tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post7268361487228035011..comments2024-01-03T06:43:38.824-05:00Comments on Awesomely Bad Lyrics: Styx -- "Come Sail Away"BLBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05773790264332454318noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-77394742956512689432018-05-03T22:30:56.503-04:002018-05-03T22:30:56.503-04:00Things come in multiples. Remember this as it happ...Things come in multiples. Remember this as it happens more often than not, particularly in music and entertainment. When someone creates 'something unique', there will be many copies of it in many forms. When 'Come Sail Away' was released in 1977, it was released the same year as the Carpenter's cover of Klaatu's 1976 song 'Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft'. Because both the Carpenter's song version and Styx's song came out the same year, I have to assume that these versions didn't influence one another. Instead, Styx's 'Come Sail Away' was likely influenced by Klaatu's version of 'Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft' released in 1976. In fact, Dennis DeYoung may have even been a fan of Klaatu and likely of that song's message. In fact, there were many bands at this time that had a takeoff of the traveling in space idea including E.L.O.'s 'Out of the Blue' and Boston's first album.<br /><br />Hence, my guess is that the last line in Styx's 'Come Sail Away' was intended as Dennis DeYoung's nod to the song 'Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft' and the general 'space craze' that developed around the release both Star Wars and, more likely, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01163810019375458904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-78508795559508230002013-07-18T17:32:20.658-04:002013-07-18T17:32:20.658-04:00I still want to know how they get what is probably...I still want to know how they get what is probably the coolest guitar sound of all time when they come out of the synth solo before the final verse. Impossible to replicate. Sounds like they're playing metal on metal with that lead guitar.verclearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00344594871109224340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-87469952587512205212009-10-09T12:38:13.392-04:002009-10-09T12:38:13.392-04:00As a sailor (of the sailboat variety), you use &qu...As a sailor (of the sailboat variety), you use "permission to come aboard" to step onto someone's boat (since you can't very well knock or ring the doorbell), that is why that phrase is added - he's giving "official" permission to board his vessel (ok, take vessel anyway you want it lol)<br />Lost at SeaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-34178837290232868152009-09-18T23:52:51.535-04:002009-09-18T23:52:51.535-04:00Personally, when I am all alone and thinking how s...Personally, when I am all alone and thinking how sad my life has been, I turn on Mr. Roboto and just feel better emotionally. I connect with the song, it makes me feel sssoooo alive. Styx RULE. This blog RULES and I check it every day, play my old 8-tracks and BLB, I am gay too so maybe we could get together. You sound hot actually. I think you are smart and informed and just cool.<br /><br />I believe in keeping things real and up front, so could you maybe, like a midget? (That is why I like Mr. Roboto so much, he is short, like me). Blog back, right away.<br /><br />TimmyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-23786537682736512932009-09-18T23:49:05.170-04:002009-09-18T23:49:05.170-04:00I am a man and I like men, Blue collar men!!!I am a man and I like men, Blue collar men!!!BLBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-63158489112034045702009-09-18T23:46:54.253-04:002009-09-18T23:46:54.253-04:00Again I say Blogging is SUPER GAY!!
I wanted to te...Again I say Blogging is SUPER GAY!!<br />I wanted to tell you all what BLB stands for!<br />"Blogging Licks Butt"BLBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-48409003989877647752009-09-18T21:36:33.227-04:002009-09-18T21:36:33.227-04:00Yeah, I don't think the refrain will ever leav...Yeah, I don't think the refrain will ever leave my head. Someone got a used copy of the greatest hits, and every time we drive anywhere together, "Come Sail Away" must be blasted. I'm sure my neighbors are thrilled. I'm trying to shift us to "Renegade" or "Blue Collar Man," but at least it's not "Mr. Roboto" (or "Babe"--gah!).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272671733125279658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-80158048317059037272009-09-18T17:26:49.468-04:002009-09-18T17:26:49.468-04:00it's possible to be on a "Come Sail Away&...it's possible to be on a "Come Sail Away" kick for an entire month??? i want to hang out with your friends.BLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05773790264332454318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-81943855892909670132009-09-17T22:24:17.413-04:002009-09-17T22:24:17.413-04:00Get out of my head! My friends have been on a &quo...Get out of my head! My friends have been on a "Come Sail Away" kick all month, and I've been grumbling about the idiocy of "on board I'm the captain, so climb aboard."