FOR CARSON RODGERS: Growing up my father was bi-polar...He was loving / kind most of the time, and a monster the rest of the time. I've grown up, moved states, changed my name..but cant get away from what I came from. I love you Dad and always will, and I'm sorry for the distance...I do remember the good times..
@ratlrbil Styx is one my favorite bands. But with all due respect, and according to Billboard, Styx had 5 consecutive platinum albums. Rush, another one of my favorites, is third behind the Beatles and Rolling Stones, with 8 consecutive platinum albums. MJ had 6. (Platinum-selling compilation albums not included.)
@ShutlOrbit Niiice:). My top 3 favourite bands: Styx, Rush, and Pink Floyd (tied with Roger Waters' music gone solo as I can't decide between the two (of course), lol.
@ShutlOrbit I listened to JY in an interview, it was way before I wrote this butsome number of double or triple platinum albums they released consecutively is a record (no pun intended)
@ratlrbil Styx is one my favorite bands. But with all due respect, and according to Billboard, Styx had 5 consecutive platinum albums. Rush, another one of my favorites, is third behind the Beatles and Rolling Stones, with 8 consecutive platinum albums. MJ had 6. (Platinum-selling compilation albums not included.)
@ratlrbil Styx is one my favorite bands. But with all due respect, and according to Billboard, Styx had 5 consecutive platinum albums. Rush, another one of my favorites, is third behind the Beatles and Rolling Stones, with 8 consecutive platinum albums. MJ had 6. (Platinum-selling compilation albums not included.)
@ratlrbil It's actualy 3 MULTI PLATINUM ALBMUMS in a row....not disagreeing with you. Just pointing out a point of how great this sooooooooooooooooo underated band was!!!!!
@ratlrbil If all the master tracks for the Stones somehow got erased, I would not lose any sleep! However, Styx...now that's well thought out music! Can;t see how anyone could like the Stones. Really! Even Charlie Watts said back in 1992 that he thought that their recent music was somewhat getting somewhere unlike before! I hate the Rolling Stones and the type of people that adhere to it! Sorry folks, that's just how I feel!
Also, these RUSH, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and even Triumph heads have also contributed to a rather leaving of a bad taste and sediment in my inner most being! It doesn't take much you know!
As much as I enjoy ALL the great stuff, this is one that really speaks to me on a very personal level, what with the way my life has gone this year alone. I went from having these high aspirations to now having almost nothing for all my efforts. This song can uplift me and get me to my ideal plane of existence. Thank you, StyxFan93, for posting this. You have no idea how much this means to me. Again, thank you, my friend.
First saw Styx 1978 in Chicago...since then I've seen them all over the country over 20 times with bands REO, Kansas, Journey, Foreigner and others...many different venues...ALWAYS a great show!!!! This coming week I will get to see them, for the first time, at what may be the BEST venue...Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado. Looking forward to this one for sure!!!!
tommy my brothah... i hope you get to read this. best recording ever baby. everybody let me know what you think. commonwithit!!!! everybody say OOO... EVERBODY SAY OOO... GO TOMMY... GO TOMMY...YO GONNA PARTY ... LIKE IT'S HER BIRTHDAY
This is such a well-written song that speaks to me as much now as it did when I heard it in grade school. Very much underrated. IMO, it's introspective theme is universal.
Rockn Roll....True Rockn Roll is now outcast to classic Rock stations. The guitar Solo is dead and Modern Rock is where it's at ????? WTF ??
Alternative or Modern Rock takes no thought in the musical aspect of music anymore. Journey, Styx, Reo SpeedWagon, Boston, and all bands like them are in my opinion the last of the true Rockn Roll era. I have Boycotted anything having to do with todays modern Rock.
@Tom6093 Try Avenged Sevenfold.. every song by them is full of solos.. im a younger fan of Styx and i can understand where the appeal is lost in the new forms of metal with all of these bands emerging with mediocre guitar riffs.. personaly i enjoy alot of these bands as well as classic bands just because of the generation that im in.. but there are still bands out there that although they may still not be your "cup of tea" are undenyably talented.
