This whole album feels like something The Gang from It's Always Sunny would write

@roze_quartz7976

Жыл бұрын

Charlie wrote the "modren man" lyric

@emanuelmartinez7267

Жыл бұрын

"Dayman ahhhhhhh fighter of the Nightman ahhhhhhh"

@CustodianVirgil

11 ай бұрын

It's ironic seeing as how the keyboardist is a guy named Dennis

@Arcademan09

8 ай бұрын

​@@CustodianVirgilOH MY GOD

@fc43

3 ай бұрын

You mean Charlie writes it, and the gang’s musically inexperienced asses make it even worse.

"Robots are to this album as breast cancer is to The Room" That's just incredible.

@lizzybethnj617

5 жыл бұрын

I almost spit out my drink lmao

@philcollinshill2951

5 жыл бұрын

You are tearing me APART Lisa!!!

@Lagmire

5 жыл бұрын

I got the results of the test back. I definitely have robots.

@Logan912

4 жыл бұрын

@@Lagmire Now, excuse me while I tell you about how you're wrong about your love interest and never mention the robots again.

@Reesej0520

4 жыл бұрын

Phil Collins Hill why are you so hysterical?

I’m surprised Todd didn’t mention that the album is only 9 songs. That’s hilariously short for a rock opera

@AdamLB

Жыл бұрын

Bat Out Of Hell only has 7 songs.

@thebasedgodmax1163

Жыл бұрын

@@AdamLB that's not a rock opera though

@AdamLB

Жыл бұрын

@@thebasedgodmax1163 it is

@thebasedgodmax1163

Жыл бұрын

@@AdamLB how is it a rock opera? none of the songs form a narrative story. that's what one is (i.e. Tommy or this album).

@Malkmusianful

Жыл бұрын

I mean you're missing most of the Kilroy experience You're supposed to witness Tommy and Dennis attempt to act

"This character, played by a guy who looks like a Walgreens manager, is the physical enbodiment of rock."

@PorkchopGMX

Жыл бұрын

Legendary quote

@littlekingtrashmouth9219

7 ай бұрын

Best line of the video

@lisakobar7768

2 ай бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅😅

I've never heard this album beyond Mr. Roboto. I thought the album was about a robot becoming sentient and wanting to connect with humans through music...I feel so disappointed now...

@mrcliff3709

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds a million times better

@m1k3l1f3

4 жыл бұрын

That would have been MUCH better.

@JefAlanLong

4 жыл бұрын

That’s basically Neil young’sTrans, made about the same time and marginally better

@eliasmg9144

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I always though it was like a blade runner thing where the artificial life form has become more conscious and human than what it was expected

@justanotheranimeprofilepic

3 жыл бұрын

Shit we need to make a concept album

So basically DeYoung got wasted one night, listened to Rush's 2112 album and a couple Devo singles, and a concept was born.

@EpicB

4 жыл бұрын

@Mark Gibson They meant the concept of this album, not the concept album as a genre.

@texasyojimbo

4 жыл бұрын

I had the same impression. (I really like 2112 by the way, buying it on vinyl was my birthday present to myself last weekend). But 2112 knows when to drop the concept and get back to rockin. Sure, side A is a big long suite about creativity-destroying mandarins and an ancient guitar and space angels and the elder race of men. But side B has "A Passage to Bangkok" which is just about smoking marijuana.

@EpicB

4 жыл бұрын

@Tom Ffrench Isn't this where we open your pinball, Nicholas?

@robwalsh9843

4 жыл бұрын

@Tom Ffrench You think so? I'd say Husker Du's Zen Arcade has a lot of similar motifs as something like The Wall. Youthful alienation, etc.

@michealpersicko9531

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChristieBrewster I thought the same thing at first about the movie but then i saw snippets of the broadway show and oh boy its a fucking shit show.

Every time a fictional character on TV decides to write a rock opera, it comes out sounding like this album.

@louisduarte8763

Жыл бұрын

Like the puppet show Mabel Pines put in in Gravity Falls?

@xibalbalon8668

Жыл бұрын

Dayman, aaaah aaaaaaaah

@nomercyformayhem2506

Жыл бұрын

​@@louisduarte8763Exactly my first thought when i read his comment

@RadikAlice

10 ай бұрын

I literally thought of Todd's rock opera in BoJack Horseman. Funny because true I suppose

@littlekingtrashmouth9219

7 ай бұрын

Even the Kafka’s Metamorphosis rock opera from Home Movies

13:29 Todd: There's a song about leading a double-life... Styx: LEEEAADDIING A DOOUUBBLE LIIIIIFE Lyrical mastery there, that's more on the nose than any of Hannah Montana's songs.

@Jason_Ultimate

3 жыл бұрын

Hannah Montana writer: Write something that's a mix between country and hip-hop. Hannah Montana: COUNTRIFY, THEN HIP-HOP IT

@nejdalej

3 жыл бұрын

I just had this image of Living A Double Life set to footage of Hannah Montana living a double life, and now this shitpost must be made.

@silverwheel

2 жыл бұрын

all of these lyrics are so literal and awful, oh my gosh

@seandevine3695

2 жыл бұрын

Sure, but Van Halen’s cover of Hannah Montana’s “Best of Both Worlds” is excellent.

@sofiipote7

2 жыл бұрын

@@seandevine3695 you made me actually look it up listened to the whole song though, so i'm not complaining

I wonder if this exists in the same universe as Billy Idol’s Cyberpunk.

@PhoenixFireZero

4 жыл бұрын

Cyberpunk exists in a sleep-deprived state of delirium you can only reach by smoking a lot of pot while Blade Runner and Johnny Mnemonic play somewhere in the background

@ElimGarakSpoonHead

4 жыл бұрын

KingOfGreyfell So like..... every night?

@PhoenixFireZero

4 жыл бұрын

@@ElimGarakSpoonHead Every night of it's life, all in one night. Avoid ultraviolet hosts on the matrix, chummers...

@ElimGarakSpoonHead

4 жыл бұрын

KingOfGreyfell K.

@robwalsh9843

4 жыл бұрын

It's like a boring alternate universe version of the dystopian future in Rush's 2112. In 2112 made you want to rise up against the Priests of Syrinx and bring rock and joy back to people's lives. Kilroy Was Here makes you *want* the bastards to stop the music.

The idea that Styx would be the band to save rock and roll once the apocalypse came is just psychotic.

@classicarcadeamusementpark4242

Жыл бұрын

Maybe the story & lyrics weren't amazing, but the actual music of the songs sure was.

@msoileau83

Жыл бұрын

What is your idea then?

@mthomas1091

11 ай бұрын

Should’ve spelled it $tyx. See there’s your problem 🤷‍♂️

@noesunyoutuber7680

11 ай бұрын

​​​@@msoileau83In terms of bands in 1983 who would have been believable saviors of rock, I would totally pick AC/DC. Unlike Styx, AC/DC were properly mom-scaring Hard Rockers (so they would have made sense as enemies for a Rock-hating "moral majority" dictator), but they were still catchy and fun-loving enough that they make sense as the good guys. Plus they're Australian, and if Mad Max taught me anything it's that Australia is the place to be in the apocalypse. Twisted Sister would also be believable candidates, given that they're best known for anthems about rock and rebellion ("I Wanna Rock" and "We're Not Gonna Take It" would both totally fit on a concept album with the same themes as Kilroy) and Dee Snyder actually testified against the PMRC's campaign for music censorship in the 80's. Ultimately, just about any rock band who didn't insist on being as softcore and palatable as Styx did at this point would fit the concept better. The theme song for the villain who hates rock is the hardest rocker on the whole album! In a world where Rock and Roll were outlawed, Styx wouldn't become the outlaw heroes of rock, they would have just become a lounge act.

@pepperdog2039

10 ай бұрын

ac dc while a great hard rock band do not think the big thinks so these concepts would beyond them. in this story styx doesn't save rock two fictional characters join up do try.

Fun Fact: I was named Domo after Mr. Roboto and my brother's middle name is Jonathan Chance because my dad is that much of a Styx Stan

@yomama9538

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry

@ChristieBrewster

2 жыл бұрын

That wraps back around to being cool again, imo 👍

@jpalexander292

2 жыл бұрын

Fun are you sure?

@domojersak3449

2 жыл бұрын

@@jpalexander292 ye

@JulioHernandez-wy8nh

2 жыл бұрын

That sents the bar so low that is back to cool again

I love that there are comments trying to justify Dennis DeYoung pronouncing "modern" as "modren", but no one tries to justify his mangled pronunciation of "mannequin"

@sinistrality7883

Жыл бұрын

Mannequin would make sense he's trying to rhyme it with Japan, so yeah a bit of creative freedom there, but the Modren is just stupid, there's no second line to rhyme it with, in fact it's the second to the last word of the verse, so I dunno why he tried to pronounce it like that lmfao.

