The Earl of Rozland's STYX TOP 100
A lot of people wonder, who is EOR (aka the Earl of Rozland), and what's her beef with Styx?
Well she's here to give you the lowdown, beginning with her top 100 Styx songs of all time...Brace yourselves!
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STYX:
PICK ONE DAMMIT!! THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN!!!
I have been provoked yet again. And since I hardly talk here, I thought I'd start very bluntly!
This list was compiled not by popularity, but by quality. It's supposed to represent what Styx has represented, how they presented themselves & how they musically achieved this goal. It starts off on how they should be remembered, I think how they would like to be remembered, not how popular their members were because that in itself stirs a massive storm of controversy.
This band is so equally hated & loved by the world it's ridiculous! Yet this fight is still going on to this day & no one has any idea why. There were 4 vocalists in this band & you either liked all 4? or 2, 3, or 1 & had to deal with the other 2, without any choice. But what that means is that they, no matter who you preferred, made an impact. And that's more than any band in the last 20 years will ever be able to say.
This list starts off with the one song that represents Styx. The one song that says, yes this is Styx; no matter who you are, you have to know that this sound is the real Styx! [& as requested lowercase!]
Also, before you go & lose your mind over this list, I suggest that you listen to EVERY SINGLE STYX RECORD CAREFULLY before you dare to go nuts about this one!!!
1. a day
2. queen of spades
3. miss america [original]
4. born for adventure
5. lonely people
6. lady [original]
7. earl of roseland
8. serpent is rising
9. heavy metal poisoning
10. come sail away
11. prelude 12
12. cold war
13. 1/2 penny-2 penny/a.d.1958
14. you better ask
15. jennifer
16. movement/children of the land/street collage/fanfare
17. grand illusion
18. suite madame blue [live-caught '84]
19. great white hope
20. why me
21. crystal ball [live-caught '84]
22. high time
23. as bad as this/pexiglass
24. don't let it end
25. lonely child
26. back to chicago
27. babe
28. put me on
29. nothing ever goes as planned
30. borrowed time
31. mr. roboto
32. lights
33. love is the ritual
34. snowblind
35. little fugue in g/father o.s.a
36. krakatoa
37. grove of eglantine
38. blue collar man
39. best of times
40. haven't we been here before
41. the message
42. mother dear
43. a.d. 1928/rockin' the paradise
44. first time
45. what has come between us
46. never say never
47. renegade
48. clair de lune/ballerina
49. i'm gonna make you feel it
50. music time
51. love at 1st sight
52. 22 years
53. not dead yet
54. too much time on my hands
55. i'm ok
56. midnight ride
57. light up
58. you need love
59. show me the way
60. young man
61. fooling yourself [original] [I can't believe I had to write that!]
62. right away
63. just get through this night
64. unfinished song
65. quick is the beat of my heart
66. golden lark
67. superstars
68. best thing
69. this old man
70. boat on the river
71. madamoiselle
72. love in the midnight
73. homewrecker
74. goodbye roseland
75. witch wolf
76. eddie
77. jonas psalter
78. a song for suzanne
79. lords of the ring
80. carrie ann
81. winner takes all
82. after you leave me
83. christopher mr. christopher
84. paradise
85. man of miracles
86. pieces of 8
87. shooz
88. don't let it end [reprise]
89. aku-aku
90. great expectations
91. double life
92. castle walls
93. state street sadie
94. man in the wilderness
95. grand finale
96. edge of the century
97. high crimes & misdemeanors [hip-hop-cracy]
98. world tonite
99. dear john
100. heavy water
Well she's here to give you the lowdown, beginning with her top 100 Styx songs of all time...Brace yourselves!
----------------------------
STYX:
PICK ONE DAMMIT!! THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN!!!
I have been provoked yet again. And since I hardly talk here, I thought I'd start very bluntly!
This list was compiled not by popularity, but by quality. It's supposed to represent what Styx has represented, how they presented themselves & how they musically achieved this goal. It starts off on how they should be remembered, I think how they would like to be remembered, not how popular their members were because that in itself stirs a massive storm of controversy.
This band is so equally hated & loved by the world it's ridiculous! Yet this fight is still going on to this day & no one has any idea why. There were 4 vocalists in this band & you either liked all 4? or 2, 3, or 1 & had to deal with the other 2, without any choice. But what that means is that they, no matter who you preferred, made an impact. And that's more than any band in the last 20 years will ever be able to say.
This list starts off with the one song that represents Styx. The one song that says, yes this is Styx; no matter who you are, you have to know that this sound is the real Styx! [& as requested lowercase!]
Also, before you go & lose your mind over this list, I suggest that you listen to EVERY SINGLE STYX RECORD CAREFULLY before you dare to go nuts about this one!!!
