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Styx
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Pat Benatar
A Concert Review |
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| James Young |
Well, low and behold, the tour went well, they recorded their last
show in Chicago for a live greatest hits CD, ended up with a record
deal, and supposedly hope to have a new studio CD out in '98. But
enough of the history of Styx, most of you already knew that stuff.
What about the show? Let me start by saying I wasn't disappointed,
but I did wish for something and it didn't come true. We'll get to
that later.
Styx is out there right now on their "Grand Illusion"
tour, which in all honesty sounds a lot like the new live CD they
just released. I would say that you should save your money, buy the
CD, and not see the show, but that's just not true because one thing
about Styx is that through the years they have never been a band to
just stand up on stage and sing. Combine a fantastic laser show with
great lighting effects, Tommy Shaw working the stage for all that is
worth, Chuck Panozzo being just such a
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| Chuck Panozzo |
classic (I love how he just kind of hangs around on stage, and then,
all of a sudden, you find him at the front, smiling at the crowd,
flicking a pick or two in the front rows, and then drifting back
into lurking mode), classic guitar poses, and lots of perky breasts
(sorry for that blatant sexist comment, and maybe there were lots of
perky guys too, but I wasn't looking at them), in any case, Styx is
as much about a performance as it is about music.
From the new stuff like "On My Way" to "Dear
John," and from the old stuff from "Crystal Ball" to
"Lorelei," this show touched on just about anything Styx
ever put out, except one - and maybe oddly enough, my personal
favorite, Mr. Roboto. Yea, well, I always liked that album, but
sadly my wishes didn't happen because I had to listen to all of the
other Styx hits through the years. I guess there is just so much
time in a concert, but dammit, "Haven't We Been Here
Before" and "Don't Let it End" have always been two
of my favoritist Styx songs of all times. Oh well.
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| Chuck and James |
The show was great, the band sounded great, and they looked like
they were having so much fun and that directly reflected itself with
the crowd. The set list is below, and it's pretty self-explanatory,
and personally, maybe going against the other critics, I'm looking
forward to a new studio album from the boys. This time maybe the
record label won't consider a gold, or platinum, or multi-platinum
record not good enough.
Styx puts on a great show, probably always has, and probably
always will. It is hard to give them anything less than two thumbs,
even though they skipped everything from Mr. Roboto, but, TWO THUMBS
UP it is.
That's it for this one, I'm The Dude on the Right!! L8R!! |
