Awesome Reaction To Styx -Too much time on my hands 

Come Sail Away is a must but PLEASE DO NOT react to the "Official Video". It cuts out around a minute of the song. Renegade, Crystal Ball, Blue Collar Man, Fooling Yourself, Castle Walls, Lorelei etc... these are all great songs. There are more in their catalogue as well. They are the first band to sell 4 triple platinum albums in a row. No one had done that before them.

This is my fav Styx song, “I’ve got dozens of friends and the fun never ends that is as long as I’m buying” epic.

There are really good Styx tracks out there “crystal ball” renegade “ snowblind” are good examples even “ suite madame blue”

This is 80's Styx. I like both decades but 70's Styx is just fantastic. Try 'Renegade', 'Come Sail Away', 'Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)', 'The Grande Illusion', 'Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)', many more, they were a hit machine.

STYX is a very polarizing band - they have two singer - this was Shaw and he wanted a more rock oriented sound and there was DeYoung who has one of rocks greatest voices, and he was more theatrical. They did a concept album and Shaw hated it and DeYoung loved it and it didn’t end well

I graduated in 1978 and virtually everybody loved Styx and most everyone owned their "Grand Illusion" album. "Mr Roboto" came much later and was, in my opinion, one of the worst of their hits. It's the song that made me and many of my friends begin to drift away from Styx a little (sort of "jumped the shark" with that one). There are so many better songs by Styx to listen to.

Check out "Suite Madame Blue" this is when STYX was killing it

Renegade Renegade Renegade oh and Renegade

Styx have 2 different style lead singers that creates 2 different sounds within the band

For me Mr Roboto was very much a Thematic album, it focused on how we become slaves to our technology

Styx wasn't necessarily a dance-song band, but if you went to the skating rink, definitely. "Come Sail Away" was extremely popular, because it's definitely not a slow song.

I recommend checking them out with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra in concert. It's awesome watching these teenagers rock out to one of my favorite bands!

You should do "Lady", this was their first song that went gold.

T. You are cool man. But you definitely married up. Together you are so fun with your love of music.

Styx was my favorite band when I was a teen in the 70's.

Try Suite Madam Blue or Miss America

Come Sail Away... the longer version.

Yes watches, and yes I bought a fake Rolex in NYC, turned my DAMN wrist green...DUH!

You have to do Babe. Great song.

Too bad Mr. Roboto destroyed the band.

RENEGADE!!... It's definitely one of my personal favorites

Blue Collar Man, Lorelei

Dennis DeYoung, and Tommy Shaw apparently went their separate ways. Dennis was stressing out he quit the band, and Styx hired another singer, Tommy decided to go solo, he made an album "Girls with Guns". Then he teamed up with Ted Nugent, Jack Blades from Night ranger, & Mike Carteloni and formed a band called Damn Yankees. You ought t listen to their songs: Come Again, High Enough, Mistified, Pile-driver, and many more...

yep, watches, yep VHS pirate copies, cassettes pirated copies, depends on how low rent the guy was... umm and if you happened to RECORD a concert... big money at least for a few weeks.

Styx was huge in the late 70s and early 80s. Tommy Shaw left because they were doing so much marry Poppins type music instead of rock. As a guitarists who loves rock I don't blame him.

There are a lot of great songs listed in the comments, but there's one song that I always liked by Styx that many don't know... "Boat on the River"... a unique, but beautiful song that was a little different style by them... here's a video of it on RU-vid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K9Qs8-BkiLw.html

Tommy Shaw is the real deal. Guitarist, vocalist, rocker. Dennis DeYoung is a good vocalist and more into theatrics. The two of them, along with a killer band made great music together, but they just couldn't stay together.

You guys should check out Cheap Trick - Dream Police

my fave Styx song off my fave Styx album (Paradise Theater) Maybe check out another great song from that album: Rockin' the Paradise

come sail away

The think about Styx music is it's ALL uplifting. You can't help but feel great after listening to them. I've seem them live 5 times. It's almost like a religious experience it's so positive and loving, and their real fans are some of the kindest human beings on the planet. You've already seen a ton of great song suggestions - I endorse them all. I havent seen any of any after Mr. Roboto. IF you want to hear something after they broke up and got back together "Show Me The Way" that's a nice ballad - became a bit of an anthem for The Gulf War back in 1991. Another great one I haven't seen mentioned: Best Of Times

Crystal ball

This could be the theme song for 2020. 🤣👍👍

you sold the vhs tapes out of the trunk of your car back then !

Come Sail Away was their best song. They had many more, but this one was great.