@EscapingGahennah Yeah, but there all underground now. Most of the todays music that I'm interested in came from listening to Pandora. These bands get hardly any radio play, and are hard to find in record stores.
when i was like 14 and i heard styx was breaking up i looked on the back of my Kilroy Was here album, and wrote the fan club a letter telling them how muchit ment to me that they stay together.. im 46 now and they are still rocking .. thank you so much styx
hey, have a listen to an original called " IN YOUR MIND " by andrew gerbasi. I know he's a huge styx fan. good tune too. Post a comment there and see if you agree. cheers.
"what kind of man have I become? All of the years I've spent in search of myself -and I'm still in the dark 'cause I ... can't seem to find the light alone" -Sing it Tommy (Shaw) ...Awesome song...
I feel like styx needs to be more available. I've introduced this band to many people and all agree, awsome band!!!!!!!!! I've been a fan since equinox. Thanks for posting and happy holidays!
@HallPassExpired, back in the Fall of 1983, when I was a 19 yr Room Service waiter working at the Four Season's Hotel in San Antonio, I had a chance to serve some hot tea to John Panozzo, a very humble and laid-back person, he asked me if I was planning on going to their show (the Kilroy was Here Tour), I must admit that I hated the Kilroy song because it was played so often on radio back then. Anyway, John Panozzo gave me free two tickets, one for me and for my girlfriend and I love the show!!
This album is CLASSIC!!! THIS track though broke me STRAIGHT down the other day. Had me crying uncontrollably probably because I lived in confusion growing up on the SAME streets the group did.
@esauwilldie1 Completely agree with you. I remember when this album came out and we listened to it over and over. Gotta love the old vinyl. For years I would play this song every New Years Eve and reflect on the year past and the year to come. I'm not religious about that reflection anymore, but this has been one of the tougher years of my life for a number of factors. I'll definitely be listening to this one again in a couple weeks while reflecting and planning.
@esauwilldie1 Completely agree with you. I remember when this album came out and we listened to it over and over. Gotta love the old vinyl. For years I would play this song every New Years Eve and reflect on the year past and the year to come. I'm not religious about that reflection anymore, but this has been one of the tougher years of my life for a number of factors. I'll definitely be listening to this one again in a couple weeks while reflecting and planning.
I love this song so much!!! Back when i was a teenager in the 70's this song was like my anthem. I'd listen to it over and over. I really felt like this song nailed the longing and loneliness in my heart, but it was a little like suicide food to me!
I'm not meaning to preach here, so believe what you like, but my testimony is this; that I carried that longing in my heart for years after. It was only released for me when I found a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
I love this song so much!!! Back when i was a teenager in the 70's this song was like my anthem. I'd listen to it over and over. I really felt like this song nailed the longing and loneliness in my heart, but it was a little like suicide food to me!
I'm not meaning to preach here, so believe what you like, but my testimony is this; that I carried that longing in my heart for years after. It was only released for me when I found a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
@DrDougMusic1 I miss when you had to flip the records. I remember when I was little that I thought that album was over when it hit the end. Never knew you had to flip it. :-P
@geo386, I was laid-off from my job on 8/30/2009 and it took me almost a year (12/1/2010) to find a temp position that last only six weeks. I pray to God that something full-time and permanent will come my way soon. Geo386, the lyrics that you printed describe exactly how I feel and then some!! My self-esteem have been through hell and back. Thank God that my wife works and that I am still receivining the tail end of my unemployment benefits. I have a Master's Degree but no job!!
@proudhawkeye Thanks for the kind response I lost my job over a year ago and not only that my fiance left me and I was removed from the apartment we resided in. I believe we as men feel we must show a bold bravado in the face of adversity, never allowing ourselves to feel pain or strife except to ourselves. I pray for you and all those in similar predicaments in the world.
I love how DDY solos on his synth at somewhat low volumes throughout the second verse and chorus. It adds a perfect touch without getting in the way of Tommy's vocals.
Uh I meant original American prog-metal - or at least the roots of it came from Styx. Let me clear that up. Prog began in the UK then Canada & US followed soon after (Styx & Rush came out at practically the same time.)
I always felt Grand Illusion was their summit, everything before it was a Grand Buildup ...and most everything after sort of left me flat. Thanks for putting this song up.
One of the best album sides made... grouped with UFO lights out & Aerosmith get your wings... one of the best musicians Chicago produced in that era....... Billy Corgan was later. If you don't fall in love with one of these songs on this album, you are DEAD!!!
