Styx - Renegade (First Reaction!!)
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This was a rock song, definitely not disco. A lot of the rock fans hated disco. I was a kid. I was a disco fan, but the more rock I discovered, the closer disco got to the trash bin.
Steelers home game hype song , coach tomlin sends direct request in as needed , usually in the most intense 2nd half moments.
Now listen to Blue Collar Man
I'm 60 now I was going to concerts in Vancouver BC from the time I was 17. I lost count of how many I went to long ago. They were relatively cheap back then about $8.50. The mark of a good concert was they had to sound as good in concert as they did on their records and they did because they HAD to be good or they didn't make it. Not much tech to help them live.
I love to watch you do this but it's also sad that you haven't been aware your whole life. I assumed everyone was listening to the classics. And yes, we were aware how incredible of a time it was!
OMG! This was not disco!😊 When we went to Heart everyone was chanting, "disco sucks! Rock and roll rules!!" while we were waiting to get into the concert. They wouldn't have been happy to hear you say that about this song, lol! Disco was the BeeGees. Listen to Stayin Alive to hear the difference. ✌️
@@JasonWicklundLove that song!
No polyester, this was the music I listened to as a young teen. This and Kansas, Journey, Boston, and that era of music was golden.
Yep.... same here.
Only in my 30s, but Styx and Boston are still my #1s, plus foreigner.
It was the best! Got to see Styx in concert! Awesome 😂❤
Queen, Foghat, Peter Frampton…
Same for me. Great times!
We had no clue we lived in the greatest generation of music was until now. So glad i grew up in the 70s 80s and 90s
Growing up, this was just our music. It wasn't until I looked back years later that I realized how truly momentous our music was.
Yes...I would say our generation knew how good the 70s music was. And we loved/love every minute of it!
Indeed! I loved the 70’s and 80’s and lived it well!
Yeah, WE KNEW IT! Still the greatest generation of music ever!
INDEED!
Absolutely.
If you know the Pittsburgh Steelers, they play this around the 2 minute warning in the 4th quarter to get the crowd energized.
Amen!
Steeler Nation! 🖤💛
My favorite Styx tune. I saw them in Mississippi a year or 2 back. Tommy Shaw, lead vocals and guitar, can still get it done! Not a disco song. Rock and Roll!
I have seen Styx 22 times live in concert and will see them many more given the opportunity! This is when Rock was starting to take front and center. And laid the ground work for many more to come.
Rockers and disco dancers were like oil and water...Styx was definitely ROCK.
I had a Disco Sucks tee-shirt in the late 70's. 😂
I graduated HS in 1978 and all my friends were into Styx, Boston, Kansas, Foreigner, etc. which is considered progressive rock these days but back in the day it was just good music. Oddly enough though, most of us also listened to James Taylor, John Denver, Cat Stevens, Bee Gees, Bread and others on the mellower side. When you're going through times with great music in multiple genres, you just assume that it will always be that way. There is always good music coming out but the 70s was awesome.
True that!
Me too!!
1978, me too! There is no comparison to the 70's and the music. We were very blessed to have been there :) The 60's was wonderful for music too.
This ain't no disco. This is rock and roll Polo! Check out more from their catalog. This was the first band I ever went to see in concert, 1978, their Crystal Ball album. It blew my mind!
We didn't know how good we had it until this music started disappearing around 2000.
That was my first concert as well!
This was my first concert also. My Junior year of High School.
That's sooo cool! @@suezeeq5542
We knew it was pretty goddam good back then and compared to much of what is popular today, it is truly the golden era. We knew we loved it back then, and we all still listen to it almost all the time!
I was a teenager, and Styx was the first concert I've ever been to. It was 1979. Great music.
Styx was also my first concert in 1978. I also saw them in '79.
This song back in the day was fire. So many different creative elements. Styx brought something different to the game.
My favorite tune by Styx would be another Tommy Shaw one, "Blue Collar Man."
