Styx - Pieces Of Eight/Aku Aku

[@tsakia7720]

This is honestly one of Styx's best songs

[@UFOROX]

This album probably saved my life!

[@voxxpopulisuxx]

Wow I am so back in my lonely bedroom listening to this on vinyl in headphones forgetting all the blackness that was in the rest of the house. Thank you Styx! f*&K the haters

[@bonitadiablo]

Omg! I so related to this post lol! Thanks!

[@Camelepiz]

God bless you

[@onehundredstocks]

Styx in my mind will always be Dennis DeYoung, Chuck and the late John Panozzo, James Young and Tommy Shaw. Forever a band of Superstars.

[@brianfugate2822]

I miss the days when you could turn your radio on and actually hear new music by the bands you loved. Those days are long gone ☹️

[@onehundredstocks]

@@brianfugate2822 Thank you for the reply

[@tsitracommunications2884]

Lawrence and dennis would be shoo ins for celebrity deathmatch

[@DrakeCrosland]

Same here. Thanks for sharing.

[@DrakeCrosland]

@@brianfugate2822 I miss them too.

[@r.giskardreventlov2268]

My mom bought me this album for Christmas 1978. Thanks again mom!

[@I_Fight_Instacart]

My sister bought it for me. I was seven.

[@govetter]

Back in Cali in the 70's My School Bus driver had Speakers all over! Riding to school with Freddy Mercury singing I LOVE MY CAR! 100% Fun memories!

[@govetter]

@@I_Fight_Instacart How many years did it take to Truely Understand?

[@TruthSurge]

A great tune from the best Styx album.

[@jesss3725]

Grand Illusion was incredible too. 11 years ago.... Truthsurge....Sigh....l

[@TruthSurge]

@@jesss3725 time flies....

[@everybodys_mr._bad_guy]

grand illusion might have been the best but pieces of eight will always be my favorite

[@tsitracommunications2884]

@@everybodys_mr._bad_guy mine to

[@gregcampbell4315]

This song and Suite Madam Blue, pretty much sums up America today. A country more interested in being a police state to the rest of the world, rather than being a light of integrity for them. A country more interested in buying the next generation of smartphones, rather than getting to know your next door neighbor. Styx saw it back then. Yet, most people still vote for the same politicians that have the same negative attributes as they do. WE, THE CONSUMER!!!

[@lisa5966]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@jesss3725]

We democracies have gotta be a police state to others lest authoritarians take over. But these days are not about all that. There’s an evil radical conservative movement threatening our very America and democracy worldwide. It AIN’T freakin “trump hating liberals” destroying America and threatening other democratic countries. It’s the elite republicans and their Russian bedbuddies. Power and money. Pieces of Eight.

[@deancaron988]

You are so right!

[@ruztymarine8315]

Man cannot serve money and Faith in humanity/Creation at the same time, Yes.

[@JudgeMatty]

Pfffffft. Did you send this comment via smoke signal? Or did you type it on your smartphone? Besides, if you're so anti-consumerist, swap in The Grand Illusion for Suite Madam Blue.

[@earnhardt3613]

1978 What a year i was a junior in high school............WHAT GREAT TIME'S.................I MISS THEM !!!!

[@tommyzworld1]

Was, still, and ALWAYS WILL BE one of history's most "timeless" bands to EVER exist!! THERE WILL BE NO EQUAL!! STYX STANDS ALONE!! PERIOD!!!

[@tsitracommunications2884]

And as americas first progressive rock band

[@Katyusha_Varenik]

I absolutely love the tempo change with the bass, piano, and synth.

[@LedHed65]

My dad bought me this 8-track for my 15th b-day...One of their best albums for sure!!!!

[@lewishotchkiss2476]

Go 8 tracks!!

[@anakina1]

Dennis has the best vocals. When he extends a note it just has a quality about it. Styx harmonies are so unique as well. Great band.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

So do tommy and james

[@Slickmickyoyo97]

RIP John! What an underrated sticksman, always played exactly what needed to be played exactly when it needed to be played.

[@clamshell6863]

He was a kicksass drummer for sure. Sad he died so young.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

@@clamshell6863 and his bro chuck is with hiv

[@onehundredstocks]

Thank You Dennis DeYoung for your words and music! Thank you Tommy Shaw for your Music: Also; Thank you too Chuck and the late John Panozzo and James Young whom together put this great song and great instrumental together! Styx, forever a Super Star Band!