@asurlybarber3620

Жыл бұрын

Man a can

@uukyspuuky3121

Жыл бұрын

Weirdly, the lyrics on the back of the album say "modren", it's not a mispronouncing

@shawnfields2369

Жыл бұрын

​@@uukyspuuky3121So; it just says "modren", on purpose? Even though "modren"; isn't actually a word that people have ever actually used like before, in actual, REAL sentences, ever? Or as other people have been trying to justify, that line(or song), sounding like something the cast of It's Always Sunny; would make.

@nova3752

Жыл бұрын

​@@shawnfields2369the reddit manchild has made his appearance. Stick to your menial job my little friend, you're too soft for the world

The head of my middle school was named John Amato. You can bet that for years we all greeted him with "Domo Arigato, Mr. Amato".

@ontheroadwithyode390

4 жыл бұрын

Ha...yeah...I've lived with that for quite some time....

@inaccurateprophecy8971

4 жыл бұрын

@@ontheroadwithyode390 Doran Arigato, Mr. Amatto

@otaking3582

4 жыл бұрын

"Why are you thanking me, I haven't done anything yet?"

@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick

3 жыл бұрын

I had the same thing, but his name was Mr. D’Amato.

@seankessel3867

3 жыл бұрын

Us too man. RIP Hoppy

Weird Al needs to make a concept album.

@jacklfitz

4 жыл бұрын

That would be amazing, just look at his longer songs like biggest ball of twine, Albuquerque, and trapped in the drive-thru.

@johnf.rivera8046

4 жыл бұрын

He's been doing it for years. Making fun of everyone else. LOL!

@LordDragon1965

4 жыл бұрын

He did, he just made it into a movie, UHF.

@MrHodoAstartes

4 жыл бұрын

Weird Al: Polka Was Here

@brandievan2678

4 жыл бұрын

That...............is the best idea anyone has ever had.

My favorite thing about this premise (learned long after I first heard the opening song) is that "Kilroy Was Here" was a meme started in the 1940's where American GI's would doodle this little dude in odd places with the words "Kilroy was here". What it means is unclear, but it's bathroom graffiti that people in the 80's *might've* known or remembered, maybe seen in odd places at school or work. They certainly wouldn't have thought Kilroy was a hero or a savior or even thought enough about him to "forget what you know." Kilroy was a bald dude with a big nose that peeked at you in that locker room the high school hasn't remodeled in 40 years. Truly, an unsung hero of rock and roll.

@GamerTowerDX

2 жыл бұрын

I mean,i heard Killroy scared the shit out of Hitler and sended troups to try to find him,so maybe they were inspired by that?

@buckodonnghaile4309

Жыл бұрын

I had that doodles on the griptape of my skateboard in 1986 having no clue of the history of it back then. Saw it spray painted on a wall under a bridge.

@emilyadams3228

Жыл бұрын

In the book Rails, by legendary train photographer Don Ball, there's a picture of a Union Pacific 9000 blasting around the curve at the station in Lawrence, Kansas in 1955, at dawn. In the foreground, "Kilroy Was Here" and the cartoon guy appear on a relay box. It's one of only maybe a half-dozen pictures I've ever seen with Kilroy in it. Apparently, Kilroy was so ubiquitous that people didn't think to photograph it. Ironically, so were steam engines, once.

@gazeboist4535

Жыл бұрын

The best theory I've encountered is that the Kilroy message originally came from an inspector at a Navy yard, who used the phrase to mark parts and compartments he had finished inspecting. Soldiers would have seen the incongruous phrase in odd spots inside troop transports, where painting the interior was a relatively low priority in the crush of early-war production. It's an inherently kind of memorable phrase, so it's easy to see it becoming a meme for soldiers to graffiti in out-of-the-way spots, and the doodle would probably been added later. It reminds me of that Old Norse runic inscription up near the top of some cathedral in Istanbul that says something like "this is really high".

@jseipp

Жыл бұрын

@@gazeboist4535 whoa, I haven't heard that one before and it does make the most sense. Cool!

Coincidentally, this video has inspired me to name a Spotify playlist Heavy Metal Poisoning. It’s a metal playlist with a wide spectrum of metal on it

@futuristic.handgun

Жыл бұрын

Hell yes. 🤘

@jam_plays_games

Жыл бұрын

Please tell me that the actual Heavy Metal Poisoning song is on there somewhere

@louisduarte8763

Жыл бұрын

@@jam_plays_games It's funny to think one of the best songs in that album is the villain song. Just like a Disney movie!

"Ah! It really is hell!"--Homer Simpson, when forced to listen to Styx's music going down the River Styx.

@zevaronxz7288

4 жыл бұрын

What episode was that from

@TheAirBear2000

4 жыл бұрын

@@zevaronxz7288 "Tales from the Public Domain," specifically the segment that retells Homer's Odyssey.

@jetliketheplane

3 жыл бұрын

In an earlier episode homer likes Styx. It’s when he goes to a record store. Idk the direct quote. Sum like “oldies this is good music” sum shit like that.

@zombiedodge1426

3 жыл бұрын

In the background the skeletons and zombies have their lighters in the air.

@KingKongs

3 жыл бұрын

@@jetliketheplane yeah, and in the episode Team Homer [S07E12] he sings "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto. - You can do it, Otto!"

In a better world, "renegade" was a letter Kilroy wrote on death row, and when a Mr Roboto that was sent to take him to the gallows comes and malfunctions, Kilroy uses its parts as a disguise to escape. Also Heavy Metal Poisioning would've had church organ for its music

@gecttakhla4249

4 жыл бұрын

So somebody other than me knows renegade

@guitarhero01234

4 жыл бұрын

@@gecttakhla4249 Of course, it's the only good Styx song

@shannon4386

4 жыл бұрын

@@guitarhero01234 I'm pretty sure everyone under 35 had a day they heard Renegade for the first time, thought "woah, I need to listen to more of this band", and was immediately let down by what they listened to next.

@NorEasterReaper

3 жыл бұрын

@@gecttakhla4249 Pittsburgh Steelers fans probably reliably know Renegade.

@Ostrumite42

3 жыл бұрын

That was what I first thought too when I thought about what would be appropriate for Dr. Righteous. The fact that people like us can fill in gaps with potential ideas shows how thrown-together this album is.

"Mom can we listen to Queen?" "Don't worry we have Queen at home" Queen at home:

@elisabetfranklin1246

2 жыл бұрын

This is the most latino shit ever hahahha 🥰

@soulbrother5435

Жыл бұрын

To be fair Freddie would write something like Mr. Roboto and it would work because he didnt take himself seriously

@miguelpereira9859

Жыл бұрын

@@soulbrother5435 it would work because he was a better songwriter lol

@1000huzzahs

Жыл бұрын

@@soulbrother5435 I mean.. [gestures at the Flash Gordon soundtrack]

@sledzeppelin

Жыл бұрын

@@1000huzzahs I mean.. Queen has a song called "Ogre Battle".

I think “Haven’t We Been Here Before” is just Shaw trying to remind DeYoung about the previous concept album.

@futuristic.handgun

Жыл бұрын

😂

Dennis DeYoung's voice was always better suited for Broadway than for something that, you know, rocked.

@digitaljanus

5 жыл бұрын

This is why he was replaced with Lawrence Gowan, a man whose prior career was casting his New Wave singles in the most musical theatre manner possible.

@gregster61

4 жыл бұрын

I believe the last thing he mentioned in Styx: Behind the Music was producing a Liza Minelli album, so yeah..it doesn't get more Broadway than that.

@zombiedodge1426

Жыл бұрын

@@digitaljanus Gowan had *many* big Canadian hits in the eighties, most memorably "Strange Animal." Styx actually perform some of his old solo songs in concert, especially when they're performing in Canada.

@RichV20

Жыл бұрын

That's what made DeYoung and Meatloaf stick out on late 70s radio

@tsitracommunications2884

3 ай бұрын

Dennis ruined the prog rock rep styx was famous for

I'm more of a Pots-Modren man.

@avosmash2121

4 жыл бұрын

you get a internet trophy today

@AmericasComic

4 жыл бұрын

Avocado Smash ‘trohpy’

@leegeddyfan

4 жыл бұрын

Pots Modren......better not let Ed Sheeran turn that into a hit LOL

@TimeTravelinc

4 жыл бұрын

Post-Modern Man, right?

@Drogon7102

4 жыл бұрын

@@TimeTravelinc no pots modren

To be fair, Styx had been around for 14 years at this time and released 11 albums by 1983. They were getting tremendous pressure from A&M Records to ‘change things up’ to sound relevant in the new wave era, and make music that appeals to 13 year olds; while most of the band members were closer to 40. It wasn’t completely all Dennis DeYoung…the label had a lot to do with it. It’s their one album that did not age well and is forgettable; however in 1983 it succeeded very well (selling multi-platinum) and Mr. Roboto was on radio and MTV all the time!