And "Too much time on my hands"
Why does everyone seem to love Tommy more, I feel like Im the only person on earth who loved Dennis WAY more
@@gandhialwaysleavesanonion679Tommy was more of a rocker. Dennis IMO was more on the pop side and tried to drive Styx that way. Tommy always wrote the heavier songs
@@stephenlodewyks7317 Heavier as in rock sounding right, and not lyric-wise? I understand the theatrical pop-piano vs rock guitar aspect, but truly dont understand how I havent seen ONE other Dennis lover like me. I dont deny whatsoever Tommys got some pipes and can play crazy good, but I still personally enjoy Dennis' MUCH more beautiful voice and I have always loved Pianos/ The Doors. Does everyone view him as a cock and thats a huge factor why? Other than the 3 hits Tommy had (I love Blue colar man the best from him) Dennis had all the number 1 hits. Its not like I've searched for other people who like Dennis more though haha so thats a reason I havent found others
Man in the Wilderness #1. Crystal Ball #2. Both by Shaw.
This is The Best song to sing along loudly to as you're speeding down the highway and your surly child is glaring at you from the back seat for singing so loudly and air drumming along.
Polo, this was a rocker, rockers pretty much hated disco, and we had so much great music but we just thought it was normal, what was, and what would always be. We really didn't think rock would ever die. :)
I was obsessed with Styx as a teenager. Still love hearing those old songs!
Did we know at the time? We knew it was awesome music and cranked up our stereos! Styx was my first ever concert way back in 1982 and I've seen them multiple times since. After 40 yrs, still one of my all time fave groups. 🙂❤
Styx was straight up arena rock. Foreigner, Boston, Journey, Styx, Cheap Trick. Great bands in the mid and late 70s.
It was not a disco track. But at my senior prom our cheerleaders danced to this and it was the coolest thing ever.
You just asked if the older generation knew what what we had. I most certainly do. I’m 62, and that music was my music. Any and all music from the 70’. I enjoy all music but there is a special place for that era. It pulls at my heart, and floods my mind with wonderful longings. 😊 💟
😂 DISCO!!😂 You just cracked me up😂 Thank you POLO!!🤗 Now dude, I lived thru the greatest era of music! 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's! Every bit of it was BADASSARY!😀🤘
I remember this as a young man .They played this several times a night when I was mopping floors at McDonald’s. Great thing being able to crank up the store speakers and blast it out.
I don't think I ever heard this at a disco. It definitely wasn't considered disco music. Styx was a very popular band in the 70s, even into the 80s. They could rock. I haven't listened to them in a while until last week. I'd forgotten how good they were. This album, Pieces of Eight, and Equinox are my favorites. Check out their song Suite Madame Blue but make sure you play the intro song Prelude 12 to get the full flow of the song. It's a classic tune.
The official Pittsburgh Steelers theme song! Every Yinzer knows this song by heart.
Hey Polo,
No, this song was not part of the Disco … at least none of the ones I went too. However, from the late 70s to the late 80s you could hear this type of music on Friday and Saturday nights blaring from cars in the student parking lot, the lake, and before/after football games. My brother is almost 4 years older than me and he is the one that introduced to my rock. As a young teenager, I would borrow my brother’s headphones, insert one of his Led Zeppelin 8-track tapes (either Led Zeppelin II or IV) and just chill.
If you haven’t heard anything from Journey yet, you’ve got to listen to the live performance from Osaka Japan. The lead singer, Steve Perry, was given the nickname of “The Voice” by none other than Jon Bon Jovi. Even according to professional vocal coaches on YT have stated that no one can touch Steve’s vocal abilities when he was in his prime. He’s now 74 years old and although he voice has dropped an octave, he can still sing like crazy.
Hey Polo,
Here is the link to the Journey song I mentioned.
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55 years old here. I always sang "The renegade, who sold lemonade" 😂😂😂
Any time Tommy Shaw was singing for Styx , it was sure to kick ass!
Aaaahhhh yessss Good times! Thank you for the reminder of This Gem 😎 💕
The late 70’s early 80’s Rock will never be repeated. This album was at every party I went to in High School. And we partied every night. Drinking age was 18 and people were a lot more relaxed and mellow. Nobody gave us a hard time for rocking out…. Great memories…. Thanks..
Sounds as good today as it did in the late 70's. I don't consider it disco music but I was too young for disco 😊
Renegade is my favorite song from the Pieces of Eight album. Tommy's vocals are awesome and JY'S guitar solo is fire . Styx rocks ❤🎸🥰
No, no disco, but pool halls & bars. Styx is so versatile, hard rock, prog, ballads, techno - just a GREAT band. Thanks for your reaction.
