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  • final destiny 5 song D:

  • How a song can be this good? If there is such thing as heavenly, this is it... boat 4ever

  • I love this song since I was little (and that was so so long ago). It is a first time i watch them and to be honest I wish I didn't. It don't matter if they are gays or not, but it is gross to see them look at each other that way. And director was like shooting gay porn (angles and so on). I will keep on just listen music, without watching :)))

  • amazing song!

  • I want this song played at my funeral. I feel it is very appropriate for a boating lovers to be laid to rest with this song playing.

  • I just looked up Tommy Shaw on a google search and it says that he was married in "86". I also thought that Tommy and Dennis didn't get along and I was right. The guy playing the acordian wanted to take Styx into a theatrical style of music, but Tommy wanted to play Rock and Roll. Styx is a Rock Band!

  • you do realize that they date models and emotional songs that show feelings only get them in bed more with their loved ones.

  • Great (Zajebisty utwór) song.

  • Very veryy beautıfull

  • like this song...

  • Just wondering if anyone was receiving a "homosexual lover" vibe whenever those men were gazing into one another's eyes? Regardless-- Love Styx, this is actually one of my favorite songs performed by Styx.

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  • I always thought that Styx was a "gay band" ( I have nothing against omosexuality ), the "Broadway style" music, some lyrics and dedications, album titles and many other things but my mind is focused on the great music. It's only my opinion and I don't know english language very well.

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  • I met Tommy Shaw (right after he cut his long hair off) in a club in Palm Springs in 80 or 81. He was very nice, soft spoken, very passionate about his guitar playing. He said that he was friends with Pat Benatar and her husband. I sat and talked with him for over an hour. It was an amazing moment in my life. I told him that my favorite song was "Boat on the River". I believe he said that he wrote it. It was such a big thrill to meet him.

    Styx is such an amazing band-

  • Love this band, I've seen them 8 times and I'm 19...they are the first band that I ever saw in concert, and I consider them the best.

  • I thumbed up this video for two reasons...1) this video Rocks!! and 2) it's not advertised like that shitty Vevo.

  • i really like this song....

  • skontaj dole u prijedlozima Sinan Sakic :D

  • I personalyy lke Tommy Better than Dennis

  • Tommy Shaw said in a recent interview that he never was happy in the old band. I think this video shows otherwise. He and Dennis had some good times together.

  • super! they're so young and sinsere

  • great music all time classic!!!!!!!!!!!!!from greece with love!!!!!!!

  • pre-Gowan by the looks of it

  • 35 people don't know real music

  • @deathofman2day

    It's Bass, not Base. Spell it right or I forbid you to listen to the song.

  • Just love it. That's all. 

  • Just love it. Tha's all.

  • GREAT SONG !!! ALL TIME CLASSIC !!

  • incredible Voice!

  • Yall said it - these guys are pure talent, there hasn't been, nor will there ever be this kind of talent in the rock and roll world - and not just Styx, but all the other big arena rock bands, or southern rockers, like Skynyrd, Molly Hatchett, There hasn't been a band since 85' that could hold a candle to their predecessors. I actually force fed my kids with classic rock, and as they grew up, they had the same opinions as I - the old stuff is the best!!!!!!

  • These guys regardless of sexual orientation (none of anyone's business) are one of the great influences of music as we know it... no one needs to know about they're or anyone's preference...get a life

  • @amberellis2007 what do you mean these guys sexual orientation... as a whole they're straight... only Chuck is gay.

  • @amberellis2007 Who says they're gay? None of them are for that matter.

  • Very Big song !!!!

  • i f'n love this song...so much

  • fuckyessssss. its really cool. even dennis is cool in this song

  • what a fucking great voice

  • FOR ME AND MY LOVE FOREVER BOAT  RIVER LOVE WHAT ELSE

  • Concerning Tommy and Dennis looking at each other: Pop musicians are an unusual, yet wonderful type of person. They do as they feel like doing. 2. 30 years ago, there was not near the fear of "looking gay", as there is today. 3.Numerous photos of them show just friendliness toward each other, such as an arm around each other. 4. There is no evidence in Styx' history, as to any type of gay liaisons BETWEEN members. 5. I knew back in 1978, that Chuck was gay, thus some emotional influence shown.

  • I adore that song <3

  • 33 people have no soul.

  • Captain Hook?

  • I was 20 then//// OMG look at Dennis Deyoung then ..... Holy Crap.... I was so young then I didnt even recognize him...I thought DENNIS sung everything...I was wrong

  • I like this song

  • love the base guitarist!!!

  • love the base guitarist!!!

  • immortal songs !

  • goooooooooooood

  • Nice song, thanks for posting! x

  • This was playing in 1982 - this year I was born. And it goes through my life and always in my heart. Thinking of it a lot.