@zombiedodge1426

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if it was "unfinished" because the record company rushed it along. Not that I think a "completed" Kilroy Was Here would have been great. (And I *like* Styx.)

@Cooe.

10 ай бұрын

Lol their "one album that did not age well"??? O_o Someone's an utterly brainwashed Styx fan. 🤣 Aside from a few admittedly banging singles their entire discography is absolutely fucking TERRIBLE!!! And that's the widespread critical consensus, not even a bizarre out there take. 🤷

@senton412

6 ай бұрын

It was successful - it appealed to me as a 13-year-old, but not because of the music (people would call it mid now), but because suburban public schools were a dystopia run by people who seemingly were against anything the kids liked.

@tsitracommunications2884

3 ай бұрын

​@@senton412and teens. But adding dont let it end which wasn't part of of the albums concept

I can never get over how a band that sounds like Styx took such an absolutely metal name. Like, when I hear them I don't think of the river of the underworld

@bcgonynor

2 ай бұрын

Had the same thought, "Styx" sounds like thrash metal. This band should be called "Chicago Transit Authority" or something like that.

@PM-rp4bl

2 ай бұрын

It's like KISS.

@georgehill6098

11 күн бұрын

They're called Styx because when you see/hear them you want to go back to wading through Lethe

Clearly he was saying Modron Man, refering to the Modrons from Dungeons and Dragons. They're clockwork automatons that come from an alternate dimension that is a fully mechanical universe, both in the sense of everything is a machine and in the sense that physics there operates in such a way that the uncertainty principle does not hold. Y'know, this comment started as a joke, but the further I got the more serious it seemed. And yes, Modrons are a thing, and they were around from early D&D editions so the timing is eerily plausible.

@fangsabre

4 жыл бұрын

I mean yeah, considering that the multiverse I think was originally introduced in second edition. Maybe 3rd. Modrons are from the plane of law, or lawful neutral if you wanna go full alignment chart

@ConnorLockhartYGO

4 жыл бұрын

Wow. Mr Roboto is even cringier now. Thanks!

@amandahuginkiss4063

4 жыл бұрын

It seemed so plausible from the beginning that I was confused. I didn’t know if you were informing or trolling!

@roguishpaladin

4 жыл бұрын

Modrons are a real D&D monster, but even though some 70s bands had D&D ties, this is highly unlikely to be a connection. Modrons were introduced in the Monster Manual II, which was released in 1983. Since Kilroy Was Here was released in February 1983, it is HIGHLY unlikely that Styx read it, rewrote their lyrics, and recorded and released within a month.

@JasperJanssen

4 жыл бұрын

roguishpaladin yes, but Dennis Deyoung was personal friends with Gary Gygax, so who knows, he might have playtested them in 1982! (Note: this comment is complete fiction.)

The album equivalent of a movie that ended up on MST3K.

@ninjabluefyre3815

3 жыл бұрын

It's like the Asylum knockoff of Rush's 2112.

@zombiedodge1426

3 жыл бұрын

"Jonathan Chance" should have been named "Blast Hardcheese."

@louisduarte8763

Жыл бұрын

@@zombiedodge1426 Or "Slab Rockgroin".

That “Who?!” at 8:02 is legitimately flawless

@zombiedodge1426

Жыл бұрын

I was nine years old when this came out. I remember thinking "Mr. Roboto" was a total banger, *and* completely confusing.

Wish you had the footage from that Texas stadium show where Styx started their costume Kilroy “live action intro” and the crowd started throwing things and almost rioted.

@theunlawfulsponge5908

Жыл бұрын

Can you post the link to that footage? I really want to see it, but I can't find it on KZread

I could see this album being revived as an actual broadway show. Just shuffle the song order a little (move "Living a double life" to the beginning for example), add more Styx songs to fit in with the story (the "Renegade" example Todd uses is perfect), and embrace the cheese of the story, because, let's face it, when will this type of story be taken seriously, especially now.

@ninjabluefyre3815

3 жыл бұрын

It may be too late since We Will Rock You kinda stole the premise, but it certainly could work.

@Zulf85

3 жыл бұрын

And make it maybe a fraction less racist lmao - I could dig it

@crotchman

3 жыл бұрын

Just let Andrew Lloyd Webber cough on it and it'll work.

@JimmyH91

2 жыл бұрын

it kills me because DeYoung always said Mr. Roboto was supposed to be the prologue to everything, but Todd is right, it's a prologue that just dumps you in the middle of the story without any context. This could work. And Double Life has KILLER moody intro and outro synth solos by Dennis that would work as an opener

@ccggenius

2 жыл бұрын

@@ninjabluefyre3815 Queen doesn't own the concept of a jukebox musical, and given that wikipedia tells me "We Will Rock You" was universally panned, I think it'd be the height of comedic irony if a Styx musical outdid it in every conceivable measure.

"It's an album that tells a story, Gene, a Rock Opera. Though I think they called it a 'rocksperience,' which... is worse." -- Bob Belcher

@SonofMrPeanut

4 жыл бұрын

That album was very explicitly this one.

@evapalma9899

4 жыл бұрын

Let my people rock!

@daishoryujin95

4 жыл бұрын

"I bet to differ" -Gene Belcher

@1000huzzahs

Жыл бұрын

"His name is Rebel. He's.. a rebel."

My sure-to-be-unpopular theory: James Young is James Hetfield's arena rock alter-ego and any material he wrote that Lars and Cliff Burton vetoed became Styx tracks.

@buckodonnghaile4309

Жыл бұрын

Somehow you just made me a fan of both bands with that backstory.

@tsitracommunications2884

3 ай бұрын

And george harrison

Do you know when you listen to a band's song (usually their biggest hit ever) and it's so good it leaves you wanting more, so you go to their discography, listen to a couple of their albums and none of the songs they make are as good/like the ones you heard initially? Yes, that's styx. When I listened to renegade and come sail away, I was shocked and in love with them, then I looked styx's other songs and yeah...

@joaquinlezcano2372

Жыл бұрын

That's me with Eagles

@4QIcehole

Жыл бұрын

Styx writing Renegade is like the ur-example of one of my favorite subgenres: Shit Artists with One Random All-Time Banger

@ianbailey8778

Жыл бұрын

@@joaquinlezcano2372 eagles are good okay WHY DO PEOPLE NOT LIKE THEM

@joaquinlezcano2372

Жыл бұрын

@@ianbailey8778 they are so bland. Probably is not my mood, but that doesn't seem the case since I like Crosby Stills and Nash. They are perfect performers, but really average songwriters. At least for me. If we were in a discussion if greatest bands, I wouldn't take you seriously if you bring Eagles

@louisduarte8763

Жыл бұрын

Me, I like "Too much time on my hands".

Coming from a person who enjoys a Styx concert as a religious experience, I love this video. When you called Dennis a "Walgreens manager" I had to pause I was laughing so hard. I love Styx, but I can appreciate everything you're saying here.

@CKT1138

6 жыл бұрын

This Is Not My Name that Walgreens Manager comment is so good

@nicholastosoni707

6 жыл бұрын

Dennis DeYoung is _not_ a Walgreen's manager. He's a *Jewel-Osco* manager. World of difference there. :p

@ziggyszmulewitz7712

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think anybody that isn't from Chicago would know about Jewel-Osco.

@Guitar-Dog

5 жыл бұрын

@@nicholastosoni707 test

@Guitar-Dog

5 жыл бұрын

@megan Erin

So when's Maroon 5 gonna do a touring scifi rock-n-roll stage show that every member except Adam Levine has to begrudgingly go along with? I'm onboard.

@noesunyoutuber7680

6 жыл бұрын

Champiness Probably never. Adam Levine is the personification of focus group marketing.

@ACETYGRA

6 жыл бұрын

If anything they aren't a band anymore. Maroon 5 is now basically Adam Levine as a EDM solo act with the rest of the members now relegated to simply being his back up tour band.

@Champiness

6 жыл бұрын

Then it should be easy for him to strong-arm the rest of them into accepting his vision of a future where streaming services are outlawed and one judge from The Voice has to stand up to it all

@alexleslie2898

6 жыл бұрын

Hopefully itll end them too

@alienbacon656

6 жыл бұрын

Champiness I sincerely think Styx is better than Maroon 5

I had to Google that "modren" shit... I found this: "modren” is actually the English letters for the simplest Japanese translation of “modern”. They mean exactly the same thing. Dennis DeYoung used this word as an acknowledgement to Japan, where their last tour had been a great success.