If there was no pool we didn't go. Disco sucks tshirts
I remember walking into my HS auditorium for an afternoon lycesum with 2 large projector screens on stage. All I remember was Styx and Queen nonstop for over an hour, I couldn't tell you the content, but remember we were all rockin out!! These 2 groups were HOT in 78!!
Styx is still at it, Tommy and JY still going strong.
Ahhhhh, the memories!!!!!
Being a huge Steelers fan, this is the song played during home games that totally pumps up the who.e stadium. Great song
Exactly!
This is our year (I say that every year by the way), and being a longtime Steeler fan from San Francisco, I can't wait to beat the Niners in Game #1!!
@joecarcione6636 I so hope so! I moved to California from Pittsburgh in 1977, but they will always be my team!💛🖤
The stadium was shaking while it played during the 2010 championship game against the Jets.
@@joecarcione6636, alas. Now they'll come out fighting!
I recently saw Styx in concert at an amusement park this summer, and this was the last song they played and it was an amazing experience ❤
I graduated in 78 too! Saw them in concert. Definitely a great time to be young....
Tommy Shaw, lead guitar is another underrated player.
Tommy Shaw is great but JY is playing lead here. I recall seeing an interview with Tommy Shaw where he said JY approached him and asked to play lead on this song. You can tell also because there's a lot of whammy bar and that was JY's thing.
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Tommy Shaw is NOT underrated. He's very well known for being an amazing guitar player and vocalist.
Hell yes we knew how great our music was! That's why we love to turn people onto it! Definitely not disco!
Arena Rock at its finest!
Saw them live when this album came out.....awesome live band......have seen them 3 or 4 times thru the yrs.....
twas a kool song back in the day.
I was in Jr HIgh. Styx , Journey , early Rush , Ac/dc.
good times
Kool and the Gang hit it big ...so big back then too
One of two hits from the triple platinum "Pieces of Eight". Tommy Shaw (lead vocals and guitar) came up with this song after trying to figure out "The Raven" by the Alan Parsons Project on his piano. James Young plays the lead guitar solo in this.
Some more highlights from one of Styx's strongest albums are "Blue Collar Man" (also a hit), "Queen of Spades", and the title track.
This song used to be a favorite at the skating rink when I was in elementary school. 😂
I grew up in this era and I'm ashamed to say I had no idea how iconic it would all become. Music was a big part of my community. My parents were a bit older than those of my peers, so while my folks were listening to 1940's Big Band jazz and some Broadway stuff, my friends' parents were dialed into old country music of Hank Snow, Hank Williams, Jim Reeves and such. We all seemed to love the music of our generation, but to us Boston, Bob Seger, Styx, Led Zeppelin, CSN, Steve Miller Band, were just what was on the radio. I laughed out loud at one of your later comments, because I have an old 8-Track of Boston on the bookshelf across from me.
Your right. At times i was not allowed to listen to rock and roll. But then i was taken to the skating rink with church. Great times.
We knew this Polo, my generation had GREAT music.
I still see them in concert. In Florida in 2022 I sing every song. My favorite song is castle walls
The album this song is on (Pieces of Eight) was the first album I ever bought. I was 11 in 1978 when it came out and bought it.
First concert 8th grade puffing away, look across the aisle ...and there's our teacher doing the same ha!
As someone who graduated high school in 1979, I can tell you We knew we had the best music back in the 70's. We had pink floyd, led zeppelin, AC/DC, queen, rolling stones, aerosmith, Thin Lizzy, zz top, and MANY more.
Not Disco. Bought their 1st Album right after its release.
Me too. One of my first albums.
This was Styx at their peak; I remember going to my local Record Bar store and buying this the day it came out. They were my favorite band in high school at the time, and anything from the Equinox album through the Pieces of Eight album (from which this songs comes) is a good place to look for more gems.
