DDY backstory?
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One can definitely have too much Tequilla.Tequilla said:
So much for once you go tequila you never go backDoog_de_Jour said:
It’s progressed:FireCohen said:
Are you guys drinking wine??Doog_de_Jour said:
Yes! You guys revisit the TSIO thing more than my girlfriends and I pick apart our last breakups…and we ladies talk about that bullshit TO DEATH!1to392831weretaken said:He must have made some kind of an impact, because we seem to rehash this about every four or five months around here. I'll say it again
Twenties: Fruity Cocktails / White Wine / Shitty Beer / Vodka / Tequila
Thirties: Training wheels microbrew beer (Pyramid, Fat Tire, etc.) / Red Wine
Forties: Classic Cocktails / Whiskey / Rosé / Cider / Grownup microbrew beer
Starts making you feel sick in no time. -
You guys finished second in the NW Championship in 2019 at least.DerekJohnson said:
The highest numbers this site has ever had were in August 2019 heading into what we thought was going to be an incredible season.Sancho said:
Exactly this site lives for failure and their haters couldnt wait for Dennis and Coker to tap out so they could beat their chest, but lets not pretend anyone here has a bullet proof record with hawt takes on coaches or crootsQuietcowskee said:The backlash to him is annoying. Everybody listened. It was fun.
RIP
DDY and Coker were fun. We're they dawg fortune tellers or the best face for the fan base? Meh but at least they had an opinion beyond tits are great and fire everyone.
The last I heard from DDY was in Aug 2019, when he texted me and wanted to know where to donate. Then I never heard from him again.
I missed him and Coker and enjoyed having them here, but I'm over it. -
I might be in the minority that I loved the podcasts were like 3+ hours sometimes but that might say more about me and my mental state than anything else. Let's turn the Hardcore Husky Podcast into that without all the Kentrall Love love. I liked DDY. In a world where most Husky media is either too doogish, too by the numbers or too uninteresting to really command listening too, he stood out. Also I can't listen to poor people regular radio. Sorry.
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How Tweety of you.WilburHooksHands said:
sounds like you cant handle the ups and downsTurdBomber said:
I wish people would just abandon Twitter. Like wokeism, it turns everything to shit. -
People forget I started the thread he posted on last…..they forget that.
And it was a doozy.
https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1212414 -
My post in this thread reminds me of the recent "Have you ever been happy after a Jimmy Lake win?" poll. I'm starting to think I've just never been happy...MikeDamone said:People forget I started the thread he posted on last…..they forget that.
And it was a doozy.
https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1212414 -
"Our offense is like if AIDS got AIDS." - DDY, Roadkill, 2020.MikeDamone said:People forget I started the thread he posted on last…..they forget that.
And it was a doozy.
https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/1212414 -
I miss DDY ... sue me.
It was like living in his mind that was on display on Derek's front lawn ... added a ton of entertainment to this site. Once that was over we all actually had to deal with the issue of football ... and we know what a shit show that has been lately. Depressing. -
We do the jilted lover over DDY on practically a monthly basis. He should just come back. He loves attention from the message boards and always has. People here liked him a lot. He would take a little shit, but it would be back to normal in very little time.
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If we lose to the Beavs it might be enough for him to return
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Allegedlyhardhat said:If we lose to the Beavs it might be enough for him to return
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I am old and stupid and won't drink itDoog_de_Jour said:
You got a FO on principle for that quip…Swaye said:
No White Claw. Do not believe.Doog_de_Jour said:
It’s progressed:FireCohen said:
Are you guys drinking wine??Doog_de_Jour said:
Yes! You guys revisit the TSIO thing more than my girlfriends and I pick apart our last breakups…and we ladies talk about that bullshit TO DEATH!1to392831weretaken said:He must have made some kind of an impact, because we seem to rehash this about every four or five months around here. I'll say it again
Twenties: Fruity Cocktails / White Wine / Shitty Beer / Vodka / Tequila
Thirties: Training wheels microbrew beer (Pyramid, Fat Tire, etc.) / Red Wine
Forties: Classic Cocktails / Whiskey / Rosé / Cider / Grownup microbrew beer
…but if White Claw had been around in my twenties, when I was young and stupid, I probably would’ve been drinking it. -
So much truth packed in those five little sentences.RoadDawg55 said:We do the jilted lover over DDY on practically a monthly basis. He should just come back. He loves attention from the message boards and always has. People here liked him a lot. He would take a little shit, but it would be back to normal in very little time.
