Tommy Shaw has one of the most underrated voices in rock history!

@bkm2797

Ай бұрын

Thinking Tommy also wrote this tune, if I'm remembering correctly.

@marlew6629

Ай бұрын

true dat.

@jeffreymorris5815

Ай бұрын

Black P needs to check out Crystal Ball!

@DonnaConner-fk4lm

Ай бұрын

Tommy Shaw is definitely the heart of Styx!😊

@Jude_196

Ай бұрын

FACTS!!!! :)

STYX should be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.

@ninawildr4207

Ай бұрын

Yes!

@edh3709

Ай бұрын

Hopefully soon!

@seandobson6221

Ай бұрын

It’s criminally unfair they’re not in the Hall!

@LesSmith45

Ай бұрын

@@CasonovaCorkClub I have been beating that drum for about 15 Yrs! It’s mind-boggling that they haven’t even been nominated. I mean they have about 40 great songs.

@williamreiser3118

29 күн бұрын

No doubt that a crime 💯

Another example of why we had the best music, the fastest cars, and the hottest chicks.

@williamreiser3118

29 күн бұрын

Damn right was teenage years 1975 till 1981 1982 20 miss those years

This song goes well with their other hit song Too Much Time On My Hands

@eriklarson9137

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yup! Their only other hit...

@juliagrant3299

Күн бұрын

Damn! Now I have to play that song.

Man Styx was on everyone’s playlist back in the day . They in my opinion don’t get enough love .

@TheMadeofhonor

Ай бұрын

Still on my playlist lol

@JefferyCunningham-tb2cj

Ай бұрын

@@TheMadeofhonor same here !

Bro, this is absolutely my favorite arena rock band by far. They have so many hits songs. I probably seen them at least eight times live and the biggest freaking crime is they’re not in the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame and they belong long time ago.

@gabrielharris5446

Ай бұрын

Agreed. Hes gotta react to Lady and Mr. Roboto

@kennethbartlett4302

Ай бұрын

Styx and Grand Funk are still not there while Eminem and Dolly Parton have been included. Blasphemy!!!!!

@plagasvon2399

Ай бұрын

Styx live back in 2018 or so was beast when I saw them in Kw

@LesSmith45

Ай бұрын

@@kennethbartlett4302 it’s fucked up. You can add Boston, the Guess Who, Three Dog Night, Ted Nugent, Blue oyster Cult just to name a couple heavy staples from the 70’s

@RENfan1265

Ай бұрын

Eight times? Perfect, Pieces of Eight. lol

🎶🎵"The jig is up. The news is out. They finally found me. The Renegade who had it made; retreived for the bounty..."🎵🎶

@timmoser3526

Ай бұрын

Styx, the third river from hell, could this have been Jesus?

@GTLyons

Ай бұрын

nice

@Jude_196

Ай бұрын

Nevermore to go astray - This'll be the end today - Of the wanted man!!! WOOOHOOO!!!

@vidpie

Ай бұрын

I always thought it was "betrayed for a bounty." I like the alliteration in that.

@sarad2376

Ай бұрын

@vidpie I had thought it was ... "...they tripled the bounty", but retrieved does make more sense for the following lines. (I looked up the lyrics to double check before posting, and got that surprise). 😅

As a Mom... worst phone call of my life.. my oldest son.. in a fight with a Gay man that kept hitting on him.. my son was drunk and high at 19 yrs old and put the man in the hospital. He was looking at 20 yrs easy.. if not life for a hate crime.. I'm very blessed.. my son is now 36, has been sober and clean for 15 yrs.. has been married for 10 yrs, owns his home and works his ass off everyday. He made a major mistake.. but learned his lesson... especially after spending 9 plus months in jail.. thankfully not prison, but he never wanted to go back. He changed his life.