I was a little kid when this came out. It was one year before Disco happened so you could hear the beginnings of that sound being played with in this particular Styx song. I don't know too much about early Styx, but I liked their stuff that came out when I was in middle school, the Kilroy was Here album in particular, which goes along with their massive Rock Opera. You can still find their movie if you google Styx movie. I forget what that was called. Mr. Roboto is on that album and will probably always be my favorite Styx song tied with Come Sail Away, but that's because my family likes to sing that one as Come Say La Way because it cracks us all up. But if you listen, that is what it sounds like. But that is on The Grand Illusion Album and I was only 7 for that one. I was 8 when Renegade came out and Kilroy was Here came out 10 days after I turned a whopping 13.
We knew it was great music but remember it was evolving weekly. We hung on and loved it all.
Before I watch the reaction...great choice of songs. You will love it.
Also. If you haven't reacted to Styx before your next song should be "Lady" by Styx....and then Mr Roboto. Styx runs the gamut. They have a style which Renegade is not part of but they sure liked to break the mold occasionally.
Definitely agree with Mr Roboto
Not disco, but disco fans loved this, too
Welcome to the legend of Styx! Love em!
Saw them live this tour great show.
This was a great concert tour,.
Disco was its own. THIS song was pure rock. SOME were split between the two (,then) there were those of us who LOVED both.
We knew, and we were all dismayed when it was over. It's recovered here and there, but never had a golden era like these years. You could just turn on the radio, and these songs were what you heard. Mostly didn't get sick of them either. This kind of song always makes me think of county fair rides, because it got played a lot on the faster rides. I think I'd pay big bucks to sit on a few of them and have the songs from the era played. Like I did back then.
Music of my youth
Definitely NOT disco, this was classic rock at its finest. Styx was a Chicago-based band who at their peak could pack auditoriums and stadiums alike.
Great jam, Styx has a bunch of good songs and a lot of them sound different from one another. Glad you enjoyed it : ] TY!
Definitely during the disco era. 💃
Produced by Styx. Sung and written by Tommy Shaw. He plays the guitar solos here. Classic song 🎵.
Suggested song 🎵 Styx performs Too Much Time on My Hands ✋ 👍
My big memory of this was walking into a video arcade circa 1981 and it was playing LOUD on the stereo in there and it sounded so tough… I was like 12 years old but felt a little cooler and more grown up.
Reminds me of the summer my youngest brother first got to run. He was born with clubbed feet; no heels of tendons. He’d gone through several surgeries and pins in his ankles for years since birth. I was at Scout Camp and he finally had his first pair of shoes and was running to me!!
Now, try Tommy Shaw’s solo “Girls With Guns”, him with Damn Yankees “Don’t Tread on Me” or “Here I Come Again”, or more Styx please
Your analysis of generational music/bands of the 70's/80's is spot on - I'm from that era when AM radio was commonplace and FM was emerging. Styx, Bad Company, SuperTramp and others started (in my opinion) the END of disco. Those of us who were sick of repetitive disco songs on the radio (AM band) saved our summer dollars and bought FM radios with cassette decks. We ripped out our factory car radios, learned about wiring and jammed for years with music that we thought would never end......... but sadly, it did end in the 90's and beyond. There are not any new great bands anymore. Those of us from that time miss going to the mall, visiting the "Record Store" and flipping thru albums with our fingers while searching for the one that we could buy, take home .... and transfer the LP to a cassette so we could listen to it in our new car stereo systems..................... aaaaaaah, good times.
Tommy Shaw on vocals/ lead guitar on this track with Dennis DeYoung keyboards, James(JY) Young guitar and the Panozzo twins Chuck on bass & John on drums Great time for music.
I love this group. Was anti-disco
I get to see them AND Heart live for the first time in 3 weeks. I'm so excited. I'll let y'all know how the show was.
Well??? How was it?
Yes we knew we were listening to great music but we thought it would last. At the time, we were just loving our music and it brought us all together. It was a great time to live, now we see it but not necessarily then.
Yes!!! Styx! The first band I started listening to at age 11. Tommy Shaw was a babe lol Renegade is a GREAT SONG! I miss these days!!!! All good voices Dennis, Tommy, JY- A Great group! The 80’s were the best years! We know now how great the music is! It will always be! ❤ not disco a rock song.
60s here, we didn't know it would be great in the future. Just that it was great at the time.
