Am I the only Journey fan

[jasmine64]

on board here?

They have reformed the band with a new lead singer and I have to admit being a Steve Perry gregg Rollie fan I'm pretty impressed with his vocal ability.

Story is Neal found him on youtube.

They were on the Ellen show today and did a couple songs but this one didnt air, a classic he nailed perfectly.

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2008/05/journey_an_ellen_web_exclusive.php

[halehouse]

Am I the only Journey fan on board here?

Reply #1...yes     

[Kilroy]

Lucy Lu is now the singer?

[SIGNGUY]

Lucy Lu is now the singer?

 
Very funny!!!  guy is pretty good with the Steve Perry sound... would like to hear more before buying a ticket to the show!

[collecture]

I saw Journey in 1978 when Van Halen and Montrose (S.Hagar) were the back-up bands.

P.S. Funny Kilroy!

On another concert note, check out this guys CL ad for STP tickets

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/tix/692908395.html

[Kilroy]

Actually, I  liked the guy. He's not trying to be Steve Perry. 
And I freely admit there are some Journey songs that make me roll down the windows and punch it.

I heard Journey 'round 78 or sp Live. i say heard since i was working  as a busboy in high school, and they were the first act of a new outdoor amphitheater the county opened. Pat Benetar was the kicker band.

5 miles away we would sneak out in the back alley and listen, yeah, it was that loud  and it was another 20 years before the county  started allwoing it to be used for concerts again.

[jasmine64]

He doesnt soar the high notes like Steve did, I like the style he brings to the group. Close but not cloning.

walmart will have the new cd next month.

Not sure if I'll buy it, may just buy what I like on itunes.

[Kilroy]

Totally useless Journey trivia:

In Don't Stop Believing,  Steve sings   "Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit."  Downtown Detroit  sits in the west side of the Detroit River.  There is no  South Detroit. unless he's a fish.

[halehouse]

I watched part of the clip of them singing Faithfully and it reminded me of being at a 5th grade dance.   

[bubba]

WOW...    Arnel is amazing. I'm not a diehard Journey fan, but I couldn't tell much of a difference. Thanks for the link.

[jasmine64]

Did anyone see Sundays morning news?

If not here's a link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89_2UivtEhs

[SIGNGUY]

  Long Live Journey..

WHat a Great story... watch the interview... I think he's dead on with the sound... and to me.. the lead singer IS the sound of the band.. Similar to what AC/DC did when they went from Bon Scott to Brian Johnson... the Sound is everything.

[Larry]

As the Who once said......"It's the singer not the song, That makes the music move along,
I want you to join together with the band."  I never was a big fan of Journey, but they did have some decent songs.  I just always wondered why the guitar was always way in the background, like in Wheel in the Skys, instead of up front. 

I watched the news clip and the replacement singer does have the sound and energy that Perry had.  I think it will work out well for them, but I have to disagree with the replacement of Bon Scott from AC/DC.  Bon Scott was more that a raspy singer, he was an excellent street poet too.  "She had the face of an angel smiling with sin, the body of Venus with arms."  The Back in Black album was excellent, but I think AC/DC fell short of achieving that perfection again after that album.

Another replacement that I didn't care for was when Deep Purple's Ian Gillan was replaced by David Coverdale.  They still had some good tunes, but it's never the same. 

There's a ton of replacements that either improved the band, changed their direction, or just stunk.

What bands do you think improved by changing their singer???

Do you like Van Halen or Van Hagar???

[SIGNGUY]

I agree that the AC/DC Change wasn't and exact replica, but the sound of the Johnson, worked with band and they where albe to continue on and make albums, sell out concerts etc.. 
Now when we talk about Van Halen!!! (PS my favorite Rock band of the 80's mind you!), Here is a case where I love both old and New.. I love the original Van Halen, and when Roth left, I continued to like Roth on teh Eat am and smile album and even Skyscraper.

Now I also at the time liked the Red Rocker... so when he Join Van Halen... I was like COOL.. my favorite band along with another great Singer (Red Rocker), this will work... Not a case of replacing a sound, but being able to continue the band...

So in that case.. .I like both of them..  Until the Gary Cherone fiasco... now that is when it stopped for me!

I got the opportunity to meet Van Halen at a Back stage Even in 1991... I got a photo that I'll post as it's pretty funny... I was taller than every guy in the band!!!

Long Live 80's ROCK!!!!

[Larry]

I agree with the whole Van Halen scenario.  I saw VH back in 79 or 80, those years are a bit blurry.  I saw Sammy Hagar, twice, once at Soldier field, where he climb the scaffling and swung around across the top of the stage to the other side, like he was on monkey bars,  What a mad man he was back then.  I also saw him as the opening band for the Scorpions Love Drive tour.  That still ranks as my favorite show ever.  Sammy came back for three or four oncores, this assured me that the Scorps would play their best.

I'd like to see the fifth member of the band, John Halen.  Post the pic!!  The only people I ever met was Bob "Bozo" Bell, William Shatner, Ozzy Osbourne, Roger Ebert, the new Bozo, and Bo Diddley.  No pictures though.

I better mention something about Journey, since I'm on the Journey thread......they're O.K.

