Styx in Metro Park

[fsu813]

Starry Nights concerts return in April to Metro Park with Styx, 'Wicked' star

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto.

Starry Nights, the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra's outdoor concert series, returns this spring with two shows at Metropolitan Park.

Styx is scheduled to play with the symphony on Saturday, April 10, and Broadway performer Idina Menzel is slated for Saturday, April 24.

Starry Nights was a long-running series, where the symphony would welcome guests for outdoor performances, but the series was discontinued. It was to resume last May with a performance by country star Leann Rimes, but Rimes had to cancel due to throat problems.

Styx came out of Chicago to become one of the biggest bands in rock music in the late 1970s and early '80s. "Blue Collar Man," "Renegade," "Fooling Yourself," "Crystal Ball" and "Come Sail Away" are still staples of classic rock radio.

Menzel won a Tony Award for her portrayal of Elphaba in the Broadway hit "Wicked." She also has an album, "I Stand," and is scheduled to appear this spring on "Glee."

Tickets for both shows go on sale today through www. makeascenedowntown.com or by phone at (904) 354-5547. Tickets are $15 on the lawn, $35 for "preferred seating" and $50 for "VIP table seating."

http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/music/2010-03-04/story/starry_nights_concerts_return_in_april_to_metro_park_with_styx_

[fsu813]

they have, like, 2 good songs.

[Miss Fixit]

How does Jacksonville always manage to score the absolute worst of the 70s and 80s bands for these events?  Idina Menzel is a positive change from the Metropolitan Park norm, however.

[77danj7]

Menzel was phenomenal in Wicked

[copperfiend]

How does Jacksonville always manage to score the absolute worst of the 70s and 80s bands for these events?

Because most of them sell well I think. Pretty sad.

[tufsu1]

they have, like, 2 good songs.

Their Greatest Hits album might say otherwise

[JaxNative68]

just because a song shows up on a greatest hits album doesn't mean it is a good song, but then again it is in the eyes (ears) of the beholder.

[copperfiend]

just because a song shows up on a greatest hits album doesn't mean it is a good song

Ray Parker Jr's Greatest Hits says otherwise.

[tufsu1]

just because a song shows up on a greatest hits album doesn't mean it is a good song, but then again it is in the eyes (ears) of the beholder.

exactly my point...I liked Styx quite a bit in the early 1980s

[JaxNative68]

^^ OH COME ON NOW!!!!!!  Your going to discredit Lady "95?

[copperfiend]

I liked Renegade as a drinking song when I was in college.

[JaxNative68]

I have to admit, although I hate to, Styx Paradise Theater was one of my first albums, or maybe it was 8-track, I purchased (as I hang my head in shame at my admission)

[subro]

Is there a FAQ on the site that shows how to embed videos in a post?

Regardless, nothing beats Cartman singing Come Sail Away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOWK7Tam01M

I can't listen to the original anymore.

[Miss Fixit]

I have to admit, although I hate to, Styx Paradise Theater was one of my first albums, or maybe it was 8-track, I purchased (as I hang my head in shame at my admission)

I'm with you - and think I still HAVE that album somewhere.  I did like Too Much Time on My Hands back in those days.

Stephen - Babe? - Really?  Yuck.

[Wacca Pilatka]

Regardless, nothing beats Cartman singing Come Sail Away.

What about Cartman singing "I Don't Want To Wait" with modified lyrics about his Trapper Keeper?