Styx

Starring:Peter Weller, Bryan Brown, Angus Macfadyen, GÃ©rard Rudolf, Spencer Sykes, Ashley Tayler, Terry Norton, George Ballot, Emily Whitefield, Rolanda Marais, Anthony Mo Marais, Pierre Malherbe, AndrÃ© Jacobs, Ivan Lucas, Adrienne Pierce, Bradley Manser, Nan Hamilton, Warrick Grier, Shane Howarth, Shane Wellington
Director: Alex Wright
Studio: Lions Gate
Product Type: DVD

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One with Everything
Starring: Styx , and The Contemporary Youth Orchestra of Cleveland
Manufacturer: Eagle Vision USA
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000JCE3PC
Release Date: 2006-11-21

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For Styx fans, the opportunity to see the band perform with a symphony orchestra is da bomb; for others, it may simply be da bombast. Either way, One With Everything is a spectacle. Of course, the Styx who ruled the AOR airwaves in their '70s-'80s heyday, followed by their ascension to Classic Rock status, has been through some changes in the last several years. In the absence of Dennis DeYoung (which means we are mercifully spared DeYoung-penned hits like "Come Sail Away" and the cloying "Babe"), singer-guitarists Tommy Shaw and James Young have moved up front. Yet the more things change, the more they stay the same, and Styx remains what it always was: a facile, journeyman band, capable of writing some good rock songs ("Blue Collar Man," "Too Much Time on My Hands," "Fooling Yourself"), with a sound that's distinctive but, in the long run, not especially interesting. Still, there's no denying the sheer joy and energy that permeates this May, 2006 concert, both onstage and in the audience. Much of that is due to the presence of the Contemporary Youth Orchestra of Cleveland, an enormous ensemble (115 players and 56 singers) comprised entirely of teenagers. Under the direction of Liza Grossman, these kids are having a blast, and their enthusiasm is infectious, as Shaw, Young, and the other Styx-ters (original bassist Chuck Panozzo sits in on a few tunes) are clearly giving it their all. In fact, it's almost too much; there's a certain shrillness to the group's screeching lead vocals and super-high harmonies that ends up being both exhausting and slightly discomfiting. Not that this will matter to the band's adherents, who should be delighted by a show that's well over two hours long and includes covers of Willie Dixon's "It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)," the Beatles "I Am The Walrus," and Ashford and Simpson's "I Don't Need No Doctor" in addition to Styx's own material. Bonus features include a couple of new Christmas songs, interviews, and more. --Sam Graham

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Styx are one of the most successful AOR bands of all time with worldwide album sales in the millions. On May 25, 2006 they took the stage in Cleveland for a new venture accompanied by the 115 piece Contemporary Youth Orchestra and a 60 member chorus. With a set list that combined Styx classics, new songs and cover versions this was a truly unique event.

TRACKLISTING 1. Blue Collar Man 2. Lorelei 3. One With Everything 4. It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace) 5. Can't Find My Way Home 6. I Am The Walrus 7. Just Be 8. Everything All the Time 9. Crystal Ball 10. Miss America 11. Criminal Mind 12. Too Much Time On My Hands 13. Boat on the River 14. I Don't Need No Doctor 15. Medley: Put Me On / Mademoiselle / Heavy Metal Poisoning / Midnight Ride / Sing for the Day / Shooz / Queen of Spades / Great White Hope / Half Penny Two Penny / Borrowed Time / Rockin' the Paradise / Lights / Man in the Wilderness 16. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) 17. Renegade

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"When Dinosaurs Roamed the Stage" might be a good subtitle for this 85-minute concert, which features the likes of Styx, Iron Butterfly, John Kay & Steppenwolf, and other (mostly) '60s and '70s rockers performing in 1999 at Tennessee's Itchycoo Park. Calling them "legends" is a bit of a stretch; for the most part, these are people who had some hits and then disappeared, only to rise again on the rock revival circuit with, in most cases, less than a full complement of original members.

Potentially pathetic, perhaps, but all concerned turn in good, solid performances. Predictable ones, too, but one can hardly expect Grand Funk Railroad's Mark Farner not to play "I'm Your Captain," and the same goes for Firefall and "You Are the Woman," Starship (with Mickey Thomas the only remaining singer from the Jefferson Airplane spinoff's "classic" lineup) and "We Built This City," and on and on. In fairness, some of the performances go beyond the by-the-numbers approach: Kay brings some genuine fire to "Born to Be Wild," and Christopher Cross and his superb band beautifully re-create the smooth groove of "Sailing." --Sam Graham

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In one of the biggest rock & roll events in decades, thousands of people came together at legendary Itchycoo Park in Tennessee for a four-day celebration of great music by some of history's top rock acts. Songs: We Built This City (Starship), Too Much Time on My Hands (Styx), Fooling Yourself (Styx), I'm Your Captain (Mark Farner and Grand Funk Railroad), I'm Getting Closer to My Home (Mark Farner and Grand Funk Railroad), In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly), Magic Carpet Ride (John Kay and Steppenwolf), Born To Be Wild (John Kay and Steppenwolf), Love and Affection (The Nelsons), Get Ready (Rare Earth), You are the Woman [That I Always Dreamed Of] (Firefall), Sailing (Christopher Cross), Arthur's Theme [The Best That You Can Do] (Christopher Cross), Somebody to Love (Starship), Fooled Around and Fell in Love (Starship). 85 minutes.

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Starring: Lynyrd Skynyrd , and Styx
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