber 🎉
You forget- one of your GREATEST reactions was Renegade with Tommy Shaw on vocals!
This song really “hit with me” for some reason. My older sister bought the album and I played this song over and over again!!
Check out Styx "Snowblind" Caught In The Act Live (1983) You'll get great harmonies and dual lead vocals with James "J.Y." Young and Tommy Shaw.
I had the awesome experience of seeing Styx in 1979. The first concer I see was The Bee Gee's . The next was Styx. They were promoting the Cornerstone Album on Vinyl. The experience of a lifetime. So I think that you guys need to check out Castle Walls off the Grand Illusion Album. Jay I think that this song will Be a party in your ears😇
Tommy's a badass Musical Genius. Playing 12 string guitar while singing lead vocals is harder than it looks👍🤠🌵
Great song, great album by my favorite group. Going to see them again for the umpteenth time in a couple weeks.
Show Me the Way by Styx should be on your list. It is a fantastic and beautiful song.