Styx Best of Times '82

[@jcbearlover]

Dennis DeYoung IS Styx and Styx IS Dennis DeYoung. He was the true showman of the group.

[@Thunderhawk-fr6qv]

I totally agree. I don't think anyone can ever really replace DeYoung. It's like once he was forced out and Gowan came, that was the end of them. Shaw and DeYoung together are what really forged Styx as a great band. I don't think the band can be what they are without either of them.

[@txmoney]

Talented band. Dennis DeYoung...among the best rock voices of a generation along with Steve Perry of Journey.

[@lowfuellevel]

I was born in 1961 & was lucky enough to grow up when great music like this was everywhere. We didn't have cd's, dvd's, laptops, pc's, ipods or iphones, but for about $10 -12 a ticket you could see Styx or Aerosmith, or Bad Company, or ZZ Top, or many others live! wish I could go back sometimes, xoxoxo

[@Maverickhunter05]

You have to love an amazing concert where you don't know which song the artist will play next. Then when the first couple chords sound everybody just yells. Sends chills every time.

[@SheridanODonnell]

This song has so much meaning during these hard times. To the best of times of the past and to the future!

[@sugarayofsunshine]

This music is incredible. I hear it in everything my kids listen to. Everything you hear today is just a copy of this brilliant music.

[@osiarap]

I am not even born yet, and I am there with you all.

[@davidbelanger6781]

I remember when I bought the album and it had that holographic picture on one side, I was an instant fan

[@stevennewell799]

78?

[@lemonpsp2000]

i know dennis de young fell out of grace,,but my god,,,he was sooooooooooo great in his time,,,i owned every 8 trac,,and,,,saw styx at least 7 time,,,from 77 to 79,,so cal!!! long live styx!!!

[@ericnj28]

God Bless John Panozzo. A great rock drummer

[@Littlelewie151]

He put his heart and soul into it!

[@baronvonflange]

Wow , thanks for putting this on. I wonder if these Stars who take there time to upload these realize what joy they bring to people... I wish the summer wind would take me back to the 80's.

[@JimmyH91]

I'm seeing them Friday at Smith Mountain Lake in VA. Can't wait!

[@neilsaquino414]

The best talaga ang "the best of times"styx walang kapares

[@thegoodcouncillicios]

O o na gets

[@wildbeast46]

Can hardly wait for Saturday and Sunday. Styx will be in Kitchener, Ontario. Looking forward to seeing them. :) :)

[@KidKeno80]

Great group along with Boston!

[@tigeroftheeye7121]

Not even the same Styx without Dennis on lead vocals. Lawrence Gowen cant come close to hitting the notes.

[@HeRacesTheSun]

Paul cuming Dear stuck in the past, Gowan is a great singer doing a great job hitting all those notes well. And nothing is ever 'the same' after it changes...

[@amtwhite]

+HeRacesTheSun Paul is correct. Gowan can't sing like Dennis can. If you like Gowan, that's fine. But Dennis is a far superior singer!!

[@BRUTUSPLAC]

1981 April 25 Billboard Hot 100 # 09

[@Bonzi77]

I still think it's nuts that guys like these could be so big in Japan. I can't wrap my head around it. It's still awesome. :D

[@kellruss]

uncledui - I'm a '65 baby... and you're right about the music. Not so much because it was "ours," but because it was real. Real bands playing real instruments and writing real songs. The best of times indeed. If you care... bassist Chuck Panozzo's book "The Grand Illusion: Love, Lies and My Life With Styx" is a very good read. Odd that he and his late brother, drummer John, started Styx and they're rarely shown in videos. They're not the front men, I get that. But still...

[@pakul1981]

One of the best ballads ever...

[@bandypaul]

song i grew up with...made me love music..

[@makhines431]

i miss the days of my youth terribly.....huhuhu...davao..1982

[@cloudeleven]

I'm loving the Air Supply curly perm he's rocking.

[@plattenandy]

Marvellous tash and perm combo!

[@rhmsr63]

i agree with you lowfuellevel, reminiscing makes me feel young again. thanks for sharing the video

[@Trookieness]

Astounds me every time I hear it.

