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brywool wrote:what a bizarre way for his other keyboard player to play. I've not seen that before.
Tommy Shaw solo tour would be cool.
brywool wrote:what a bizarre way for his other keyboard player to play. I've not seen that before.
Tommy Shaw solo tour would be cool.
Joe From Buffalo wrote:Gowan played a solo show in Belleville, Ont on April 3..here is our review.
http://rockshowcritique.com/2012/04/gowan-rvw/
Joe Vana wrote:Joe From Buffalo wrote:Gowan played a solo show in Belleville, Ont on April 3..here is our review.
http://rockshowcritique.com/2012/04/gowan-rvw/
The mere fact that he does NOT play Styx songs is a tribute to him....ALL the other singers from ALL the other bands who do solo shows after joining acts bigger then them individually always do songs from the bigger band to raise themselves....he did not....I respect that!!
JV
Boomchild wrote:Joe Vana wrote:Joe From Buffalo wrote:Gowan played a solo show in Belleville, Ont on April 3..here is our review.
http://rockshowcritique.com/2012/04/gowan-rvw/
The mere fact that he does NOT play Styx songs is a tribute to him....ALL the other singers from ALL the other bands who do solo shows after joining acts bigger then them individually always do songs from the bigger band to raise themselves....he did not....I respect that!!
JV
Why would he? He had nothing to do with the creation of the songs he performs in Styx. If he did that would look pretty silly.
Monker wrote:
The truth is Gowan has enough good solo material that he doesn't need Styx songs.
pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:
The truth is Gowan has enough good solo material that he doesn't need Styx songs.
Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! The difference is that Arnel and August CAN sing other people's music
gr8dane wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:
The truth is Gowan has enough good solo material that he doesn't need Styx songs.
Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! The difference is that Arnel and August CAN sing other people's music
Funny.I think August sounds more like Gowan than Tommy.
pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:
The truth is Gowan has enough good solo material that he doesn't need Styx songs.
Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! The difference is that Arnel and August CAN sing other people's music
Monker wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:
The truth is Gowan has enough good solo material that he doesn't need Styx songs.
Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! The difference is that Arnel and August CAN sing other people's music
No, the difference is that neither August nor Arnel have any solo music the public cares about. Gowan has plenty that he can tour Canada with. THAT is the difference.
pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:
The truth is Gowan has enough good solo material that he doesn't need Styx songs.
Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! The difference is that Arnel and August CAN sing other people's music
Everett wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:
The truth is Gowan has enough good solo material that he doesn't need Styx songs.
Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! The difference is that Arnel and August CAN sing other people's music
You really think arnel can sing? Oy.
pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:
The truth is Gowan has enough good solo material that he doesn't need Styx songs.
Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! The difference is that Arnel and August CAN sing other people's music
No, the difference is that neither August nor Arnel have any solo music the public cares about. Gowan has plenty that he can tour Canada with. THAT is the difference.
That's pretty much all who cares about his solo career
pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Everett wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:
The truth is Gowan has enough good solo material that he doesn't need Styx songs.
Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! The difference is that Arnel and August CAN sing other people's music
You really think arnel can sing? Oy.
Better than Gowan
And BTW, I do fault Arnel for sounding TOO much like Steve Perry, at least Gowan isn't trying to sound anything much like Dennis
Monker wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:
The truth is Gowan has enough good solo material that he doesn't need Styx songs.
Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! The difference is that Arnel and August CAN sing other people's music
No, the difference is that neither August nor Arnel have any solo music the public cares about. Gowan has plenty that he can tour Canada with. THAT is the difference.
That's pretty much all who cares about his solo career
How long would a Tommy Shaw or JY show of original solo material that people actually gave a damn about?
And, in the US, Dennis has to perform a Styx show rather then a solo because even fewer people care about it.
Monker wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:
The truth is Gowan has enough good solo material that he doesn't need Styx songs.
Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! The difference is that Arnel and August CAN sing other people's music
No, the difference is that neither August nor Arnel have any solo music the public cares about. Gowan has plenty that he can tour Canada with. THAT is the difference.
That's pretty much all who cares about his solo career
And, in the US, Dennis has to perform a Styx show rather then a solo because even fewer people care about it.
Monker wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Everett wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:
The truth is Gowan has enough good solo material that he doesn't need Styx songs.
Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! The difference is that Arnel and August CAN sing other people's music
You really think arnel can sing? Oy.
