Let's play stump the STYX nut

[Longgrain]

And no dirty talk PLEASE...

Ask me anything about the seventies rock group STYX and I will answer your questions.

It's, unfortunately, the only musical group I know anything about. (Yeah I'm a dork!)

[Maddy McCall]

1. No question; just a comment.

Mr. Roboto was the dumbest "rock" song ever. It really sucked.

[Longgrain]

2. Yep...it was the song that did STYX in...

"Kilroy Was Here" ended up being their last studio album for seven years.

[Dr Fate]

17. But they had other songs not too long after that record...

I remember the video for "I Like" or somthing like that- it was sooner than 7 years after "Kilroy"... What LP was that off of?

[Longgrain]

22. Edge of the Century

was their first studio album after breaking up in 1983.

The "I Like" song you're probably thinking of was "Music Time" which appeared on the live album "Caught in the Act" released in 1984.

[Dr Fate]

25. BAH! I'll Stump the Styx Nut yet!!!

What does the backwards masking at the beginning of "Heavy Metal Poisoning" say???

[Dr Fate]

29. He heh! 10 minutes & no answer- I STUMPED THE STYX NUT!!!

NOW Dr Fate is the Styx king around here!!!

[Longgrain]

30. I needed a break...

It says "E pluribus Unium"

[Dr Fate]

35. What Styx song is sung in "Old School" movie?

???

[Longgrain]

39. Lady

[name not needed]

3. finish this lyric

domo arigato

[Longgrain]

5. Mr. Roberto

He was Dennis DeYoung's hair dresser.

:P

[Blue-Jay]

4. WTF was up with "Mr Roboto"?

They found an entirely new way to suck with that song.

[Longgrain]

6. Again with Mr. Roboto!

You are here by required to listen to every second, of every Wooden Nickle album before coming back to me with a real question...

[Blue-Jay]

8. I used to own plenty of Styx records. Listened to them all.

Even so, I demand that you answer my question. What were they thinking?!?

[Longgrain]

12. What was I thinking

Styx is the most unappreciated rock band of all time. I demand that they get the respect they deserve...DAMMIT!

[General Zod]

7. What label were they on before they signed with A&M Records?

[Longgrain]

9. Wooden Nickle

a subsidiary of RCA records.

[matcom]

10. Side 1 - 3rd song - Grand Illusion Album

NO CHEATING!

[Longgrain]

14. Superstars!

Yes. Yes. Superstars!

[matcom]

15. You've read about me in the papers.....

You've seen me on the movie screen
You know everything about me
I'm your late night fantasy
But don't think I can't hear you calling
From the shadow of the 14th row
Cause I've had the same dreams you've had
A few short years ago and that's why I know
You and I
We will climb so high
Superstars
Whoa whoa You and I
And we'll just close our eyes
And become our fantasy
Superstars yes, yes, superstars
Step right this way. Everyone's welcome,
We want your dreams.
The offer's simple, momentary immortality
Cause I've seen them all you know
I've seen them climb and I've seen them fall
I've seen them come and I've seen them go
And through it all there's only one thing that matters
Love - And that's simply
You and I
Yes, You and I
For we are superstars

[Longgrain]

42. I remember reading the last verse of Superstars

out loud in High school as part of my poetry unit...

Weird stuff.

[Archae]

11. I have a song by them...

Not many people know about, it involves a toilet. :-)

[Longgrain]

16. Ah yes, the Plexiglas toilet song...

Part of another song called "As Bad as This"...

From the Serpent is Rising album.

[Archae]

28. Yup!

:D

[Longgrain]

51. I winned!

I'm DU's official STYX nut...

(Not that that's something to be proud of...)

[Dr Fate]

13. Their solo efforts were shitty too...

"Desert Moon" by DeYoung, "Girls With Guns" and "Damn Yankees" by Shaw- awful, awful stuff.

[Longgrain]

19. I don't know

did you ever hear "The Seven Deadly Zens"

:shrug:

[matcom]

18. "Borrowed Time"

which album?

[Longgrain]

20. Cornerstone

[matcom]

21. .

:yourock:

[Longgrain]

24. I must have made about ten Styx posts in the last ten minutes...

I Told you, I am the STYX expert!

I'm going to take a break now...

[tridim]

23. What was unique about the "Paradise Theater" album vinyl?

I only know because it was the first album I bought with my own money. :)

[Longgrain]

32. Tilt it toward the light

You'll see two stone angels and the Paradise logo.

[General Zod]

26. What Styx song does Eric Cartman cover on the South Park soundtrack?

[Longgrain]

34. "Come Sail Away"

N/T

[DS1]

43. How many times does he cover it?

:D

[Longgrain]

44. Every so often

:D

[DS1]

45. Sorry, the Judges are going to require a more precise answer.

/Trebek

[Longgrain]

48. Then let me ask you a question

Who keep Capt. Jonas Psalter company, when he sailed his sailed his ship to sea?

Let the judges decide then, after your answer...

[salvorhardin]

27. Hey! I love Styx too!

Styx was my favorite band growing up and it remains in my top 10. I challenge people to not listen to their earlier stuff and realize the working man genius and wisdom contained within. They had certainly got into a rut by the time Paradise Theater was done, but that album was IMHO the pinnacle of their career. Sure, Kilroy Was Here sucked but the concept was actually a fairly interesting one and more than a couple of the songs of that album are more than listenable.

[Longgrain]

36. Great to hear, I love Paradise too

too many people only hear the schmaltzy stuff. Not many people have heard of the Wooden Nickle albums...

I'm literally sticking my Man of Miracles CD into my drive right now.

[Dr Fate]

46. We cant be too hard on "Kilroy"- at least it made fun of Jerry Fawell, etc

It's no worse than any of their other records-all are equally over-blown musically & concept wise. Kilroy was here spawned at least 2 top ten hits for them as well...

Styx may be the worst band of all time- but at least they stood up to the Right-wing Moral Majority & record censorship...

[salvorhardin]

49. Dr. Fate

Illustrating the art of the back handed compliment. :-)

Yeah, and they pretty much risked a whole album based on the concept of the moral majority taking over the government. Doesn't seem quite so far-fetched as it did in 1983.

Although it did suck pretty hard.

[jmowreader]

54. The concept was fairly common

Government bans rock & roll
Plucky rebel keeps it alive

Zappa's Joe's Garage is my favorite fleshing-out of the concept, although the government in Zappa's piece banned all music, not just rock--envisioning the Taliban long before they came to fruition.

[boneygrey]

31. The first concert

I ever went to was Styx in Phoenix in 80 or 81.

[Longgrain]

40. I didn't get to see STYX until they were past their prime

1990, Edge of the Century tour...

I missed out on something big, I know!

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[Longgrain]

41. DOMO ARIGATO, MR. GROVBOTO

:hi:

[Skittles]

37. they played in my high school gym in what year

:D

[Longgrain]

38. Now come on! How would I know that!

Unless I was a Skittles nut!

[Skittles]

47. well you could easily guess

between the time they formed and before they it it big

[Longgrain]

50. circa 1972?

They didn't Really make it big until 1977...so I don't know?

[Skittles]

53. VERY close

it had to have been '73 or '74, the years I attended that school in northern Illinois (I was a GI brat). :D

[flamingyouth]

52. Damn you - now I have "Blue Collar Man" stuck in my head

:evilfrown:

[Longgrain]

55. Kick, in case anyone else wants to play

and I can't think of anything else to post today :(