Styx appreciation

[DTwwbwMP]

From '75-'79 STYX was awesome!

[BelichickFan]

I like Kilroy a lot.  Everything from Crystal Ball through Kilroy was great.  Not a fan of any full albums before or after that run.

[Architeuthis]

The only full album I'm a fan of since then is The Mission..    🪐☄

[KevShmev]

Yep, The Mission is great.

And I was dead wrong about Crash of the Crown. Damn good album, one that I cannot get enough of lately.  I love being wrong sometimes (although my knee jerk reactions, which I have never been shy about voicing, are often not always correct). 

[pg1067]

Still in the midst of my deep dive with Styx.

Man oh man, does Kilroy Was Here suck.  Mr. Roboto, cheesy and all, is still a good tune, but nearly every other song on that album is forgettable.  A few good moments, like the guitar solo in Cold War, but what a fall off the cliff from Paradise Theatre, which was better as a whole than I remembered.  Still hard to beat that Equinox through Pieces of Eight run, though.  Four legit great albums in four straight years.   

As I sit here, these are the songs on Kilroy that I remember:  Roboto, Heavy Metal Poisoning, Don't Let It End, Cold War, and Haven't We Been Here Before (and I might have forgotten about Cold War if you hadn't mentioned it).  I'm confident I haven't listened to the album in 30+ years.  And Paradise is excellent.  I think Lonely People is probably the only song I don't really care for, but it's not at all bad.

I think maybe I'll do what you're doing with Styx.

[King Postwhore]

Living on the edge, on the edge of the century.....

[Kotowboy]

I was always aware of the name - but now because of Drumeo - i'm fully aware of the amazing Todd Sucherman.

I've listened to their latest album and it's not my cup of tea. Like Dream Theater for people who don't like rock.

My Dad might like it though.

[King Postwhore]

Todd is amazing.

[KevShmev]

Still in the midst of my deep dive with Styx.

Man oh man, does Kilroy Was Here suck.  Mr. Roboto, cheesy and all, is still a good tune, but nearly every other song on that album is forgettable.  A few good moments, like the guitar solo in Cold War, but what a fall off the cliff from Paradise Theatre, which was better as a whole than I remembered.  Still hard to beat that Equinox through Pieces of Eight run, though.  Four legit great albums in four straight years.   

As I sit here, these are the songs on Kilroy that I remember:  Roboto, Heavy Metal Poisoning, Don't Let It End, Cold War, and Haven't We Been Here Before (and I might have forgotten about Cold War if you hadn't mentioned it).  I'm confident I haven't listened to the album in 30+ years.  And Paradise is excellent.  I think Lonely People is probably the only song I don't really care for, but it's not at all bad.

I think maybe I'll do what you're doing with Styx.

Good deal.  We are making a segue-way to Tommy's Girl with Guns before we get back to Styx.  I have little recollection of Edge of the Century, so that ought to be interesting.

[King Postwhore]

I know you will be shocked Kev but I saw the Edge Of The Century tour. Lol

[KevShmev]

I know you will be shocked Kev but I saw the Edge Of The Century tour. Lol

Hey, I did, too!  We discussed this last week.  That was my 3rd concert ever.   

[TAC]

I know you will be shocked Kev but I saw the Edge Of The Century tour. Lol

Hey, I did, too!  We discussed this last week.

 

[King Postwhore]

See Tim, old age. Now I remember. 

I think the album is OK.  The next studio album though....ouch.

[KevShmev]

We normally do not do live albums, but we are going to do Return to Paradise since it has three studio songs as additions, one of which is a must-have/hear (Dear John).

[King Postwhore]

That was the 1st time I saw Todd live with them.  Kansas opened.

[pg1067]

I know you will be shocked Kev but I saw the Edge Of The Century tour. Lol

Hey, I did, too!  We discussed this last week.  That was my 3rd concert ever.   

Me three.  It's the only Styx show I've seen.  I don't remember much about Edge, but I remember the show being really good.

[Trav86]

That was the 1st time I saw Todd live with them.  Kansas opened.

What a perfect match!

[King Postwhore]

That was the 1st time I saw Todd live with them.  Kansas opened.

What a perfect match!

It was a great show. The reunion tour.

[KevShmev]

Actually, I think it was a double bill, as I remember Kansas and Styx both getting about the same amount of time to play when they came here (like 80-90 minutes), but Styx went on last.

Meanwhile, I revisited Edge of the Century.  Holy smokes, that record sucks major swamp water.  Their worst album by far.  Even Kilroy and Brave New World are better than that piece of dog excrement.

[King Postwhore]

No way. Brave New World takes that suck mantle.

[TAC]

I thought this was an "appreciation" thread. Have some damn respect!

[KevShmev]

No way. Brave New World takes that suck mantle.

Nah, Brave New World, despite being a huge mess, at least has a few good songs I would call very good.  Some of those Glenn Burtnik tunes on Edge of the Century are just embarrassing.  Love Is a Ritual sounds like a reject from the hair metal era.  Oof.

[King Postwhore]

I can't wait for you to revisit it.  Lol

[KevShmev]

I can't wait for you to revisit it.  Lol

Oh yeah, some songs will have me reaching for the vomit bucket, but there is some good on there.  Tommy was on a roll in the 90's with good songs and fortunately some of them carried over on to that record. 

[King Postwhore]

There are 3 top notch songs then as Max Kellerman says, a cliff.

[BelichickFan]

Meanwhile, I revisited Edge of the Century.  Holy smokes, that record sucks major swamp water.  Their worst album by far.  Even Kilroy and Brave New World are better than that piece of dog excrement.

Kilroy is awesome.  Edge is mediocre.  BNW is awful.

[KevShmev]

There are 3 top notch songs then as Max Kellerman says, a cliff.

I am curious, which three do you think are the top notch ones?

[King Postwhore]

Oops. I meant 2.

I Will Be Your Witness
Brave New World

[KevShmev]

Oops. I meant 2.

I Will Be Your Witness
Brave New World

No love for Heavy Water?  I think that is easily the best song on there.  I like Number One a lot as well; it's kinda weird, but the melodies are nice.  The two you mentioned are also good.  Goodbye Roseland is DDY's one good song on there.

[King Postwhore]

I seem to only play those 2 songs.  I will revisit the album.

[KevShmev]

I seem to only play those 2 songs.  I will revisit the album.

I suspect that amongst the filth, you will like a few others aside from those first two.  It is almost like their Union (Yes). The factions resulted in it being a total mess, but still gave us a handful of good tunes.

[KevShmev]

Updates:

Return to Paradise is definitely one of my favorite live albums ever.  Killer set list, and the band was on fire.  I watched the live DVD this week for the first time in years and it was awesome.

Brave New World is a mess.  It has a handful of tunes I like quite a bit, Heavy Water being the clear standout, but some of those songs are just crappy.

We will hit the three 21st century albums next week. 

[jammindude]

Hip hop….

Hip hop hypocrisy hip hop… 

[KevShmev]

Hip hop….

Hip hop hypocrisy hip hop…

I swear, I knew that was coming. 

[jammindude]

Hip hop….

Hip hop hypocrisy hip hop…

I swear, I knew that was coming. 

I find that song utterly stupid…but for some reason it stays in my head for days every time I think of it. I don’t think I’ve actually HEARD it since the album first came out. So, as annoying as it is, it’s got an “earworm” thing going on.