This is one of my favorite tracks of all time. Radio is all about MONEY. They don't care if a song is good or not as long as producer X gives them shitloads of money to play their commercial crap then they cramm it down our throats and make us think that it is the greatest music ever. But some of us know better and make guys like Styx cult heroes because they are REAL musicians putting out timeless stuff.
@alcatras4 Some people were smart enough to understand what you are saying. I remember reading back in the day that bands like Styx could get a album to go platnimum in the time in took the Rolling Stones to get 1 hit single off a record. And they said that Styx was a "faceless" band. ROFLOL.
Never ceases to amaze me how Styx has been so under-rated and dogged for all these years. Their music and musicianship are so awesome and so much better than most of the stuff put out 10, 20, 30 years ago--not to mention the dreck today. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, anyone?
@tripleH1313 It wasn't radio friendly only because of it's length. It was a rare thing, back then, for a song longer than 4 minutes to get any airplay. Today it isn't quite as bad. Only problem now is that the current music sucks, compared to this!
I have made this comment before.Not only a great song,one of the greatest
guitar solos ever recorded.Very seldom both found in one song.
AnnaAnnaYes 1 week ago
This song was perfect for listening to in the middle of the night all lights off.
Its awesome.
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GhostsInMyAttic 3 weeks ago
Damn what a beautiful song.
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where are you my love? Caren Cobb, I want to marry you.....NOW!!! I am successful in life plus my love for you has never died................
linscott63 1 month ago
absolutely 1 of the best all time bands keep rockin tommy and james...
ddrums2000 1 month ago
Beautiful heart and soul ! Miss You Styx
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angelatpeace1 1 month ago
Grand Illusion! One of my all time fave albums by Styx
islandforce1 1 month ago 3
When TS joined the band they went from great to one of the best rock bands ever
Aforgomon1 1 month ago 2
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Amen
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Styx Live and In Concert 1976 - 1978 2DVD set available at Tommygun Video please see our youtube channel for link to web site/video clips.
Rare footage filmed from the Winterland ballroom during the beginning of Styx prime era! Bonus footage included
Tommygun1028 2 months ago
reeeally luv tommy shaw's voice
TheMagicpower66 3 months ago
@TheMagicpower66 he still kicks butt!!!!!
ThisLadyIsNotTheSame 3 months ago
FOR CARSON RODGERS: Growing up my father was bi-polar...He was loving / kind most of the time, and a monster the rest of the time. I've grown up, moved states, changed my name..but cant get away from what I came from. I love you Dad and always will, and I'm sorry for the distance...I do remember the good times..
jross4607 3 months ago
I live in mississippi my mom works at one of the casino's I'm 16 I wanna go so bad to see styx :(
banditkingjing2 3 months ago
E minor or F minor? Obviously my pitch is off lol. Great tune both w & m!!!
CypherInfinity2 3 months ago
@CypherInfinity2 I believe it's e minor.
flashdrum 2 months ago
Grand Illusion - Styx best lp.
bleedinblues1 3 months ago
one of my top 5 styx songs
MrJkhawaii 4 months ago
What a great song!!
journeyquest1 4 months ago
I saw Styx, 38 Special and REO Speedwagon all in one night and it was awesome, they definitely got their chops, I just wish DeYoung was there.
Belgriffinite 4 months ago
A voice to make grown men cry
FrankaDith 4 months ago
THE ONLY BAND TO HAVE EVER SOLD THREE PLATIMUN ALBUMS IN A ROW, NOT THE BEATLES, NOT THE STONES, NOT MICHAEL JACKSON.
ratlrbil 5 months ago 29
@ratlrbil Styx is one my favorite bands. But with all due respect, and according to Billboard, Styx had 5 consecutive platinum albums. Rush, another one of my favorites, is third behind the Beatles and Rolling Stones, with 8 consecutive platinum albums. MJ had 6. (Platinum-selling compilation albums not included.)
ShutlOrbit 4 months ago
@ShutlOrbit Niiice:). My top 3 favourite bands: Styx, Rush, and Pink Floyd (tied with Roger Waters' music gone solo as I can't decide between the two (of course), lol.
