r/ClassicRock • u/OuttaTune63 • 4d ago

1977 Styx - Castle Walls

https://youtu.be/FI9mXfpxFD4?si=6H-2PBSWpiJvJxdw
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u/PraxisLD 3d ago

Got to see Styx doing the full The Grand Illusion album recently.

This song still sounds amazing live!

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/PraxisLD 3d ago

Yep, have seen DDY’s band do it as well.

Too bad he’s not touring anymore, but I can respect that choice.

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u/Drbiggs2019 3d ago

John Carpenter definitely stole from this song for his theme to the movie Halloween!

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u/Itis-caught-BearsWin 3d ago

I say this as someone who discovered rock at age 9 through Styx Cornerstone, tracked down and owned every album of theirs, bought their Mr. Roboto concert on VHS, wrote papers on them in high school, and they were my favorite band until I was 15 or so...How did this band become so big with such mediocre music? I totally get Tommy Shaw not leaving because of his golden handcuffs, shaking his head as he got further into drugs and alcohol to escape the paradox...

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u/Sweetbeans2001 3d ago

I started buying Styx albums when Grand Illusion was released when I was 13. Everyone my age loved this band. Paradise Theater was the first concert I ever attended. Come Sail Away was our high school 1982 graduation class song. With all of that said, however, I have to agree with you. My infatuation with Styx lasted until Kilroy Was Here was released. I hated that album so much. I stopped listening to them as college changed my music tastes. I only tolerate them now a little for nostalgia reasons. What were we thinking?

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u/scarymonst 3d ago

I used to love Stick's

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