[@かえるちゃんちゃん]

ありがとう。arigato💕

[@JAGR37]

DE MIS ULTIMOS DIAS DE PREPARATORIANO, COMO OLVIDARLOS!!

[@RCHorn7]

IMHO,this song always made a great Senior Prom theme.

[@johnjara3296]

This is like an anthem…

[@michaux6000]

great forever video.

[@vvjm1221]

@balloydspiritsoul I have that album. I totally love it! I still think Dennis is the best member of Styx. I can't live without his music lol. hope he would go back to Styx or sing with Styx on stage again someday!

[@karenmarinas3148]

It's the best of time for me

[@TookMe20min2findThis]

80's were the best of my times

[@vvjm1221]

was born in 1995. I love Dennis

[@TemoTull]

The Most Creative American Band...

[@jammer894]

Want to see Great ? Dennis is still out a few months a year, It's Just Awsome!!

[@naerwyn239]

aaah... they rock

[@carlossamaniego463]

JOYITA DE JOYITAS !!!

[@panggun]

real rockers!! love it!

[@MegaBLARP]

i was not born in 1982. but I'm building a time machine so i can go back because that is where i want to be

[@scottym9778]

MegaBLARP it was awesome, so many original bands!

[@wawayplays]

Just wanna know who's the high pitch in the chorus, Tommy Shaw or James Young? Styx really kicks ass. I heard this once in radio last month and it's on my playlist now. Everyday I play it because it inspires me. Hoping for the best of times. #styx

[@ThomBowers]

JY has the top note on the chorus.

[@Kivist1]

JY

[@matsumoku1]

+Hisashi Mitsui Tommy sings the high notes, not JY.

[@wawayplays]

Cool. Thanks for the info. I still listen to this and it's 2016. I'll play this one time on keyboards. :D

[@Kivist1]

John Gallagher Incorrect sir.

[@ACEOO8]

@ STYXTOURY - LOVE THIS POST TOMMY LÔÔKS LIKE HE ONLY 12 - AND ITS SOUNDS LIKE HIS VOICE HAS NT DEVELOPED YET - THANKS FOR POSTING Ô¿Ô

[@strongsm]

That was my Homecoming Theme! Oh boy, 1980 was such a long time ago...

[@RaceFan23]

love it..

[@markuskaiser7703]

Hallo an alle, Ich war Anfangs der 80er auf dem Concert in Nuernberg- Styx Paradise Theatre War fuer mich ein tolles Erlebnis Wer hat eventuell noch naehere Infos Termin , photos videos oder Bilder von den Tickets Bin fuer alles dankbar Markus

[@DoctorAxe]

Haha, glad you enjoyed it!

[@88sublunaire]

Que de souvenirs....

[@imarkley]

The intro to "the best of times", the 5th track on the CD, is a theme used three times on the Paradise Theatre. It is also used in A.D 1928, and A.D. 1958. 1928 is at the start of the record and is the song that leads into "Rocking the Paradise." 1958 is the song that fades in from "half Penny-Two Penny" at the end of the record.The Piano intro on this video is State St. Sadie, which is actually the last song on the record. YOu are referring to 1958, and I doubt that version appears in video.

[@shonjevon]

LOVE.

[@myaccount1278]

There seems to be a mix up of the current members of Styx, so I will clear things up. James "J.Y." Young -- Vocals, guitar, keyboards Tommy Shaw -- Vocals, guitar, mandolin, talkbox Todd Sucherman -- Drums, percussion Lawrence Gowan -- Vocals, keyboards, guitar Ricky Phillips -- Bass guitar, vocals Chuck Panozzo -- Bass guitar, bass pedals (guest musician)

[@fernando767676]

buenisimo!!!!!

[@alitlweird]

that's awesome! I've never see them do this song in chinese!

[@SnareForLife1995]

Styx...the way it should be.

[@Retrofanatic10]

@Bouchard85 Me too. Love Styx.

[@strongsm]

Reminds me of Prom!

[@MARILYN19481]

He could be talking of today.

[@iWantRicexD]

tfw best song ever

[@jomama5186]

they sure were!