Rock n Roll baby! And that was JY on lead guitar. This band has the chops all night long. Very fun. Extremely entertaining. Very professional. They know their trade and could probably play any rock song you ever wanted to hear. You get get back what you pay for to see these guys play. They as a band and as individual talent are soooooo underrated it’s sickening. Not saying they are the best in the business but they are owed their due.
This is my absolute favorite Styx song!
*Edit* This is very much not disco. I was 6 years old when this came out in 1978, and I remember the disco era even as young as I was. It has a 4:4 beat and tempo similar to a disco song, which is probably what put you in that line of thinking. As far as genre, this is considered hard rock.
You have no idea how happy you made me when you talked about hos iconic this is. I remember the first time I heard this song, I was under the age of 10, and asked my older siblings who sang this song. I was hooked from then on to rock music.
I believe every band, from garage bands just dreaming to signed bands, that they get to write and perform a song that will become, as you put it, iconic.
Keep it up, this is a good channel to watch.
Listen their "Grand Illusion" album from start to finish on the headphones it's quite an experience.
Polo. You're always so smooth!
I never knew Styx sang this until I heard it on SuperNatural came out!
My high school years, I actually bought a third concert ticket to see sticks because the cars were supposed to play but the cars never did really do a good tour because they were better than a studio then live. I do apologize for Siri spelling sticks. Dammit Siri I said river Styx there you go.
When Polo gets into it, he doesn’t comment a lot. I love it
70's the sound track of my teenage years !
I was 11 when this came out. My older siblings jammed all the iconic music. I started going to concerts at 14. What a BLAST!
I'm an audiphile frrom the late sixties through the 70s and we knew this music was great, but we thought it would last forever. The new music is still out there in a few bands, but the giant operetic, progressive rock stands the test of time. Styx, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Chicago, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Kansas crafted albums with themes and concepts, not just collections of singles meant to sell millions of records. Keep searching this time period and you won't be disappointed because you have barely scratched the surface of this time period.✌😎
We didn't think in terms of what this music would mean in the future because we were living it as it came out. It's only now, when I still hear it playing on the radio that I know we lived during one of the most impactful times for music ever. It never loses its relevance. And disco? No this was not a disco song. Someone needs to send you some disco songs to listen to. I used to dance to those songs but for the life of me, I can't remember any of them. They were not what you heard here.
We boomers were very lucky. We were around when rock and roll was first came out if you were born before the 60's. I still listen to all kinds of music because good music is still good music.
You gotta hear Crystal Ball and Sweet madam blue by Styx
And "Man In The Wilderness"
I completely agree, two of their best songs, think I'll pull them up on CZcams 🤘
We were spoiled with wonderful music but I don't think any of us thought it would fade into oblivion and see music change the way it did.
Never. Only thought it would continue to get better and better
Styx is in my top 5 favorite bands all time. (Metallica, Iron Maiden, Journey and Def Leppard are the other 4).
Styx had 3 different singers who each had their own songs they sung on. This was Tommy Shaw, who is a badass on guitar and an amazing voice range. Most of my favorite songs by Styx were Shaw-sung. My number 1 and number 2 Styx songs are "Man In the Wilderness" and "Crystal Ball" followed by "Suite Madam Blue" sung by keyboardist Dennis DeYoung.
The band was some rock, some funk, some progressive, and even some pop. It crossed many genres - but it was all great eye-candy. Their harmonies, their choruses, their change-ups in their song from soft to bombastic to soft and back again. And did I mention the harmonies? They all could sing.
@4:15 - The guitar solo was by JY (James Young).
I do hope they see music can be my medicine
To answer your question as to whether the older generation knows how special the music of the time was and is, I can only quote a t-shirt that I have - "I may be old, but I saw all the great bands." You may be younger, but you have old ears. And that's a compliment.
Good oldie . Another from skating days in my youth
I was born in the sixties and raised in the best music of the of the seventies.
I had this on a 45 before I bought the album James Young on lead guitar amazing solo, great writing by Toomy Shaw the b side was Sing For The Day another Tommy Shaw Composition!
Honestly, my generation had so much great music it spoiled us. Don't get me wrong lot of great musicians today, but my god those songs back in the day were pure gold.