CypherInfinity2 3 months ago
@CypherInfinity2 Yes, Pink Floyd has an amazing, one-of-a-kind catalog of music. Their music never gets old.
ShutlOrbit 3 months ago
@ShutlOrbit I listened to JY in an interview, it was way before I wrote this butsome number of double or triple platinum albums they released consecutively is a record (no pun intended)
ratlrbil 1 month ago
@ratlrbil You are only as good as your last album, In the case of STYX everyone just face palmed.
GhostsInMyAttic 1 week ago
@ratlrbil Styx is one my favorite bands. But with all due respect, and according to Billboard, Styx had 5 consecutive platinum albums. Rush, another one of my favorites, is third behind the Beatles and Rolling Stones, with 8 consecutive platinum albums. MJ had 6. (Platinum-selling compilation albums not included.)
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@ratlrbil Styx is one my favorite bands. But with all due respect, and according to Billboard, Styx had 5 consecutive platinum albums. Rush, another one of my favorites, is third behind the Beatles and Rolling Stones, with 8 consecutive platinum albums. MJ had 6. (Platinum-selling compilation albums not included.)
ShutlOrbit 4 months ago
@ratlrbil It's actualy 3 MULTI PLATINUM ALBMUMS in a row....not disagreeing with you. Just pointing out a point of how great this sooooooooooooooooo underated band was!!!!!
regionguy149 2 months ago in playlist Styx
@ratlrbil If all the master tracks for the Stones somehow got erased, I would not lose any sleep! However, Styx...now that's well thought out music! Can;t see how anyone could like the Stones. Really! Even Charlie Watts said back in 1992 that he thought that their recent music was somewhat getting somewhere unlike before! I hate the Rolling Stones and the type of people that adhere to it! Sorry folks, that's just how I feel!
daonfpe 2 months ago
@daonfpe now i said that about a song (not the whole band, the song) by Guns and Roses, and I got yelled at within a day. How'd you get away with it?
Kloc914 2 months ago
Also, these RUSH, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and even Triumph heads have also contributed to a rather leaving of a bad taste and sediment in my inner most being! It doesn't take much you know!
daonfpe 2 months ago
@ratlrbil Are you serious ?
desparado63 1 month ago
i spend my life and sell my soul on the road but i'm still in the dark cuz i cant seem to find the light alone
TrueDarkLink 5 months ago
The best Styx song ever recorded!!!!!
todd123418 5 months ago
since i was 7, styx was my muscial expression. i am 47 now and their music is still my expression....test of time, indeed!
jamileh5 5 months ago in playlist Reo/Shaw/Styx
I love the story Tommy tells. It's amazing how one awesome group inspired another. I can hear the Kansas influence in this song.
autumnblond 5 months ago
As much as I enjoy ALL the great stuff, this is one that really speaks to me on a very personal level, what with the way my life has gone this year alone. I went from having these high aspirations to now having almost nothing for all my efforts. This song can uplift me and get me to my ideal plane of existence. Thank you, StyxFan93, for posting this. You have no idea how much this means to me. Again, thank you, my friend.
timepoet77 6 months ago
I saw Styx and Yes last night and it was a fucking AMAZING show.
BonJovi987 6 months ago
First saw Styx 1978 in Chicago...since then I've seen them all over the country over 20 times with bands REO, Kansas, Journey, Foreigner and others...many different venues...ALWAYS a great show!!!! This coming week I will get to see them, for the first time, at what may be the BEST venue...Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado. Looking forward to this one for sure!!!!
chiguy1962 6 months ago
I set up concerts for a living(22yrs)and Styx&REO last year in SA TX was one of the best collaborations I've seen in Quite a while ......:D Cj
chrisjewett63 6 months ago
i saw yes and styx with my dad on the 4th of july in camden they owend the show yes was just a bunch of old farts
TEP213 6 months ago
Ever since I first heard this song in 1995, it's been one of my theme songs.
CaptGage 6 months ago
Just saw these boys last night at the kickoff of their U.S Summer Tour with Yes. They blew Yes out of the water. GET TICKETS!!