@Arcademan09

3 жыл бұрын

But wouldn't the Japanese fans get kinda pissed they're pictured as the bad guys? Then again I don't think they react too bad to that kind of stuff

@jaustill237

2 жыл бұрын

The idea behind the Mr. Robotos is that Japan designed an automaton to help do housework. This became popular in America because we hate doing housework. But the American Government hijacked the software to use them to spy on the citizens. So it's not really Japan that's the villain, but I agree that it causes the villain to look Japanese.

@xcmledder3420

2 жыл бұрын

Kinda reminds me of Lady GaGa rhyming "in her pocket" with "en su bosillo"

@nifralo2752

2 жыл бұрын

@@xcmledder3420 but at least sounds like another language. Modren looks like they are flubbing their lines. Like saying goat instead of gate. "I have the keys to the goat if your heart"

@kkyehh

2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't "modān" have been a better match for "modern" since the "er" sound is usually replaced by a long "a" (pronounced "ah") vowel in Japanese loanwords?

I remember when this album came out, and thinking "WTF?" Being a Japanese-American gal, I got so many first line shouts as a greeting when this came out. But I bought Paradise Theater (that laser art y'all) in middle school. "The Best of Times" was *the* slow dance song when I was a kid... So basically? Thank you for breaking down this wild album. I never new why the hell Styx went with this vibe, so your breakdown was exactly what little me needed.

@cjc363636

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, this was a weird, weird song on the radio in the spring of 1983. I was a Paradise Theater fan (and the laser art on the vinyl was so cool!). Had they lost their minds, or was this any good? I did play it a lot, and saw them in concert. But they broke up, and me and music moved on. ....And thanks Todd in the Shadows for a hilarious take on this bizarre album from my high school years.

they tried too hard to make a concept album while at the same time not caring at all about making a concept album that's quite the feat

@chimblemasterofchimney4771

3 жыл бұрын

It's a concept album that wants to be a rock opera, but they made the mistake of separating music from the story telling. Instead of a chronological story about R.O.C. Kilroy's escape and the mission to save rock and roll music, they just gave us a couple of songs in any old order that could describe things that happen in the universe the intro film shows us.

@witherblaze

3 жыл бұрын

Less lazy and more "DeYoung, we don't know what the f--- you are talking about."

@WobblesandBean

3 жыл бұрын

@@witherblaze ^ This. It was all DeYoung. The band just wanted to write normal songs, do their usual tours, but DeYoung kept badgering them to make these grandiose rock operas, never once taking into consideration that no one else wanted to pursue his dream of making the next Tommy or The Wall, nor the fact that he was really, _really_ bad at it.

@jooree7696

3 жыл бұрын

It's like if The Wall only had In the flesh and Don't leave me now and the other tracks are just different versions of Young lust

@catherineferguson7646

2 ай бұрын

This was not a Styx creation, it was a Dennis Deyoung grand standing, prima donna production. That's why the band broke up. Tommy wasn't hired to act so he hit the road. Just my opinion but Dennis Deyoung was a raving maniac.

An interesting thought I had is that The Buggles had intended to make a song that sounded dated and old, and created something timeless, while Styx tried to make something futuristic and modern, but ended up making an album so dated it hurts.

@grantbitman1448

6 жыл бұрын

*modren

@Karmy.

6 жыл бұрын

Living in the Plastic Age is a great song

@hareemqureshi822

6 жыл бұрын

I guess timelessness just can't be forced. Watch any kids movie from 3 years ago, and its drowned in so many pop culture references in an attempt to be relevant that it becomes dated beyond repair

@seandraws1999

5 жыл бұрын

It helps that the Buggles were a talented pair.

@jbiehlable

5 жыл бұрын

Like Shrek? yet somehow people meme to hell and back and annoy Smash Mouth.

I remember this album being a huge hit with lots of big radio singles. So it's kind of weird to identify it as their Trainwreckord... yet, yeah, it was. The basically racist paranoia about Japan presented as incisive socio-economic commentary was such a deeply 1980s thing.

@emilyadams3228

Жыл бұрын

In August 1982, I went with my family to the Lake County (Indiana) Fair. I was 16 at the time. We heard these loud metallic bashing noises from far away, and went over to investigate. There was a rectangular fenced-off area, about 20 x 30 feet, like you'd normally have around a small ride. But this wasn't a ride. It was a dead mid-70's Japanese car. It was impossible to tell what year, make, or model it was, because of the nature of the attraction. For $5, anyone who wanted to could take a sledgehammer and bash the ever-loving rhino shit out of the car, for as long as he wanted, or til he couldn't any more. There were several sizes of hammer available, down to normal ball-peen hammers, so kids could play, too. No, I'm not making that up, I saw two kids, maybe aged 8 or 10, banging on the car with ball-peen hammers. They and the hammers were too small to do any damage, but they leaned into it with everything they had, encouraged by their dads. I don't remember any chicks beating on the car, though. It would be interesting to know why that was. The attraction was billed as a Bash Japan thing of some kind. I don't remember the name of it. I really wish I had pictures of it, but we didn't find it til dusk, and the lighting wasn't bright enough. At the time, I insisted that all my cars would be American 20-foot tanks of 1959-72 vintage, which I somehow managed to sustain until 1999. I swore I'd never own a foreign car, not from nationalism or anything, but simply because Honda didn't make the 1968 Plymouth Fury III Wagon. But even then, as I watched a dozen people bang on the Japanese car, I thought "That's fucking stupid. That car didn't do anything to anyone. That car took someone to work, took the kids places, the wife took it to the store for food. That car might've been the centerpiece of a whole family's life. And now it's here." Over a hundred people were cheering for this. Not me. I wondered if the car's former owners would've considered this a proper reward for a job well done. I certainly didn't. My family didn't, either. I thought of that car 38 years later, when I drove my 1995 Honda to the towing company that had the remains of my 2007 Toyota that was totaled when some jerkoff hit her. I signed her over, removed everything from her that belonged to me, took my customary funeral pictures, and then kissed her hood and said "You're a great car. Thank you."

"Pompous to the point of Flatulence"... Damn, that's legit poetry.

"ya motha was a Toyota!" best insult known to man

@evapalma9899

4 жыл бұрын

And your father smelled of elderberry!

@joaogomes9405

4 жыл бұрын

Ya got no rhythm uh, YA GOT NO RHYTHM

@thegardenofeatin5965

3 жыл бұрын

@@joaogomes9405 Riddum*

@businessgoose6057

3 жыл бұрын

Mrs. Toyota living in Tokyo... raising her kids like " your mother was a Ford" Gerald Ford, "I fell down again"

@Arcademan09

3 жыл бұрын

I know nothing about cars so those insults immediately fly over my head

My parents were massive Styx fans, and they forced us to listen to this on a family road trip. I remember wanting to jump out of the car. I was a dramatic teen.

@Darkko88

Жыл бұрын

Domo arigato, mr dramato

Something about the the way Tommy Shaw says "you can't stop the music you bastard!" Makes me laugh my ass off

@tsitracommunications2884

3 ай бұрын

Tommy shouldve said that to dennis. For that matter HE is the REAL kilroy, NOT dennis

If I had a nickel every time a band tried to do a concept album and wound up with 'what if there was a world in which... horror upon horrors.... rock and roll was illegal' I'd have three nickels.

@leonidtimofeev1178

9 ай бұрын

This album, 2112 and The Astonishing?

‘Modren’. According to a dictionary it is basically another way of saying ‘Post-Modern’ On the other hand I don’t see how anyone is meant to know this.

@Rubycon99

4 жыл бұрын

It's also "modern" in Scots. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@Alex-fv2qs

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rubycon99 And in some Midwestern and Canadian dialects I've heard this pronunciation from a few KZreadrs like Phelous and Musical Hell (in her accent pattern even becomes patteren)

@evilemuempire9550

4 жыл бұрын

I always thought he was saying “margarine” as a metaphor for fake or synthetic, then again I only really listened to it when I was a kid so...

@hydorah

4 жыл бұрын

Urban Dictionary, maybe!?

@drakkenmensch

4 жыл бұрын

It also sounds like "modron", a dungeons and dragons outer planar race of machine people.

11:33 "This is all kind of racist, yes." This is a perfect reaction sound clip for multiple scenarios.

@thegardenofeatin5965

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's the only time that "Kawasaki" and "Scrotum" were spoken aloud in the same sentence. And Kawasaki is a global manufacturer of crotch rockets.

Feels like Dennis DeYoung saw The Wall and said “I can do that!”

@JulioHernandez-wy8nh

2 жыл бұрын

More like 2112 by Rush

@ChromeDestiny

2 жыл бұрын

@@JulioHernandez-wy8nh Also Zappa's Joe's Garage. Then when they made the intro film they thought, well we're ripping off a bunch of stuff we might as well rip off The Great Rock and Roll Swindle and Rock and Roll High School too.

The robotos were made by Stan Winston in a chain of incidents that led to his creating The Terminator. So, I mean, Styx wasn’t ALL bad.