Are you a descendent of @Confucius? -
i miss him so much please someone get him back
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@Tequilla - you two are in contact, I assume. So what’s the deal? Why doesn’t DDY swallow his pride and come back?
That whole bdtw thing flamed out spectacularly. Time to let it go. And I can’t imagine DDY is just done having hot takes about UW football.
I would love — seriously love — a DDY rant about John Don’s offense. -
We need his horn!RoadDawg55 said:We do the jilted lover over DDY on practically a monthly basis. He should just come back. He loves attention from the message boards and always has. People here liked him a lot. He would take a little shit, but it would be back to normal in very little time.
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I listened to one hh podcast ever a few years back and ddy predicted a loss for every game.
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It is in the chatdoogville said:@Tequilla - you two are in contact, I assume. So what’s the deal? Why doesn’t DDY swallow his pride and come back?
That whole bdtw thing flamed out spectacularly. Time to let it go. And I can’t imagine DDY is just done having hot takes about UW football.
I would love — seriously love — a DDY rant about John Don’s offense. -
100% concur and it was a talking point for us during the week. I have a jawb where podcasts are a big part of my day and I certainly miss there’s. If it’s Husky content I want to hear it. The more the merrier. Especially when the Honks have completely jumped the shark.WoolleyDoog said:I might be in the minority that I loved the podcasts were like 3+ hours sometimes but that might say more about me and my mental state than anything else. Let's turn the Hardcore Husky Podcast into that without all the Kentrall Love love. I liked DDY. In a world where most Husky media is either too doogish, too by the numbers or too uninteresting to really command listening too, he stood out. Also I can't listen to poor people regular radio. Sorry.
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I think a lot of you make a lot more out of things than they aredoogville said:@Tequilla - you two are in contact, I assume. So what’s the deal? Why doesn’t DDY swallow his pride and come back?
That whole bdtw thing flamed out spectacularly. Time to let it go. And I can’t imagine DDY is just done having hot takes about UW football.
I would love — seriously love — a DDY rant about John Don’s offense.
Simply put, making a GOOD pod that makes you THINK and CARE is a lot more work than just hitting record and flapping the gums
My biggest takeaway from podding at the TSIO peak when we were producing regular content how much work goes into setting a show sheet, developing what you want to talk about with details, etc and to do all of that in a way that sounds relatively organic and unrehearsed
It’s a boring answer but a good chunk of why podding has largely vanished is not having the time to devote to it. It really is a time commitment to doing it well and if there’s one thing that we always tried to do was produce good content
As for the BDTW stuff others can speak to that better than I can as it was never really anything I was particularly involved with. I can’t speak for what those heavily tied to BDTW think or do … I’m sure they have their reasons. -
If that's not a new bored motto, I don't know what is.Sancho said:
Exactly this site lives for failure and their haters couldnt wait for Dennis and Coker to tap out so they could beat their chest, but lets not pretend anyone here has a bullet proof record with hawt takes on coaches or crootsQuietcowskee said:The backlash to him is annoying. Everybody listened. It was fun.
RIP
DDY and Coker were fun. We're they dawg fortune tellers or the best face for the fan base? Meh but at least they had an opinion beyond tits are great and fire everyone.
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One of Mrs Nacho’s cousins had him as a teacher.1to392831weretaken said:I can't believe I had to Google this for you, but it's not hard to look up:
Life and career
1947–1970: Early life
Dennis DeYoung was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States,[1] to parents Maurice and Loraine DeYoung. Growing up in the Roseland area of Chicago, DeYoung started his career as an accordionist in 1962 at the age of 15 when he teamed up with his 13-year-old neighbors Chuck and John Panozzo in a three-piece combo originally called The Tradewinds.[1] The trio added guitarist Tom Nardin in 1964 and renamed the band TW4.[1] In 1968, Nardin was replaced by John Curulewski and in 1970 DeYoung hired James Young to become the second guitarist in TW4. The band changed the name to Styx in 1972,[1] upon signing their first record contract.