MrGreglander 6 months ago
@MrGreglander i was there too yes couldnt stand up to them
theawesomegman 6 months ago
@MrGreglander that is ignorant yes put on a great show too and they both blew my mind
Skoomaheadmrmush 6 months ago
Song of my teenage years.
loqutor 7 months ago
Not only a great song,one of the greatest guitar solos ever recorded
Very seldom both found in one song!!
AnnaAnnaYes 7 months ago
@AnnaAnnaYes VERY,VERY SELDOM....ALMOST UNHEARD OF.......EGGSELLLENT!!!!!!Cj
chrisjewett63 6 months ago
@chrisjewett63 I'm glad you agree!!
AnnaAnnaYes 6 months ago
@AnnaAnnaYes email me......?
chrisjewett63 6 months ago
Not the same without Dennis DeYoung.
wdouglocke 8 months ago 6
@wdouglocke The puzzle never looks or sounds the same with a piece missing.
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sometimes I feel like a man in the wilderness
Syzygy60 8 months ago
tommy my brothah... i hope you get to read this. best recording ever baby. everybody let me know what you think. commonwithit!!!! everybody say OOO... EVERBODY SAY OOO... GO TOMMY... GO TOMMY...YO GONNA PARTY ... LIKE IT'S HER BIRTHDAY
jdommer46 8 months ago
This is such a well-written song that speaks to me as much now as it did when I heard it in grade school. Very much underrated. IMO, it's introspective theme is universal.
TPBass1224 8 months ago
tommyの作品のなかでも、若々しい作風で好きです。guitar soloも詩にmatchしていて良いですね。
65ALLAN7130 9 months ago
love tommy's voice...
stoneguy66 9 months ago
I had a GF in HS ane we were in the back seat listening to this 8 track and she has such a hairy pussy I felt like a man in the Wilderness
paperboy6996 9 months ago
@paperboy6996 awsome
bbgb2002 8 months ago
@paperboy6996 that is the shit!
bbgb2002 8 months ago
This is surely in the top 10 ever of rock ballads ! electrifying!
cyber4441 9 months ago
siiiiap add nih..........
MARCHBALI 9 months ago
Creepy picture...great song!
JimSVoit 9 months ago
@JimSVoit Thats because its the Grand Illusion =P
misturmoogle 9 months ago
Awesome! Thank you for posting this timeless classic!
mlhsr89 10 months ago
One of The Best Rock Albums.....
Schon2112 10 months ago
Just absolutely love this song...
myklj999 10 months ago
Oh man this brings me back!!! Love the Solo!
westcoastweb 10 months ago
Great song!
RichBarcellos 10 months ago
Rockn Roll....True Rockn Roll is now outcast to classic Rock stations. The guitar Solo is dead and Modern Rock is where it's at ????? WTF ??
Alternative or Modern Rock takes no thought in the musical aspect of music anymore. Journey, Styx, Reo SpeedWagon, Boston, and all bands like them are in my opinion the last of the true Rockn Roll era. I have Boycotted anything having to do with todays modern Rock.
Tom6093 10 months ago
@Tom6093 Try Avenged Sevenfold.. every song by them is full of solos.. im a younger fan of Styx and i can understand where the appeal is lost in the new forms of metal with all of these bands emerging with mediocre guitar riffs.. personaly i enjoy alot of these bands as well as classic bands just because of the generation that im in.. but there are still bands out there that although they may still not be your "cup of tea" are undenyably talented.
EscapingGahennah 10 months ago
@EscapingGahennah Yeah, but there all underground now. Most of the todays music that I'm interested in came from listening to Pandora. These bands get hardly any radio play, and are hard to find in record stores.
Tom6093 10 months ago
@EscapingGahennah *Clap Clap Clap*
masterofall66 10 months ago
when i was like 14 and i heard styx was breaking up i looked on the back of my Kilroy Was here album, and wrote the fan club a letter telling them how muchit ment to me that they stay together.. im 46 now and they are still rocking .. thank you so much styx
MrGlenntipton 11 months ago 23
@MrGlenntipton There's only one original Styx member left. So .......yeah, they broke up,.
rcgamer 6 months ago
alot of ppl didnt notice the man on horseback in the albumn cover
TheRisingforce2000 11 months ago
Fuckin A
mbfree62 11 months ago
ohhh man, that felt so good to hear, thank you !!
trocker222 11 months ago
They don't play songs like this on the radio cuz, well
cuz songs like this would blow the average pebble's mind.