[@downtownbosscat]

This singer reminds me of Craig

[@bellaimages]

Paradise Theater Tour! I was there! Ballofbase is right! JY and Tommy share leads depending on which song it is.

[@tpmh37]

Does anyone know if the last "Best of Times" song on the album Paradise Theater album is shared on youtube? It's the song very last on the album with the lyrics "Tonight's the night we'll make history as sure as dogs can fly"? This song playing now is the first song on the album.

[@bigtimesully]

You’re slightly wrong on both. The introduction song is called “AD 1928” and it has the lyrics you stated here. “The Best of times” is like the 4th song on the album and is the main tune. “AD 1958 is at the end of the album and has the lyrics “and so my friends, we’ll say good night, for time has claimed his prize. But tonight can always last as long as we keep alive the memories of paradise”

[@dhoare12]

wow, i have actually never seen a video where John Panozzo doesn't have a massive grin on his face.

[@cyanedelrick]

@Bouchard85 same here:P 20 and listen to this awesome music... my friends think i'm weirdXD

[@funkmike]

Styx were big in Japan well before "Mr. Roboto"--in hindsight, they were just saying domo morigato to their fans.

[@mumzey29]

@billybillsonify we are lucky there is any footage at all.....

[@BallofBase]

You know, I love this guy. Persistent enough to comment on numerous obcure Styx videos, maplpropistically bashing on the band as if he's the all knowing rock guru, yet irrational enough to defend himself when rebuked, as if he was bequeathed a great horror. By the way: Do you know what malpropistically means?

[@stevewilson20]

@txmoney They're good! But did you ever hear Michael Sadler, Peter Hammill, Peter Gabriel, Greg Lake and Jon Anderson?

[@Zen_Tiago]

es dennis de young, no james young , estas equivocado...que banda mas espectacular.

[@javierarmando09]

esas si eran rolas, no como ahora ke les aprietan un huevo para ke canten!!!

[@thegoodcouncillicios]

Hi Dennis you fucking roooooooooooooooock bro yes siree Bob. James Alfred Rudes Strong the third love ya Dennis.

[@mom369222]

Was dennis DeYoung wearing earplugs to play the piano, or was it something else? I happened to see it when I hit full screen on my computer, so i wondered

[@fraroc]

@vvjm1221 Agree but thats not gonna happen :( as far as I know as of 2003, Tommy Shaw does NOT want anything to do with dennis anymore. Tommy always wanted himself and JY to be frontmen, and in the early 2000s he got what he wanted and dumped dennis to the curb like he's trash!!! Thats just wrong.

[@Texans9517]

Paradise Theatre was the best of times..Kilroy was the worst of times!

[@ikuseisounikiramekuseimeiearth]

✿︎✿︎どうも ありがとう✿︎✿︎ ✿︎✿︎ThanQ very much✿︎✿︎ ☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻

[@rsleister1]

@Hunkola I never saw Dennis or John without curly hair - it's natural, not permed. nfms12 is right, though, everybody else permed their hair in the 80's.

[@Paolo-qe7lc]

Anyone know what that intro is or is it just made up?

[@marhsallkristoff]

State Street Sadie. It ends the paradise theatre album.

[@Paolo-qe7lc]

Skynyrd Nation Thanks! Never knew that.

[@marhsallkristoff]

Of course!!

[@pookie67]

@billybillsonify He's still alive

[@thegoodcouncillicios]

I wish Stewie Griffin was real so I can use his time machine and go to this concert I wanna go so baaad.

[@calculatorboyqwe]

@pookie67 Catch up on your Star Wars facts.

[@thegoodcouncillicios]

I tried copying Dennis's voice it's so freaking hard you guys try and see how it goes I bet you'd have to quit smoking and eat nothin but tofu and ramen for a two months and drink plenty of water.

[@gokuzilla428]

how is that chick in the back rouns

[@damagedone56]

math hoffa brought me here

[@BallofBase]

They shared leads. Get YOUR shit straight.

[@antoniuccio63]

MA qui stonano, tommy shaw si impappina con la chitarra...tra le peggiori (worst performance!) performance di questo gruppo favoloso

[@konge1]

Gotta love it !!