@jjj11330 It's certainly not a bad album, but it's very different from its predecessors, and at the time it's easy to see why some people might be somewhat opposed to it.
@TOMMYshawRULES Tommy is a dick for what he's done to Dennis. He can take his "Sing for the Day" and shove it. "Babe" is a great, GREAT song for Dennis' wife and that was the lamest thing of all-time to do. Dennis would have kicked his bitch ass Southern ass except he has too much CLASS.
@jjj11330 The people who are down on it are the idiot Tommy Shaw fans who support his making fun of the song Dennis wrote called "Babe" on this record, even though Tommy wrote the equally (supposedly) wimpy and soft "Sing for the Day." Tommy and the guys are fucking dicks for what they did to Dennis. Go look on Wikipedia, the picture doesn't even show Dennis and it's HIS band, he was on the first five records before Tommy even joined :[
I can't give you too much shit, I really feel it was "Kilroy was Here" when they dropped the ball, but the music of Styx has been such a huge influence on me both musically and personally that I feel compelled to defend them. I recently got to see them again in St. Louis and while Tommy and JY were the only original members they still Kick Ass!!
@Trumble1ful I understand, I defend them all the time myself. They have always been one of my favorite bands. I love every song from Grand Illusion and Pieces Of Eight. But starting with Cornerstone they really disappointed me. Just way too soft and poppy from what they once were for me. But then again it sure gained them a lot of popularity with others. And I have always been a more Hard Rock, Metal, and Prog kinda guy anyway.
I've seen Styx 6 times, they are one of the many bands I've got to see in concert, but one of the few bands that can actually pull off there own material. If you ever get the chance check them out, Do It!!!
I was a huge styx fan and still am. My first three cassettes were Pieces of Eight, Grand Illusion, and Cornerstone, which I got the same year for christmas 1979. The first song I listened to was Lights which is track 1 on Cornerstone if I remember correctly. I'll never forget that moment.
Heres a mission impossible..Can anyone tell what the voices in the background between 2:33 and 3:21 are saying? It starts with what sounds like DDY laughing.
@TheTiglathpilesar not sure, but if you turn up volume on " quick as the beat of my heart", at the very end there's some popes chantings on the fade out.
Long live Styx. I saw them on the 4th of July with YES, and all I can say is "WOW". Best concert of my life. And I'm only 14, that should tell ya something right there!
I always liked this song. I played it all the time. I think it was the side 2 track on Babe. But that was almost 30 years ago....Sheez then song is still great when I am bummed.
Absolutely love it. I had the privilege of attending the "Paradise Theater" concert in 1981. I have been to many others since then and this it is still the best. ,
Wow, this brings back memories. Remember listening to this daily back in the 80s. Coming back to it after all these years, it sounds like perhaps they were inspired at the time by Terrapin Station and Go To Heaven (Grateful Dead).
I have been a Styx fan from the very beginning, as I live outside Chicago. Thank you so much for posting these! I am going tonight to see them (never missed a concert yet) but I do wish for the good 'ol days with DeYoung! Ah, that *artistic talent*, big *ego* thing, but I guess we all have to go our own ways and change.
Went to the concert in PHX, yes, the boycott state! Anyhow, the show was awesome, however, Kansas did not play near long enough! That's the act I really wanted to see, however, am so glad I stayed for the entire concert. Foreigner was absolutely awesome and Styx was equally awesome. Memorable once in a lifetime concert!!
This has been one of my favorite songs for nearly 20 years. There's just an uplifting quality about it that seems to take me elsewhere... the mountains, campfire, nature.. and make everything alright... at least for the time that it's playing anyway :)
This song was one of the best Tommy Shaw/Dennis DeYoung collaborations. They wrote the music together while Tommy wrote the lyric part. They also co-wrote "Borrowed Time", "Mademoiselle" and "Ballerina". In fact, those two songs were two of three that survived to the Paradise Theater tour of 1981/82 (the other was "Babe"). "Boat On the River" was initially only played overseas as the song was Styx's biggest European hit.
