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| Blue Öyster Cult – Fire Of Unknown Origin Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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That's true in a sense. But I really think it's more specific; only about one of those mysterious causes of death, which would have to be spotaneous human combustion. Any other guesses, folks? Good tune, you know. |
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| Blue Öyster Cult – Don't Fear The Reaper Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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DON'T FEAR THE REAPER IS NOT ABOUT SUICIDE! The guy who wrote this song says it isn't, and I hope more than half of you can figure out that that means it isn't. You can say it's about whatever you like, but that'll never make it true. |
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| Blue Öyster Cult – Burnin' For You Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Dude, whoever submitted this song is full of crap. The line goes "I've seen suns that were freezing and lives that were through."
Don't butcher the good tunes, my man. |
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| Styx – Lady Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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He's right, you know.
Kevin, you cold bastard. |
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| Styx – Snowblind Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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A: This song is obviously about someone's fight to get off of cocoaine (probably the fight of the writer or writers). Remember the lines "Cant live without you" and "You devil in WHITE."
B: There was once a small sect of people who believed this song witheld satanic messages, audible when the song is played in reverse. This is absolutely UNTRUE and has been denied by the members of Styx many a time.
In addition, the only backwards message I know of Styx inserting into a song is the very obvious reversal of Annuit Cœptis Novus Ordo Seclorum in the beginning of Heavy Metal Poisoning. This, contrary to the satanic facade that up-tight rock haters have given Styx means "God has been with us through our undertakings." Kinda cool. |
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| Styx – Renegade Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Back to ramthar's question (the rest of you are real dull), I really don't thisnk that any of the bandmember's wrote this song as a true account. Styx was a drugged up band, and may well still be, but not so much as most rockers on their level of popularity, which was and still is pretty high. Mind you, the song may have been written by someone outside of the band, which is not abnormal for Styx, and THAT writer may have been running from the law at or before the time of his writing it. Should this not be the case, then the inspiration is a mysery, to me at least.
It's kind of ironic, because this isn't the first song that Styx does which is directly related to the criminal activity of whoever happens to be singing. Anyone else heard A Criminal Mind? |
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| Styx – Mr. Roboto Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Look, this is how it is: Mr. Roboto came from the name of DeYoung's barber, Mr. Roberto, as you have gathered. But that is just where the NAME for the robot units in the story comes from. This song was written to sinc up with the Kilroy Was Here story and movie, focusing in on the part where Kilroy disguises himself as a Mr. Roboto and then later reveals his identity by removing his mask, etc. And there is Japanese in the song because Styx did a tour in Japan and wanted to put a little piece of the memories into their music.
For the record, this is a very good song to suit DeYoung and the early people of Styx in general. They were (and in most ways, still are) a very integrated band that could make memories of a heavy metal jam just as easy as they could a light rock ballad. And once more, this song has real feelings and opinions of the writers and singers behind it, matching up with Styx's developed expressive side as well.
That's about it for me on this tune. Anything else we want to know? |
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| Styx – Man In The Wilderness Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Sure it could be, but I doubt it--big time. Neither Shaw nor JY's minds work that way, and I really doubt they'd ever write a song about a serial killer. And though it may have been WRITTEN by someone else, neither of them would ever agree to sing a gimicky song like this if it had such grim conotations. |
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| Styx – Heavy Metal Poisoning Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Of course you're right, both about how it's surprising that Styx has so few comments and about this song's meaning. And the Latin phrase (I very recently learned that this was what the jumble at the song's beginning was in reverse) means something to the tune of "God has been with us through our undertakings."
It really pisses me off that people have so often accused Styx of being Antichristian rockers, they having written this well-meaning song with such a nice, Christian message at the beginning. Hell, they even wrote Show Me the Way way back when, which could easily be passed of as a contemporary Christian song. I'm pro Styx all the way, man.
WHO'S WITH ME? |
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| Styx – Castle Walls Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Never read the Odyssey, but what you said makes a lot of sense. I'll stick with it. |
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| Styx – A.D. 1928 Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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I'm just guessing that the boys wrote this one out of boredom, seeing as how it goes to the tune and the general words of another song of Syx's, which was Babe. What's your opinion? |
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| Styx – 22 Years Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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I know every damn Styx song ever written, and this ain't one of them! Man, they must be sticking all the songs from the band's solos into the band itself! That's just not cool. |
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| Styx – The Grand Illusion Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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I can see why you'd say that, but your interpretation is far too simple. The song is definitely self explanatory when you read the lyrics. It's all about how everyone is given their own social class and their own assumed persona due to how much power and money they have, and about the glorious realization that deep inside, we really are the same thing: a totally power and money free soul. |
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| Styx – A Criminal Mind Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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I love this song. It's definitely a good one, and the only rock song that's ever gotten to a good friend of mine (poor guy's into all of today's musical bullshit). But I think it unfair that it's been registered as a Styx song when it was originally written by the band's current keyboard player (Larry Gowan) when he was a solo artist. |
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| Styx – A Criminal Mind Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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I love this song. It's definitely a good one, and the only rock song that's ever gotten to a good friend of mine (poor guy's into all of today's musical bullshit). But I think it unfair that it's been registered as a Styx song when it was originally written by the band's current keyboard player (Larry Gowan) when he was a solo artist. |
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