REALLY!
And really, I'm glad they didn't blow this out like they did with so many other greats.
Come Sail Away, off this album
Money -Pink Floyd
Stairway to Heaven -Zep
And so many, too many others
There's some really great songs I can't even stand to listen to any more, I'd rather change the channel.
Riot4Peace 11 months ago
hey, have a listen to an original called " IN YOUR MIND " by andrew gerbasi. I know he's a huge styx fan. good tune too. Post a comment there and see if you agree. cheers.
randyandy1960 11 months ago
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racesity 11 months ago
RUNNING WITH THE TIDE, NEVER QUITE KNOWING WHY,SOME TIME IT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL......
racesity 11 months ago
One of the best.
controvert 11 months ago
waiting for this on here the Longest time!!! Thank you for posting!!!
jojoheartspaypay 11 months ago
"what kind of man have I become? All of the years I've spent in search of myself -and I'm still in the dark 'cause I ... can't seem to find the light alone" -Sing it Tommy (Shaw) ...Awesome song...
MavGator1 1 year ago
soup to nuts,one of their best. check out equinox and crystal ball.
DAVEDOUGHY 1 year ago
The most underrated band ever!
SuperEkir4505 1 year ago
I still have TWO copies of this album on vinyl. A BIG THANKS to StyxFan93
tkey2tone 1 year ago
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this is an awsome song
stevecox7 1 year ago
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this is an awsome song
stevecox7 1 year ago
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this is an awsome video
stevecox7 1 year ago
I feel like styx needs to be more available. I've introduced this band to many people and all agree, awsome band!!!!!!!!! I've been a fan since equinox. Thanks for posting and happy holidays!
randyandy1960 1 year ago
R.I.P. John Panozzo!!!!!
HallPassExpired 1 year ago
@HallPassExpired, back in the Fall of 1983, when I was a 19 yr Room Service waiter working at the Four Season's Hotel in San Antonio, I had a chance to serve some hot tea to John Panozzo, a very humble and laid-back person, he asked me if I was planning on going to their show (the Kilroy was Here Tour), I must admit that I hated the Kilroy song because it was played so often on radio back then. Anyway, John Panozzo gave me free two tickets, one for me and for my girlfriend and I love the show!!
proudhawkeye 1 year ago 27
@proudhawkeye great story,
i never met him,
just loved him and neal pert as best drummers of there time.
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@proudhawkeye u drank from his cup?that's sick
Syzygy60 8 months ago
Good song to play every year on New Year's Eve or even New Year's Day.
bucky468 1 year ago
i'm kinda new 2 Styx. i'm just checking out some songs by them just 2 see how i like it.
thegrungewave 1 year ago
saw them perform this at the salem va show oct 25th 2010--soooooo amazing!!!
love hearing it over and over!!!
3meezersandme 1 year ago
I think when all of the smoke cleared, this became the best song on the album for me.
Lewis1key 1 year ago
This album is CLASSIC!!! THIS track though broke me STRAIGHT down the other day. Had me crying uncontrollably probably because I lived in confusion growing up on the SAME streets the group did.
esauwilldie1 1 year ago
@esauwilldie1 Completely agree with you. I remember when this album came out and we listened to it over and over. Gotta love the old vinyl. For years I would play this song every New Years Eve and reflect on the year past and the year to come. I'm not religious about that reflection anymore, but this has been one of the tougher years of my life for a number of factors. I'll definitely be listening to this one again in a couple weeks while reflecting and planning.
Madmushroom525 1 year ago
@esauwilldie1 Completely agree with you. I remember when this album came out and we listened to it over and over. Gotta love the old vinyl. For years I would play this song every New Years Eve and reflect on the year past and the year to come. I'm not religious about that reflection anymore, but this has been one of the tougher years of my life for a number of factors. I'll definitely be listening to this one again in a couple weeks while reflecting and planning.
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I love this song so much!!! Back when i was a teenager in the 70's this song was like my anthem. I'd listen to it over and over. I really felt like this song nailed the longing and loneliness in my heart, but it was a little like suicide food to me!