Un CORDIAL saludo a todos los nacidos del 60 para este proximo 2010, ¿viejos? LOS ARBOLES,¿que no?. Bella cancion que me remonta a lo mejor de mis vivencias. Un abrazo a los que aman el contexto de esta gran cancion. Desde Mexico con cariño a todos.
This reminds me of my Friend Nancy Vojick...back in 1980. We used to ride around in her little Blue Honda Civic...those where the days. I heard she passed away a few years back...makes me smile to hear this song again.
@TOMMYshawRULES Hey in high school this song kept me going...I was the total smart girl outcast and it help me keep going.... I am glad to say brain cyst and all I made it and am happy. HS did not define me no matter how hard they tried too. One of my classic mustang convertibles and this song on any night drowns away the days stresses
Cornerstone was definitely Styx's least successful classic album (from their '70's era), however you would be right in saying that ''babe'' was not the only good song on it, to delve deeper certainly yields some unexpected gems
@TOMMYshawRULES Cornerstone was Styx's highest charting album of the 1970s period, it reached #2 in late 1979 and was on the Billboard charts for over a year. Cornerstone was the third Triple Platinum album in a row for the band. The reason for the switch in direction was the band got slaughtered by the British press on their first tour of England (Styx were fans of English rock and yet the British press hated them). Cornerstone saw Dennis and Tommy collaborating like no tomorrow.
Yeah, funny thing about Brits: They love you by loathing you. It must go back to their kinship with Spain and Germany. :P j/k They feel the same heart sinking feeling here when we laugh at they loving our westerns and early rock and roll.
@TOMMYshawRULES One of the things I miss on modern music that we used to have, was some really outstanding artwork and album jacket designs. I always liked the Cornerstone album design. The inside jacket work was the ultimate cool. The look of the marble tablet buried in the sand on the cover art. It was part of the whole experience. Anyone rlse have a favorite?
@karmatoga It's a great record. We played "Babe" at our eighth grade dance, everyone I know loved this record. Fuck the critics and fuck narrow-minded "fans." Hail Dennis. Hail OLD Styx!!
"Hey, you are so right, Dennis De Young had that creative magic that so few artists have, or will ever have....I especially love the way STYX fused the horn section with the guitars!"
@TOMMYshawRULES The only real fluff was "First Time." Those elevator music back-up vocals make me car sick. "Babe" though was a kick ass catchy tune and Tommy Shaw's (mega) meal ticket. You mention hudden gems - "Love in the Midnight" and "Eddie" definitely qualify on that front!
aahhh, who am I kidding? Love it! lol
Wankshaftsbury 6 days ago
Guilty pleasure! LOL Even tho this is diabolical!!
Wankshaftsbury 6 days ago
Speaking.. there is speaking within the interlude. What does it say?!?!
Chucknorrisaurrus 1 week ago
Another one of my many young adult songs from waayyyy back!!!!!
robnrick12 3 weeks ago
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Tommygun1028 3 weeks ago
Don't understand why so many are down on this album. I loved (and still do) just about every song on it!
jjj11330 1 month ago
@jjj11330 It's certainly not a bad album, but it's very different from its predecessors, and at the time it's easy to see why some people might be somewhat opposed to it.
TOMMYshawRULES 1 month ago
@TOMMYshawRULES Tommy is a dick for what he's done to Dennis. He can take his "Sing for the Day" and shove it. "Babe" is a great, GREAT song for Dennis' wife and that was the lamest thing of all-time to do. Dennis would have kicked his bitch ass Southern ass except he has too much CLASS.