@samanthareardon3330

25 күн бұрын

I certainly hope my son goes that way. He's 17 and got in trouble for stealing alcohol recently plus a few other things in the past. Hopefully he can see the light without having to go to jail , though that might be the shock he needs :/ Your and your son's story gives me hope

If you really want your mind blown this same group had a slow ballad "Babe".

@danacasey8543

Ай бұрын

Dennis De Young has a beautiful voice!

@allenwhitmer8192

Ай бұрын

Or Boat on the River-Tomny Shaw

@mikebzdusek8754

Ай бұрын

That was written by dennis deyoung as a birthday present to his wife

@seanmurphy6034

29 күн бұрын

I prefer suite madam blue

One of the GREATEST songs in history. I absolutely LOVED your take on this. Please, oh please do more Styx. ❤😁❤

this is the Pittsburgh Steelers defense song that is palyed at their home games at the stadium ...the whole place gets wild

@syrpitt

Ай бұрын

even some away games Chargers hahaha

@randyvaughankn4wbh998

Ай бұрын

@@syrpitt steeler nation travels so well....

@6666Imperator

Ай бұрын

Best version of this song was 60 people chanting it just before the Overtime of the season opener against the Bengals started.

@CrossBorderCamping

Ай бұрын

@@randyvaughankn4wbh998 David Bednar uses this song for his entrance music when he comes out in the 9th inning for the Pirates too!

@ukkingrex

Ай бұрын

Here we go…yeah, Steelers fans travel better than any other NFL fanbase. I’m a Kentucky basketball fan too & Steelers fans are the only group I’ve seen that can compare with UK fans & following the team. Be playing 3000 miles away & it sounds like a home game.

STYX ROCKS EPIC CLASSIC ROCK !!!

My absolute favorite Styx song. Been waiting for this one. Their keyboardist is heavily featured on Too much time on my Hands. You should check that one out

@markgrace7181

Ай бұрын

Me and my cousin played pool to this song! Great song

@C1nderfire

Ай бұрын

Oh that’s on my playlist! Freaking love that song

@C1nderfire

Ай бұрын

Ya know Tommy was in night ranger for a while with Nugent. They had some hits too.

@allenruss2976

Ай бұрын

@@C1nderfire that was Damn Yankees not Nightranger. Jack Blades (Nightranger), Tommy Shaw (Styx), Ted Nugent, Michael Cartelone(session drummer)

@tatushhimekuro

Ай бұрын

​@@allenruss2976love Damn Yankees

You are just touching the surface. Keep digging. You are going to love this band and the branches coming from this band.

@goosebump801

Ай бұрын

Yes! Can’t go wrong with Styx 🙌💯

Good call bro it was a keyboard played by Dennis deYoung. Tommy Shaw is singing it and both Tommy and James Young are shredding the guitar

what a great song pick!!! Whoever chose this reaction thanks! I haven't heard this for years, Perfect Friday song to get the weekend rolling.

I saw Styx a looong time ago! At the end of the show all the band members gave me guitar picks and Tommy Shaw gave me a monogrammed STYX towel. Have it framed and hanging on the wall!

@matteoedwardes2876

Ай бұрын

Ahhh! Jealous!

@pumpkinhead34

Ай бұрын

@@matteoedwardes2876 It was 25 years ago at a small venue. I was in the front row. It was one of the best shows.

@iron_rush_theater1246

Ай бұрын

Saw them just last year and they still have it! I didn't get any swag though....

@izzelongoria3497

Ай бұрын

My dad, who later went on to be a professional drummer, took lessons from the Styx drummer. I’ve loved them ever since I was young.

@pumpkinhead34

Ай бұрын

@@izzelongoria3497 Awesome!