Their switch up happened after this album which in my opinion was their last good album. The album Kilroy was here sucked. This song was off the album Paradise Theatre

Very beautiful Woman...wow!

I loved this song when it came out. I had the liner notes from the cassette tape and learned the lyrics. That said, Come Sail Away and all the songs mentioned in the other comments are far better songs.

This song is perfect for Covid lockdown:-)

Really got to hear "Snowblind"

Two words... Damn Yankees!

If you like Styx try R.E.O. Speedwagon. Close friends and touring mates with Styx and similar sound. Try their best song from 1978 Roll With The Changes.

Styx just released a new album “Crash of the Crown”. It’s with the updated lineup but Tommy Shaw and James “JY” Young still shredding guitar and preserving the Classic Styx Sound.

Styx Blue Caller Men

70s Styx > 80s Styx.

Dennis DeYoung always wanted to go "art-rock", while the rest liked regular rock.

You guys are running the gamut on the music you listen to good job. Try out REO Speedwagon Ridin the storm out. They cover pretty much the rock genres

To music like this, you aren't supposed to sit down and be bop. You're supposed to get up and dance and have fun. 😂😂😂

Try Suite Madam Blue by STYX

Love this

Fits #45 to a T. Should be his campaign song.

Older Styx is much better! Renegade, Blue Collar Man, Lonely People, Grand Illusion...

Back in the 70s Styx did an awful lot of fantasy themed tunes, including, 'Renegade', 'Born for Adventure', 'The Grove of Eglantine', 'Unfinished Song', & even, 'Man in the Wilderness'. Give a listen to, 'Renegade'; 'Come Sail Away'; 'Light Up'; 'Lady'; 'Suite Madam Blue'; 'Crystal Ball'; 'The Grand Illusion'; 'Fooling Yourself'; 'Babe'; 'Rockin' the Paradise'.

Actually, when Mr. Robottoe came out, it was somewhat of a disappointment.

Mr Roboto....lol...that's their least liked song....but that's cool...

Check out Love At First Sight, Love In The Midnight, and Man In The Wilderness by Styx.

Styx is a prog rock group....most lp's tell a story beginning to end. Paradise Theatre is the best....Mr. Roboto was the end of it....just didn't go over well.

Watch Paul Rudd and Jimmy Fallon’s remake of this video

You both are spot on. Styx has 3 lead singers. The main two are Dennis Deyoung ( Roboto, Come Sail Away, Suite Madame Blue, Lady, Show Me The way, The Best of Times, Queen of Spades, Castle Walls, Babe ( The song Babe started the breakup & Roboto put the band breakup over the top according to Tommy & JY 'as they still cashed their checks')... Tommy Shaw ( Man In The Wilderness, Renegade, Too Much Time On My Hands, Blue Collar Man, Fooling Yourself, Crystal Ball...) James JY Young ( Miss America, Heavy Metal Poisoning, Midnight Ride, Snowblind ( JY & Tommy together).... Styx was one of the greatest & most versatile bands EVER. Top 10 songs in 3 decades 70's, 80's & 90's. Please play the video & song Show Me the way. One of the most powerful videos & songs ever performed. Thanks for the great review & insight into the band. It was pretty spot on!

They have so many good songs. I think Blue Collar Man would be a good mix between a more serious song, but also has the good energy that you seem to like. I heard you mention Subdivision from Rush. That is one of my favorite songs from them.

Tommy Shaw wanted to do more Rock influenced songs, Dennis DeLong wanted to do more thematic operatic type songs.

I've never seen a decade with so MUCH talent, yes, other decades had talent, for crying out loud Elvis had more hits and well known songs than anybody, but the 80's good gosh, the bands just kept producing, so much GOOD competition.

Dennis Deyoung (keyboard player) was pulling the band into the pop music direction (Mr. Roboto). Tommy Shaw James Young, the two guitar players wanted the band to rock out more. It eventually led to Dennis leaving the band.

Blue Collar Man and Renegade are the songs to check out next from styxx. Check out Damn Yankees! Tommy Shaw (singing in this song) teamed up with Ted Nugent and Jack Blades and produced a block buster album. PLEASE check out Damn Yankees - Coming of Age.

Guy's, here's the deal with Styx....After the final lineup of Dennis De Young, James Young, Tommy Shaw, and the Panozzo brothers was established, a disagreement started between Dennis and the rest of the band. He favored more of the theatrical sound and concept thing (Mr. Roboto) with the rest of the band wanting to do more of the rock thing (Blue Collar Man). It ended up with the band asking Dennis to do his own thing.