  • ahahaha

    me parece muyyy bien

  • Ok... I tjink this

  • A little "Jerry" in all great artist. Absolutely beautiful.

  • very good song

  • why da fuck would they look at each other like that???

  • @deniskatashkentskiy Oh grow up you twit!

  • Still a great video!!! All nice instruments to accompaign

  • just love it

  • The best!

  • Oh how I love this song... I was about ten years when I heard to this on the "Best of 80's CD" from my dad and since then I simly fell in love with it! ^^

  • no doubt this song and babe are the best Styx has made

  • this song wasn't suppose to be on the cornerstone album, the a&m exec's didn't care for it much, but it was dennis deyoung who fought to have this song encluded on the album, just a little piece of trivia i bet alot of people didn't know

  • This is Styx at the peak of their popularity. They were and still are so talanted. And they are so young here....wow. One of my favorite Styx songs.

  • simply perfect.....:)

  • : ))))

  • What kindof feel would you say this song has? I think it sounds like it is influenced by Greek or Russian style of madolin playing. It certainly seems to have an "ethnic" sound to it.

  • @vonsiems1963

    Russian, most likely.

  • Very fine - thx... ;-)

  • Classic Styx. Love it.

  • Das Lied mag ich schon seit Ende der 90er..grad die Lehre vorbei... als kellner usw gearbeitet... einfach nur geil...

  • is that a fender mandolin or what?

  • @ZikeluvsKendall .. thank you

  • great song

    

  • Simply Incredible!!! I've listened to this song for more than 30 years and still as good as new. There aren't many songs in the world you could say the same thing about.

  • is he dennis de young?

    

  • @nyleveobet Tommy Shaw is the one singing the song and DDY is playing the according.

  • Amazing !

  • <333333333

  • I never knew this was a video. Great acoustic number, sorta "zeppeliny"

  • @DerekBayRoberts1: yeah, its kinda got that jimmy page-esque feel to it

  • this song is really great!! love it!!! ♥

  • AMAZING SONG!!!

  • Great Songs will Never Die ,,,,

  • i agree perfect song!!!!

  • 1:47 is the start of something amazing. love it.

  • Great great song, before any MTV unplugged this is the mother of all unplugged ever, the mix of the accordion with the traditional Andean stringed instrument can't be matched by any group in the rock era, this song has swing, rhythm, vocals and deep feelings. Long live to STYX.

  • @sanjulianxxii it is no "Andean stringed instrument"as you call it'it is a" humble" Mandolin

  • God ! This redneck with harmonica is killing me ! But i love the song .

  • perfect ,song!!!

  • i had this song on my 8 track player like, thirty years ago!!! lol

  • @creecat24

    As i remember the 8-track myself, this song was divided into 2 programs 1 & 2 to be exact.

  • @DerekBayRoberts1 lol yeah, thats right, it cut off right in the middle of the song and i had to press the flip button to finish listening to it.....funnny!!

  • Ari cgp pl pl pl <3

  • @diifilth666 <3 <3 <3

  • G sena Xristina m ;) <3

  • Wow does this bring back memories! Styx is Classic!

  • Amazing

  • Search Thingskie on youtube! Thank you!

  • this is a fav and i picked it for my funeral song, it and wooden horses

  • wow just perfect ! best song ever

  • Heard this on the radio, many years ago.

    Did not know who sang!

    But --this is it!

  • every time i hear it i like it more and more

  • still a great video n song by tomy shaw who is from montgomery,alabama i remember when he use to play the club circuit here.

  • Това момче изпълнява песента прекрасно,пее нежно,чудесен екип са! Поздравления!

  • @ninanaidenova1 это ты на каком языке говоришь?

  • i like it.....

  • se dan una miradas recontra mariconas..pero son los maximo.

  • Ha ha, gay... yes it all looks so gay! But Dennis & Tommy are not gay. This was back in the day when they all got along, before all the messy break up. Sweet.

  • looooovee it =)))) makes me wanting to travel ^^ <3

  • Das heisst nicht Gay, das heisst Freund! Collega! Friend! Arkadas!

  • you all are gay^^

  • this is not gay. tommy and dennis just love each other! look in their love-filled eyes! :)

    STYX IS LEGEND!!!

  • that is a timeless song and in 40 000 years nothing learns at real what is the problem with gays ? We hav e many assholes and dictators murder and killers Naziass and Fundamentalics on islam and  katholic children fuckers ! what is the problem ?

  • Ой, какие противные!

  • @ProtasovProtasov  druschba !

  • great song brings back memories

  • fenomenalna pesma :)

  • Incredible. Now I have to see if I still have the album

  • @popigru

    Gosh, what is the matter with you people, bringing on this Gay subject. ? Neither Tommy nor Dennis are Gay. Dennis is marrried for quite some time and Tommy too was married and has got a grown up daughter .

