From my understanding, some, if not all the songs Dennis wrote, he owns the rights to and doesn't let Styx play them because he owns them. Some of the bigger hits are his. That is what I was told from some folks who have seen them.
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From my understanding, some, if not all the songs Dennis wrote, he owns the rights to and doesn't let Styx play them because he owns them. Some of the bigger hits are his. That is what I was told from some folks who have seen them.
My complaint is that popular music rock/pop morphed from a group of musicians with unique clearly distinguishable voices into this generic synthesized sound where it is hard to tell one vocalist from a other. And the music itself has morphed the same way.
Heard today, not rock, but post 2000 pop and enjoyable to listen to:
I don't know about all that. Each time I've seen them they've played their best songs, and many by DeYoung - The Grand Illusion, Come Sail Away, Lady, Suite Madame Blue, Rockin' The Paradise, and I've read that they've even started playing Mr. Roboto again (thankfully I missed that one).
They generally don't play Babe, but I suspect that has more to do with Tommy and JY not liking the song than anything else.
Interesting. I wonder if this has changed post 2017/18... Glad to hear that is the case!!! Maybe next time they come around I will give them a go!
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Do you feel good if you got the chance to grow up or live during the Golden Era of Rock? I certainly do.
Not a bad presentation if you like Metal. 
I’m open to the idea of new and exciting Music. If you look at the 1950s is was quite a revolutionary break from the big band sound to Rock’ Roll. My feeling is that today there are too many synthesized lead voices that all sound alike, that the Rock genre has been abandoned, and even Pop music has taken a dive as compared to the 1950-approx 1980s. Most restaurants today even those that cater to young adults are reported to be piping in rock‘n roll, because there is nothing new that is worth a damn. :unsure:
Do you feel good if you got the chance to grow up or live during the Golden Era of Rock? I certainly do.
- In the 1990s as my son listened to Rammstein, I asked him he if thought he’d be listening to that in 10 years? He was’nt.
- In the mid 1990s a Beatles Anthology was released and became the number one seller in the USA among young teens/high school students.
- Today I heard on NPR that the number one song recently on TikTok was Put Your Head On My Shoulder (1959) and Elvis is big.
I’m open to the idea of new and exciting Music. If you look at the 1950s is was quite a revolutionary break from the big band sound to Rock’ Roll. My feeling is that today there are too many synthesized lead voices that all sound alike, that the Rock genre has been abandoned, and even Pop music has taken a dive as compared to the 1950-approx 1980s. Most restaurants today even those that cater to young adults are reported to be piping in rock‘n roll, because there is nothing new that is worth a damn. :unsure:
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Do you feel good if you got the chance to grow up or live during the Golden Era of Rock? I certainly do.
- In the 1990s as my son listened to Rammstein, I asked him he if thought he’d be listening to that in 10 years? He was’nt.
Not a bad presentation if you like Metal.
- In the mid 1990s a Beatles Anthology was released and became the number one seller in the USA among young teens/high school students.
- Today I heard on NPR that the number one song recently on TikTok was Put Your Head On My Shoulder (1959) and Elvis is big.
I’m open to the idea of new and exciting Music. If you look at the 1950s is was quite a revolutionary break from the big band sound to Rock’ Roll. My feeling is that today there are too many synthesized lead voices that all sound alike, that the Rock genre has been abandoned, and even Pop music has taken a dive as compared to the 1950-approx 1980s. Most restaurants today even those that cater to young adults are reported to be piping in rock‘n roll, because there is nothing new that is worth a damn. :unsure:
Funny you mention Rammstein... I have been listening to them well over 25 years, mid 1990's. Still listen to them today and going to see them in concert. I have tickets for their stadium tour, but it keeps getting postponed due to COVID. I freaking love them.
I have been listening to KISS for over 40 years... Every time they come into town I get tickets and have seen them several times in places I had to either fly or drive to. I know a lot of folks don't like them, but that is ok. I love em.
My theory about rock-related music is that peoples' taste freezes whenever they leave school for the last time.
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Now, personally, I'm stuck in the late 80s/early 90s (reference points: Sub Pop, Amphetamine Reptile, Too Pure, Dischord (the record label, not the online service!), SST, Twin\Tone, Frontier, Blast First, Matador). My current fave label is Three Lobed Recordings (mostly drony, psychedelic, free form sounds) but I've actually been spending a lot more time listening to jazz, orchestral, and music used in dance pieces, both live and recorded, over the last decade or so.