MikeToddOnline 2 weeks ago
@jjj11330 The people who are down on it are the idiot Tommy Shaw fans who support his making fun of the song Dennis wrote called "Babe" on this record, even though Tommy wrote the equally (supposedly) wimpy and soft "Sing for the Day." Tommy and the guys are fucking dicks for what they did to Dennis. Go look on Wikipedia, the picture doesn't even show Dennis and it's HIS band, he was on the first five records before Tommy even joined :[
MikeToddOnline 2 weeks ago
7/7/77...
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@upthcreek I was in my third year of being a flight attendant when this album came out........It's one of their best ones! :)
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ClassicRockDVD 2 months ago
This is the album where I went form loving Styx to wondering what the fuck they were thinking.
karlmoles65 2 months ago
@karlmoles65
Well you know opinions are just like the assholes that post them, myself included.
Trumble1ful 2 months ago
@Trumble1ful Everybody has one, indeed.
karlmoles65 2 months ago
@karlmoles65
I can't give you too much shit, I really feel it was "Kilroy was Here" when they dropped the ball, but the music of Styx has been such a huge influence on me both musically and personally that I feel compelled to defend them. I recently got to see them again in St. Louis and while Tommy and JY were the only original members they still Kick Ass!!
Trumble1ful 2 months ago
@Trumble1ful I understand, I defend them all the time myself. They have always been one of my favorite bands. I love every song from Grand Illusion and Pieces Of Eight. But starting with Cornerstone they really disappointed me. Just way too soft and poppy from what they once were for me. But then again it sure gained them a lot of popularity with others. And I have always been a more Hard Rock, Metal, and Prog kinda guy anyway.
karlmoles65 2 months ago
@karlmoles65
They went from kick ass to complete cheese in like two seconds. WTF.
TheHolyMongolEmpire 2 months ago
@TheHolyMongolEmpire I know right!
karlmoles65 2 months ago
@TheHolyMongolEmpire They are cheese now, without Dennis. And BAD cheese at that.
MikeToddOnline 2 weeks ago
Oh, I was just looking at the likes and dislikes of this song. I would love to meet the one MORON who disliked it.
Trumble1ful 3 months ago
I've seen Styx 6 times, they are one of the many bands I've got to see in concert, but one of the few bands that can actually pull off there own material. If you ever get the chance check them out, Do It!!!
Trumble1ful 3 months ago
seen them 47 times and still go when they are at Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun or anywhere in New England, New York and New Jersey
cowmuffin852 3 months ago
I was a huge styx fan and still am. My first three cassettes were Pieces of Eight, Grand Illusion, and Cornerstone, which I got the same year for christmas 1979. The first song I listened to was Lights which is track 1 on Cornerstone if I remember correctly. I'll never forget that moment.
Trumble1ful 5 months ago
Heres a mission impossible..Can anyone tell what the voices in the background between 2:33 and 3:21 are saying? It starts with what sounds like DDY laughing.
TheTiglathpilesar 6 months ago
@TheTiglathpilesar not sure, but if you turn up volume on " quick as the beat of my heart", at the very end there's some popes chantings on the fade out.
kingemerald1 6 months ago
Maybe not their best song, but definitely my favorite.
StickWarrior 6 months ago
Long live Styx. I saw them on the 4th of July with YES, and all I can say is "WOW". Best concert of my life. And I'm only 14, that should tell ya something right there!
TheTinyCyborg 6 months ago
where the heck is that "LOVE IT" button when ya need one?
prober45 6 months ago
Give me the lights, illuminate me...
Yeah!!!
sounddelight 7 months ago
just like spinning back in time, back to the days where my friends and I used to have a care free life , lightens up my heart..
petronilo1231000 7 months ago
LUV STYX.
66magicpower 8 months ago
The late John Panozzo on drums...
parkman35 10 months ago
I always liked this song. I played it all the time. I think it was the side 2 track on Babe. But that was almost 30 years ago....Sheez then song is still great when I am bummed.
recarn8 11 months ago
This has to be my favorite Styx song ever ♥ :)
KayeInc 11 months ago
@tjrtherocksponge You are absolutely right. I forgot about that one. Great concert though!!