In 1978 I was the stage roadie for a Toronto based band called ZON (3 albums) and we had the opportunity to open their Toronto show at the annual Canadian National Exhibition (think of it as an annual county fair; on steroids). As we waited to get our stuff on stage, we got to hear their incredible soundcheck. Hearing them checking their vocal mics by singing a capella was like a dream. Then after our set (well received), I was backstage packing up our gear. My head was inside a road case and as I came up from that case, I made a quick u-turn to grab more cables and ran right into Tommy Shaw! AND he had his guitar with him! I nearly died on the spot, both by being so close to a guitar hero and nearly laying him flat out. Thankfully he was very gracious about it as I melted into a grovelling pile of apologies. Ahh, my brush with greatness.

@kevinandcarolynroutledge2981

Ай бұрын

Man, I never thought I would see Zon mentioned in a comment. One of my favourite bands back in the day. Saw them at the Oakville Centre and they were amazing!

@World-Sojourner.22

Ай бұрын

Good story! Thanks! ☮️❤️

Went to Paradise Theater concert & Styx performed this song. It was epic. “The Grand Illusion” was amazing to see live. It was like a theater performance. Nothing compared.

@whome1299

Ай бұрын

Love Paradise Theater. ❤️

@christinehanson7579

Ай бұрын

I saw them on that tour as well. ❤

Tommy Shaw said the song just kind of wrote itself. He was just singing anything that came to his mind and that’s what came from it. He said he’s never been in trouble with the law ever. Yes that sound you liked was a synth. Check out Mr Roboto, Too Much Time on my Hands, The Best of Times, Lady, Babe. Oh and Blue Collar Man. I see it as a tribute to the working man or woman. Not 9 to 5 at a desk job but doing all the physically challenging work. “Long nights, impossible odds…..” and so it goes. But that also goes for bands, first responders, etc.

@lordessducky8494

Ай бұрын

Yes to “Blue Collar Man”!👍

@vermontmoocow

Ай бұрын

LOVE BLUE COLLAR MAN!

@terriatca1

Ай бұрын

Babe was my first slow dance, in the very early 80's.

Styx and Reo Speedwagon was my first concert, 20 years later I took my mom to see them for her first time. One of the best live performers I've heard

@hgianos65

Ай бұрын

Midwest rockers

@themeg1540

Ай бұрын

I just took my daughter (who is 16) to her first concert about 2 weeks ago…Styx and Foreigner. She had a blast!

@CJ-Fischer

Ай бұрын

You are a good kid or were and probably still 😂

@markdrechsler5660

Ай бұрын

BP should listen to “Roll With the Changes” by REO Speedwagon. Another banger!

@gregorymacdonald8732

Ай бұрын

My boys' first concert when they were about 11 was Styx-REO-Dan Felder from the Eagles. AMAZING

love this song they used it in Supernatural ( which had the best tv soundtrack)

Love this song! Being a huge Steelers fan, this will always remind me of them. It's played at every home game🖤💛🖤💛

I loved your "No phones at the gallows" comment. I saw Styx live, and when they played Renegade, the place went crazy!

This song is much better with earphones. The instruments are panned superbly.

@timmoser3526

Ай бұрын

He’s brought up the fact that he’s got large speakers of both Sides so it’s like giant headphones

@donnadubyak6504

Ай бұрын

Its the only way to listen to music.

I'm from Chicagoland, so Styx is a BIG deal around here😂 I had my heart broken as a preteen to their song "Babe" ... total roller skating heartbreak lmaoooo I still appreciate them, but there is no alter in my home, like true fans have hehee You are so fun & amazing, I share you constantly, with alllll sorts of friends. Your diversity had me sharing you daily, no lie!❤

@meganhutcheson5867

Ай бұрын

From Montgomery, Alabama Styx is also a big deal here.

"The best of times" Is one of best

@ldy1va

Ай бұрын

still listening to this and. crying in 2024 and it is amazing how relevant those song lyrics are TODAY

They crank this at the Pittsburgh Steelers home games

Snow Blind is another great one

@hgianos65

Ай бұрын

Awesome song

@timmoser3526

Ай бұрын

The end of times the best of times!

