I hope that someone gets my…
Sometimes coincidence is a funny master. You may remember a few weeks back, at the party for Aunt B, Kate exposed me as a closet Styx fan* — well that very week, Amazon spammed me to mention they were having some sort of $7 or $8 CD sale, and lo and behold it included Kilroy Was Here — so how could I refuse?
Of course if I’m going to do an Amazon buy, I’m going to buy enough to get the free shipping. Luckily, the sale covered a whole slew of A&M titles (Maybe it was a CEMA thing? Is CEMA still around, and is that the right distributor? It’s been a while since my disc slinging days … anyway I think there was A&M, and Mercury, and Island, and a bunch of labels like that which I’m pretty sure were all covered by the same major distributor) so I got Kilroy and Paradise Theater, plus, inspired by Bonnaroo, I nabbed Zenyatta Mondatta and Regatta de Blanc from The Police, all albums whose cassettes I wore out back in the day, and all of which I hadn’t heard in their entirety since those days.
So I’m on a nice nostalgia kick right now. “Regatta” was the perfect background as I fixed myself some tasty vegetarian jambalaya for dinner tonight. Which brings me to the point of all this rambling, which was all just to say — damn I love Message in a Bottle.
Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh
Another lonely day, with no one here but me, oh
More loneliness than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh
I’ve certainly sent out an SOS or two in my time. So far, no answer.
Well, he goes on..
Walked out this morning, don’t believe what I saw
A hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
Seems I’m not alone in being alone
A hundred billion castaways, looking for a home
Welcome to the internet my friend : )
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* You may be wondering how I reconcile my appreciation for Styx with my disdain for Journey? Well, see, Journey is a band that sucks. But Styx is a group of artists painting a complex and nuanced portrait of a band that sucks. I use the same logic to excuse Judas Priest, by the way.
No seriously, I never bought the argument that Styx should be lumped in with Journey and such; their theatrical nature puts them really much more simpatico with someone like Queen. Queen with a lesser singer, but better synth work.
[...] The Police will always be cool, my friend. Now, about that Styx… ehhh… [...]
Absolutely. I can’t believe anyone would classify them with Journey.
I think it’s the “rock-vocalist-who-can-actually-sing” effect. It throws people off : )
Journey:Foreigner::Queen:Styx
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I was at a cabin up around Paris Landing not too long ago and there was a cabin that had a huge sign that said “Styx Fan, Get Over It” on the outside wall. Then I noticed the car had a Styx license plate.
It sort of made me wish I had that much passion about something.
Ha! That’s hysterical. Can’t say I like them THAT much, but hey I’m glad someone does.
Joe I’m not sure how to parse your comment. I would certainly agree Foreigner DOES belong with Journey on the suck side of that equation. I would also include REO Speedwagon and, possibly the most vile of them all, Boston.