@hutch1197

2 жыл бұрын

That's almost like saying butterflies cause hurricanes. But I like the way you think.

@christopherwall2121

2 жыл бұрын

He also made Chewbacca's family. Not everything a great artist makes will be great.

@Darkko88

Жыл бұрын

@@christopherwall2121 Chewbacca's family is fine, who needs to be hanged is the guy who decided it was a good idea to have the grandpa watch softcore porn in the living room during what is basically Christmas.

@jamescarter3196

Жыл бұрын

@@christopherwall2121 He just wanted to scare children by putting horrifying Wookiees on a garish variety show. Chewbacca is like Clark Gable next to the rest of his family.

A few notes about this (keep in mind I'm a die-hard Styx fan who knows way too much about the band and actually loves this album. I guess I can't be a music critic.): -Paradise Theatre was their first concept album (ignoring their questionable The Serpent is Rising album). Kilroy Was Here is somewhat of a pseudo-sequel to Paradise Theatre. It wasn't their first attempt (although it was certainly their last, at least until this year). -The album Kilroy Was Here wasn't exactly what caused the band to break up, even though it's commonly attributed to that. It was actually the tour for the album and the live album from that tour, Caught in the Act. There are plenty of clips from it in this video, and it was basically Dennis DeYoung trying to turn a rock concert into a Broadway production. That's why so many people, including Styx fans, grew to hate it. The studio album was an easy target for their hate, but the "tour" is what really "tore" the band apart. (I'm so sorry.) If you aren't convinced, listen to the only studio-produced track and single from that live album, "Music Time". It's by far the most ridiculous Styx song in existence (including "Plexiglas Toilet" and "Bourgeois Pig"). Tommy Shaw even refused to show up in the video for it except in one short scene. -The band reunited without Tommy Shaw in 1990. He was too busy killing it in the supergroup Damn Yankees, all thanks to DeYoung delaying the reunion for his solo album Boomchild. Eventually Tommy came back and Dennis got booted out for the same reasons they broke up in the first place. He got too ambitious around the time of their 1999 Brave New World album and was leaning in a more Broadway-focused direction. For whatever reason, certain Styx "fans" are demanding that DeYoung be brought back, even though these are the same people who blame DeYoung's blunders during _Kilroy Was Here_ for the band breaking up in the first place. Plus, he's more than happy touring with his band "The Music of Styx", and both them and the actual Styx offer different enough setlists to seem like unique acts. You'll never hear Styx perform "Mr. Roboto" or "Babe" or "Don't Let It End" ever again, but they've had 3 studio albums since DeYoung left, plus some of Lawrence Gowan's 80s work like "A Criminal Mind" (He was DeYoung's replacement). And DeYoung still performs songs from his solo albums, like "Desert Moon". -"Cold War" and "Don't Let It End" literally have nothing to do with the story of the album. I would question why they were on the album at all if I didn't think they were the 2 best songs on it. Also the album doesn't really have a clear ending. Kilroy and Jonathan Chance sort of just swear to keep rock alive and we don't know if they defeated Dr. Righteous or not. "Double Life" and "Just Get Through This Night" seem to be the climax of the story, but nothing really happens in them. The live album doesn't clear this up either. -I think they made up for the Kilroy blunders completely with the album they released this year, The Mission. It's yet another concept album, but this time without the influence of DeYoung. It's absolutely brilliant if you enjoyed their 70s albums like The Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight (which I know you didn't, TitS, but Styx fans certainly did). It's definitely worth a listen, and it seems like concept albums may be coming back into fashion since we've gotten things like Halsey's hopeless fountain kingdom and Camila Cabello's upcoming album that was gonna be called The Hurting, The Healing, The Loving until it was changed a short while ago. Honestly I was worried that this video was gonna be super negative but I'm glad it wasn't. It was very informative and I just thought I'd offer some additional (useless) knowledge about this album and where Styx has gone since. I'm glad that the cheese of this album has grown on you, Todd. And in case anyone is wondering, yes, "Heavy Metal Poisoning" is absolutely as hilarious as he said it is.

@chuckbatman5

6 жыл бұрын

MattChats dang that's a lot of Styx knowledge. I've always thought of them as a cool rock band, but never as on my radar as Queen or Aerosmith or Journey. It's cool to see someone who's a big fan of them though, I can definitely see both their appeal and why some people don't like them. I think Todd pretty fairly critiqed them here. All that being said, one thing you can't fault Styx for is their ambition. You could call it pretentious, and obviously the band could never quite form a clear vision, but when that results in something as wonderfully cheesy and memorable as "Domo Origato Mr. Roboto" you have to appreciate it.

@markbrigandi7497

5 жыл бұрын

Holy- “Plexiglas Toilet” was actually by THIS band Styx? I always- ALWAYS- just thought it was a different band who happened to have the same name! Now that’s a sauce that burns thee heart! Thanks for clearing that up for me- I haven’t heard “Plexiglas...” since I was about 8 or 9 years old- I can’t wait to tell my sister. She loved that song as much as I did!

@Deborahtunes

5 жыл бұрын

*Paradise Theater* was not Styx's first concept album, that honor goes to *The Grand Illusion* ... Also, Dennis DeYoung was fired because he was refusing to allow Styx to tour without him, even for some of the shows. The guys were tired of DDY holding them back with touring, so they decided to go with out him.

@help4343

5 жыл бұрын

I find it ironic that their best concept album (The Mission) was the brainchild of Tommy Shaw and DeYoung had nothing to do with it.

@robdaviesprogm

5 жыл бұрын

Hey MattChats, as a fan, maybe you can speak to this. I was under the impression that Dennis DeYoung had an eye problem that didn't allow him to be in bright lighting, and that was the reason why the band opted to continue without him. Obviously, he's performing now, as you said, but I just remember seeing something about that in a Behind the Music episode. Do you know anything about this?

DeYoung basically always wanted to be an overacting theater performer who just happened to front a band.

@m1k3l1f3

4 жыл бұрын

His looks matches that description too well.

@robwalsh9843

4 жыл бұрын

Egos are nothing new in rock, but DeYoung hijacked what was basically an average 70's hard rock band and turned it into his own Vegas show-esque vanity project. He's one of the dorkiest frontmen I can think of.

@bthsr7113

4 жыл бұрын

@@robwalsh9843 You need a bit of an ego to work in showbiz. To be turned down, and if you are successful, to believe in yourself and tune out the baseless haters.

@gensaikawakami341

3 жыл бұрын

I always wondered what was up with his outfits, he dressed like Pinocchio.

@justanotheranimeprofilepic

3 жыл бұрын

That could be good. Unfortunately its not

It has now become my life’s goal to restructure this entire album, add some other songs, and turn it into an over-the-top Broadway musical.

@louisduarte8763

Жыл бұрын

DO IT.

@dizzydaisy909

8 ай бұрын

3 years on, did you do it?

Watching this made me realize that Footloose was really missing a musical number where John Lithgow's character expresses how much he hates rock and roll music by... playing a rock and roll song about how much he hates rock and roll music.

@millie8943

11 ай бұрын

That would’ve been glorious! Forget the context- just the idea of John Lithgow singing heavy rock music is great!

@EazyB90

11 ай бұрын

@@millie8943 I need it SO BAD

I find it funny how all these 70s/80s band imagined some sort of 1984-esque world without rock music, because it's so powerful a weapon that it had to be banned by big brother, when the reality is that we're probably heading towards a world without rock and roll, not because of government censorship, but because the kids got bored with it.

@usefulvidiots7869

5 жыл бұрын

You've been dumbed down generationally by shit 'music'. Congrats on zero self-awareness.

@therealscarred2112

5 жыл бұрын

Useful Vidiots Except the shit music has been rock for at least 10-15 years. When was the last huge, mainstream rock album that a large amount of the pop audience felt the need to purchase... Green Day’s _American Idiot?_

@christianmccord9456

5 жыл бұрын

Useful Vidiots oh shut the fuck up

@therealscarred2112

5 жыл бұрын

osp80 I’d disagree. There were plenty of big-name rock bands post-grunge/alt rock. _Every_ type of pop art changes, mutates, flows with the times, but ultimately comes around again. The rock/metal I’ve been listening to over the past several years isn’t big in the sense of how Guns ‘N Roses, Metallica, RATM and other huge bands were in the pop culture landscape, but is just as good if not better.

@dildonius

5 жыл бұрын

Useful Vidiots lol no. You’re just a bitter old shit who refuses to accept the fact that music and music tastes evolve and compensates by telling yourself that everyone else is stupid rather than admit you’re just out of touch and have an incredibly stale taste in music.

I am a Modren man. I see Todd, I watch immediately.

@MacabreHouse

6 жыл бұрын

I see TITS, I watch immediately

@Lexivor

6 жыл бұрын

Modron man sounds more like Primus than Styx.

