Line #8 YMMV/Styx - TV Tropes


1	* {{Anvilicious}}:
2	** ''Kilroy Was Here'', especially the "Caught in the Act" video. At least JY and the Pannozzos seem to be enjoying what they may have thought of as HamAndCheese.
3	** Also, a lot of the songs on ''The Grand Illusion'' and ''Pieces of Eight''.
4	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Pretty much all of it, but special mentions to "Mr. Roboto", "Renegade", and "Come Sail Away".
5	* CriticalDissonance: Among the most famous in music history: Critics ''loathed'' Styx throughout their entire career and to this day have never truly softened their opinion on them. That said, the band's success is due to their fans alone, who were enough to get the records going several times platinum.
6	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The band is particularly popular in Puerto Rico for some reason.
7	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The band's only US #1 single, "Babe", was originally written by Dennis [=DeYoung=] as a birthday present for his wife Suzanne. The band liked it and convinced Dennis to include it in the album ''Cornerstone''.
8	* HilariousInHindsight: Just try listening to "Mr. Roboto" now, while disregarding the BadFuture rock opera's storyline, and considering the basic stifled-human-or-mindless-bot uncertainty it centers on. Then consider that, for all the singer's protests that they ''are'' human, the name revealed at the end became well-known as a graffiti tag, i.e. a generic alias. It's actually the perfect song for ''internet trolls''!
9	** Speaking of "Mr. Roboto", one of the lyrics reads "The time has come at last, to throw away this mask". Flash forward to 2017, and [[VideoGame/Persona5 a certain JRPG seems to take that to heart]].
10	* MemeticMutation: [[LargeHam DOMO ARIGATO, MR. ROBOTO.]] [[GratuitousJapanese MATA AU HI MADE!]]
11	* NarmCharm:
12	** "Babe" is about as saccharine and soggy as a '70s soft rock song can sound, but damn if it's not still romantic as heck.
13	** "Mr. Roboto" is ridiculous through and through, and that's why people love it.
14	* RetroactiveRecognition: Given his reputation for [[AwesomenessIsVolatile things in his films exploding]] these days, you might be surprised to find out the director of the music video for "Show Me the Way" was Creator/MichaelBay.
15	** Mr. Roboto was designed by a then-unknown Creator/StanWinston.
16	* ProductionRelatedPeriodPiece: "Mr. Roboto", which tells part of the story of Robert Orin Charles Kilroy from ''Music/KilroyWasHere''. When you hear the song separate from the album, the lyrics make less sense than they're supposed to without the rest of the songs and the liner notes to explain them.
17	* SignatureSong: Usually comes down to a four-way split between "Come Sail Away", "Blue Collar Man", "Renegade", and "Mr. Roboto".
18	* TearJerker: "Show Me The Way" on the ''Return to Paradise'' tour. At the end, an image of drummer John Panozzo, who had just died, came up on the screen. The caption read: "John Panozzo--Rockin' in Paradise," followed by his birth and death years.
19	** "Babe" and "She Cares" can both be this, or TearsOfJoy.
20	** "Dear John" is a tearful requiem for John Panozzo. The band put away their mutual animosity to record this song shortly after their drummer's death due to a sudden and unexpected heart attack.
21	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: ''Kilroy Was Here'' divided many fans, due to its more NewWaveMusic sound and to the point that said fans consider it a CreatorKiller for them, though conversely, the lead single, "Mr. Roboto", has a sizable amount of fans.

Context YMMV / Styx