I'm not meaning to preach here, so believe what you like, but my testimony is this; that I carried that longing in my heart for years after. It was only released for me when I found a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
whataburger300 1 year ago
I love this song so much!!! Back when i was a teenager in the 70's this song was like my anthem. I'd listen to it over and over. I really felt like this song nailed the longing and loneliness in my heart, but it was a little like suicide food to me!
I'm not meaning to preach here, so believe what you like, but my testimony is this; that I carried that longing in my heart for years after. It was only released for me when I found a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
whataburger300 1 year ago 2
Unbelievable! No dislikes...so far so good!
bucky468 1 year ago
@bucky468 2 dislikes!!! WTF!!!
bassmanjoe 5 months ago
This SIDE of the album has to be in the TOP ten of rock albums. I hated when it was over.
DrDougMusic1 1 year ago
@DrDougMusic1 I miss when you had to flip the records. I remember when I was little that I thought that album was over when it hit the end. Never knew you had to flip it. :-P
YoshiFan100 1 year ago
Hey, is "Too much time on my hands" one of the songs from Grand Illusion or Pieces of Eight?
dangerdantheone 1 year ago
@dangerdantheone Its from Paradise theater
kwl1236 1 year ago
@kwl1236 OKay..cause THAT was the Song they played that wasn't on Grand Illusion or Pieces of Eight
dangerdantheone 1 year ago
NICE SONG
amcanmike 1 year ago
1:28
GelandnaleG 1 year ago
Best tune on the album!
Lewis1key 1 year ago
"Another year has passed me by yet I still look at myself and cry, what kind of man have I become? all of the years I spent in search of myself."
Sometimes it makes no sense at all. (very profound Lyrics.)
geo386 1 year ago
@geo386, I was laid-off from my job on 8/30/2009 and it took me almost a year (12/1/2010) to find a temp position that last only six weeks. I pray to God that something full-time and permanent will come my way soon. Geo386, the lyrics that you printed describe exactly how I feel and then some!! My self-esteem have been through hell and back. Thank God that my wife works and that I am still receivining the tail end of my unemployment benefits. I have a Master's Degree but no job!!
proudhawkeye 9 months ago
@proudhawkeye Thanks for the kind response I lost my job over a year ago and not only that my fiance left me and I was removed from the apartment we resided in. I believe we as men feel we must show a bold bravado in the face of adversity, never allowing ourselves to feel pain or strife except to ourselves. I pray for you and all those in similar predicaments in the world.
geo386 9 months ago
AWESOME SONG!
MrKeyboardDK 1 year ago
one of my favourite albums ever
ryanfuoco 1 year ago
wanna be Rush much?
undreadSP 1 year ago
guitar at 3:16 rules
snorbin 1 year ago
man they still Rock saw them last year it ruled they toured with reo and 38 special
my favorite song of all time by them
snorbin 1 year ago
man they still Rock saw them last year it ruled they toured with reo and 38 special
snorbin 1 year ago
love tommy's voice...GREAT SONG
stoneguy66 1 year ago
this gay band?
MrTanahpek 1 year ago
AWESOME this was my favorite song for YEARS !!! Thanks
NicksEvilTwin1 1 year ago
Always loved this tune! Thought it and Castle Walls were the most underrated tunes on the album!
gremmiehodad 1 year ago
@gremmiehodad you got that right
JavaClick 1 year ago
This is one of the best songs off this album....loved it then as i do now (2010) !!!!
mbfree62 1 year ago
un gran tema por muchos olvidado
daliaguitar 1 year ago
My favorite Styx song. Just came to mind. Saw them back in May 2010. They still sounded as great as the two times that I saw them in the seventies.
Quantanthead 1 year ago
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bucky468 1 year ago
I love how DDY solos on his synth at somewhat low volumes throughout the second verse and chorus. It adds a perfect touch without getting in the way of Tommy's vocals.
magtownrep 1 year ago
k, this is my favorite. Always loved this, and i learned how to play it on guitar.
skinengine 1 year ago
is that younger James Hetfield 2nd from left?
tacomonster98 1 year ago
@tacomonster98 No it's guitarist James Young - JY for short - founding & longtime Styx band member. BTW this is the original prog-metal here folks.
bucky468 1 year ago
Uh I meant original American prog-metal - or at least the roots of it came from Styx. Let me clear that up. Prog began in the UK then Canada & US followed soon after (Styx & Rush came out at practically the same time.)
bucky468 1 year ago
Love Styx! One of the best bands of the 70's and 80's
zostorful 1 year ago 2
I always felt Grand Illusion was their summit, everything before it was a Grand Buildup ...and most everything after sort of left me flat. Thanks for putting this song up.