Before the band met with success, DeYoung spent time as a school teacher in the Southern suburbs of Chicago, where he was a music teacher in District 143. During this period, the band played a number of small venues and school auditoriums in an effort to secure a record deal.
DeYoung met his sweetheart Suzanne when he was seventeen and she was fifteen at a high school dance. They married in 1970.
1972–1984: Tenure with Styx
Within Styx, DeYoung acted as lead vocalist, keyboardist, accordion player, producer and songwriter. From the start of Styx's commercial success with the 1973 DeYoung-penned single "Lady", DeYoung became the creative force behind most of the band's hit songs. DeYoung wrote and sang lead on seven of the band's eight top 10 Billboard Hot 100-ranked hits during this period, with Tommy Shaw's "Too Much Time on My Hands" (No. 9) being the sole exception. The seven DeYoung penned-and-performed top 10 Billboard hits, in order of their peak chart placement are:
"Babe", the band's only Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit to date. Also hit No. 1 on Radio and Records chart.
"Mr. Roboto" (No. 3 Billboard, No. 3 R & R)
"Show Me the Way" (No. 3 Billboard, No. 7 R & R)
"The Best of Times" (No. 3 and No. 1 R & R)
"Don't Let It End" (No. 6 Billboard, No. 3 R & R)
"Lady", the band's 1973 breakthrough hit (No. 6 in March 1975 Billboard and No. 7 R & R)
"Come Sail Away" (No. 8 Billboard, No. 9 R & R)
A self-taught pianist, DeYoung quickly became one of the most notable keyboard players in rock. Featured on the cover of the January 1981 issue of Contemporary Keyboard magazine (a story that was reprinted in Contemporary Keyboard's book on the greatest rock keyboardists), DeYoung described many of his steps along the way through his keyboard-playing career: He had never played an acoustic piano until the recording session for 1973's "Lady"; he recorded the track for 1979's "Babe" on a Fender Rhodes electric piano, an instrument he had never touched before, at Pumpkin Studios because the studio's grand piano was out of tune; when playing accordion for the song "Boat on the River" from the Cornerstone album, DeYoung discovered how small the keys felt to his fingers after years of playing pianos and Hammond organs.[2]
As a keyboardist in Styx, DeYoung was best remembered for his prominent lead synthesizer solos performed on the Oberheim 4 voice synthesizer that dominated the mix with a unique tone, a key element of the Styx sound. Influenced by the recent release of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's first album, DeYoung – a novice synthesizer player at the time – used a modular Moog to record the keyboard tracks for Styx's debut album in 1972. This album featured a rock version of "Fanfare for the Common Man", more than five years before ELP came up with a similar idea of recording this classical composition as a rock band featuring the synthesizer, that would later become one of ELP's best known recordings.
DeYoung's songs often had a grandiose style to them in the tradition of 1970s theatrical rock, which heavily influenced the group's direction in the late 1970s, culminating in the concept albums Paradise Theatre (1981) and Kilroy Was Here (1983). The dissent of some members in the band during Kilroy brought tensions between the group's members over the future direction of the band, leading to guitarist Tommy Shaw's departure in 1984 to pursue a solo career.
1984–1989: Early solo career
With Styx in limbo following Shaw's 1984 departure, DeYoung began a solo career of modest success. His first solo album, Desert Moon (1984), generated a top 10 hit, "Desert Moon", and the follow-up single, "Don't Wait for Heroes", cracked the Billboard Top 100 as well.[1] The Desert Moon album was certified gold in Canada in 1984.[3] To date, "Desert Moon" is the only solo single by any Styx member to hit the Billboard Top 10.
