" and Shaw added “Mademoiselle" and "Shooz." One year later, the follow-up,The Grand Illusion, broke through primarily on DeYoung’s “Come Sail Away” but Shaw held his own with "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)."
As noted, three of the album’s core songs appear in every Styx show: 1) the title track, “The Grand Illusion,” which is usually the second song performed just about every night and is sung with much aplomb and panache by keyboardist/vocalist Lawrence Gowan; 2) “Fooling Yourself,” ...
late '70s earned at least platinum certification (1976's Crystal Ball, 1977's The Grand Illusion, 1978's Pieces of Eight, and 1979's Cornerstone), and spawned such hit singles and classic rock radio standards as "Come Sail Away," "Renegade," "Blue Collar Man" and "Fooling Yourself.” ...
I thought "Crystal Ball" was an exceptional performance, and other Shaw numbers like "Fooling Yourself" were very energetic. Someone I read complained that the older tunes, which he liked, were handled "with kid gloves instead of with chainsaws as they should be". He wanted more heavy-meta...
‘Too Much Time On My Hands’ and ‘Fooling Yourself’ and a few others, but it’s fun to bring in some others. And ‘Light Up’ is a song of celebration and it’s a fan song people can participate in, and the crowds really responded to us. It succeeded mightily on stage last ...
Ellis and Eric Tannenbaum trading licks quite furiously together during the intro to “Fooling Yourself.” “Oh man — that was the highlight of my 17-year-old self!” Lavinia told me about how it felt playing “It Don’t Make Sense” onstage with Styx. “The solo was a written part...
12. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) (Styx song) 13. Prelude 12 (Styx song) 14. Suite Madame Blue (Styx song) 15. The Best of Times (Styx song) 16. The End (The Beatles cover) Encore: 17. Renegade (Styx song) 18. Come Sail Away (Styx song) ...
10. “Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)” 11. “Come Sail Away” 12. “Mr. Roboto” 13. “Renegade” Foreigner June 11, 2024 Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids Set List 1. “Double Vision” 2. “Head Games” 3. “Cold as Ice” ...
Watch Styx Perform 'Fooling Yourself' in Georgia on June 18, 2021 The members prepped for the tour on their own before that, but, as singer and guitaristTommy Shawtold UCRlast month, "We haven’t all been in the same room to play the music at the same time. We’re dying to get to...
When all is said and done,The Grand Illusionremains the definitive Styx album. It is a master class in the art of packaging art-rock pretensions into radio-conquering hits, as exemplified by its stately title track, the deceptively nuanced “Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man),” rousing...