11 February 2010

THE MEANING OF 'DOUBLE LIFE'........???????


Some people in this world have been pondering the 'Meaning of Life'. Styx alumni around the world for years have been pondering 'the Meaning of 'Double Life'.' For those who've been on another planet, 'Double Life' is the fantastic classic song featured on the Greatest Album of All Time! [YES IT IS!! GET OVER IT!!!] KILROY WAS HERE released way back in 1983 by Rock Gods STYX!! Featuring the very classic best line ever:
'I am schizophrenic & so am I
!'!!

Let's explore this further more shall we??????????????


The recorded 'meaning' of the song at the time was of course related to the character in the Greatest Music Video of All Time [no not Thriller!] Kilroy Was Here the movie [now called Caught In The Act -Live available on DVD everywhere & perfectly redone by the Greatest Tribute band of All Time: WNTDTYR!!!] [YES WE ARE-GET OVER IT!!]. Dr. Everett Righteous, leader of the Majority For Musical Morality in the song seems to struggle with his Double Life of being Dr. Righteous &????? This is where everything goes haywire....this has been the dilemma for Styx fans everywhere, the world over, it's not in the movie, or the videos. Was he a former rock star who got converted?? Was he a Roboto??? Or was he just INSANE!??? Double Life??? Triple Life????
1st of all I must reveal, that I, Earl of Rozland...AM DR. RIGHTEOUS!!!! ME!!
NO ONE ELSE!! 2nd, I, Earl of Rozland have discovered the REAL Meaning of DOUBLE LIFE, the proper meaning...THE TRUTH CAN FINALLY BE REVEALED!!!

James Young!
He is renowned the world over as the iconic figure JY!! A known genius to every Styx fan everywhere. He is GOD!! Not only is he an amazing guitarist but he is unlike any classic rock star you will ever come across. Forget Ozzy, forget Plant, forget Alice Cooper, Bruce, Michael Jackson! None come in a better package than JY or metaller!!! Who else could write better songs than Miss America, Midnight Ride, Heavy Metal Poisoning, Great White Hope, Homewrecker, must I go on? They don't come any harder or rock louder than the great JAMES JY YOUNG...
No one worships this man more than I do.

So what's with the Double Life??? Is it JY or Memorex??? Is he James?, Jim or JY. Is it JY or J.Y. with the 2 dots between??? Have you ever noticed he has an Iggy Pop quality to his voice?? Have you ever seen JY & Iggy in the same room?? Could he possibly have been in the Stooges??? I can see him singing 'I Wanna Be Your Dog'! Can't You?

Or how about his sounding almost uncannily like Frank Zappa. Have you ever seen Zappa & JY in the same room??? They both play guitar, they both have the greatest mustaches ever. Zappa has been declared dead. Or is he?? Or did he just join Styx??? He is still releasing records you know. I could see JY singing 'Dancin' Fool'....can't you??

Now comes word that the Scorpions will end their career after almost 40 years. They are 'supposedly' German & 'apparently' have had a guitarist named Rudolf Schenker since the beginning of their amazing start. Rudolf also has a blond brother named Michael [Tommy Shaw anyone....????] They have fantastic songs: 'No One Like You', 'Rock You Like A Hurricane'. have you seen these videos??? Have you noticed the man on guitar??? With the mustache??? Look familiar????? Have you ever seen JY & Rudolf or the Scorpions in the same room, have you?????????? I have placed the evidence above....judge for yourself.

So which one is which??? JAMES YOUNG otherwise known as JY, Dr. Righteous, Frank Zappa, Iggy Pop, or Rudolf Schenker??????????? The man is such an iconic figure & such a legend that he has led this Double life....triple life....quadruple life... for the past 40 years. He only chose to reveal his true self on 'Kilroy Was Here' so that everyone would think he was conflicted about being Dr. Righteous & no one saw through it. He didn't know how to balance his Double Life as a member of Styx & the Scorpions. He opened up his heart, wrote Double Life about his pain & no one understood him. But I did! Is there no end to this man's Genius???? Telling everyone he's from Chicago & was in a band called TW4 that became Styx??? When he's really a part of a legendary German band whose brother still continues to make music & was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a member of the Stooges?? Now that's Legendary! JY YOU ARE THE MASTER!!
Styx fans can all rejoice now in the knowledge that we finally know the Meaning of Double Life. You may rest now.