[@mattvoyles3377]

Major freaking good memories mid to late 70’s!

[@slamhambert]

One of the concert's I'll never forget.. Detroit Cobo Arena 1978

[@TrapDaddy65]

On a related note: Subdivisions (Rush) was on the car radio last weekend. My 14-year-old was just staring at the speakers. When it was over he sadly said, "They don't make music like this today."

[@MusicMeanderings]

Wow, those trademark Styx vocal harmonies are amazing!

[@caseman1967]

The Aku Aku has no end. Sadness and Hope in the notes. When I die, hopefully many many many years from now, I can keep Aku Aku in my head. Such a drifting tune.

[@danielesteban5448]

I'm agree

[@MrDavidh1111]

Styx was a great band. Grand Illusion and Pieces are my favorites

[@MrDevilman67]

awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee song ! omg been a fan of this band since 77 styx!!!

[@pmar27]

Was privileged to see them in concert three times. 77 in a small venue. 82 in an arena. 2012 outdoors. They are phenomenal musicians and seeing them perform this defined the word 'epic'. I get goosebumps every time I hear it.

[@georgebickford9699]

I love the way it flows into "Aku-Aku".

[@tristanyoung3632]

Yea, I agree. There's something about that final piano run and low/high note with the Synth note connecting the two pieces. That's already emotionally satisfying, but then that beautiful clean guitar comes in over the Synth note at the beginning of "Aku Aku," and it's like the cherry on top. I get lost in this every time. 😍💪🎵

[@tsitracommunications2884]

@@tristanyoung3632 aku aku..........Aku aku

[@maxpin63]

Man........thats so great to hear this Band! I love Styx since over 35years..... Unbeatable

[@jpasinc]

I lived in Hawaii for 4 years while in the Navy. Use to wear this tape out on the flight over from the main land whenever I use to travel back to the islands from the holidays. Now when I listen to it..it reminds me of a great time in life....the calming melody and looking at the turquois water as you fly into Honolulu Airport....great song. Thanks for the post.

[@johnmcindoe2604]

How can you hate on a album of phiolosy barking the Hobbit

[@johnmcindoe2604]

Google amu

[@karenperkins696]

Thank you for your service. I love Styx, too. Got me through good times and bad!

[@solvingpolitics3172]

jpasinc Thank you for your service. My new KZbin channel is pro vet. You always have a home there!

[@mallenjm252]

Thank you for your service!

[@orses4corses]

Best track on the album. This is Styx!

[@luckyyyffa1494]

Stop it, get some help

[@cockhammer09]

agreed. Hope and grace to our future generations, or else it will be no less mean than the long past medieval times, which were quite unpleasant and dark.......

[@tomsmolen4490]

I always liked Blue Collar Man and Queen of Spades back when the record came out. I don't choose a favorite any more. It's all good!

[@jesss3725]

Got the spirit of your comment, but there were SO many great tracks on PO8 😎

[@squonk86]

I wouldn't say the best track but it's right up there I'm going with Queen of Spades then Pieces of Eight.

[@LyricLover]

My "Album of the Day, Song of the Day".. Hands down my fave Styx album! The lyrics are deep and composition is a story in itself. This song still applies in today's world. We still feel this way, long after the 70s. Speaks volumes. Sing along! ☮♥♫♩♪♫♬

[@rubicon1983]

My gosh I love this song. Brings tears to my eyes. So captures the state of our society today.

[@yahoomountaindo]

This was one of my first Reel to Reel to tapes....played through the Marantz system and Pioneer Reel to Reel that I saved everything I made for a year as a high school student.

[@johnpfister7876]

I bought this album 1978, as a (very) young man - unfortunately, one cannot find music like this today.

[@lisa-dawnbaker5402]

I so love how Aku, Aku just flows right in after Pieces of Eight. Very kewl!

[@lennypatti407]

This album helped me get thru alot of challenging times as a teenager. Dennis DeYoung is forever the soul of Styx

[@mawwentz]

still know all the words....sing it in my head all the time when ever I hear it's 6 o clock......sets me off every time...gotta finish the lyric line!

[@TheChef470]

This is my medication to calm my soul.....I love these guys

[@bonitadiablo]

I remember hearing AKU when I bought the album, I was so taken I took a city bus to the public library to see what or who AKU was lol Loved Styx then and love Styx now and forever. They had such amazing lyrics, what talented storytellers, vocalists and musicians they are.

