Styx, "Come Sail Away" (1977) A&M Styx, "Come Sail Away" (1977) Sort of like a time-capsule for Styx's schizophrenic original era, "Come Sail Away" has it all: An opening segment focused on Dennis DeYoung’s Broadway-style affectations then a blast of J.Y.-fueled proto-arena roc...
Styx, "Come Sail Away" (1977) A&M Styx, "Come Sail Away" (1977) Sort of like a time-capsule for Styx's schizophrenic original era, "Come Sail Away" has it all: An opening segment focused on Dennis DeYoung’s Broadway-style affectations then a blast of J.Y.-fueled proto-arena roc...
“We had the line ‘I heard you on the wireless back in ’52’ for ages before I came up with ‘Lying awake intent at tuning into you,’" Horn recalled years later toThe Guardian. “I wrote most of the other lyrics, such as ‘They took the credit for your second symphony, rewritte...
“We had the line ‘I heard you on the wireless back in ’52’ for ages before I came up with ‘Lying awake intent at tuning into you,’" Horn recalled years later toThe Guardian. “I wrote most of the other lyrics, such as ‘They took the credit for your second symphony, rewritte...
“We had the line ‘I heard you on the wireless back in ’52’ for ages before I came up with ‘Lying awake intent at tuning into you,’" Horn recalled years later toThe Guardian. “I wrote most of the other lyrics, such as ‘They took the credit for your second symphony, rewritte...
He sang, “I don’t want your war machine” and he’s saying, “I could put in the lyrics about the ghetto scene, the war machine.” I said, “Put it in and make it rhyme.” For me and Burton, it was a crowning achievement, because it was a one-riff song. Some of our ...