STYX was a band driven by 2 great song writers with very different musical styles. This song is wrote and sung by Tommy Shaw. He was the rock influence and Dennis DeYoung was the Pop influence. DeYoung wrote and sang most of their top 40 ballad stuff, while Shaw handled the rock side of things.

Beautiful!!! The song is good too!!! Great reaction.

Tommy sang stories like rush and Dennis sang love songs.

PS. Mr. Roboto though a "commercial success" is probably the least liked by die hard fans. This song is from there Paradise Theatere album. An excellent album not a bad song on it. Any how love your reactions! Keep it up!

It wasn't the *"Roboto"* song itself that broke them up. It was the stage show that Dennis DeYoung (vocals on Roboto), forced the members to perform during the *"Kilroy..."* tour. It was really cheesy, and over the top ridiculous. During two shows in Texas that year, they were booed, and people began leaving, once they began the "play" portion of the show. Incidentally, Dennis DeYoung is no longer in the band. A great song to react to is *"Miss America."* The studio version, not live. Very few people have listened to it. The tune is a cynical look at the beauty pageant...

Most "real Styx fans" will disown you for saying Mr. Roboto is your favorite - just so you know. Man in the Wilderness was sung by Tommy Shaw - same as this one. But this is this 80s vibe. Man in Wilderness was a little more classic rock sound and is my personal favorite song by them along with Crystal Ball and Suite Madam Blue (both from the 70s) Mr. Roboto album was just a different appeal and created a rift in the fan base; but today I still like that song.

Dennis DeYoung wanted to be more theatrical. The rest of the band wanted to rock. To this day, Styx refuses to play Mr. Roboto.

The band was torn in two different directions! Dennis DeYoung wanted theatrical and the rest of the band wanted to rock! guess who won! long live Styx's and TNT...

Mr roboto did brake them up. Dennis was out.

Dennis DeLong did Mr. Roboto, and his bandmates hated that album. He ruined the band by going pop.

Mike Jones reference? Damn! 281-330-8004!

If you like Tommy Shaw singing, I suggest Damn Yankees. High enough and Come again would be good choices.

When they brought out the album Paradice Theater i bought it and listen to it just about every day the whole alum was good and went together

if you like 80's synths john foxx/underpass visage/fade to grey human league/being boiled anne clarck/our darkness yazoo/situation gary numan are friends electric

If you haven't yet done it, please give a listen to "Crystal Ball" by Styx. Always my favorite.

Yeah Mr roboto James and Tommy the guitar players wanted to go more rock and roll heavy and Dennis the young the keyboard player he was going for rock operas kind of thing and it basically killed the fan base I know I'll stop listening after that

This is my favorite 70’s arena rock band. I have seen them live over a dozen times. It is a crime they are not in the RnRHF!!!!!! They have 30 plus songs that were big hits!

You should watch the Jimmy Fallon remake of this video lol! You'd love it!

Album version of 'Come Sail Away' please.

If it is not on one of these albums I probably would not react to it. The Grand Illusion Pieces of Eight Cornerstone Everything else would be a waste of a reactor's time - not enough time on our hands - lmao.

Mr Roboto sounded that way bc it’s an 80s Styx

There is a hilarious video of Paul Rudd and Jimmy Fallon doing a shot for shot remake of the first part of this video. It’s great.

Back in the 80’s there were VHS but they were smaller because they were called Betamax.

Go back to their stuff in the 70s if you haven't also find some Live at Daryl's House Daryl Hall invites different artists an do their songs worth checking out

The were selling fake gold stamped 14k. Got me once at the car wash.

You two are very charming. Hope you are doing fine in Georgia.

I think Suite madame blue, come sail away and renegade are the best songs from Styx

Literally any song from the Paradise Theater album is a home run

STYX was a rocking band at first,then Dennis DeYoung/another lead singer started doing more ballads & theatrical things (Mr Roboto).

The stereotype of a street hustler is generally a guy with jewelry (including watches) on the inside flap of a trench coat. In reality, lots of other items were sold by street hustlers. I used to be a regular at a neighborhood bar where people would come in trying to hustle various items. Since there was a grocery store a block away, one popular item was actually steak.

I think Dennis wanted to go and take the group in another Direction theatrically he has a lot of creativity in things that he wanted to do with the group but I don't think the group from what I heard or understand I don't think the group was onboard with all that and I think like the mr. Roboto thing like you were talking about was a catalyst for The Break-Up

Just watched Coward of the county right before this one....Awesome guys!!!...The official lockdown song lol

I suggest 'Lady' beautiful song.

Tasha is always looking so cute!! 😊

70's Styx good..........80's Styx not as good.