8/30/2010 - Monday - Grand Illusion - Styx

today's

Ocho-rific Song o the Day...
Grand Illusion
Styx
1977

::from SongMeanings.net::

Welcome to the Grand illusion

Come on in and see what's happening
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show


The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
Wishing secretly you were a star.
But don't be fooled by the radio
The TV or the magazines

They show you photographs of how your life should be

But they're just someone else's fantasy


So if you think your life is complete confusion

Because you never win the game

Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
And deep inside we're all the same.
We're all the same...

So if you think your life is complete confusion

Because your neighbors got it made

Just remember that it's a Grand illusion

And deep inside we're all the same.

We're all the same...

America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition
Get yourself a brand new motor car

Someday soon we'll stop to ponder what on Earth's this spell we're under
We made the grade and still we wonder who the hell we are

1981


1996


2009





::from SongFacts.com::

The album The Grand Illusion was released on July 7, 1977,(7-7-77),

and it was Styx's 7th studio album released. (thanks, Randy - Colerain Twp., OH)



::from ArtistFacts.com::
DeYoung and the Panozzos formed the band as The Tradewinds.
They played local bars while they went to Chicago State University.

::WIKI "FACTS"::
Twin brothers Chuck and John Panozzo first got together with their neighbor Dennis DeYoung in 1961 in the Roseland section of the south side of Chicago, eventually taking the band name "The Tradewinds". The Grand Illusion was released in 1977 and became Styx' breakthrough album,
reaching Triple Platinum certification.

::Extra Goodies::
StyxCollector.com
StyxWorld.com - the Styx website

Click Here to Read More of 
the Ochorific Song o' the Day! 
Until next time...

Have a Grand and Groovy Day!!
If you liked it, share it!!

Please and Thanks!!