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Poll Question: Favorite STYX song and why?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
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1 [1.64%]
15 [24.59%]
7 [11.48%]
6 [9.84%]
4 [6.56%]
2 [3.28%]
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1 [1.64%]
3 [4.92%]
0 [0.00%]
14 [22.95%]
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I'm missing Castle Walls from this poll. For me always the sequence Man in the Wilderness - Castle Walls  is percieved as one song, and for that it is my definitive Styx song. So I voted for Man in the Wilderness, but included in that vote also "Castle Walls"

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Originally posted by Dr. Prog Dr. Prog wrote:

 
How dare you Dennis DeYoung, you commie radical American hating hippie!
I'm going to regret veering slightly off-topic here...but:
 
I don't quite understand how you can come up with this comment while criticizing DeYoung for "going commercial", and even name-dropping Phil Collins.  It's almost as if it's okay for him to write a protest song, becuase YOU agree with it, and anyone opposed to the meaning is a right-wing extremist...while at the same time, he CAN'T write hit singles because apparently you don't like them.  Please correct me if I'm wrong, because this is the impression in my mind.
 
 
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I'm sure if dennis is reading this thread ,he's having a good laugh ! It's only a song people ! LOL
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Sing for a Day oneof the two songs without one vote?

Seems strange, always loved the guitar in that track.

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I voted for other because I apparently missed the option to vote for it.  The 6/8 signature, the likable melody, and the extremely intelligent lyrics vault it above Angry Young Man, in my opinion.
 


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Originally posted by Soul Dreamer Soul Dreamer wrote:

I'm missing Castle Walls from this poll. For me always the sequence Man in the Wilderness - Castle Walls  is percieved as one song, and for that it is my definitive Styx song. So I voted for Man in the Wilderness, but included in that vote also "Castle Walls"
 
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Call me a romantic or something so, but my vote goes for "Babe". I know it's not the most progressive track by Styx...but my girlfriend is round here and we have live together great moments with this song, so that I can't vote for another oneWinkLOLLOLLOL.
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Originally posted by cesar polo cesar polo wrote:

Call me a romantic or something so, but my vote goes for "Babe". I know it's not the most progressive track by Styx...but my girlfriend is round here and we have live together great moments with this song, so that I can't vote for another oneWinkLOLLOLLOL.
 
Yeah, I remember I declared my eternal love to a girlfriend (well really 2 months love) with that song back in the early 80's.
 
But still I believe it's a weak song for the band.
 
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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Originally posted by cesar polo cesar polo wrote:

Call me a romantic or something so, but my vote goes for "Babe". I know it's not the most progressive track by Styx...but my girlfriend is round here and we have live together great moments with this song, so that I can't vote for another oneWinkLOLLOLLOL.
 
Yeah, I remember I declared my eternal love to a girlfriend (well really 2 months love) with that song back in the early 80's.
 
But still I believe it's a weak song for the band.
 
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I thought Babe was a good tune, but it unfortunately really gave DeYoung the motivation to take Styx into way more mainstream music, i.e. too many ballads per album. Aerosmith had that phase after Pump.
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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Sing for a Day oneof the two songs without one vote?

Seems strange, always loved the guitar in that track.

Iván

 
That was my second choice.  It is a great song. I was suprised that only my vote for anything of Pieces off Eight.  I Thought that was a pretty good album.
 
Edit:
OOPs I saw a vote for Renegade too. 
 
 
 
 
 


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I know I'm a bit late for this poll, but it is a good one. The best of Styx material is top notch and I think that people tend to ignore them due to their later poppy stuff.
My choice is Crystal Ball.
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Mr. Robato...    shoot me LOL... I love the song
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Mr. Robato...    shoot me LOL... I love the song
 
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Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Unlike Ivan (and probably most others on PA), I actually like Mr. Roboto.  It must be a generation thing, since it was a pop song from my youth.  That and the fact that I tend to like pop songs from prog bands.  However, my vote goes for other for Come Sail Away.  I'm not really sure why.  Probably, the Sci-Fi nature of the song about traveling on a spaceship.  I also really like Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man), although the lyrics are pretty depressing. 


I really like "Mr. Roboto" as well, haha, but I don't have a generation thing to explain that. Embarrassed


I like Mr. Roboto as well but voted for Suite Madam Blue. A great song that they did prior to Dennis DeYoung's ego issues.
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Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Mr. Robato...    shoot me LOL... I love the song
 
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Interesting that Movement for the common man is listed I have been meaning to address a certain issue about that song  ....   Emerson Lake and Palmer ripped Styx off and its not just the title ... listen to the middle section of it  this really is a disgusting case of plagiarism in its most  obvious way  .  Thumbs%20Down
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Originally posted by Yorkie X Yorkie X wrote:

Interesting that Movement for the common man is listed I have been meaning to address a certain issue about that song  ....   Emerson Lake and Palmer ripped Styx off and its not just the title ... listen to the middle section of it  this really is a disgusting case of plagiarism in its most  obvious way  .  Thumbs%20Down
 
It's not plagiarism Yorkie, both are adaptations of "Fanfare for the Common Man",  Aaron Copland's best known concert opener.
 
In the same way Fireballet made a version of Mussorgsky works (After ELP did Pictures) or the German band "The Pink Mice did an adaptation of Peer Gynt after Wakeman included a section of In the Hall of the Mountain King, in "Journey to the Centre of the Earth".
 
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OK thanks Ivan for telling me that I wasn't aware that was the case ^^^ . 

I think from the list my vote will go to Suite Madam Blue but my favorite Styx song is a toss up between Come Sail Away  and  Castle Walls is a great song as well  ..  thing is Styx have plenty of well written songs that I enjoy and at the moment I`m getting into their very early stuff which is most rewarding I`m finding.  

Edited by Yorkie X - August 02 2008 at 13:37
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