Personal life
On January 18, 1970, DeYoung married his longtime sweetheart Suzanne Feusi, and in 2021 celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary. The couple have two children, daughter Carrie Ann and son Matthew. Suzanne DeYoung frequently joined her husband on the road, and eventually their children came along as well, as a way to provide stability for their family.
DeYoung is an avid fan of the Chicago White Sox and personal friend of current manager, Hall-of-Famer Tony LaRussa.[20]
Another cousin’s husband dated a girl who was a babysitter for the real DDY’s kids. Long story, but real DDY had some fancy piano, showed it off and told said cousin not to fuck around with the piano. Said cousin went into the piano room and rubbed his balls all over the keyboard. -
Mrs Nacho overheard the pod once. Her reaction: “who’s the gay guy?”BleachedAnusDawg said:
He sounded pretty gay to me.YellowSnow said:My favorite part about DDY was his being neither black, nor homosexual.
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CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
Mrs Nacho overheard the pod once. Her reaction: “who’s the gay guy?”BleachedAnusDawg said:
He sounded pretty gay to me.YellowSnow said:My favorite part about DDY was his being neither black, nor homosexual.
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His*CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
Mrs Nacho overheard the pod once. Her reaction: “who’s the gay guy?”BleachedAnusDawg said:
He sounded pretty gay to me.YellowSnow said:My favorite part about DDY was his being neither black, nor homosexual.
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How dare you assume Mrs Nacho's gender.FireCohen said:
His*CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
Mrs Nacho overheard the pod once. Her reaction: “who’s the gay guy?”BleachedAnusDawg said:
He sounded pretty gay to me.YellowSnow said:My favorite part about DDY was his being neither black, nor homosexual.
Rashan can be anything Shehee wants to be. -
Should I be worried that the biggest bully in the history of the internet is sticking up for me?dnc said:
How dare you assume Mrs Nacho's gender.FireCohen said:
His*CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
Mrs Nacho overheard the pod once. Her reaction: “who’s the gay guy?”BleachedAnusDawg said:
He sounded pretty gay to me.YellowSnow said:My favorite part about DDY was his being neither black, nor homosexual.
Rashan can be anything Shehee wants to be. -
Not for you, for your person.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
Should I be worried that the biggest bully in the history of the internet is sticking up for me?dnc said:
How dare you assume Mrs Nacho's gender.FireCohen said:
His*CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
Mrs Nacho overheard the pod once. Her reaction: “who’s the gay guy?”BleachedAnusDawg said:
He sounded pretty gay to me.YellowSnow said:My favorite part about DDY was his being neither black, nor homosexual.
Rashan can be anything Shehee wants to be. -
Yes.CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
Should I be worried that the biggest bully in the history of the internet is sticking up for me?dnc said:
How dare you assume Mrs Nacho's gender.FireCohen said:
His*CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
Mrs Nacho overheard the pod once. Her reaction: “who’s the gay guy?”BleachedAnusDawg said:
He sounded pretty gay to me.YellowSnow said:My favorite part about DDY was his being neither black, nor homosexual.
Rashan can be anything Shehee wants to be.
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Reasons are pretty clear imoTequilla said:
I think a lot of you make a lot more out of things than they aredoogville said:@Tequilla - you two are in contact, I assume. So what’s the deal? Why doesn’t DDY swallow his pride and come back?
That whole bdtw thing flamed out spectacularly. Time to let it go. And I can’t imagine DDY is just done having hot takes about UW football.
I would love — seriously love — a DDY rant about John Don’s offense.
Simply put, making a GOOD pod that makes you THINK and CARE is a lot more work than just hitting record and flapping the gums
My biggest takeaway from podding at the TSIO peak when we were producing regular content how much work goes into setting a show sheet, developing what you want to talk about with details, etc and to do all of that in a way that sounds relatively organic and unrehearsed
It’s a boring answer but a good chunk of why podding has largely vanished is not having the time to devote to it. It really is a time commitment to doing it well and if there’s one thing that we always tried to do was produce good content
As for the BDTW stuff others can speak to that better than I can as it was never really anything I was particularly involved with. I can’t speak for what those heavily tied to BDTW think or do … I’m sure they have their reasons.