@nicholastosoni707

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, you meant Todd In The Shadows! I thought you meant Todd Sucherman, STYX's bassist as of 1996. *embarrassed*

@deiz1083

6 жыл бұрын

What an intellectual

@riahlexington

5 жыл бұрын

thesultan 5757 oh my goodmess

Fun Fact, the album was so popular with the allied soldiers in WW2 they graffitied Kilroy Was Here on walls all through europe and germany

See Kret, see Kret! I've gotta see Kret! -Guy who's got an appointment with Kret

@daishoryujin95

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Dennis missed it last time, so he really has to make the appointment this time.

The other thing too is that Styx was an example of a 70s band trying to go all 80s. Rush managed to do it alright with Moving Pictures, but for the most part when 70s bands tried to go 80s, it was just embarrassing: dad bods and dad 'staches in shoulder-padded red jumpsuits and headbands, adding synthesizers to their guitar formula, etc. And of course there's the fact that Mr Roboto was blatant yellow-face (silver face?) at a time when there was a national panic about the Japanese taking over everything with technology. For those too young to remember, yeah, that was a real thing in the first half of the 80s.

@Anomaly188

4 жыл бұрын

And then Japan's economy cratered.

@valmarsiglia

4 жыл бұрын

@Mark Gibson I didn't say it was everyone, now did I?

@saj8

3 жыл бұрын

@Mark Gibson and ZZ Top.

@rockdirector

3 жыл бұрын

I raise you Foghat’s excellent new wave period.

@valmarsiglia

3 жыл бұрын

@@rockdirector Wow, had no idea that even existed, thanks!

I totally love Mr. Roboto. Like it is totally pretentious but also so campy that I find it charming. Though, have actually ever REALLY listened to "Come Sail Away?" Because that song is totally about aliens. So, Styx doing a werid sci-fi album doesn't seem that left field to me.

@robinchesterfield42

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly. If you've listened to their other stuff it's...kind of a logical progression really. And the fact that the "angels" are actually aliens is kinda my favourite part of Come Sail Away! XD

@merchantfan

6 жыл бұрын

It's such a hilariously dramatic song. Like the moment it comes on you're like OH HEY IT'S DOMO AREGATO MR ROBOTO! It's the flashing multi-colored spotlight way to start a song.

@gwenbrown4111

6 жыл бұрын

Dennis De Young also made a rock opera about war of the worlds. pretty good!

@derekconnors4128

6 жыл бұрын

Robin Chesterfield that's my favorite part to. It's such a WTF moment when you listen to it for the first time.

@Arkouchie

6 жыл бұрын

kenterminatedbygoogle 2016 was a terrible year for pop

Me: Mom can we get Yes? Mom: We have prog rock at home. Prog at home:

@EpicB

4 жыл бұрын

i'll be the roundabout the words will make you out and out

@THB192

4 жыл бұрын

It really is like 2112 with all the good parts removed.

@EpicB

4 жыл бұрын

@@THB192 And 2112 was also just a lot more consise in telling this story.

@dw89music73

4 жыл бұрын

At least I would rather listen to Yes than Styx.

@EpicB

4 жыл бұрын

@@dw89music73 Any specific Yes songs or albums you'd pick?

"You're a synthesizer band, you hypocrites!" Lol

"An advice show for the modren era" -MBMBAM "I am the modren man" -Styx

@KaijaSchmauss

6 жыл бұрын

I always thought that was just Justin's West Virginian accent kicking in, but now you have me questioning if it's been incredibly subtle Styx goof the entire time. Especially considering that type of weird, long-con, goof is exactly the kind of thing those boys would pull.

@allisonholley2751

6 жыл бұрын

I mean, "modren" also gets used in the opening number of The Music Man (or they pronounce it that way on the original cast recording at least). I always figured it was just an old-timey way of saying modern ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@marshalinehamismother

6 жыл бұрын

Allison Holley // me too, but modren means the digital or technologically advanced age. So the modern age is the twentieth century and the modren age is the twenty first century.

@greanbeen9252

6 жыл бұрын

KE Clarke Thanks for clearing that up. I never would have thought it was different from modern, except in spelling.

@hunter1520

6 жыл бұрын

scrolled through the comments looking for this joke

If "That 70s Show" has taught me anything, it's that everyone pretends to hate Styx, but secretly likes them. Edit: Oh, and also what weed does to you.

@UFO314159

5 жыл бұрын

Like my comment if you like Styx, secretly or not.

@RobertMischief

3 жыл бұрын

That’s what Family Guy taught me about Barry Manilow

@saj8

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobertMischief Night Court was responsible for the Barry Manilow hate.

@vangoghsseveredear

2 жыл бұрын

Renegade is a banger, I dont care about anything else they did tbh

@JimmyH91

2 жыл бұрын

That 70s Show was how I first learned about Styx, and now I'm a fan

Pink Floyd: *starts writing concepts albums in the 70s and achieves commercial success and critical acclaim - while becoming one of the most legendary, respected, and iconic rock bands of all time* Styx in the 80s: “WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!”

@Malkmusianful

2 жыл бұрын

"What if The Wall had more racism" - Dennis DeYoung looking at the names of a bunch of car manufacturers

@ninjabluefyre3815

2 жыл бұрын

They got the inner band conflict down.

@Waaagh40KRed

Жыл бұрын

Pink Floyd: *gets Bob Geldof to star in the film adaptation of The Wall.* Styx: "Oh my god, we need a short film to promote our album!"

@Malkmusianful

Жыл бұрын

​@martindiaz4200 the Who: hey, Roger Daltrey can act! Styx: well, we got an even better actor Tommy Shaw, card-reading: hello Kilroy, I am Jonathan Chance, shakes hand

@YoItsEvanAdams

7 ай бұрын

Pink Floyd fans making everything music related about themselves:

11:56 I have no idea why, but the image of an escaped convict threatening a robot by going "you got no rhythm eh? You got no rhythm" has been forever sealed into my brain. I worry if I ever get into a fight for real that I'll actually say that and get my ass kicked

This video has just answered a life-long question for me. When I was a very young boy, I saw something on TV that disturbed me. Weird robots chanting "Kilroy... Kilroy...". I asked my parents to explain what we had just watched and they could not. Now I know it was just a crappy prog rock band destroying their career once and for all. Thank you, Todd.

@Sydney-Casket-Base

2 жыл бұрын

XD this is hilarious omg. i cant add to it, its just so funny

@Crumpet_Central_

Жыл бұрын

They were a great overly pompous prog group who turned to cinders after the release of Killroy

@RAPTRx-xm7zb

Жыл бұрын

@@Crumpet_Central_ They still had a lot of great songs, but they really started a down turn around the time of ‘Cornerstone’. They also shifted from radio-friendly Prog Rock to pure Arena Rock for the most part around that time as well. The last two albums were a great return to form if you prefer the 70s Styx.

@littlekingtrashmouth9219

Жыл бұрын

Monsters aren’t so scary as adults. Except for that WGBH Boston logo on PBS. That shit makes you sleep with a shotgun next to your bed

@onbearfeet

Жыл бұрын

I had a few similarly weird experiences as a kid--so weird, in fact, that one of them became a recurring nightmare that haunted into adulthood because I just couldn't understand why those stairs looked like that, or why that dentist's office was lit entirely in neon blue. And because I was a small child in the 1980s, it could have been anything--a random commercial, a shopping mall display, a short-lived attraction at a theme park--and there would be very little documentation. Some I figured out; the cartoon skull screaming "unicoooooorn" was from the movie The Last Unicorn, the wooden teddy bears were a Gummi Bears overlay on a Disney ride, etc. Others were just too weird and obscure. I'm now imagining myself finding out, decades later, that one of my weird fragmentary memories from early childhood was Styx. I don't know whether that would make it better or worse.

So you are continuing this series. Good. I think this trainwreck is an interesting series for your channel Todd.

@thema1998

6 жыл бұрын

shadowlinkbds I had been waiting for a second episode. I never even knew this existed or that Styx made the cheesy "Come Sail Away". This was interesting! 👍

@brandievan2678

4 жыл бұрын

I hope he keeps them coming, I just can't get enough of this series!

@MrKenichi22

4 жыл бұрын

shadowlink I love this series.

@brandievan2678

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrKenichi22 I must see rehab, I'm going through trainwrecords withdrawal

@MrKenichi22

4 жыл бұрын

Brandie Van I here ya

"The Japanese purposely engineered their robots to have vulnerable testicles." C'mon, you know that's totally something they'd do.

@Anomaly188

3 жыл бұрын

They double as extras in porno shoots.

@jimmym3352

2 жыл бұрын

I figure they'd engineer all their robots to be female. Or at least gender neutral. I'm not sure I've even seen a male robot.