[SIGNGUY]

Ok,
here is the Pic,... Keep in mind this was in 92 when the clothes I was wearing where IN! and rolled up jeans where still cool in minneapolis, at least I thought so.. And for those members that don't know me.. I'm the one on the left with my arm around EDDY VAN HALEN.. .Yeah.. it was an extreme high to meet the legend! I'm 5'11 and my buddin in the middle is 6'4" we where both bigger than all four members of the band!! the other people where winners of a radio contest that I brought backstage with me as I was the marketing director of a Minneapolis Radio station back then, and got to do all the Meet and Greets. Got to meet a lot of artists that came through Minneapolis in the Mid 90's.

[SIGNGUY]

Ok,
Since were on 80's Rock legends... here is a doozy from 94 with the Oz Man Himself...
Please forgive the Profanity Symbol... Ozzy Made me do it....!!!
I got the opportunity to meet alot of celebs in the 90's... it was a fun time in my life...

[bubba]

Thats pretty cool John... I used to work for Ticketmaster and have seen many shows in the front row, but nothing backstage... thats great.

[collecture]

Awesome pics John...I am sure you would have never raised that finger if the Ozzman hadn't made you do it.
I didn't like the 'Back in Black' album when it came out, as I was a big Bon Scott AC/DC fan - started listening to them when a friend bought an Aussie LP of Dirty Deeds around 1977 - manage to see them in '79 'Highway To Hell' as the headliner for a Q102 (Dallas radio) free concert - Triumph and Blackfoot were the warm up bands.
Never like Van Hagar, but liked them both separately. Losing a singer is probably the hardest thing for a band to overcome and I do applaud them for the success they had, but their music just didn't do anything for me.
Only time I was ever backstage was ZZ Top (Eliminator tour) and it was only an after show pass - Billy Gibbons was cool and nice, but Dusty Hill was kind of a jerk - never saw Frank Beard.

[collecture]

Just noticed that VH1 Classic (different channel than VH1) is playing an hour long Journey 2008 concert several times this week. I would think it has the new singer, but have not watched it yet.
The show is called "Classic In Concert" and they play old and new concerts that are out on DVD usually. It is airing a 2-hour ZZ Top Live in Texas concert this week as well.

[sodaworks]

Steve P. mom used to have a beach front house in shell beach. Seen him hanging out there a few times a few years back. Also his girlfriend "Sherry" was a local from the bakersfield area.

[jasmine64]

Heard a rumor SP had a new solo cd coming out in 09.

Lot of cool postings over at journeymusic.com from Neal on how the UK concerts went. Lots of pics too.
And how Arnel was doing as the new front man.

[bubba]

Check out this Journey arcade machine a guy I know just picked up. He owns a local arcade by me.

[Kilroy]

I wasted many a quarter on that machine.   

[SIGNGUY]

Is that the game that has the band members in it and you have to save them from the aliens or somthing like that? you fly in this beatle shaped spacehip and blast stuff?
I had a Journey game on my Atari 2600 that was simliar to that? played "dont stop beleiving" or something in Midi tones or somethign like that?
Or maybe I'm just halucinaiting again?>wow...

[bubba]

I don't remember playing this game, but the KLOV info for it sounds the same as you remember..

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8242

There are five separate games -- one for each band member -- plus a bonus round game. Each game has two phases: Recovering the musical instrument, and returning to the Scarab vehicle.

The games are as follows:

   1. Steve Perry: Steve starts at the top of the screen and must make his way through a maze of moving turnstiles to his microphone at the bottom of the screen. Once he has the microphone, he uses the fire button to shoot at rows of passing turnstiles (similar to Galaga).
   2. Neal Schon: Neal must navigate a cavern using his jet pack. Once he grabs his guitar, he must fly across the cave towards the exit while dodging rockets (similar to Scramble).
   3. Steve Smith: Steve must jump back and forth between drums, turning them from yellow to blue. He then climbs behind his drum set and shoots bullets at flying infinity symbols (similar to Galaxian).
   4. Jonathan Cain: Jonathan must make his way down conveyer belts, jumping piano keys (by pushing the joystick up). Once he is behind his piano, he shoots at vertical rows of circular objects that converge from the edges of the screen inward. Each object must be shot twice before it is destroyed (similar to Donkey Kong and Mega Mania).
   5. Ross Valory: Ross jumps between elevators in an attempt to reach his bass at the top of the screen. Once he has reached there, he fires downward at cannons that are firing deadly LP albums.

Bonus Round (Concert/Herbie Herbert): Herbie, Journey's tour manager, must block the doorways and prevent the fans from entering any of the three doors on stage. If a fan gets past Herbie, everyone rushes the stage and steals the instruments again. During this scene, the machine plays a cassette loop tape of "Separate Ways."

[Kilroy]

It's prolly the same game, I remember   having to  pick which band member level you wanted to play.
It was one of the few  video games i liked,
 

[SIGNGUY]

Yep, that's it... I remember the rows of intstruments that he had to navigate through..

I'll have to dig out my Atari 2600 and play that! (Yes I still have it)

[jasmine64]

Journey has been around 35 years and Steve Perry turns 60 Jan 22.    Geez where does the time go?

[Kilroy]

I was going to comment, but didn't Mick Jagger turn 60, or was it 65 last year?

[bubba]

I was going to comment, but didn't Mick Jagger turn 60, or was it 65 last year?

I thought Mick Jagger turned 80 this year...   

[oscar]

I believe Keith Richards turned 65 this year and he's the youngest member of the Stones. If you can believe that. He looks about 80 or dead.