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Now, personally, I'm stuck in the late 80s/early 90s (reference points: Sub Pop, Amphetamine Reptile, Too Pure, Dischord (the record label, not the online service!), SST, Twin\Tone, Frontier, Blast First, Matador). My current fave label is Three Lobed Recordings (mostly drony, psychedelic, free form sounds) but I've actually been spending a lot more time listening to jazz, orchestral, and music used in dance pieces, both live and recorded, over the last decade or so.
I’m going to admit that when My son was listening to Rammstein in the 1990s, I gave them a serious shot at trying to like them but their lyrics in German were harsh and their songs were too dark for me. Then I listened to the performance at Madison Square Garden, video I linked, and was impressived with the music and overall presentation, but the lyrics are so dark, I’d rather not know them.
Deutschland, 2019, seems to be the same trend. Rammstein - Ich tu dir weh lyrics + English translation
Translation of 'Ich tu dir weh' by Rammstein from German to English
Ich tu dir weh (I Hurt You)
Versions: #1#2#3You live only for me
I stick medals into your face
You are entirely devoted to me
You love me because I don't love you
You bleed for my salvation
A little cut and you're turned on
The body already completely disfigured
It doesn't matter, whatever pleases is allowed
I hurt you
I'm not sorry
It's good for you
Hear how it screams
With you I have the choice of torment
Barbed wire in the urethral tract
Throw your flesh in salt and pus
At first you die, but then you live more
Bites, kicks, hard blows
Needles, pliers, a blunt saw
What you wish, I don't say no
And insert rodents into you
I hurt you
I'm not sorry
It's good for you
Hear how it screams
You are the ship, I'm the captain
Where should this journey go?
I see your face in the mirror
You love me because I don't love you
I hurt you
I'm not sorry
It's good for you
Hear how it screams
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ich-tu-dir-weh-i-hurt-you.html
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I’m going to admit that when My son was listening to Rammstein in the 1990s, I gave them a serious shot at trying to like them but their lyrics in German were harsh and their songs were too dark for me. Then I listened to the performance at Madison Square Garden, video I linked, and was impressived with the music and overall presentation, but the lyrics are so dark, I’d rather not know them.
2019
Rammstein - Ich tu dir weh lyrics + English translation
Translation of 'Ich tu dir weh' by Rammstein from German to Englishlyricstranslate.com
Ich tu dir weh (I Hurt You)
Versions: #1#2#3
You live only for me
I stick medals into your face
You are entirely devoted to me
You love me because I don't love you
You bleed for my salvation
A little cut and you're turned on
The body already completely disfigured
It doesn't matter, whatever pleases is allowed
I hurt you
I'm not sorry
It's good for you
Hear how it screams
With you I have the choice of torment
Barbed wire in the urethral tract
Throw your flesh in salt and pus
At first you die, but then you live more
Bites, kicks, hard blows
Needles, pliers, a blunt saw
What you wish, I don't say no
And insert rodents into you
I hurt you
I'm not sorry
It's good for you
Hear how it screams
You are the ship, I'm the captain
Where should this journey go?
I see your face in the mirror
You love me because I don't love you
I hurt you
I'm not sorry
It's good for you
Hear how it screams
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ich-tu-dir-weh-i-hurt-you.html
I freaking love that song by the way... and yes they tend to be a little darker. Not all but most of the songs have dark and sometimes traumatizing themes (to some).
I’m going to admit that when My son was listening to Rammstein in the 1990s, I gave them a serious shot at trying to like them but their lyrics in German were harsh and their songs were too dark for me. Then I listened to the performance at Madison Square Garden, video I linked, and was impressived with the music and overall presentation, but the lyrics are so dark, I’d rather not know them.
This is where bands like Nightwish really shine. They are unique in not only being a band that is symphonic metal, and that since 2000 (they formed in 1997), every album they have made has been recorded with an orchestra. In fact, they have the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Voices Choir on permanent retainer. Their lyrics are very much open to interpretation (according to keyboardist/songwriter/founder Tuomas Holopainen), but are deep, as they range from being influenced by Walt Whitman (as referenced in their song Song of Myself, which is based off a story of the same name by Whitman) Edgar Allen Poe (Tuomas inserted himself into Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum in his song The Poet and the Pendulum), Richard Dawkins (The Greatest Show on Earth is based off of his book of the same name), and recording the best cover of Phantom of the Opera that Andrew Lloyd Webber stated he has ever heard.
You'd like that band and everything they have done, as they are arguably one of the best bands on the planet.
BL.