@andrejg4136

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmym3352 Nah the gynoids would look almost human but some clearly robot bits. The androids would look like human-scale mecha. See: CASTs from Phantasy Star Online (2)

@koalasandwich567

Жыл бұрын

well, I think that does coorelate to a creature from their folklore, so I could see that being implemented since a lot of Japanese products like video games and anime have references in them

@georgeselly3426

Жыл бұрын

Who wouldn't?

I think Diva from Musical Hell is the only person who knows what “modren” means.

@Alex-fv2qs

3 жыл бұрын

Well, her and Phelous

Why did Todd not mention that in addition to being incoherent this album is named after a random WWII era graffiti meme?

@EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany

6 жыл бұрын

Because it matters about as much as why they named it that. XD Do you know why it's called that?

@AaronAnaya

6 жыл бұрын

BLACKIESBOY It’s almost like the album title is pretentious as the album itself.

@NyQuilDonut

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao WW2 graffiti meme? Has the word "joke" been replaced by "meme" or something?

@bt3743

4 жыл бұрын

@@NyQuilDonut If a joke is repeated over and over again it is a meme. The wikipedia defenition of meme is "A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture-often with the aim of conveying a particular phenomenon, theme, or meaning represented by the meme. A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate, mutate, and respond to selective pressures."

@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks

4 жыл бұрын

lasoogneypubes Actually the “Kilroy was here” graffito is often considered one of the first memes in the modern sense. It isn’t really a joke per se - there’s not a punchline, there’s no humor inherent in it other than the metatextual repetition of a nonsensical image paired with its seemingly unrelated phrase. It’s just an idea that somehow multiplied and spread. It’s no more a joke than that weird angle S thing. Thus “meme” is a more accurate term for said graffito. In this essay I will

"You can't stop the music, you bastards!" Great, now they're stealing lines from The Village People.

@robwalsh9843

4 жыл бұрын

In this case, I wish the bastards would stop the music.

@WobblesandBean

3 жыл бұрын

@@robwalsh9843 "You CAN stop the music. In fact, we insist."

@DrZuluGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, from the award-winning classic "Can't Stop The Music". Razzie award winning that is.

@shawnfields2369

3 жыл бұрын

@@WobblesandBean "Ah, yes please, for the love of god, stop the damn music, or someone please, get me the hell out of here".

@shawnfields2369

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrZuluGaming It won multiple music related Razzies, in fact. Like the Razzie for "Worst Musical About Robots", "Worst Bohemian Rhapsody Ripoff", "Most Racist/Japanaphobic Premise", "Worst Concept Album", "Worst Music To Actor Transition", "The Room Of Bad Music Videos/Bad Dinner Theater", and many, many more, that I totally DIDN'T make up for laughs; I swear.

I genuinely like Styx, but sometimes it's fun to watch a thing you like get ripped apart.

@the_sky_is_blue_and_so_am_I

2 жыл бұрын

Yep lol that's me with Metallica. :)

@TheDavidish

Жыл бұрын

@@the_sky_is_blue_and_so_am_I st anger fr

@the_sky_is_blue_and_so_am_I

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDavidish Yes!! St Anger is my go to anger ballad. I love it but I love seeing it ripped apart more.

Roboto is the Japanese word for robot. It's actually less creative than Todd thought.

@campfortson4387

Жыл бұрын

It really is so dumb that the Japanese just lift english into their language instead of trying to translate it. Then again, I guess it is distinctive, and the Japanese like to be distinctive I suppose

@user-mx2ky5ui8e

Жыл бұрын

Buddy. Literally every language that has contact with other languages does this. Italian got “brioche” straight from French. English lifted “karaoke” directly from Japanese, and all that happened was the vowels shifted so they didn’t violate English phonotactics. Similarly, “roboto” has the extra o because Japanese doesn’t allow syllables to end in anything but a vowel or nasal consonant, so the vowel was added. An equivalent word didn’t exist in Japanese for “robot”, just as nothing equivalent to “karaoke” existed in English.

@I_love_dr_stone

6 ай бұрын

Ah yes, loan words. Exclusive to Japanese​@@campfortson4387

"The problem's plain to see/too much technology" is such an ironic line being in such a synth-heavy song like Mr. Roboto.

@ischmidt

5 жыл бұрын

To be fair, they were using stacks of analog synths on the song, which isn't quite technology so much as babysitting :)

@nomobobby

4 жыл бұрын

Broadcast on nation wide radio, to millions of commuters in their cars, at work, etc. Ugh, if you hate technology so much go Amish for Christ’s sake. Don’t use technology to complain about our hyper tech world. It’s like smokers complaining about lung cancer- whatever ills it brings your getting it to.

"Boo!!! Play 'More than a Feeling' already!"

I feel like anyone who likes music, but can't understand why Mr.Roboto is a fun listen and unique enough to stick around in the public consciousness, needs to reevaluate what makes music so magical. Its catchy and fun to sing the nonsense. Why does it have to be more than that? Its legacy proves its potency.

"Mr. Roboto" kinda makes sense considering that "robot" in Japanese is "ロボット (Robotto)"

I always thought Mr Roboto was the theme song to some old 80s cartoon. Surprised it wasn't made into a cartoon. The Rubix cube was made into a cartoon so why not.

@danynes4710

4 жыл бұрын

President Kudsi if they had gotten licensed to make Mr. Roboto toys, I guarantee it would have gotten a tv show.

@nifralo2752

4 жыл бұрын

That's true

@Zulf85

3 жыл бұрын

The rubix cube cartoon existing never fails to make me exhale air from my nose - goes together with Denver the Last Dinosaur as one of those "this feels like a stereotypical parody of the decade" things.

@nifralo2752

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zulf85 very true how can the rubix cube be a story let alone a series? The irony is the cube is more an adults toy. I cant see many kid kids being into it like say Transformers My Little Pony Thubdercats He Man Strawberry Shortcake.

5:57 It's doggo, thank you very much

@Fickji

6 жыл бұрын

It's DOGE!

@whitneymouse

6 жыл бұрын

I also thought “doggo” xD

@presidentforlife1732

6 жыл бұрын

Snarky McSne No, it's doggo

@davidozab2753

5 жыл бұрын

That's "Mr. Doggo" to you!

Damn thats cold. Put his brother on blast in front of the entire world telling them he likes Styx.

You know this is actually like a million times more cyberpunk than Billy Idol's thing

This album comes off more like a parody of Rock Operas and concept albums.

@craigdamage

5 жыл бұрын

That is what Ian Anderson said about 'Thick As A Brick"

@1000huzzahs

5 жыл бұрын

@@craigdamage I mean but Anderson did it on purpose, I don't think DeYoung was in on the joke...

@jacklfitz

4 жыл бұрын

If they were being insincere with this, they didn't even do that right. Ian Anderson already made a perfect parody with TAAB.

@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel

4 жыл бұрын

It was a lot better than a story about a blind pinball player.

@jacklfitz

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel Tommy is a masterpiece how dare you

Todd in the Shadows Was Here

@BeardBoyAdvance

6 жыл бұрын

HOLY SHAT A GUY I FOLLOW IN ANOTHER GUY I FOLLOW COMMENTS

@seymourglass26

6 жыл бұрын

Too bad he didn't have a clever thing to say.

@bulletbelt97

6 жыл бұрын

TITS was here

@samboujaiteh3331

6 жыл бұрын

Wait, was that episode of My Life as a Teenage Robot a reference to this album? That's..... genius.

@MissyR

6 жыл бұрын

i mean it's a better acronym than robert oren charles kilroy

Will always appreciate the greatest gift this album gave us - the Protomen's cover of Mr Roboto. Just a great piece of work.

@jam_plays_games

Жыл бұрын

Listened to it a couple days ago and absolutely loved it. It’s amazing how much better the song sounds with an actual rock singer fronting it.

Honestly I'm starting to grow to love that Heavy Metal Poisoning song as well, it's exactly the sort of cheese you need in a metal playlist.

I'm convinced Styx are a real life version of Spinaltap.

I would absolutely 112% watch this as a stage musical. Give it to me Broadway, in all its 80's glory. Also the lead singer is trying so hard to be Freddie Mercury it's embarrassing.

@jordang7479

6 жыл бұрын

cuppajess As a play within a play!!

@jessica23claire

6 жыл бұрын

YESSSSSS

@chuckbatman5

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's the big problem I notice here that I think is why Todd hates Dennis De Young's voice. He apes the Freddie Mercury style so much but he just can't hit those crazy notes so it doesn't work at all

@calvinlee8103

5 жыл бұрын

Dennis Deyoung and Freddie Mercury should never be in the same sentence together. Even that one. Just... let's all just stop talking about Dennis Deyoung.

@roguishpaladin

5 жыл бұрын

Calvin Lee Ironically, you just used Dennis De Young and Freddie Mercury in the same sentence.

