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"Well, this truly has been one majorly hijacked thread.
I put it down not to lack of comprehension but to a lack of respect."
Do those words sound familiar to you??
this might help
Walsh, DeYoung and Shaw for me.
BOOMThose choices aren't available. Didn't you read the opening post:
"Well, this truly has been one majorly hijacked thread.
I put it down not to lack of comprehension but to a lack of respect."
Do those words sound familiar to you??
this might help
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Steve Walsh by a long, long way.
Dennis gets a bit too theatrical/Broadway and Tommy Shaw, as someone said, certainly 'does the job' as a singer but doesn't really grab me.
Steve Walsh would top almost any list of singers for me...
Shaw's voice is way too strident for my ears
Walsh was an absolute monster in the 70s
but none compare to Francesco Di Giacomo in the realm of Symph Rock vocalists
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
Walsh in his prime. Today DeYoung has held up much beetter.
Yea, not nice is it! Now you know how it feels!
Never got into Styx, and was only a little into Kansas, but Walsh is easily my pick. Tommy is excellent, but never really struck me as a full-on "lead singer". More of a "guitarist with a great voice" like Trevor Rabin. DeYoung - I could never stomach that guy, and he's the main reason I didn't get into Styx. Seemed like he should be doing Broadway or something, not rock. I actually kind of like the current touring version of Styx better than the "classic" lineup.
DeYoung was better in the early days, before he got all B'way. He always had some of that B'way showman going on, but it didn't fully emerge till around the time of Crystal Ball.
For some kickass early DeYoung, check out stuff like "Christopher, Mr. Christopher" or "Father O.S.A."
He played some pretty badass keys too, such as the pipe organ take on Bach's "Little Fugue in G" and the Hammond solo on
"Young Man."
You can take the first 4 Styx albums and make a very nice double-LP length CD out of them. When it came to the early stuff, when they were good, they were very good, but when they were bad (i.e. "22 Years") they were awful.
High Vibration Go On - R.I.P. Chris Squire
In their prime, DDY, SW and TS. Latter has aged better than either of the first two IMO.
Tommy Shaw would be my choice, though I like all three. Shaw has a voice that translates well across different styles. He can rock out, but also has quite a soulful voice that translates well for slower songs, blues, etc.
And LOL to those who just *can't* resist but to pipe in with other choices.
WANTED: Sig-worthy quote.
As long as there's enough cowbell I enjoy all three equally.
Hate vocalist like those so I'll pass on voting. ...but I guess if there is enough cowbell to drown them out...might be interesting.
It really took over for me by 'Paradise Theater'...given the title of the album I suppose that was intentional, but I preferred the Dennis of 'Suite Madame Blue'. That song was a real shock to me when I first heard it...the Styx things I'd heard before that were nothing like it.
Gowan.
Walsh but DDY is a very close 2nd.
Who the hell is Shaw?
the nasally high pitched guy who replaced DDY as the lead singer in StyxWho the hell is Shaw?
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
^^^^ no that's Gowan.... who's a much better singer then Tommy Shaw.
i consider all 3 to be really good singers,but walsh in his heydays are hard to beat
I'm with the majority Steve Walsh in his prime had very few peers
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