@lyriasfaves

Ай бұрын

Snow Blind, Crystal Ball, Suite Madam Blue...yup.

The Who " Momma got a squeeze box" 1975. Momma got a squeeze box and daddy never sleeps at night! Well you can decide what that line may mean!!!!

@Cchan53

Ай бұрын

Exactly! Lol...not the same. That's a good thing!

@thomasdempsey721

Ай бұрын

lol...the first version I heard was by Laura Braningan!

Nothing better than having big brothers and sisters with killer albums to rifle through and discover amazing music. This Styx album was one of them. ❤

I don’t know why but this is the Pittsburgh Steelers theme song-3rd or 4th quarter-the big screens go black and every player&fan (plus every team that comes into our stadium) knows what’s coming. Everyone stands. The game stops. Players are looking at the screens. All you can see is gold “Terrible Towels” waving and on the screens the defense making amazing plays. It’s the coolest experience in the stands!!! No lie, I have seen the Steelers come back from being down and win the game after Renegade. It’s electric!!! Thanks so much for doing this💛🏈 Another one of their great ones-a ballad-The Best of Times

@shanegooding4839

Ай бұрын

It was a tradition started by the general manager of the Hard Rock Cafe in Pittsburgh and was taken up by the team and fans.

I was waiting for the drop, excited to see your reaction when the band comes in😂

I just saw them in concert 2 weeks ago. Absolutely loved it especially this song. Pine knob Music Theater in MI 🔥

This brings back memories of high school, cruising in my friend's Camero Z28 and listening to this on 8 track LOL.

@ricksurratt9034

Ай бұрын

👍🏽✌🏼

@ricksurratt9034

Ай бұрын

69 Chevelle ss 396 convertible miss those days

@aprilmajor5651

Ай бұрын

My first car, a shi* brown Chevy Comet, 15 years old, and, literally, wore this tape out! It was a sad day. The Best of Times, Snowblind, Fooling Yourself, and Grand Illusion are some of my favorites.

@kelleycross-hobbs2220

29 күн бұрын

Crazing Cooper Street in Arlington blasting this song and Radar Love.....it was a blast back then

The subliminal elements... the drums pounding like the heartbeat of someone on the run. After the guitar solo, the synth rings out like a police siren, or a prison break siren..

" I didn't come here to Talk. I came here to die." - last words of 19-year-old outlaw, Cherokee Bill, before hanging.

Yes finally, next grand illusion 🙌 ❤

@lorrahowell3567

Ай бұрын

Yes please!!!

Love your channel. I’m a 60 year old white dude and every time I listen to your reaction I can’t help but think holy shit did I grow up listening to some awesome music

Yep. I have to agree with you, Renegade is EPIC!!! 🤘🤜👏

I love this reaction. Styx was and is one of my all time favorites. If you want to check out something extra special, in 2006 while on tour Styx did a special performance with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra from Cleveland, OH. The show called One with Everything was so amazing seeing these high school age musicians playing with these legends of rock. I wonder how many still remember with awe 17 years later sharing the stage with such an iconic band.

STYX has always been a fav of mine and Renegade is one of their most iconic songs.

one of my favorite bands please do more styx

100% chance of getting a ticket if you listen to this in the car

@World-Sojourner.22

Ай бұрын

So true!!

@sg.7773

Күн бұрын

OMG! I DID! BUT I PLAYED IT EVERY SINGLE TIME I GOT IN THE CAR AND PLAYED IT EVEN LOUDER AFTER THE TICKET LOL 😂

Styx have a ton bangers! Next up, you have to give these a listen, Blue Collar Man, Too Much Time on My Hands, Miss America and Queen of Spades. Keep up the good work!

Tommy Shaw’s diversity is astounding. He also has quite a solo career as well as being with Damn Yankees. Check out Crystal Ball or Boat on the River to see something completely different from Renegade.

