The Grand Illusion, like a few other Styx creations, was a concept album. The whole record was about a specific topic. In the case of TGI, it was advertising.
In the title track, the listener is told not to be fooled by radio, the TV, or the magazines. The listener is warned that they will be shown how their life should be, but not to listen, because it's the fancies of another. If anything, this song is about the commercialization they faced back then and we face today.
The Grand Illusion, like a few other Styx creations, was a concept album. The whole record was about a specific topic. In the case of TGI, it was advertising.
In the title track, the listener is told not to be fooled by radio, the TV, or the magazines. The listener is warned that they will be shown how their life should be, but not to listen, because it's the fancies of another. If anything, this song is about the commercialization they faced back then and we face today.
-K