MrAndyBear 11 months ago
babe was dennis deyoung,not tommy shaw dude.
f6was9 11 months ago
Absolutely love it. I had the privilege of attending the "Paradise Theater" concert in 1981. I have been to many others since then and this it is still the best. ,
1redsoxfan1963 1 year ago
so many thoughts, so many faces that I long to see. slow down, thank you for caring but tonight... I can't explain.
thejulia2012 1 year ago
god this song is sooooooo awesome
shamalama1232 1 year ago
Wow, this brings back memories. Remember listening to this daily back in the 80s. Coming back to it after all these years, it sounds like perhaps they were inspired at the time by Terrapin Station and Go To Heaven (Grateful Dead).
irpacynot 1 year ago
The drums and intro set the tone for this outstanding song. Saw Styx in Phoenix in Dec. 79, They opened with this song. Great way to start a concert.
MrAndyBear 1 year ago
@MrAndyBear I saw them in 79 too, it was a great show
csrogc63 1 year ago
thanks for posting, havn't been able to find this that wasn't live. great song
freeserburn9 1 year ago
Maybe this song was not popular because it somehow tends to sound like Joe Walsh's 1978 "Life's Been Good" at times.
ClassicTVMan81 1 year ago
Oh, fuck yes! My favorite Styx song.
StickWarrior 1 year ago
grrrrrrreat. tommy has a great voice..,.
stoneguy66 1 year ago
The greatest song you will never hear on the radio
ThatDudeOnThatPlace 1 year ago
"As always, thanks....and Tommy Shaw does rule - Peace!"
karmatoga 1 year ago
Chords ? anyone got them ?
Annonymus121 1 year ago
@Annonymus121
Starts in A D/A to A E/G# F#m E/D D repeat but then to G/F F DDD. EEE A (3x)
Verse basically follows same pattern...
liveperl 1 year ago
I have been a Styx fan from the very beginning, as I live outside Chicago. Thank you so much for posting these! I am going tonight to see them (never missed a concert yet) but I do wish for the good 'ol days with DeYoung! Ah, that *artistic talent*, big *ego* thing, but I guess we all have to go our own ways and change.
remfanbeforu 1 year ago
Went to the concert in PHX, yes, the boycott state! Anyhow, the show was awesome, however, Kansas did not play near long enough! That's the act I really wanted to see, however, am so glad I stayed for the entire concert. Foreigner was absolutely awesome and Styx was equally awesome. Memorable once in a lifetime concert!!
pantheriz03 1 year ago
This has been one of my favorite songs for nearly 20 years. There's just an uplifting quality about it that seems to take me elsewhere... the mountains, campfire, nature.. and make everything alright... at least for the time that it's playing anyway :)
shadowcat7879 1 year ago
Awesome song. One of my Favorite Groups!!!!!! Been rockin to this for Decades. " Won't you let me Play!!!"
mikeUNC1 1 year ago
That was my favorite album. brings back memories
oldlostone 1 year ago
This song was one of the best Tommy Shaw/Dennis DeYoung collaborations. They wrote the music together while Tommy wrote the lyric part. They also co-wrote "Borrowed Time", "Mademoiselle" and "Ballerina". In fact, those two songs were two of three that survived to the Paradise Theater tour of 1981/82 (the other was "Babe"). "Boat On the River" was initially only played overseas as the song was Styx's biggest European hit.
floydgenesisnut 2 years ago 2
This song rules xD
b0gAtYr 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this.
pleasekillme999 2 years ago
Muchas GRACIAS a TOMMYshawRULES por tomarse el tiempo de subir este gran tema, Gracias Tommy, un abrazo desde Mexico.