Special place in Steelers fans hearts for this epic song

I just saw them (again) last week, and despite them having been around for over 50 years, they still rock the house every time. One of greatest live band and still constantly touring. Renegade is one of my favourites live (with Criminal Mind by Gowan when in Canada).

Sail away, Grand illusion, Castle Walls, lord of the rings, rocking the paradise, best of times, Babe a ballad, basically all 1970's albums fire Crystal Ball i can go on forever

I don't have a favorite Styx song, love this song and then I listen to another Styx song then I love that one. Happy I got to see them live in maybe 2008, it was great.

STYX was an amazing band! Check out their music throughout the 70's into the 90's

Still blows this song away in concert. As a man of faith I think you would be moved by Show Me The Way. Makes me tear up . . . When my husband was deployed and I couldn’t watch the news I heard the song on a classic rock station and it brought me some peace.

I just noticed the song added that "gospel choir" style element. That always adds a really cool subset or something like that to a song. Two other songs I can think of off the top of my head are Foreigner "I want to Know what Love Is" and "Spirit in the Sky." So many great reviews of songs that are part of my life that I haven't heard forever. Thanks, BP.

I know this song because I remember when this album came out, and my daughter-in-law knows this from the show, Supernatural.

I had this on 8 track. It actually changed track in the middle of the song. To this day I still mentally pause at the change spot 😂

I couldn't wait to see BP's reaction to this! You did not disappoint! Definitely suggest both Lady and Babe by Styx!

I saw Styx many times in concert, the synth is the sound you were wondering about, and it hits your whole body in concert.

Another great song is Blue Collar Man. The vocal range on display in this song will knock your socks off!

STEELERS!!!! WOOHOO!!!

One of the best written songs, that will hit anybody with kids is Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin

This group is constantly forgotten about but are one of the best and still going!

This song and "Mr Roboto"🎉❤

@aura81295

Ай бұрын

Definitely would love to see BP's take on Mr. Roboto!

I loved Mr Roboto growing up in the 80's but this is the Styx I was introduced to and blew me away in the 70's! Born in 71... best childhood for music ever!

From the days of the "Head Bangers". My high school days.

STYX…always incredible!

Go Steelers! 💛🖤

My absolute favorite song followed by Blue Collar Man. Glad you liked this.

70's - 90's had many songs similar to this. AC/DC had Jail Break, Styx had Renegade, Paul McCartney and Wings had Band on the Run, Bad Company had Bad Company, Kenny Rogers had Coward of the County, there's a couple others I'm forgetting as well. Given the time Momma could have a couple meanings, it is either his mom or his old lady/girlfriend

@jnish7583

Ай бұрын

Jailbreak is Thin Lizzy

@robertm2071

Ай бұрын

@@jnish7583 AC/DC also had a song called Jailbreak.

Saw them last summer. They haven't lost a thing❤

😅 lol my first rock concert in 77!! I was hooked! Concerts are the BEST!! ❤❤❤

STYX can really bring it....great jams this is another song we jammed to at all the keggers....

Still rocking after 52 years.... as good if not better than ever. Their most recent album CRASH OF THE CROWN is amazing - no weak tracks.

I do like Renegade and the rockier Styx songs, but I have a nostalgic soft spot for "Best of Times". Thx BP.

LOVE styx . Saw them in concert about 10 yrs ago. IT WAS GREAT !

Legends always should be in hall of fame. So many bangers from them

Spring break senior year high school 1979. Nashville, TN to Daytona Beach Florida. Styx in the 8 track tape player in a Pontiac Grand Prix!!!

This is one of the greatest songs in all human history...

With Styx you have two singers who share lead. Tommy Shaw usually leads on the more rock type songs like Renegade whereas Dennis DeYoung led songs like Come Sail away tend to be more theatrical.