[@ipman3564]

....another Example of the Talent and Voice of DDY. Just---Wow..!

[@whofarded]

To my brother Allen, I love you brother and I one day we shall meet again, until then - Aku Aku

[@waldemarpolewacz3772]

Fenomenalna płyta , najlepszy utwór :))))

[@altemailuser]

This song made me feel so euphoric. One of my favs to this day.

[@starbond6]

These guys actually played for my dad's 8th grade grad party back in 1968 when they were known as TW4

[@rubicon1983]

DeYoung hit it out of the park with this one. I fucking love this tune.

[@lolaflores5388]

By the way, to this poster, thanks for NOT being lame by posting both of these songs together...They belong together! :) THANKS!!!

[@Adventurestud]

I can't decide. So MANY great albums, So many great memories. I'm just glad to have had the opportunity to hear such wonderful and magical songs in my lifetime. Thank you Styx for being there,

[@lisa-dawnbaker5402]

This is my "chill pill song"...when I'm stressed and need to relax!!!! Works everytime!

[@michaelharned8741]

Pieces of eight was the best album by styx

[@tsitracommunications2884]

Ditto

[@Strik9]

5:55 What a band!!! They were all kickass musicians and their harmony is awsome!!! I can still smell the album cover and vinyl 😊

[@davidgabbitas9288]

Saw them 1980 at Wembley arena London U.K. absolutely superb

[@TheTrail1978]

Beautiful song!! Listen to that voice!!

[@luckyyyffa1494]

Lee Williams Stahp it, Get some help

[@m2mbol4]

So much influence from Kansas. Great song

[@jamesdean5191]

The love of money , is the root of all evil.

[@Tsnore]

Dennis had it in perspective, but the other two performing Styx dudes?

[@mariodefazio1653]

that is not what the Bible says. It says the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.

[@RIXRADvidz]

Your Love of Money is the Easiest Way to Manipulate You

[@henryrobinson3820]

In reality just a tool like a tire iron or a screwdriver, but the effect on the imagination ranks up there with the worst of ancient tribal god.

[@mmasque2052]

The actual quote is “the want of money is the root of all evil.” It’s not the living of money, rather the desiring of it.

[@mariopalos9238]

This song was arranged so beautifully, so triumphantly.

[@soxfunny98]

I grew up with this band. Played at the 'Corral' at Lyons Townshio High School when they were just starting. Awesome. I wish Music was still like this!

[@mariopalos9238]

Such beautiful songwriting.

[@12345wiggles]

this song rocks i love it

[@ctmjmj]

One of my fav. songs by a fantastic and talented band from Chicago! :)

[@saurian11]

Aku Aku could go on for another ten minutes longer, and i would love every second of it! Beautiful Instrumental.

[@davids.8144]

Whew! This song just KILLS! awesome political and economic statement too!

[@bonitadiablo]

They were definitely activists with their lyrics!

[@waldemarpolewacz3772]

Miło po latach znowu usłyszeć znajome dzwięki ,choć już nie taka sama fascynacja .....:)

[@YaroSz16]

...jak wstaje słoneczko...i aż do zachodu...i nocą... ...ogromne ciarrrrrrrrrrry, od zawsze...

[@YaroSz16]

Bill Krejci ...means vgood...OK

[@MusicManCormier]

i saw them last month on the grand illusion and pieces of eight tour 2nd row!! it was awesome!!

[@govetter]

Those days when I loved the Guitars filled with the MIDI's! THX!

[@sueslaughing]

When there was so much other garbage getting play on the radio, I had this to escape to sooth my soul.

[@lisabaker320]

I never cried as much as I am now.

[@Jamesdster]

Saw Styx in Columbus, Oh in Oct 2010 and they still sound fantastic!

[@Sherrodja]

Always brings back memories of warm summer nights, parties, motorcycles and the ladies or just mellowed out jamming out to STYX.... good times & good memories.

[@waynemayer2078]

My memories exactly brother!

[@svagrod]

Aku Aku First time, crept slowly to my head now always takes me back to a more friendly place in my life

[@randy12345557]

they were super talented.... just think about the lyrics and the music....beyond any talent

[@kimdepue4660]

so much depth, what a mind!

[@billjetfan]

I loved this back when it came out. LOVED IT! Now.....it sounds SO CHEESY!!!!! The songs by Dennis....fairy cheese!