1. a day
2. queen of spades
3. miss america [original]
4. born for adventure
5. lonely people
6. lady [original]
7. earl of roseland
8. serpent is rising
9. heavy metal poisoning
10. come sail away
11. prelude 12
12. cold war
13. 1/2 penny-2 penny/a.d.1958
14. you better ask
15. jennifer
16. movement/children of the land/street collage/fanfare
17. grand illusion
18. suite madame blue [live-caught '84]
19. great white hope
20. why me
21. crystal ball [live-caught '84]
22. high time
23. as bad as this/pexiglass
24. don't let it end
25. lonely child
26. back to chicago
27. babe
28. put me on
29. nothing ever goes as planned
30. borrowed time
31. mr. roboto
32. lights
33. love is the ritual
34. snowblind
35. little fugue in g/father o.s.a
36. krakatoa
37. grove of eglantine
38. blue collar man
39. best of times
40. haven't we been here before
41. the message
42. mother dear
43. a.d. 1928/rockin' the paradise
44. first time
45. what has come between us
46. never say never
47. renegade
48. clair de lune/ballerina
49. i'm gonna make you feel it
50. music time
51. love at 1st sight
52. 22 years
53. not dead yet
54. too much time on my hands
55. i'm ok
56. midnight ride
57. light up
58. you need love
59. show me the way
60. young man
61. fooling yourself [original] [I can't believe I had to write that!]
62. right away
63. just get through this night
64. unfinished song
65. quick is the beat of my heart
66. golden lark
67. superstars
68. best thing
69. this old man
70. boat on the river
71. madamoiselle
72. love in the midnight
73. homewrecker
74. goodbye roseland
75. witch wolf
76. eddie
77. jonas psalter
78. a song for suzanne
79. lords of the ring
80. carrie ann
81. winner takes all
82. after you leave me
83. christopher mr. christopher
84. paradise
85. man of miracles
86. pieces of 8
87. shooz
88. don't let it end [reprise]
89. aku-aku
90. great expectations
91. double life
92. castle walls
93. state street sadie
94. man in the wilderness
95. grand finale
96. edge of the century
97. high crimes & misdemeanors [hip-hop-cracy]
98. world tonite
99. dear john
100. heavy water
posted by Earl of Rozland at 11:55 PM
7 Comments:
this is a bold list indeed...
a day at number 1?
JC would be so proud
i notice you only mention vocalists in your intro to the list...why no discussion of non-singing intrumentalists, i.e. the Panozzo's?
The 'FIGHT' seems to be with the 'singers' of this particular band.
They don't seem to talk about the rest of the boys or what they 'DID', it seems to come down to their singing....& how popular they are, maybe this may change that....
No one who really understands Styx or seems to care about anything else... but us! ....
and beside those twin boys are innocent bystanders in this mess... or maybe Johnny & JC are the innocent ones.... we'll never know....................
Also it has come to my understanding that NY STYX fans only seem to care about these 4 particular songs....THIS MUST CHANGE!!
it seemed this is how they ranked out of 1,043 songs classics of all time:
1043:
870: Styx- Blue Collar Man
612: Styx- Fooling Yourself
513: Styx- Renegade
250: Styx- Come Sail Away
talk about this being dealt with???
[feel free loons- to post your top 25 or 50 if you dare....]
i can take it......
Ok,
Here's my little list of 10
I know you don't agree, but I have my reasons...
1. mr roboto. (gasp)
It's the most indescribably strange and enigmatic song by Styx, and one of the most enigmatic rock songs ever recorded...only downside, it may be too perfect.
2. fooling yourself
It's another beautiful everlasting gobstopper, and Tommy and Dennis fly through this like they're in another dimension
3. borrowed time
this one is like a perfectly balanced stew with each band member contributing his own flavor flav
4. midnight ride
kicks ass
5. grove of eglantine
does not kick ass, but butts do move to this one, greatly because of Chuck's groovy bass playing
6. boat on the river
sad tommy, accordion, the longing of DDY for TS, what's not to love?
7. born for adventure
another Chuck P doozie
8. mother dear
i donno, a lot of good textures and moods, kinda psychedelic
9. lonely people
this one i just like cause of all the different feels and break downs.
It's fun to dance to.
10. great white hope
so when the bell sounds, prepare yourselves, for the main
event!
kicks ass
Cool list ok... only problem I have with fooling [I like the '84 live version better -definitely not the 'new' one] is the drum sound in it, too damn low/bad mix- so technically it's a deyoung/shaw showdown, not a true band song...although that will always have the greatest keyboard solo EVER!! [ooh! new list.....]
of course I still & will always think of 'GI' as a MINI-ALBUM!! [a record with less than 8 or 7 songs] that's what they were called back then, these are now called CD singles!! Sick... but that's a different blog........
but miss 1/2 Prog- i implore you to listen to the 1st 2 albums carefully!! they are just too vicious... but you cannot argue with mr. roboto [you're right that should've been higher!]....
anyone else??????
somehow I keep thinking I should've put lonely people
No. 2!!??!!!!!!
mother dear rules! & it sounds exactly like the Spirit by the moody blues which came out wwwwaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy later.......
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