I hate that I love this album, It’s basically if “Wish You Were Here” was “Lake Placid”. I can’t get enough of it, it’s so bad that I can’t stop listening to it.

James "J.Y." Young is awesome. He just wants to rock, and clearly enjoys the hell out of it.

@NoCanDu

6 ай бұрын

Not to mention he has a masters in aeronautical engineering!

Now where have I heard the concept of music being controlled, banned, outlawed and a protagonist who tries to bring it back to the masses? Oh yeah 2112!!

@witherblaze

3 жыл бұрын

Heck if you wanna stretch it, Footloose was similar and better than this Killroy

@FernieCanto

3 жыл бұрын

@@ScorpionViper1001 Compared to anything by Styx, 2112 is definitely good... but, well, suffice to say, Styx weren't influenced by goddamn Ayn Rand. 2112 is only respectable because the music itself is so powerful--even though it suffers from some filler. I think, in fact, Hemispheres is the best "Rush suite" there is, because there's no filler, and because there's none of the "scary communists are scary" subtext. But Rush became way better when they quit the conceptual stuff and just embraced more concise songwriting, and Peart started to lose the "let's change the world through rock 'n' roll!" schtick and wrote some truly moving lyrics like Losing It, Afterimage and The Pass. Rush matured in the best way possible: instead of trying to be "bigger", they just worked on being better.

@goldenheart3887

2 жыл бұрын

Also We Will Rock You.

@Gatorade69

2 жыл бұрын

@@FernieCanto In my opinion Moving Pictures is practically a perfect album. I like every song on it.

@royalfrost1

2 жыл бұрын

2112 wasn't really "influenced" by Anthem though. Neil Peart came up with the lyrics and then realized they sounded a lot like Anthem, so Peart put an attribution in the liner notes just so they wouldn't get in trouble for plagerism. That liner note has since been taken out in reissues of 2112 as Peart's political views went far away from that of Ayn Rand, for good reason.

Never realized it, but the concept of the plot of the Queen musical "We Will Rock You" is pretty much identical to "Kilroy." But at least that has the advantage of being QUEEN.

@spiffyflinger9174

6 жыл бұрын

*the misfortune of being queen

@Fickji

6 жыл бұрын

Advantage. Queen is remembered, Styx is a side note. Poor Styx. I tend to not know I'm listening to a Styx song until someone tells me I'm listening to a Styx song. And then I promptly forget.

@madhatterman01

6 жыл бұрын

I'm not entirely sure, but isn't it also basically the same premise as 2112 by Rush?

@nathanmulcahy9401

6 жыл бұрын

It is, though 2112 manages to awesomely deliver on its narrative premise every step of the way.

@francoalencastro716

6 жыл бұрын

TBH the 'dystopian future without rock music' premise is a very stock one for concept albums / rock operas. See: Dream Theater's The Astonishing

Hey there. As an old dude who became a Styx fan in junior high with "the Grand Illusion," I can give you my perceptions of "Kilroy Was Here" when it came out. At first, I hated it. I thought it was dumb, and I was a geek who liked SciFi. I had previously taken a while to warm up to "Paradise Theater," but I was finding nothing about "Kilroy Was Here" to like. A friend who collected albums as his hobby got the album, we read the liner notes, and we listened to it with that as a background. Okay, we got the idea and could piece it together as intended, but we were not crazy about it; however, as radio does, they kept playing it, and it stuck in our heads. Since we had already liked Styx, we got on board and tried to like it. When the live show came to town and we finally got a chance to catch them playing in concert, we went to see it at the Civic Arena (a large venue) in Pittsburgh. We had a lot of fun with the show and enjoyed it, mostly because the majority of the show was the Styx tunes we actually wanted to hear, but we were not opposed to the theater despite it robbing us of an opening act. After about ten years and discovering much better music completely alien to progressive stadium rock, my enjoyment of Styx waned. Certain albums and/or tunes would remain in the occasional play list, but the one album that would not resurface was "Kilroy Was Here." While it was better than the majority of the early Styx (pre-Grand Illusion), it just had no staying power and nothing enjoyably memorable. It was a product of the time and thankfully gathering dust. Cheesy is a perfect description of this album. Considering DeYoung later went into writing musicals, it adds up that he was trying to come up with a story and musical approach back with Styx. I wish him well but have no interest in it or seeing Styx again these days. I'm no longer a teenager in the late 70s/early 80s.

10:00 I'm dying at the Walgreen's manager comparison

11:19-11:56 So you may be wondering why there were anti-Japanese messages in this video made as late as 1983. Well, when American factory jobs started disappearing in the 70s, it was because the Japanese were able to make all sorts of products that were cheaper than their American counterparts. It was thought that Japan would soon dominate the world and become stronger than the USA. One could argue that they did, but it did not last long since the Japanese economy plummeted starting around 1993 in what is known as The Lost Decade. You can see evidence of this old mindset in Back to the Future II in which the Marty McFly from 2015 has a Japanese boss or in the 1993 movie The Good Son where the father of Elijah Wood's character goes to Japan so he can be set for life.

@yanstein8464

3 жыл бұрын

i mean, yeah, it does have a reason but it doesn't mean it's less weird/racist for a modern person

i know nothing about styx, but mr roboto is a jam, and i could feel the dread piling up as it started fading in. dang it todd, i havent disagreed with you before!

@claystripe6514

6 жыл бұрын

Roenais If this is the first time you've disagree with Todd after eight years of content, you might *be* Todd

@roenais

6 жыл бұрын

oh god. i never knew. that explains all the hoodies

@roenais

6 жыл бұрын

actually imo the chorus is the worst part, it's kind of questionably racist, it's the "i've got a secret i've been hiding under my skin' verse that's super catchy

@internetsaltmine6369

6 жыл бұрын

mr roboto is really only a jam because of the lyrics. structurally, the song is a mess and it's delivered by someone who sounds like a wet carpet. It's why I never really liked the song until The Protomen covered it, because they put something resembling emotion into the lyrics.

@riahlexington

5 жыл бұрын

Roenais lol I disagree with him all the time I love him tho

This came out when I was 15 years old and I had anticipated it soooo much, I had a huge 3-years-and-counting crush on Tommy and I sincerely loved the other albums. At that age, the time span between Paradise Theater and this album felt like a million years, so the anticipated release was a huge deal to me. I remember MTV's Martha Quinn trying to explain how it's a concept album and tour. I remember buying it the day it was released, listened to song after song and thinking, "Whaaa? Ok, that robot song was weird, ok, I'm not a fan of JY's songs anyway, ok, this song by Tommy is pretty good, ok, I hate this Dennis song..." and by the end I'm thinking "WHAT the FUCK was THIS?" but being a die-hard Styx fan I kept listening to it until I memorized the lyrics and I convinced myself that this album is also awesome. But deep down I knew it was shit.

To be honest the album hit at just the right time for me. I was 13, hugely into Sci-Fi and Return Of The Jedi had just come out that year. My cousin and I both owned the "Mr. Roboto" single and I later got the album on cassette. I liked the 1984ish feel of the story and played that cassette to death. After about 1986 the album fell into obscurity in my collection. I hit a low point in 1988. Graduation was looming and I seemed to have no future prospects. I nearly took my own life. What helped me through this dark time was the song "Haven't We Been Here Before". For many years it was an anthem for hope. The song essentially saved my life. Despite what everyone else felt about the album. I would defend it. And believe me there was a lot of people who hated it. My nephew who is now in his 30's loves the album and recently bought it on vinyl. Say what you will about the album. It was an important part of my life, one I won't soon forget.

@stevejohnson1397

Жыл бұрын

Just listen to this guy and take it what a grain is salt remember hes a music critic most music critics wouldn't know talent if it bit him in the ass.Styx was at the end of their career on this this album completely sealed the deal

...I was too oblivious of Styx's work to realize that that Bob's Burgers laser show episode was actually making fun of Styx. I HAVE BEEN EDUCATED!

@MnMsandOreos

6 жыл бұрын

SAME. I thought it was making fun of something like Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, or other similar dystopian concept albums. A lot of those albums are great, but they’re still full of cheesy 70s ridiculousness, ripe for parody. But god damn, they totally were just tearing apart this album, and damn their target was too easy

@2bit_natty

5 жыл бұрын

"He ROLLS a ROCK to save ROCK n ROLL!! They uh... weren't subtle."

I'm taking Homer's reaction to crossing the river Styx to heart now...

@theangryholmesian4556

2 жыл бұрын

"Oh God! It really is hell!"

Robotic vocals are like googly eyes on birthday cards. It might not be enough to make it great, but it sure can't hurt. It definitely made "Mr. Roboto" a hit.

7:26 I’m gonna start one of those urban myths that The Unabomber was inspired by this song