11harrison11 1 year ago
Magic record...Timeless, soulful
rg2027x 1 year ago
I loved this song, but it sounds like they borrowed it from Kansas!
martel732 1 year ago
Best song they ever made....
les284 1 year ago
One of the best album sides made... grouped with UFO lights out & Aerosmith get your wings... one of the best musicians Chicago produced in that era....... Billy Corgan was later. If you don't fall in love with one of these songs on this album, you are DEAD!!!
DrDougMusic1 1 year ago
great birthday song!!!
tonylf3rd 1 year ago
This song is so classic. :] LOVE IT!
kdai2012 1 year ago
I heard this song was about the Nam war.
BeyondMach10 1 year ago
Classic Styx!! Excellent album cut that should've been released as a single.
How ABBA, Prince & Madonna get in the Rock Hall before Styx is beyond me?!
bucky468 1 year ago
@bucky468 I gigged LA club scene for years and the talent to recognition ratio is absurd. Saw thes guys a few years back in So Cal. Timeless.
izzysykopth 1 year ago
Greatest guitar solo Shaw ever did.
steelerkiss 1 year ago
Love it!
JollyPandaImports 1 year ago
the whole album is dynamite !
texasjohnnie 1 year ago 19
Yeah.
This entire album just personifies the essence of Win.
masterofall66 1 year ago
the amazing thing is as screwed up as i was when this came out, i knew it was something incredible, and to this day 30+ years later it still is.
gonzopriller 1 year ago
could you please add the lyrics?
MermaidMystery 1 year ago
Sometimes it makes no sense at all.
recaulkulous 2 years ago 5
Great song !! I play it every B-Day !! It speaks to me & has helped me thru some Very Very rough times..
MasonRuffner 2 years ago
This is one of my favorite tracks of all time. Radio is all about MONEY. They don't care if a song is good or not as long as producer X gives them shitloads of money to play their commercial crap then they cramm it down our throats and make us think that it is the greatest music ever. But some of us know better and make guys like Styx cult heroes because they are REAL musicians putting out timeless stuff.
alcatras4 2 years ago 44
@alcatras4--very well said my friend
geojones69 1 year ago
@alcatras4 Some people were smart enough to understand what you are saying. I remember reading back in the day that bands like Styx could get a album to go platnimum in the time in took the Rolling Stones to get 1 hit single off a record. And they said that Styx was a "faceless" band. ROFLOL.
Galilee1964 1 year ago
@alcatras4 SO TRUE SO SAD
amcanmike 1 year ago
@alcatras4 you are right and I love You.
vlouis00 1 year ago
@alcatras4
vlouis00 1 year ago
What an incredible album! Not a bad song on it!!!
kyokogodai 2 years ago 3
Never ceases to amaze me how Styx has been so under-rated and dogged for all these years. Their music and musicianship are so awesome and so much better than most of the stuff put out 10, 20, 30 years ago--not to mention the dreck today. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, anyone?
tsfanoh10 2 years ago 3
@tsfanoh10 what about rush..they have been around forever and no mention of the RnR hall of shame
dagamelord12 2 years ago
This song was never radio friendly. Maybe that was a goog thing. The stupid stations would have played it to death. It's too good.
tripleH1313 2 years ago 4
@tripleH1313 It wasn't radio friendly only because of it's length. It was a rare thing, back then, for a song longer than 4 minutes to get any airplay. Today it isn't quite as bad. Only problem now is that the current music sucks, compared to this!
kyokogodai 2 years ago 3
Tommy's vocals are incredible!! I love this song!!
SweetZuni 2 years ago 2
Awsome post havent heard this since my 45's
ruttenfan 2 years ago
The best of the best.
This song was my favority one since I know it
longlive6487 2 years ago
still a awesome album
aphasia1972 2 years ago 2
Of course, still my favority stix song and album.
salute you aphasia from méxico
longlive6487 2 years ago