    Just becuase two men look at each other while singing, you cannot call them Gay !

    Fortunately girls do not call men names; it is only the men who call other men names such as Gay, faggot and such stuff !

  • @sahajad though girls call other girls with names :D guess it's matter of jealously...like if a girl is too hot, the other girls will start calling her as "b***h" or sth.

  • Wonderful song!!

  • This song is one of my top best songs

  • Absolut fantastic Song !!!!!!!!!

  • Been having fun with the chord progression on the bridge on this lately and going a bit John Field on it. :-) I don't think eighteenth century nocturne composers would have imagined it ... nor Shaw, actually ...

  • Whats the problem of gay people?The are only People as we!

    What a beautiful song!

  • But they worship satan and drink blood at midnight!

    No, you're right of course :)

  • @schub97 yes yes i goin younger !

  • @schub97 sorry i am hertero and i have no problems with gays i have problems with "Nazis " Islamic fundamentalist " Siencetology "Siktators" and other psychos not with human with brain . Gays ?? and so what ? dont forget the Kahtoliks childern  fucker " ling live the Pope !! argg !!

  • @schub97 dir fehlt das richtige englisch eben so wie die engländer sie können nämlich selber nicht richtig englisch upps .da ist mein deutsch aber auffällig .. sorry.. must proof da  .. :-)) weder in wort oder schrift ..

  • @schub97

    Just because they are pretty boys doesn't mean they are gay.... and gay people are awesome

  • IT'S NOT FAIR TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS ~!!! @schub97

  • Just perfect.........

  • @akis1972  pesta akh!! :P

  • VERY,VERY NICE SONG! I LIKE IT!

  • The best ever i heard

  • the best!

  • Don't see enough bands using accordions any more...

  • verry nice song i like it xD

  • Awsome. I spent a good part of my high school years parked in front of MTV lest I miss a Styx video and the chance to gaze upon Tommy. *sigh* Thank goodness there was no YouTube or DVR back then or I would have gotten nothing done. Hormones aside - very fun to see him play the mandolin and the band perform one of my favorites - where previously they had done so only in my imagination.

  • tommy is my idol and guitar hero!!!!!!

  • nice !

  • Song speaks about death and the eternal peacefulness. Watch out lyrics "Tranquillity Base", "frown on my face disappears", "I need to come down", "I won't cry out", "time stands still". Also Styx is the name of the river where Charon was guiding with his boat the dead people to the Underworld...

  • Cool..! (Are you from Greece...?)

  • Indeed, and a fascinating allegory - Styx singing Boat On The River.

  • grandi styx questa e per veri intenditori from sardegna italy

  • this song gets better everytime i listen to it... the first time i listen to it it scared me bc i was playing RE4 to 5/5

  • This must be one of the most charming, beautiful folk songs I've ever heard.  How lovely.

  • DDY looked good back then ! Amazing ! This is one of the rare videos where he looks happy. He even smiles one beautiful smile that seems honest. He reminds me of the French singer Francis Cabrel. But Francis Cabrel is still beautiful today. Whereas DDY turned bitter. He looks so hard now. What a pity !

  • You don't know squat about Dennis.

  • great song- all time classic

  • Did the singer and the accordionplayer sleep together or something...?

  • @musicadeloslocos - no! Don't be so blasphemous!! They just made great music (literally) together, Wish they'd make more

  • To musicadeloslocos:

    *bursts out laughing hard enough to scare my cat*

    I shouldn't find that comment as funny as I do, but there you go. :-)

  • Where the hell do you get off! Dennis and Tommy are both married with kids! Dennis has been married for 42 years!

  • I can see what you see. The way they look at each other is quite intense, isn't it ? I think what you see is the admiration they have for one another as artists and the pleasure they have playing music together.

  • @LaLoba64 I reckon as is a group son, then they just see each other for the conection they have playing such fantastic song

  • @LaLoba64

    This seems to be a very decent explanation .

    Previously when I watched this song on You tube some people had commented that these two looked gay !

  • Definetely..the admiration..lol...totally gay gazing..

  • Who cares?

  • i like this song... so many years. wonderful music.

  • Gezuar vitin e ri 2010!!!!

  • jesteście dla mnie the best nie co to king crimson ...cieniaki tylko pieniędzy rządają:((

  • Por fin he econtrado esta hermosa cancion =) feliz 2010

  • does someone know :is it perford with a pick or with fingers (the guitar) .a lovely song .merry xmas from bulgeria !

  • wonderful song! Ty for posting this! Greetings from Russia! ;)

  • shut up xlapj001

  • is there really no chance to start once again?

  • Styx... river to where? Eternity?:)

  • its the river to the Underworld.. greek mythology.

  • What is Underworld? Well i think we all return to God after death to prepare for the new life on Earth - hinduism - you know...