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272671733125279658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-88407849365759503052009-09-14T23:52:49.556-04:002009-09-14T23:52:49.556-04:00Thanks to Emma & Peter! This entry was classic...Thanks to Emma & Peter! This entry was classic...space travel tag and all.mad4bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11450865329559877893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-54255963496457743142009-09-08T14:44:17.399-04:002009-09-08T14:44:17.399-04:00Styx fans, lol. What's hilarze about you '...Styx fans, lol. What's hilarze about you 'tards is you don't even realize that BLB probably LIKES most of the music he makes fun of. He's just intelligent enough to see the humor in it, and he doesn't take it so seriously that he's afraid to address it.<br /><br />There are people on the internet getting angry because Styx is being mocked. This both entertains and sadddens me.pinstripebindihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514323249170094419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-82325910806276399402009-09-07T12:02:24.093-04:002009-09-07T12:02:24.093-04:00was at elkhorn last night, in the grand stands. no...was at elkhorn last night, in the grand stands. not one pretty girl in site RHONDA!!! The only one pretty was the lead singer of the band! You were probably the chick just waiting for him to sing "babe" to you because you got stood up at your prom... sucks to be you. Actually, were you the chick who was at their 1,000th show last night? loser with a capital "L"Styxwannabenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-23713408515223199002009-09-06T13:38:01.827-04:002009-09-06T13:38:01.827-04:00Um, I'm totally a chick also and I wanted to s...Um, I'm totally a chick also and I wanted to say that nature kinda sucks and you should probably spend more time rocking out to great bands like Styx, you never know when you're gonna meet a really great chick like me at the county fair, some of us even have all of our teeth!<br /><br />Oh, and Elkhorn rules your face!! So stop talking bad about the Wisc!!!Rhondanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-39930918116333361152009-09-06T13:18:37.972-04:002009-09-06T13:18:37.972-04:00hey boys, just a thought today, "Come Sail Aw...hey boys, just a thought today, "Come Sail Away" should be "Cum Sail Away"!!! ha ha haSlow ride Sallynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-8129196993554434502009-09-05T15:49:38.381-04:002009-09-05T15:49:38.381-04:00The Google logo today incorporates a spaceship abd...The Google logo today incorporates a spaceship abducting its second "O." I was kind of hoping that it would link to this post.BLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05773790264332454318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-42892069191474015492009-09-05T14:30:10.199-04:002009-09-05T14:30:10.199-04:00Wow, I thought I knew what this song was about, bu...Wow, I thought I knew what this song was about, but somehow had always missed that final twist. Thanks BLB!<br /><br />Thanks also to "Anonymous" for suggesting a new way to masturbate. It seems kind of silly that I had never thought of it before, but obviously a mouse + Dennis DeYoung fantasies = erotic pleasures the likes of which I've never known. You probably go through a lot of mouses that way, but clearly it's worth it.jfruhhttp://joshreads.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-15327489307325280172009-09-05T12:29:55.598-04:002009-09-05T12:29:55.598-04:00everyone is banned from this site forevereveryone is banned from this site foreverBLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05773790264332454318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-88163035727803999792009-09-05T10:17:31.395-04:002009-09-05T10:17:31.395-04:00i'm a chick and you guys are the losers who di...i'm a chick and you guys are the losers who didn't get asked to prom in the 80's when you all stayed home to cry at the song "babe" cuz you had nobody to love... start a new hobby like hiking! get out in nature and forget about your bad high school days...Slow ride Sallynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-83157210315858095492009-09-05T10:13:50.947-04:002009-09-05T10:13:50.947-04:00Blogging is super gay!!!!
I'm with "Anony...Blogging is super gay!!!!<br />I'm with "Anonymous"SillyBobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-5225721430235578882009-09-05T10:10:48.348-04:002009-09-05T10:10:48.348-04:00Your a total loser. I like Styx and will be going ...Your a total loser. I like Styx and will be going to see them Sunday in Elkhorn. I bumped into your blog looking for the time and date. I'm guessing that you did not "cut and paste" those lyrics, you probably recalled them from memory while wasting hours writing when you could be out doing something truly productive like picking up chicks! Do you have a crush on Dennis DeYoung and rub your mouse on your wiener while thinking of him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-28789798249091722302009-09-05T02:50:14.150-04:002009-09-05T02:50:14.150-04:00Didn't Styx also do "Mr. Roboto"? W...Didn't Styx also do "Mr. Roboto"? With the whole... "I'm going to tell you who I am now... I'm Kilroy! Kilroy! ...Kilroy." thing (and I'm sure I got that wrong) I think it's safe to say Styx enjoys screwing up catchy songs right at the end.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562018006603476361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655723944110190829.post-45310690125454475342009-09-04T19:19:50.122-04:002009-09-04T19:19:50.122-04:00Kind of bummed now that I'm not in or around B...Kind of bummed now that I'm not in or around Bismarck.BLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05773790264332454318noreply@blogger.com