coatlicu 2 years ago 2
Un CORDIAL saludo a todos los nacidos del 60 para este proximo 2010, ¿viejos? LOS ARBOLES,¿que no?. Bella cancion que me remonta a lo mejor de mis vivencias. Un abrazo a los que aman el contexto de esta gran cancion. Desde Mexico con cariño a todos.
coatlicu 2 years ago
dedico este tema a mi amigo Ramiro Martinez fan de stix since 1979,, he died in march 2009
luispedrolicea 2 years ago
This used to give me a little bit of hope when I was younger...One of my favs...thanks
recarn8 2 years ago
Great sonnggg.
pianoman313 2 years ago
This reminds me of my Friend Nancy Vojick...back in 1980. We used to ride around in her little Blue Honda Civic...those where the days. I heard she passed away a few years back...makes me smile to hear this song again.
Kenalcon 2 years ago 7
Glad it brightened up your day, ...sorry to hear of the loss of your friend though, may she rest in peace.
TOMMYshawRULES 2 years ago 6
@TOMMYshawRULES Hey in high school this song kept me going...I was the total smart girl outcast and it help me keep going.... I am glad to say brain cyst and all I made it and am happy. HS did not define me no matter how hard they tried too. One of my classic mustang convertibles and this song on any night drowns away the days stresses
recarn8 5 months ago
@Kenalcon i remember nancy she was a good ride
43Aquaman 5 months ago
indeed it is a beautiful song,cornerstone although filled with a lot of useless fluff an filler,does have some hidden gems
TOMMYshawRULES 2 years ago 2
"Thank you for the post, this album may or may have been a commercial success; however, it does have some artistic gems!"
karmatoga 2 years ago 7
Cornerstone was definitely Styx's least successful classic album (from their '70's era), however you would be right in saying that ''babe'' was not the only good song on it, to delve deeper certainly yields some unexpected gems
TOMMYshawRULES 2 years ago 2
@TOMMYshawRULES Cornerstone was Styx's highest charting album of the 1970s period, it reached #2 in late 1979 and was on the Billboard charts for over a year. Cornerstone was the third Triple Platinum album in a row for the band. The reason for the switch in direction was the band got slaughtered by the British press on their first tour of England (Styx were fans of English rock and yet the British press hated them). Cornerstone saw Dennis and Tommy collaborating like no tomorrow.
floydgenesisnut 2 years ago 2
Yeah, funny thing about Brits: They love you by loathing you. It must go back to their kinship with Spain and Germany. :P j/k They feel the same heart sinking feeling here when we laugh at they loving our westerns and early rock and roll.
Mysterwright 2 years ago
@TOMMYshawRULES One of the things I miss on modern music that we used to have, was some really outstanding artwork and album jacket designs. I always liked the Cornerstone album design. The inside jacket work was the ultimate cool. The look of the marble tablet buried in the sand on the cover art. It was part of the whole experience. Anyone rlse have a favorite?
MrAndyBear 1 year ago
@TOMMYshawRULES I think babe was the most over played and over rated song they ever did. cornerstone (minus babe) is my favorite album by them
btruckno1 1 year ago
@karmatog. Agreed my friend. It was a real clasic. Good call.
paulwall1981 1 year ago
@karmatoga It's a great record. We played "Babe" at our eighth grade dance, everyone I know loved this record. Fuck the critics and fuck narrow-minded "fans." Hail Dennis. Hail OLD Styx!!
MikeToddOnline 2 weeks ago
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"Hey, you are so right, Dennis De Young had that creative magic that so few artists have, or will ever have....I especially love the way STYX fused the horn section with the guitars!"
karmatoga 2 weeks ago
@TOMMYshawRULES The only real fluff was "First Time." Those elevator music back-up vocals make me car sick. "Babe" though was a kick ass catchy tune and Tommy Shaw's (mega) meal ticket. You mention hudden gems - "Love in the Midnight" and "Eddie" definitely qualify on that front!
osbenar 1 year ago
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LOVE THIS SONG!!!!
hellpasokid 2 years ago