Better than Gowan
And BTW, I do fault Arnel for sounding TOO much like Steve Perry, at least Gowan isn't trying to sound anything much like Dennis
But, you fault Gowan anyway by the constant critique. You complain when he's in Styx and you complain when he's not. For what end? To satisfy some type of jealousy or envy that he's a successful musician? Is it some kinda forum thrill that you get by doing it and get the old fights trolled up? Do you want to be in the 'in' crowd because you didn't always do this.
pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Everett wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:
The truth is Gowan has enough good solo material that he doesn't need Styx songs.
Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! The difference is that Arnel and August CAN sing other people's music
You really think arnel can sing? Oy.
Better than Gowan
And BTW, I do fault Arnel for sounding TOO much like Steve Perry, at least Gowan isn't trying to sound anything much like Dennis
But, you fault Gowan anyway by the constant critique. You complain when he's in Styx and you complain when he's not. For what end? To satisfy some type of jealousy or envy that he's a successful musician? Is it some kinda forum thrill that you get by doing it and get the old fights trolled up? Do you want to be in the 'in' crowd because you didn't always do this.
Get this, I do like a few of Gowan's songs, but his voice is just not suited to sing Dennis' songs. I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't by you because of your obvious slant against Dennis if I make a critique against Gowan. Gowan is only a successful musician in Canada, that's it. No jealousy there, as a matter of fact, I don't give two shits about him otherwise.
yogi wrote:Gowan is also HUGE in Malaysia, Denmark & Cuba. Ozzie Guillien and Fidel Castro both sat front & center for 2 of 4 sold out shows back in 1988.
In Gowan's hayday( Mr. Ed reference) he sold out 5 shows in the Tropic of Cancer in less than 8 hours and this was before ticketmaster!!!
P.S. What is even more impressive is you ougth to see him on that spinning keyboard while smoking a Cuban fatty.
pinkfloyd1973 wrote:And you don't think he has the right to bill himself with the Music of Styx?
Gowan doesn't have that right
I'd rather see a Dennis show where he changes it up a bit every so often (i.e. "Lost Treasures" and his acoustic shows as well as the ones he did with an orchestra) than the same old boring monotonous "Rock Shows" that Styx does with other bands
pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Everett wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:Monker wrote:
The truth is Gowan has enough good solo material that he doesn't need Styx songs.
Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! The difference is that Arnel and August CAN sing other people's music
You really think arnel can sing? Oy.
Better than Gowan
And BTW, I do fault Arnel for sounding TOO much like Steve Perry, at least Gowan isn't trying to sound anything much like Dennis
But, you fault Gowan anyway by the constant critique. You complain when he's in Styx and you complain when he's not. For what end? To satisfy some type of jealousy or envy that he's a successful musician? Is it some kinda forum thrill that you get by doing it and get the old fights trolled up? Do you want to be in the 'in' crowd because you didn't always do this.
Get this, I do like a few of Gowan's songs, but his voice is just not suited to sing Dennis' songs. I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't by you because of your obvious slant against Dennis if I make a critique against Gowan. Gowan is only a successful musician in Canada, that's it. No jealousy there, as a matter of fact, I don't give two shits about him otherwise.
Monker wrote:pinkfloyd1973 wrote:And you don't think he has the right to bill himself with the Music of Styx?
I have NEVER said that he didn't have the 'right'.
I have said, consistently, that he can't bill himself as a solo act and perform a solo set because not enough people want to see it. The reason he is touring as "...the music Styx" is because STYX is what people want to hear, not "Dennis DeYoung" obscure solo songs.Gowan doesn't have that right
Unlike Dennis, Gowan doesn't have to rely on Styx songs to have a solo tour.I'd rather see a Dennis show where he changes it up a bit every so often (i.e. "Lost Treasures" and his acoustic shows as well as the ones he did with an orchestra) than the same old boring monotonous "Rock Shows" that Styx does with other bands
Stop pretending. He hardly ever does those shows any longer. How many years has it been since an orchestra show or a "Lost Treasures" show? The 'norm' is his "same old monotonous " version of Styx that changes about as much as Styx.
Monker wrote:Unlike Dennis, Gowan doesn't have to rely on Styx songs to have a solo tour.
Joe Vana wrote:Joe From Buffalo wrote:Gowan played a solo show in Belleville, Ont on April 3..here is our review.
http://rockshowcritique.com/2012/04/gowan-rvw/
The mere fact that he does NOT play Styx songs is a tribute to him....ALL the other singers from ALL the other bands who do solo shows after joining acts bigger then them individually always do songs from the bigger band to raise themselves....he did not....I respect that!!
JV
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