@michaelhillmann3460

Ай бұрын

There are a few songs sung by James Young also

Just saw them live 2 nights ago. Closed the show with this one. An excellent performance by a bunch of senior citizens

Absolutely LOVE STYX. I love your reactions. Im thrilled you appreciate Styx. Tommy has always been underrated.

From what I've seen and heard from different rock bands in interviews, especially Journey, the singer, guitarist and keyboardist usually worked together to get the sound and verses based on each of their specific talents and most of them could play several instruments so that all contributed.

love how you connect different artist.. how you understand the genius in them...

I LOVE this song!!!!!!!

One of my favorite bands from that time. Gotta love the tone, melody swicht up at the begining. Next....Styx - Grand Illusion. Total Banger 🎉

I got to see them in 2012 was a great concert

Oh gosh that sounds so fine, been a long time good one good good ! Thank you for this reaction.

Glad you did this one! My favorite Styx song for sure! The guitarist/co-lead singer is Tommy Shaw and he is from my home state of Alabama! Love his voice. He also wrote “Too Much Time On My Hands” which is a great song! Great reaction BP! More Styx please!❤️‍🔥✌🏻🫶🏻

Styx is in my Top 5 Concert Bands of all time. I've been listening to them since the mid '70's. When Renegade hit the airwaves back in '78, it was instant Banger. Still is today. The Come Sail album is a Triple Platinum Banger from start to finish. At their concerts, (I've been to 10 of them going back decades), this song is a fan fave and gets Rocked hard. Listen to the lyrics, learn them then, crank it up to 11. The song tells a story - He's telling his mom what's up and it's real damn bad! Oh momma, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law... lawman has put an end to my running and I'm so far from my home..... hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long.....

Freakin love your reaction. Couldn’t wait for the change to see your face. ❤❤❤

Heck yeah! ❤ I love Dennis but when Tommy is on the mic! Whew! 😍 Two other favs….Blue Collar Man and Too Much Time on My Hands.

Epic song. Great reaction as usual my friend and Peace out ✌️ ☮️

BLUE COLLAR MAN! The opening organ riff is so good, and so eerie at the same time. You must check it out.

A Styx song associated with diverse opinions, but I would describe as being EPIC is "Mr Roboto" from 1982. It's from their succssful "concept" album "Kilroy Was Here," written and championed by co-lead singer/keyboard player Dennis DeYoung. Mr Roboto was a huge hit single for Styx, and comes along with a wondefully cheesy 80s video. Really a must watch!!! DeYoung's vision focused on the evils of music censorship. "Kilroy", the main character of the album, is a famous rock star who is sent to prison by a group called "The Majority For Musical Morality." In jail, workers have been replaced by robots called "robotos," and Kilroy escapes inside a robot costume (ie, Mr. Roboto). Unfortunaltey, Styx's 1983 tour was a stage production based on the album, and was basically a logistical nightmare, lacking the profits of previous tours. Most of the band were not enthusiastic or on board with the "Kilroy Concept", especially Tommy Shaw, who in addition disliking the new musical direction, also had to do some acting in the show. Tommy Shaw is a great guitarist, songwriter, and was the co-lead vocalist for Styx. He is not an actor.... When the tour ended, the band had effectively split up and did not reform until 1990. This initial split effectively ended their amazing streak of hit singles, beginning with the awesome power ballad "Lady" in 1973.

@chuckster255

Ай бұрын

Excellent synopsis of Kilroy Was Here and what it did to the band.

Too much time on my hands is a great track too.

Ah Styx. I saw the Paradise Theater tour. I love that they rock so hard and the vocals are sill clear. One of a kind. More Styx! Beyond These Castle Walls.

You are doing ALL the songs of my youth recently.....thanks!!

Love this song. Awesome

Denis DeYoung and the other members of Styx need to get over their collective shit and reunite before it's too late.

Styx was one my favorite bands, seen them several times in Portland Oregon!! The seventies were the best times for great bands. ❤

I’ve seen them several times (in the 70s) and they never disappoint!