[@jkoslicki]

this is the best of the best in them days

[@lifeson46]

the best styx track ever....pure bliss...symphonic!

[@Pdilecto]

Saw them in concert last night 13th row EPIC!!!

[@jkoslicki]

what a great band this was many years ago still love the music

[@lisabaker320]

Jeff Bartlett, I will always love you.

[@sheldonwestbrook]

I was in Basic Training when I’m Sailing Away came out - it helped me through the prejudices in the Army at the time

[@revj6271]

Master piece! Best of the best. Rock on.

[@TrapDaddy65]

Wow. Vinyl with those huge, heavy, wonderful headphones! Oh yeah.....

[@davidklein1667]

This is truer now than written...'we now have everything...or so it seems. Now there's emptiness...' On the home look ar all those unhappy millenials...faces blankly staring into their phones.....

[@jamminjim247]

Well put and true.

[@antho9315]

Guitar solo ..awesome !!

[@Zulch100]

My brother bougth this new(back in the day) .Loved STYX from then on..AWESOME!!

[@coolnegative]

something beautifully disjointed about Aku Aku. a sort of boarderline of sanity and melancholy.

[@tonycappiello7801]

love styx great song

[@jawoody9745]

Did this come out in 1979? Aku Aku is the best song on this album. An instrumental!

[@drlock978]

Smoke some more weed.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

78

[@RIUUI007]

I could cry to this song. It's so perfect

[@gdasher]

@briversity They are on tour now playing the Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight albums in their entirety cover-to-cover in order. I just saw them in TN last night and it was terrific!

[@mauricioservente6875]

Con este tema conici a Styx, era la música de un comercial de Lee, por el año 1978 / 1979, de alli lo segui hasta hoy, su musica me ha marcado por siempre

[@alemarco9241]

Qué recuerdos!

[@juanmanuelnaranjoarango8897]

t's six O'clock, good morning sounds are everywhere The warmth of spring, a gentle breeze blows through my hair I hurry through my life never stopping to see How beautiful it was meant to be I'm just a prisoner in a king's disguise Broken dreams as we shuffle by It's six O'clock, it's quitting time I'm done for the day Out on the streets, I overheard a lady say We now have everything, or so people say But now this emptiness haunts me every day We seek the lion's share never knowing why Come alive spread your wings and fly Pieces of eight, the search for the money tree Don't cash your freedoms in for gold Pieces of eight can't buy you everything Don't let it turn your heart to stone Pieces of eight, the search for the money tree Don't cash your freedoms in for gold Pieces of eight, treasures filled with emptiness Don't let it turn your heart to stone Pieces of eight, the search for the money tree Don't cash your freedoms in for gold Pieces of eight, treasures filled with emptiness Don't let it turn your heart to stone

[@myfranky888]

A MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@doyleperkins4916]

"Come ALIVE, SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND FLY..."!

[@hiroo.8014]

エンディングのtommyのguitar soloは,so beautiful!!!!

[@davidbunte8860]

Hello old friend its good to hear you tonight...

[@jkoslicki]

you do not get music as good as this anymore

[@JasonReese1962]

What a recording.

[@chrispafrieddreamaster4085]

Great songs! Ahh the memories jamming in my room as a teenager, and my Dad would walk in &freak me out

[@tl4340]

This is the kind of beautiful rock song DeYoung is so great at writing (Queen of Spades is another great example). He did a lot of the same on One Hundred Years From Now.

[@vicfernandes8063]

I just seen Styx again in Redding .ca August 19, 2018 fucking sick

[@BobP77059]

Very simply, a phenominal song!

[@BasswipeNC]

3:06 - 4:30 is about as good as it gets in rock music.

[@stormshear3722]

to me their best song.. very powerful melody, message and a wide array of emotions created from pure talent. That my friends is real music

[@mallenjm252]

Well folks my friend Norrie sure knows how to pick out the prolific songs We need to hear most right now! #familyiseverything

[@tommybass40]

Over the decades that followed the 1970's music (including rock n roll) was slowly dumbed down until its miserable death in the 00's. We got used to "three-chord monty" bands to the point where it numbed us. True, the corporate controlled state has killed much of the passion and creativity that's needed to produce great and enduring music, and we tend to fall in line with the status quo. However, for those of us old enough, we know what it was like when there was still the magic in music.